Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...dels to help foresee life in the world's oceans of tomorrow (FMAP). Discoveries 2004 Modern technologies helped produce many 2004 Census highlights. Researchers used a redesigned device, for example, the epibenthic sledge, to collect specimens down to 6000 m below the surface in the delicat...Lack of potential mates has lead to 'sloppy' gene control and risk of disease for humans
...w research published in the journal PLOS Biology tomorrow (Tuesday 25 January 2005). Key regions of our DNA, that control when genes are switched on and off, have been altered by around 140,000 naturally-occurring mutations over the last six million years, the researchers found. This has left modern humans ...Theory on evolution of essential genes is overturned by new finding
...search, published in the journal Current Biology tomorrow (26 January 2005), shows that an essential 'paternal effect' gene was created only recently in the evolutionary history of the fruit fly, Drosophila. This finding is remarkable because it shows that new genes with new functions - including essential ...Parents' attitudes to sperm donation still some concerns about being open
Two studies to be published tomorrow (Thursday 27 January) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction[1],[2] provide a generally optimistic picture about attitudes towards the increasing trend in society to be more open about the use of sperm donors. However, ...Research warns against sleeping in contact lenses
... published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology tomorrow (Tuesday, March 22), was led by Dr Philip Morgan, an optometrist in the University's Faculty of Life Sciences. He said: "Patients coming to the hospital with acute eye problems were asked to supply details of lens type and pattern of wear, including ...Naturejobs/NY Academy of Sciences Career Fair & Symposium
...ecruit the tri-state area's biochemical leaders of tomorrow from the region's great academic institutions -- Columbia, Rockefeller, Sloan Kettering, Einstein, NYU, Mt. Sinai, Weill Cornell, CUNY, Yale, Princeton, UMDNJ and Cold Spring Harbor, among others. For jobseekers, the Career Fair/Symposium delivers a...Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950s pandemic, study suggests
...ugs', according to a study published in The Lancet tomorrow (Saturday 2 April 2005). This "re-equipping and re-emergence" of a clone that caused a pandemic 40-50 years ago could mean that community acquired MRSA will spread faster and be more widespread than previously expected, warns an international team of...Small species back-up giant marsupial climate change extinction claim
...ed in the journal Memoirs of the Queensland Museum tomorrow (Tuesday 31 May) they found smaller species, dependent on a wetter environment, had also disappeared. By systematically analysing a 10 metre deep section of creek bed, the team uncovered 44 species, ranging from land snails, frogs, lizards and small...Scientists discover stem cell origin of neck and shoulders
Research published in Nature tomorrow (21 July) will outline for the first time the stem cell origin of the structure of the neck and shoulders in vertebrates. The scientists believe that instead of groups of stem cells creating the skeletal and muscle structure separately they actually ...DDT-resistant insects have additional genetic advantage that helps resistance spread
...cording to research published in Current Biology tomorrow (9 August 2005). This discovery overturns current theories that resistance to pesticides burdens insects with a genetic disadvantage that would stop them from competing with non-resistant insects once farmers stop using that pesticide. Instead, rese...UQ researcher tracking key to healing the brain
...dation Research Excellence Awards, to be announced tomorrow as a highlight of UQ Research Week 2005. He is working on a project with a novel approach to track neural stem cells in vivo. "Identifying neural stem cells is like finding a needle in a haystack," Dr Rietze said. "The tried and true method is to l...Scientists unpick genetics of first 15 minutes of life
...ng to new research published in the journal Nature tomorrow (Thursday 27 October 2005). The gene, known as HIRA, 'chaperones' the early processes that take place once a sperm enters an egg, giving it a crucial role in the most fundamental process in sexually reproducing animals. The absence or mutation of thi...AAAS elects NJIT professor as Fellow for math modeling research on the brain
...or the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will announce tomorrow that Robert Miura, PhD, a professor in the departments of mathematical sciences and biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), was elected a AAAS Fellow. Miura, who is also acting chair of NJIT's mathematical sciences depar...UC Davis expert writes key report on controversial UK badger killings
...hich is expected to make statements on thefindings tomorrow (Dec. 15) in Parliament and elsewhere in government. "In Britain, this is a huge controversy because TB genuinely affects farmers' livelihoods, but badgers are beloved by the public and protected by law," said Woodroffe, an associate professor of con...NJIT solar physicists report paradox: Less sunlight, but temps rise
...ervatory since 1997. Goode's findings are reported tomorrow in "Can the Earth's Albedo and Surface Temperatures Increase Together," published tomorrow by Eos (Jan. 24, 2006), the weekly newspaper of geophysics published by the American Geophysical Un...Devices tease out individual sounds from underwater racket
... are present you just might say, 'Let's wait until tomorrow to do this,'" Nystuen says. In order to determine the sound "budgets" for different ecosystems, Nystuen and his team use what they call PALs, short for Passive Aquatic Listeners, designed and built at the Applied Physics Laboratory. Moored to the s...Metabolites of pharmaceuticals identified in wastewater
... The data, which the UB scientists will present tomorrow at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy being held in Orlando, will allow wastewater treatment plants to begin monitoring for these byproducts. The results also reinforce concerns about excreted pharmaceut...Scientists unlock more secrets of HIV and SARS
...cording to a paper published in the journal Nature tomorrow (11 May). Viruses are able to interfere with the host cell processes that our bodies use to replicate cells, and protein synthesis is often one of their targets. For the first time, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have witness...Teenage and 60-year-old mums are consequences of evolution
...he past 150,000 years, a fertility expert will say tomorrow (Tuesday 20 June). Dr Laurence Shaw, will tell the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, that it is only in the past 150 years or so that better hygiene, living conditions and medical advances have made ...New research may reduce global need for nitrogen fertilizers
Research published tomorrow (June 29) in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in legumes, a key element of the nitrogen fixing process, without the bacteria norm...