Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...," he said. "These survey results reinforce why we have championed this student competition since its inception. The economy of tomorrow is being built today on biotechnology and other sciences. Canada needs to foster a strong science culture to remain in the forefront in this field." Add...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...n North America. In Africa, as well, it is unclear why any large mammals went extinct, since humans arose in concert with these animals and, by some arguments, they should have been in balance with one another. There, as in South America, the uncertainty comes from lack of data. In these fairly recent la...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
... of other EGFR inhibitors but it was not yet known why the rash occurred. This was still a subject of research. "We saw independently reviewed partial tumour responses in 12% of patients and a median survival time of 6.6 months," he said. "In total, 87% of patients developed this acne-like rash. Of the 4...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...ic analyses of the particular mutation also showed why it occurred in the same place in all instances of ... "With these findings, we had a good handle on why this particular mutation would cause an arrhythmia and also how we could reduce the risk of arrhythm...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...," Dr. Malloy said. "However, it's not obvious yet why obesity should necessarily accompany development of type II diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases. These are problems that need to be solved with input from people who think creatively about metabolic problems, and that's what UT Southwestern b...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
...prised us." DiMarco believes there are two reasons why the region affected by hypoxia broke up and changed location. "Strong coastal currents can develop and breakup the stratification that causes hypoxia," he says. "Another is offshore circulation features, such as eddies, that intrude onto the contine...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...ome areas of the brain more vulnerable and is that why memory is more affected?" ...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...n there with the rest." The study may help explain why ozone levels have not improved in some parts of the country as much as was anticipated with the enactment of clean-air laws, Purves said. Environmental technologies such as catalytic converters and hoses that collect fumes at gas pumps have substanti...Far more men than women favor routine paternity testing at birth
... 10 percent. Researchers have speculated about why a woman would seek a father for her child other th...we ask the guys who do not favor paternity testing why they are opposed, more than half of them say, 'Ignorance is bliss,'" said co-author Sievert Rohwer, ...Evidence builds for potential new cancer drug target
...providing detailed genetic explanations of how and why c-myb is essential for the proliferation of white blood cells and breast cells by demonstrating that when it's removed, cell proliferation is impaired and the risk of developing cancer is reduced. "We hope to develop a drug that blocks the harmful ...Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in specific, primitive portion of nervous system
... of. This is another part of the explanation as to why Gulf War syndrome is so elusive and mysterious," s...ng sleep it's orchestrating that process, which is why we feel refreshed when we wake up," Dr. Haley said. "Its failure to increase at night in ill Gulf Wa...Punching the timeclock of life
...st the fundamental theories of evolution, which is why he took 10 years to publish, combing through scientific papers dating back to the 1870s to learn about the genesis of the theory of natural selection and speaking with prominent evolutionary biologists about his ideas. "I wanted them to tell...Indiana University, EPA to study airborne PCBs
...then started decreasing again. We still don't know why this happened, but we hope the next few years of data will provide us with some answers." The EPA will give Hites and Basu $3.5 million to operate the U.S. portion of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network for five more years. As part of their...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...r oxidative mechanisms as n-3 fatty acids-which is why patients under chemotherapy are advised not to take antioxidant vitamin supplements-understanding the anti-cancer effect of marine n-3 fatty acids may be important to finding the mechanisms for killing cancer cells."...Health of world's sea lions the focus of Wakefield Symposium
...wledge. Interspecies comparisons can shed light on why some populations might decline while others increa...ium will significantly contribute to understanding why sea lion populations fluctuate, including populations of Alaska's Steller sea lions.......ntrol have been hard pressed to figure out exactly why we move the way we do. To help solve this recalcit...n the mysteries of movement, it could help explain why we settle for a particular, non-silly walk. ...Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
...d of perception now allow for better ways to study why it occurs, Todd said. "Researchers have developed ... perceptually as if it were a real object. That is why the eyes appear to follow you as you change your viewing direction." Todd said people may be surpris...Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen
...irulence genes and genomic instability may explain why some scientists consider this to be the ultimate b... deepen the understanding of the molecular reasons why these related pathogens have such different impacts, in terms of their target hosts and their pathog...Amyloid fibers sprout one step at a time
...ates themselves," said Weissman. "So understanding why some proteins form amyloids and aggregate, and und...rs that typically accompany plaque formation. But why such oligomers form and what role they play in making amyloid plaques was unknown. Weissman and his...Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...adually increasing oxidizing environment, which is why Pakrasi and his group want to study the organism so closely. "The basic goal of the project is to model the networks that cyanobacteria, a model vascular plant called Arabidopsis, and the non-vascular moss Physcomitrella use to handle this chemical e...