Hamster study shows how our brains recognize other individuals
...when recognizing others, depending on the emotions attached to the memory, a team of Cornell University research psychologists has found. The team, led by professor of psychology Robert Johnston, has been conducting experiments to study individual recognition. But rather than crash high school reunions with ...New cell imaging method identifies aggressive cancer cells early
..." Lelivre, Knowles and their team used an antibody attached to a fluorescent molecule that targeted and linked with a specific nuclear protein from mammary tissue. When malfunctioning, this protein, named nuclear mitotic apparatus protein (NuMA), has been linked to leukemia and breast cancer. The imaging tech...New method for identifying microbes
...can use the tag as a primer to sequence the entire attached ribosomal gene. This gene is about 1400 genetic-code-letters long, so this is a more time-consuming and expensive task. But since ribosomal genes have been sequenced and cataloged from more than 100,000 bacterial species, this "ribotyping" technique ...Researchers to scrutinize megacity pollution during Mexico City field campaign
...nch GPS radiosondes, which are instrument packages attached to helium balloons that send atmospheric measurements to the ground via radio. The radiosondes will make vertical profiles of winds, temperatures, and humidity from the ground through the lower stratosphere. Two kinds of pollutants MIRAGE is especi...Mathematics in fact and fiction discussed at AAAS Annual Meeting
...ublication. "It is not clear whose name should be attached to the proof, if indeed there is a proof," writes Krantz. "It is not clear that there is any single person who is qualified to verify the proof. It is not clear that the proof will ever be published in the usual manner. There is some danger that, in ...Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming
...fuel these are all marketed products with a value attached to them. What we want to know is if we can also manage agriculture for things that people like and appreciate, but don't have markets, such as cleaner air, cleaner water, less global warming, wildlife habitat and aesthetics many people enjoy seeing ...Anthrax spores may survive water treatment
...hours anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of spores had attached themselves to the surface of the copper and CPVC pipes, 95 percent attached to the iron pipes. When biofilms were present on the interior of copper pipes attachment increased...Facial characteristics indicative of personality traits, say experts
...are now looking for people who are both single and attached to take part in an online study that will include questions about their personality, age and how they rate their own attractiveness. The study will also feature face preference tests, in which participants will be asked to rate the attractiveness o...Biologists visualize protein interaction that may initiate viral infection
...cro-like protein on a cell's surface just after it attached to the dengue virus, a linkup thought to initiate ...oscopy, the biologists took a picture of the virus attached to the CRD shortly after the two joined together. It is the first time scientists have visualized th...Proteins' subtle 'backrub' motion could have important implications
...by detecting movement of the first side chain atom attached to the backbone -- a shift that could only occur if the backbone had moved, said Davis. In analyzing some 4,000 amino acid units, Davis found backrub motion for more than 3 percent of the total and 75 percent of all the local backbone shifts. "We we...Berkeley researchers lay groundwork for cell version of DNA chip
...rent types of cells to be selectively targeted and attached to specific locations on a surface based on the nu...s the first time that single-stranded DNA has been attached to the surface of a biological cell. Chandra and his co-authors accomplished this feat through the ...Biologists build better software, beat path to viral knowledge
...terium, an event akin to shooting a spool of twine attached to a grappling hook across a wall at high velocity. But he said the impact of the team's research would likely be felt more by people who have wanted a tool to look at other viruses rather than, say, doctors with salmonella patients."So why do this s...Molecular force field helps cancer cells defend against attack
...ole in the survival of tumor cells in their normal attached state, and, when over-expressed or hyperactivated, it opens a molecular gate that allows tumor cells to detach and metastasize," Frisch said. "The Cance lab's new observations on the VEGFR3-FAK interaction are both of interest for understanding the f...Carbon nanotubes that detect disease-causing mutations developed by Pitt researcher
...led DNA molecules in order to confirm that DNA had attached to the nanotube surfaces and was subsequently hybridized, or matched to its complementary DNA. "We have found that electrical measurement of carbon nanotube devices produce sensor results that are comparable to state-of-the-art optical techniques," S...Dartmouth, GlycoFi researchers make leap in protein bioengineering
...r structures. Antibodies are proteins with sugars attached to them, and they are emerging as a major class of...duced by controlling the sugar structures that are attached to them. "This work demonstrates, for the first time, that an antibody with human sugar structures ...Utah researchers confirm chromosome may harbor autism gene
...ns, called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), attached to 3/8 by 3/8-inch area. The DNA strands of the family members were broken up and then bonded to the DNA on the chip, allowing researchers to compare the variations in the SNPs of the different DNA on an extremely fine scale. The chance of the same ...Study reveals classic symbiotic relationship between ants, bacteria
...d microscope. Their investigation revealed crypts attached to endocrine glands, both of which were previously unnoticed by scientists. In fact, the crypts are specially adapted to the type of bacteria each species harbors - evidence that the ants are capable of rapidly changing to maintain their bacterial re...Turn down that radio! Years of loud noise may lead to tumor
...e it. But as the tumor grows larger, it may become attached to the nerves that control facial movement, balance and hearing, making it far more difficult to remove the entire tumor. Edwards and Schwartzbaum conducted the study with researchers from the Institute of Environmental Medicine of the Karolinska Ins...Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales
...ripps Institution of Oceanography. The devices are attached to hydrophones that are held at different distances from the ocean floor and are equipped with disk drives able to store tens of gigabytes of data. This allows them to operate for months at a time before they are recovered and the data accessed. Acou...Unified physics theory explains animals' running, flying and swimming
...erformance of insects and other flying animals. He attached weights to them and got a "strange universal result." All the organisms he tested -- birds, bats, insects -- could all lift approximately the same amount of weight in relation to the size of their flight muscles regardless of their many other biologi...