Computer Program For Quicker, More Detailed Mapping
...d Human Genome Center. "Previously, it would take months for us to build a map," saidMyers. "Now we can rebuild it every day, including new informationas it is gathered. Our maps are now much more accurate because we can mapeverything at once." The Stanford team that developed Mapper will present the new ...Hibernation: The Opposite of Sleep?
...er an earthenblanket, you snooze through the worst months of the year. The only problem with it, zoophysiologist Brian Barnes reports in theSeptember/October issue of The Sciences (p.12), is that it is dead wrong. Instead of blissful slumber, what hibernating animalsexperience is more like a months-long b...Low-Protein Diet May Reverse Kidney Disease
... gradually disappeared during the next three to 15 months in five participants, who started the study before...ve remained in remission or near remission for six months to two years. The other 11 participants, who had more advanced kidney failure before starting the st...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...that mahogany seeds are only viable for a matterof months before they biodegrade and die, she noted. That means they cannotbe stored and preserved indefinitely in the ground the ways seeds of manyother plants can. In her article in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Snook warnsthat the way mahoganie...PET Project Helps Reduce Pollution Threat From Heavy Metals
...The researchers mustmonitor the system for several months to see how it holds upunder the freeze-thaw cycles of winter and spring and to see howroad salt and other de-icing chemicals affect it. The research is funded by the Ohio Department ofTransportation....Component In Soy Products May Be Substitute For Estrogen Treatment
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Soy protein used for six months by nutrition scientistsin a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet for 66 postmenopausal women increasedbone-mineral density, providing evidence that a key compound in soy products-- isoflavones -- could be a substitute for estrogen treatment. The findings w...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...tive results. From a sample during the first nine months of observations, AMANDA has spotted about 12 particles that seem to be evidence of incoming neutrinos. This season, hot-water drillers will bore out holes to install seven new strings of detectors 2,000 meters deep, to join the four strings already ......iar objects, like eyes, ears and nose, by about 14 months ofage should be checked by a pediatrician for a po... for a link between wordcomprehension at 14 and 20 months and intelligence test scores later inlife as the child starts school. He also is testing to see at ...Pinpoint Gene Control Holds Promise For Nervous System Studies
... genes turned off. Then, whenthe mice were several months old, scientists injected a viralvector that shuttled into the cells an enzyme that snipped outthe "stop" sequence, activating the extra genes to produce NGF.The team believes this is the first permanent geneticmodification in the central nervous syst...A Phoenix From A Ring Of Fire Is A Pattern For The Recovery Of Mount St. Helens
...tion of ballooning spiders on Krakatau only three months after the explosion. On Mount St. Helen's, there was also a profusion of spiders in the first few weeks after the eruption. Indeed, says Edwards, a lean, bearded New Zealander who was co-leader of a National Geographic Society-financed expedition ...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...tic Society. The study was conducted over six months and involved 100 women who lived alone. Half were in their mid-20s, the other half were in their early 70s. Twenty-five women in each group had a dog or cat to which they were very attached. The other 25 in each group had never owned a pet. Of th...Duke Study Shows Early Marrow Transplant Key To 'Bubble Boy' Disease Cure
...they receive a bone marrow transplant within three months of birth. Theyalso have learned that these childre.... The other six received a transplant within three months andall survived. The Duke researchers found no difference in eventual outcomebetween identical or ha...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...ss," he says. "We would then monitor the area over months or years to determine the progress." This spring Nies and his students will begin using bioremediation to clean up two sites, operated by the Indiana Department of Transportation, that have been contaminated by leaking underground gasoline tanks. The...Better Peroxidase Improves Disease Diagnosis
...ia. Standard kits lose effectiveness in about four months without refrigeration, according to industry sources. Vierling's preliminary research suggests that kits made with soybean peroxidase should last unrefrigerated for at least a year. Such kits will be very useful in places such as China, Africa and Ce......iveness of a specific EGS takesonly a few weeks or months compared to years required for the development ofmost antibiotics....Penn State Researchers Study Used Mushroom Compost
...e use. "The compost is used for about two months and then discarded," says Dr.Patrick G. Hatcher, director of Penn State's Center for Environmental Chemistryand Geochemistry and professor of fuel science and geosciences and chemistry."The spent mushroom substrate must be weathered for two years bef...Researchers To Investigate Years Before Menopause
... approximately 150 women ages 35 to 60 for six months of each year during the five-year project. The...dical definition of menopause is 12 continuous months without menstrual bleeding. Because the follicles control the cycle of hormones that lead to pre...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
...ome is a huge one, and required an additional nine months to describe in detail in Science. With more than 4.6 million bases, it is two or three times bigger than other bacteria sequenced to date. Sequencing of the base pairs that make up DNA is analogous todeciphering a language. It is done with the aid o...Smoking Mice Lead To Emphysema Breakthrough
...smoking chamberever designed for mice. Six months later, all of the normal mice had inflamed, over-inflatedlungs ? the hallmarks of emphysema. The mighty mice, however, appearedcompletely healthy. "This enzyme clearly plays a primary role in the developmentof the disease in mice and probably in huma...Report Notes Difficulties In Eliminating E. Coli O157:H7 From Food Supply
...7:H7 has been known to survive forseveral weeks to months in acidic foods such as fermented sausage and applecider, and experimentally, in foods like mayonnaise and cheddar cheese. Thesurvival time in these foods is greatly extended at refrigeration temperatures(32 F-40 F) as opposed to room temperature. ...