New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
... ... The stu...Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'
... These results from the decade-long Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) experiment in a Duke University forest suggest that proposals to bank extra CO2 from human activities in such trees may depend on the vagar...MGH researchers confirm that bone marrow restores fertility in female mice
... Consistent with our pas...Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels and safer soils
... The Agaricus mushroom family are highly efficient secondary decomposers of plant material such as leaves and litter breaking down the material that is too tough for other fungi and bacteria to handle. How exactly it does this, particularly how it d...Tough tubes -- Carbon nanotubes endure heavy wear and tear
... ... The report, Fatigue resistance of aligned carbon nanotube arrays unde...Bisphosphonate treatment is associated with jaw bone problems
... Several recent studies have found an association between the use of intravenous bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw or facial bones, a condition in which poor blood supply to the area leads to bone death or deterioration. Bisphosphonates are used to treat cancer-related bone lesions, elevated levels of calcium in the blood, or reduced bone density...OHSU scientists find antidepressant, bone loss link
... ... The studies appear in today's issue of Archives of I...Specialized, bone-crushing wolves of Alaska disappeared long ago
... Our results are surprising as the unique attributes of Alaskan Pleistocene wolves...Scientists close in on missing carbon sink
... The Science article, "Weak northern and strong tropical land carbon uptake from...Developer of new method for treating bone defects wins WPI Entrepreneurship Award
... The Kalenian Award was established in 2006 by Alba Kalenian in memory of her late husband, inventor Aram Kalenian '33. Its purpose is to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among...Dietary calcium is better than supplements at protecting bone health
... Adequate calcium is important to prevent osteoporosis, which affects an estimated 8 million American women and 2 million American men. Another 34 million Americans have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for osteoporosis. Calcium consumption can help maintain bone d...Gum disease in postmenopausal women linked to oral bone loss
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A study conducted in a large sample of postmenopausal women by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has provided new information on the prevalence of certain gum-disease-causing oral bacteria in this population and the association of the bacteria with oral bone loss.... Results showed that women infected with four bacteria known to cause periodontal disease were more likely t...Human activities increasing carbon sequestration in forests
... ... The end result is a highly variable forest carbon c...Carbon monoxide protects mice from multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that causes degeneration of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, leading to various symptoms including muscle weakness and pain. Most individuals with MS go through cycles of disease and remission, leading to the suggestion that there are regulatory mechanisms that counter the disease-causing inflammation. Using a mouse model of MS (...Carbon nanoparticles stimulate blood clotting, researchers report
HOUSTON (Oct. 21, 2005) --Carbon nanoparticles both those unleashed in the air by engine exhaust and the engineered structures thought to have great potential in medical applications promote blood-clotting, scientists report in an upcoming edition of the British Journal of Pharmacology.... ...Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Ohio University examined...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
... ... ''The notion is that the sooner we wean...Ethanol injection helps manage bone metastasis in thyroid cancer patients
... "PEI may be a valuable adjunctive or secondary treatment to radioiodine therapy, and it may contribute to better management of thyroid cancer patients with bone metastasis," sa...Women up to age 30 at risk for bone loss, study finds
... Thousands of women severely restrict their diet and practice rigorous exercise programs for fitness and weight control, said Anne Loucks, professor of biological sciences at Ohio University and lead author on the new study. Because some dont see obvious signs of undernutrition, such as a disrupted menstrual cycle, they...Soils offer new hope as carbon sink
The huge potential of agricultural soils to reduce greenhouse gases and increase production at the same time has been reinforced by new research findings at NSW Department of Primary Industries' (DPI) Wollongbar Agricultural Institute. ... Trials of agrichar - a product hailed as a saviour of Australia's carbon-depleted soils and the environment - have doubled and, in one case, tripled crop grow...MIT researchers probe bones' tiny building blocks
... ... The researchers' up-close-and-personal look at bone probes its fundamental building blocka corkscrew-shaped protein called collagen embedded with tiny nanoparticles of mineralat the level of tens of nanometers, or...U of MN will lead national research study on causes of bone cancer in children
Logan Spector, Ph.D., a University of Minnesota Cancer Center researcher, has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to lead the largest and most comprehensive study to date on the causes of pediatric osteosarcoma. ... Osteosarcoma is a cancer of the bone that usually affects the long bones of the arm or leg. It is the most common cancer of the bone in children un...FSU engineering professor growing bone in a lab
... Now, a Florida State University engineering professor is looking to develop new technologies that could replace bone mass lost to the disease, as well as treat traumatic bone injuries such as those suffered in automobile accidents or combat. Teng Ma, an associate professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the Florida A&M University-FSU College of Enginee...Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey
... ... Snively and co-authors, number-crunching physicist Donald Henderson from th...Before selling carbon credits, read this
... Researchers at Montana and Colorado State Universities now have evidence that a soil model can be used to accur...Understanding the global carbon budget -- Woods Hole Research Center expert provides insights
As climate change becomes more and more a central issue in local, national, and international discussions, understanding the global carbon budget, and how it influences trends in global warming, will become increasingly crucial. The carbon cycle is related to climate and climatic change because it controls carbon dioxide, the most important of the greenhouse gases. One of the worlds preeminent e...Molecule that destroys bone also protects it, new research shows
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An immune system component that is a primary cause of bone destruction and inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis actually protects bone in the oral cavity from infectious pathogens that play a major role in periodontal disease in humans, research at the University at Buffalo has shown.... The component, IL-17, was recognized only in the past 18 month...Seeing the trees for the forest: WHRC scientists creating national biomass and carbon dataset
After completing a two-year pilot phase, scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center are expanding the scope of the "National Biomass and Carbon Dataset" for the year 2000 (NBCD2000), the first ever inventory of its kind, by moving into the production phase. Through a combination of NASA satellite datasets, topographic survey data, land use/land cover data, and extensive forest inventory data c...Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
... The total number of carbon atoms on Earth is fixed they are exchanged between the ocean, atmosphere, land and biosphere. The fact that human activities are pumping extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, is well kn...UC researchers shatter world records with length of latest carbon nanotube arrays
... ... Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of great interest because of their outstanding mechanical, electrical and optical properties. Intense research has been undertaken to synthesize long aligned CNTs because of their potential applications in nanomedicine, aerospace, electronics and many other a...Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow
Human bone marrow has been used to create early-stage sperm cells for the first time, a scientific step forward that will help researchers understand more about how sperm cells are created.... The research published today (Friday, April 13 2007), in the academic journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, was carried out in Germany* by a team of scientists led by Professor Karim Nayernia, formerly of...The global carbon budget -- proper accounting means paying attention to inland waters
... On Earth, carbon is continually cycling through terrestrial systems, inland waters, the ocean, and the atmosphere. Until little over a decade ago, when calculating the terrestrial compon...Bony vertebrate evolution: Elephant sharks closer to humans than teleost fish
... The elephant shark genome, estimated to be about 910 Mb long, comprises about 28% repetitive elements. C...Making no bones about it -- digestion in Burmese pythons
... "Juvenile pythons normally eat every week, while adults can have a meal every month and can even stop feeding...Harvard and U. Pittsburgh researchers explain carbon monoxide's anti-inflammatory effects
... According to t...Smithsonian scientists report new carbon dioxide study
Researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center report the...results of a six-year experiment in which doubling the atmospheric...greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in a scrub oak ecosystem caused a...reduction in carbon storage in the soil. ...... The scientists said these findings add a new perspective on the capacity...of Earth's soils to store carbon, and a measure of caution s...Social tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task
In experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behavior evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are more successful than chimpanzees at cooperating to retrieve food, even though chimpanzees exhibit strong cooperative hunting behavior in the wild. The work suggests that some social tendencies or emotions that are ad...Leicester researcher to lead global team tackling carbon 'time-bomb'
... ... ... Dr Page said: "These peatlands are carbon-dense ecosystems that are ext...VIRGINIA KEY, FLA. (February 28, 2007) -- The buildup of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere and oceans continues to provoke changes in the natural environment that scientists have been working to measure for decades. Global increases in temperature are just one facet of a much larger issue that scientists at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science are dedicated to uncovering....Computer-designed molecule to clean up fluorocarbons?
... At sea level, the strong C-F bond makes fluo...Are scientists making progress in being able to regenerate bone tissue?
... Until recently, say the authors, the use of bone grafts from a different part of the patients own body has been the number one choice for attempting to restore function. But there are major problems with such graftsfor example, removing bone from a different part of the body can lead to post-operative pain, infection, and abnormal sensations at...