Researchers discover how worms' noses sense oxygen
...rdering and clumping that worm experts refer to as social behavior is really the worms, in an artificial setting like a Petri dish, trying to get to an area of 6 percent oxygen, which they like. It's a laboratory phenomenon." Bordering and clumping is a peculiar behavior in which worms cluster around the bo......ed. Increased adult survivorship also strengthened social relationships and kinship bonds, as grandparents survived to educate and contribute to extended families and others. Increased survivorship also promoted population growth, the authors explain, since people living longer are likely to have more child...Early dexamethasone exposure has long-term neurodevelopment, neuroendocrine effects
... experiencing what could be construed as prolonged social isolation. Somatic and brain growth: A regimen of decreasing dexamethasone exposure early in life has a lasting impact on the body's growth. The researchers observed decreased somatic growth observed in the dexamethasone-treated pups attributed ...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...h technology raises a number of ethical, legal and social questions. Accordingly, as part of its CEGS grant, the Harvard center plans to examine issues related to moving such technologies into the clinic, with an emphasis on the challenges that personal genome screening may pose to concepts of anonymity. In...New public policy & aging report highlights facts and fiction about anti-aging medicine
...es 6 articles that address the scientific debates, social consequences, and ethical issues associated with the possible emergence of a "long-lived" society. Case Western Reserve University Professor Robert Binstock begins the issue with an overview of the anti-aging medicine debate as it has played out in r...Energy conservation targets hit by notions of 'comfort'
...n, also being defined by cultural expectations and social conventions, including ideas about status and symbolism. In particular, air-conditioned buildings have come to be associated with quality and prestige. Designers generally provide whatever type of indoor environment the client desires. Several respo...The science and law of torture
...ncluding health care forprisoners, the medical and social consequences of using landmines, and human rights education for health professionals. Hewill address the definition of torture today in light of currentevents and whether studies speak to its effectiveness inobtaining reliable information. He will al...New national research effort needed to secure clean, adequate water supply in coming decades
...ion dedicated to research on water use and related social science topics has declined considerably. For example, while other fields such as the health sciences have seen large funding increases over the last three decades, per capita spending on water-resources research has dropped from $3.33 to $2.44, des...Researchers make promiscuous animals monogamous by manipulating genes
...c love as well as disorders of the ability to form social bonds, such as autism. In addition, the finding supports previous research linking social bond formation with drug addiction, also associated with the reward center of the brain. In their st...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...imate change, land degradation, degradation of the social environment, population displacement, and changing resource availability and quality -- which imperil communities in a more gradual but equally detrimental and multifaceted way. UNU-EHS has already initiated or planned joint projects and activ...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...d elite privileges," Kirch noted. "To maintain the social order at the level they were accustomed to, the chiefs had to go into a mode of aggressive action. It's interesting that the really aggressive chiefdoms came from the highly intensified dryland systems on Maui and Hawai'i, where per capita yields wer...Study of proteins offers insights into organization of biological networks
...al and his colleagues focused on hub proteins, the social butterflies of the molecular world, which have large numbers of partner proteins. Researchers theorize that abnormal versions of hub proteins are especially influential in the development of cancer and other genetic diseases. Physicist Albert-Laszlo ...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...elationship between images, symbols, behaviour and social changes, while three centres in the natural scienc...llaborative Research Centre "The representation of social orders in transition: comparisons across cultures and times" examines the development of images, sym...Four tourist destinations named best worldwide
...004 World Legacy Award, given to environmental and social leaders in tourism. The award will be presented to...re conservation, the protection of heritage sites, social responsibility and commerce. One winner was named in each of four categories: Nature Travel, Her...Utah scientist helps discover new mouse species -- and maybe a new genus
... fauna is beneficial to the country's economic and social development," she said....First ever standards linking climate change, biodiversity and poverty seek global peer review
...oach which incorporates climate, environmental and social issues addresses shortfalls in existing land-based... encourage land use projects with biodiversity and social benefits," said Tia Nelson, Director of the Climate Change Initiative at the Nature Conservancy. "W...VIB presents its annual results at BIO2004 in San Francisco
...ies and inventions that can form the basis for new social and industrial applications, including medical diagnostics and medicines. To bring these applications into being, VIB protects its findings via patents: in 2003, 30 discoveries were sufficiently new and inventive to warrant patent applications. At th...International research conferences at the Villa Vigoni
...peration between researchers in the humanities and social sciences in these three countries. The Research Co...ly of a global nature. However, the humanities and social sciences have strong ties to language and culture, as these are not only the subject of research but...$5.5 million awarded to tree-ring research and climate studies
... monsoon, long-term forecasting will have profound social and economic impacts (e.g. long-term agricultural planning and improved risk assessment). Scientists from the Tree-Ring Laboratory (TRL) are actively involved in pioneering research projects in many parts of the globe, from the high latitudes of bo...... fauna is beneficial to the country's economic and social development," she said....