UF study: Calorie restriction reduces age-related brain cell death
...lar disease and cancer," said Leeuwenburgh, who is physically active and has moderately restricted his own calorie intake for a decade. "And maybe it also has a protective effect and it's very suggestive in this study that it does on brain function." Noting the results are preliminary and that many questions...Research shows less income, education not always top factors in child obesity
...n terms of health care -- where people value being physically active, where they understand that they need to build physical activity into their daily lives and get out and do 30 minutes or more a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity for their health, then we can make a difference." Examples of environ...Walking sticks lost wings, then re-evolved them
...neage," Whiting said. "Even though the wing is not physically there, the underlying genetics which construct wings appear to be conserved over evolutionary time. It suggests that complexity can be maintained over tens of millions of years." Entomologists have frequently documented cases where species of insect...Prion disease may be caused by buildup of cellular trash, say Stanford researchers
... the ubiquitin pathway. Together they identify and physically tag abnormal, misfolded or simply worn-out proteins for dismantling in the cell's recycling center. Until recently they were about as glamorous as garbage collectors. The study of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and Lou G...Could one less cookie a day help the fight against fat?
...fundamental change in how people think about being physically fit. I think most people who are fit are making conscious efforts to be that way. So, we need to do a better job of teaching people those skills, Hill said....Underwater sensor system could protect reservoirs, drinking water
... engineering. "However, analysis is still done by physically collecting samples and analyzing them back in the laboratory." Monitoring of rivers downstream from sewage treatment plants, large city water supplies, or the composition of a local pond must all be done by hand. This expensive, time-consuming and ...A new class of catalysts will help boost production, quality of transportation fuels
...gen removal." In addition, the new catalysts are physically strong and chemically stable, as well as inexpensive to produce and regenerate. "The current research in our group at Virginia Tech involves understanding the mechanism of reaction of the catalysts as they remove the S and N pollutants," Oyama said. ...Scientists report important data in stem cell debate
...that, in their laboratory studies, some stem cells physically fused with other cells. This finding suggested that maybe the brain-to-blood and other stem cell switches, a process that scientists call transdifferentiation, weren't what they seemed. Maybe the stem cells had fused with cells from other tissues a...Obesity prevention program aimed at second graders
...is not only sociologically significant it is also physically deadly. The Centers for Disease Control now esti...to prevention: maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, and eating a healthy diet. Program ENERGY provides inquiry-based educational enrichment in ...Discovery of how prolactin travels to gene's machinery helps explain its role in breast cancer
... a petri dish, he showed that prolactin is able to physically enter the cell, travel straight to the cell's DNA, and directly activate the process that turns on genes and triggers the growth of breast cancer cells. It does this by binding to a protein called cyclophilin B, or CYPB for short. This protein serve...Programmable antibodies-- hybrid cancer therapy described by scientists at Scripps
...) has designed a "hybrid" anticancer compound that physically combines the potent punch of a cancer cell-targeting agent with the long-lasting dose of an antibody. Much as a hybrid bicycle is a cross between two bikes--a road bike frame with mountain bike handlebars, for instance--this hybrid compound is a cro...White noise delays auditory organization in brain
...s heavily influenced them, even when the animal is physically older." Chang said that the findings "suggest that there are two sides to the coin. "On the negative side, these findings suggest that noise can have devastating effects on the rate of development of the brain. They emphasize the importance that chil...Research and development takes robots and automation into new territory
...anticipated to improve the quality of life for the physically challenged. Through repetitive exercises, robots can retrain the brain to control certain muscles, helping the patients toward a fuller and faster recovery. Robots will find endless uses in assessing global climate systems, aiding military campaigns,...Scientists observe nanosize microtubules 'treadmilling' across plant cells
... array," Ehrhardt said. "There's nothing actually physically moving anything, and that makes treadmilling a really unexpected mechanism for assembling higher-ordered structures," Shaw observed. What guides the microtubule to its new orientation? The researchers hope that subsequent experiments will provide th...Summit generates possible solutions to exchange of invasive species in Midwest waterways
...r more locations in the Chicago Waterway System to physically separate Lake Michigan water from canal water; Technological barriers, using electrical or acoustical technologies for instance, to deter fish and other aquatic life from advancing; An eradication zone, which would be a stretch along the c...Short-term exposure to estrogen cuts fish fertility
...m exposure can have just as significant -- but not physically observable -- effects," Schultz said....Study: Stroke victims may retain continuous motion ability
...function and open new possibilities for aiding the physically challenged. The research team, which included faculty from Purdue and University of California-Berkeley, was led by Purdue professor Howard Zelaznik. The team found that the cerebellum may not be as fully responsible for the timing of "continuous" mo...Science Picks-Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds (June 2003)
...from remote sensing technologies in its ability to physically penetrate vegetation and murky water, providing reliable measurement of the underlying topographic surface. To see the AHF in action, go to http://www.usgs.gov/features/h_finder.html . Further information is available at http://sofia.usgs.gov. Jon ...Cooperation between unrelated male lizards adds a new wrinkle to evolutionary theory
...at color. Genes for different traits can be linked physically if they occur close together on a chromosome, but ...s linked to far more traits than could possibly be physically linked on the same chromosome. "It's almost as if the whole genome is tightly tethered to this one m...Nitric oxide may change basic understanding of cellular machinery
...ted such that those in which the inserted proteins physically interact have a growth advantage, allowing researchers to identify protein pairs that work together. In the current study, the team first genetically altered yeast to enable them to screen proteins for interactions in an environment that included NO ...