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...contamination include accidental spills, gasoline storage tank leaks and illegal dumping into sinkholes. Culver's co-authors are: Lawrence Master of The Nature Conservancy in Boston, Massachusetts; Mary Christman of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at American University in Washington DC;...Pouch's newfound role tied to potential new treatment for malaria
...e in yeast, fungi and bacteria was thought to be a storage granule with no active function. University of Il...and plants. "These so-called granules are not just storage granules. They have a function," said Roberto Docampo, a professor of veterinary pathobiology in th...Spring meeting press conferences
...pose an alternative to long-term radioactive waste storage at Yucca Mountain; and Cathryn Manduca will describe an unusual county-wide geological atlas used to prevent groundwater degradation.Panel: Jill S. Schneiderman, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York ...UI biologist receives grant to study acoustic management of swine odor
...ses involve odor masking agents or simply covering storage facilities to reduce gas emission," Soll says. "The grant will fund research to identify and put into use an environmentally safe and economical solution. The research will utilize acoustic technology, which has the potential to drive chemical react...McGill launches Centre for Bioinformatics
...entails joining powerful computer methods for data storage and analysis to biological data. 7. Genetic system modeling and identification: Enhanced computer power makes possible realistic modeling of physiological systems on scales ranging from the molecular to the organism. Modeling plays an increasin...Genetic method has promise for assessing environmental cleanup
...The toxins typically get into soil through leaking storage tanks. They are absorbed by the bacteria and broken down by enzymes into less toxic compounds, such as methyl catechol, which are further degraded into harmless chemicals by catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. While this is not the only enzyme used by microorg...Stanford study supports novel rainforest protection plan
...ford study shows that the global value from carbon storage would be more than ample to compensate Madagascar for lost timber sales. "Ultimately, people at local, national and global levels could all benefit from conservation, and, certainly, so could the world's embattled wildlife," she concludes, noting t...Cincinnati researchers document environmental problems caused by tourist trade in Crete
..., laundry and more. Returning to traditional water storage methods such as cisterns would help to decrease the reliance on other sources of water in each community. Wray commends the city for its construction of a new wastewater treatment plant, which is expected to begin operations within the year. The bi...Cows and conservation: a round-up of speakers to discuss new ideas on ranching
...de changing grazing methods, constructing sediment storage dams, and allowing the beavers to return. The sheltering effect provided by the woodland has benefitted spring calves and increased overall ranch profitability. Kronberg's case study, "Cattle and Trees at Home on the Range: The Mortenson Ranch Story......ich the fruit is harvested, and the processing and storage of the final spice powder. In Australia, from Mediterranean South Australia to sub-tropical Queensland, the best fruit grows from around September to March. Cooler months or climates produce slower growth rates of plants and fruit, in which ...Magnetic fluids offer hope for treatment of retinal detachment
...ry to make smaller computer hard disks with higher storage density. ...Plant's PICKLE gene may hold clue to cancer
...oss between embryo and adult. These plants produce storage proteins and oils just like seeds do, but store them in their roots. This creates the pickle-like root swellings that first caught Ogas's attention. Now that the PICKLE gene has led Ogas to the switch, he's continuing to research the genetics be...Researchers identify molecule that senses osmotic pressure in vertebrates
...rn triggers the release of a burst of calcium from storage depots inside the cell. When this happens in key nerve cells in the brain's osmotic regulatory region, we suspect that these receptors would fire and produce a host of responses that affect thirst, salt intake and perhaps even salt excretion." VR-O...Study sheds new light on how the 'mind's eye' works
...sible that these neurons could be activated during storage of incoming visual inputs, and later reactivated during the mnemonic retrieval process required for imagery." These findings build upon previous UCLA research that found evidence that single neurons in the human brain are involved in memory and can...Carbon cycling and species composition: seeing the forest for its trees
...ues at Colorado State University researched carbon storage on a former sugar cane farm which had been turned ...ees. Kaye and his colleagues studied carbon storage in forest stands planted 17 years ago with differing species composition. Some stands were planted a...Carbon sequestration: seeing the forest for its trees
...s from Colorado State University researched carbon storage on a former sugar cane farm which had been turned... limited. Kaye and his colleagues studied carbon storage in forest stands planted 17 years ago with differing species composition. Some stands were planted ...LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...s, the polycubes began deteriorating, which caused storage challenges and potential environmental risks....New study: genetically engineered enzyme boosts treatment for rare children's illness
...nd young adults with a rare disorder that involves storage of materials within cells, resulting in the cells ...r findings. Because numerous comparable lysosomal storage diseases like MPS 1 have been identified, each with its own missing enzyme, the new work "is really ...Clemson hosts workshop in frontier-science field of biological computation
...omputers work. "Pattern recognition, agility, data storage everything from insects to human beings do these things wonderfully well, and our computer systems don't do it nearly as well. Not even as well as simple biological systems," said Clemson's James J. Hickman, workshop organizer. This workshop will br...Metabolism in women after weight loss varies from that of never overweight women
...lin sensitivity and more efficient triacylglycerol storage are both risk factors for weight gain and obesity....