NASA & partners create new worldwide coral reef library
...s and data. "There has been amazing cooperation at all levels to assemble this data," said Frank Muller-Karger of USF. "It will serve as a source of data for projects around the world," said Serge Andrfout, who led data collection and mapping at USF. He is now with the French Institut de Recherche p...Powerful 'toolkit' developed for functional profiling of yeast genes
...tic impurities because he's added a second copy of all the genes, a cloak that temporarily obscures the e...tage of the Hopkins "toolkit," Boeke says, is that all the yeast mutants are mixed together and studied simultaneously, an advance reported a year ago in N...Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance
...s the only organization to be directly involved in all four of these crucial new biodefense-related networks funded by NIH. "The Virginia Tech-TIGR agreement supports this administration's strategy to build the biotechnology infrastructure in Virginia," Governor Warner said. In a series of Executive Or...Sexual competition drives evolution of a sex-related gene
.... These species were chosen because they represent all the major mating systems, including those in which one female copulates with one male in a fertile period (such as gorillas and gibbons); those in which females copulate highly promiscuously (such as chimpanzees and macaques); and those in which mati...Look at past sea-level rise points to troubling future
... runoff from Antarctica -- the least understood of all the phenomena involved -- could add another 40 centimeters. Thus, the worst-case scenario could translate into a 90-centimeter boost in sea level by 2100-- a rate of increase that global coastlines haven't experienced in about 8,000 years. Estimating...Conversion of flower organs into leaves
...hese studies show that four closely related genes, all of the "MADS-box" class, are necessary for the for...mens, and carpels and that the loss of activity of all four genes results in the conversion of flower organs toward leaves. ...High-predator environment has unexpected impact on aging in fish
...counterparts. The composite picture is that all of these fish deteriorate with age, but the comparative rates of deterioration is a mix of responses, most of which do not correspond to classical theory. The researchers give three possible reasons for the unexpected results. All of these rea...International marine survey of coral death
...ill guide management policy on marine organisms of all kinds. But first we have to learn what's killing t... structure and composition of coral assemblages in all reef regions worldwide? Is disease changing coral reef diversity, perhaps by hampering reproduction ...Global warming's impact on US plants, animals determined from review of dozens of studies
...t global climate change has affected about half of all wild species. That's important, but what people re...t human-driven climate change has affected species all across the U.S., from new tropical species arriving in Florida to changes in the basic functioning o...Genetically engineered corn poses no immediate threat to Mexican crops
...mining its current moratorium, Mexico should label all corn imported from the United States as possibly containing GM seed, or grind the corn when it's imported. Grinding would prevent the imported seeds from being planted. Conducting more research to learn which transgenes have been introduced in the ......in the middle of the normal range, suggesting that all the factors for speed were perfectly matched." The research of the Structure and Motion Laboratory at The Royal Veterinary College not only answers questions about the top speed of racehorses but also examines the locomotion of a wide range of ani...Elevated inflammatory enzyme, Lp-PLA2, significantly linked to ischemic stroke
...heral vascular disease, accounts for 50 percent of all deaths in Western countries. Atherosclerosis invo...ome 17 million people each year, almost a third of all deaths globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. By 2020, heart disease and stroke will...Grants target better predictors for type 1 diabetes
...betes and the autoantibodies alone cannot identify all children at high risk. What we want to do and what... also look at it by how much protein you have. But all of that can be modified in further steps. So you look at different steps to look for other markers."...Study links polycystic ovary syndrome with early vascular changes of heart disease
...ed with increased risk of aortic calcifications in all women, whether they had an endocrine disorder or not. Earlier studies have noted such a correlation in women over the age of 55, but this study found a similar link in women in their 40s. "These results are provocative and show the need for fur...New Royal Society journal studies
...ish to mouse and notably are repetitively used for all generations of teeth, from the mouth margins to rear gill arches. Thus a molecular tool kit for making teeth emerged early in vertebrate evolution. Contact: Professor Moya Smith, Craniofacial Development, United Dental & Medical Schools, Guys and St....Award will help unlock mysteries of one of Earth's most important organisms
... planet. This award will let her live the dream of all scientists, to truly following her passion and ideas wherever they lead." Since joining the faculty of the UW School of Oceanography in 1996, Armbrust has supervised 15 undergraduates conducting research in her lab, advised 30 graduate students, twi...Sex-determining genes of infectious fungus resemble human Y chromosome
...ngle fungal mating type spurs the vast majority of all C. neoformans infections, he explained, suggesting...ia Allen, Klaus Lengeler and Fred Dietrich, Ph.D., all of Duke. ...Health concerns: Mosquito mapping may help
... said. "Mosquito-borne diseases affect practically all Texans in one way or another." The information on the Web site will be available through maps and text, he said. "Much of the information, as much as 80 percent, of the information we deal with is spatially referenced," Coul...Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes being studied
...iciastus in other areas of the Gulf Coast of Texas all the way into the metropolitan areas of the state such as Dallas where there is extensive spraying for mosquitoes going on." "We have to develop new methods of controlling mosquitoes," Parsons said. "We know we can control them with insec......d other soft creatures, and Babcock said that they all share two characteristics: in their time, the creatures had few if any predators to eat them, so their bodies remained intact after death; and some extreme events or special chemistries at the sites enabled the soft shells to change to rock. ...