AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
... Nino makes a good test for circulation models The unusual cloud behavior seen during the 1997-1998 El Nino m...asonable agreement with those measurements for the unusual climactic event. Theresearchers suggest that enough data exists for the abnormally strong 1997-1998 ...Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
...the ancient brewery. The chicha-making facility is unusual because of its mountaintop location. The closest water source, a major component in making chicha, would have been located down a long, steep mountain trail. When Wari colonists eventually abandoned the monumental complex atop Cerro Bal, the ceremo...DNA tests point to extinction of 2 distinctive arctic bird populations
... molting from their winter plumage each spring: an unusual pattern in birds. When the snow melts away from the tundra, their white winter plumage stands out against the darker landscape, making them much more conspicuous to predators. (Female ptarmigan change to a mottled brown colour a month earlier than ma...Bone, enamel, dentine, milk & saliva share gene family
...e they come from the same genetic basis, it is not unusual to have physical traits that look alike and serve the same purpose, developed from completely unrelated genes. The genes responsible for bones, enamel, dentine, milk and saliva in most vertebrates belong to the same family; that is, they descend fr...Study by Tufts biologist provides window into progression of some degenerative diseases
...ecial interest because they are caused by a highly unusual DNA mutation, one in which a repetitive DNA sequence expands from a small number of copies to a larger number. For example, 20 copies of a DNA sequence (such as CAG) could expand to 70 or 100 copies to cause disease. With a grant for more than $1 mi...Workforce achievements celebrated at NASA Marshall Center Awards ceremony
...ignificant, sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creativity, was presented to the following Marshall employees: Cedrick G. Davis, Center Operations Directorate; Dominic A. Amatore, Customer and Employee Relations Directorate; David S. McGhee, Preston McGill, Jeffery Sparks and Toan T....Scientists describe the world's smallest, lightest fish
...ishes. Scientists note that the stout infantfish's unusual appearance corresponds with its extremely short lifespan, which is believed to be approximately two months. Many features characteristic of a larval stage of development appear even though it is fully mature. "It's interesting that these animals expe...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...o the earthquakes as they occur and when something unusual happens, we can send out a group of scientists to study the events as they unfold." The hydrophone system called the Sound Surveillance System, or SOSUS was used during the decades of the Cold War to monitor submarine activity in the northern Paci...Report outlines steps needed to lessen smallpox threat
... issues was that there are many quite striking and unusual virus-cell interactions associated with a poxvirus infection. A poxvirus is a DNA virus, yet it replicates not in the nucleus where all of our DNA-replicating enzymes lie, but in the cytoplasm. Poxvirus brings along all its own replication machinery....Severe depression associated with greater number of nerve cells in thalamus region of brain
...k they have a weak will or were brought up in some unusual way. "But if their brains are different, they're going to behave differently. Depression is an emotional disorder. So it makes sense that the part of the brain that is involved in emotional regulation is physically different." Four groups were repres...'Mighty mouse' gene works the same way in people
...heir extra muscles from lack of myostatin, too. An unusual opportunity to examine myostatin's role in humans arose when Schuelke examined a newborn baby boy, almost five years ago, and was struck by the visible muscles on the infant's upper legs and upper arms. When ultrasound proved that the muscles were ro...Yale researchers discover new potential asthma therapeutic targets related to parasites and insects
An unusual protein called acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase)... way that blocking AMCase inhibits inflammation is unusual in that we did not prevent T helper-2 cell activation," Elias added. "We prevented production of oth...Utah scientist helps discover new mouse species -- and maybe a new genus
...considered a holy site by some Filipino sects, for unusual small mammal species. According to Danilo Balete, a biologist in the Philippines and co-leader of the team, they captured the tiny mouse several yards above the forest floor on top of a tangle of large vines in an area of regenerating lowland fore...Choice of food helps hungry caterpillar
For one caterpillar, eating an unusual fruit may be the key to an easy food supply and pr...n. H. subflexa's choice of food turns out to have unusual benefits in the three-way struggle between herbivores, their predatory wasps and the plants. ...Junk DNA yields new kind of gene
...in the synthesis of the amino acid serine, was its unusual expression pattern. To be turned on, genes must first be bound by an activator molecule. A common activator in yeast is a molecule called Switch/Sniff. While most genes are turned on by Switch/Sniff, SER3 is turned off by the complex. In the course o...New mouse species found in the Philippines
...considered a holy site by some Filipino sects, for unusual small mammal species. According to Danilo Balete, a biologist in the Philippines and co-leader of the team, they captured the tiny mouse several yards above the forest floor on top of a tangle of large vines in an area of regenerating lowla...World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting June 2-4 in Indianapolis
...m potential arson scenes, DNA analysis and even an unusual analysis of the chemistry of duct tape that is sometimes found in crime scenes. (Abstracts 140-143, 216-219, Thursday, June 3, 8:30 a.m.-5:10 p.m., Conference Center, Room 208; Organizers: Mark Ahonen, Kathy Boone, Indiana State Police Crime Lab, I...Male susceptibility to disease may play role in evolution of insect societies
... of which have highly complicated societies and an unusual genetic makeup. These insects are called haplodiploids because males and females have a different number of sets of chromosomes. The females, like most animals, including humans, are diploid and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. H...Cancer drug resistance research leads to possible therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease
...from Alzheimer's patients, the ABCA2 protein shows unusual patterns of expression," Tew added. "That also suggests that this transporter has a possible role in Alzheimer's." Tew was chairman of pharmacology at Fox Chase until this May. He is now chairman of the Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology......hat what looked liked self-replication was just an unusual process of crystal growth. "This just stopped everything in its tracks," says Virginia Miller, a member of Lieske's team. "It is cited as the gospel to why all the papers by Kajander are rubbish... The debate is very polarised and that has shocked m...