Woods Hole Research Center scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
...oratory on the Center's Africa program, monitoring changes and threats to the rainforests and threatened species throughout the Central Africa region. His master's research focused on the use of remote sensing technologies to identify Matschie's tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea. He received his B.S....Salty oceans provide early warning for climate change
...lation. Models and data both indicate that these changes in ocean circulation occur over very short time-sc...t could act as an early warning system for climate changes 10-20 years down the road, he says....Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
...heir typical exercise habits and made no lifestyle changes that could account for weight loss. During the inpatient stays, food intake was measured throughout the day under carefully controlled conditions. Participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted but were told to eat until they were comfortabl...Columbine flowers develop long nectar spurs in response to pollinators
...ganismal systems. "In the case of these flowers, changes appear to happen relatively rapidly in response to changes in pollinators," said Zamer.......ways of rapidly recognising and learning important changes in our environment. "This paper demonstrates that a particular protein signalling molecule (the NMDA receptor) in a particular network of brain neurons (the dentate granule cells of the hippocampus) is essential for these rapid discrimination pro...Major study predicts grim future for Europe's seas
... The past two decades have witnessed unparalleled changes in the European political and economic landscape, ...iversity. The team explored the reason for these changes and the prognosis for the future. Eutrophication for example, continues to be a severe problem for t...Ancient DNA traces the woolly mammoth's disappearance
...tists tended to think that the major environmental changes happened about fifteen to twenty-five thousand years ago, when the glaciers reached their fullest extent. The findings also offered early human hunters a potential alibi; they didnt come on the scene in large numbers until even later. In search of ...QUT microgravity tower attracts global scientific community
...pace shuttle or use a vomit comet, a NASA jet that changes altitude rapidly, to negate gravitys effects, he said. Researchers can pay huge fees to run an experiment that weighs just several kilograms in the space shuttle whereas the QUT facility will cost far less per drop. We can also perform many drops...Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance
...site when it is growing inside the red cell. These changes affect how drugs like chloroquine enter the parasite, and how efficiently they bind to pre-crystalline heme. If these drugs can't enter blood cells as efficiently, and if the efficiency of heme binding is pushed in the wrong direction, they can't pre...Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer
...sions, CSHL researchers found a connection between changes in the p53 pathway and the loss of a specific family of miRNAs, known as miR-34. The fact that p53 uses miRNAs to stop tumor cell growth reveals a completely new dimension of this critical cancer fighting pathway and its ability to trigger the gene...New screening method to help find better biofuel crops
...n content. We hope to find out if lignin content changes over time, with different growing conditions, or with different stock material, Smith said, so we can determine if there is an optimal time to harvest a particular crop. Plant material for the project will be provided by collaborator Ken Moore, Iow...It's safe for obese moms-to-be to lose weight during pregnancy, new SLU research finds
... and tend to be highly motivated to make lifestyle changes that protect the health of their babies, he added. For this study, Dr. Artal and his colleagues examined two groups of pregnant women who were obese and had gestational diabetes, a condition common in about 7 percent of all pregnancies. Of the 96 w...Simulations unravel outer membrane transport mechanism
...ehow draws the luminal domain out of the barrel or changes its conformation to make way for the large molecul...l motions of atoms that guide large conformational changes happen on a very short time scale: femtoseconds, Tajkhorshid said. Each step relies on the completio...Evolutionary relevance of retinoic acid-induced craniofacial malformations
...ory signalling mechanism could be at the origin of changes in jaw structures between species. The implications of these findings go much beyond the original scope of this study and will have a major impact on developmental biology and evolutionary biology as they pave a way to understand the complexity of ...Breakthrough for treatment of fatal heart condition
...he first to identify the mechanism behind specific changes in protein levels that impact upon cardiac cell size. Levels of two proteins, known as ANP and BNP, are naturally higher in foetal hearts and the hearts of babies and children, but should drop as an individual matures. However, in adults with cardiac...What causes Alzheimer's? Researchers tie beta-amyloids to brain dysfunction
...t PIB PET is able to detect the early pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease long before the development of dementia," he indicated. "Trials of anti-amyloid drugs are underway. If these prove successful, amyloid imaging will have a vital role in identifying those in need of treatment to prevent the deve...Hypothyroidism clearly linked to mood swings
..., D.C.Hypothyroidism is often associated with mood changes like depression lethargy. Researchers, studying un...hypothyroidism is correlated to regional metabolic changes in the thalamusan area of the brain that helps process information from the senses and transmit it t...CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
...ls hair to determine if any chemical or structural changes can be detected that can be correlated with the disease. We are hoping we can work together to develop a pre-clinical diagnostic test based on recent developments in the diagnosis of human breast cancer, Dr Church said. Such a test would enable t...A first: Simultaneous PET/MR images of the brain debut, increase molecular imaging capabilities
...es MR imaging to measure the quick, tiny metabolic changes that take place in an active part of the brain. Spectroscopy is a procedure that examines the biochemical constituents of a body part. Siemens' PET/MR is a non-commercially available prototype dedicated brain PET scanner that is inserted into a com...Study warns climate change and deforestation will lead to declines in global bird diversity
.... To estimate the impact of climate and land use changes in their study, the researchers combined information on four projections of future global warming, agricultural expansion and human population growth from the global Millennium Ecosystem Assessment with current geographic ranges of the worlds 8,750 s...