Time running out for South Asian vultures, ecologists warn
... vultures with symptoms of diclofenac poisoning is close to that expected if this was the sole cause of the declines. Dr Rhys Green of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the University of Cambridge, the lead author of the new paper, said: "Our study indicates that diclofenac poisoning is the...Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...ughter of Secretariat whose half siblings have won close to $450,000. Many of the yearlings in the sale were sired by Ball's Bluff, a stallion at the center who was named Virginia's leading sprint sire based on earnings for 2004 with total earnings reaching more than $620,000. For example, recently Bluffie......only did modern humans live contemporaneously with close cousins such as Neanderthals, but also with more archaic hominids such as Homo erectus, a species that we have not shared a common ancestor with for over a million years. It is amazing to know that we had physical contact with another species of huma...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
...r. When the wearer stops sweating, the spikes will close down again to stop air getting in. The lower layer will be of material that is not porous so that rain can never get through from the outside, whether the spikes are open or closed. The technology of the material is being designed by the Uni...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
...r. When the wearer stops sweating, the spikes will close down again to stop air getting in. The lower layer will be of material that is not porous so that rain can never get through from the outside, whether the spikes are open or closed. The technology of the material is being designed by the University o...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
.... Ideally, retirement from driving should occur as close to the optimal time as possible, neither too early, nor too late. Drivers with dementing illnesses often do not recognize that they are unsafe, fail to make needed modifications, and are at greatly increased risk for accidents. Cessation is often unp...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...multi-sectional awning, electronically operated to close selected panels to screen users from direct sunlig... new addition with the auditorium is positioned to close the "E," but the rest extends out towards the ocean beyond the top horizontal of the "E," not in the...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...erent. This was surprising, considering that other close relatives such as chimpanzees and humans differ in less than one percent of their genes. "It looks like significant evolutionary change happened in a relatively short time," said Messing. "Because they are immobile, plants have to adapt to change...Flies have morning and evening clocks
... writes, "A truly integrative circadian biology is close at hand, as researchers learn about an adaptable, layered system that has emergent properties at many levels of organization. Drosophila workers, who have been so effective at taking the clock apart, are now succeeding in putting it back together."...Plastic surgeons perform first entire face reconstruction
...back without requiring skin grafts from the leg to close the wound, eliminating huge scars that accompanied...ho successfully complete facial reconstruction can close their eyes again, relieving the dryness around their eyes," said Dr. Stevenson. "They stop drooling ......Institute and Department of Psychiatry, working in close collaboration with researchers from the University of California's Davis and Irvine campuses and from Stanford University. "This finding comes from a completely unbiased search that began with no hypothesis, to find what genes best differentiate maj...Biomedical engineers at case develop first sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose levels
...zl said. "The monitor could also help doctors with close monitoring of electrolytes, metabolites and other vital biochemicals in the body, primarily those of critically ill patients." Gratzl and Tohda's research also may benefit our future astronauts. The research is being funded by NASA and the John Glen...Globetrotting pollutants turn up on Toronto street
...m College Street and accelerates the pollutants to close to the speed of a bullet. As a particle passes by two lasers, sensors calculate its exact speed and tell the LAMS when to fire a third, high-powered laser that vaporizes a portion of the particle, sending fragments hurtling along a "flight tube". Lig...Leading scientists to discuss research applications for therapeutic cloning
...ied before U.N. delegates on the issue in June, is close to the debate because he has been trying to clone primates, which belong to the same overall species classification as humans. The implications of any success for the prospects of human cloning are clear, and Dr. Schatten is exploring ways to make su...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
... 2000. The technology now available cannot readily close these recalcitrant gaps in the human genome sequence. Closing those gaps will require more research and new technologies, rather than industrial-scale efforts like those employed by the Human Genome Project. "The human genome sequence far exceeds o...Molecular mechanism sheds light on neurodegenerative diseases
...ic proteins and proteasome are bound together in a close and stable fashion, indicating that the proteins are trapped within the proteasome. This could explain the negative consequences on the health of the cell in which disease builds over decades before symptoms result. In addition to Morimoto, other au...Clues to improving TB treatment
...ase drug sensitivity in Mycobacterium smegmatis, a close relative of tuberculosis bacterium. Using a compound called benzylacetone in place of HexOc to alter EthR's structure, the researchers found that a combination of benzylacetone and the drug ETH had a powerful antimicrobial effect on the bacteria. ...Study is looking at ways to help stroke survivors regain lost motor skills
...udy, sponsored by Northstar Neuroscience, Inc., is close to completing the follow-up period. Ongoing and further research is needed to validate these findings. Other sites in the study were the University of Illinois-Chicago, Rush University Medical Center, University of Arizona, Wayne State University, U...Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases
...tion are left luminous. Genome studies have found close similarities between the plague-causing bacterium,...suggests that the plague could have evolved from a close insect-pathogenic ancestor as little as 1,500 years ago, an eye blink in evolutionary time, suggesti...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
...ood. "Also, across the teenage and adult years, close to half of the respondents spent more time watching TV or playing computer games than recommended." A report on the research appears in the latest issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Besides Gordon-Larsen, who led the study, a...