Transgenic Rice Plants Resist Insects, Drought And Salt Damage
...ther plant species' genes into rice. "Hundreds of millions of hungry people need this rice now, and the crop losses to insects, drought and increasing salinization of soils are devastating." According to Gary Toenniessen, deputy director for agricultural sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation, Wu and his col...Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...the enormous pressure in the Earth'score, which is millions of times higher at the inner core surfacethan the atmospheric pressure at the Earth's surface, has alignediron atoms in a distinctive crystalline structure that slows downwaves in some directions and creates a "fast track"for seismic waves in a near ......ally takes years and coststens or even hundreds of millions ofdollars," said co-author Pavel A.Pevzner, a professor of mathematicsand computer science. With thismethod, we can find a human geneif an analogous gene from anotherspecies has been identified. Thespecies doesn't matter: mouse,chicken, frog. Anythin...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...h confidence to have in the results. It summarizes millions and even billions of experimental data points into a few constants and it will do it in about a minute....Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
... from a single fertilized egg into a collection of millions of structured, specialized cells. In animal experiments, hedgehog signals can turn on and off genes in many individual cells, coding for special traits needed to help create limbs, eyes, spinal column, or other structures. In recent years, Hopkins s...Gene Discovery Could Overcome Aluminum Barrier To Higher Wheat Yields Worldwide
...at could help wheat, a major food staple, grow on millions of acres worldwide that are now hostile to the crop. Plant geneticist J. Perry Gustafson of USDA's <A HREF="http://www.ars.usda.gov">Agricultural Research Service said the gene enables wheat to resist toxins in aluminum often found in acid ......ged water pipes in the Great Lakes region, causing millions of dollars of damage. Cohen, who works with the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, has previously reported the introduction of more than 200 exotic macroscopic species, both plants and animals, to San Francisco Bay in the past 150 years, su...Plants Have Future As Environmental Clean-Up Agents
...ering. "I would say society is going to save many millions of dollars,"he said. "We're finding the use of vegetation has use in a number ofenvironments and a number of problems." That's hopefully going to be the case in Riley County, which isthe home county of both K-State and the city of Manhattan. Facingc...Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
...ve created a specially prepared surface that holds millions of cell-sized squares composed of an artificial me...kemia patient's blood. Using a small wafer holding millions of micro-patches that have been seeded with proteins that bind to different kinds of cells, it shoul...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...b of Ornithology. "You will be able to 'watch' as millions of migrating hawks from North America funnel through Central America on their way to South America. You will come home from a day of birding, logon to BirdSource, and share your checklist with thousands of other amateur birders and with professional...Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
...ronment. After 13 years of medical experience, and millions of patients, MRI has proven to be one of the most effective and safe imaging tools available." Increasing the speed and image quality of MRI systems, however, requires the use of high-powered, fast-changing magnetic fields, a combination that increas...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...blems cost the U.S. livestock industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year in vaccine and veterinary bills, and in lost production. Letchworth is equally excited by the implications his findings have for controlling viral diseases in humans. "I think our research here will ultimately benefit human hea...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...on, the researchers point out. "This suggests that millions of women are impaired -- working harder than they need to for the same amount of exercise or physical work," said Jere Haas, Ph.D., the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell and co-director of the Cornell Program ...First Salmonella Vaccine For Poultry To Be On The Market Soon
...carcasses are condemned by inspectors. Each year, millions of chickens are lost to E.coli. "We're able to take the genetically engineered salmonella strain and make it express some proteins and other properties from APEC, which imparts immunity to APEC as well," Curtiss says. "The recombinant vaccine is ap...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
...nvironmental effect of driving smogmobiles -- even millions of them -- would be virtually undetectable, Hertzberg says. What really excites this veteran researcher, however, is the potential of liquid nitrogen production to actually reduce air pollution. To make liquid nitrogen, Hertzberg explains, a plant wo...Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
...hese voracious eaters cost the hard woods industry millions ofdollars. Luckily, from an economic point of view, gypsy moths usually do not eatconiferous trees, which are the basis of the multimillion dollar pulp paperindustry. "However, there is another threat, the Asian gypsy moth, which eatsconifer...Purdue Study Finds Prehistoric Couch Potato
... northern relatives in aerobic fitness for tens of millions of years. "Whereas 140 million year ago, the Argentine dinosaurs breathed only slightly more efficiently than their more primitive ancestors, the North American dinosaurs of the same age had vastly improved their technique," he says. "The South Ameri...New "Wonder Peanut" Beats Olive Oil In Healthful Benefits
...Gorbet says. "That attribute alone translates into millions of dollars of savings on recalls due to outdated product," he said. "Longer shelf life also gives the new peanut an edge in taste. In industry meetings, where many varieties of peanuts are handed out and tested by growers and manufacturers, this is t...Gene Locus Found For Essential Tremor Disorder
...s an important advance for a disorder that affects millions ofAmericans," says Zach W. Hall, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute ofNeurological Disorders and Stroke. "It will lead the way to discovery of thegene, which should help us better understand the basis for this disablingcondition." ET is chara....... And there's more. Chemical pesticides kill millions of non-target species- such as birds, fish and beneficial insect predators and parasites - andwreak havoc with natural food chains. They also lead to the evolution ofmore virulent, chemical-resistant pests. Yet the chemical bombardment continue...