Microbial transport at Yellowstone: by land, sea or air?
...oth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. "Hot springs comprise a complex ecosystem of interacting microb... in shifting flows, and in the sealing off of some springs and the eruption of new vents. But the source of the microbes, and the means by which they colonize...December Geology and GSA Today highlights
... this approach to the Puente Hills thrust-Santa Fe springs anticline in the Los Angeles basin, the authors sh...c uplift, earthquakes, volcanism, and hydrothermal springs and geysers that characterize Yellowstone and other hotspots. The findings are surprising and contro...New group of microorganisms discovered in the open sea
...volcanic vents on the ocean floor, continental hot springs and fumeroles, and highly salty or acidic waters. Now, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have found unexpected, astounding numbers of archaea living in Earth's largest biome, the open sea. The researchers--David Kar...Scientist searches Yellowstone Park for carbon dioxide-eating microbe
...sity-Bozeman, carries with him as searches the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park this winter. Cooksey's on a mission, of sorts. Well, a subcontract, really. He's part of a three member team looking for ways of naturally lowering carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Besides Cooksey...Study looks at causes, consequences of sex differences
...law excluding women for liability reasons. It also springs from the practical concern that women, at different stages of their hormonal cycles, have different biochemical reactions to tests. But tests developed in the past decade make it much easier for scientists conducting clinical studies to control for w...New U. of Colorado research may reduce renewable fuel costs
...lase enzymes, was originally discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., said Danna. Most recently, the researchers have transplanted a bacterial gene that codes for cellulase into a tiny weed species in the mustard f...Where there's soup, there's life
... is, gourmet geochemical "primordial soups" in hot springs and hydrothermal springs in the oceans that support novel chemolithotrophic thermophiles. If we can understand these heat-lo...Researchers find gene for rare disorder that paralyzes children's legs
...nn Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His hope springs from the fact that the atlastin protein's predicted structure - based on SPG3A's genetic sequence - gives clues as to the possible biochemical processes that may underlie this form of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Thus far, investigators believe tha...Healy researchers make a series of striking discoveries about Arctic Ocean
... evidence for hydrothermal vents, the deep-sea hot springs that host oases of life on the deep seafloor. Instead, sampling sites revealed abundant fresh lava and multiple signs of hydrothermal activity. Most surprisingly, a dredge team, led by Jeffrey Standish, a graduate student at the Woods Hole Oceano...Beware of leap year when predicting climate change, warns researcher
...to their analyses, resulting in false estimates of springs actual arrival. "A number of international studies have shown that spring is coming significantly earlier each year. The question is how much earlier," notes Sagarin, a postdoctoral fellow in biological sciences at Stanfords Hopkins Marine Station i...Genetic marker tells squash domestication story
..., corn sprouts from the chest of Sky Woman, squash springs from her belly and beans grow from her hand. For the last two decades, scientists have pushed to fill in many gaps in the history of agriculture in the humid tropics where archaeological evidence is extremely hard to come by. Last year, Dolores Pip...Scientists conduct first DNA field tests on Antarctic soil microbes
...orked primarily with the bacteria that inhabit hot springs on land, while Carys focus had been on the microbes that live at underwater hot springs called hydrothermal vents found over a mile deep in the ocean where new seafloor is being formed. Wh...Advances developed to detect bioterrorist agents could find use in protecting food supplies
...ment have usually required seven to 10 days. Last springs finding of plague, in a small rural community northwest of Flagstaff, Ariz., was confirmed within four hours by a team of researchers led by NAU microbiology professor and plague expert Paul Keim. The Livermore DNA signatures were also used in Febru...Stanford study finds potential shingles prevention in a childhood vaccine
...ne system is weakened by age or disease, the virus springs to life, spurring an itchy, burning rash and a legacy of shooting pain that can last for years. "It's a very disruptive kind of pain," said Arvin, "The skin becomes so sensitive that it can be difficult to sleep and even the lightest clothing or fai...Consortium for Archaeal Genomics and Proteomics established at Penn State
...eria that live in extreme environments such as hot springs and salt lakes. "Our efforts are expected to greatly expand the knowledge of novel biochemical and molecular biological characteristics of the Archaea, some of which are totally unique while others are a blend that appears to be 'borrowed' from bot...University of Florida engineers probe 'shape memory' alloy for better prostheses
...n inch. When he turns the power off, the hydraulic springs slowly return the wires to their original size. When lifting the maximum weight, the machine requires some 1,200 watts, enough to power four computers. However, the wires are much lighter and potentially more compact than a hydraulic system or elect...Clash of values at crux of debate over landscape aesthetics
...r case. One of the problems, the researchers note, springs from the ecological aestheticians' view that scenic preferences are "superficial sociocultural constructions derived from 17th century landscape painting and aesthetic theory." Widely reported preferences for such landscapes -- similar to Olmsted's ...Bugs from the deep may be window into the origins of life -- on earth and beyond
...organisms," said Brantley. Research in thermal hot springs also reveals bacteria's adaptability to all kinds ...ck of Arizona State University studies life in hot springs such as those in Yellowstone National Park. Shock and his colleagues have identified more than a hun...First draft of 'periodic table' of protein structures helps visualize nature's universe of proteins
...eins. Among bacteria, one of the earliest, the hot springs dweller Aquifex, didn't have as many complex modules as Chlamydia, a more evolved bacterium. "The map seems to have a loose evolutionary clock embedded in it," Kim said. "It shows the alpha helices and beta sheets developing early, then they started ......s in the depths of a Yellowstone National Park hot springs pool, a newly discovered enzyme may be the key to transforming industrial bleaching from environmentally problematic to environmentally green. Chemical engineer Vicki Thompson and biologists William Apel and Kastli Schaller from the U.S. Department ...