Punching the timeclock of life
...believed by most scientists to be wrong because it proposes that selection happens at the group level rather t.... 27 edition of the Journal of Cell Biology, Longo proposes that aging is programmed so that the majority of a population dies prematurely to provide nutrients ...Breaking new ground in germ cell guidance
...n somatic or primordial germ cells. Hanyu-Nakamura proposes that this may be caused by a situation in which zygotically expressed Wun and Wun2 in somatic cells and maternally supplied Wun2 in germ cells exist in a kind of competitive homeostasis, which might be the result of a shared uptake and dephosphorylat......tion experiences; the 'disgust sensitivity' theory proposes that people who are scared of spiders also have a fear of other animals that evoke disgust such as slugs and maggots; this final theory provides some explanation for the association of spiders with disease. There are many misconceptions surroundin...AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
...ters in the cross-stream velocityprofile. His data proposes a new extreme value for volume discharge that isapproximately half of the previous maximum. His projection of 2.7 Sverdrup (ameasure of water movement equal to one million cubic meters [264.2 milliongallons] per second) as the average water flow also...Clemson researcher places hope on pushy photons
...ller, more dense and wrinkled, like a raisin. Gao proposes that cancer cells will react differently in response to his laser-beam system. Early detection of cancer is a critical indicator of survival rates. The ability to detect cancer at the cellular level -- before a tumor has a chance to grow -- will h...$5 million grant funds partnership, studies of minority-based issues in reproductive health
...ese diseases are poorly understood and this center proposes a number of interrelated projects to address this lack of knowledge," Legro said. "The clinical projects focus on this major theme with the goal of understanding the differences to improve the reproductive care of minorities that are disproportionate...Ecological science for a crowded planet
...ion people will be difficult at best," the article proposes that questions such as which ecological services are irreplaceable, which habitats are critical in providing such services, and how to combine ecological principles with new technology to design ecosystems that can deliver key services, must be addre...Male susceptibility to disease may play role in evolution of insect societies
...ng brought into the colony." The sick-male theory proposes that female-biased societies, and differences in male and female behavior, may be responses to higher risks of infection to males, he said. The theory also predicts that in some cases males may be segregated or shunned inside the nest, again to redu...Super-effective 'jumping gene' created
...h more than just "junk" in our genome. Instead, he proposes that, long ago, jumping genes' multiple insertions likely played a major role in establishing the evolutionary shifts that now distinguish mice from men, and that even now their DNA affects how other genes are used. Both mice and men share jumping...Cannabinoids spell relief in colon inflammation
...ceptors but do not cross the blood-brain-barrier", proposes Martin Storr, "this would constrain the activity on peripheral tissues such as the colon and the undesirable effects could be avoided". [BL]...Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
...RMATION IN NEURAL NETWORKS WITH FEEDBACK Berger proposes to extend in several directions the discrete-time ...re and nutritional compensation. Dunlap's project proposes to test an alternative model where autocatalysis plays a role equally as important as the existing n...Researchers show evolutionary theory adds up
... Lynn Margulis of the University of Massachusetts, proposes that a "mother" bacteria (Bdellavibrio) and a "fat...d by Dr. Carl Woese of the University of Illinois, proposes multicellular organisms developed from many different bacteria interacting in many different ways 3....AGU journal highlights - 6 January 2004
...sity and mixing of nutrient-rich waters. Tokmakian proposes aspace-based system that can monitor the circulation patterns fromchanges in the sea surface height and predict the size of various fishstocks by observing the North Pacific heat content progressionduring its typical southwesterly shift. Title: Mon...Wanted: Innovations to feed the hungry
...nter on Globalization and Sustainable Development, proposes a new way of fighting hunger: by giving cash priz...versity laboratories. Professor Masters' approach proposes targeting any increase in the productivity of low-income farmers, using recently-developed measureme...New protein provides clue to diabetes
...somehow contribute to insulin resistance. Lodish proposes that discovering this key component of the GLUT4 pathway is a significant clue for possibly identifying a diabetes drug target. "Insulin shots just overwhelm the cell and hopefully make it respond to insulin," he says. "But so far, there aren't any d...New theory of cell death proposed in UCSB Alzheimers research
...ry tangles of Alzheimer's disease. The new model proposes that loss of normal tau function leads to abnormal microtubule dynamics, resulting in cell death. This is in contrast to a widely held model in which the neurofibrillary tangles themselves cause cell death. "The neurofibrillary tangles may not be inv...... conditions previously limited growth. "Our study proposes climatic changes as the leading cause for the increases in plant growth over the last two decades, with lesser contribution from carbon dioxide fertilization and forest re-growth," said Ramakrishna Nemani, the study's lead author from the University ...Pattern recognition method zeroes in on genes that regulate cell's genetic machinery
...thod efficiently generates targets for testing and proposes hypotheses about their regulatory roles that can be experimentally confirmed."...Nick Smith (R-MI) honored by 2 science coalitions in D.C.
...ded the recently passed reauthorization bill which proposes substantial funding boosts for the National Science Foundation. NSF is the only federal agency to support science and education across all disciplines. In addition, Smith is a passionate supporter of plant biotechnology, and has worked to further b......arget peripheral endpoints. This study and review proposes treating the adverse peripheral consequences of RAAS, e.g., vasoconstriction, cardiac and vascular remodeling, while increasing the ability of these agents to penetrate brain regions whose intrinsic RAAS activity may actually be increased predominant...