Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...ate that "If agricultural soil sequestration is to play a role in the endeavor to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is important both to determine that soil sequestration practices are competitive, low-cost means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions and to design programs or incentives that make these...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...s make most of the donations to the fund, and they play a critical role in determining which clinical research proposals are funded. "The Veterinary Memorial Fund program is a terrific success story, for the college, for our association, and for the people and animals that we ultimately serve," s...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...ajor focus is the brain and liver, as these organs play key roles in the development of obesity and related disorders. Four research teams will concentrate on three objectives: to foster interdisciplinary interactions at UT Southwestern to study obesity and metabolic syndromes; to develop state-of-the-art...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...udies on the effects of urban growth all come into play as we focus on this increasingly important issue o...tical decisions about the growth of the region and play out scenarios to predict the effects those decisions might have in the future on such variables as w...Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
...dicates that accessory cells, such as macrophages, play a significant role in facilitating the growth of these tumors," Gordillo said. "Antibody-based therapy that blocks MCP-1 may be effective in substantially limiting the incidence and quality of the malformation." A new treatment option is needed...Gene clusters predict atherosclerosis severity, susceptibility
... not have immediate clinical applications, they do play an important role in identifying genes for further study," Seo said. "The identification of these genes advances our understanding of the biological pathways relevant to atherosclerosis. "Many of these genes are likely to be implicated in t...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...in energy balance that precede measurable fat loss play a key role in mediating the beneficial effects of exercise on whole-body insulin action. 20.23 Elizabeth Mitchell, et al. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Effects of short-term exercise in negative or zero energy balance on cardiovascular di...The book opens on the first tree genome
...nt issues are overwhelming, but poplar trees could play a significant role in the solution," said Gerald Tuskan, whose team at the ORNL leads the poplar research effort. "Trees have a built-in mechanism for storing captured carbon dioxide in their leaves, branches, stems, and roots. This natural process...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...structure and function of maize centromeres, which play a central role in cell division and ensure that the newly divided cells each receive a set of chromosomes. A growing challenge is how to handle the massive amounts of data coming out of ongoing genomics projects and to make it readily accessible t...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...nowledge, public desire, laws and regulations also play a factor. He encouraged the graduate students in the audience working to become future scientists - to keep abreast with the latest issues regarding a number of different Interior Department opportunities. The level of research being conducted and p...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
...'s potential as a biotech workhorse. Methanotrophs play an important role in the global energy cycle becau...f carbon and energy could possibly be harnessed to play an important role in efforts to reduce methane emissions that are generated by biological sources su...Research suggests new avenue for stopping, preventing colon cancer
...hormone-like substances called prostaglandins that play a role in a wide variety of physiological functions. One of them, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), has been specifically linked to the development of colon polyps.The current study tested the effect of PGE2 in mice with the mutation that made them susceptibl...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
...major proinflammatory protein initially thought to play a role in the death of cancer cells. Investigators first reasoned that TNFα might be responsible for the death of cancer cells in which NF-kB was inhibited, seen in this study, since previous experiments have shown that high doses of TNFα c...Amyloid fibers sprout one step at a time
...n. But why such oligomers form and what role they play in making amyloid plaques was unknown. Weissman and his colleagues sought to understand the dynamics of how the amyloid puzzle pieces assemble themselves. They analyzed the timing of the yeast prion protein assembly, and how that varied with differe...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...e important role the private sector can, and must, play in the efforts to save wildlife and conserve wild lands," said Dr. Steven Sanderson, WCS President and CEO. "Goldman Sachs, the Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund, WCS and the people of Chile will be pioneering a new kind of partnership for conservation o...Popular Science announces Third Annual 'Brilliant 10'
...urface of everything. His ability to translate the play of light on surfaces into digital code has not only secured his status as an academic computer scientist, it has taken him on a red carpet ride, earning him credits on films such as Terminator 3 and Shrek 2. In February, he earned an Academy Award fo...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
... 'trefoil factors' (TFF) into the Lactococcus. TFF play an important role in the protection and healing of...all - of the stomach- intestinal system. They also play a role in the construction of the stomach-intestinal tract. This structural function ensures that TF...Protein is key for digestive function of the pancreas
...e researchers went on to examine whether VAMP8 may play a role in pancreatitis. They administered stimuli known to induce pancreatitis and measured levels of digestive enzymes in the blood in the pancreases of normal and VAMP8-deficient mice. Compared to normal mice, mice lacking VAMP8 had substantially ......ly, which includes Rho, Rac and Cdc42, is known to play an important role in the dynamic organization of the cytoskeleton, the framework of elements that determines many aspects of a cell's morphology and structure. The team found that the expression of constitutively active Cdc42 prevented mesenchymal c......entially in the mature brain as well, where it may play a role in memory formation. The researchers publi...gene in the fruit fly Drosophila that appears to play a role in regulating dendrite growth, or "arborization." In comparing the fruit fly gene with databa...