Young researchers recognised for scientific achievements
... in order to describe these effects. Another major aspect of his work, which he also carries out in an Emmy Noether independent junior research group, is on the characteristics of quantum vacua. A quantum vacuum is the lowest energetic state in quantum physics. The progress made by Gies in this field is of ...Numerical processing similar in children and adults, brain scans reveal
...ain region was not reacting to shape or some other aspect of the stimuli, the researchers would also change the objects to another form, for example a triangle. "This study is the first study to use fMRI to study the neural basis of higher-order cognition in children this young," said Cantlon. "Our study s...UCSD biochemists discover bacteria's Achilles' heel
...n synthesis in bacteria, the unfolding step is one aspect that has been overlooked." In order to determine what factors were needed for the unraveling process to occur, Joseph and Struder designed a test that used fluorescence to signal when an mRNA strand unwound. They made mRNA with different fluorescent...With $10M in grants, UMaine begins forest biorefining research
...emical and Biological Engineering at UMaine. A key aspect of this research is understanding how to sustain forest lands. "Healthier forests will have higher value; higher-valued forests will receive closer, better ecological attention," says Stephen Shaler, scientific director of the EPSCoR grant and a pro...Efforts to replicate controversial diabetes therapy bring partial success
...bility of any of the three teams to replicate that aspect of the study, the authors were encouraged by their other successes. "Our studies confirm that autoimmune diabetes can be reversed," they conclude, "and that sufficient beta-cell mass can be restored to cure diabetic NOD mice with the treatment proto...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... gene that distinguishes motoneurons in the medial aspect of the medial motor column (MMC m ). Indicative of their class specificity, cells transplanted into the neural tube lumen of chick embryos were later found in the MMC m and either selectively projected axons with the dorsal ramus to epaxial muscle t...When seeing is misleading: Clutter leads to high-confidence errors
... confusing environment, they may decide about some aspect of the situation and be totally wrong even though they have full confidence in their decision. The consequences of such a phenomenon could be relatively trivial, explaining why professional athletes often end up wasting their time arguing questionabl...Sexual reproduction delays aging in a mammalian species
...ental conditions, apparently differing only in the aspect of pair-bonding and engaging in sexual activity....Tree of Life project grows more leaves and branches
...is best presented in a standardized format. So one aspect of current work on the project is developing stand...hers to use and compare each others' data. Another aspect of the project is public outreach. Schulz said, "The project makes information available to people w...Ernst Mayr's theory illustrated in genetic epidemiology studies
...The other thing detractors object to is the random aspect of evolutionary change. "Those uncomfortable with Mayr's theory don't take into account that under his model, it's the interaction of the random that forces the natural selection that creates the evolutionary change," Templeton said. "Although the i...A cancer promoting protein shows up in an unexpected place in the cell
...as promoting cell death." The most intriguing aspect of the study is that it identifies a potential new mode of suppressing tumors, says Dr. Philips. "Our data suggested that if we could find a way to phosphorylate K-Ras, we might be able to promote programmed cell death in tumors driven by the ras o...AAAS honors scientist's commitment to justice for workers and scientific integrity in public policy
...ds that it could harm scientific research. Another aspect of scientific integrity to which Dr. Michaels has directed his energies is what he terms "manufacturing uncertainty." He contends that both industry and the government undermine science that points to the need for additional regulation by overstatin...New images capture virus in extraordinary detail
...icroscopy, "we could never see the details of that aspect of it," said Jonathan King, an MIT professor of biology and one of the authors of the paper. The researchers, led by Wen Jiang and Wah Chiu of the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging at Baylor College of Medicine, focused on viruses that infec...Cancer researchers found a new mechanism potentially explaining evolution of signalling pathways
...on mechanism can potentially explain a challenging aspect of evolutionary biology regarding the emergence of signalling pathways with multiple specific components....Biodesign and TGen form joint Center for Systems and Computational Biology
...This knowledge has enormous implications for every aspect of medicine, as well as other fields of science." "At TGen, our focus is entirely on developing earlier diagnostics and smarter treatments," said Trent. "This new collaboration leverages the fast-growing field of computational biology to speed resea...Brain derived neurotrophic factor alleviates disease symptoms in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome
... disabled, requiring maximum assistance with every aspect of daily living. There is no cure. In late 2003 Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute and Michael Greenberg of Children's Hospital Boston announced that the "Rett Syndrome gene", Mecp2, interacts with bdnf. Interestingly, BDNF is highly active i...A real time look at interactions between RNA and proteins
...s of the cell, RNA-binding proteins regulate every aspect of RNA function. Indeed, RNA is transported from one site to another inside the cell by RNA-binding proteins; RNA is translated into protein with the help of RNA-binding proteins, and RNA-binding proteins degrade used RNA. "They're really the master ...Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
...ges of rejection while the rat stays healthy. This aspect of the research was conducted primarily by Qing Ye, a research biologist at the Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research. Ho's team at the Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research is now pursuing research using larger animal models. They ar...Researchers use dirt to stay one step ahead of antibiotic resistance
...animals are becoming less receptive to the healing aspect of antibiotic drugs. The team led by professor Gerry Wright, chair of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, found that the numerous ways soil-dwelling bacteria become resistant to antibiotics are identica...Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say
...s a unique opportunity to have direct access to an aspect of the natural world that would otherwise be inaccessible," Greg Whittaker, Moody Gardens animal husbandry manager, said. "This research also may have real applications in addressing skeletal deformities that occasionally occur in captive penguins. ...