Pavlov's flies: Researchers identify fruit fly memory mutants
...he published study, Tully describes how in 1992 he traveled to the Pavlov Institute in Koltushi, Russia to find the names of Pavlov's Dogs with the intention of naming his fruit fly memory mutants after the dogs. This despite the fact that at that time, he had few such fly mutants, and had been able to find t...Alaska oil and gas exploration good and bad for area life
...e use of environmental monitoring systems. He has traveled to Alaska numerous times over the past two years while helping the 18-member committee to develop the report. He also conducted town meetings with native Alaskans to gather their input. The full report may be seen at http://www.NationalAcademies.org...Chimpanzees with little or no human contact found in remote African rainforest
...so remote that primate researchers who traveled 34 miles, mostly by foot, from the nearest village through dense forests and swampland to get there, have discovered a rare find: chimpanzees that have had very little or no cont...Carnegie Mellon, NASA to develop robot illustrating how to seek life on distant planets
...ource of power and explored its surroundings as it traveled continuously through a 24-hour period of daylight. During this year's visit to the Atacama, researchers will focus on measurements and experiments with the robot's hardware and software components. They will test Hyperion as it travels through the d...Wild ape population undergoing 'catastrophic' decline
... 1998 and 2002 in which teams of trained observers traveled through 4,800 kilometers of dense jungle and counted ape nests. In their paper, the researchers compared their results with those of the last comprehensive ape survey, which was done between 1981 and 1983, as well as with results from smaller surveys...UI researchers discover new cause of muscular dystrophies
...y the fusion of dysferlin-containing vesicles that traveled though the cell to the site of membrane damage. The researchers then used a high-powered laser and a special dye to visualize the repair process in real time. Under normal conditions, the dye is unable to penetrate muscle membrane. However, if the me...Invasive species summit aims to halt Great Lakes-Mississippi River species exchange
...and round goby are among species that already have traveled from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. At ...uding the bighead carp and silver carp, which have traveled from the Mississippi River to the Illinois River and could soon enter the Great Lakes. They pose a s...New cause identified for incurable muscle condition
...at the neuromuscular junction, but once the signal traveled to the muscle, it failed to excite, or spread over, the length of the muscle. Genetic analysis revealed a new mutation in the muscle's sodium channel. Dr. Cannon's team identified a defect in the gates that open and close the channel, allowing it to ...Botanist explores fascinating world of plant resins and amber in comprehensive new book
... of the Organization for Tropical Studies. She has traveled throughout the world in the course of her research, but did not neglect her own backyard, studying resin production in redwoods and other Pacific Coast plants in addition to her work in the tropics. Although technically retired for the past 10 years,...The Year of Biodiversity and Conservation
...n a century, scientists from The Field Museum have traveled to remote parts of the world and pored over specimens, from bird wings to plant fossils, to learn about the biological diversity of life on Earth. Much of this research has focused on describing extinct and living plants and animals, of which some 1...Muscle protein has role in nerve disorders
... altered. The team also showed that nerve impulses traveled more slowly in these mice. The researchers examined the peripheral nerve fibers and saw that the myelin sheaths were abnormally folded, indicating that dystroglycan is important for normal myelination of peripheral nerve. This finding was not unexpe...DNA unwinding protein runs on two motors
...ns, of which RecB was known to act as a motor that traveled and unwound DNA from the 3' to 5'. Kowalczykowski and postdoctoral researchers Mark Dillingham and Maria Spies have now shown that the RecD subunit functions as a motor that travels in the opposite direction (5' to 3'). The motors, one on each strand...Bioinformatics/GIS program aim is to protect chimpanzees
...ategies in the east African nation. Kaur, who has traveled to Africa several times, conceived the project around a proprietary program she has developed called "READ-IT," an acronym which stands for Research, Education, and Dissemination via Information Technology. It represents a multidisciplinary career d...Volcanologist Richard S. Fiske receives award
...ssion is volcanoes. For more than 40 years, he has traveled to lofty heights and to great depths to study these phenomena around the world. His work takes him to Hawaii where he rappels deep into cracks in the Kilauea volcano to search for ash layers between lava flows. These days, he can be found in a small ...Duke ecologist finds devastation, hope in Iraqi marshes
...e marshes," he recalled in an interview The group traveled up to hundreds of miles daily, sometimes under the protection of armed U.S. military guards, occasionally under hired local Iraqi guards in the region north of Basra. Often unarmed, the four scientists were led by the Assisting Marsh Arabs and Refuge...UGA researchers use transgenic trees to help clean up toxic waste site
... Meagher's lab and one other of Meagher's students traveled to Danbury in July to supervise planting the genetically engineered trees on the site in enclosed plastic containers buried on the site. Because the mercury on the site ranges, depending on location, from five to more than 300 parts per million, tria...Innovative shuttle bus debuts in Washington, D.C.
...ler, INEEL project manager. The bus designers have traveled across the country to assess how it can be adapted to other transportation needs. Eventually, the vehicle is expected to be manufactured with several optional engines, using alternative fuels like natural gas, propane, ethanol and biodiesel. For the ...Computer model offers new tool to probe Woburn toxic waste site
...s, trichloroethene (TCE) and perchlorothene (PCE), traveled in the groundwater system from the five contaminated properties to wells G and H. After Methenys talk, Bair described how they made monthly estimates of how much TCE and PCE was delivered through the city's water mains to residences and businesses in......000 images that Benedictine monks gathered as they traveled through Dakota Territory ministering to tribal communities. These photos, although taken at a later date, provide a crucial insight into the landscapes and cultures that the Lewis and Clark expedition would have encountered along the Missouri River,......k to take note of many ecological features as they traveled across the largely unknown continent. As a result, they crafted a journal that has been celebrated for 200 years for its level of scientific detail, daily observations and careful accuracy in reflecting the natural and ecological conditions of the ti...