Researchers discover precise olfactory map
...ates that inputs from the same receptors are being processed in parallel in different cortical areasa scheme that may allow the same receptor inputs to be combined or modified in several different ways to achieve different effects. Intriguingly, the researchers could not detect any inputs from the M5 or M50 ...NASA unveils spectacular suite of new global data products
...Earth science community with a set of consistently processed data products based upon our best efforts at that time." Like a highly advanced digital camera in space, MODIS has been measuring visible and infrared wavelengths from all over our world at multiple scales of time and space since February 2000. MODIS......east Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The three metals processed by PC synthase -- arsenic, mercury and cadmium -- all rank among the 10 most common contaminants at EPA Superfund sites, and increasing emissions pose an acute problem for all organisms. These metals harm organisms, including humans, by displacing e...Russian, PNNL scientists advance US seed production, oil remediation
...en days with Symbiont," Stilson said. Dye Seed has processed and marketed seed-primarily Kentucky Blue Grass-for private and industrial customers since 1949. About 60 percent of the world's Kentucky Blue Grass is produced in the Pacific Northwest. In mid-August, scientists from PNNL and the Russian organizatio...Both smells and pheromones may arouse instinctive behaviors in mammals
...ignals go directly to the mid-brain, without being processed by the conscious brain. What happens after that is not completely clear, but there is a lot of evidence that the animal's behavior and hormonal levels are influenced. In a paper published July 12 in the journal Nature, Novotny and co-workers at Harva...Lake tributaries in Yellowstone National Park allow unique study of whirling disease
...e to the U.S. nearly 50 years ago in a shipment of processed fish from Denmark.......onal X-ray mammography, which requires films to be processed and printed, digital mammography produces visual results that can be viewed by technologists at the mobile center and relayed immediately via satellite to experts at Walter Reed and Hopkins. Based on the expert readings, the women can be informed if......n contaminate raw vegetables and "ready-to-eat" or processed foods requiring refrigeration, such as soft cheeses, pate and some processed meats. Listeriosis primarily threatens developing fetuses, newborns, older adults, and those with we...University of New Orleans researcher to head a nine university, three-year, $15.8 million project
...ctures and ultra-thin films.These materials can be processed into advanced micro-magneto-electronic sensors and devices, and integrated into micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) for rapid applications such as chemical synthesis and analysis and, ultimately, to modulate intra- and inter-cellular mechanism and...Key step in gene activation discovered
...one proteins they also had carefully prepared, and processed them under just the right conditions to get the two purified ingredients to assemble together into nucleosome spools. With this starting material, they performed a series of experiments, adding into test tubes various combinations of other gene-cont...Prolonged breast-feeding improves height but not weight in rural Senegal
...g, the mothers had no access to infant formulas or processed foods, and the authors suggest that in such environments, breast-feeding may not provide extra growth benefits for initially stunted infants....Small streams contribute far more than previously thought to cleaning waterways
...covered how quickly nutrients were assimilated and processed by organisms that live on the streambeds. Peterson argues that the finding could have important implications for land use policies. In many agricultural areas, for example, small streams are often covered to allow ease of access for tilling ......lso been optimized to ensure that the epitopes are processed efficiently and correctly once inside the cell. The epitopes are placed in a specific order (like beads on a string) that allows cellular enzymes to recognize the appropriate places to liberate the epitopes from the chain, thus improving the efficie......s or input wires of ganglion cells, which send the processed information to the brain. All these cell types are arrayed in unique layers, stacked one atop the other. Biologists noted earlier that all ganglion cells were not alike and that they fired off different information to the brain, though the details we...New materials hold promise for human healing applications
...nt of Biomedical Engineering. They are sterilized, processed into sheets, tubes and other shapes and grafted into areas that need to be replaced or repaired. "It's not just an inert structural component," Badylak said. "It actually functions as a communication highway between cells." In animal tests, the mat...Scientists selectively activate "cell rescue" pathway in bone cells
By manipulating how sex steroids are processed in bone-building cells, it may be possible to increase the survival of these cells without causing many of the complications associated with hormone replacement therapy. The finding, published in the March 9, 2001 issue of Cell, could have important ...A seafood paradox: Will fish farming save or deplete our ocean fisheries?
...p in. That`s because certain farmed fish are given processed feed made from wild catches of herring, mackerel, ... required for every pound of farmed fish raised on processed meal. On balance, aquaculture still adds to the world`s supply of seafood, she says. Yet fish far...Legumes found to contain starch carrying a fiber-like punch
...y dropped significantly in fiber content. Heavily processed flours and grain-based products dropped off most d... dont have much resistant starch, because they are processed so much, Fahey said. A lot of grain-based foods also dont have very much resistant starch. If we e...Reducing sodium leads to substantial drop in blood pressure, finds NHLBI study
...ating, according to Dr. Obarzanek, is to eat fewer processed foods, a major source of sodium, or use lower sodi...ups or broths. To gauge the sodium level of processed foods, read nutrition labels for sodium content and the percent daily value. Dr. Obarzanek suggests ......te a "healthier cosmopolitan diet," low in fat and processed foods, and high in fibre, but also high in alcohol intake and only moderately high in vegetable consumption. One in four women ate a "convenience food" diet, high in refined sugars, fats, and cereals, and low in fibre and alcohol. The fourth group, ...