'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
... research cruise, other teams in the area reported seeing few if any fishing boats in the dead zone area," DiMarco says. "But we were surprised to see a lot of fishing boats, especially shrimp boats, there. That means marine life has returned to the area where just three weeks before, the oxygen levels were...Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
... the study's co-lead author, "but we believe we're seeing most that are expressed in the mature virus." The researchers were also surprised to find that when a cell is infected, the HCMV virus incorporates into itself a huge number of that host cell's proteins, "some of which were as abundant as viral p...Gene clusters predict atherosclerosis severity, susceptibility
...irman of Duke's Department of Medicine. "After seeing the results of this study, I am extremely encouraged that at some point after further research we will be able to help fulfill the promise of personalized medicine," Goldschmidt. "This would not have been possible without the collaborations across th...Tracing genes, biologists show lizard migration is traced to Florida
...hose who are partial to the green lizards and miss seeing them so much." The genetic changes occurring in the Florida populations are happening at a much quicker pace than that of typical Darwinian evolution tens of years versus up to millions. That has caused speculation that a new species or tw......ng common loons, mergansers and gulls. "We are seeing a ripple affect, whereby one change the change of a fish's diet, works its way up and affects the food chain," says Ricciardi. "As a result we may see a greater contamination of the fish meant for human consumption. We are hopeful our observations w...New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
...hed by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. "We're seeing evolution in action, but what's evolving here isn't an organism. It's a language system," Senghas said. "Languages essentially 'reproduce' when they are passed from one mind to the next -- that is, when they are learned by a new child. That means the...Sugar-coated sea urchin eggs could have sweet implications for human fertility
...pt from interbreeding. It turns out they were only seeing part of the picture. New research from the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories shows that common assumptions about sea urchin reproduction don't hold true for all species of the invertebrate creature. The work could lead to better ...Snakehead in your inbox? Welcome to the nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System
...s system debuted only in late July, we already are seeing benefits, some beyond what we anticipated," said Pam Fuller, invasive species biologist at USGS's Florida Integrated Science Center who invented and developed the system with Shawn Dalton of Johnson Controls. "For the first time, the science communit...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...r of the 1986 accident, we were very interested in seeing if we could get involved and participate in long-term studies of health effects," Davis said. "But at the time of the accident, our government and that of the former Soviet Union were not so friendly, so establishing connections through that route di...Study reveals first genetic step necessary for prostate cancer growth
...Research Division. "Finding the loss of Rb is like seeing smoke," he said. "We now need to figure out the genetic predictors for fire." To identify genetic events that cause early-stage prostate cancer, Greenberg and colleagues focused on the Rb gene. The gene is known to be defective in a variety of cance...Tiny molecules have big potential as cancer drugs, Stanford researcher believes
...'re beginning by focusing on individual proteases, seeing what happens when you shut down a specific member of that family. And I think we're going to find that some of those proteases are more important than others for promoting things like tumor growth and angiogenesis." The implications of finding the ri...Synthesized molecules studied as weapon to stop cell division in cancer cells
... are designing small molecules to inhibit Pin1 are seeing promising results with a small U-shaped molecule. Felicia Etzkorn, associate professor of chemistry, will report on her group's achievements in presentations at the 228th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in Philadelphia August 22-26. ...Stanford researcher's findings may shed light on common, deadly birth defect
...nderstand the mechanisms underlying what they were seeing clinically with HPE and other developmental disorders," said Cordero. "Now with better imaging and molecular diagnostic techniques, we can begin to shed new light on the possible causes of some of these disorders."...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2004
...detail. "Based on computational simulations, we're seeing proteins as very efficient molecular machines that are dynamically active and where internal protein dynamics are closely associated with their structure and function," Agarwal said. This emerging view has broad implications for protein engineering a...Climate change could doom Alaska's tundra
... the summers warmer," Bachelet said. "Were already seeing glacial melting, movement in fish migrations, Inuits who are having to change their fishing and hunting habits because of melting ice." But any changes so far pale in comparison of what's to come, and fairly soon, Bachelet said. Among the predic...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
... out at us," he recalled in an interview. "We were seeing these very coherent drought cycles. "What would happen was that the grass would disappear. So the fuel for fire would be lost. We'd see the erosion start. The chemistry of the lakes would change. We would see these dust-bowl effects. "And then, withi...A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
...rs across the 48 contiguous United States. "We are seeing geographic clusters within the U.S. where some species populations are increasing, which we suspect is due to increases in both generalist and exotic species," says Pidgeon. While human population has grown significantly across the continental United...New drug shows promise against Gleevec resistance in mice
... "This was an informed guess based on what we were seeing in the crystallography data." As fate would have it, Bristol-Myers Squibb had a dual Abl/Src inhibitor under development. Sawyers received a phone call from Bristol-Myers Squibb and BMS-354825's reincarnation as a cancer drug was under way....'Trap' crop saves Texas cross timbers melon production
...ting squash bugs feed on infected plants, and then seeing if they would in turn infect a healthy plant. "It was a surprise to many," Mitchell said. "The squash bug is a plant feeder, but it had not been known to transmit any other disease agents." Further work proved the damage done by the squash bug was...New space-borne instrument to track greenhouse gases, ozone destroyers, and other pollutants
... the instrument's mirror position is equivalent to seeing a dime eight miles away," says principal investigator John Gille, of NCAR and the University of Colorado. A few questions HIRDLS data will answer What are the concentrations of the primary greenhouse gases and their height in the atmosphere? The a...