Mellow in Europe, crazy in America
...some plants, and then you move some from somewhere else and they recombine here to form something better, genetic superstars." The result: in America, reed canarygrass has developed traits, like faster emergence in the spring and larger root biomass, that allow it to become a rapid colonizer. In short, ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...ry, weve developed lenses that arent like anything else on the market. This could be the fashion statement of the future, they said. The lenses of the smart sunglasses feature a unique type of electrochromic polymer that has the ability to change levels of darkness and color in the presence of an electric...National Academies host spring season of Distinctive Voices programs in Irvine, Calif.
...uss which countries have had some success and what else can be done to advance health around the world. Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion Wednesday, June 6 7 p.m. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection accounts for the design of organisms, but imperfections and worse exist in ...FSU leads botanical research into 21st century: Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project
...ve plant species -- 125 of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The imaging project carries a special urgency for the imperiled ecoregion, considered one of the nations top six hotspots both for biodiversity and species endangerment -- yet to-date, also one of the least documented. Many of the cou...A new study of living cells could revolutionize the way we test drugs
...bsurd or science-fictional. If not us then someone else will soon develop a technique sensitive enough for such studies."...Bacteria control how infectious they become, study finds
...t the molecular level will help us figure out what else this protein regulates. Svetlov and Artsimovitch conducted the study with Georgy Belogurov, a postdoctoral research associate in microbiology at Ohio State, and with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Howard Hughes Medica...UCR biologist receives $1.75 million grant to study plant-threatening bacteria
...Xylella on a certain plant, you cant predict what else it might be found on. Most bacteria will attack a ...a, so Xylella must have been living in something else before citrus was introduced, since that form is older than the citrus introduction on that continen...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
... the Nile lechwe, which is antelope found no where else in the world, and presumed near extinction. More than 50 beisa oryx were spotted in the Boma area alone. Almost 4,000 Nile lechwe were estimated in the Sudd swamps along with considerable populations of hippopotamus, buffalo and sitatunga. Southern ......quest so daunting. What we have done that no one else has been able to do is convert glucose directly in high yields to a primary building block for fuel and polyesters, said Z. Conrad Zhang, senior author who led the research and a scientist with the PNNL-based Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, or I...Human-like altruism shown in chimpanzees
...e assumption that it is either unique to humans or else the human version differs from that of other animals in important ways. Thus, only humans are supposed to act on behalf of others, even toward genetically unrelated individuals, without personal gain, at a cost to themselves. Studies investigating su...World Wildlife Fund warns against iron dumping experiment near the Galapagos Islands
...nd corals. Many of these animals are found nowhere else on earth. Reports indicate that Planktos, Inc. is planning other large-scale iron dumping in other locations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans....Autism theory put to the test with new technology
...ficiency. Returning to search an area that someone else has already searched doesnt make a lot of sense fr...shs previous work has shown that if we see someone else touching an area, we are much slower to move there, but Welsh wanted to see how much of another pers...New use for a cell toxin found to inhibit survival proteins in cancer cells
... look at how the proteins interact with everything else in the cell. By over expressing this protein, the cell is changed in some interesting ways. It creates a situation where the cell becomes dependent upon the protein, he said. Cancers can become addicted to certain proteins, so just by over expressing...Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...taining a high percentage of species found nowhere else and facing extreme risk, with at least 70 percent of their natural vegetation already lost. In Indo-Burma, only 5 percent remains in pristine condition. CEPF makes funding available through grants for nongovernmental organizations and other civil s...Bull's-eye -- Programs targeting math, science teacher shortage may get boost
...to come see if they like it, Williams said. Where else can you try out a career for free" Additionally, Williams assigned each student an elementary school mentor in one of the participating school districts, where the students completed five assignments during the spring semester in that teachers cl...New aerogels could clean contaminated water, purify hydrogen for fuel cells
... ones that bind the hydrogen so you let everything else fall through," Chupas said. For example, gels made with open platinum sites would extract carbon monoxide, a common catalyst poison, he explained. The research team had not intended to create the aerogels, but their discovery proved fortunate, said...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
..." said Taylor. "That means there must be someplace else on earth where this fungus is endemic. One would guess that the frogs living where the ancestral population of this fungus is located would not be affected that badly. We could then try to determine the mechanisms those frogs use to resist the pathog...Lost forest yields several new species
...es in such a short period it makes you wonder what else is out there, said WCS researcher Dr. Andrew Plumptre, director of the societys Albertine Rift Program. The forest survey was conducted between January and March of 2007, and included participants from WCS, the Field Museum in Chicago, the Nationa...Doernbecher Children's Hospital scientist earns coveted Javits award
...ave developed - some of which are not usedanywhere else in the world. With the help of this long-term grant, wehope to devise therapies that cannot only reverse brain damage ininfants but slow cognitive decline in aging adults as well," said Back,associate professor of pediatrics and neurology, Doernbeche...