Newborns have ear preferences, too
...sides of the brain have never been found at such a low level of the auditory system before." Their findings suggest that at early stages of auditory system development, the cochlea and brainstem process sound. The cochlea, a spiral tube of the inner ear containing nerve endings essential for hearing, a...New research shows air pollution can reduce children's lung function
...ties are five times more likely to have clinically low lung function--less than 80 percent of the lung fu...ng-term effects. "If children or young adults with low lung function were to have a cold, they might have more severe lung symptoms, or wheezing," says W. ...Early detection hope for eye disease
...ured by a sophisticated digital camera - a cooled, low noise CCD camera. Image processing corrects for the movements of the eye while the pictures are being taken, and a large set of images are combined in a "data cube" to improve the quality of the resolution. Spectral imaging is unique because it allow...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2004
...e at the bottom of the ocean. Gas hydrates form at low temperatures and ocean depths of about 500 meters ...s thought to undergo an abrupt transformation from low to high density forms. This study shows a more complex slow transformation -- a significant finding ......ing is that the compound is effective at extremely low concentrations, already below those necessary for ...ly used anti-cancer drugs to work," said Wang. The low dosage needed to kill the cells suggests that as a therapy, the molecule may have fewer non-specific...Broken arms and collateral damage: clues to predator-driven evolution
... we regard as a proxy for predation intensity, was low during intervals before the Middle Paleozoic Marine Revolution and then there was a sudden increase, coincident with the diversification of predators and the increase in the evolutionary response of the prey," Baumiller said. That's not the whole sto...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...e 12th through 16th centuries, and hit an all-time low during the 17th and 18th centuries. "Height is an ...entimeters) in the early Middle Ages to an average low of roughly 65.75 inches (167 cm) during the 17th and 18th centuries. "This decline of two-and-a-half...Pig-human transplantation not PERVerted
...angers of such viral transmission may be extremely low and that pigs may be a safer source of transplantation material than previously thought. To carry out their assessment, the researchers developed a new xenotransplantation model where human cells coexist with large numbers of porcine cells in a trans...JCI table of contents: 1 September, 2004
...angers of such viral transmission may be extremely low and that pigs may be a safer source of transplantation material than previously thought. To carry out their assessment, the researchers developed a new xenotransplantation model where human cells coexist with large numbers of porcine cells in a trans...Researchers improve detection of diverse anthrax strains
...veloped using this information will have extremely low false positive, or misidentification rates, a crucial criterion for advanced tests. False positives from anthrax environmental tests would have an inordinate impact on public health should an outbreak occur. The work also shows for the first time t...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...er that affects males and manifests itself through low platelets and recurrent bacterial infections. These conditions can eventually cause a fatal hemorrhage or infection in these patients. Higgs and his team found no differences in the length or density of microvilli on the lymphocytes, despite expressi...Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...dition, some fish populations have dropped to such low numbers that they have been considered for placement on the threatened and endangered species lists, including bocaccio (a rockfish) on the Pacific coast which is primarily caught in recreational fisheries (87%), and Goliath grouper which is currentl...OHSU-VAMC study sheds light on estrogen's benefit for MS
...rologists published a study showing treatment with low doses of estrogen protects mice from developing EAE, but the mechanism of the effect hadn't been fully characterized. And earlier this year, researchers in the United Kingdom found that human pregnancy elevated levels of the disease-fighting CD4+CD25...UCSD biologists develop 'super-endurance' strain of mice
...tein to the sites of infection by honing in on the low oxygen levels associated with infections, Johnson ...aper that high levels of mitochondrial enzymes and low amounts of lactate are typically observed in humans with phosphofructokinase deficiency and McArdle'...Carnegie Mellon scientists reveal ways of studying, resolving PCB contamination in US rivers
...gical breakdown whatsoever in river sediments with low but detectable dissolved oxygen levels. The findings up-end assumptions that some microbes either those that use oxygen or those that don't are always at work to break down these toxins. At dissolved oxygen concentrations between 0.5 and 4 ppm, the...Disease-resistant papaya saves Hawaiian papaya industry
...apaya production produced in Puna has risen from a low of 65 percent in 1999 to 84 percent in 2002. Since PRSV is a worldwide problem on papaya, other countries have showed interest in developing the technology for their use. "Due to its success, the transgenic papaya has often been referred to as the ...Asian elephant sex pheromone transporter revealed
...ion of the pheromone-ESA complex is induced by the low pH environment of the male elephant truck and enhances detection by producing a pulse of the volatile pheromone as the male elephant performs the characteristic flehmen behavior. Use of albumin in urinary pheromone transport is distinct from other ma...Managing occupational exposures to potential bioterrorist agents
...ions per year; however, the majority of these were low risk, as USAMRIID policy has been to evaluate promptly even the most minor laboratory incident, such as a paper cut, to minimize the potential of anyone becoming ill or spreading diseases to the community. Early evaluation of potential occupational e...Scientists reinvent DNA as template to produce organic molecules
... DNA strands is a simple way to bring molecules at low concentrations together without having to develop an entirely new class of enzymes for each different type of molecule." The 10-base DNA strands used by Liu's team are large enough to be stable at room temperature and in theory can encode thousands o...Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...t the isoleucine variation was indeed present at a low but measurable level in all of the populations. This allowed the group to ask the next question: Was their original hypothesis correct? To their complete surprise, the answer was no. "What we found is that the valine was over transmitted in thos...