For the sake of land and climate, coaxing soil to soak up carbon
...ll make a huge difference." Amonette's experiments promoted the activity of tyrosinase, a common enzyme that catalyzes soil's natural "humification" process. This process involves the gradual incorporation of carbon from dead plants and microbes into stable organic matter called humus, which is responsible fo...New IU Bloomington life sciences building gets a name
...ovides the engine for the life sciences initiative promoted by BioCrossroads, central Indiana's life sciences network. The new building will provide much-needed laboratory space for the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Measurement as well as for proteomics, biochemistry and other research spanning...Sediments in many Central Valley streams contain toxic levels of pyrethroid pesticides
...oxicology when sediment-bound, and which are being promoted as an alternative to the increasingly restricted organophosphate insecticides," he said. The study by Weston, Lydy and post-doctoral researcher Jing You in the Department of Zoology at SIU appeared in the April 8 online version of the American Chemic...JCI table of contents, 17 May 2004
...formed cardiac grafts from the transgenic mice and promoted transplant rejection by immune system induction. Transgenic hearts were protected from rejection that is manifested as widespread intravascular thrombosis and platelet infiltration in small blood vessels of wild-type mice. Thus, CD39-transgenic cells...Make a splash for public health this summer
...etter job of maintaining the nation's pools." As promoted on the partnership Website, www.healthypools.org , the positive message is that much of the illness associated with swimming pools is completely preventable. Proper chlorination to kill waterborne germs, good sanitation practices, and suitable perso...JCI table of contents, 1 July 2004
...134.pdf PPAR for the Course Diabetes is often promoted in obesity by higher concentrations of free fatty acids in the blood. Understanding how this process works currently remains very limited. Free fatty acids are generated when glycerol is broken down in the liver or in fat tissue. One gene family thou...Articles on forest fire risks published in BioScience
...zes the view that decades of fire suppression have promoted unnaturally-large accumulations of fuel, and that these have fed unprecedentedly large, severe wildfires across Western forests. This philosophy, which grew mainly out of studies in ponderosa pine forests, is embodied in the US administration's Healt......d families and others. Increased survivorship also promoted population growth, the authors explain, since people living longer are likely to have more children themselves, and since they also make major contributions to the reproductive success of their offspring. "Significant longevity came late in human evo...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2004
...f the sample by measuring electrons that have been promoted by natural radiation in the surrounding soil into "traps" in the tooth. Next, the dose rate of the contextual material is determined using a gamma spectrometer. By dividing the dose by the dose rate, researchers can determine the relative age of the...Dr. Brenda Milner promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada
...nts to the Order of Canada. Dr. Brenda Milner was promoted to a Companion, the highest honour within the Order and one of only two Companions named in this announcement. There can only be 165 living Companions at any given time. Dr. Milner is the Dorothy J. Killam Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute...