Manipulating biotope space can enhance beneficial biodiversity effects
... biodiversity effects should increase. In a paper soon to appear in Ecology Letters, Dimitrakopoulos and Schmid tested this hypothesis by growing plant monocultures and mixtures on a gradient of increasing soil depths and volumes, offering increased rooting space to species. The results supported the hy...Researchers identify genetic markers to predict response to chemotherapy for colorectal cancer
... antitumor response. "In reality, physicians will soon be able to personalize cancer therapies based on the tumor's characteristics and the genetic profile of the person," said Carlini. "The ultimate goal is to tailor treatment that offers the most anti-tumor activity with the fewest side effects." ...Clemson researcher receives Komen grant
...erceptin . "We hope that our research results will soon be translated into clinic and contribute to the battle against breast cancer," said Chen.More than 200,000 new U.S. breast cancer cases are diagnosed each year. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and can be diagnosed in men. Can...Unexpected changes in Earth's climate observed on the dark side of the moon
...others from the Crimea in the Ukraine. There will soon be observations from Yunnan in China. A further improvement will be to automate the current manual observations. A prototype robotic telescope is being constructed while the team seeks funds to construct, calibrate and deploy a network of eight of t...Computer model shows increased US threat from soybean rust
...ished there, we could even see rust in the U.S. as soon as the current growing season and certainly no later than a year or two down the road." With an additional grant from the USDA's National Research Initiative, Isard is working with USDA plant pathologists Glen Hartman and Montes Miles, both based on ...Danger spots identified for threatened grizzly bear
...dly combination of industry and human activity may soon wipe out Alberta's grizzly bear population, but new University of Alberta research identifies the province's highest mortality spots. Scott Nielsen, from the Department of Biological Sciences, has isolated specific spots where the bears are dying at...Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...strander lab is studying genetics of blindness and soon will begin a study on genetics of obsessive-compulsive disease. "What is so great about this study to date is that it's been a real community effort," Ostrander said. "We could not have done the work without the involvement of pet owners, breeders ...New screening method turns up potential compound for treating anthrax
...fectively treated with antibiotics if administered soon after infection, making it difficult to treat patients who were unknowingly exposed to the bacterium. The Chicago research aims to develop a drug that could treat anthrax after antibiotics become ineffective. The Chicago team discovered that a compou...Motion that powers sperm provides key to unravelling rare genetic disorder
...sail across on top of the crowd. If they don't you soon come down crashing to the ground. They must be synchronised so they work together in a wave like motion. A second type of cilium which is much more common but don't beat together, serves to sense the environment surrounding the cell. If these key cel...Discovery offers clues to origin of life
...re attacking the glass 3.48 billion years ago-very soon after the glass chilled and lasting a few million years, perhaps until the usual geological processes buried and cooked them." Despite challenges to previous research claiming evidence of life activity, this research team is certain its evidence is s...Newfound grasshopper takes to the trees on Konza Prairie
... lifecycle and habitat for the first time, just as soon as the insects emerge this summer. Writing in the Spring 2004 issue of "Tallgrass Gazette," the newsletter for Konza Prairie docents, Hopkins said the Grizzly grasshopper "is a rather unique grasshopper that spends most of its life in ...Is that plant a tortoise or a hare? Answer predicts its response to environmental change
...heir leaves produce and consume energy quickly but soon "burn out" or fall victim to bad weather or hungry herbivores. Other leaves are more tortoiselike, taking a "live slowly and last long" approach. A new study has revealed the global continuum of leaf economics, documenting where 2,548 species growing...Is a single bout of exercise helpful or harmful in getting a good night's sleep?
... growth in health and fitness club facilities will soon outpace capacity, with almost 12 percent of the population belonging to health clubs in 2000. This figure is expected to reach 41.1 million members, or 14 percent of the population, in 2006. Previous research has demonstrated that, in general, qua...Vanderbilt doctors use Viagra to treat infants with pulmonary hyptertension
...e fact remains that Hartley is much better. He may soon go home. "He's a charmer," said his dad, James. "We figure this will make for great stories when he's a teen-ager. He can laugh about how Viagra saved him as a baby."...Chromosome 'caps' predict bone marrow disease
...ase, the telomere length gave an indication of how soon and how severely patients were likely to get the disease," said Inderjeet Dokal, Professor of Haematology at Imperial College London and one of the authors of the study. "This 'disease anticipation' was only thought to occur in specific neurological ...Crystallographers take note: A synchrotron light source for your home lab
...s--on structural genomics. Crystallographers will soon be able to perform state-of-the-art protein struct...is tabletop device, the Compact Light Source, will soon bring high-flux, high-quality X-rays directly to the university or industrial laboratory--and one da...Researchers awarded $2 million to create high-tech tools for fighting wildfires
BOULDER--Frontline fire fighting could soon go high tech. In the not so distant future, analys...mputer takes into consideration new information as soon as it comes," Mandel said. "This is how computers work in the imagination of movie directors, and t...Gulf marine reserves given new life
...ulations governing trolling through the areas that soon may be implemented. In approving the extension, federal managers also called for a seasonal restriction on trolling in the reserves, making this type of fishing legal only from May to October. The move also would ban all types of fishing in the rese...Sticklebacks reveal secrets to evolutionary change in Stanford study
...s shape. Mice with mutated Pitx1, for example, die soon after birth. In the sticklebacks, however, the group found alterations in the location of the Pitx1 gene activity. Although the Pitx1 protein doesn't show up in the developing pelvic region of the fish lacking hind fins, the gene still does its norma......xperts to collect evidence from crime scenes could soon be taken up by biologists studying animals in the wild. An article in BMC Ecology this week describes how DNA from animal blood and tissue samples can be stored on record cards made from specialist filter paper and used in experiments at a later date...