A 'private bandwidth' for communication in bats: Evidence from insular horseshoe bats
..., 2007 - Do bats use their ultrasonic echolocation calls to recognise their own species" A new study in the...and detect insect prey by emitting long ultrasound calls mainly made of a constant frequency. Different rhinolophid species show different frequency values. ...New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...te, and the University of California-Santa Barbara calls for the HFLD countries to receive preventive credits under any carbon trading mechanism to provide incentive for them to protect their intact tropical forest. Otherwise, the same market and economic forces that cause deforestation elsewhere will quic...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...ronmental justice implications of the LCFS. And it calls on the state to ensure that sensitive lands are protected from conversion to biofuel production. ...New strategy for treating allergic disorders
...disorders. The rising incidence of these disorders calls for more effective treatments with fewer side effects. The biopharmaceutical company ActoGeniX is playing a crucial role in the development of such new medicines. Indeed, upon its founding in 2006, ActoGeniX acquired the complete patent portfolio con...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 25, 2007
...that falls into the hands of terrorists. Hoffmann calls on scientists to confront the reality that well-intentioned research that holds promise to cure disease, clean water and otherwise improve the conditions of life also can be commandeered for sinister purposes. Other experts in the article discuss t...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising
... that involved other genes. This surprising result calls into question the universally recognized model of molecular communication that initiates the rhizobia-legume symbiosis. This common model requires the presence of several nod genes which allow synthesis of the Nod factor, a compound elaborated by the......neering and microbiology. The Homestake proposal calls for two major deep underground facility levels. One level will serve research operating from the surface on down to 4,850 feet. Construction of the Laboratory at 4850 will entail modification of an existing scientific site and preparation of new expe...Nearly 90 percent of babies receive recommended newborn screening tests
...e American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) that calls for every baby born in the U.S. to be screened for 29 genetic or functional disorders. If diagnosed early, all of these devastating conditions can be successfully managed or treated to prevent severe consequences. Two years ago, only 38 percent of ...It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that (modern) swing
...gs in a controlled laboratory test that Derryberry calls the "copulation solicitation assay." If they really liked it, in fact, they'd start the dance even before the 2-1/2-second song was over. "It's -- boom -- on," she said. Once the experiment was over, the females were returned unharmed to their capt...Malaria-resistant mosquitoes battle disease with 'molecular warhead'
...ites, then plants a homing signal on the enemy and calls in the air strike, said Dr. Richard Baxter, a postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry at UT Southwestern and lead author of the study. Understanding how some mosquitoes can fend off malaria might someday lead to reducing or even eliminating the mos...New medical implants should react with the body, not seek to be inert
A world leader in medical implants calls for a rethink in our approach to building medical implants. Currently so-called biomaterials are chosen because they are reasonably successful at hiding from the bodys immune system, and are consequently not rejected. All the same, within a month o...Translating form into function
...nto the empty active site of the enzyme. Shoichet calls this a search for the missing piece of a jigsaw puzzle. A molecule that fits the enzymes active site will block its activity just what many promising drugs do. The strategy works well for one kind of drug discovery -- finding molecules to fit in the...Scientists call for global push to advance research in synthetic biology
...y rogue cells in the body. The two-page statement calls for an international effort to advance synthetic biology that would not only propel research, but do so while developing protective measures against accidents and abuses of synthetic biology. The statement was issued following the conclusion of the...The BBVA Foundation commits 2.4 million euros to research in Ecology and Conservation Biology
...ustic pollution alter the tone and length of their calls so they can overcome background noise and communicate effectively. This adaptation has been found in several species of European birds, whose songs are varied in pattern and learned by imitation. The goals of the study on the Vulnerability to noise p...Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering
...populations in the atmospherea type of research he calls aerogenomics. One of the species we collected with our autonomous UAVs appears to be a bacterium known only to exist in a cavern in Arizona, he said. What was that bacterium doing 100 meters above Kentland Farm" In many of our other samples, we hav......sponds more quickly and robustly to the ultrasonic calls of mouse pups. Their work is published online this...hat mothers, but not virgin females, recognize pup calls as behaviorally significant. In the current study, Liu and Schreiner show that the timing and streng...Scientists propose the kind of chemistry that led to life
...y in efforts to determine how life emerged. Dill calls the chemical interactions stochastic innovation suggesting that it involves both random (stochastic) interactions and the emergence of novel arrangements. A major question about lifes origins is how chemicals, which have no self-interest, became b...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising for crop applications
... that involved other genes. This surprising result calls into question the universally recognized model of molecular communication that initiates the rhizobia-legume symbiosis. This common model requires the presence of several nod genes which allow synthesis of the Nod factor, a compound elaborated by the...Mule deer moms rescue other fawns
...at both species responded to the recorded distress calls of fawns, similar to the responses elicited when c... In field trials using speakers that broadcast the calls of fawns under threat, the mule deer came to the speaker and stayed there as long as the calls playe......l Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors. University of Washington researchers exploring how male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) acquire their song repertoires have found the first evidenc...