Texas tortoise and cattle can co-exist
...d the Turkmen Republic. Grazing is also thought to threaten the desert tortoise, one of four tortoise species in North America. However, there is little direct evidence to support this belief. Kazmaier and his colleagues studied the effects of moderate grazing on the Texas tortoise, which lives primarily on ...Botanists collect, study rare Hawaiian plants
... taken a foothold on the islands, and whether they threaten to wipe out other violets, including rare and federally endangered varieties. It's important to study and conserve rare plants not only because they provide information about the history and evolution of their species, he said, but as they may have...American Chemical Society meeting features cutting-edge research August 26-30 in Chicago
...tech crops, and evidence that biotech corn may not threaten the monarch butterfly. ( AGFD 53-58, 99-103; AGRO 87-92, 107-112 ; Monday-Wednesday, August 27-29. Embargoed until 1:30 p.m., August 27. ) Flaxseed may protect older women against breast cancer Flaxseed, sold in health food stores and present...PNNL science, technology help keep America safe
...eloped to monitor for infectious diseases that may threaten military personnel, while DOE is pursuing BEADS as a front-end technology for multiplexed biodetection units for homeland defense applications. Special polymer senses nerve agents Detecting invisible chemical agent vapors is important in monito...Virulence molecules found for poultry bursal virus
...utate and adapt in chicken tissues and continue to threaten the industry. The discovery of the virus amino acids responsible for severe outbreaks will now help Vakaria to more rapidly respond to new strains of the virus with even more effective genetically engineered vaccines that can be administered to the...Meeting ecological and societal needs for freshwater
...lusks can lead to dirtier water, which can in turn threaten the well-being of other species. Tools are available to restore aquatic ecosystems to a more natural and sustainable state, but are not being widely applied, according to the ESA paper. New statistical approaches to develop variable stream flows whi...New center to study deadly microbial pathogens
...eomics (studies of proteins). Pathogenic microbes threaten human health worldwide, because these hardy organisms easily spread between countries and have the potential to evolve faster than treatments can be devised to combat them. In the United States, the rate of deaths caused by infectious disease has gro...UB dental researchers find novel peptide in saliva that kills broad range of fungi and bacteria
...ause the most common opportunistic infections that threaten these patients -- candidiasis, cryptococcosis and aspergillosis -- as well as several bacteria, including E. coli and P. gingivalis, which cause serious intestinal and oral infections, respectively, and S. mutans, which causes dental caries. Moreover...Extreme climate variance sped extinction of local butterfly populations, researchers say
...ns a prelude to species extinctions, but they also threaten the vital ecosystem services upon which human life depends. Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology has pioneered investigations of population extinctions, in part because of the Ehrlich group's observations on the extirpation of checkerspot popul...People linked to new sea otter diseases
...ife populations. However, many of the factors that threaten species -- from habitat degradation to introduced species to pollution -- may also affect the transmission of infectious diseases. These factors typically limit the spread of infectious diseases, making most pathogens die out in populations of rare s......rope. Canada thistle is an aggressive weed and may threaten large areas of range and crop land. The weevil damages thistles in two ways: the adults eat the leaves and the larvae eat -- and so destroy -- developing flowers and seeds. Since a 1990 study suggested that the weevil preferred Canada thistle to nati...Lakeshore development affects birds
... numbers of raccoons and domestic cats, which also threaten ground-nesting birds and their eggs. While there is no harm in luring seed-eating birds to lakeside property, the loss of insect-eaters could cause problems, says Lindsay. Without birds to keep them in check, plant-eating insect larvae, such as gyps...Bandage could repair damaged tissues
... according to Kao, damage to the scaffolding could threaten cellular activity. Any bodily injury -- a cut, burn, fracture -- razes the molecular support for cells, thereby disrupting their functions. Treating these injuries, Kao says, requires rebuilding the scaffolding where the cell and molecules interact. ...Fluid forces within the body help invasive bacteria
...of the flow. Bacteria will resist high forces that threaten to remove them from the surface, but might move along with a weak 'non-threatening' flow. In this way, they can move actually against the removing flow," says Dr. Evgeni Sokurenko, one of the authors and research assistant professor of microbiology i...Illicit crops threaten birds in Colombia
... 1995. To identify areas where illicit crops could threaten bird diversity, Alvarez used existing data to compare maps of the crops with those of bird species that are threatened or found only in Colombia. This is the first geographic analysis showing the overlap between illicit crops and critical bird conser...Dipsticks for water testing, right whale future grim, marine law center established
...teria, can make either saxitoxin or anatoxin-a and threaten the health of drinking water supplies. Boyer has recently finished extensive testing for these toxins in Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario and other freshwater sources. Current methods of detecting anatoxin-a are time-consuming and expensive. Boyer's r...A mane is a pain, but worth it for male lions
...or shorter-maned compatriots, but when rival males threaten or females are checking out potential suitors, the dark and--to a lesser extent--shaggy fellows clean up, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers. Although it has long been known that lions living at relatively high altitudes ...US government commits $36 million to protect Congo's forests
...h diminish opportunities for local communities and threaten the forests' long-term viability. The eleven priority landscapes are: Monte Alen Mont de Cristal Inselbergs Forest Landscape (Equatorial Guinea & Gabon) Gamba Conkouati Forest Landscape (Gabon, Congo & D.R.C.) Lope Chaillu Louesse Forest Lands...Vaccine prevents stroke in rats
... immune and inflammatory reactions in vessels that threaten either to become blocked or to rupture and bleed," Dr. Hallenbeck says. This contrasts with many other vaccines, such as flu shots, which work by increasing the immune system's reactions to specific viruses or bacteria. The researchers are now plann......creases in liana densities (Phillips et al. 2002), threaten to turn the Amazon into a major carbon source in the 21st Century, potentially accelerating climate change. However, such hypotheses have not yet been systematically tested in different forest types across the basin. RAINFOR, coordinated by Yadvinder...