Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation missions
...ollected a tremendous amount of data, ranging from classical operational satellites up to the most recent and innovative airborne sensors, plus a notable collection of soil, vegetation and atmosphere data, and all necessary ancillary data and supporting validation measurements. "It will take a few years to fu...Trees, vines and nets microbial evolution changes its face
...ene families present today can be explained by the classical theory of evolution by descent, anomalies of these patterns are revealed by the 'minority report' of horizontal exchange. To understand the influence of horizontal gene transfer on the microbial tree of life, they focused on the network of vines cour...U-M scientists discover identifying markers for primitive blood-forming stem cells
... program who is co-first author of the study. "The classical markers work, but they are complex and it takes a ...similar or better purity than 10 to 12 of the best classical markers combined. It reduces the skill and time required to pick out a hematopoietic stem cell and m...The making and breaking of microtubules
...-layered property, it was impossible for us to use classical helical reconstruction methods," he says, "but there were no other methods available when we started the project. We had to spend over two years developing and implementing our own algorithm. Once it was ready, we were able to get the correct reconst...Inner structure of cells behaves much as molten glass
...escribe cell mechanical behavior. Previously, the classical model of cell mechanical behavior had pictured the cell as a viscous fluid core contained by an elastic cortical membrane, but their findings did not at all conform to that picture. The team's experiments show that the cell is a strange intermediate ...Early function of specialized neurons marks 'first light' in retinal maturation
.... The visual system is known to be composed of the classical image-forming pathway, which involves the function..., retinal melanopsin, is expressed long before the classical rod and cone photopigments. The new research directly studied the functional development of the ipRG...From sound analysis to nicotine addiction
...rather stayed view of the heyday and demise of the classical Athenian polis and to revise the prevailing stereo...s expected to extend well beyond the boundaries of classical studies. (Coordinator: Prof. Martin Zimmermann, University of Munich) The Priority Programme "Articu...JCI table of contents July 1, 2005
...sting subset of CD4+ T cells with many features of classical nave CD4+ T cells and some features of regulatory CD4+ T cells (Tregs). These cells are long-lived and express high levels of a factor called foxP3, which is involved in Treg development and function. These T cells retain their nave phenotype and r...Winners of first Trieste Science Prize announced
...ch has enabled scientists to better understand how classical dense systems are altered, has had a profound impact on scientific investigations into quantum transport, nanoscopic systems, and metal-insulator transitions. Ferreira, who began his career analysing the analgesic effects associated with the venom o...Audiovisual integration of speech falters under competing demands for attention
...nd Ruth Campbell of University College London. One classical example of how vision and audition come together is speech perception. Although we tend to think of speech as a purely auditory process, it is surprisingly sensitive to visual influences. This is quite evident when we try to follow a conversation in ...Researchers map 'circuitry' of yeast genes using technique that could be applied to humans
...called synthetic lethal interactions. "We took the classical approaches that have been used to analyze synthetic lethal interactions, but we created a method to automatically categorize these interactions," said Kelley. "We then took this automatic categorization scheme to determine the wiring diagram for yeas...JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...d cell death in endothelial cells. One pathway is classical apoptosis and the other is an apoptotic-like pathway mediated by bacterial toxins. This study advances our understanding of bacteria-induced cell death and provides insight into the acute and persistent phases of cell damage during invasive infectio...Study shows how retinoic acid enters a cell's nucleus
...olecule is folded, this area suddenly looks like a classical NLS. "This discovery creates a precedent for many other proteins that don't have an NLS, and it solves a mystery that has been in the literature for a long time," Noy says. "It explains a basic mechanism of how this protein, CRABP-II, gets into the ...New findings in taste and smell research
...ceptional weeks and presenting apneas resistant to classical treatments were exposed during the second week aft... value for the treatment of apneas unresponsive to classical therapy and may contribute to preserve the integrity of the developing brain. Supported by the Frenc...Gene mutated in cancer found in some with autism
...ectrum disorder. Autism spectrum disorder includes classical autism, Rett syndrome and other conditions. The st... findings are verified, I think that patients with classical autism or autism spectrum disorders and who have large heads should be offered genetic counseling an...Children of mothers with preeclampsia more likely to have pulmonary hypertension
...any who travel to high altitudes. In mountaineers, classical high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is caused in ...function of the pulmonary blood vessels as seen in classical HAPE. And indeed, when they compared pulmonary artery pressure at high altitude, they found markedly...Understanding natural killers could lead to new hepatitis treatments
...id Littman. "It is very different from the kind of classical mechanism of lymphocytes rolling through vessels with the blood flow and when they are activated coming to a stop and then crossing through vessel walls in response to a signal." The researchers observed that the roving NKT cells stopped their moveme...BRCA1 causes ovarian cancer through indirect, biochemical route
...rrent Biology. "Before, we thought this gene was a classical tumor suppressor," says Louis Dubeau, professor of pathology at the Keck School and principal investigator on the paper. If that were the case, it would mean that mutation of the gene would allow the cell it's in to grow out of control and create a t...Classical subject underpins new biomedical advances
...o fully exploit these advances. He will say: "This classical subject was described by Aristotle as the study of the whole organism and its component parts. It is now at the forefront of current biomedical advances as it seeks to understand how the catalogue of our genes, the human genome, is exploited to gener...Researchers discover chemical compounds that affect plant growth
... NASA supported the research. "This contrasts with classical genetics, in which mutations disrupt gene function," Raikhel said. "The underlying concept is that the functions of most proteins can be altered by the binding of a chemical, which can be found by screening large libraries for compounds that specific...