Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
...t if their Atlantic counterparts acted in the same way then fishing could be restricted across these zones. Starting in 1999 individual turtles were tracked using the CLS-run Argos system, based on radio-emitting tags whose position can be tracked worldwide to a maximum accuracy of 150 metres. Si...Molecular therapeutics advance fight against brain cancer
...ope these tumors can look identical, so there's no way of knowing the difference unless a genetic analysis is performed," explains O'Rourke. Having the ability to provide such genetic testing to determine treatment is of benefit to patients. "The idea of using a genetic test to predict prognosis and sel...Study explains spatial orientation differences between sexes
...ientation, as women act more cautiously due to the way they interpret the sensory input, while men tend to take risks. An example, says Tremblay, is piloting a plane in a situation where visual cues have been lost. "Because women tend to judge their horizontal a few degrees below what it actually is, the...UC Riverside researcher takes snapshots of the movement of molecules in a billionth of a second
...," Bartels said, characterizing the technique as a way of getting something akin to snapshots of the mole...ient catalysts. The article's findings offer a new way of studying the very fast movement of carbon monoxide on surfaces. ...New discovery may help transplants survive
...w that access to lymphatics and lymph nodes is the way cancers spread through the body," he says. "The findings of Dr. Dana and his colleagues provide new insights into transplant immunology and biology which go well beyond the eye, and offer new therapeutic approaches in organ transplantation and cancer...BioMed Central to consult funders and librarians over Open Access payment model
...pay for Open Access publishing in the future in a way that truly fits the needs of the community." Sixteen invited representatives of the library and funding communities have accepted BioMed Central's invitation to the one-day meeting. They include: Michael Leach, Harvard University, USA Nicole Pinhas, ...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...al excellence. Winners may use their awards in any way they like, though all winners so far have plowed t... respect to the current and future aspirations and way of life."...Human health risks in space flight focus of research internships
...understanding of balance disorders that impact the way people walk and move, such as Parkinson's disease. Abercromby received his bachelor's degree in engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh. He graduated from Buckhaven High School in Fife. ...Study: A little help from friends makes wounds heal faster
... wounds of the other three groups, and stayed this way for about a week. In a second experiment, the researchers compared levels of cortisol the stress hormone of paired animals to those in isolated animals. Blood samples were collected immediately after the hamsters were stressed, and again...Climate change could doom Alaska's tundra
...e Dynamic Global Vegetation Model MC1, an improved way of predicting what certain climate scenarios will mean in terms in of vegetation growth, plant and soil processes, carbon storage or emissions, forest fire, and other important ecological effects. The latest simulations with this model were d...National Academies Advisory: Sept. 18-19 Nanotechnology Conference
Research on nanotechnology is under way in a wide range of disciplines from cell biology to computer engineering to optics but scientists are often unaware of developments in fields other than their own. At this conference, 100 leading researchers will gather to explore the future of nan...Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem may have entered new phase
...f of Maine's coastal waters. Today, cod have given way to the Jonah crab with potential long-term consequ...0 years. The long dominance of predators has given way to many species playing 'king of the hill,'" says Steneck. "While there is no fear of these s...'Smart gene therapy' protects against damage from heart attack
.... Inducing ischemia and oxygen deprivation in this way caused a five-fold increase in the gene's activity in the heart, the researchers reported. That activity, in turn, resulted in a dramatic reduction in damage to the heart, Dzau said, with a significant 65 percent decrease in tissue death in animals t...New diagnostic technology helps justify earlier cataract surgery
...e Surgery reports that wavefront technology, a new way of measuring how vision is distorted by irregularities in the eye, offers a widely accepted means for corroborating cataract patients' vision complaints, which may lead to earlier treatment with attendant enhanced patient safety and less loss of qual...MSU group reviews Berkeley venture into brave new science funding world
...ind an extra buck and I'm confident that isn't the way to do it. "Ideally, this will start a national debate among faculty members about what we'd like the universities to look like, especially public and land-grant universities."...Lehmann lovegrass won't succumb to fire
...he finding is bad news for land managers seeking a way to control the introduced grass. Fire was thought to be one way to restore native grasses and prevent further spread of the non-native species. Regardless of the...An exotic grass kills trees by hijacking their water
...aid. "They seem to be responding to this the same way they do to normal drought, by self-pruning." Eilts said there is no reason why the grass couldn't affect other plant species in a similar manner. He said, "What makes buffelgrass a potential threat to the foothill palo verdes and other native plants ...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...nel that will discuss and recommend changes in the way human beings treat one another and the environment. Ehrlich is scheduled to call for the establishment of a Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior (MAHB) during a speech at the 89th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in Portla...Droughts like 1930s Dust Bowl may have been unexceptional in prehistoric times, new study suggests
...ce climate changes -- or the lack of them -- under way at the time?" Clark said. When he and his colleagues finally determined the correct intervals between samplings was about once every decade, "the patterns just jumped right out at us," he recalled in an interview. "We were seeing these very coherent ......ant and Gallagher said their studies may point the way to a more successful treatment for lung cancer, still one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only 13 percent of patients alive after five years. They said either the administration of angiotensin-(1-7) directly, or through compounds that ele...