UK scientists working to help cut ID theft
...g systems and products. This network would improve access to testing and avoid duplicating existing facilities. Before significant additional investment is made, there is a need for an audit of the resources currently available and the needs of customers. NPL is uniquely qualified to play a part in this ...Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants
...s because satellite collar technology has given us access to the most inaccessible forests on Borneo. The information provided by the research might also help predict locations where elephants and farms may come into future conflict. While pygmy elephants can live in logged and secondary forests, it...Edible fish feasts beats malaria
...n vogue. New research published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health shows how Nile tilapia, a fish more commonly served up to Kenyan diners, is a valuable weapon against malaria mosquitoes. Annabel Howard and Francois Omlin from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in ...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
...studies have ruled out gender-differences based on access to and utilization of services, the Canadian team has explored a biological basis for the differences. In this study they considered whether a more rapid development of tissue acidity (acidosis) in the heart during a lack of blood flow (ischemia) mig...New technology reveals seal behavior
...ect data from deep seas that we couldnt ordinarily access due to their remoteness and harsh environments. Understanding how these animals respond to their environment is fundamental in predicting how they may respond to climate change and the consequent shifts in ocean circulation and ice dynamics. ...Genetic factors strongly shape how peers are chosen
...discouraging deviant behaviors. Peers also provide access to substances of abuse....Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
... this fungus, we could consider restricting public access to infected sites during those times." As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers listing the mountain yellow-legged frog as an endangered species, biologists are racing to find ways to staunch the spread of the frog-killing fungus. "This fr...Human knowledge is based upon directed connectivity between brain areas
Which brain processes enable humans to rapidly access their personal knowledge" What happens if humans p...Within just a fraction of a second we effortlessly access object-based knowledge, in particular if sufficient sensory information is available and the respect...Space-borne sensors help Africa tackle water shortage problems
...mbias Department of Water Affairs said. Having access to these maps allows authorities to determine the expansion of urban areas and loss of forest and agricultural areas as well as calculate the risk of erosion, change in water availability and percentage of surface water, which will allow for early fl...Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in Science
...d on, according to Lawler. Archaeologists now have access to more remote locations and are expanding their studies. ...ESA mission highlighted at remote sensing conference
...nt task of assuring people of all around the world access to resources for their subsistence without endange...nt task of assuring people of all around the world access to resources for their subsistence without endangering the fragile equilibrium of our planet." W...Learning to evolve: With a little help from my ancestors
...ne demonstrates in a study, publishing in the open access journal PLoS Computational Biology, that the ability to learn in network models has two surprising consequences. First, learning accelerates the rate at which a skill becomes innate over generations, so it accelerates the evolution of innate skill ac...Uncovering the secrets of the deep
...nd functional sites, UniMES uniquely provides free access to the array of genomic information gathered from the sampling expeditions, enhanced by links to further analytical resources. Genomics holds the key to understanding the world around us and the metagenomic and environmental data represents a step f...UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute partners with Abraxis BioScience
...is relationship allows both organizations to gain access to important research that may have the potential to change the way diseases are treated. Abraxis has an established history of developing innovative technology, said Dr. Leonard H. Rome, CNSI associate director and senior associate dean for resear...More fish oil, less vegetable oil, better for your health
...ially binds to COX-1, thus limiting vegetable oils access to this enzyme. But in reactions involving COX-2, increasing the amount of fish oil did not change the way it binds to COX-2, so a significant portion of vegetable oil was still converted to prostanoids. This was completely unexpected, Smith says....Air pollution link to clogged arteries
...ttacks or strokes. Findings published in the open access journal, Genome Biology, show how the fats that clog arteries work together with air pollution particles, triggering the genes behind inflammation. A research team drawn from medical and environmental engineering disciplines at the Universities of ...Renewable energy wrecks environment
... vast infrastructure, such as concrete, steel, and access roads. "As a Green, one of my credos is 'no new structures' but renewables all involve ten times or more stuff per kilowatt as natural gas or nuclear," Ausubel says. While the full footprint of uranium mining might add a few hundred square kilomete...Naval Science and Technology Conference 2007
...han 1:00 p.m., on Friday, July 27, 2007 to arrange access to the conference and interview opportunities with the principals. News Media Contact: Nancy McGuire, 703-588-1279, nancy.mcguire.ctr@navy.mil...Did pterosaurs feed by skimming?
...hard Bonser, and colleagues, published in the open access journal PLoS Biology, provides a cautionary tale. Previous work on pterosaurs concluded that some species fed by skimming along the surface of the water with their mouths held open, but this paper overturns that inference, showing that this kind of f...Back to the future: Mastodon extends the time limit on DNA sequencing
In a new paper in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Michael Hofreiter from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, and colleagues from Switzerland and the United States, announce the sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the mastodon (Mammu...