Native plant eaters have gourmet palates
...t the way to better strategies for controlling the billions of dollars in damage that invasive species cause every year. The research runs counter to the enemy release hypothesis, first proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859, which holds that exotic species become invasive because they are free from the pressures...Scientists describe 'human world'
...mans mutually affect each other." "Yes, there are billions of us on Earth today," she continued. "That fact changes the way we need to live on Earth. But people have always traded ideas, and as human population and the complexity of human problems both have increased, so there's been a major leap forward in ...Research center for National Children's Study to be based in Queens
...the lives of so many children, but save our nation billions of dollars in health care costs." The National Children's Study is led by a consortium of federal agency partners, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- through the National Institutes of Health (the National Institute of Chil...Flu virus reported to resist drug envisioned for pandemic
... reports indicate the federal government may spend billions of dollars to stockpile as much as 81 million courses of Tamiflu to forestall a possible influenza pandemic. The government has already stockpiled an estimated 12 to 13 million courses. "This is the first line of defense," says Kawaoka, a professor i......ave a profound impact on countless lives, and cost billions of dollars, but there is little or nothing that we are currently able do to prevent or treat this enormous problem. At the heart of this challenge is our lack of understanding of the mechanisms underlying this complex class of brain problems. In an e...University of Arizona/BIO5 plant scientists to unravel maize genome
... investing heavily in bioinformatics." Deciphering billions of letters of genetic code yields vast amounts of data, which have to be stored, accessed and interpreted. BIO5's capabilities in bioinformatics help scientists manage and analyze complex data. The software used to generate the genetic map was devel...Genetic defenders protect crops from fungal disease
...al parasites that devastate crops and cost growers billions of dollars in pesticides every year. The study, published in the November 18 issue of the journal Science, describes powdery mildew infection in the mustard relative Arabidopsis thaliana. Each species of mildew is host-specific, meaning it can infect...Information & communications technologies key to sustainable development in Africa: UNU
...urity of tens of millions of Africans today and of billions more in generations to come depend on this outcome being achieved as rapidly as possible. If Africa is ever to fully meet its potential in a sustainable way, these technologies must be a central part of its strategies." He made the comment as UNU an...New study pinpoints epicenters of Earth's imminent extinctions
...'s ecosystems, the global ecotourism economy worth billions of dollars per year, and the incalculable benefit of clean water from hundreds of key watersheds. This is a one-shot deal for the human race," he added. "We have a moral obligation to act. The science is in, and we are almost out of time." "We now kn...Membrane research opens window to benefits for plants, humans
...hrough open water channels. In less than a second, billions of water molecules can move through a channel. The growing knowledge of how aquaporins regulate water passage eventually could help agricultural producers boost survivability of drought-stricken and flood-ridden crops. It also could lead to new pharm...A year on from the Asian tsunami, satellites are aiding regional rebuilding
...i was the second-largest in recorded history, with billions of tonnes of seawater sent into motion by uplift of the ocean floor. Within a half-hour of the quake the first wave hit Sumatra, with the coastal city of Banda Aceh almost destroyed. From there, the tsunami carried on to strike nations across the rim...Polymer aids in blood clotting, pointing way to new treatment
...cule," he said. "Polyphosphate has been around for billions of years. Roberto's discovery that the granules in platelets are like the granules in trypanosomatids was a key breakthrough." Docampo's recognition of the acidocalcisome in various organisms has enabled scientists to detect muscle-like motors that o...Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land
...ig difference: Complex life forms have existed for billions of years on Earth, while Mars never saw life bigger than a microbe, if that. "The rounded hills, meandering stream channels, deltas and alluvial fans are all shockingly familiar," said William E. Dietrich, professor of earth and planetary science at ...Study finds 60 new genes controlled by DNA snippet
...an embryo develops from a single cell into tens of billions of cells, DNA must be read and copied again and again to supply each cell with its needed copy. Over time, random changes, or mutations, are inserted into the code during the copying process. Some mutations bring survival advantages and others cause ...UC Riverside researchers identify clay as major contributor to oxygen that enabled early animal life
...eas evidence for more primitive life dates back to billions of years? One of the best bets to explain the difference is an increase in oxygen concentration in the atmosphere, which is necessary for animal life and was likely too low through most of Earth's history." To establish a change in clay abundance dur...Biodesign and TGen form joint Center for Systems and Computational Biology
...er to accelerate research by quickly analyzing the billions of data points generated by genetic research. For example, a researcher at a major U.S. university estimated it would take him 3.4 years to analyze his clinical trial data. By using the ASU-TGen supercomputer, the analysis was completed in less than ...High resolution 'snapshots' detail dynamics of a cocaine antibody
...une system in weeks or months that previously took billions of years. "The structural insights into antibody catalysis that we have shown with 7A1 Fab' are critical for any future improvement of effective biocatalysts," Zhu said. "One of the main goals of our lab has been to focus on catalytic antibodies tha...Plant enzyme efficiency may hold key to global warming
...the function on this enzyme. It actually has had billions of years to improve, but remains about a thousand times slower than most other enzymes. Plants have to make tons of it just to stay alive. RuBisCOs inefficiency limits plant growth and stops organisms from using and assimilating all the carbon dioxi......xplosions called phytoplankton blooms that attract billions of krill, copepods, and other grazing predators. As a defense, wounded diatoms release aldehyde compounds that minimize future diatom casualties by compromising the hatching success of grazers. But these diatom-derived aldehydes can also kill diatoms...A better tool to study role of iron in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
...n's diseases affect millions of Americans and cost billions of dollars annually for patient treatment and care. Alzheimer's is the most common of the three, afflicting 4.5 million Americans, with numbers projected to grow as the baby boomers age, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The diseases share so...