NCRR launches national network to connect investigators based at minority institutions
...l researchers to collaborate more efficiently with each other and their communities. The principal inves... that will increase the productivity and impact of each of the individual centers, said Norris. It also is designed to integrate clinical, biomedical, and b......re negatively charged; this causes them to attract each other. In addition to this electrostatic attractio...es can then be slowly and carefully separated from each other without any damage. This detachment is reversible: If the pH value is raised again, making the...How to structure a complex body plan
.... Despite the relative morphological simplicity of each module, branching corals can generate complex architectures at the colony level of organization. In a study published in the July 25 issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, a group of scientists led by Dr. Rinkevich from the National In...Faster-acting antidepressants closer to becoming a reality
...engers that enable brain cells to communicate with each other. The glutamate system has been implicated in depression recently, leading to efforts to unravel its molecular machinery in search of abnormalities and of better targets for antidepressant medications. This focus on the glutamate system is a ...Naval Science and Technology Conference 2007
...ly 30 August 2, 2007. Sessions begin at 8:00 a.m. each day. Who: The conference will include several ...nd discuss how technology can be leveraged to meet each others existing and future needs. Members of the media are urged to contact Nancy McGuire no later...University of Leeds strengthens China links in membrane and neurobiology
...of synergies were identified, and the strengths of each of the parties make this a formidable partnership which will have great benefits for the research and teaching on both sides. Future planned ventures include a symposium to be held in Leeds in May 2008; a dedicated website to facilitate collaborati...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 18, 2007
...cientific reports from scientists around the world each year. The reports include discoveries in medicine, health, nutrition, energy, the environment and other fields that span sciences horizons from astronomy to zoology. Podcaster for Science Elements is Steve Showalter, Ph.D., a chemist at the U. S. Dep...1 in 4 NYC adults has elevated blood mercury levels
...vel. People who eat fish three or fewer times each week have, on average, levels of mercury below the...of Chinese New Yorkers eat fish five or more times each week, compared to fewer than one in 15 overall. Health officials emphasized that fish is an i...... exhibit receive a schedule of songs emitting from each station, which will repeat approximately five songs each. Birds can tune in to classics like Vivaldis Concert in D Major, Miles Daviss Blue and Green, and Led Zepplins Kasmir. They may also hear songs about the winged life like Marching Jaybird by ...Identified main genetic variants involved in response to HIV
...alised medicine, where the most suitable drugs for each individual would be determined on the basis of their gene characteristics.......o isolate microbes at the nanoliter scale. Because each microbe is isolated in a vanishingly small volume of liquid, the concentration of its genetic material within that solution is actually quite high meaning Quake and his colleagues can easily amplify and analyze the genome of an individual cell, elim...Genetic diversity in honeybee colonies boosts productivity
...iguing trait of honeybee species worldwide is that each honeybee queen mates with an extraordinarily high ... sperm from a single drone (but a different one in each case). They then prompted the hives to swarm in early June to form new colonies. "After only two wee...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
... recorded height, weight and physical activity for each person enrolled, as well as diet, medications, smoking habits and other health behaviors, and has updated that information every two to four years. Of the 136,623 participants who qualified for their study protocol, Birmann and her colleagues confirm...MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
..., strikes about 15,000 people in the United States each year. GBM is currently treated with a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, but those treatments have proven ineffective. Most patients die within a year. Now, MIT scientists have uncovered a connection between two proteins found in t...Protein pulling -- Learning how proteins fold by pulling them apart
...ted in linear chains, like strands of pearls, with each amino acid representing a bead on the strand. Howe...s measured the force exerted on the cantilever arm each time an I27 was unfolded. To get the energy maps, he wrote software incorporating a statistical mech...Measuring the unseeable: Penn researchers probe proteins' dark energy
...ges in the internal motion of calmodulin itself in each of the six different protein binding situations. They found a direct correlation between a change in calmodulins entropy a component of its stored energy and the total entropy change leading to the formation of the calmodulin-protein complex. Findin...President Bush announces 2005 and 2006 Laureates of National Medals of Science and Technology
...rsity, New York, NY Biographical information for each award winner, as well as more information about the National Medal of Science may be found at: www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/nms/medal.htm ....Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift
...n be swept back in flight by folding feathers over each other, thus changing the wing shape and reducing the wing surface area. RoboSwift also steers by morphing its wings. Doing so, the micro airplane can perform optimally, flying efficiently and highly maneuverable at very high and very low speeds, just...Exercise, exercise, rest, repeat -- how a break can help your workout
... 60-min rest period (Control) The men performed each trial at the same time of day after fasting overnight. They exercised on a single ergometer (cycling machine) at the commonly recommended exercise prescription of 60% maximum oxygen intake. The recovery and rest periods were conducted while the sub......e is complex, with multiple genes interacting with each other and with environmental factors, its importan...help us select the most appropriate treatments for each patient. The study compared the genomes of 143 children with Crohns disease to genomes of 282 mat...