Natural mineral locks up carbon dioxide
..., the reaction gives off heat. Our method is much less energy expensive." The researchers, who also include John M. Andresen, director of the Consortium for Premium Carbon Products from Coal (CPCPC), the Energy Institute; Yinzhi Zhang, post doctoral fellow, the Energy Institute; Matthew E. Kuchta, gradu...Battle between bubbles might have started evolution
...r of material from other vesicles nearby that have less internal pressure because they have less genetic material inside." In order to test their theory, the researchers first constructed simple m...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...-term trend of cooler temperatures, so people were less likely to move to warmer regions and were more likely to stick with traditional farming methods that ultimately failed," he said. "Climate change was likely to have imposed serious economic and health costs on northern Europeans, which in turn may ha...Veterinarians discover first known case of canine distemper in a wild tiger
... heroic efforts to save her, the tiger died. "With less than 500 Siberian tigers left in the wilds of Russia, this is a very serious threat that could contribute to the loss of this severely endangered population," said Dr. Quigley. In 1994 canine distemper virus killed a third of the lions in the Serenge...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
... identified 26 people with thyroid cancer who were less than 20 years old when the Chernobyl accident occurred; the majority were under 16 when their thyroid cancers were diagnosed. They then identified 52 healthy control subjects from the general population for comparison purposes. The controls and cance...DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
... mercury, dioxin, PCP and other metals, however, a less risky yet more costly strategy is to consume fish oil or purified DHA supplements made from algae. Other options include DHA-rich eggs laid by chickens that eat DHA-supplemented feed....Convulsions in worms mimic epileptic seizures
...to the end of the cell, GABA neurons might release less neurotransmitter and therefore not fire properly. That, in turn, could lower the worms' convulsion threshold. "Neurons are still just cells," said Caldwell. "Trafficking defects may manifest themselves in different ways in different cell types, and ...University of Arizona licenses patent for natural fungicide
...rhamnolipid, because of its biological nature, has less toxicity and better biodegradability," said Raina M. Maier, a professor in UA's department of soil, water and environmental science who is one of the inventors. Other inventors listed on the patent are Michael E. Stanghellini, UA professor emeritus o...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...at eliminate lymphocyte microvilli could lead to a less toxic form of immune suppression for transplant recipients. Since many cancer cells share the same mechanism of extravasation as lymphocytes, ablating microvilli could also prevent metastasis of cancer cells to distant parts of the body. Similarly, b...Diabetics face fewer healthy food choices in some urban areas
...Side grocery stores. The Harlem stores were much less likely to stock healthy food choices such as whole-grain breads and diet soda. The researchers surveyed five specific foods recommended for diabetics: diet soda, one percent fat or fat-free milk, high-fiber and/or low-carbohydrate bread, fresh fruit...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
... chemical reactions at the ultra-low temperatures, less than those found in space. What's more, by slowing classic chemical reactions to a frigid millionth of a degree Kelvin, scientists can study the reactions in more detail than ever possible at room temperatures. This three-day symposium features more ...Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
...ruction that include: Redesigning houses to use less fossil-fuel intensive products Changing building codes that result in excessive use of wood, steel and concrete Recycling demolition wastes Increasing durability of homes through improved products, construction designs and maintenance practices...NJIT chemist speaks Aug. 25 about compound derived from pine tree
...ses environmentally friendlier, more effective and less expensive." Malhotra and Ying Xiao, a doctoral student at NJIT helping him, developed a Diels-Alder reaction with ionic liquids. "If you can do this process using pyridinium-based room temperature ionic liquids, then you've developed a green metho...Critically endangered monkey species plummets more than 50 percent since 1994
...unprotected areas in northern Vietnam tend to have less wildlife, poachers often avoid them and regard them as less profitable, allowing the few remaining langur populations to survive. Conservation groups are workin...Bright idea could doom cancer and viruses, say Purdue scientists
...andard chemotherapy drugs with others that are far less generally harmful to a patient's body and guarantee safe, sterile blood for transfusions." The research, which appears in the current (Aug. 23) issue of Inorganic Chemistry, was conducted by lead author Elton L. Menon along with Rushika Perera, Richa...Marathoning mice could have Olympian effects on obesity
...expressed genes for slow-twitch muscles and gained less weight when given a high-fat diet. This drug is now in the earliest stages of being tested on people for its effects on obesity and other disorders of fat metabolism such as high blood cholesterol. This experiment underscores the importance of metab...Two warbler species find the West isn't big enough for both of them
...ut of their former range and into territory, often less desirable, that is farther south and west. But Do...rk chin and throat, but its dark feathers are much less dominant and its appearance is less striking. The hermit warbler is now mostly confined to coastal...JGI announces community sequencing program portfolio
... to incorporate in modern-day crops, especially in less developed countries. By studying the genes that co...amoeba, Trichoplax has the smallest animal genome, less than 50 million base pairs. Other organisms in the CSP queue include the cold water-dwelling microbe...Millennia still mean early days for newly identified sex chromosome
...hreespine sticklebacks have a Y chromosome that is less than ten-million years old, which is quite young i... though the threespine stickleback Y chromosome is less than ten-million years old, it already has many hallmarks of a typical sex chromosome including poor...... missing, both male and female fruit flies produce less sperm and eggs, and are less fertile. In the course of this research on fecundity, a graduate student in Giebultowicz's lab, Laur...