Citizens asked to monitor impact of invasive bird species
...or nest boxes." TBN participants monitor activity inside nest boxes and keep track of data such as egg-layi... owners need to monitor and report what's going on inside their boxes. Only then will scientists have a true picture of the current status and factors influen...Vanderbilt doctors use Viagra to treat infants with pulmonary hyptertension
... well explained; but when the blood pressure rises inside the lungs and stays that way, there is often little that can be done. But a few small studies have recently suggested that babies with deadly pulmonary hypertension may respond with good success to Sildenafil. In the case of 6-month-old Hartley Wil...Florida Tech researchers win $912,700 grant for cell studies
...que methods to evaluate what is actually happening inside a living cell to prove the validity of our biochemical measurements and the measurements made in other laboratories." Working with Leonard and Grimwade are doctoral students, Kevin McGarry, Christian Nievera, Diana Miller, Sanchi Chandan, and Juli...Oldest known evidence of cat taming found in Cyprus, researchers report in Science
... had dug a small pit or grave, then placed the cat inside and rapidly covered it. Both skeletons are positioned symmetrically, with their heads to the west, though Vigne doesn't know if this was done intentionally. "I am not completely convinced that the common orientation of the skeletons makes sense. How...Scientists question reports of massive ant supercolonies in California and Europe
... obvious genetic differences between nests located inside the preserve and those on the opposite side of SLAC and Sand Hill Road, less than 300 feet away. These results contradict the UCSD study, which found genetic similarity up and down the California coast. "How can they be genetically homogenou...UCR study says second-hand smoke affects healing
...l of one particular cytoskeletal component, actin, inside the cell. It also increased the number of points at which the cell stuck to the Petri dish. In the paper, titled "Effects of 'second-hand' smoke on structure and function of fibroblasts - cells that are critical for tissue repair and remodelling," th...Ancient Greeks help scientists build environmentally friendly nano devices
...make cheap greenhouse gas sensors. Growing magnets inside these nano-honeycombs produces nano-materials whose magnetic properties can be adapted for new generations of magnetic memories on a chip. The nano-scaffolds are being investigated for assembling 3D electronic circuits, and to produce 'super-capacito...Newer drugs more effective at curing strep throat than penicillin
...h-quality data. "We really turned these 35 studies inside out, comparing and contrasting dozens of different variables," Casey says. "For instance, we examined factors such as compliance monitoring, which ensures that a child actually took the prescribed drug. Some studies we reviewed took compliance into c...Genetic trick adapted from viruses makes gene therapy vectors more versatile
... the large TCR:CD3 receptor. In order to replicate inside a cells, the retrovirus RNA must first be changed back into DNA. A retrovirus is a virus whose genetic material is RNA instead of DNA. The St. Jude team used these multicistronic retroviral vectors (vectors carrying several different genes) to delive...Why passive smoking hinders healing
...l of one particular cytoskeletal component, actin, inside the cell. It also increased the number of points at which the cell stuck to the Petri dish, sites that could be identified by the presence of 'focal adhesion plaques'. In a separate experiment, the researchers showed that fibroblasts that had been cu...Water molecules clump more loosely than previously thought
...st - its ability to sustain the chemical reactions inside a living cell. For the past 20 years, the consensus among researchers has been that, at any given time, a molecule of water typically forms three or four hydrogen bonds - 3.5 on average. ''What we find,'' Bergmann says, ''is that there are not 3.5 hy......ast its ability to sustain the chemical reactions inside a living cell. For the past 20 years, the consensus among researchers has been that, at any given time, a molecule of water typically forms three or four hydrogen bonds 3.5 on average. "What we find," says Bergmann, "is that there are not 3.5 hydrog...For the sake of land and climate, coaxing soil to soak up carbon
...gas-porous concentric cylinders. These were placed inside yet a larger "chimney" tube to control the humidity as well as the type of gas and its flow rate. Amonette was particularly interested in identifying soil components and soil additives that might improve tyrosinase's natural ability to promote humifi...Methuselah enzymes: SEN and the art of molecule maintenance
...e porous netting preserves the shape of the enzyme inside yet allows its active site to interact with a substrate. SENs are also amenable to storage; they have been refrigerated for five months, losing little of their activity. Among the uses Kim noted for SENs is the breakdown toxic waste--a single tr...Surgeons explore new treatment for Tourette syndrome
...he safest and most direct route to reach the cells inside the thalamus portion of the brain, involved in controlling Jeff's movements. By placing electrodes around those cells to deliver continuous high-frequency electrical stimulation, control messages are rebalanced throughout the movement centers in the...UIC researchers discover gene that causes liver cancer in animals
...gene." When it is absent, the genetic instructions inside a cell, called DNA, don't duplicate and cells have trouble dividing. Foxm1b, which is stimulated by growth hormone, appears to malfunction in old age and in certain rare diseases that cause premature aging. It is one of a family of genes that contro...Bay area to get unique x-ray microscopy resource
...y subcellular components and locate macromolecules inside cells at substantially better resolutions than light microscopy and without the elaborate specimen preparations needed for electron microscopy." Microscopy using photons that fall within the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum remain...Spying on the inner life of a cell - new nanosensors a body can live with
... they are biocompatible. A hundred can be released inside a cell without affecting cellular functions. The s...can be used to ferret out the details of chemistry inside living cells. In short, chemists can select proteins that interact with specific ions, molecules or ...Study: Mimicking viruses may provide new way to defeat them
...e any virus proteins, which renders them powerless inside a cell, says Yin. Although the diversionary molecu...e next step is for researchers to test these ideas inside living cells....Bioreactor boosts chemical fermentation by 50 percent: study
...hio State. The bioreactor grows cells inside a bundle of fibers. Yang and his colleagues have p...rams of propionic acid per liter of sugar solution inside the bioreactor. Traditional fermentation typically yields only 50 grams per liter or less, making th...