Cattle Diet Implicated In Harmful Human E. Coli Infection As Reported In Science Magazine
Washington D.C. - The old maxim "you are what you eat" appears to apply to cowstoo, according to a new study which indicates that cattle diets may bear a greatdeal of responsibility for infection of humans with harmful strains of E.coli . There are approximately 30 million c...Symposium Explores Neandertal Question, Mystery Of Human Origins
...Atapuerca, Spain, where hominid fossils perhaps as old as 300,000 years havebeen discovered with partial Neandertal traits. Arsuaga argues that thefossils show evidence of Neandertal evolution on the European continent froman ancestor already separate from the evolutionary branch that led to Homosapiens....UD Education News: HHMI Award Supports Undergraduate Discovery
...bout a story he told in a previous PBLlesson. "How old was Albert Szent-Gyorgyi when he died?" White asks. "Was he 93?" a student responds immediately. White nods, smiling. "Why did he win the Nobel Prize?" "Vitamin C," someone else responds, correctly. "Where and when did I meet him?" White queries. "Uh...Computer Simulation To Predict Forest Fires
...e accumulation of dead trees, undergrowth and very old trees that became perfect tinder for fires. The researchers contend that the large Yellowstone fire of 1988, which burned 800,000 acres, could have been prevented if the policy of letting smaller fires burn to completion had been in place before 197...Out On A Limb: Young Burro Receives Artificial Leg At Colorado State
...elevision crews. Primrose was three weeks old and living near Northglenn, Colo., the homeof owne... decade ago. He acquired so manyprops he bought an old donkey to help carry them and add color. The donkeyproved useful, popular and appealing, and Lee now...Evidence For Earliest Maritime-Based Societies In The Americas Reported In Science Magazine
...eiss, it would have been very difficult to knowhow old these sites actually were. The artifacts from Quebrada Jaguay and Quebrada Tacahuay include remains ofcormorants, boobies and a pelican, clams, mussels, and crustaceans, anchoviesand drums (both small schooling fish which may have required the use of...University Of Texas Southwestern Researchers Develop New Test For Kidney Function
...y transplant when she was 4 years old. "The old test required me to spend five hours in the clinic, which made memiss a whole day of school," said the outgoing eighth grader, who attends ReedElementary School in Duncanville. "Now the test is completed in an hour." Dr. Mouin Seikaly, associate...Jurassic Beetle: CSIRO Entomologist Discovers Living Fossil
... of the continent. They bore into rotten wood and old mallee roots, so they are probably important to the process of breaking down old wood and maintaining the fertility of the soil." Dr Lawrence says it is impossible to say whether...40 Percent Of Deaths Are Environmental
...an ecosystems that are ideal for the resurgence of old diseases and the development of new diseases," sai...- Dengue fever, spread by mosquitoes that breed in old tires and other water-holding junk in crowded urban environments, infects an additional 30 million t......ake years. Dr. Bunch recalls that her son, a year old at the time her partof the study began, is now starting kindergarten. However, she says that theknockout mouse studies are a direct way of gaining knowledge that we could notlearn any other way and lay the groundwork for important health advances fo...New Studies Shed Light On Facial Features Of Popular Dinosaurs
...s. That'sone of the differences between methods of old and the one he's developed. "One of the things I like to take pride in is that this method has thepossibility of being proved wrong," Witmer says. "I like to think it can survivetesting, but at least it can be tested." Witmer holds a...ASU Professor Helps In Fight To Protect Japanese Pika Habitat
Because of an old saying, most people may never suspect that rabbits couldever end up on the endangered species list, but an Arizona State Universityprofessor says, guess again. Lagomorphs -- rabbits, and their cousins, hares and pikas-- are beingthreatened worldwide....Lake George Water Is Death On Zebra Mussel Larvae
... atRensselaer. But when larvae less than two weeks old are placed in the lake'swater they all die within seven days. The young larvae develop at normal ratesin water from Lake Champlain, which is already heavily populated by zebramussels. The tests were all conducted in the DFWI laboratories on Rensselae...Long Lava Flows May Have Taken Years, Causing Global Cooling And Extinctions
...nary group of scientists ischallenging the century old theory that long lava flows must be formed bymassive, but short lived, volcanic eruptions. Their research, reported in theJournal of Geophysical Research, suggests that some ancient flows of up to 100miles in length built up gradually over years, ra...Possible Human Ancestors In Spain 780,000 Years Ago
...omeanthropologists claim these fossils could be as old as 1.8 million years. "Sofar the paleomagnetic data from Guadix-Baza is ambiguous," Pares said. "Hopefully, additional work at the site will give more definitive data and helpresolve the controversy." Research at Atapuerca is funded by the governme...Ohio State Professor Receives Patent For Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Detection Kit
... The disease favors chickens younger than 7 weeks old because these animals have immature immune cells. The virus replicates in and destroys the immature cells. “If two or three percent of chickens on a farm have the disease, 100 percent of the flock will have it within a couple of....... All 18 dwarfs (aged newborn to 28 years old came from a single inbredfamily living in two neighboring villages in an area where marriages betweenfirst-degree relatives are common. One, affected, dwarf couple had a son (alsoaffected), demonstrating fertility in both sexes. The height, w...Researcher Finds World's Most Diverse Home Of Slime Molds
...or new life elsewhere. "They are extremely old organisms that evolved before plants andanimals, so they have found a very successful way to live in the soil," Cavendersaid. "They keep the soil healthy and fertile, and that's why they're soimportant." About 70 species of slime molds have b......eeting, answering many questions andreopening some old ones. The polar ice cap has been mapped, but there iscontroversy over the cause of its shape: ice flow or sublimation-deposition.There is new infrared imagery of Phobos, showing both thick dust and largeboulders. 3:00 PM: El Nio The 1997-98 El Nio w...