Plant respiration not just an evolutionary leftover, study shows
...t be engineered out -- particularly in the face of looming climate change, says a team of UC Davis researchers. The researchers have found that the process, photorespiration, is necessary for healthy plant growth and if impaired could inhibit plant growth, particularly as atmospheric carbon dioxide rises as ...Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
...orms. In September MERIS acquired Hurricane Isabel looming up on the United States coast, while sister satellite ERS-2 mapped the wind fields powering the storm. During Europe's long hot summer of 2003 Envisat's Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) showed the Mediterranean 'hot flush' that occurr...QuikClot (TM) will be made available to public
...clinical use in May 2002. Last year, with conflict looming in Afghanistan, QuikClot was sent overseas with the UN for mine clearing. Another 50,000 bagged units were shipped to Iraq. An injured serviceman can apply the clotting powder himself, and an account of a marine doing exactly that during the fighting...Scientists find evidence for crucial root in the history of plant evolution
...rovide paleontologists a way to answer some of the looming questions in Earth's history. It also offers wide-ranging applications in fields such as petroleum exploration and meteorite chemistry. "A critical question is whether Asteroxylon in fact had the capacity to biosynthesize lignin," says George Cody,...New physical activity opinion survey demonstrates perceptions do not meet reality
...sing poor diets and sedentary lifestyles. Citing a looming health crisis among the nation's children, Mrs. Laura Bush, Dr. David Satcher and more than 30 national organizations, including NASPE, will develop national, state and local initiatives to create healthier school environments. NASPE Executive Dir...... want USAID's maize, despite the spectre of famine looming over six million of its citizens. "The position is that no GM foods are allowed in Zimbabwe," a spokesman at the Zimbabwe High Commission in London told New Scientist earlier this week. "Scientifically, they haven't proven to be safe." The spokesman...UF research: methyl bromide more effective, economical for killing anthrax
...ethyl bromide fumigant should not be affected by a looming 2005 phaseout of the gas. It is one of many gases that deplete the Earth's protective ozone layer, and many uses will be eliminated after 2005. "When national security is a stake, we need to have the option of using this highly effective and economic...Antibiotics for the next generation
Under the looming threat of antibiotic resistance, scientists are working to develop the next generation of bacteria-destroying drugs. This month in Genome Research, researchers from Hoffman-La Roche report using 'bacteria chips' to study the action of two currently ...Road dust: Rural vehicles emit more pollutants than urban ones
On top of looming tougher pollution rules for SUVs and other popular vehicles, an environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis now has devised a new measurement that could make both car owners and manufacturers nervous. It's called ppvm (pollutant ...Genetic extremism overstates risks
...y and elsewhere, is rife with unknowable risks and looming ecological catastrophe. The World Wide Fund for Nature, for instance, in November called for governments around the world to enact a moratorium on the commercial use of genetic engineering in forestry. And just last week, vandals making reference to...Gold Finds Life, Energy, Controversy In Earth
...the whole evolutionary process, and thatthere's no looming energy shortage because oil reserves are far greater thanpredicted. In the hands of anyone other than Gold, the reaction to all this might be askeptical raised eyebrow. But Gold, as ever the Cornellian gadfly, makes hisargument with erudition and co...Multi Drug Resistant-TB: Russian Economic Collapse Will Lead To Global Spread Of "Ebola With Wings"
...rent levels of MDR-TB in Russia are alarming. The looming economic crisiswill exacerbate the problem. It is only a matter of time before MDR-TB ofRussian origin becomes a daily reality in other countries worldwide. The current Russian economic crisis will further deplete already strainedresources of public ...