Researchers identify molecule that senses osmotic pressure in vertebrates
...hannel, allowing ions, among them calcium ions, to pass through, which elicits a cascade of intracellular ..., a gateway that allows only certain substances to pass into the brain. The circumventricular organs are located inside the brain, but outside the blood-bra......rug based on the fragment would be small enough to pass from the bloodstream into the brain, the researchers said. These findings were presented today (November 8) in New Orleans at the 30th Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, the world's largest neuroscience meeting. The fragment is deriv...How much of the world do we really see?
...r directions. While you're talking to him, two men pass between you carrying a wooden door. You feel a moment's irritation, but they move on and you carry on describing the route. When you've finished, the stranger informs you that you've just taken part in a psychology experiment. "Did you notice anythin...Scientists find gene that fuels 'sexual arms race'
..., who have precious little time to find a mate and pass along their genes, to avoid wooing other males. "Courtship, for a fruit fly, is a very expensive activity, and males don't want to waste their time approaching other males," says Carroll. "They want to find Jill, not Jack." But the fundamental import...Clemson hosts workshop in frontier-science field of biological computation
...empt to unlock the mystery of how cells encode and pass information inside the cell and between cells, and then bring that understanding to the way computers work. "Pattern recognition, agility, data storage everything from insects to human beings do these things wonderfully well, and our computer systems...A bizarre new predatory dinosaur unearthed on Madagascar
...erence to Knopfler is two-pronged. First, to help pass the time excavating fossils under the baking Malagasy sun, expedition crews played and enjoyed a great deal of Knopfler's music. Second, and perhaps more significantly, his music appeared to have an additional, unanticipated effect-it brought good f...Researchers discover weight-loss compound that doesnt affect food intake
...oss without the complications of having fatty acid pass through the body. This is especially significant since 25% of our weight is muscle, making muscle quantitatively the most important tissue to remove fatty acid from the blood circulation and use it for energy. The mice treated with gAcrp30 showed s...Parasite's sperm-encryption keeps species apart
...m that assures that as many wasps as possible will pass Wolbachia on to the next generation. Infected male...fected females, and infected females automatically pass the infection on to all their offspring. The only possibility for producing uninfected offspring is ...Free sessions open to the public at 2001 AAAS Meeting
...ent, The Nasdaq Stock Market. (Register for a free pass right outside of the Continental Ballroom where the lecture will be held.) 11 a.m.4 p.m. The Science Career Fair . Employers will be on-site to talk with candidates about job opportunities in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industrie...Human gut potential breeding ground for antibiotic resistance
... Under certain conditions bacteria might copy and pass specific genes on to other bacteria which incorpor...hromycin. Another concern is that Bacteroides may pass these antibiotic-resistance genes on to other bacteria that can cause human disease. "Once these...Genetic mutation causes cardiac conduction disease
...tiple functional defects-some that let more sodium pass through the channel, some that allowed less through. "In a sense, the mutation causes balanced deficits that mostly cancel each other out," Balser said. "So what you end up with is a very slight net decrease in sodium channel function. That slows c...Neuronal choir hums in unison to rivet brain's attention
...uch as the inferior temporal cortex, will, in turn pass on the signal to brain areas involved in the highest levels of visual cognition and awareness, creating, in effect, a chain reaction through the visual processing pathways. "Disorders of attention are common components of various mental illnesses,"...Zebrafish could become genetics 'lab rat' of choice
...ave developed a technique that allows zebrafish to pass genetic modifications to its offspring. The discovery will lead to researchers being able to study genes and proteins in a less expensive way. The two-inch, black-striped zebrafish known primarily as the last fish living in your kid's aquarium is q...UC Davis science, engineering and technology newstips -- March
...s. The universe became transparent, as light could pass through for the first time. Variations, or anisotropies, in the microwave background of less than 1 part in 100,000 show irregularities in the early universe where the plasma was slightly denser, said Knox. Scientists think that as the universe cool...Nanopore detector shows discriminating taste in DNA molecules
...pore just big enough for a single strand of DNA to pass through. A voltage applied across the membrane gen...2 nanometers, so that only single-stranded DNA can pass all the way through. Double-stranded DNA gets stuck in the pore until the strands separate. A typic...Sleeping dogs lend a paw to narcoleptics
...e a treat to a narcoleptic dog, and he's likely to pass out with excitement - an endearingly pitiful sight. However, such canines are helping scientists understand human narcolepsy and sleep control. In the April issue of Genome Research, Emmanuel Mignot and colleagues from Stanford University Medical C...Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA
...alf and it will take half as long for electrons to pass through it. But organic nanowires don`t conduct electricity that way. The rate of speed increases exponentially as the wires get shorter. For example, a 3-nanometer wire of OPV would conduct 950 times faster than a wire that`s twice as long. That`s ...NSF weighs options for treating South Pole patient
...s from various universities. All were required to pass a physical examination before deployment. Winter in Antarctica begins in late February and lasts through October. The "overwinter" staff at the station are variously employed in maintaining the cutting--edge science facilities at the Pole, including...Researchers link failed cell division, Alzheimer's disease
...e extra chromosomes, but never create new cells to pass on the extra copies. Says Herrup, "We know now almost precisely where the cell is stopped in the division process and we know something even more important: Because it's stopped there and not able to proceed, its nucleus is basically out of balance ...USGS issues wildlife health alert for foot-and-mouth disease
...shed virus up to 4 weeks after infection and could pass the infection to other deer and cattle. Likewise, infected cattle are able to pass the virus to deer, and with the explosion of the white-tailed deer population in the United States, ...