Females' Siren Song Initiates Courtship Duets In African Frogs, Columbia Biologists Find
...in responded with an answertrill and tried to swim toward the sound, in one case even attempting to matewith the loudspeaker. Ms. Viswanathan conducted these experiments at Columbia'sbiological sciences department. Dr. Tobias discovered the female's mating call and coined the term forit. "When Da......ary 19, 1998 issue of Nature, is an important step toward the nextquantum leap in electronics miniaturization. Making that leap is the ultimategoal of researchers in the emerging field of nanoelectronics. The nanocircuits of the future will consist of wires, transistors andother components with dim...3-D Structure of Human Tumor-Suppressor Protein Produced
...#148;he said, “it will be the next major step toward designing drugs thatblock the inappropriate cell division that leads to cancer.” This project was supported by grants from the National Cancer Instituteand the American Cancer Society....GCTE/LUCC Open Science Conference:
...n we use our knowledge of land use changes to move toward moresustainable land use practices? How do socio-economic factors ultimately affect the quality of our productionand natural systems? Several formats will be used during these meetings, ranging from formal plenarysession talks, to poster presentat...Nitrate Reductase: A Magical Enzyme?
...for research." He alsosays this is the first step toward making nitrate reductase commerciallyavailable on a very large scale, which will make it useful to industry. Successful completion of the Michigan Tech studies will lead to acomplete and detailed picture of nitrate reductase structure and fu...Carbon In Boreal Forests: Temporary Or Permanent?
...of scientists and politicians have recently turned toward Canadianboreal forests as a possible cure for the excessive carbon dioxide in theatmosphere. Satellite data and field experiments have indicated that globalwarming could stimulate the growth of boreal forests, thereby removing some ofour carbon from ...Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launches Innovative Therapeutics Development Centers
...es to test anti-infective drugs. "Progress toward our goal * to move all promising discoveries about CF from the test tube to the bedside * will be accelerated through this program," says Robert J. Beall, Ph.D., president, CEO and medical director of the Foundation. "These centers are b...Research Finds That Watching TV Helps Kids Put On Pounds
...nceconscious, many American children may be headed toward sedentary, overweightadulthood. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center have found thatas the hours of television watched by American children increases, so does theirweight. As reported in the March 25 issue of the Journal of the......ngineer, took a distinctly unconventional approach toward her research, which is the basis of her doctoral dissertation. She used standardized equations that can, for example, calculate if the cargo doors on an airliner close properly, fit into place correctly and wont break. But instead of solving engineer...Novel Method Of Gene Replacement Reported By University Of Washington Researchers
...d of gene replacement that may be animportant step toward overcoming obstacles to efficient gene therapy. Th...he UW researchers'achievement is an important step toward efficient gene therapy, and that theirresults, in combination with similar advances on other fronts,...Researchers Discover Ways The Ulcer/Cancer Bug Can Trigger Disease
...ells -- the destiny of theinfection may be skewed toward autoantibody production, loss of acid-producingcells and possibly neoplasia," says lead researcher Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D., theAlumni Professor and head of the Department of Molecular Biology andPharmacology at Washington University School of Medicin...... The TACE structure thus opens a new approach toward the structure-based design of specific synthetic TACE inhibitors. Such tailored inhibitors could act as effective therapeutic agents against arthritic lesions and might increase the rate of survival in various endotoxin-induced septic sho...MSU Scientists Eavesdrop On Bacterial
...s. "But this is the area weare inexorably marching toward with this kind of research."...Ameriflux Network Will Track CO2 Transfer In Forests
...betweenthe forest and atmosphere is the first step toward answering these questions,"Teeri said. "It will allow us to see how CO2 exchange is affected by changes inprecipitation, temperature, land use, carbon dioxide concentration and levels ofair pollution on a daily basis." At the U-M Biological Station,...Molecular Memory Tunes Adrenaline To Stress
... Stressful experience is remembered, and biases us toward responding forcefully to subsequent threats," McCobb says. Improved understanding of chemical signaling cascades in the endocrine system could lead to better medical therapies -- perhaps even gene therapy -- for conditions such as hypertensio...... in tipping the outcome of the infection favorably toward thehost. As a consequence, we are gaining an appreciation for the potentialusefulness of bacterial virulence factors as new targets for therapeuticintervention against antimicrobial resistant pathogens. Two-component signaltransduction systems are th...Research Into Cockroach Behavior Could Lead To Better Baits
...hunger would overcome their natural first instinct toward curiosity. He found they exited their hiding places, sampled the air, then moved steadily toward the food source, ignoring all visual cues. "It's clear they're responding to something in the air, t...High-Pressure Chambers Could Prevent Paralysis After Spinal Cord Injury
...ises the oxygen levels in the damaged nerve tissue toward normal levels toassist recovery. For spinal cord injury patients, raising the pressure to twotimes atmospheric pressure would be adequate, James said. An estimated 250,000 Americans have spinal cord injuries, according tothe American Paralysi...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...ncesamong an individual's blood pressure, progress toward identifying the gene hasbeen slow," he says. "A logical approach is to examine the gene encodingproducts with known biological effects on blood pressure regulation, such as therenin angiotensin system." Drugs are already available, called ACE-inhibi......th Sound Researchers have made exciting progress toward demonstrating how sound waves may someday replaces...ether at the ICA/ASA meeting, and newbreakthroughs toward understanding SL are expected to be revealed. Having devised a powerful"single-photon-counting" tech...