Scientists visualise cellular handmaiden that restores shape to proteins
...otosynthesis enzyme Photosystem II, published last year in Science. The crystals of chaperonin complex were grown and prepared in Iwata's lab, and after X-ray analysis at the European synchrotron facility, all authors collaboratively solved the structure....Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
... of glioma, strikes more than 7,000 Americans each year and is considered one of the most malignant and deadliest forms of cancer, generally resulting in death within one to two years following diagnosis. The disease is usually treated with surgery, followed by conventional radiation alone or in combinat...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2004
...o increasing power demand or system anomalies. One year after the northeastern blackout drew attention to their work, Oak Ridge National Laboratory fusion researcher Ben Carreras, David Newman of the University of Alaska and Ian Dobson of Wisconsin University are continuing their power grid modeling resea...Technology already exists to stabilize global warming
...ount is projected to double to 14 billion tons per year over the next 50 years as the world population inc...e to prevent 7 billion tons worth of emissions per year by 2054. Pacala and Socolow show how each of the 15 options they identified could preven...Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...n scent to a specific animal at a specific time of year and observe the reaction. "This approach gives us ...l' that communicates one signal at one time of the year to males, versus a different kind of message to females at another time of the year." Such insights ...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
...has shown that the same thing almost occurred last year and is now happening in full force again this year... compared to the historical norm, and already this year we have had some readings in that same range," Chan said. "One recent measurement taken at a 30 mete...Preschool bolsters early childhood immunity, reduces risk of young adult Hodgkin's lymphoma
...attend day care or nursery school for at least one year before going to kindergarten are about 36 percent less likely than those not in preschool to develop Hodgkin's lymphoma as young adults, according to scientists reporting in this month's edition of the journal Cancer Epidemiology , Biomarkers & Pre......ore deaths occur from motor vehicle accidents each year than from spider bites, and people take a great risk every time they travel in a car. In 2001, there were 1183 motor vehicle deaths involving drivers or passengers in Australia, but no deaths from spider bites." Various models to explain spider phob...EURYI Award given for the first time to 25 young European researchers
... (ESF) in Strasbourg is responsible. In this first year of the award, a total of 762 proposals were received by the participating organisations, of which 133 were submitted to the international review process. The EURYI Award gives young researchers throughout the world the opportunity to esta...Parasitic cowbirds thrive with a less ruthless strategy than cuckoos
...ut cuckoo brood parasitism, approached Hauber last year with a plan to experimentally manipulate cowbird nests to see if they could determine why cuckoos and cowbirds use different strategies. Kilner had proposed that, unlike cuckoos, cowbirds suffer when alone in the nest without the begging assistance o...Carnegie Mellon researchers to demonstrate autonomous robotthat will seek life in Atacama Desert
... Zoë is the result of that work. In the final year of the project, plans call for Zoë, equipped with a full array of instruments, to operate autonomously as it travels 50 kilometers over a two-month period. David Wettergreen, associate research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Instit...Fundamental change to Immunology 101
...e. Bhandoola and Benjamin Schwarz, a fifth year MD/PhD student, identified such a cell. "Our work really provides the tools," says Bhandoola. "Everyone can now study this cell, and a better understanding of early steps in T-cell development should follow." They describe their findings in the curre...Physics gravity model applicable to disease spread
...lthough because influenza mutates so rapidly, each year brings a slightly different virus to infect even t...ed so data is spotty. The virus also mutates from year to year....Computer imaging of Archeopteryx skull suggests this dinosaur-bird link could fly
...in German limestone in 1861 because it was found a year after Charles Darwin published "On The Origin of Species," and supports the theory of evolution. The new findings suggest it will also help define when bird flight began. Dinosaurs found in China and elsewhere during the past decade have caused scie...Protein vaccine fully protects mice from lethal aerosol challenge with ricin toxin
...y one million pounds of castor beans are used each year in the process of manufacturing castor oil. When inhaled as a small-particle aerosol, ricin produces severe respiratory symptoms followed by respiratory failure within 72 hours. When ingested, ricin can cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms follow...Goals unlikely to protect Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry
...ough to protect the region's half billion dollar a year shrimp industry. Researchers from U-M, Louisiana ...onfidence in the model analysis was bolstered this year as the operational ecological forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, bas...Babies with DiGeorge syndrome saved by immune supression, thymus transplant
...only one in 250 babies -- between five and 10 each year in the U.S. -- will have complete DiGeorge syndrome with an absent thymus gland. The disorder is often diagnosed initially by identifying birth defects characteristic of complete DiGeorge, including heart abnormalities, low calcium levels because of ...LSU Vet School receives $9.9 million for infectious disease research
...ory committee will visit LSU and the TNPRC twice a year to review all aspects of the COBRE program. "The ultimate goal is to have a center for comparative medicine, and this grant is the first step toward that goal," said Kousoulas....UCSB professor and director receives two national awards
...S. However, the Center has hosted 700 visitors per year over nine years, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has requested a renewal proposal that would extend funding beyond the original 11 years. "The model has been successful beyond what anybody ever imagined," she said, noting that Reichman has ......e non-native species. Regardless of the time of year Lehmann lovegrass was burned, the grass grew back ... two years to track how the grasses responded from year to year. The researchers had expected that, after burning, the native species would grow ba...