New Science Press launches Proteins: From Sequence to Structure
...ral books on protein structure... It has certainly moved well beyond the scope of other books, covering up to the most recent paradigm shifts in the field."Robert Stroud, University of California San Francisco...PET scans reduce unnecessary colorectal surgeries
...ated this point: Overall, 12% of the patients were moved from observation to active treatment and 10 of the12 patients had rising markers. The authors cautioned that PET scans did have some limitations. In a small number of cases, while PET identified that disease was present, it underestimated the extent...Scripps scientists find ignored species play key role in ecosystem interactions
...ores that feed on small kelps. The research then moved into experimental aquariums at Scripps Institution, where Sala and Graham could control the behavior of nine herbivore species. By devising experiments with and without herbivores, they were able to observe the maximum effect of herbivores on small k...Experiments reveal ancient blood flow map
...n open circulatory system in which blood cells are moved throughout the body by the pumping of a primitive heart called the dorsal vessel. In flies, blood cells are involved in recognizing and destroying pathogens, digesting remnants of dead cells, and wound healing, among other roles. To determine what fu...New material to patch injured knee ligaments
...tening problems." Already, these treatments have moved out of the lab and into hospitals. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the material and it has been used to treat 70,000 patients in the US for a variety of injuries, including knees and shoulders, as well as skin wounds. Badylak has al...Timing of chemical signal critical for normal emotional development
...ene that codes for the serotonin receptor (5-HT1A) moved around less than normal animals in open spaces, balked at entering elevated mazes, and were slower to begin eating in such novel environments. Yet, the researchers didn't know which of two populations of serotonin receptors -- one in the forebrain a...UAF biologist tracking extinct bears published in Science
...trange in terms of concepts of how ice age mammals moved and evolved and responded to climatic and environmental changes," said Matheus. Researchers used stable isotope data to determine aspects of ancient brown bear diets and compared them to those of the extinct short-faced bear, which peak between 35-21...Stanford scientist seeks participants in NASA hypergravity study
...he passenger`s peripheral visual field and will be moved closer together as the G force increases. The centrifuge will be stopped when the lights are about 40 degrees apart - the point at which peripheral vision begins to dim - or when the Doppler sensor indicates that the passenger has undergone a signifi...Years of research, thought lead geologist to propose new supercontinent Columbia
... up about 1.5 billion years ago, and its fragments moved around the Earth independently for several hundred... it too broke into several fragments. These chunks moved independently until 250 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangea formed, Rogers said. Pange...Dartmouth biologists say algae might be missing mercury link in aquatic food chain
...experiment, the researchers followed mercury as it moved from the water, was taken up by algae, and eventually found its way into small animals called Daphnia, which eat the algae. Daphnia, a type of zooplankton, is in turn a food source for many species of fish. While not toxic to the Daphnia or the fish...Endangered freshwater mussels saved
...pand his mussel propagation work. Once the work is moved into the new building this spring, Neves hopes to produce about 100,000 juvenile mussels each year. Currently, he has only been able to average about 50,000 per year, depending on the availability of the species with which he is working. "People are ...Young Amazonian manatee returned to wild
...he Colombian Amazon. For the first 10 days he moved back and forth through channels in the flooded forest to nearby lakes, returning to the release point from time to time, eating aquatic grasses and plants. Scientists continue to track the young manatee, and Dr. Bossart says its a success story, not...Immerge biotherapeutics identifies miniature swine that do not transmit pig retrovirus to humans
... work to be done, we are very excited that we have moved the science of xenotransplantation forward several steps toward clinical application....February media highlights - GSA Bulletin
...everal thrust faults, where crust to the south has moved up relative to crust northward. The Seattle fault zone was responsible for a magnitude 7 earthquake 1100 years ago, and a magnitude 4.9 earthquake in June 1997 near Bremerton suggests that part of it is active today. We have mapped various strands of...Chemical evidence proves the old adage, Birds of a feather flock together
...o hydrogen 1 gradually decreased as breeding sites moved north. For example, birds nesting in Georgia had higher had higher amounts of carbon 13 and deuterium in their feathers than those from Ontario, Canada, several hundred miles to the north. In most species of birds, feathers are renewed annually, and...Experts offer the skinny on search for healthy fat
... on very intensely managed pasture. The cattle are moved from pasture to pasture regularly so that they have a steady diet of green grass. This gives them the nutrients they need, and it also allows them to fatten up. This is a very specialized type of farming." Robinson maintains a Web site that promotes ...Deep sea creatures collected for studies
...ve and under pressure." Soon, the animals will be moved to a UCSB lab in order for scientists to perform additional tests to understand more about their physiology. "Currently the tube worms are growing, the mussels are attaching and moving around and the crabs are walking around and eating," said Childre...New theory of the evolution of bird flight linked to parental care
... after the reptiles with their protective feathers moved into the trees. Additionally, recent findings in Asia of feathered dinosaurs provide further evidence that feathers evolved before flight, Carey adds. In this paper, he also discusses why flying dinosaurs with nonfeathered membrane-like wings, such...Nexia and US Army spin the worlds first man-made spider silk performance fibers
...ng achieved this proof of principle, Nexia has now moved toward commercial development for multiple applications such as medical sutures, biodegradable fishing lines, soft body armor and unique material composites. Our strategy is two-fold: to produce large quantities of BioSteel through our proprietary t......across the three plate boundaries, this point then moved rapidly to the southeast and traced out the 3200-km-long structure during the 35 m.y. history. The researchers suggest that rates of oceanic crust formation were very fast on two of the three plate boundaries during this period. Rapid rates of oceani...