Baboon studies suggest strategies for coping with stress
...vels of stress hormones. And when keeping calm, perspective helps. Baboons who cannot tell if a situation is a real threat have twice the stress-hormone levels of those who can discern hazards from histrionics. And if a situation poses a real threat, baboons who sit there waiting for a fight have higher stres...A first: A (nearly) complete road map for the evolution of placental mammals
...gainst morphology, and I think this puts in better perspective what the values or merits of both can be," Miyamoto said. The repercussions of the paper will go beyond evolutionists circles, researchers said. By clarifying the evolutionary histories of other mammals, the placental mammal history will help scienti......ional political debate over biotech's use from the perspective of consumers, scientists and regulatory agencies. (AGFD 25-29 and 37-42; Monday, April 2.) Nobel Prize 100th anniversary: laureates look back and ahead - Five Nobel laureates will recall chemistry milestones of the last century, give their views...A neurogenetic approach to alcoholism
...of primate and human studies to form an integrated perspective on serotonin and its role in the development of alcoholism. David Goldman, chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said that one of the key strengths of this approach to understanding alco......titutions. "We make sure that reviewers bring the perspective of teacher, scientist and clinician to their task," says Walter Atha, M.D., director of the ABX Guide project. "This helps ensure that the information contained in the Guide is absolutely accurate and based on the best scientific evidence, not anecd...New technique illuminates events obscured in the geologic record
...e Seymour Island data are evaluated from a spatial perspective using stratigraphic plane analysis, it is clear that these restricted-occurrence horizons are not due to collection failures or incomplete preservation but represent important biotic events, probably associated with widespread thermal events document...Krauss book explores universe from oxygen atom's perspective
...ted. His story is about the universe told from the perspective of a single oxygen atom. A drink of water in the Rodin sculpture garden in Paris sets the stage for what becomes a toast to the beginnings of a universe that gave rise to this atom. What follows, he says is "the atom's remarkable and amazing journey...When Shewanella meets goethite: Evidence found of recognition between animate and inanimate objects
... Many scientists are also interested from the perspective of basic research, to answer fundamental questions of how things work. "But for the article in Science we wanted to demonstrate the capability of the new microscope with a question of microbe-mineral interaction," Hochella says. Probing t...Climate change affecting even remote arctic environment, study says
... through further research that takes a circumpolar perspective and through actions that respond to the threats identified in the report." Using plain language and numerous maps, diagrams and photographs, the report is designed to be accessible to both scientists and non-scientists. By bringing together local and...Beyond global warming: Where on Earth are we going?!
...ntly stable conditions on Earth, based on a narrow perspective of life on Earth for the last 10,000 years. We are living within a sheltered period of only about 10,000 years in which conditions have been comparatively stable. Paleo (past) records spanning many hundreds of thousands of years tell us that abrupt ...Scientists share multidisciplinary discoveries at 'Earth System Processes'
... at the University of Houston, will give a genomic perspective of what the Archean contemporary cyanobacteria must have contained as its genomic component. This is an important piece of molecular evidence that can be compared to the morphological fossil record and the proposed atmospheric conditions prior to the...Montana State University begins major trout and salmonid book collection
...ould like to see students and others broaden their perspective of trout beyond the"how-to" and "where-to-go" angling books that publishing houses started spawning in the 1960s. Thousands of such books have been written in recent decades, including three by Lilly. Right now the collection is too new to gain an...Can a 'universal' HIV-1 vaccine be developed? AIDScience.com describes current research strategies
... virus, and what's the best research strategy? One perspective on these questions is presented today at the web site, AIDScience.com Researcher Anne S. De Groot offers an optimistic viewpoint in a peer-reviewed research review article: New bioinformatics tools--which use computer power to analyze genetic seque...High homocysteine levels are strongly associated with all-cause mortality among elderly
...rtance of addressing the tHcy problem from a wider perspective than that of CVD risk alone. At its inception in 1992-1993, the study included 2127 men and 2639 women. On the basis of self-reported medical histories, the participants were divided into groups at high risk for a CVD event (1448) and those at low ...Healing the waters: A holistic Native American Indian approach
...l and scientific community," Fuller explained. "My perspective on the tribal approach and direction I have received is to look at the big picture and long time frame. Most of my 'clientele' hasn't been born yet and won't be for some time to come!"...Healing the waters: a holistic native American Indian approach
... and scientific community," Fuller explained. "My perspective on the tribal approach and direction I have received is to look at the big picture and long time frame. Most of my 'clientele' hasn't been born yet and won't be for some time to come!"...Overfishing sets the stage for other problems in marine ecosystems
...s. The article notes that a lack of historical perspective has led toerroneous conclusions about the causes o...rine resource,say the authors. The historical perspective can be used to develop modern managementstrategies that could help fish populations recover, the aut......The scientists claim this revolutionary historical perspective is essential to management because historic data provide a framework for remediation and restoration that is otherwise invisible. "Comparing the magnitude of the mass ecological extinctions in the ocean to those on land may not be enough," states st...Scientists: Collapse of coastal ecosystems tied to past overfishing
...tists would like, the resulting lack of historical perspective has often led to erroneous or incomplete conclusions about ecological problems, she says. For example, scientists attributed a massive die-off of coral reefs in the Caribbean in the 1980s to algae blooms spurred by the decline of a then-abundant plan...Scientists examine the seas our ancestors fished to better understand today's changing oceans
...s and human-caused climate change. This historical perspective has helped Estes better understand more recent cha...the productivity of the North Pacific. Historical perspective also made possible the comparison of kelp forests of Alaska to those of the southern hemisphere, in ...