DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
...lovebox; the aim is to test a heatpipe in space in order to develop more effective heatpipes for use in cooling systems. On the education side of the activities for day 1 on the ISS, Kuipers will install two university student experiments, BugNRG, which will investigate bacterial fuel cells in weightlessne...Citizens asked to monitor impact of invasive bird species
...that simply putting up nest boxes isn't enough. In order to ensure the long-term future of native cavity-nesters, nest-box owners need to monitor and report what's going on inside their boxes. Only then will scientists have a true picture of the current status and factors influencing breeding success of na...The Hunter's Breath tells a story of adventure and discovery in Antarctica
...he coldest, driest, windiest continent on Earth in order to learn the secrets of the mysterious Weddell seals, the only wild mammals capable of surviving Antarctic winters. In her new book, The Hunter's Breath, Williams interweaves two amazing stories from those expeditions: One is the story of the seals a...Two molecules work together to aid transport of immune cells, UT Southwestern researchers find
... in the April 21 issue of the journal Immunity. In order to fight certain infections, T-cells must migrate ...ed firm adhesion. "You need both of these steps in order to get the T-cells out of the blood vessel and into tissue," Dr. Siegelman said. "Only by completing...How do animals exposed to 24-hour light retain their wake-sleep habits?
...2 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness). In order to compensate for the seasonal variations of light, mammals likely have an adjustable daily program under the regulation of a biological clock. But how do mammals in the Arctic which is characterized by months of full light followed by months of f...Is a single bout of exercise helpful or harmful in getting a good night's sleep?
... counter-balanced across volunteers to control for order effects. A minimum of 30 days rest and recovery was allowed before a subsequent test session was administered. The exercise conditions were as follows: (1) Resistance Exercise: Upper Body (Bench Press and Lat Pull-Downs) and Lower Body: Squat and ...Vanderbilt doctors use Viagra to treat infants with pulmonary hyptertension
.... Hartley was rushed to cardiac catheterization in order to get an accurate reading of the pressure in his lungs. Even after a successful heart surgery, like Hartley's, problems may develop that result in pulmonary hypertension. It could be vessels that are prone to clotting or scarring after surgery, or ...Delirium high in ICU patients, leads to death, morbidity
...e the complications either prevented or treated in order to lessen morbidity and/or mortality associated with critical illness," he said. "That's where we are in the overall scope of our discovery process." Ely said the first problem with delirium is the mortality rate. The second is cost. The estimated c...UNC researchers identify virus gene involved in tumor cell growth, spread
...ng, but cancer cells often usurp these pathways in order to grow and metastasize, or spread," Damania said.KSHV is a member of the herpesvirus family. Eight herpesviruses currently are known to be prevalent in humans. "In normal, healthy individuals, the immune system keeps these viruses in check. However,...Moss Landing researchers reveal iron as key to climate change
...y blown out to sea from expanding desert areas. In order to simulate such ice-age conditions, the SOFeX scientists added iron to surface waters in two square patches, each 15 kilometers on a side, so that concentrations of this micronutrient reached about 50 parts per trillion. This concentration, though l...Phytoplankton may stimulate uptake of CO2
...ut the world's oceans and reducing CO2 levels. "In order for the phytoplankton to be a long-term sink for c...nitrate, phosphate, silicates and dissolved CO2 in order to determine the impact on levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. "We needed very high spatial reso...Grant from GE Foundation to University of Houston to strengthen math, tech 'pipeline'
...anced material in thorough and challenging ways in order to compliment and promote true student advancement. Additionally, UH faculty, staff and students will create a Web-based "virtual resource center" for teachers, administrators and university professors and researchers to provide assessment tools, com...Genetic screening study at Stanford ID's most aggressive adult leukemia strains
...that can take up to 15 years to reach patients. In order for gene activity to become widely used for choosing treatments, Pollack said the results first must be independently replicated and researchers must find the smallest number of genes that can still discriminate between treatment groups....Culture of primate non-aggression
... the open-access journal PLoS Biology, of a higher order cultural tradition in wild baboons in Kenya. Rooted in field observations of a group of olive baboons (called the Forest Troop) since 1978, they reveal the emergence of a unique pacific culture affecting this troop. Typically, male baboons angle eith...UF researcher: Animals think in their own way, but unlike humans
...w when they're having sex that they're doing it in order to have offspring?'" At least among Australian dolphins sex is quite violent, with most females coerced into the activity, he said. Another misunderstood critter is the Central American vampire bat, which, contrary to its foreboding name, happens t...Purdue scientists finding ways to outsmart crop-damaging bugs
...he researchers tested nine related insecticides in order to identify a negative cross-resistance toxin. They found that the resistant flies were highly susceptible to one compound called deltamethrin. Use of deltamethrin dramatically reduced the numbers of pesticide-resistant insects in a fruit fly populat...Understanding nutrition labels can lead to healthier eating
...e daily requirement for calcium into their diet in order to help prevent osteoporosis," said Karen Chapman-...Labels. Next, they do some simple math problems in order to learn how the information relates to their own daily calorie and nutrient intake. "In the third c...'Crystal engineering' helps scientists solve 3-D protein structures
...rwise prevent the proteins from crystallizing. "In order to determine a high-resolution structure of a protein, we need to study it in its crystal form," Derewenda explained. "Yet many proteins do not crystallize easily, or even at all, with current laboratory techniques. Using our approach, we can now mak...Genetic trick adapted from viruses makes gene therapy vectors more versatile
...olecule used to ferry specific genes into cells in order to give those cells the ability to make particular...ellular proteins must be present in many copies in order to work efficiently. Because it only borrows a genetic trick from viruses but does not cause a real ...