Water on Mars not easy to find, says Texas A&M researcher
...pportunity are still active on Mars, but they will soon be entering a hibernation stage because of limited sunlight. The rovers rely on solar energy for much of their power, and a sol a Martian day now has less and less sunlight. "We'll slow things down from now through October," he explains. "After tha...Carnegie Mellon researchers to demonstrate autonomous robotthat will seek life in Atacama Desert
...idad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile), will soon be accompanying Zoë to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, where it will perform experiments focused on seeking and identifying forms of life. The team will spend nearly two months in the Atacama, described as the most arid region on earth...Symptoms of foodborne botulism may help predict fatality
...ceive antitoxin and be placed in intensive care as soon as possible, he added. In an accompanying editorial commentary, other CDC researchers suggest additional preparations necessary for responding to a botulism outbreak: sufficient supplies of antitoxin and other medical supplies should be available and...Study: A little help from friends makes wounds heal faster
...ed; paired, non-stressed; and paired, stressed. As soon as a single day after injury, the wounds on the socially isolated, stressed animals remained about 25 percent larger than the wounds of the other three groups, and stayed this way for about a week. In a second experiment, the researchers c...'Smart gene therapy' protects against damage from heart attack
... from coronary artery disease and heart attack. As soon as the oxygen declines, the sensor turns on the therapeutic gene, thereby protecting the heart. In addition to its potential for patients with heart disease, the strategy might also prove useful for any condition in which tissues are susceptible to l...Research reveals role of gene in infertility
...o defective copies of the RAD51 gene will die very soon after conception, so we were quite surprised to find that our mutant plants, which have two defective copies of this gene, develop quite normally--except that they are sterile," reports Hong Ma, professor of biology at Penn State University and the l...Mapping the evolution of a virus
...volution of the influenza virus. The method could soon help medical researchers worldwide develop a better understanding of certain mutations in influenza and other viruses that allow diseases to dodge the human immune system. In a paper published in today's edition of the journal Science, the team of sc...Carnivore extinction risk determined more by biology than human population density, says study
..." said Dr Cardillo. "What we think is safe now may soon go through a rapid decline. We shouldn't be too confident about the species around us now." "This is a preliminary study, the first to examine a global level of extinction risk at the species level and at the same time consider biology's intrinsic in...Carnivore species are predicted to be at increased extinction risk from human population growth
... members of the weasel-like viverrid family--could soon become endangered. Altogether, these results indicate that as human population pressures increase, it becomes ever more important to take account of each species' biological traits to best predict which species will become most vulnerable. While most...LSU researcher discovers new bird
...own to science rests in a Lima museum and it will soon bear a name of Lane's choosing. As the discoverer ...f the park's major roads. Unfortunately, almost as soon as it was there, it was gone and no one else in the group had seen it. The bird remained ...'Weed from hell' found in Texas
... Agriculture entomologist, visited the Jasper farm soon after being alerted by Ricky Thompson, Extension a...erbicide isn't carried to the roots, the plant may soon recover by the next growing season. "The control can look really good right now, but in the next ye......ogy Education, Development and Sustainability) and soon add exciting new components to the program's structure. "We are looking forward to meeting our goal of building a grassroots movement of ecologically knowledgeable students who have traditionally been underrepresented in the ecology profession," sa...National Parkinson Foundation designates UNC as 'Center of Excellence'
...she founded the Movement Disorders Clinic. She was soon joined by Dr. Richard Murrow, and the number of Parkinson's patients treated in the clinic has since grown to more than 300. Parkinson's disease is the second most common age-related disorder after Alzheimer's, and the number of people with Parkinson...Only 21 states offer newborn screening tests recommended by March of Dimes
...t will usually be re-tested and given treatment as soon as possible, before becoming seriously ill from the disease. Currently, parents seeking screening for disorders not currently done by their state must arrange privately for their newborn to be screened, often with additional out-of-pocket expense. ...Measuring blood sugar with a wave of the arm
People with diabetes could soon be waving goodbye to the pain and hassle of needles, thanks to a new under-skin sensor that monitors blood sugar levels with a simple wave of the arm. The sensor, which is smaller than a dime and paper thin, is based on the same theory behind plastic...$6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
...he $3 million for the arsenic project, Sandia will soon be receiving an additional $1.8 million from another $4 million congressional appropriation for arsenic program research. Development of new arsenic removal technologies is the responsibility of AwwaRF. Sandia's role will be to pilot promising new te...New insight into cancer metastasis
... Twist's functions no longer are necessary, and it soon becomes dormant in most tissues throughout the rest of an organism's life. Through a process that still is somewhat unclear to researchers, tumor cells reactivate this long-dormant protein and thereby acquire the ability to move throughout ...Gestational diabetes not found to alter the metabolic processes in obese pregnant women
... group). All subjects were planning to conceive as soon as the baseline pre-pregnancy studies were completed. Each subject was evaluated before conception (P), in early (E) gestation (12-14 weeks) and again in late (L) gestation (34-36 weeks). Twelve of the 15 subjects were evaluated in the follicular pha...Protein stops blood-vessel growth, holds promise as cancer therapy
...ibulin-5 functions at the molecular level and will soon evaluate its effects in mice. The protein may also serve as a diagnostic tool, a marker of cancer status. Rapidly dropping levels of fibulin-5 might signal a tumor preparing to grow and/or spread. "The good thing about this protein is it's extra-c...Researchers show 'clot-busting' at stroke site is viable option
...ssively treating brain blood clots at their source soon after symptoms start can produce a good outcome fo...e clot dissolve and stop administering the drug as soon as the vessel opens up." The biggest advantage demonstrated by the study is that administering drugs...