Research to fine tune studies of geologic time
...ariability within a species or population during a shorter time period and the stability of that species as environments change. "The research can be used by evolutionary biologists, biostratigraphers, paleontologists and paleoecologists and paleo-environmental interpreters," she said....Horse breath testing to benefit racing
...r the control group. Dr Woodward saysthis means a shorter recovery time and potential to improve overallrecovery. "The use of IGF-I has been shown to improve the quality of repair," shesays. "Provided that appropriate conditioning principles are followed, theproduct allows horses that have shown athletic pr......entire electromagnetic spectrum. Bluer colors have shorter wavelengths, higher frequencies and carry more energy. Redder colors have longer wavelengths, lower frequencies and carry less energy. The lower end of the spectrum ranges from radio waves that are hundreds of meters long, through millimeter-sized mi......en receptor oligodeoxynucleotide-treated rats were shorter and weighed less than controls. Only adult estrogen receptor oligodeoxynucleotide-treated males exhibited these traits. Conclusion These results indicated that neonatal estrogen receptors affect aspartic acid modulation of breathing and body growt......orn at or near term with healthier intestines, had shorter intervals to surgery, shorter times to full feedings and between feedings and shorter intensive care unit and overall hospital sta......precision," he says. "This, in turn, means a much shorter procedure time with less stress on the patient." Under the arrangement, Toshiba will provide most of the necessary equipment and software and Hopkins will have rights to publish all research findings resulting from the collaborative effort....Toxic compound opens potentially important cell gates
...es he'd found to Bessman, and Dunn transferred the shorter gene into E. coli bacteria. When the bacteria used...nd repeated the experiment they'd performed on the shorter gene, they found that it also would only bind to ADP-ribose. Suspecting that the remainder of the se...Evolution at a snail's pace: It's faster than you think
...the shape of their shells. Snails with a thicker, shorter and broader shell emerged. This new shell shape had not previously existed. The findings may give pause to scientists who plan conservation efforts for endangered species. Many conservation plans for endangered animals include relocating the en...Study offers insights into evolutionary origins of life
...works nearly as well with longer sequences as with shorter ones. This suggests that if efficiency is increased, it may be possible to replicate the entire ribozyme. The ribozyme also accurately matches basesA to U, and C to Gto the RNA template more than 95 percent of the time, better than any previously iso...Abnormalities in stress hormone response among alcoholics
...use all other published studies of alcoholics with shorter lengths of abstinence found they had a blunted or unchanged stress response following serotonergic stimulation. We also found that the stress hormone response in recovering alcoholics did not return to baseline levels as quickly as it did in age- an...How to build strong bones: Get milk, lose the booze
...ge comparable to human youth have repeatedly shown shorter bones, weaker bones and decreased bone density. Except for length, these qualities do not recover with age and, should osteoporosis occur, the bones would reach fracture threshold sooner." Most studies of the effects of alcohol on bone use anima...Study looks at causes, consequences of sex differences
...elevated testosterone levels before birth and have shorter life periods of fertility than do females who lie in utero between two other females (called 2F females). Male mice prefer to mate with 2F female mice, and 2M female mice are more aggressive toward other females and to intruders than 2F females. "The...New finding accelerates discovery of disease genes and human population history
...um is created when populations are small, and gets shorter as random shuffling between chromosomes breaks it down. The size of modern blocks of linkage disequilibrium thus indicates when the population last contracted to a small size," says Reich. "The 8-times larger blocks of linkage disequilibrium in north...First experiments from NASA Commercial Space Centers get started on International Space Station
...eriods of microgravity than have been available on shorter Shuttle missions....Prolonged breast-feeding improves height but not weight in rural Senegal
..."little and weak", or stunted; these children were shorter as toddlers than children who were weaned late for other reasons. In this rural setting, the mothers had no access to infant formulas or processed foods, and the authors suggest that in such environments, breast-feeding may not provide extra growth ...For whales and seals the ocean is not blue
...a richer flora), which preferentially scatters the shorter wavelengths. Hence the underwater light field is shifted to longer wavelengths and contains little blue. In these conditions, the loss of 'idle' blue cones may have been advantageous or at least a neutral event. A loss of colour vision could have sim...A stomach enzyme deficit may place women at more risk from drinking alcohol
...rink a lesser amount of alcohol than men, or for a shorter amount of time, to produce the same degree of damage - is referred to as "telescoping." Women achieve higher blood alcohol levels than men do after drinking a similar amount of alcohol for several different reasons. One reason is their body size. I...Study: overweight more common among early-maturing girls, especially minorities
...average, they found that early maturing girls were shorter by more than a half inch and heavier by more than eight pounds than those who matured later. "Also, significantly higher proportions of African-American and Hispanicgirls had their first period before age 11, and a significantly higher proporti...Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA
...ophenylenevinylene, or OPV, are about 50,000 times shorter than a human hair is wide. The Chidsey lab`s earlier attempts to make nanowires produced a substance called oligophenyleneelthynylene, or OPE, which conducts electricity pretty well for about 3 nanometers (billionths of a meter). For practical appli...University of Illinois at Chicago expert tinkers with evolution to create human 'Built-to-Last'
...so, extra-padded joints, larger bones and muscles, shorter limbs and stature and backward-bending knees. Walking upright probably contributed to human intelligence and an expanded foraging range, the authors note, but at the price of aging-related disorders, including slipped disks, lower back pain, varic...