Biological legacies a key of ecological rebirth after Mount St. Helens eruption
... key biological legacy at Mount St. Helens was the standing dead trees, snags, downed trees and their root balls and other woody debris, according to Franklin, a professor of forest resources. He says these structures act as "lifeboats" for plants, insects and animals. In addition, such structures add richn......hich the signal was coming, we saw the Middle Pack standing there. Later we returned to the area and found the...g the shoreline of the island and we saw a female standing on a rock out in Lake Superior facing 10 wolves from the Middle Pack, who were pacing the shore opp...Researchers study 10,000-year-old buried forest
...tances," he said. The trees wereprobably killed in standing water. Then they were quickly but gently buriedman...f a nearbymelting glacier. "If you saw those trees standing there, you'd say oh my gosh," Bornhorstadded. "The trees still have little limblets, only 1 millimet...Pioneering evolutionist Ledyard Stebbins dies at age 94
...n Icame out of the lecture, about 30 students were standing around looking at it." Stebbins was married in 1930 to Margaret Chamberlaine; they divorced in 1948. They had threechildren, Robert, Edith and George; George died in 1969. Stebbins married Barbara Monaghan in1958 and raised her son, Mark. Barbara die...Drought brings environmental, ecological changes
...id USGS hydrologist Ward Freeman. "Right now, it's standing still and water which is being pumped into the Hudson from area reservoirs is keeping the salt front at bay." But, Freeman said, the salt front may begin moving upstream again and only significant rainfall will wash out the threat. "It's serious bec...W.M. Keck Foundation gives USC $110 million
...ars, and his wife,Virginia Ramo, a trustee of long standing at the university. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilianhonor, Simon Ramo is co-founder and the "R" of TRW Inc. He has received numerousother national awards including the National Medal of Science. He has se...In Animal Groups, Scientists See Patterns That Could Predict The Future
... models, we may be able to predict the switch from standing ovation torampage and adjust the outside influences accordingly," Parrish says. "Fish andhumans are not so different. Fish have just had a lot longer to practice."...A Mother's Love? New UD Theory Explains Why Good Insect Moms Risk Death To Save Their Only Children
...sea , seemed to challenge clutch-raidingenemies by standing fast and even tilting her body toward marauders. Over the years, many researchers have documented similar cases of seeminglyheroic efforts by insect moms, says Tallamy. The delicate, female lace bug( Gargaphia ) fearlessly tackles deadly damsel bugs,...Should Great Apes Be Given Legal Rights?
...the possibility that greatapes may soon have legal standing in New Zealand is making some biomedicalresearchers nervous. They fear that the crusade is really aimed at stamping outresearch on all animals. They also say that the human-like qualities of thegreat apes have been exaggerated for political reasons. ...Virginia Tech Fisheries Professor Works To Conserve Mussels
...actor in aquaculture solutions, so Tennessee has a standing contract withVirginia Tech to replenish the border rivers on the Tennessee side. Neves is also educating students about mussels and their conservation.He helped produce one publication, Help Save America's Pearly Mussels, for theVirginia C...Open-Air Experiment Shows High CO2 Boosts Tree Growth
...han current levels of the gas in theopen air. But, standing alone, with no other test sites or matched controls tocompare their results to, that initial Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE)experiment was not considered "fully replicated," a gold standard for research. The fully replicated FACTS-1...First Reproducible Cloning Of Mammals From Adult Cells Reported In Nature
...s a Carnegie I researchuniversity of international standing that offers an extensive array ofundergraduate,graduate and professional degrees. The University's research program, whichdraws more than $160 million in extramural funding annually, is widelyrecognizedfor its strengths in tropical medicine, evolutio......a now shows for thefirst time that trees left standing in pastures can actually dominate thereproduction ...ith anumber of large nearby members of the species standing alone in open pastureland. There were neither seedlings or saplings of S. globulifera in thepastures......tores. The test protocol also simulates customers standing in acheckout line near equipment used to deactivate the control tags. Because of a nondisclosure agreement, Woody and Herkert provide thedata they generate only to the manufacturers who submit the devices. The researchers do not have medical trainin...Increasing Frequency Of El Nino Takes Toll On Northern Hemisphere's Only Penguins
...s birds are among the smallest penguins, typically standing 20 to24 inches high and weighing 4 to 5 pounds. They live primarily on two islands inthe Galapagos Archipelago off the coast of Ecuador. Since they can range to thenorthernmost reaches of the chain, above the equator, they are the only penguinswhose ...Duke Researchers Finds That Moderate Caffeine Use Boosts Blood Pressure, Potential For Heart Disease
...unted for by changes in activity,posture (sitting, standing or walking) or perceived stress," Lane said. "Thisstrengthens the evidence that caffeine is working directly on blood pressurerather than through other mediating factors."...Good Nutrition In Childhood Can Prevent Some Cancers In Later Life
...between underfeeding and reduced mortality is long standing - it was shown 60 years ago that energy restriction, in an otherwise adequate diet, extended the life of rats considerably. In this week's BMJ, Frankel et al examine the relationship between dietary intake during childhood and adult mortality from ...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...re cabinet, with the ability to readily shift from standing to sitting. A further reduction in workers compens... all seated operators and antifatigue mats for all standing jobs; instituted continuous flow manufacturing (which included operators working in groups), cross t......rs on record in theNortheast, and Salmonella loves standing water -- but 1997 is not far behind." Now the Cornell Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which already runs on-farmprevention programs for infectious diseases, such as bovine leukosis, bluetongueand Johne's disease, is hoping to focus concern on salm...