The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource
...els are not only attractive for their potential to cut reliance on oil imports but also their reduced environmental impact," said Dr. Gerald A. Tuskan, ORNL and DOE JGI researcher and lead author of the SCIENCE study. "Biofuels emit fewer pollutants than fossil fuels such as gasoline. In addition, popla...Existing vaccine facilities can handle flu pandemic
... vaccine development and manufacturing changes can cut down the time to respond to a pandemic. Currently, flu vaccines are made from hen eggs, but in light of a possible pandemic and ongoing shortages even during normal flu season, the government and private corporations have been scrambling for new and...Vitamin D may cut pancreatic cancer risk by nearly half
...A -- Consumption of Vitamin D tablets was found to cut the risk of pancreatic cancer nearly in half, according to a study led by researchers at Northwestern and Harvard universities. The findings point to Vitamin D's potential to prevent the disease, and is one of the first known studies to use a large...Dairy is necessary, even for lactose-intolerant children
... with dry soup mix to make a tasty dip for freshly cut vegetables. Try a yogurt-bran breakfast parfait! Layer crumbled bran muffin, sliced fruit and yogurt in a clear bowl or cup for a balanced breakfast that is pleasing not only to the eye, but to the stomach as well....Ecological change, climate variation addressed at international conference, September 20-24
...reasing permafrost thaw depth. Melting water has cut deeper channels over time, and is now in contact with previously frozen soils with a different chemistry. Resulting changes in stream chemistry caused by permafrost melting may be more widespread than currently believed, which can be tested using thi...Protein splicing upsets the DNA colinearity paradigm
...roteasomes,' components of the cell machinery that cut foreign proteins into peptides that are then displayed on the cell surface for recognition and destruction by CD8+ T lymphocytes. However, the Belgium/USA team has found that proteasomes can also splice the peptide fragments together in a reverse ord...Innovative projects help ORNL win 3rd straight DOE Pollution Prevention Award
...e petroleum consumption and a successful effort to cut wastewater and sludge generation. The award further recognized ORNL's efforts to ensure continued positive impacts in environmental management, safety and effectiveness....Viruses can jump between primates and humans, researchers warn
...opulations, and improved public sanitation can all cut down on the risk of viral transmission within monkey populations, and between animals and people."...Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility
...r said the medical community also assumed that the cut axon tips died when they hit the scar wall. In prior research in his lab by his graduate student, Tom, it was discovered that axons are alive and continue to attempt to grow for years. Silver describes them as "trucks stuck in mud going no where." ...Fatty spheres loaded with siRNA shrink ovarian cancer tumors in preclinical trial
...e number of small blood vessels feeding the tumor, cut the percentage of proliferating tumor cells and increased cell suicide among cancer cells. Sood and Professor of Molecular Therapeutics Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D., an expert in liposomal therapeutics, cite at least two factors for the succes...Research pinpoints West Nile virus antibody binding site
..."We don't want to handle the whole molecule, so we cut off these antigen binding domains and then combined them with the virus, forming the virus-antibody complex," Kaufmann said. The researchers then used an electron microscope and a process called cryoelectron microscopy to take detailed pictures of ...Agriculture and tropical conservation: rethinking old ideas
...that it's the big, rich landowners who come in and cut all the trees down and turn the land into cattle pastures. So the standard litany doesn't ring true to them." Vandermeer and Perfecto reviewed studies of biodiversity in the Atlantic coast rainforest of Brazil, a region that is unusual in having a...Snakes' virtual glasses, leopard spots and all-optical transistors
... and inconsistencies between graders, and severely cut back on the numbers of students contesting grades. While standardized test questions for exams like the SATs and GREs undergo rigorous evaluations, the Illinois study focused on tests designed by instructors with little or no formal training in writi...Early treatment prevents lasting breathing problems in some premature babies
...rall incidence of BPD at 36 weeks, iNO appeared to cut the risk of BPD in half among the babies who weighed 1000 grams to 1250 grams (about 2.5 pounds) at birth. In addition, significantly fewer babies treated with iNO developed brain damage, as indicated by head ultrasound. In particular, treated ba...Sound investment: A new mathematical method provides a better way to analyze noise
... bubble edges converging in a horizontal line that cut straight through the center of the froth. This, he says, proves that their algorithm is a viable method of analysis, and one that may be related to how the mammalian brain parses sound. "The applications are immense, and can be used in most fields...Fish virus in Northeast spreading to other fish species
... the virus. Once available, the new technique will cut the turnaround for confirmation to three to five days. Groocock said the high number of dead fish reported recently may be due to the increased presence of vacationers on the lakes in summer, as well as the increased awareness since reports of mortal...Centuries of land-use practices profoundly impact earth system, UNH scientists report
... is simply the result of recovery from having been cut down in the past, or a net new storage for carbon over the long term," says Hurtt. Moreover, he notes, without this historical analysis of land-use activities, even the most sophisticated models would be inaccurate. "Even if you didn't care about t...Pitt phage hunter takes on tuberculosis
... and simple control of the disease, but also would cut down on the development of drug-resistant organisms."......tal data automatically and very accurately. It has cut down the time necessary to create structural models from weeks to minutes. This grant will allow the scientists to explore new concepts of model-building and enlarge the scope of data that the software can handle. ARP/wARP deals very well with high-...Attacking cancer's sweet tooth is effective strategy against tumors
... a tumor grows, cells crowd one another and may be cut off from oxygen-carrying blood vessels--a distinct disadvantage since most cells require oxygen to produce the bulk of their energy-storing adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In the 1920s, Otto Warburg proposed that some cancer cells evolved the ability t...