Counting X Chromosomes To Determine Sex
...#151;and the interactions among them—recur in seemingly unrelatedprocesses. "It's nature being very smart and compact," says Meyer."Nature goes along and uses whatever's there for new purposes."...USGS Issues Wildlife Health Alert: Associates Virus With Salamander Die-Offs
...s and swollen areas on the skin. A small number of seemingly healthy salamanders were also observed, but quickly swam into deeper water. No other species appeared to be affected. Dr. Carol Meteyer, a USGS wildlife pathologist at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., examined some of the salam......iology. How a protein manages to fold is a seemingly impossible problem,suggests S. Walter Englander, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and biophysics atthe University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine: "Even with a small,100-amino-acid-long protein, the number of possible three-dimensional structurest......ch strain. And their findings weredramatic. Like seemingly insignificant holes cut in paper can create the imageof a snowflake, the points on the graph revealed detail about the proteins'unique properties that the molecular biologists couldn't see on their own:specifically, that each of the eight different s...New Anti-Microbial Agent Destroys Anthrax
...nducted by University of Michigan scientists, this seemingly benignmaterial could be a potent weapon against anthrax---one of the deadliestbacteria on Earth. In a presentation at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents andChemotherapy (ICAAC) on Sept. 26, Michael Hayes, research associate in the U-...Birds Of A Feather: The Physics Of Flocks
...results may additionally provide insights into the seemingly unrelatedtopic of auto traffic flow. ---To explain...otentially, their theory can even beapplied to the seemingly unrelated topic of automobile traffic flow. To explain the flocking process, the researchers draw pa...NASA Funds New Origin Of Life Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
...ant when we examine how life may have begun in the seemingly hostileconditions of the early Earth or on other planets," said Ferris. Delano is a geochemist who investigates asteroid and meteorite impacts. He isalso experienced in developing school and community outreach programs, anessential part of the work o...Biochemist Solves Riddle Of Collagen Stability
...ptical of that explanation, since it would require seemingly too much order. Raines said the body would have to immobilize about 500 water molecules for every triple helix of collagen. Using synthetic chemistry, Raines' lab replaced the hydroxyl groups in collagen with fluorine, an atom that cannot form hydrog...Long-Standing Puzzle Of Immune System Is Solved By UCSF Researchers
...ed number of genes could nonetheless give riseto a seemingly infinite variety of antibodies. Researchers discovered that bits and pieces of immunoglobulin genescan rearrange themselves in myriad permutations to potentially generate 4million different antibody proteins. B cells that produce the antibo...Low B Vitamin Levels Common In Many People Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
...trials in Finland and theUnited States testing the seemingly compelling hypothesis that beta-carotene would reduce the lung cancer and cardiovascular disease incident rates. Those trials found that participants taking this vitamin instead had increased lung cancer incidence and cardiovascular disease mortalit...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...the ergonomically redesigned CRT display. Although seemingly small, this reduction represents an annual savings of approximately $2.94 million across the five-state region served by Ameritech (Scott Lively and Arnold Lund, personal communication). Training system redesign. In a related effort, done jointly wi......pitalize on the laboratory'sresearch activities in seemingly unrelated fields. "For example, I think we canbenefit from what has been learned in bioremediation. By simply refocusingknowledge and technologies, we may find agriculture-related applications," Lemonsaid, noting that DOE is very supportive of this...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
...the microbe. This immigrant DNA, said Blattner, is seemingly related to the genes of bacteria that cause disease, fueling speculation that the K-12 strain of E. coli has relics of a pathogenic past or, alternatively, is a pathogen waiting to happen. The E. coli strain used in the Wisconsin study does n...Subtle Biotic Changes Have Big Environmental Impact
... is important because it demonstrates that single, seemingly subtle changes in ecosystems can have far-reaching consequences, and are capable of disrupting the fundamental biogeochemical processes of the Earth. "Linkages in ecosystems are both stronger and stranger than we imagined," said Stephen R. Carp...A Phoenix From A Ring Of Fire Is A Pattern For The Recovery Of Mount St. Helens
...forests abundant with vegetation and wildlife, and seemingly an eternity away from the moon-like slopes of Mo...ing around in all this tephra (volcanic material) seemingly unaffected by it," says Edwards. "The fact that the insects seemed to be moderately indifferent to ...Siblicide In Nature: Study Of Galapagos Seabird Finds Death Can Ensure Species Survival
...land, was why. Why engage in a behavior that would seemingly condemn the species to extinction? Why lay two eggs if the goal was only one child? "Siblicide demands an explanation because its close relatives killing each other," Anderson said. "Getting back to Darwin, the question is how could you maximize lon...