A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...a prescriptive cure for acid rain is like a runner viewing steroids as a cure for a bad knee. At the end of the race, when the steroids have worn off, the runner is left limping. Calcium additions, which are cost and labor-intensive, temporarily mask symptoms. They don't alleviate underlying causes, they are...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...responses of high and low sensation seekers during viewing of action news television segments and found that high sensation seekers were more physiologically activated by, and paid more attention to, the action news clips than low sensation seekers. So if you find that you're an action news junkie it may ju...Defense provides additional $4.9 million for pathogen research tool
...ToolBus, a "bus" for connecting data and tools and viewing results through a single, consistent user interface. Sobral's cyberinfrastructure group is working with diverse communities to create a common set of data communication standards to allow scientists across the globe to evaluate data and discover new ...Study using robotic microscope shows how mutant Huntington's protein affects neurons
...ges in individual neurons over time. "It was like viewing pictures of a football game and trying to imagine the score," says Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and the University of California, San Francisco. "Much was happening that we couldn't see." To...Experimental lupus drug may also work against atherosclerosis
...e of white blood cell. Scientists increasingly are viewing the depositing of cholesterol in the walls of arteries as an inflammatory reaction that attracts the disease-fighting macrophages, which then become incorporated with cholesterol deposits to become plaque. "The recognition of atheroscle...Brain differences in adolescents, psychopaths, lend to their impulsive, risk-taking behavior
... and to adults aged 30 to 50, while simultaneously viewing their brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging. The adolescents' brains showed significant activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and in the brainstem, near the ventral tegmentum and substantia nigra, compared with adults. ...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
...nces, although of less magnitude, for TV and video viewing and computer and video game use. Just under half of teens engaged in more than 14 hours of screen time per week. Of those who had the recommended 14 or fewer hours, 17 percent increased their screen time as adults." Other findings, based on ...Academy eBriefings offer comprehensive reports on more than 100 cutting-edge scientific issues
...g the option of listening to the actual talk while viewing the PowerPoint slides has proven to be useful to our members. We are looking forward producing the next hundred eBriefings!" Founded in 1817, the New York Academy of Science is an independent nonprofit organization of more than 22,000 members worldw...MSI releases 'moleculizer' - a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks
...of computer simulations can also aid biologists in viewing cellular activity over a period of time, by taking advantage of the power of computers to generate the thousands of potential protein complexes and reactions that cells are able to generate. The Molecular Sciences Institute is an independent nonprofi...Gorillas in the midst of extinction
...ge can be extremely useful to people interested in viewing out-of-the-way places. Conservationists, for example, must monitor far-flung areas in need of protection. Wars, poverty, remoteness, lack of government involvement, and uncertainty over the best places and ways to focus limited resources can all hind...Lack of potential mates has lead to 'sloppy' gene control and risk of disease for humans
...anzees compared to other animals. "We are used to viewing us as the pinnacle of evolution but seeing that rodents control their genes much more precisely is somewhat sobering," said Dr Martin Lercher from the University of Bath. "As a species we have become used to the benefits of ever-increasing health car...Gladstone scientists announce new version of bioinformatics software program
...From its beginnings, GenMAPP has been designed for viewing and analyzing gene expression data on biological p...ent, interactive display of data on web sites. By viewing genes in the context of a known biological process, GenMAPP makes it possible to make sense of data ...New slant on vision research: Neurons sensitive to viewing angle
...erve cells, or neurons, whose job is to encode the viewing angle of objects. It is well known that certain ne...on stares at an image, neurons that respond to the viewing angle of the image get "tired" and become less responsive when a very similar image is presented aga...Heart Center cardiologist performs rare liver catheter intervention on teen
...asure the size of the PDV by injecting a dye while viewing through an x-ray camera. Justino then deployed a mesh-like occluder device through one of the catheters, thus filling the liver's large abnormal vein. The new device now blocks the shortcut channel through the liver. Soon, tissue will grow around t...New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers
... form of synesthesia in which they see colors when viewing letters and numbers really do see colors, research...on in a color-perception region of the cortex when viewing graphemes, compared to normal control subjects. The researchers found that the strength of this acti...Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells
...distinct from cancer?" A difficulty still ahead is viewing cancer cells in fluids taken directly from the body, rather than isolated by type in a flask. This problem will be solved by winnowing out unlikely particles through size and frequency....Immune cells in the liver take a ride
...ientists at New York University School of Medicine viewing the actual journey of immune cells in the liver have found that these cells travel in the liver's blood vessels with surprising speed and agility. It is the first time that the movement of live immune cells called natural killer T (NKT) cells h...Students to chat online with leading genome researchers for National DNA Day
... at http://www.genome.gov/DNAday . In addition to viewing the free, on-demand webcasts, teachers and students can take part in a live online chat with NHGRI researchers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time at http://www.genome.gov/DNAday . Experts will be on hand to field questions about a wide-range of topi...CyberWalk - unconstrained walking in virtual worlds
...ed with small projectors. In contrast to passively viewing a film, the viewers can move within and interact with the virtual environment. As soon as the viewer turns to the right, for example, they will see the same virtual scene but from another visual angle - the same as in our natural environment. The goa...Prenatal cocaine exposure exerts subtle effects on schoolchildren
...y addresses both biologic and social risk factors, viewing intrauterine cocaine exposure as only one of many possible influences on children," Frank said. "The importance of positive environmental characteristics in promoting toddler development, regardless of intrauterine cocaine exposure, is a crucial find...