In Animal Groups, Scientists See Patterns That Could Predict The Future
... in the future. A school of fish, for instance,can sense the approach of a predator and take evasive action. The group mightscatter to avoid being consumed, though stragglers or individuals at the outeredges of the group might be devoured. But once the danger has passed, the groupreforms. With a computer m......fromchronic cancer pain, yet not losing the normal sense of feeling to react topainful stimuli. The reason for this distinction is not completely understood,but scientists feel that inflammation may help activate receptors on theaffected nerves, making them more responsive to the blocking effect ofbeta-end...Male Moth's Sperm Protects Females
...as well as her eggs, Gonzálezsays. "It makes sense that the male should contribute to the female's defense. She is, after all, the recipient of the sperm." "Of course the defensive alkaloids also protect the male," Rossini says, "andthey have a secondary benefit for him during courtship. A chemica...Vanderbilt Researcher: Human Brain Has Great Sense Of Timing
...fthe optical input that we must rely on for making sense of those objects andevents." Blake conducts his research - an interface of psychology and neuroscience - atthe Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, founded in 1989 with a grant from theNational Eye Institute. "I'm investigating human visual perception...When Good Science Isn't Enough...
... Lawrence said. "Atleast as important, they want a sense that decision-makers are considering theiropinions. They need feedback." Pretending to be interested in public comments won't work. "Research shows that when it's just a sham, the public tends to seethat," Lawrence said. "... When you...Antbird capable of increasing testosterone level when threatened
...heir gonads remained entirely regressed. "It makes sense for birds to maintain a baseline level of aggression withouttestosterone, because testosterone has costs, such as higher mortality rates,"said Wikelski, a professor of ecology, ethology and evolution. "But whenchallenged, sometimes you need to boost ...Transplanted neural stem cells migrate throughout the abnormal brain, reduce disease symptoms
.... This suggests that the neural stemcells somehow sense that an oligodendrocyte-produced factor is missing in themutant mice and attempt to compensate for the problem. A similar studypreviously found that neural stem cells transplanted into mice missing aparticular type of neuron tended to form that neur...Roundworm studies yield new insight into organ formation
...cated atthe tip of the gonad), which made a lot of sense because they are part of thedeveloping gonad," sai...in thebody wall muscle, which didn't make a lot of sense to us. So, we then asked whatwas important about these two distinct activities, since quite frankly,...Gene therapy could treat diabetic incontinence, suggest early studies at University of Pittsburgh
... input to the bladder,someone with diabetes cannot sense when it's time to urinate. As a result,urine back...vely repairsthe bladder nerve, allowing animals to sense when they need to urinate. If wecan reproduce these results in diabetic people, we possibly could p...Babbitt to address conservation biologists on The Age of Restoration
...their known heritage, their local landscapes,their sense of place which reminds them where they are and, therefore, who theyare. These activists are saying, 'We can do better. We can do more than juststop our waters and our soils from declining. We can apply these conservationlaws to make America's ...Agriculture linked to red-legged frog decline in California
...riangle was agricultural land. This finding makes sense in light of the fact that red-legged frogs havedeclined dramatically in the Sierra Nevada foothills, which lie above theagricultural land of the Central Valley. Moreover, previous studies have shownthat the wind carries pesticides from the Central Va...Computing device to serve as basis for biological computer
...applications. "For example, such a computer could sense anomalous biochemical changes in thetissue and decide, based on its program, what drug to synthesize and release inorder to correct the anomaly," Prof. Shapiro said. The Turing Machine Unlike existing electronic computers, which are based on...Agronomists offer alternative approaches to gulf pollution
...ot have the information on these to makescientific sense out of their impact." The Web address for the six reports is: www.nos.noaa.gov/products/pubs_hypox.html One of the many recommendations of the committees was that farmers in theMississippi River basin reduce their nitrogen application rates b...New computer programme could help assess cancer risks
...th their patients. However, users also reported a sense of being out of control' during the consultation. ...ered high risk' doctors commented that they felt a sense of panic and wanted to turn the screen away from the patient in order to break the bad news more gen...Change your diet and it may make you brighter
...tyou're struggling to keep them repaired, it makes sense you won't be ascognitively sound," he says. But there is another possible explanation, says Brooks: NAA and cholinemight directly enhance and inhibit the function of neurons. If that's true,Brooks says it might be possible to improve intellec...A first: Endangered puaiohi birds fledge four chicks in the wild
...e captive-reared puaiohi gives us all a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment," says Alan Lieberman, director of The Peregrine Fund's Hawaii Program. "To close the circle from wild eggs, to captive rearing and breeding, to release of offspring that go on to breed, is a conserv......is called systemicpseudohypoaldosteronism, is in a sense the exact opposite of cystic fibrosis,"said Dr. Michael R. Knowles, professor of medicine at the UNC-CH School ofMedicine and director of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center."People with this illness are born without functioning sodiu...