What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
... of the continental United States with basalt to a depth of up to 6 kilometers. The eruptions that formed the Siberian Traps not only threw ash, debris and toxic gases into the atmosphere but also may have heated the coal and released vast quantities of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. Rap...ASM's new media campaigns take the gold
...idered to share his appreciation for the width and depth of the microbial activities on this planet, and emphasizes the unusual and the unexpected phenomena for which he has a special fascination....Coelacanth fossil sheds light on fin-to-limb evolution
...ils are so poorly studied. Once you start to go in depth with the fossils, you start highlighting differences. Coelacanths were dubbed Old Fourlegs, because of their husky, limb-like fins. When they first discovered them in the 1930s, people made all sorts of inferences about them, Friedman said. They as...New studies on goats' milk show it is more beneficial to health than cows' milk
...t that these findings may be a base for further in depth study of the multiple health benefits of goats milk, the UGR [ http://www.ugr.es ] researcher warns that studies in humans are still required in order to confirm the findings obtained in rats and to promote goats milk consumption both in the general ...UK scientists lift lid on genetics of coronary artery disease
...lion for the study to continue and analyse in more depth the initial findings. The Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has also called for proposals from scientists to study other common diseases. "This is an exciting step forward," says Dr Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust. "We ...Nodal status is best predictor of outcome after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer
...bsequently examined for extent of residual cancer, depth of invasion, and lymph node metastasis. The patients were also assigned a tumour stage according to the TNM staging system. All patients were followed up with 6 monthly endoscopy and annual CT scans. Of the 213 patients who underwent surgery, 41 (...... the deepest mine in the United States, reaching a depth of more than 8,000 feet. With over 375 miles of ex.... The other facility is planned for the 7,400 foot depth level. A large network of existing caverns, drifts, ramps and boreholes will serve as the basis for ...New tool for marine conservation
...tom and is considered likely to be useful out to a depth of 200 meters. Coastal and shelf waters have greater species numbers and higher productivity than the adjacent deep ocean, and are biogeographically distinct. Spalding and colleagues believe their classification scheme will enable marine gap analys...ASM scores a hat-trick at the 2007 Hermes Creative Awards
...e site to share his appreciation for the width and depth of the microbial activities on this planet, and emphasizes the unusual and the unexpected phenomena for which he has a special fascination. ASMs outreach programs are a great way to make people aware of the role microbes play in everyday life, sai...UI anthropologist, colleagues discover remains of earliest giant panda
... to refine. Our new discovery shows the great time depth of this unique bamboo-eating specialization in pandas. Thus, pandas have been uniquely pandas for many millions of years says Ciochon. Ciochon says that the find further helps establish conditions that existed in the region during the varying clima...Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific
...udibranchs, was collected from under a rock at 19m depth in the Bahia de Banderas, Jalisco-Nayarit, Mexico....was found by Alicia Hermosillo under a rock at 13m depth at Los Frailes, Golfo de Chiriqui, Panama. Eubranchus yolandae was collected from Los Arcos, Bah...Climate change signal detected in the Indian Ocean
...ess to a regular series of ocean measurements to a depth of 800 metres across the Indian Ocean. The team'...ut 2C over 40 years) between 40S and 50S down to a depth of 800metres; and, sub-surface cooling in the tropics due to deep waters rising closer to the s...Departure to cold water corals and other 'hot spots'
...an underwater discharge point for methane gas at a depth of 1250 meters. The investigation of this mud volcano will occur with the help of the remote-controlled underwater vessel "QUEST" from the MARUM at the University of Bremen. QUEST will also be used in the third stage of the expedition in the so-calle...'Short-circuit' found in ocean circulation
...travels down the coast of Chile. It is injected at depth into the Antarctic current on the Pacific side of Cape Horn. It then streams through into the Atlantic with the current, but in the process is spread, shifted and diffused by the circulation. Measurements of this spreading of the helium were used ...World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'
...extended to encompass microbial life. To provide depth behind the portal page for each species, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), a consortium that holds most of the relevant scientific literature, will scan and digitize tens of millions of pages of the scientific literature that will offer open a...Is climate change likely to increase disease in corals?
...h of the Great Barrier Reef from 1998 to 2004 at a depth of six to nine meters. Divers counted the number of infected colonies on each reef. Coral cover, the amount of the bottom with living corals, was measured from videos taken of the reefs. The researchers then evaluated the relationship between the o......d protein folding, and hence closer to the musical depth of popular compositions. They are currently piloting a computer program, written by a collaborator Frank Pettit, which uses their translation rules to convert amino acids into music and hope it will speed up the translation of large segments of genom...Fish growth changes enhanced by climate change
...mental conditions faster growth in waters above a depth of 250 metres and slower rates of growth below 1,000 metres, says lead author, Dr Ron Thresher. These observations suggest that global climate change has enhanced some elements of productivity of shallow-water stocks but at the same time reduced th...Researchers identify new genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes
...l accomplishment, in terms of both the breadth and depth of the research. By pulling together and sharing their data, these three groups were able to achieve far more than any one of them could have done alone," said Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., director of NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research. "This is ......e and productivity is likely snow. Sufficient snow depth insulates the rodents from frigid temperatures, allowing them to devote more energy to breeding and less to avoiding predators. Later arrival of autumn snows, and earlier spring melts, could subject lemmings to longer periods of sub-freezing tempera...