Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
...some veterans,the precautions prevented one set of problems and created another. Now,our task is to analyze the veterans' symptoms by investigating all the potentialcauses, not only for their sakes but for the welfare of future soldiers." The Duke study is one of a three-part investigation on Gulf War illnes...Freshwater Sponges May Pose Threat To Zebra Mussels
..." But, would the freshwater sponge pose as many problems on these surfaces as zebra mussels now cause? Kelch said more research is needed before an answer is known. The research appeared in a recent issue of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Kelch was a co-author of the paper, ...Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...ines can cause controversy. "People sometimes have problems cutting down infested pines. The trees arestill green and they have a tendency to want to try to save a tree, whenactually, the tree is already dead," Foltz said. Leaving an infested pine in place only gives the beetles a platform forstaging their at...Honeybees In The Wild Nearly Gone In North America
...he wet, messyspring, combined with all the routine problems facing bees thathave never gone away -- bee diseases, pesticide problems -- pushedhoneybees to the edge," Tew said. "The mites, however,wereclearly and definitively the last...Humble Pocket Gophers Shed Light On The Genetic Fortitude Of Cheetahs
...d, could include high rates of juvenile mortality, problems with captive breeding, and greater risk of decimation by a virus or other disease. Some field ecologists doubt parts of O'Brien's analysis. They point to apparent weaknesses in the design of the skin-graft experiment; for instance, the researchers us...End Of World Population Growth Projected For 21st Century
...significant impacts on societies and cause serious problems with pension systemsthroughout the world," says Lu...rope," explains Lutz, adding that to avoid serious problems inits pension system, China must take immediate and intensive actions. "The Future Population of ...Researchers Find Genetic Clues To Intestinal Disease
... to have a family history of Crohn's disease, more problems in the small intestine, more stricturing disease and require more surgery than patients 40 years and older. The other authors of the reports are Joseph M. Polito II, Renee C. Rees, Barton Childs, Albert I. Mendeloff, Mary L. Harris, Arron Z. Tokayer,...Changing Continental Runoff Patterns Could Change Ocean Circulation
...uman alteration of major waterways may cause more problems than drought downstream, according to a Penn State geologist who is studying circulation models of the ancient oceans. "We have already seen some of the consequences of changing surface waterways," says Karen L. Bice, graduate student in geosci...Plants Have Future As Environmental Clean-Up Agents
...the planting of the trees will helpcontrol erosion problems and attract wildlife, something traditionaltreatments wouldn't do. "We think this a no lose opportunity for us," Feyerharm said. Erickson and Davis, along with other K-State professors, arecontinuing research into bioremediation, both in areas of g...KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
...ably larger than ever before in human history, and problems are occurring because of this." One of those problems is deciding exactly which areas to reforest. "Not only are there often more plant and animal species...Optical Microscopy Shines Light On Biology
...ositioned. The new tip design avoids many of those problems and opens up significant applications in the biological sciences. "The cantilevered near-field tip brings less force onto the sample, making it much gentler," Dunn said. "The way we sense when the probe is near the sample is by vibrating the probe ba...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
... focuses on adapting nature's biologicalsystems to problems outside the living organism. In this case says Stevens, "Wehave made synthetic surfaces that mimic the unique cellular binding sites forthe toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7 interactions. When these toxins areproduced, they hunt around for places to...Bottom-up Ecological Processes Better For Clear Waters, Study Finds
... proponent of applying meta-analysis to ecological problems is consideredto be Jessica Gurevitch ,an associate professor of ecology and evolution at the State Universityof New York, Stony Brook, whom Brett credits as a direct influence in thework. In the first step toward tackling this problem last year, Br...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
Solving crucial biological problems these days can involve trying tofigure out huge ar...onal biologists begin to understand these kinds of problems bybuilding a mathematical model. Like an architect's blueprint, such modelsaim to capture only the e...Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
...ssing some of the nation's most troublingpollution problems during a <AHREF="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/97conf/">specialconference Feb. 24-26 inChapel Hill, North Carolina. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences issponsoring the conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary ofthe S...Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline
...ion for the algae. One of the most disturbing problems afflicting coral reefsthroughout the world is referred to as "coral reef bleaching."For unknown reasons, the algae have been evacuating corals at analarming rate. Without the pigmented algae, the white calcium carbonateskeletons show through the...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
...iratory infections,cold symptoms, gastrointestinal problems and eye inflammation in humans. Dhurandhar and Atkinson next injected laboratory animals with aform of adenovirus known to affect humans, Ad-36, which resulted inobesity. "A paradoxical characteristic of the virus is that in animals...Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...t probably not high enough to cause serious health problems for people who ate the contaminated organ meat. According to the World Health Organization, cadmium can damage human kidneys and other organs. High doses of cadmium are debilitating. Cadmium also can be toxic to plant tissue, but plants generally fin...Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
... level. While the Isle Royale moose have had their problems in the past couple of years, the park's wolves have been gradually building their numbers. Peterson says there are 24 wolves on Isle Royale now, and that's two more than last year and 12 more than the all time low of 12 recorded in 1988-89 and again ...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...ng pregnant cows and lead to shipping fever. These problems cost the U.S. livestock industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year in vaccine and veterinary bills, and in lost production. Letchworth is equally excited by the implications his findings have for controlling viral diseases in humans. "I thi...