New Clues To Evolution Of Human Brain
...ected. Until recently, many scientists argued that storage depots for short-term memory(called "working memory") in humans were probably located in the same place asin monkeys; memory of spatial relationships was thought to be stored in the tophalf of the frontal cortex and memory of objects was stored in th...Heavy Traffic At The Nuclear Pore: How Proteins And RNA Leave The Cell Nucleus
...c material. However the nucleus is much morethan a storage compartment for the genes since it is a very busy factory thatduplicates the genetic material when the cell decides that it wants to divideitself into two daughter cells. In the nucleus, the genetic material is alsotranscribed into messenger RNAs whi...Vertical Strip Drains Increase Dredged Material Storage Area
...rs an economical way to significantly increase the storage capacityof existing facilities. "Vertical strip dr...and Dredged Material ManagementArea. This man-made storage site --located near Norfolk, Va. -- is the placement area for material dredged from thechannels and ...Increasing Carbon Dioxide Threatens Tropical Coral Reefs
...rtional rate.Scientists have so far focused on CO2 storage in the ocean. This is oneof the first studies to examine how CO2 increases may affect thechemistry and biology of ocean ecosystems. As CO2 dissolves, it produces an acid that lowers the seawater pH. Theinteraction of carbon dioxide with calcium carbo...Mixing Radiation, Minerals, Toxic Waste Could Be Cleanup Boon -- Or Kaboom
...es as awarning that breakdown products in enclosed storage tanks may build up pressureand explode. In laborat... 12 miles away. Hanford,whose only activity now is storage and cleanup, is administered by the U.S.Department of Energy. The research reported in the Journal o...Baby Grain Bins Help Purdue Researchers Tackle Big Problems
...biological engineer specializing ingrain handling, storage and processing, had the same problem. "We needed a... unique three-pronged research team attackinggrain storage problems with the help of a new education and research center atPurdue. The Post-Harvest Educati...Bees The Buzz In Landmine Detection
...ry. Pacific Northwest engineers are improving the storage and rangereading capabilities of the tags for national security applications....1999 Spring Meeting: Information For Media Representatives
...n, 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, as along term storage depository for nuclear waste. There is an ongoing publicpolicy debate over whether it will in fact safe to begin using this facility in2010, as is planned. A panel of scientists will present evidence both supportingand opposing the use of Yucca Mount...Media Advisory: 1999 Spring Meeting -- Updated Press Conference Schedule
...n, 100 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, as along term storage depository for nuclear waste. There is an ongoing publicpolicy debate over whether it will in fact safe to begin using this facility in2010, as is planned. A panel of scientists will present evidence both supportingand opposing the use of Yucca Mount...Findings suggest new oxygen-sensing application for material
...therecent findings suggest that ferroelectric data storage may not be suitable forsuch an application. That's because reduced oxygen pressure increases the degreeof "ferroelectric fatigue," which is the biggest obstacle to developing thetechnology. The material is made of lead, zirconium, titanium and ox...... would be able to reduce transportation and storage costs, Schwerzel noted. Early test results on aluminum and iron alloy substrates show the coating has the desired hardness and durability, though additional research must be done to show long-term properties on larger surfaces. ......neurons, which are necessary forthe processing and storage of information in the brain. They had beengenetically altered to express wild-type human APP or a mutant APP found in atype of early-onset AD that runs in families. When the neurons were exposed tostimuli that induce cell death, wild-type APP--but...... to photosystem I, where much of the actual energy storage takesplace -- a kind of two-stage electron escalator. "But the major messageisn't that PSII gets damaged but that coral species are different in theirability to repair damage or avoid it." The team also surprisingly discovered that a major protein of...... will visualize howproteins called SNAREs tether a storage sac to the inner face of the membranethat forms a neuron's surface. During this process, one type of SNARE juttingfrom a sac's surface interacts with similar tethering proteins at the cell'ssurface. When the SNAREs entwine, the sac can momentarily fu...Study: calcium channels regulate cell movement
...he cell, while the rest was released from internal storage sites. "We also found that if we prevented cells from exhibiting these pulsesof calcium, the cells became stuck so they could no longer pull their back edgesin, which is necessary for forward movement," she said. "As soon as the rear ofthe ce...MTU researchers develop new software to help clean up contamination sites
Tons of fuel seeps from thousands of rusting storage tanks buried all over theUnited States. Industrial solvents that were spilled on the ground twenty yearsago turn up in well water. Compounds like benzene and toluene have been detectedin public water systems all over the country. America is trying to...Congress briefs: International congress on ecosystem health
...humans. Cliver will explain varioustreatments and storage methods for manure, some of which can eliminate thethreat of microbial infection. Session: T10 -- Dust in the Wind Paper: "PM10 and the Agricultural Ecosystem" Summary: Robert Flocchini, a UC Davis authority on air pollution, will discussairbo......tiple males, storing the sperm in threespecialized storage organs (the long, tubular seminal receptacle and t...d alone. "As the sperm sit in the female's storage organs, they must undergo somechange that makes them more susceptible to damage by something in the ...Duke scientists reverse a rare form of muscular dystrophy in mice using gene therapy
...raredisease, it is but one of a group of lysosomal storage diseases, which in totaloccur in about one in 5,000 births in the United States. Duke pediatric geneticist Y. T. Chen has been simultaneously pursuingtwo avenues to treating the disease: replacing the missing GAA enzyme andreplacing the faul......gene derived fromFrench bean. Ferritin is an iron storage protein found in many animals, plantsand bacteria. Iron absorption, which is inhibited by phytic acid found in the rice, wasincreased by introducing a phytase gene that degrades the phytic acid and byoverexpressing the rice's own iron absorption-en...