Fly on a treadmill demonstrates super directional hearing
...t humans were the champions at sound localization, thanks to our highly evolved auditory apparatus and the fact that our ears are up to six inches apart, a separation that allows for ample localization cues. Ormia's ears are a minuscule half millimeter apart, but it has evolved a system for localizing ...... challenging project to pull off, but they did it, thanks to an enormous amount of help from NASA people," said Rodger Kram, a former UC Berkeley assistant professor of integrative biology who first suggested the idea to the team and served as their faculty advisor. "This project not only may benefit NASA a...Scientist uses 19th century fishwheel' device to study fish populations
...rs since scientists first started keeping records, thanks possibly to catch limits and other fishing regulations. "If we do this research over the next five to 10 years, we can tell how well those efforts are paying off," Hightower said....... a thing of the past forNew Jersey shore visitors, thanks to a new Rutgers' water temperature forecasting service that has been launched on Philadelphia's WCAU-TVChannel 10 News, an affiliate of NBC. The new service from the Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (COOL) of Rutgers' Institute of M...Researchers find 'north pole' of the molecular world
...that is of equal strength in all three dimensions, thanks to the radial polarization. The team then scans the beam along the molecule in all directions until one of the radial planes lines up with the north or south pole, and the atom absorbs the energy. A slight burst of fluorescence tells the team when th...UC Santa Cruz Public Forum on the Human Genome
...cult than anticipated, but UCSC met the challenge, thanks to the work of biology graduate student Jim Kent. Kent, whose efforts have been widely celebrated, wrote the computer program used to assemble the human genome sequence. He also created a web-based human genome browser ( http://genome.ucsc.edu ). Ken...Walking proteins need to rock and roll, new study finds
...llular traffic is efficient and highly regulated - thanks in part to a group of proteins known as motor molecules that use microtubules to haul vital cargo through the cell. In 1985, biologists identified a molecular motor called kinesin that has turned out to be responsible for a variety of critical hauli...Research funded to test new breast cancer medicine
...ials to test a new compound against breast cancer, thanks to a grant from Virginias Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB). Barbara Davis, an assistant professor in human nutrition, foods, and exercise, is the lead investigator in a research project that will test the novel Schiff base-forming drug, whic...Researchers discover gene that could be key in evolution of hardwoods
...At least a part of that mystery may now be solved, thanks to the work of the lead author, Dr. Laigen Li, and researchers at the Plant Biotechnology Research Center in Michigan Techs School of Forestry and Wood Products. The Michigan Tech researchers, including Dr. Vincent Chiang, the centers director, have ...Plants vs. disease: 'Trench warfare at the molecular level'
...m," says Martin. This research was made possible thanks to a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, which was awarded last fall. Alan Collmer, Cornell professor of plant pathology, serves as the primary investigator on this grant. Joining Martin on this research: Cornell gradu...UF researchers: beach mice face high probability of extinction
...ave the potential to wipe out mouse populations -- thanks to coastal development, Oli said.On undisturbed lands, beach mice live on dunes, but retreat to nearby scrub dune habitat when a hurricane destroys their burrows or temporarily eliminates seeds such as sea oats that constitute their diet, Oli said. ...Breast cancer is multi-step, multi-cell type process
...ep process which involves more than one cell type, thanks in part to new laser-microdissection technology which enables them to take apart tumors one cell at a time. Scientists know cancer develops over a period of years through a series of genetic changes or mutations. Scientists have also long accepted th...Harbor Branch scientist aids in Mexico manatee rescue effort
...ative Mexico habitat are now safe and eating well, thanks to the efforts of a HARBOR BRANCH marine mammal expert who helped to rescue them and arrange for their thousand-mile journey to a new home. Dr. Greg Bossart, head of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institution, ...Hopkins scientist evaluates latest findings on the ancestry of whales
...f who are whales' closest land-dwelling relatives, thanks in part to the limited information about the primitive whales' ankles, says Rose. Morphologic analysis of the fossil ankles, which Rose conducted independently for his perspective article, shows that these primitive whales (referred to scientifical......thin hours, rather than as long as a couple weeks, thanks to a rapid-detection technique developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers. A paper by biomedical scientists Peter Agron and Gary Andersen about their development of a DNA-based detection system will appear in Thursdays edition o...High school teacher explores South Pole
...ned earth science researchers," heobserved. "And, thanks to virtual reality, so will her students."...Hermaphrodite fish are on the rise, thanks to the birth control pill and other natural and unnatural forms of estrogen that have made their way into the water. Feminized fish were first found downstream from sewage plants in the United Kingdom. "Closer to home, we have observed intersex White...New U. of Colorado electron microscopes provide cell images never seen before
...by more than $10 million over the next five years, thanks to funds from CU, gifts from local philanthropists, the non-profit Agouron Foundation in Pasadena, Calif., as well as grants from the National Institutes of Health. On Monday Nov. 26 at 4:30 p.m., the lab will host an open house to demonstrate to fac...Prizes awarded in the 2002 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme
...at the Adolf Butenandt Institute since then. It is thanks to the molecular and cell-biology research of Christian Haass that Germany has attained a leading position world-wide in the scientific field of neuro-degeneration. His work on the pathogenesis of Alzheimers Disease represents an important basis for ...Method quickly surveys yeast genome by gene function, not sequence
...e known, and a mutant strain for each one was made thanks to an international effort, including major contributions from Boeke's lab (pronounced BU-ka). It isn't difficult to see whether a mutant can last in a given environment, which is how scientists evaluate the missing gene's function, but until now, e...