Duke Geologists Explore Alternative Way To Measure Ice Age Sea Bottom Temperatures
...fossil shells could be unacceptably changed as the specimens deteriorate over time. "What Gary is trying to do is determine temperature changes independent of changes in the isotopic composition of sea water," Baker added. "Frankly, our method is quite untested. But if we are really able to do that, that would...Asian Beetle, New In This Country, Threatens Brooklyn's Shade Trees
...rs. For back-up species confirmation, Hoebeke sent specimens to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, which verified the species on Tuesday. Hoebeke also has sent some of the Cornell samples to the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, which has one of the world's largest collection of Asian beetle...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...tened with extinction maybecome so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strictregulation..." Such a listing would not restrict trade, but would require that mahoganiesbe monitored and that producing nations define sustainable harvesting levelsand issue logging permits, she said....KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
...iger starts her research on a species by obtaining specimens in the rain forest and then examining them in a KU lab to analyze the stable isotopes in the plant tissues. The research shows how well plants are using carbon dioxide and water in tropical forests that are normally inaccessible to measurement. The l...Bog Beetle, Misidentified For 85 Years, Is 'Discovered' At Cornell
...imens," Liebherr said. "Kip found that one of the specimens just didn't fit the key. We suspected we had some...ed from other parts of the world. Through study of specimens from museums in the northeastern United States and Canada, Will and Liebherr have found that this be...Coming Extinction Of One Of UK's Most Minuscule Plants Yields Information On Climate Change
...It is a small member of the Dock family with large specimens being 4 cms high with tiny greenish flowers about 3 mm across. Note for editors: Dr Meatyard is working with the following organisations in connection with this project:- Scottish National Heritage, the National Trust for Scotland and the Royal Bo...Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa
... uncovered in Botswana and contains well-preserved specimens of small mammals thatmay have roamed the earth sometime between 100,000 and 3 million years ago. Most likely used by owls and other mammals to eattheir prey, the cave is so rich with fossils it's called Bone Cave. Waddle and the other researchers be...Purdue Researchers Track Oil Spill's Effects On Sea Otters
...d and tissue samples from the otters, preserve the specimens cryogenically with liquid nitrogen and transport t..., he went back the next two summers to gather more specimens from about 50 to 60 animals each trip. The analytical techniques Snyder developed have applications ...Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found In Madagascar And India
...y remains of mammals, Krause notes that the mammal specimens "may not be all that spectacular visually, but they're extremely important. Scientific significance, just like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder."...Widespread Genus Of Monkeys Gives Up Genealogical Secrets To Columbia Researchers
...ector of the Center, who gatheredmost of the field specimens for genetic analysis over a period of 20 years andworked with Dr. Morales to interpret the results. Because it shows how and where macaques spread most rapidly -- throughoutAsia over the past 5 million years -- the new work will serve as a r...Increased Amount Of Enzyme In Brain May Be Marker Of Alzheimer's Disease
...s study, he and his colleagues tested brain tissue specimens fromtwo persons with Alzheimer's disease and specimens from four non-dementedpersons for the presence of BChE and its confirming markers. Their resultsshow......aralleled in the extraordinary preservation of the specimens ityields. Minuscule skeletal structures -- some of them smaller than one of theletters in this sentence -- are perfectly preserved. This remarkable quality ofpreservation indicates that the animals at Ukhaa Tolgod were killed swiftly bycatastrophic......d's most important amber-encased fossils. The new specimens are 50million years older than the most ancient fo...fants back into the Age of the Dinosaurs. The new specimens have importantimplications for understanding both the origin of ants and their rise to aposition of ...New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem
...a School of Mines paleontologist on the dig, these specimens included several juvenileswhich are very rare in the fossil record. The group of paleontologists also includes members from the Smithsonian Institution andArgentina's Museo de la Plata....When To Reproduce? It's All In The Timing
...tudy this possibility in earnest. They used Baltic specimens Brawley hadbrought from Scandinavia, and they collected plants from tide pools along theMaine coast. They also received plants from researchers in California. "We were able to simulate in the laboratory that high salinity is one ofthe cues fo...Kaposi's Sarcoma Caused By Virus Usually Transmitted Through Homosexual Sex, According To UCSF Study
...ad previously developed,they examined stored blood specimens from all 800 men for evidence of antibodiesto a specific protein made by cells infected with HHV-8. A positive antibodytest indicates the presence of the virus in the body. The researchers detected these antibodies to HHV-8 in 37.5 percent, ...Purdue Herbarium -- A Noah's Ark For Egyptian Plants
...e of the best in the world." Swinehart's herbarium specimens also are a safeguard, in case New Valley progress ...in the Purdue Herbarium for 150 years. "Herbarium specimens can also tell us about pollutants in the environment," Swinehart says. "We can look for levels of a ...Some AIDS Patients May Show Resistance To Sulfa Drugs
...Health. Researchers extracted DNA from the medical specimens of 27 patients who had been treated for pneumocystis between January 1991 and April 1997. Twenty of the patients had AIDS and the other seven were non-HIV-infected patients with compromised immune systems. Samples were obtained from the U-M, Indiana...Remarkable Skull Of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed On Madagascar
Several specimens of a large predatory dinosaur -- including a nearl...niversity of New York at Stony Brook. "The specimens of Majungatholus represent another in a series ofremarkable discoveries by this research team," said...Researchers Unable To Document Existence Of Transient HIV Infection In Infants
...t laboratoryerrors created false readings when the specimens were initially tested. "The study of trans...-1. The researchers re-analyzed the infant specimens that had testedpositive for HIV-1 and the mothers' specimens. They performed tests to study thegenet...