Sandia, University Of Montana Researchers Try Training Bees To Find Buried Landmines
...ncorporatethem into their pollens." If plants that readily accumulated the TNT could beidentified, a suspected minefield could be seeded with thoseplants (by air) to maximize the bees' chances of finding themines. Inside the greenhouse a small colony of bumblebees has beenestablished to measure how efficient....... "Theanimal studies have shown us that genes are readily taken up by the connectivetissue cells that surrou...re injected into the spinal fluid, where they were readily taken up by theprotective sheath of connective tissue, called the pia mater, which surroundsthe cord...Fossilized Emu Eggshells Give Clues To 65,000 Years Of Vegetation And Climate Changes In Australia
... 45,000 years ago the C4 grasses were abundant and readily available for the emu to consume during its breeding season. The summer rainy season influenced by the monsoon from the north, they argue, was more extensive at this time, so that C4 grasses grown in summer were still abundant when emu were laying th...Rats operate robotic arm via brain activity
... "We were quite surprised that the animals so readily learned that theydid not need to actually make the movement to operate the robot; that they onlyneeded to express the brain wave pattern," said Dr. Miguel Nicolelis of DukeUniversity Medical Center, one of the researchers. "This study breaks...Many patients not treated for easily corrected life-threatening condition, new study shows
...larly when such a simple and effectivetreatment is readily available. The study was funded by the National Institute of Aging....Researchers call for doubling of RDA on vitamin C
...till the king of antioxidants. Antioxidants readily scavenge many reactive oxygen and nitrogen speciessuch as superoxide and hydroperoxyl radicals, hydroxyl radicals, peroxynitrite,nitrogen dioxide, and hypochlorous acid. Antioxidants protect from oxidative damage such "substrates" asproteins...Young rats challenged as model for blood vessel response in older people
...ats for blood vessel research becausethey are more readily available, cost less and have fewer health problems.However, our experiments indicate a fundamental difference between the two agegroups." Harris studies the response of small blood vessels to the reduction orcessation in blood flow, which ca...Mosquitofish threaten amphibians
...rch shows that mosquitofishdevour tadpoles just as readily as mosquito larvae and so can decimate nativeamphibians. "Handing out exotic mosquitofish as a control of mosquitoes is an outdatedgovernment policy that needs to be changed," says Lee Kats of PepperdineUniversity in Malibu, California, who presents ...Population shifts, not storms, have caused rise in property losses
...ney, insurance coverageand overall wealth, you can readily see that the climate is not changing, weare," he said. "The increasing losses really are theresult of an increased target-at-risk." Such factors previously were not used in the loss equation. Without accountingfor these factors, loss reports have hel...Scientists discover second gene for disorder described by Darwin
...th no evidence of X-chromosome involvement. It was readily apparent to scientists like Zonana and Monreal that other genedefects could also produce hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Their group wasable to identify the chromosome 2 gene, named DL, with the help of "downless"mice. These animals derive their...LSU Ag Center researchers look for better ways to assess pollution in Tangipahoa River
...ubating it at high temperatures where the bacteria readily grow. The numberof coliform cultures that result is considered to be a measure of the fecalcoliform content in the water. The test is believed to be effective becausefecal coliform can live in warmer environments than other coliforms in nature. ......ublenutrients like phosphorus run off or pass more readily through the soil and intothe water," Malone points..., chickens' diets must be supplemented with a more readily availableform of inorganic phosphate. In an effort to produce corn with more digestible phosphorus, ...Genome tools pass big test in fruit flies
...notypes such as lethality, near-lethality andother readily apparent physical abnormalities. "Our goal was not to identify every gene we could, but to show that it wasfeasible to generate large numbers of P element mutations randomly throughoutthe Drosophila genome and to use them to find new genes," said ...Male courtship pheromone identified
... to otherdangers. And the process is discreet, not readily apparent to other salamanderswho may wish to compete for a mate. In an unusual reproductive process, the female salamander then storesthe sperm deposited by this male and uses it at some point weeks or months afterinsemination to fertilize he...Researchers discover location of a testicular cancer gene
...ommon tumor affectingyoung men and one of the most readily treated cancers. Although it clearly hasgenetic origins, this form of cancer has long-term recovery rate of greater than95 percent. The genetic basis for susceptibility to testicular cancer, as well asthe basis for its extraordinary response ...Researchers characterize mollusk insulin gene, find unique peptide
...said. "The animals are easy tostudy and they have readily accessible cells." In the body, insulin causes certain physiological responses that are normallyassociated with food intake and metabolism. A decrease in the concentration ofblood glucose is one of the usual effects of insulin injection. In their s...Errant nerve cells risk a clockwork death
... types of cells, but allowed growth factors topass readily from one cell type to the other. The experiments revealed that the nerve cells survived only if their axonsgrew near the floor plate cells. Preliminary studies suggest that thelife-sustaining substance is a small protein, said Tessier-Lavigne. His ...USGS reports that West Nile virus goes beyond crows
...se they are not as susceptible or they were not as readily observed as crows." Monitoring mortality in American crows is especially important because crows appear to be highly sensitive to the virus. Since many crows normally travel less than 200 miles they can act as sentinels for local transmission of...Genetic information of world's most radiation-resistant organism decoded
...r repair and damage resistance. D. radiodurans is readily manipulated in the lab, so new functions can be introduced into its genome. We foresee its use for novel industrial processes that most bacteria cannot survive." The Department of Energy has a number of sites in its former nuclear weapons product......tal closure during a period of drought may be less readily reversed in ozone-exposed plants. This may be particularly relevant because the highest ozone concentrations are sometimes associated with times of drought." In addition, they write "In major agricultural regions with high light environments and s...