Your brain cells may 'know' more than you let on by your behavior
...tional Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md. compares it to subliminal knowledge. It is there, even if doesn't enter our consciousness. "You know you've met the wife of your work colleague but you can't recall her face," he gives as an example. Human memory relies mostly on association; when we try to ...Rutgers findings a step toward safer chemicals in labs and industry
...d help them overcome this problem. "RTIL viscosity compares to traditional solvents the way honey compares to water," Castner said. "It impedes their flow, making lab procedures more difficult and manufactur...Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic
...undecorated SWNTs was 200 parts per billion, which compares to the level of 20 parts per billion identified last year for undecorated buckyballs. The modified nanotubes were non-cytotoxic. While cell death did increase with dose concentration, cell death never exceeded 50 percent for these compounds, which we......mples the genetic material from a number of cells, compares it for specific mutations, applies the algorithm to assess degrees of relatedness, and then outlines the cell lineage tree. To check their system, they pitted it against the tried-and-true method of observing cell divisions as they occurred in a lab-...Proteins take on new roles in malaria parasite
...ingle proteins from different organisms, PathBlast compares entire networks of proteins. While single proteins perform specific tasks, organisms need networks of proteins to accomplish complicated jobs, such as cell division or, in the case of the Plasmodium parasite, host invasion. Sittler explained the val...'Sex' helps bacteria cope with a changing world
... gene transfer in the last 100 million years. This compares to just one addition by the most common source of new genes in animals, gene duplication, where copies of genes are made by accident and then altered over time. To test why these new genes were needed by E.coli, the researchers cross examined dozens...Crystal sponges excel at sopping up CO2
...sorting to high pressure or low temperature. Yaghi compares the principle by which MOFs store CO2 to placing a honeycomb in a room full of bees. "All the bees will come to the honeycomb, so you're able to contain a large number of bees in a small volume. What we've created is a material that acts like a honey...Breaking the mold: Research teams sequence three fungus genomes
...uence of model organism Aspergillus nidulans and compares the organism to A. oryzae and A. fumigatus . The work was carried out collaboratively at several institutions in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Japan, France, Brazil, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. David Denning of the University of Manchester coordin...ASU geologists suggest Mars features are result of meteorite strikes, not of evaporated lakes
...om structures found in Kilbourne Hole, N.Mex., and compares them to images taken of Martian strata. While these features can be explained as being caused by flowing water, the researchers write: "Cross bedding and other sedimentary structures form in base surges as they slow down and allow suspended particles...MIT: Oceans are a major gene swap-meet for plankton
... Erik Zinser, now at the University of Tennessee), compares six known ecotypes, or subdivisions, of the Prochlorococcus microbes according to where they're found and under what conditions they thrive. Their geographic patterns suggest causal relations with environmental variables such as temperature, predator...Scientists discover interplay between genes and viruses in tiny ocean plankton
...second report, by Zackary Johnson and Erik Zinser, compares where Prochlorococcus microbes are found with the conditions under which they thrive. These geographic patterns relate to environmental variables such as temperature, predators, light and nutrients. Chisholm is trying to learn how the microbes functi...Scientists solve 30-year-old mystery of mutant mouse's kidney woes
...normal distribution pattern for the protein. Chen compares the machinery that transfers water from the kidney to a plumbing system. With aqp2 unable to reabsorb water, he says, that results in up to 30 times more urine being dumped into the downstream pipes. "Eventually, you overwhelm the plumbing system, a...Coffee, black, decaf and a little llama on the side
...ffeine. The caffeine test has shown accuracy that compares well with measurements made with sophisticated equipment. Ladenson and his colleagues are currently working to develop a portable, point-of-consumption test. Ladenson's laboratory is well-known for having developed the first practical blood test for ...Drug discovery team to explore newly discovered deep-sea reefs
...With such little information available, Grasmueck compares typical seafloor exploration to arriving on the bottom of the Grand Canyon at night with a flashlight and then attempting to ascertain the significance and topography of the whole canyon based on small swaths revealed by the flashlight. The Miami AUV...Three million babies born using assisted reproductive technologies
...T babies were born around the world in 2002. This compares with about 30,000 born in 1989, which was the first year that data were collected for the World report. The report includes data from 52 countries, covering almost 600,000 ART cycles and 122,000 newborn babies. Dr Jacques de Mouzon, a member of the ...Domestic violence during pregnancy increases risk of early childhood mortality
...d with the elimination of domestic violence, which compares favorably with other child survival interventions," said Saifuddin Ahmed, MBBS, PhD, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study ...Comparative Environmental Politics
...t; and national responses to global problems. It compares and contrasts rich and poor nations, large and small countries, liberal democracies and authoritarian states. Both researchers hold faculty appointments in the Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Alas...BGSU biologist trying to crack microscopic code
...hangeable parts, but they don't swap perfectly. He compares the situation to two people speaking different dialects of the same language--"not everything makes total sense." But the TonB-Tol "cross talk" does provide a tool for mixing and matching parts of the systems and asking what's important and what isn'......maintains the vitality of existing cells. Nerlov compares the breakdown to people standing at a fork in a labyrinth, hesitating before they go on. "We know there are strong connections to cells' decisions to divide, to develop or to die. If cells don't commit themselves to the right developmental path at th...Anthropologist challenges species identification of ancient child skeleton found in Ethiopia
...n of Ethiopian A. afarensis or, if not, whether it compares favorably with one of the hominids from Hadar or it represents a different taxon altogether."...