Brain has center for detecting sound motion
...tion of the right posterior STG led the patient to report that "there was a humming sound coming toward [her] face." When the researchers presented moving sounds to the patient while they recorded from the electrodes, they also detected the strongest activity in the right posterior STG. After the operation,...European common frog found to use novel mating strategy
...d colleagues in Spain, Germany and The Netherlands report their findings in the Sept. 16 issue of Nature . Vieites also noticed a possible female response to this so-called "clutch piracy." Many females delayed release of their eggs until no other males were around, often floating around for several days w...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
... to virion proteins, the results presented in this report do not support the idea that SV40 is a common infection of humans or a major cause of NHL. In the future, it will be of interest to develop additional serological assays for SV40 infection for studies of persons with cancer and the general population...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
... Plewa and colleagues, three of them with the EPA, report on the structure and toxicity of five iodoacids [EYE O-doe-acids] found in chloramines-treated water in Corpus Christi, Texas, in this month's issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology. The findings, which appeared online in advance, a......y for Body Patterning; Kobe, Japan) and colleagues report a heretofore unknown mechanism by which mesenchymal-epithelial transitions (METs) are regulated in the embryogenesis of the chicken. The article, published in the September 14 issue of Developmental Cell, describes how a pair of intracellular molecul...Images of 'tail' of protein needed for cell multiplication suggest anticancer drug targets
... with a unique activity. The St. Jude researchers report that the stabilizing influence of Ubc12's protein tail is based on its ability to nestle within a groove of the larger molecule called APPBP1-UBA3. These two proteins, also known by the shorthand designation of E2 (Ubc12) and E1 (APPBP1-UBA3), cooper...ConocoPhillips & Conservation International launch 'Biodiversity Action Plan' in Venezuela
...ation and dialogue with key stakeholders. The full report detailing the AquaRAP and Biodiversity Action Plan can be downloaded online at http://www.celb.org . Please e-mail j.anderson@conservation.org to request hi-resolution maps and images from the AquaRAP....Case for IBD combination therapy comes from research at Baylor, MIT and Hebrew University
...ds, by linking PLA2-inhibiting lipids to GAG. They report that MFAIDs, given IP, IV or orally, have been effective in treating animal inflammations including endotoxin-induced sepsis, and IBD induced by TNBS, indomethacin or DSS measured by survival, histological, and clinical parameters, and biochemical ma...National Academies advisory: genome data and bioterrorism
...ATHOGENS, OPEN ACCESS, AND GENOME DATABASES, a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council that was requested by the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies, examines this issue. Advance copies will be available to reporters only b...Missing genes may help explain why plague bacteria are so deadly
...ay be largely responsible for its virulence. In a report published today (Sept. 9) in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers said the "massive gene loss" and DNA rearrangements that occurred as Y. pestis evolved "provide a sobering example of how a highly...Newborns have ear preferences, too
...ger of the UCLA School of Medicine and Cone-Wesson report the discovery in the Sept. 10 issue of Science. Both were involved in a major, multi-center research project that tested hearing in more than 7,000 infants across the country in the 1990s. The project goal was to find the best tool for screening new...Snakehead in your inbox? Welcome to the nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System
...ead of invasive species nationwide. Now, users can report nonindigenous and invasive aquatic species they sight, automatically receive email alerts, or perform searches on aquatic species -- such as American alligators in Pennsylvania, Asian carp in Colorado, or snakehead fishes in Virginia. The system is ...Complex cells likely arose from combination of bacterial and extreme-microbe genomes
...t the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), report their finding in the Sept. 9 issue of the journal Nature. Scientists refer to both bacteria and Archaea as "prokaryotes"--a cell type that has no distinct nucleus to contain the genetic material, DNA, and few other specialized components. More-co...UCLA molecular biologists uproot the tree of life
...ns out to be a misnomer, UCLA molecular biologists report in the Sept. 9 issue of the journal Nature . "It's not a tree; it's actually a ring of life," said James A. Lake, UCLA professsor of molecular biology. "A ring explains the data far better." Lake initially titled the Nature article, "One Ring to Rul...Extreme stretch-growth of axons
...eters in less than two weeks. Smith and colleagues report their findings in the cover story of the September...rom this and previous studies the investigators do report that the signal is from a mechanical stimulus along the length of the axon as opposed to a chemical ...Do genes respond to global warming?
...ion response, and gene diversity fluctuations--and report that climate change influences variation in genetic diversity. Focusing on two mammal species--the Montane vole and northern pocket gopher--Hadly et al. asked how the two species responded to historical climate-induced habitat alterations in northwes...Imitative parrots just might tell you it's all in the tongue
...ons contributed significantly to sound-making. The report by Suthers and biologists Gabriel Beckers and Brian Nelson inthe Sept. 7 issue of Current Biology shows that even tiny changes in theposition of a parrot's tongue can lead to big differences in sound. "Birdsong is an excellent model for human speech ...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...ulture, Strauss said. The researchers in their new report pointed to trees as "a life form of paramount importance for terrestrial ecosystems and human societies," because of their ecological dominance and provision of so much energy and industrial materials for human societies. "Arabidopsis is still the pl...Long-term effects of carbon monoxide poisoning are an autoimmune reaction
...the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, report this week online in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, that CO causes profound changes in myelin basic protein (MBP) a major protein constituent of myelin, the protective sheath surrounding neurons. Using an animal model, they sh...Broken arms and collateral damage: clues to predator-driven evolution
...al History offers new insights into the process. A report on their research appears in today's issue of Science. Biologists long have speculated that predators and prey play a game of evolutionary one-upsmanship, in which an adaptation on the part of one---say, sharper teeth in a predator---prompts a "go-yo...