Free-energy theory borne out in large-scale protein folding
...containing 100 or fewer amino acids fold in a very cooperative (all-or-none) fashion, it is believed that larger proteins fold through the formation of partially folded intermediate structures before settling into their final state. Simulating large-scale protein folding is too complex for even the most powerful...NASA sees 2004's Hurricane Charley slice a Florida island
...s are studying the effects of Charley as part of a cooperative research project investigating coastal change. The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program investigates the extent and causes of coastal impacts of hurricanes and extreme storms on the coasts of the United States. The program's overall objective is ...What mutations tell us about protein folding
...tion collectively considers all mutations within a cooperative substructure, such as a helix. In case of the α-he...ational data. An important step is to identify the cooperative subunits of proteins, which requires molecular modelling. In a similar way to how a mountain pass sh...Nanoparticle created as diagnostic, therapeutic agent; brain tumors targeted
...eam of scientists from VCU and Virginia Tech. In a cooperative effort, they will work to further develop, produce and test nanoparticles that can identify brain tumor cells and selectively target them for radiation therapy. Harry Dorn, Ph.D., and Harry Gibson, Ph.D., both chemistry professors at Virginia Tech, a...In Western bluebird as well as human families, accumulated wealth encourages stability
...ips between offspring and parents prerequisite for cooperative family life." For bluebirds, "wealth" consists of mistletoe berries, an abundant winter food source growing on California oaks. Since the bluebirds also could be staying at home because they're babied by their parents - they're treated far better the...Yale scientists participate in $12.3M NIH National Technology Center
...ltiple probes together, we will be able to measure cooperative effects in cell signaling." Pollard's team will use calibrated fluorescent microscopy to quantify precisely the number and physical arrangement of actin molecules at the leading edge of single-celled amoebas as they move. "Investigating different asp...Three ORNL technologies earn technology transfer excellence awards
...p Award to ORNL and U.S. Enrichment Corp. is for a cooperative research and development agreement for development of a new generation of gas centrifuge plants to produce nuclear fuel for commercial power reactors. Teams from the two organizations have worked on the project based on improvements in materials and ...Tulane receives millions for international health and tropical medicine research
...nt'sEmergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The project, a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control, pr...ergy and Infectious, NIH, diseases for a five-year cooperative study of liver cancer due to liver fluke infection. The research team will work in Khon Kaen, a regi...Sustainable agriculture: Canadian institute offers definition, recommends path
...es to assist new arrivals, such as community-owned cooperative housing, to settle in rural areas. As well, government policies should foster: Local ownership of farms, regardless of farm structure and size, to ensure greater commitment to the local community by larger farms; Local post-production processin...Borlaug elevates agriculture as reason for National Medal of Science honor
... of his career in 1944 as a wheat researcher for a cooperative program between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican government. He recalled waves of famine that have swept Asia, Africa and Central and South America periodically through those decades. "There has been great progress. Food is more equitably d...Deleted genes help predict outcome in a children's cancer
...a. The study from the Children's Oncology Group, a cooperative research organization of pediatric cancer centers, appears in the November 24 New England Journal of Medicine. The research team analyzed tumor samples from 915 children with neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer in infants, accounti...Study in Royal Society journal on link between creativity and mating success
...stosterone, had no effect. Positive links between cooperative care and cortisol, a hormone primarily associated with physiological 'stress', suggest that small but significant increases in cortisol facilitate infant care by caregivers. Contact: Dr A Carlson, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downi...Plants, too, have ways to manage freeloaders
... and colleagues proposed several years ago that in cooperative relationships, one member must have the upper hand...support the hypothesis that legumes can favor more cooperative rhizobia by manipulating bacterial fitness in the nodule," the authors wrote. "We think that when ro...NIH funds two new biomedical technology resource centers
...ston will receive $15 million over five years in a cooperative agreement to establish a national Image Guided Therapy (IGT) Center. The new resource will provide a unique, "one-stop-shopping" research, training, and service center that will develop and make available to scientists and clinicians image processin...Ability to capture large prey may be origin of army ants' cooperative behavior
... colleagues to offer a new theory on the origin of cooperative hunting behavior in army ants, which are among the...niversidad Central de Venezuela, propose that mass cooperative food foraging, a key element in the behavior of army ants, may have begun as a way to subdue large p...FDA approves first medical device using Rutgers biomaterial
...ey Center for Biomaterials, based at Rutgers, is a cooperative research initiative sponsored by Rutgers, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Established in 1766, Rutgers is America's eighth oldest institution of higher learning and one of the nation's pr...Manomet Conservation Center awarded major grant to Foster
...horebirds and other species; Developed innovative cooperative arrangements with landowners in Argentina and Uruguay to protect wintering buff-breasted sandpipers. In this initiative, WHSRN partnered with Fundacin Vida Silvestre Argentina and Wetlands International; Conducted the first simultaneous census of re...WHSRN announces three new international sites
...e the landowners for their commitment to voluntary cooperative conservation," said Charles Duncan, WHSRN executive office director. Key highlights of the new WHSRN site initiatives include: Rio Gallegos, Argentina The municipality of Rio Gallegos with a population of 80,000 is located in Patagonia, a sparsel...A surprising pair of proteins help make healthy eggs
...compared these lines and were able to identify the cooperative role of TAF4b and c-Jun, as well as the activation of the network of genes they control. In parallel, Brown scientists studied the defective ovaries of TAF4b-deficient mice. What they found in mice was similar to what the Berkeley team found in cultu...2005 AAAS ISC Award goes to a team of Russian and American scientists
...nd Russian experts in space surveillance, fostered cooperative research addressing common problems of space surveillance, and led to sharing of data, exchange of catalogs, and communication between people and organizations. As a result of these collaborative efforts, it was possible to achieve near real-time de...