New strategies against disease revealed as scientists probe genes' tasks
...now where the transistors are, but not how they're wired up." Scientists are sorting all this out using gene labs on chips approximately the size of a postage-stamp, called "DNA microarrays," that can provide a profile of all the genes being expressed in a given cell. The results are helping to shed light ...Washington-area chemist wins national award for free-radical research
...e, particularly chemistry, Jacox said, "I was just wired to love the natural world. It started as a love for creepy crawly things as a tiny child, and then when I was only 7 years old my father gave me a child's guide to astronomy. I just ate that up." Later, in high school, an older student who shared her...Natural selection in a nutshell
...ave these "super mom" capabilities whose genes are wired with these traits--there are "dud moms" in the population as well, report Dr. Stan Boutin and Dr. Andrew McAdam in the current edition of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. The research team addressed how much influence...Squirrel invasion sows seeds of change for future forests
...entral hardwoods region. Red squirrels just aren't wired that way." While ecologists aren't sure why the red squirrel's range expanded into Indiana from its native coniferous forests, Swihart and Goheen believe changes in the state's landscape over the past century have helped red squirrels gain a foothold......." "It looks as though sensitive people are simply wired to respond to stress more strongly than resilient people," Naliboff said. "How someone reacts to stress seems to be more important than the stress itself in explaining why one person gets sick and one person doesn't." "This heightened stress response...Fuel-cell microbes' double duty: treat water, make energy
...positiveelectrode). Electrons flow along a circuit wired from the anodeto the cathode. A steady flow of wastewater pumped into the chamber feeds thebacteria. Bacterial digestion of the wastewater's organic matterunleashes electrons into the electrical circuit and positively charged hydrogen ions into the...Leptin rewires the brain's feeding circuits
... that the basic circuitry that controls feeding is wired differently in different people, it might change public perception of the causes of obesity," said Friedman. "Some people might have a more potent drive to eat and to weigh more than do others. And it might mean that conscious factors can't fully exp......he brightness of light may reveal how the brain is wired to handle the wide ranges of light stimulation we encounter every minute. A Salk Institute study, published in the April 15 issue of Nature , shows that timing as well as the intensity of a light and that background it is on-- determines how we jud...Human brain works heavy statistics learning language
...ognitive Psychology, shows that the human brain is wired to quickly grasp certain relationships between spo...ords and non-words, showing that the human mind is wired to statistically track how often certain sounds arise in relationship to other sounds. "If you were ......cial tissues themselves. Hoxb1 helps the brain get wired to and control the muscles of the face." Arenkiel adds: "If this gene controls the nerves and the targets facial tissues this simple genetic code also might work to wire up the body from head to foot. Other Hox genes may act along the length of...Rensselaer marks the opening of the center for biotechnology and interdisciplinary studies
... approximately 400 faculty, staff, and students. A wired 150-seat auditorium, the Bruggeman Conference Center, and other meeting spaces will enhance opportunities for collaboration on campus, throughout the region, and around the world. Labs will include state-of-the art equipment, such as a 800 mHz Nuclea...