New deep-sea hydrothermal vents, life form discovered
...edusa's chimneys, a type known as alvinellids, are commonplace in the equatorial Pacific and thrive on high-iron fluids. Jason also has retrieved two other types of tubeworms--tevnia and riftia--from the vent area. In addition, the camera-studded robot, which can collect biological specimens with the aid of th...Alien predators are more dangerous than native predators
...ong - a medium-sized kangaroo-like marsupial - was commonplace in central New South Wales, South Australia and the southern regions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. However, the population and range of bettongs began shrinking during the 1900s following the release and spread of foxes and rabb......nother. This type of referential communication is commonplace in human language, but has yet to be widely demonstrated in some of our closest living relatives - the apes." Gibbons are renowned amongst non-human primates for their loud and impressive songs that transmit over long distances and are commonly use...Yale journal identifies products that cause greatest environmental damage
...consumption, which include activities that are now commonplace in our lives such as air transport," said Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. "That should lead to clearer priorities and better decisions." "This special issue demonstrates the power of industrial ecology," says ...Wisconsin scientists find a way to make human collagen in the lab
...rring, is also a form of collagen. But for such a commonplace and useful protein, collagen has defied the efforts of biomedical researchers who have tried mightily to synthesize it for use in applications ranging from new wound-healing technologies to alleviating arthritis. The reason: Scientists were unable to...Slight increased risk of major birth defects associated with IVF
...in one pregnancy. Multiple births have become more commonplace through IVF when two or more embryos are commonly transferred to a woman's uterus. However, a few centers, including UI Hospitals and Clinics, are more frequently implanting only one embryo in an IVF cycle to reduce the risk of multiple birth and the...Borlaug elevates agriculture as reason for National Medal of Science honor
...t varieties that helped feed the world. "Hunger is commonplace and famine appears all too often. I've seen big change, but still there are a lot of poor, hungry miserable people in the world." Borlaug maintains encyclopedic knowledge of hunger from the beginning of his career in 1944 as a wheat researcher for a ...'Perception' gene tracked humanity's evolution, scientists say
...n-human primates to see whether such variation was commonplace and whether that variation affected gene expression. The group found a surprisingly large amount of genetic variation among humans within the prodynorphin gene's promoter. They examined prodynorphin genes from Chinese, Papua New Guineans, (Asian) In...ENFIN! Computational systems biology comes to a lab bench near you
..."Only once we can make databases and algorithms as commonplace as pipettes and cell culture will we be in a position to realise the full potential of molecular biology in this new data-intensive world," concludes Birney....Study: Nanotech processing 'greener' than oil refining
...xide nanoparticles -- with the risks of making six commonplace products -- silicon wafers, wine, high-density plastic, lead-acid car batteries, refined petroleum and aspirin. "There are many unknowns about the impacts of nanomaterials on living organisms and ecosystems, but a great deal is known about the proper...Method slashes quantum dot costs by 80 percent
...n quantum dot synthesis with cheaper oils that are commonplace at industrial chemical plants. Rice's study, which was conducted under the auspices of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), is published online and slated to appear in the October issue of the journal Nanotechnology. "CB...NJIT researcher creates opportunities for studying chiral ionic liquids
...uch solvents are basic constituents of products as commonplace as paint remover, and they are critical in many complex industrial processes. When employed as media for promoting organic synthesis or catalytic reactions, ionic liquids offer other substantial advantages as alternatives to conventional solvents. ...Radio-tracking associated with 'dramatic shift' in water vole sex ratio
...hecking. This study emphasises that the effects of commonplace wildlife marking and tracking techniques may be difficult to detect and yet both important and revealing. Clearly, it is both scientifically and ethically important to be aware of, and to strive to minimise, any such effects."...