Fighting the battle of the bulge in children
... 5-Kids also teaches parents about correct serving sizes for preschool-age children. "Between television commercials and fast-food restaurants pushing their super-sized portions, children and parents no longer seem to know what a normal portion is," said Dr. Haire-Joshu. "For a preschool child, two bites o...New view of bacteria-mineral interface to advance bioremediation
...," said Tremblay. "It's more common to sample spot sizes between 10 to 12 micrometers, which is about one-tenth the thickness of a human hair." In the past, researchers have created simulated basalt material for analysis, but best efforts still generate simulated materials that are just too uniform and don...New public-domain database could advance human computer interaction through sound
...easured 45 different people to see exactly how the sizes and shapes of their ears and bodies influenced the...location in space. Because people have individual sizes and shapes, the modifications must be individually tailored, much as eyeglasses must be individually...Method quickly surveys yeast genome by gene function, not sequence
...ing stripes of a UPC symbol distinguish brands and sizes of packaged foods. (Mutations in the remaining genes are fatal regardless of environment, so those are not considered.) The genetic barcodes, first reported in 1996, are unique, 20-block-long pieces of DNA inserted into the genetic...BSE in sheep: First estimates of human death toll
... flock for BSE-like diseases for infection. Sample sizes must be sufficiently large to be able to detect low prevalence of disease. 2. discover how infectious BSE in sheep is according to its stage of incubation; the type of tissue it is found in; and the genetic makeup of the sheep. 3. determine the susc...New research may lead to more effective treatment of asthmatic attacks
...sible to generate BDP aerosols of various particle sizes with very narrow size distributions using EHDA. Up until now, generation of monodisperse aerosols was only possible with complicated laboratory equipment, like the spinning top. Such devices all are characterized by moving mechanical parts, high use ......s. They accounted for factors including the areas' sizes andconnectivity, and the extent of hunting of both jaguars and their prey. The bad news is that the jaguar has lost more than half of its rangesince 1900, mostly in the southern U.S., northern Mexico, northernBrazil and southern Argentina. The good n...MIT professor to receive the 2002 Othmer Gold Medal
...aking research dispelled the belief that only some sizes of molecules could be delivered slowly. Langers later research has led to the development of a number of novel biodegradable polymers with medical applications. One of these resulted in a drug delivery system for the treatment of brain cancer (devel...New sensor being designed to detect, identify invisible agents faster
...asier for hospitals to do lab work on site. Sample sizes of bodily fluids needed could be greatly reduced. In some instances, such as crime investigation, a hand-held Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) device could duplicate the DNA present in a very small sample, such as one drop of blood, so that multiple t...Tent caterpillars and their parasites
...stik Hills, Alberta in aspen stands ranging in six sizes from as small as .28 hectares to 289 hectares. "What we determined," said Roland, "is that for the parasites and the viruses to be most effective, the size of the forest stand should be a minimum of about 100 hectares. Smaller forest stands served ...Cost of inbreeding in Arabidopsis
... to increase population sizes of endangered species - small populations may lead to build-up of bad mutations, and make it more difficult to save these species." ...Ultrasound cleans ceramic filters: Could aid water treatment
...ilica particles. They used particles in a range of sizes to mimic the contaminants found in water treatment. They used an ultrasonic probe to vibrate the water at 20 kilohertz, or 20,000 vibrations per second -- a low frequency that is easily ...Anticonvulsant drugs found to impact on epileptic childrens ability to recall information
...erent colors (blue, red and yellow), two different sizes (big and large) and two different thickness (thin and thick) and a printed card were used in the experiment. Subjects were encouraged to observe the card containing eight images from different pieces, displayed in two parallel rows. This process wa...Brookhaven Lab scientist wins Environmental Mutagen Society Award
...reaks, they were able to calculate the numbers and sizes of the repaired regions arising from chemical or physical agents in the environment. At Brookhaven in the early 1990s, Setlow and his colleagues began investigating the role of melanoma-susceptibility genes and tumor-suppressor genes in causing melan...Biologists take new look at metabolism
...lism in relation to size. Such factors include the sizes of different organs, the physiological state (rest or exercise), energy supply and demand pathways. Wiebel poses the question, "Why should a mouse burn six times more energy per minute than a human? The first intuitive answer is, to keep warm." H...New NIST procedure seeks improved diagnosis of Fragile X syndrome
...d their analysis. NIST initially focused on repeat sizes of about 30 to 110; future work will assess methods for measuring larger repeat elements....University of Southern Mississippi's 'safari' targets baby bluefin tuna
... is one of the leading experts on tuna larvae. The sizes we are catching are very small and hard to identify, and he will confirm our identifications. We are also providing specimens to other researchers for DNA work. That would tell them from which population the bluefin tuna are coming. "It is easi...Carbon nanotubes found to fluoresce
...avelengths, it may be possible to tailor different sizes of tubes to seek specific targets, and thus diagnose multiple maladies in a single test using a cocktail of nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are a member of the fullerene family of carbon molecules, a third molecular form of carbon that is distinct from d...City birds prefer rich neighbors
...he parks by the size of the parks, or the types or sizes of trees in the parks, which is what we might expect. Instead, the characteristics of the neighborhood, including the income of the residents, seem to play a significant role in influencing the number of species that live in the park ." Trees and ot...... -- the researchers randomly varied the locations, sizes and other features of the dots across several trials. While the monkeys were performing this number task, the investigators recorded the electrical activity of 352 randomly selected neurons in the part of the prefrontal cortex where sensory informat...