Uncovering the secrets of the deep
...onmental data represents a step forward in further charting genomic diversity. Rolf Apweiler from EMBL-EBI and one of the leaders of the UniProt Consortium said, Throughout the ages, biological events have been the basis and source of medical therapies and industrially important processes. Analysing the geno...Increase in creeping vines signals major shift in southern US forests
...ange the landscape of these forests. Researchers charting the growth of vines in two forests in South Carolina found up to a 10-fold increase in the number of vines in just two decades. Vines commonly found in both forests include grapevines, trumpet vine, poison ivy and Virginia creeper. Most of the vines ...University of Colorado invention may allow thirsty crops to signal farmers
... a tiny sensor that can be clipped to plant leaves charting their thickness, a key measure of water deficiency and accompanying stress, said Research Associate Hans-Dieter Seelig of CU-Boulder's BioServe Space Technology Center. Data from the leaves could be sent wirelessly over the Internet to computers lin...Genome Canada, Gnome Qubec and Universit de Montral launch P3G Consortium and CARTaGENE Project
...ve could reach $64.5 million. "Our Government is charting a new direction for innovation in Canada with our recently released science and technology strategy Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage. It is a direction that links the energy of our entrepreneurs to the energy of our scientist...Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
...ew to science. The Polarstern's mission included charting the environmental impact of history's largest known ice shelf collapses. Polarstern's team set out to find what indigenous forms of marine life existed under Larsen A and B, and what new organisms now are opportunistically moving in, redefining the e...Scientists map key landmarks in human genome
...e researchers have developed a powerful method for charting the positions of key gene-regulating molecules called nucleosomes throughout the human genome. The mapping tool could help uncover important clues for understanding and diagnosing cancer and other diseases, the scientists say. Moreover, it may shed l...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
... diversity with new species requires one specimen, charting distribution requires several, but counting abundance demands examining many. During three explorations of coral reefs, Census experts expedited determination of many of the 1 to 9 million animal species that inhabit coral reefs, using new molecular...Genome code cracked for breast and colon cancers
...performing similar analyses on other tumors types, charting the pathways through which each mutant gene acts, and looking for common mutations that can be targeted with cancer drugs or used to detect the disease earlier. ...Diverse sea 'bugs' revealed on landmark Atlantic cruise to census zooplankton
...e. Dr. Wiebe explains the goal of CMarZ: "We are charting the plankton in the sea like astronomers chart the stars in the sky. With the zooplankton chart, we can assess what changes man-made and natural - are taking place in the largest habitat on earth. Without it, no assessment is really possible." C...ICCL and CI launch global mapping project to protect sensitive marine areas
...d the ICCL will convene a task force of experts in charting and navigation, maritime law, ship operations, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify sensitive marine areas such as coral reefs, seamounts, shellfish growing areas, and marine protected areas that currently are not recognized on naviga...ASU's Nanotech in Society Center hosts launch event
...on making about NSE. Its goal is nothing less than charting a path toward new ways of organizing the production of knowledge and developing and testing new processes of anticipatory governance to meet the emerging promises and challenges of NSE....... tracing method that they previously developed for charting neural pathways. They first engineered mice in which GnRH neurons produce barley lectin (BL), a tracer molecule that travels upstream and downstream to connected neurons, and green fluorescent protein (GFP), to mark the producing cells. By visualizin......for living cells. Methods employed until now for charting cell lineage have relied on direct observation of developing embryos. This method worked well enough for the tiny, transparent worm, C. elegans, which has a total of about 1,000 cells, but for humans, with 100 trillion cells, or even newborn mice or ...