North Sea efficient sink for carbon dioxide
...al growth. This resulted in the most extensive and accurate data set ever for a coastal sea. Bozec used these data to calculate how much carbon dioxide the North Sea absorbs from the atmosphere each year and then stores in the deep North Atlantic Ocean. This storage capacity was found to be almost three time...Double trouble: Cells with duplicate genomes can trigger tumors
...914, he published what Pellman calls an "amazingly accurate and prescient" treatise suggesting, among other things, that genetic instability was a cause of malignant tumors. One way to obtain this lack of chromosomal integrity, Boveri proposed, was a result of cells failing to divide normally, generating the......ttom, coral ledges, or coral rubble, allowing more accurate assessment of the extent of the reefs and likely identification of previously unknown coral features. "Understanding the extent of the reefs and where the most important habitats are will help researchers and managers determine those areas that ne...NHGRI's large-scale sequencing research network sets its sights on disease targets
...ols of large-scale sequencing. In order to make an accurate assessment and gather community input into this program, NHGRI has issued a Request for Information to seek additional examples of such diseases from investigators around the world. The deadline for responses is Nov. 4. NHGRI will also hold an open d...Yale researchers make cell biology quantitative
...biology quantitatively. "The method makes possible accurate measurements of proteins inside cells using microscopic methods usually used just to show where proteins are located," said senior author Thomas D. Pollard, M.D. , Chair and Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at Yale,......crosatellites, they could successfully recreate an accurate cell lineage tree. While the research team plans to continue to test their system on more complex organisms such as mice, several scientists have already expressed interest in integrating the method into ongoing research in their fields. Says Prof...Three ORNL technologies earn technology transfer excellence awards
...tion is important, and this instrument provides an accurate map of the thermal environment throughout the production process. ORNL participants in this effort are Carl Sohns of the Engineering Science and Technology Division and Robert Lauf and Don Bible, retired ORNL research staff members. Ashok Choudhury o...RIT partners with leader in remote sensing to enhance homeland security
...nal Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide more accurate mapping and location technologies to be used during possible terrorist attacks or national emergencies. In addition, the lab will be utilizing the center as part of its Wildfire Airborne Sensor research program with NASA and the U.S. Forest Service. ...California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository
...mosome -- so-called haplotypes -- will permit more accurate study of genetic differences and their consequences for medical research and the study of evolution. Experimental methods for deriving these haplotypes are expensive and time-consuming. But now experts in bioinformatics at two California research i...U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer
...would be specific for prostate cancer and far more accurate than current screening tests, according to Chinnaiyan. And if scientists could find a way to block the gene, it could be the basis for a new, effective treatment for prostate cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, more American men will be...Conference examines role of chromosome changes in cancer
...es, opening up the current era of cancer genetics, accurate diagnostic techniques, and precisely targeted therapies. Rowley has received many awards for her discoveries, including the Lasker Prize and the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, in 1998, and the Dorothy Landon-AACR P...New imaging method shows early in treatment if brain cancer therapy is effective
...ut found the functional diffusion map was the only accurate predictor of overall survival. "When the median survival for this type of cancer is less than 52 weeks, waiting an extra 10 weeks to know if treatment is working is a significant amount of time. We hope that functional diffusion mapping will eventua...New study uncovers major inaccuracies in global wildlife trade monitoring
...espread inaccuracies in recordkeeping, and without accurate information, sound policy and financial allocation decisions become problematic, making conservation less effective. "Scientists have long recognized that targeted exploitation of wildlife for international trade is an important cause of biodiversit...Wild birds help to create human flu vaccine
...s development will help ensure that we have a more accurate vaccine to target a possible avian flu pandemic. As we work in Congress to bolster preparedness for an avian flu pandemic, contributions like this from the scientific community will be critical to ensure that the steps we take will protect the public......their patients. But there is hope for better, more accurate medical diagnoses through the development of new technologies, and one Florida State University researcher is putting her engineering knowledge to work to develop tools for more accurately diagnosing breast cancer. Anke Meyer-Baese is an assistant pr...Grants to fund research on preparing for bioterrorist attack
.... Inside the Mind of a Bioterrorist The most accurate way to study genetically modified viruses is to ac...safest approach. But can a model be built that is accurate enough to enable useful guesses about reality? Researchers within the new Center for Biodefense Immu...New microscope allows scientists to track a functioning protein with atomic-level precision
... of biological sciences. "We obtained measurements accurate to one angstrom, or one-tenth of a nanometer. That's a distance equivalent to the diameter of a single hydrogen atom, and about 10 times finer than any previous such measurement." Block co-authored the papers in Nature and Physical Review Letters wit...Low-income pregnant Latinas drink despite universal alcohol-warning messages
...ss likely to admit to alcohol use and/or have less accurate awareness of the risks of drinking during pregnancy." "For the first time, we have a systematic analysis of drinking behavior in Latina women," said Mary J. O'Connor, a professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the Unive...Deleted genes help predict outcome in a children's cancer
...tomizing care for other cancers. "Identifying more accurate risk levels of this cancer allows doctors to treat aggressive types of the cancer appropriately, while not subjecting children with lower-risk cancer to overtreatment," said study leader John Maris, M.D., of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. T...UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails
...ogists can identify them, the need for a quick and accurate method of classifying life has never been more pressing, Meyer said. With millions of animal species on Earth, DNA barcoding can be a helpful identification tool for ecologists who may not necessarily be taxonomy experts, he said. "This new technolog...