Endangered frogs coexist with fungus once thought fatal
...ad been identified. The marked frogs were released back into the wild at the time the samples were collected. The authors found fungal infections in the samples of two species, including T. eungellensis . An analysis of tissue from recaptured frogs during the same period showed that the prevalence of inf...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...ut having to establish new collaborations or going back to school, have a well-supported tool to do the initial modeling. We think this is within grasp." The SimBioS Center will be located in the Clark Center in shared spaces that the biocomputation faculty has allocated for just this sort of collaborati...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...d veins then carry the blood from these structures back to the heart." Grahn and Heller, animal physi... we applied heat to the skin to increase heat flow back to the core," Grahn says. "The effect was remarkable--we were able to rewarm people in 10 minutes, d...Head lice reveal contact between modern and ancient humans
...rk on such different evolutionary histories on the back (or head) of a single host. More likely, the New World louse evolved on an archaic form of humans and subsequently transferred to a modern version. The split between modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) and one of our archaic forerunners, Homo erectus...Research out this week helps us understand basics of how neurons communicate
...eraction site' and put this mutant calcium channel back into cells," Dr. Harkins said. "We found that cells with the mutant calcium channel no longer released neurotransmitter as efficiently as cells with the normal calcium channel." The research, done in collaboration with investigators at The Universit...New study will tackle three major killer diseases
...e population also allows family trees to be traced back as many as eight generations, which will enable researchers from the University and the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh to understand the impact of genetic factors on the development of the three diseases. Lead investigator...Biologists ID molecular block for social 'cheaters'
...-- the cheaters -- were predisposed to move to the back of the slug, the position occupied by cells in the prespore stage of development." But despite this advantage during stalk development, the cheaters were far less likely than their native counterparts to make it into the actual spores atop the stalk,...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...es, Butte County, California will be taking a step back into the century just past, denying its farmers discretion to utilize newer technologies for enhanced crops. Passage of measure D is unwarranted based on the best science published concerning the safety of genetically engineered crops. Founded i...Sedentary overweight people get insulin boost from short term exercise; CVD risks trend down
...So, the 'exercise' effect can be opposed by adding back the energy expended during exercise. The implication is that the 'exercise' signal may be synonymous with an 'energy deficit' signal." The broad, important implications in the field of diabetes, Braun noted, is "both in the use of exercise to...Protein protecting brain from toxins also blocks some chemotherapy from reaching tumors
...opotecan into the brain by transporting this agent back into the bloodstream, thus reducing the ability of...ances from entering the brain by transporting them back into the blood as they pass into the cells of this barrier. Using antibodies against Mrp4 the inv...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
...a during that time, he said. "Instead, we can come back in 20 minutes and say either this is safe or there is a problem." Chad Mirkin, professor of chemistry at Northwestern University and director of Northwestern's Institute for Nanotechnology, said the new technique looks promising. "This looks to be a...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...l emotions is better heard in the pronunciation of back vowels, those in which the tongue is positioned towards the back of the mouth (such as the "ah" in father), as opposed to front vowels (such as the "ih" in bit). (1a...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...rt of the National Science Foundation, have pushed back the frontiers on the genetic nature and history one of the world's most important crops corn. This crop dominates agriculture in the United States, where approximately 9 billion bushels are produced annually at a value of $30 billion. Maize (or corn...INEEL uses extremophile bacteria to ease bleaching's environmental cost
... life in high-temperature wastewater can be traced back to T. brockianus' fondness for hot springs. But it turns out the bacterium doesn't fare as well as its enzyme in high pH conditions. "Along the way, we may figure out why the enzyme is stable in alkaline environments," Thompson says. "But if it works...Flies have morning and evening clocks
... the clock apart, are now succeeding in putting it back together." Biological clocks in both flies and humans operate on a 24-hour, or circadian (Latin for "about a day"), cycle. In humans, the clock's influence is far-reaching, governing such functions as sleeping and waking, fluid balance, body tempera...Plastic surgeons perform first entire face reconstruction
...y, the surgical team used a tissue expander in the back to create a single piece of thick skin, with its o...ate surgery. The team closed the donor site on the back without requiring skin grafts from the leg to close the wound, eliminating huge scars that accompani...Frontiers in cancer prevention research: Defeating cancer before it strikes
WHAT: To turn back cancer before it has a chance to take root and spread, scientists are increasingly turning their attention to new discoveries in cancer prevention. Leading experts from around the globe are gathering to share the latest research in this expanding and...For inferring the biological tree of life, simple is better
...hed in Nature suggest that scientists should bring back the maximum parsimony method and interpret with caution results from the maximum likelihood method, many of which have been accepted as established knowledge, Thornton said. Why is an accurate evolutionary tree important? Inferences scientists make a...Latest buzz in research: Intoxicated honey bees may clue scientists into drunken human behavior
...ordinate their legs well enough to flip themselves back over again." Except for the control bees, bees that had consumed the least amount of ethanol 10 percent spent the least amount of time upside down. Even then, it took about 20 minutes for ethanol's effect to set in and cause this behavior. The rese...... a smaller cerebellum, a separate structure at the back of the brain. "The cerebellum is thought to control many of the functions that are impaired in autistic children, such as language and attention span," Millonig says. Their next clue came from studies of mutant mice. Mice with a mutation in th...