NASA unveils spectacular suite of new global data products
... the newly released data set, called Collection 3, marks a significant step forward in data quality and consistency. "MODIS achieved a steady-state level of operations in November (2000) and since that time we have continued to make every attempt to improve the algorithms," said Team Leader Vince Salomonso...Typhoid fever bug sequence raises hope of complete eradication
... everyone can afford." Publication of the research marks the end of a three year sequencing effort, involving 41 scientists based at five centres: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK Imperial College, London, UK Centre for Tropical Diseases, Vietnam University of Oxford-Wellcome Trust C...Deep-ocean research program office established at Penn State
...id-ocean ridge system. The mid-ocean ridge system marks the boundary along which Earth's major tectonic plates form. As volcanic material from the planet's mantle surges to the seafloor, it helps resurface the Earth and impacts the deep-ocean environment and its inhabitants. For 12 years starting in 19...Science steps up on International Space Station with new experiments, fresh crew to operate them
...ing the earlier expeditions, said Uri. This month marks nine months of continuous research and an extraordinary increase in research capabilities aboard the Station. So far, nearly 500 hours of crew time have been dedicated to the research program on the Space Station, chalking up more than 50,000 hours ...December Media Mighlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
...ity was associated with a seafloor eruption. This marks the first time an eruption has been observed at an ultraslow-spreading ridge. The event was unprecedented in duration and magnitude for a mid-ocean ridge eruption and indicates a negative power-law relationship between these parameters and spreading...Beware of leap year when predicting climate change, warns researcher
...agarin says. Vernal equinox The vernal equinox marks the true arrival of spring. It occurs on March 20 or 21 when the Sun is directly above the equator and day and night are of equal length. In leap years, an extra day is added to February, so the vernal equinox comes a day later on the calendar. As a...Fossil teeth reveal recent origin of human growth pattern
...ls, preserving a record of their growth with daily marks along the prisms that make up the enamel." By making thin sections of modern and fossil teeth, the researchers were able to count the daily incremental markings within the enamel of humans, apes, and fossil "hominin" species in the human lineage in ...Researchers identify gene required for marking DNA as having come from the mother
...rnal genes. Genomic imprinting is the process that marks parts of the genome, or the entire collection of genetic material of an organism, as having been inherited from one's mother or father. Each cell in the human body has 23 pairs of chromosomes, with one of each pair coming from the mother and the othe...January media highlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
... geologic knowledge through original research that marks a major advance in the earth sciences. The award, consisting of a gold medal and a cash prize, was endowed by Dr. and Mrs. Fred A. Donath....Study links El Nio to deadly South American disease
...idemics will be possible in the future." The study marks the first time that researchers from the two widely divergent disciplines of climatology and disease prevention have collaborated. "This is a prime example of how two organizations came together and did something that wouldn't have been possible oth...Reserve creates model for science-based indigenous stewardship of land
...in collaboration with the Cofn Survival Fund. This marks the first time in Ecuador that federally protected lands have been placed in official custody of the resident indigenous people, in this case the Cofn. It could create a model for science-based stewardship of land by indigenous people. Finally, we a...Deep sea creatures collected for studies
...though tube worms have been collected before, this marks the first time that deep sea crabs and mussels have been brought back alive from the deep. The animals were taken from an area called the East Pacific Rise, which is 400 miles south of Manzanilla, Mexico. They were living at a depth of a mile and a h...E. coli bacteria make Alzheimers-linked fibers
...nd to the bodys immune defenses. The discovery marks the first time that amyloid has been found in bacteria. Previously, amyloid was thought to be made only by cells of higher organisms. Even then, their presence was regarded as a mistake, a biological error. This is the first example of a dedicat...Neural stem cells move to damaged areas of brain after injury
...ced damage using a special labeling technique that marks rapidly dividing cells, Parent found a significant increase in neuroblast development in the dentate gyrus and the sub-ventricular zone. Neuroblasts linked together to form long chains that migrated to the olfactory bulb through tubes formed by astro...UNC geologist, students to unveil 221 million-year-old top N.C. fossil
...y the rauisuchian because there are tooth crushing marks on its neck. The larger animal then died and fell on top of its prey. The superb specimen is the most complete sphenosuchian from the late Triassic Period ever found, he said. Previously, the most famous North American rauisuchian, Postosuchus, was ...Optical tweezers show how DNA uncoils
...veals a Reversible Multistage Release of DNA." It marks the first direct observation of the dynamic structure of individual nucleosomes. Chromosomal DNA is packaged into the compact structure of the nuclesome with the help of specialized proteins called histones. The complex of DNA plus histones in cell...World's largest scientific society celebrates womens achievements
...t for the advancement of women chemists. This year marks the diamond jubilee and in celebration a series of events will be held during the national meeting of the Society, April 7-11, in Orlando. The theme is Diversity in the 21st Century Advancing Women in Science. WHAT: ACS Presidential Symposium hon...Brookhaven Spotlights: News from the National Synchrotron Light Source
..., ultraviolet light, and infrared light. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the operation of the NSLS. Seeing the Structure of the Anthrax Toxins Final Component Working at the NSLS, scientists from the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and the University of Chicagos Ben-May Institute for Can......oundary known as the Southwest Indian Ridge, which marks the northern boundary of the Antarctic plate. The authors locate the boundary between the two African plates and the Antarctic plate within a 100-kilometer region of the ridge known as the Andrew Bain Fracture Zone. They also show why the exact loc...