Monogamy Has Its Rewards For Flies
...mal males, Holland found.In other words, evolution stripped away much of their resistance. To see the overall result of relaxing the arms race, Holland raisedflies from each of the four lines under identical conditions. In every case,flies from monogamous lines produced more offspring than those from...Cystic Fibrosis Gene Protects Against Typhoid Fever
...S. typhi-based vaccine delivery vehicles. S. typhi stripped of its ability to cause disease is an attractive tool forvaccine researchers. Vaccines based on this gastrointestinal pathogen would bedelivered orally, and thus might be useful for stimulating immunity at themucosal surfaces that line the stomach a...Biochemist Solves Riddle Of Collagen Stability
...Some scientists have posited that if the body were stripped of everything except collagen, it would maintain essentially the same form....Argonne Researchers Develops Simple, Inexpensive Method For Cleaning Industrial Waste Streams
...lution with magnets, Nuez said. The metal can be stripped from the particles, allowing both the metal and theparticles to be recovered, while the process solution can be recycled to theplant. The extractants placed on the magnetic particles can be tailored to theneed, for example, to remove radionuclides. ...Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...ch 9,000 acres of a 10,000-acrerecreation area was stripped of its pines over a two-year period because ofa delay in recognizing the infestation and then removing the affectedtrees. With the increasing acreage of mature loblolly pine in Florida, it'sa scenario foresters, farmers and communities want to avoid....