NJIT professor says certain home shapes and roofs hold up best in hurricane
...to the work of wind engineers and researchers that changes to home design and construction can make buildings safer for people, while saving government and industry billions of dollars annually. Design of Low-Rise Buildings for Extreme Wind Events (Journal of Architectural Engineering, March, 2007) by Tahe...Giant magnetocaloric materials could have large impact on the environment
...dolinium orbitals. This hybridization dramatically changes at the germanium-silicon bond-breaking transition, causing the destruction of magnetic ordering and leading to the giant magnetocaloric effect of these materials. By combining the novel experimental results with detailed numerical calculations of t...Turn-ons and turn-offs for neurons
...by mechanisms involving gene accessibility without changes in DNA sequences, a process called epigenetics ("above and beyond the gene). Switching gene expression on and off is of utmost importance when studying gene function in the adult nervous system. In the early 1990s, scientists described a tetracycli...Arctic spring comes weeks earlier than a decade ago
...ry, one consistent feature of extant and projected changes is that Arctic environments are and will be exposed to the greatest warming, said Dr. Toke T. Hye of the National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Our study confirms what many people already think, that the seasons are...Researchers demonstrate way to control tree height
..., in fact, just about any height in between. Other changes can also affect foliage shapes or color in very attractive ways, and some might have value in cleaning up environmental pollution. In their studies, OSU scientists were able to create young poplar trees, which grow rapidly and can reach a mature he...Does stimulant treatment for ADHD increase risk of drug abuse?
...lead author of the study. "But the brain chemistry changes we observed suggest that the developmental stage a...an the lower-dose group or the control rats. The changes observed in brain chemistry were specific to the age and duration of methylphenidate treatment: Spec...Researchers discover 'acquired' DNA key to certain bacterial infection
... a cause of syndromes may be decreasing because of changes in treatment for HIV-infected patients, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which estimates that 1 out of 100,000 persons may be affected. However, CDC also notes that the bacteriums resistance to antibiotics already a probl...NSF funding to advance research on interplay between biology and society
...ty" have changed over time and the impact of these changes on conservation efforts. The goal of the Science...ities. These communities are experiencing profound changes as a result of climate change, population increases, natural resource demands and other pressures. T...Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from different predators
...ogy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. These changes in form made nearly a 100-fold difference in the a...erence could be dramatic. When one of these cells changes to the biggest colony form, although it takes a while, its like changing from a mosquito to 76 blue ...JCI table of contents: June 14, 2007
...ve evolved to help protect the body from excessive changes in cholesterol levels. TITLE: Hepatic Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 regulates biliary cholesterol concentration and is a target of ezetimibe AUTHOR CONTACT: Liqing Yu Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Phon...A possible mechanistic link between stress and the development of Alzheimer tangles
...g you consider when you think about stress-induced changes in the brain is glucocorticoids because they are such pervasive mediators of stress responses, says Rissman. But even without available glucocorticoids, tau was still modified under stressful conditions and he had to look elsewhere. The next obvious ...Screening approach leads to discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
... 'microarray' sensors, which read the activity and changes in thousands of genes at a time enable us to locate dozens or even hundreds of gene abnormalities in cancer cells. The challenge is to winnow this group to find the genes most centrally involved in cancer initiation and maintenance. "In the curren...Can a Mediterranean diet help prevent colon cancer?
...me evidence suggests the Mediterranean diet causes changes in the colon that would prevent cancer. U-M res...rom fruits and vegetables. Researchers believe changes in dietary fatty acids from the higher monounsaturated fat intake with a Mediterranean diet will dec...5.9 million award gives UK aging research a new lease on life
...ulin signalling. Recent research has revealed that changes to single genes can make animals live longer, by maintaining health and delaying the onset of ageing-related diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. "What is particularly exciting about this approach is that altering an anima...High cholesterol diets modify gene expression in atherosclerosis
...rol diet. Differences show that cholesterol causes changes in messenger RNA synthesis in proteins related to ...experts discovered that, whilst cholesterol causes changes in gene expression, fish oil reverts such changes. In this case, scientists fed the animals with a h...Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
...example in which exposure to the mother's hormones changes such a fundamental aspect of appearance. Even more exciting is that the mother has different patterns at her disposal, so she can ensure a good match between back patterns and other traits that her offspring possess," said Lesley Lancaster, a UCSC gr...BRCA2 carriers at increased risk for deadly form of prostate cancer
...ilar studiesthe small number of mutation carriers, changes in screening practices, and the assumption that the date of diagnosis corresponds with the time of disease onset. This work may clarify when and how BRCA2 mutations alter carcinogenesis. More generally, it offers an avenue for improving the accura...Vets seeing more horses with nutritional issues this year
...at include weakness, loss of weight, trembling and changes in the retina at the back of the eyeball. A quick blood test can determine if the animal is suffering from a vitamin E deficiency. Johnson recommends that horse owners who imported hay from unknown sources last year either have the hay tested or keep...Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing
...bees perform their jobs more actively, perhaps) or changes bees response to other signals. Pierce and Schn...e egg layer whose own behavior is programmed, with changes dictated by signals delivered by older workers. This does not mean, however, that the colony is co...Researchers identify fifth gene responsible for Joubert syndrome
...netics, confirms key information about the genetic changes that cause JS and cellular structures called cilia, conclusively placing JS in a class of recently identified ciliopathic conditions. Though the disease is statistically rare and four other genetic markers have been previously identified, researchers...