MIT survey: Climate change tops Americans' environmental concerns
...th, in particular to test for correlations between answers to questions and the economic, political, geographical and other demographic characteristics of the respondents.......esearch pursuits, though complex, offer meaningful answers to a worldwide problem. "The impact of coral reefs' disappearance will undoubtedly have global repercussions. It's this kind of science that can help protect these delicate, yet invaluable marine ecosystems."...New book uses ABCs to teach children microbiology
...ot live without them. The Invisible ABCs presents answers to questions that we all have an interest in, such as 'Why can cows use grass for food but humans can't?' and 'Why do we get gas after we eat beans?'" says author Rodney Anderson, a microbiologist and professor at Ohio Northern University, who presen...16 outstanding researchers receive Singapore's highest honor in science and technology
...ion for science, hard work and tenacity in finding answers to tough questions, and innovative out-of-the-box thinking. With passion, creativity and perseverance, the winners excelled in their field of work, and made a deep contribution to science and technology and the development of R&D in Singapore. The ...Naked mole-rat unfazed by oxidative stress
...yed aging, seems like the perfect model to provide answers about how we age and how to retard the aging process," Buffenstein said. "This animal may one day provide the clues to how we can significantly extend life."...Texas researchers casting for answers to stop algae problem in Texas lakes
.... Geological Survey as a multi-agency team seeking answers for the problem. Golden alga, Prymnesium parvum, was first reported in inland Texas waters along the Pecos River in 1985. After the initial find, no occurrence was documented until 2001, Roelke said. That year, algae blooms caused massive fish de...Tropics source of much of world's biodiversity
...ive biology at UC Berkeley. The finding partially answers a question that has puzzled biologists for more than 100 years: Why is there a greater diversity of life in the tropics - both in the oceans and on land - than at higher latitudes? "These species are spilling out of the tropics and increasing the di...Scientists debate the neurobiological underpinnings of amnesia
...d that it will give new momentum to the search for answers to the fundamental nature of amnesia."...Uncovering DNA's 'sweet' secret
...'s high resolutionstructure is now able to provide answers to some of the lingeringquestions about why DNA is made the way it is. While the homo-DNA structure shows a number of similarities with DNA, itis much more stable than DNA. However, it has a more haphazardappearance than normal DNA, looking more lik...USGS at The Wildlife Society: From sea-ice change to contaminants to predators and prey
...rchers have been exploring over the years, and the answers are far from simple. L. David Mech, Session 33, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 8:00- 8:20 a.m. Foraging habitat of harbor seals relative to cruise ship routes in Glacier Bay National Park. Glacier Bay National Park has historically supported one of the la...Gene offers new lead in cleft lip and palate research
...sources that are now readily available, we can get answers in a matter of weeks or months and, just as importantly, we spend a greater proportion of our time thinking through the biology rather than worrying why an assay isn't working." With more tools and data to sift through, Maas noted that the long hel......a new tool will apply a similar technology to find answers to historic climate changes from earth and marine sediment core samples. The XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) Core Scanner is only the second to make its way to the United States, and the first of this new and improved model made by Avaatech, a company base...Scientists get best look ever at water-life connection
...y the problem. Because of that, they got different answers on the speed with which these essential biochemical reactions take place. "A biologist will tell you that water and proteins must interact on a nanosecond [one billionth of a second] time scale, because that's how fast proteins move," he said. "And ...Poplar DNA code cracked -- new possibilities for sustainable energy
... about how trees function, and it can also provide answers to general biology questions. In fact, a lot of the reactions and functions in plants − and thus in trees − are also found in humans and animals. Furthermore, this research can be applied very concretely − to optimize bio-ethanol ...Animal physiology conference sheds light on human physiology
...irrels, seals and a host of other animals not only answers the key question "How do they do that?" but may spur future biomedical advances to benefit people. The thought-provoking plenary speakers are: Theunis Piersma, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Do you feel a bit jittery before leaving on ...High-value chemicals produced from ethanol feedstocks could boost biorefinery economics
... it," he said. "The biorefinery is one of several answers that we need to pursue as part of a national energy strategy. Our future economic well-being requires us to deal with the energy issue."...How did our ancestors' minds really work?
...te for Evolutionary Anthropology were able to find answers to these questions using an alternative research method: comparative psychological research. In this way, they discovered that some of the strategies shaped by evolution are evidently masked very early on by the cognitive development process unique t...$18 million grant will boost ASU research into mysteries of fatal diseases
...on to solve mysteries about cell growth and death, answers that will reveal crucial knowledge about cancer, heart disease and strokes the leading fatal diseases in the United States. It is developing miniature automated systems designed to rapidly detect and analyze the differences between healthy and dis...Suspicion lingers over bisphenol A and breast cancer
...opposite -- that BPA is not harmful. If any of the answers to our questions had been 'no,' then we would have concluded BPA was not dangerous. But we can't do that, or we can't do it yet." The researchers subjected cancer cells and enzymes to extremely high concentrations of BPA and BPA derivatives -- leve...Case Western Reserve University chemist takes on HIV-1 virus with $1M support from NIH
...r view of how the protein functions and as well as answers to what happens when the two subunits are apart and then come together. "It has been difficult," said Barkley. "Everything we have done with this protein is that you try it and think it is going to be a straightforward method that is used on many...