Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
... coastal-to-global ocean-atmosphere processes that span the local to planetary scales. The northern loop of the network, with C$62 million already committed from NEPTUNE Canada in partnership with ORION, is scheduled to be operational in 2007, with full-network operation anticipated in the 2008-2010 time ...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...vical ribs, which are connected to neck vertebrae, span several intervertebral joints. The ribs increase in length from the front of the neck to the back of the neck, bridging more joints near the base of the neck than near the head. Unlike most protorosaurs, Dinocephalosaurus was fully aquatic, although ...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...cientists to investigate ecological phenomena that span large geographical areas and long periods of time." NEON, Clutter believes, can also provide unique educational opportunities for students and the public. "The award to AIBS is a major step toward realizing NEON," she said. Just as the nation'...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
... decrease in cancer cells and increase in the life span of tumor-bearing mice. The study's first author, Jun-Li Luo, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Karin team in the UCSD Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, explained that normally, inflammation associated with malignancy activates NF-kB...USC study links historical increases in life span to lower childhood exposure to infection
...ink this gradual yet steady increase in human life span to lower childhood rates of exposure to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. The key to their theory lies in one word: inflammation. Infectious diseases cause chronic inflammation in the blood that, decades later, leads to hea...9/11 search-and-rescue dogs exhibit few effects from exposure to disaster sites
... a major fear at all three sites the shorter life span of dogs often means a relatively shorter latency period for developing cancer. To assess the psychological wellbeing of the dogs, their handlers were given questionnaires that focused on behavioral disorders, such as aggression or fearfulness, ...T. rex owes its giant size to the ultimate teenage growth spurt
...ath, thus indicating that T. rex could have a life span of about thirty years, one-third of which would be spent at adult size. T. rex grew faster but had a shorter lifespan than an African elephant, the only living land animal of a comparable size. "We can now stop guessing about how T. rex and some of ...Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction
...ientists for decades because it increases the life span of almost every species studied. In mammals, calorie restriction suppresses many diseases associated with the obesity epidemic. However, the mechanisms by which calorie restriction suppresses these diseases are not known. Lead author, J. Christopher...New space-borne instrument to track greenhouse gases, ozone destroyers, and other pollutants
...ics of four layers of the atmosphere that together span a region 8 to 80 kilometers (5 to 50 miles) above Earth's surface: the upper troposphere, the tropopause, the stratosphere, and the mesosphere. Using infrared radiation as its yardstick, the radiometer will look through Earth's atmosphere toward the ......regulate a wide variety of cellular functions that span the entire gamut of a cell's life, from its initial growth and differentiation, to its movement and division, and finally to its death. They are important for gene expression, and they play crucial roles in the ability of innate immune cells to make ...Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2004 Annual Meeting
...their most recent and exciting findings. The full span of neuroscience applications will be covered, ranging from research on perception, cognition, emotion, development and aging to clinical research on brain disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. In addition to 1600+ poster presentat...Fat cells could provide the key to a longer life
... a step closer." The possibility of extending life span has preoccupied scientists for many years. Leading...F-2 gene in C. elegans, which can also double life span or reduce fertility depending on what stage in life the gene is interfered with. "DAF-2 encodes the...Promising research: From employment issues to virology
...ployed for a longer period of time. So-called life span models are meant to give concrete information on how to optimise work sys-tems and what measures can be used to provide adequate working conditions for different age groups. (Coordinator: Professor Dr. Ekkehart Frieling, University of Kassel) In the...Surprising 'ultra-conserved' regions discovered in human genome
...d in most of those cases they overlap only a short span of the coding region and extend beyond it to noncoding areas. Nevertheless, most of the 481 ultra-conserved elements appear to be associated in some way with genes, if not overlapping them then residing near genes or in the noncoding portions of ge...Measurement clarifies role between protein structure and cell adhesion
...onfigurations, which require different domains and span different membrane separations, the researchers have reconciled several apparently contradictory experimental results, and validated two of the current models as contributing to spatially and molecularly distinct NCAM bonds. "The different bonding co...A blueprint for US national ocean policy for the 21st Century
... Commission's report contains recommendations that span the gamut of ocean and coastal issues, ranging from upstream areas to the depths of the oceans floor, from the practical problem-solving issues, to philosophical approaches that will guide us into the next century. The Commission concluded that the ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...train of Salmonella enterica to determine the life span of the bacteria in soils fertilized with the compounds as well as the water, and carrots and radishes grown in the contaminated soil. Researchers determined the bacteria stayed in soil samples for 203 to 231 days and for 84 to 203 days after radish ......e equivalent of about 136 in human-years. The life span of the average laboratory mouse is slightly over two years. "Yoda is only the second mouse I know to have made it to his fourth birthday without the rigors of a severe calorie-restricted diet," Miller says. "He's the oldest mouse we've seen in 14 ye......t-rich diet. While chimpanzees have a shorter life span compared to humans, they demonstrate accelerated physical and cerebral development, remain fertile into old age and experience few brain-aging changes relative to the devastation of Alzheimer's seen in humans today. Finch and Stanford argued that the......ocesses, since rapid changes can occur over a time span of seconds or minutes....