West Nile Virus cases analyzed for prevalence and symptoms
...ate among West Nile virus infection cases from the summer of 2002 was 5 to 6 percent according to the latest Center for Disease Control reports. Illinois experienced a higher incidence of West Nile Virus infection cases than any other state: 836, or 20 percent of all U.S. cases reported by January 2003. To ...Riparian birds can rebound after cows are gone
...etermined the density of vegetation at the peak of summer growth several times over the course of the study....f special concern", such as the yellow warbler and summer tanager. Only one of the species that increased (the common raven) also increased elsewhere in the ...The spice of life: Antibody cocktail targets deadly foodborne germs
...th record-high meat recalls, says Sunwoo. Although summer is the peak season for food contamination, cases can occur throughout the year. Consumers are urged to continue practicing safe-food handling techniques to reduce their chances of developing foodborne illness. People most vulnerable to serious compli...15-foot hypodermic needles provide evidence for vast oceanic crustal biosphere
...The types of seafloor environments we sampled last summer are found everywhere in the ocean. This argues, although it doesn't prove, that oceanic crust may be a microbial incubator of global proportions," he says. Scientists still haven't sampled widely enough to say for sure, and it was just Jan. 3 when t...Building the next generation of cancer researchers
...school projects, learn about job opportunities and summer internships, and get to know each other. The Special Program for High School Students will take place 9:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m., Monday, April 7, in Room 714 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards for Unde...Charles J. Sherr and Dennis J. Slamon awarded Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research
...ACR Prizes in Cancer Research were launched in the summer of 2002 to promote and reward seminal contributions to our understanding of cancer through basic and translational cancer research. These distinguished scientific prizes are designed to bring heightened public attention to landmark achievements in th...Oxygen deficiency is an endocrine disruptor in fish
... Mexico where an area of hypoxia forms during the summer months that can cover more than 6,000 square miles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But this is the first time hypoxia has been linked to reproductive problems. The researchers found that long-term exposure to hypoxia can impair f...New studies reveal connections between oceanographic processes and rockfish populations
... the coast. Upwelling occurs during the spring and summer when winds from the northwest blow warm surface waters offshore and stir up deep, cold water nearshore. Every couple of weeks or so, the winds shift and the upwelling subsides, allowing warm water to move back to the coastline--this is known as relax...Research reveals use of tree rings and ocean temperature shifts in anticipating megadroughts
...d by the failure of winter (November-March), early summer (May-June) and mid- to late summer (July-September) precipitation, each of which has specific links to tropical Pacific and North Atlan...Young plant's natural defenses amount to more than just its seed
...are poor, for example in times of drought. "A cool summer rain might fool a winter plant into germinating too early, when there's not enough water in the soil," says Nam-Hai Chua, Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology at Rockefeller. "This growth arrest would give that plant the chance to...UC Riverside receives $1.25 million from W. M. Keck Foundation
...thods." The UCR Genomics Institute, established in summer 2000, developed a Core Instrumentation Facility in July 2001 to provide UCR scientists and students the tools of functional genomics, proteomics, microscopy and bioinformatics. These tools will enable the scientists and students to develop the new k...For spinal cord injury patients, new insights for rehabilitation therapy
... The peak season for spinal cord injury is in the summer and is caused primarily by motor vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries and violence. Paraplegia (the loss of sensation and or movement in the legs and part of the trunk) affects 47 percent of people with spinal cord injuries; quadriplegia (affect...Stream erosion may contribute to decline of American eels
...e during the 3 to 5 hours just after sunset in the summer months; during the fall, activity was much more sporadic and varied more between individuals. Although researchers expected the eels to move out of the smaller streams into larger, deeper streams for the winter, the radiotelemetry studies showed that...Endangered northern right whales exposed to paralytic shellfish poisoning
...id Durbin, "we suggest that during their prolonged summer feeding period in this region, they would be experiencing chronic exposure to PSP toxins." The toxins are potent sodium-channel blockers in muscles and membranes and affect nerve function. Initial symptoms of PSP toxicity include parethesia and numb...Wetlands clean selenium from agricultural runoff
... selenium volatilized by the wetland ponds. In one summer month, nearly half of the selenium entering the pond containing rabbitfoot grass was volatilized into a gas mostly consisting of dimethyl selenide. "Grasses that have extensive root systems, such as rabbitfoot grass and cordgrass, do a better job of...Firefly molecule could quickly shed light on how well new drugs work
...he process that makes fireflies glow bright in the summer night can also shed light on how well new medicines work, showing immediately whether the drugs are effective at killing cells or causing other effects. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists from the University of Michigan Health System, who ...UCR entomologists report bee-dancing brings more food to honeybee colonies
...s strong only during the winter season. During the summer there was a weak difference, during autumn no difference in food collection. "In the ecology of honeybee colony, though, even short periods of intense food collection can make the difference between survival and death by starvation," Visscher said. T...USF study: Nicotine antagonist relieves depression in children with Tourette's
...cebo showed no benefit. In a report published this summer in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the USF researchers suggest that many newer, more selective antidepressants such as Prozac work, in part, by inactivating nicotine receptors in the brain. These receptors appear to be overstimulated by the biochem...Lab engineers develop microelectronics for artificial retina project
...n, participating guest Dennis Polla, undergraduate summer student Armando Tovar from Trinity University, MIT graduate student Christina Park, engineer Courtney Davidson and scientist Tom Wilson. Lab engineers have pioneered the use of poly(dimethylsiloxane), a form of silicone rubber simply called PDMS, in...Researchers find genes connected to seasonal reproductive clock in hamsters
...as they would have during the summer when they are reproducing for the whole 32-week experiment. Others were kept in short days during the whole experiment. The third group was kept in long days for 20 weeks, then moved to ...