A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats
... The authors of the study suggest this may be a special case of character displacement. The maintenance of a 'private bandwidth' for communication may have crucial implications for social interactions and sexual behaviour. Noticeably, in mainland regions where the three species occur together, some overla...1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
...t called the "turbulence profiler," outfitted with special sensors. The turbulence profiler measured the output using watts, the same unit of measurement as printed on light bulbs, St. Laurent said. In the undersea mountain passage where we intentionally looked, we found turbulence levels as large as one...A unique arrangement for egg cell division
... spindles are found in all dividing cells. What is special about oocytes is that they lack specialised spindle-forming organelles, called centrosomes, says Jan Ellenberg, Coordinator of the Gene Expression Unit at EMBL, all other cells contain two centrosomes from where the microtubules originate. They prede......xtinct ape with its own unique locomotor behaviora special adaptation and unique form of locomtion that left no modern descendants....American Chemical Society meets Aug. 19-23 in Boston
...ess. In addition, the ACS News Service hosts two special events related to food chemistry. On Aug. 20, reporters can sip wine and snack on clam chowder as Gerald DeMenna, Ph.D., discusses the chemistry of that Boston favorite. Gourmet coffee is on the breakfast menu Aug. 21 as experts discuss their researc...ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
...ent in regulation of tissue-specific function with special emphasis in breast cancer, where she has changed some established paradigms. S. Walter Englander (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia) will give the Herbert A. Sober Lectureship. This lectureship, which is awarded every tw...Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
...ore than 500 miles north of Punta Tombo. Epoxy and special tape will be used to attach a transmitter to each bird before it is released into the Atlantic. The tags are about the size of many common cellular telephones and weigh less than 3.5 ounces. "We want to put the transmitters on healthy, ...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
...et halls with them. The research, to appear in a special edition of the peer-reviewed journal Fisheries Research, shows that generations ago Atlantic bluefins typically arrived in the northern waters by the thousands in late June and departed by October at the latest, their foraging travels likely related ...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
...d freelance writers are invited to attend the NEON special session, What is NEON Becoming" on Monday, August ... In addition to the presentations at the ESA/SER special session, leading NEON scientists will host a Graduate Student and Post Doc Bagels Roundtable on Tues...ASM's new media campaigns take the gold
...n communication campaigns and will be presented at special ceremony during ASAEs annual meeting on August 11 ...al and the unexpected phenomena for which he has a special fascination....2007 EURYI: 20 young researchers to receive Nobel Prize-sized awards for breakthrough ideas
... presented by the Nobel-laureate Dr Tim Hunt, at a special ceremony being organised in Helsinki, Finland. Press invitations and more detailed information about the awards will be circulated in due time. ...Gold nanoparticles may pan out as tool for cancer diagnosis
...raj showed that the nanorods, when combined with a special imaging technique, were capable of recognizing can...ng. After the rods absorb and re-emit radiation, a special camera records the scattered light, which a computer helps to analyze. Finally, based upon the data,...UF to lead research on life-threatening fungus
...trol measures aimed at minimizing risks, including special air filtration systemsdesigned to filter out Aspergillus and other infectious agents, facilities can still have problems and sometimes have even had to temporarily close their patient-care units. "You and I have a good healthy defense, so while we ...Fish eyes could hold clue to repairing damaged retinas in humans
A special type of cell found in the eye has been found to be very important in regenerating the retina in zebrafish and restoring vision even after extensive damage. Now, a UK team of scientists believe they may be able to use these cells known as Mller glial...Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
...iversity of York are using an understanding of the special cells that line the bladder to develop ways of restoring continence to patients with serious bladder conditions, including cancer. The research, highlighted in the quarterly magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSR...Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
... that those reef-building glass sponges required a special ecological niche that allowed them to grow in those waters. The field discovered on the open Washington shelf is very exposed to winter storms, which makes it much more likely that other reef-building glass sponges are still to be found around the g...Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...hful Geyser. Unexpectedly, the new bacterium has special light-harvesting antennae known as chlorosomes, which contain about 250,000 chlorophylls each. No member of this phylum nor any aerobic microbe was known to make chlorosomes before this discovery. The team found that Cab. thermophilum makes two typ...Innovative research technique reveals another natural wonder in Yellowstone Park
...pectedly, the new bacterium was discovered to have special light-harvesting antennae known as chlorosomes, which each contain about 250,000 chlorophylls. No member of this phylum nor any aerobic microbe was known to make chlorosomes before this discovery. "This is an excellent example of how metagenic info...MicroRNA works with Ago2 protein to regulate blood cell development
...ecution of microRNA function, but Ago2 does have a special role in the maintenance of microRNA levels, says OCarroll, who recently accepted a position at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Rome. Within the blood system, low levels of microRNA are not life-threatening during development but do hav...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...at an examination of the extent of thrombosis with special imaging protocols be added to the regular advice that aortic dissection patients be monitored with regular MR scans or CT scans every six to 12 months after diagnosis. The U-M team is now conducting prospective studies of aortic dissection patient...