UF study shows newborn kittens have shot at survival thanks to immune-boosting treatment
... day of life, may have a better chance at survival thanks to a simple blood transfusion. In animals and humans, mother's milk produced in the first couple days after birth contains powerful disease-fighting antibodies. Kittens depend on the early milk, known as colostrum, for protection against serious ......could someday be as simple as using a mouth rinse, thanks to a University of Florida researcher who has genetically altered the bacterium known to cause tooth decay into a form that may permanently prevent the disease. The friendlier version appears safe and long lasting, and apparently has a sweet toot...Columbia University establishes David Mahoney Center for Brain and Behavior Research
...een brain and behavior," says Mr. Mahoney. "Now, thanks to the major advances in brain research that have been made over the last decade, what was once unthinkable is rooted in the realm of possibility. I am deeply honored to be associated with Columbia University and Dr. Kandel as they tackle this next ...Concorde to blame for missing pigeons?
... home. Pigeon racing has become a worldwide sport thanks to the birds' ability to find their way home over thousands of kilometres. Researchers have shown that pigeons have an inbuilt "compass" that allows them to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field and the position of the Sun. But to reach their des...Completion of the Drosophila genome sequence
The Drosophila research community thanks Celera Genomics and the publicly-funded genome pro...e community of Drosophila researchers, sincerely thanks Celera Genomics, Inc. and the Drosophila Genome Projects for providing this important resource to ...NIH consensus development conference will address osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis and therapy
.... That view has changed in recent years, however, thanks to remarkable progress in the scientific understanding of its causes, diagnosis, and treatment. The NIH has organized this conference to help clarify the factors associated with prevention and better diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. The conf...Understanding how the first cells emerged
...w the first cells emerged on the primordial stage, thanks to researchers in California. They have shown that proteins can spontaneously form the ion pumps that help power cells. Protein pumps are crucial in modern cells. They use the energy from light or food to move ions across a membrane, creating an ele...Scientists move in on genes conferring susceptibility, resistance to cancer
...s in the mouse is becoming increasingly efficient, thanks to progress on sequencing the overall mouse genome. Comparing gene regions that confer susceptibility or resistance to cancer with a map that identifies each gene in the mouse genome will allow scientists to move in on the implicated genes more quic...BioMed Central to free scientists and clinical researchers from copyright restrictions
... agreements usually imposed by scientific journals thanks to a groundbreaking move announced by a new publishing house today. Authors publishing papers on BioMed Central will retain the copyright of their work, allowing them to freely distribute and archive their research findings however they see fit. Al...Microbes on Earth may be key to identifying life on other planets
...ples from the Red Planet may be easier to identify thanks to microbes living in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. "The existence of life itself can change the physical and chemical attributes in an environment of deposition," said Bruce Fouke, a geologist at the University of Illinois. "By studying...To combat poaching, Florida officials use wildlife forensics
... poachers who might once have escaped their reach, thanks to DNA analysis performed at a University of Florida laboratory. More commonly used to catch murderers and rapists, the lab's forensic DNA techniques have proved so successful in nabbing deer poachers that officials have recently turned to it for he...UniStates, Tufts University collaborate on new technology
...ill be lighter, tougher and roomier in a few years thanks to a breakthrough technology announced today at an international gathering of automotive industry experts in California. UniStates Technology Corporation and Tufts University are collaborating to apply this technology to make lightweight materials u...Chesapeake Bay watershed to benefit from new Landsat 7 land cover maps
...meter) Chesapeake Bay watershed are on the horizon thanks to new land cover maps being produced by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Earth Science Applications Center (RESAC) at the University of Maryland. These maps, generated by overlaying images from NASA's Landsat 7, will provide a more precise assessment of t...Welch Award honors 2 for unlocking nature's secrets
...source of products that improve human life. Today, thanks to the pioneering research of the 2000 Welch Award co-recipients, we are closer to understanding how nature makes these products and being able to re-create that work in the test tube. Sir Alan R. Battersby, Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry...UC Berkeley study shows gecko foot hairs are amazing dry adhesives
...os are able to scurry up walls and across ceilings thanks to two million microscopic hairs on their toes that glom onto surfaces in a way that has given engineers an idea for a novel synthetic adhesive that is both dry and self-cleaning. In a paper in this week's issue of Nature, University of California, B...Computer model to predict toxic algal outbreaks
...ld be predicted up to four weeks before they occur thanks to a new computer model being developed at Adelaide University in South Australia, with the help of industry. The model -- an Australian first -- has already shown early signs of success. Adelaide University student Mr Gavin Bowden is working on ...Double crops, cut the acreage by 2010, predicts plant scientist
...t necessarily cut the amount of farm land in half, thanks to the need to feed an ever-increasing world population, the need for crop land could be significantly reduced. An added bonus would be that by planting two crops per growing season each year, U.S. farmers could take much of the nation's 320 million ...NLM exhibit features Nobelist Joshua Lederberg
...ibit show. A letter from President John F. Kennedy thanks Lederberg for his participation on Kennedy's White House transition team. Lederberg also wrote over 200 editorials on bioethics, environmental hazards, emerging infectious diseases, and biological warfare.Dr. Walter Hickel, who curated the exhibit, s...Ancient mediterranean port city may have been holy land way station
...afarers a place to pray for safe journeys and give thanks both before and after voyages," he said. The first defensive wall protecting Aperlae appears to have been built in the middle of the third century when the Goths, a Germanic people, began spreading south over the Roman Empire and ravaging towns and ......Sydney this year may shatter several world records thanks to running shoes individually tuned to damp down the vibrations shuddering through their bodies. The shoes could also one day be used to boost the performance of elderly walkers. The shoes, designed by Benno Nigg, James Wakeling and their colleagues...