Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
.... In all, nine buoys are used in the TABS project, stretching from near Sabine Pass on the upper Texas coast down to the border of Mexico near Brownsville, an area covering about 400 miles in length and reaching 100 miles off the coast. The TABS project is coordinated by the Texas General Land Office, which fun...Proteins transform DNA into 'molecular velcro'
...ally thought that we were only seeing noise in the stretching of the DNA, but instead we were seeing a perfect registry in the sawtooth pattern," Bustamante said. That perfect reproducibility strongly suggested to Bustamante and his colleagues that they were seeing a condensed structure with a well defin...Stretching DNA on a tiny scale, researchers probe the basis for its compaction
...s found that Condensin compacts DNA against a weak stretching force, but that increasing the force on the DNA re...rge DNA loops that can be popped open by increased stretching force. It remains unclear whether individual Condensin complexes can accomplish this task single-han...Scientists question reports of massive ant supercolonies in California and Europe
...0-mile-long subterranean network of Argentine ants stretching from Northern California to the Mexican border. Ac...nearthing an even bigger Argentine ant supercolony stretching from Portugal to Italy along the Mediterranean coast - a distance of about 3,500 miles. Unlike the U...Breakthroughs in acoustic tracking shine new light on the lives of fish
... coast of the entire Pacific Northwest eventually stretching as a single seamless system from Baja to the Bering Sea. This new Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) system will potentially track up to 256,000 fish at once, providing information on their direction, speed, depth and exact position at sea for fish...Study finds evidence for global methane release about 600 million years ago
...curred about 600 million years ago with ice sheets stretching to the tropics. Some scientists have referred to times of such extreme cold as a "snowball Earth" condition, assuming that the ocean would have been totally ice covered. The new evidence is based on a chemical fingerprint of the methane gas from rock...Unraveling a protein, researchers uncover mechanics of anti-cancer agent
...ng sheet that is anastellin, and it stabilizes the stretching intermediate by refusing to unravel," said Viola V...el fibronectin type-three modules," she said. "The stretching of 3-1 unmasks the buried anastellin. It appears to restrict the motion of cancer cells, in effect c...Variants of BMP2 gene as genetic risk factors for osteoporosis
...f a nationwide genealogical database of Icelanders stretching back to the population's origin 1,100 years ago. By screening hundreds of affected individuals and their families, Unnur Styrkrsdttir and colleagues searched for candidate genes underlying osteoporosis and its harbinger, low bone mineral density (BMD...Rutgers to create ultra-tiny 'bio-nano' motors under National Science Foundation grant
...ponents that may perform such actions as spinning, stretching or sensing temperature or position. Together, these components would make up the systems that travel the bloodstream or perform other unprecedented tasks in medicine and industry. "Various bio-nano components like our linear motor will be developed t...Ancient Inca road in desperate need of protection
...s the main north-south highway of the Inca Empire, stretching 7,000 km from its northernmost point to its southernmost. Clinging to the side of the Andes mountain range at altitudes ranging between 1,000 and 4,500 meters, it is monumental in scale, reaching 15 meters wide in some areas. The route starts in sou...Cells' ability to live without oxygen give clues for treating major diseases
...vive without sufficient oxygen, but actually begin stretching and multiplying to make up for their fallen brethren, says a Medical College of Georgia researcher. Some cancer cells similarly adapt; as a tumor grows too big for its blood and oxygen supply, some cells transform so they can survive without oxygen, ...... be seen the sands of the Qyzylqum Desert. Already stretching across an area greater than Italy, this desert is set to extend further west in future, eventually merging with its younger Aralkum sibling. The distinctive darker area to the south of the Large Aral Sea is the delta of the Amu Darya river. Its water...The 'fixed' hotspot that created Hawaii was not stationary after all, study finds
...older volcanic chain that abruptly changes course, stretching more than 1,000 miles almost due north to the Aleutian Trench. According to most researchers, this sharp northward bend records a change in the direction of the Pacific Plate as it passed over the fixed hotspot about 47 million years ago. To test thi...Satellites to focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites
...cted area stretched far beyond their expectations, stretching 110 km across. A satellite image would have identified the true scale of the disaster far sooner. The final theme was concerned using satellite images to benefit people, with Robin Stephens of UK-based firm Fugro GEOS and Fabio Rocca of Italy's Poli...Exploring the sights and sounds of a deepwater coral marine protected area off Florida
...l reefs off Florida known as the Oculina Banks and stretching 30 miles offshore from Ft. Pierce to Cape Canaveral. This remote area includes the East Coast's first Marine Protected Area (MPA) which is a model for efforts underway to create new MPAs throughout southeast U.S. waters and the Gulf of Mexico. The te...Researchers pinpoint cause of inherited form of heart failure
...pumping ability. Dilated cardiomyopathy involves a stretching of the left ventricle, which reduces the heart's pumping strength. In either case, the inherited heart defects often cause early death. When underlying mutations, such as those observed in cardiomyopathies, are coupled with coronary artery disease, t...Tufts civil engineer predicts Bostons rising sea levels could cause billions of dollars in damage
...and their contents in metropolitan Boston (an area stretching from Ipswich to Duxbury) could exceed $20 billion, depending on how the city responds to rising sea levels. Costs could run as high as $94 billion, if climate weather conditions are more severe than expected. "We just celebrated the 25th anniversar...Innovative research with pythons offers new insights into the body's digestive processes
... small intestine; and (2) measured small intestine stretching through placement of a balloon catheter into the organ. Results Python intestine failed to respond trophically or functionally to luminal infusions of saline, glucose, lipid, or bile. Infusion of amino acids and peptides, with or without glucose, ...Envisats ASAR reveals extent of massive oil spill off Spanish coast
...ellite acquired this radar image of the oil slick, stretching more than 150 km, on Sunday, 17 November, at 10.45... a dark plume emanating from the stricken ship and stretching to the northwest coast of Spain. The image was captured by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (A...CAST releases report on environmental impacts of grazing systems on our nation's resources
...(350 million hectares) of private and public lands stretching from coast to coast and beyond. The key to sustainability of grazing lands is managing vegetative cover, not only to provide feed for grazing livestock, but also to hold soil in place, to filter water, and to recycle nutrients. "We were surprised t...