Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, study finds
...y, influence parasite evolution and the ability of exotic species to invade new areas. As a result, such diseases as tuberculosis and influenza are re-emerging as major threats, while new threats -- including West Nile virus and Lyme disease -- have developed. "A growing number of people lack basic needs, l...Researchers demonstrate way to control tree height
... trait might be used to help control the spread of exotic and potentially invasive trees that are commonly sold by nurseries. The initial studies were done with poplar, Strauss said. Similar results should be possible in any tree species, but are limited by the lack of research into gene transfer methods ...Pendulum love, science class gender gaps, musical mind mirrors, and unparticle physics
... the way of countless other defunct predictions of exotic phenomena. Unlike the Higgs boson, which many physicists believe will be one of the LHC's great discoveries, there's no compelling reason to expect unparticle stuff to exist at all. But at some level that's the lot of a good theoretical physicist. Af...St. Jude study yields secrets of chromosome movement
...ing the activity of a small army of molecules with exotic names like argonaute (Ago1) and dicer; these molecules help maintain a specialized, tightly packaged form of DNA called heterochromatin at the part of the chromosome called the centromere. The investigators also showed the order in which certain crit...New book presents neurobiology from an evolutionary perspective
...are ordinarily thought of as creepy pests or as an exotic dinner. But to biologists who are interested in behavior, memory, sensation, and other neurological phenomena, these organisms provide valuable information about the inner workings of complex nervous systems. A new book, An Introduction to Nervou...Could USA presidential DNA trail reveal Middle-Eastern origins?
...me that we recently found in a Yorkshireman. These exotic chromosomes remind us of the complexity of British history and prehistory....Disease opened door to invading species in California
...oorly appreciated role in allowing the invasion of exotic species, which in turn often threatens biodiversit...or of zoology at OSU. "In analyzing the ecology of exotic plant or animal species, it's clear that diseases are one part of the equation." About 50,000 exot...Biology professor helps others go with the flow of dam removal
... them and the potential introduction of non-native exotic species. She believes both of these downsides can ...th state and federal managers to document how many exotic fish were removed and how many native fish were returned. NAU doctoral student Eric Dinger studied t...Firewood unintentionally transports emerald ash borer
...ys that the emerald ash borer joins a long list of exotic species that have become invasive --most have been accidentally transported. "The emerald ash borer beetle is native to China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and parts of Russia. We can only speculate that the beetle probably arrived in the larval stage insid...Fungal factories may save hemlock forests
..., this once-mighty conifer is now succumbing to an exotic pest, hemlock woolly adelgid. First detected in the western US in 1924, the adelgid reached Virginia in the 1950s. An aphid-like insect, the adelgid kills eastern hemlocks within a few years after infestation, feeding on the sap at base of their need...UCR researchers examine how some invasive plants gain a foothold
...uthorities who regulate industries that traffic in exotic plants allow the import of only a single genotype. This could minimize the likelihood that the plant will spread by seed propagation, according to the article. The California wild radish, Raphanus sativus, is a hybrid between the cultivated radish...'Home run' study on spread of disease published
...," said Kuris. "Oyster aquaculture brought in many exotic species, including clams, worms, and snails. Importation was done in a crude and sloppy manner; there was little government regulation of these things at the time." Invasive North American populations of Asian mud snails, Batillaria attramentaria...Researchers barcode DNA of Venice museum's vast fungi collection
...California and southwest Oregon. "In the case of exotic plant diseases, DNA information may be used, as it is in criminal forensics, to identify possible culprits and to understand how they were introduced," said Garbelotto. "This provides governments with pivotal information needed to avoid repeated intr...Professional fasters deep under the sea floor
...the Earth's surface. The authors point out that an exotic habitat like this could also have developed on other planets, far away from any suns. In December 2006 the researchers will be taking the drilling ship "RV Roger Revelle" to the South Pacific. There, far away from the continental shelves, the quant...University of Alberta researchers discover hummingbird secret
...specially they tend to be uncommon, they come from exotic locales and they are not easy to catch, so we were very fortunate to be able to study the specimens we did." The scientists found that a specific nucleione that detects any movement of the entire visual worldwas two to five times bigger in the hummi...A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species
...are coveted as luxury items--whether for handbags, exotic cuisine, or dining room furniture--or traditional medicines. The exotic pet trade continues to threaten orangutans, monkeys, reptiles, birds, and wild cats, as well as a wi...Neanderthal genome sequencing yields surprising results and opens a new door to future studies
... crucial for tapping the potential of Earth's more exotic microbe-containing environments to find bio-based solutions to problems of renewable energy production, environmental clean-up, and carbon sequestration, as well as breakthroughs in critical areas such as pharmaceuticals and agriculture. "The curre...Remote latrine reconfirms the presence of Essene sect at Qumran
...y Jewish historian Josephus described very similar exotic toilet practices among the religiously strict sect known as the Essenes. Analysis of the site by Israeli paleopathologist Joe Zias and soil analysis by Stephainie Harter-Lailheugue, a French parasitologist from the Centre National de la Recerch...Modeling alien invasions: Plasticity may hold the key to prevention
... successful invasion, and help to explain how some exotic species become invasive and others don't. The authors hypothesized that when a flexible, adaptive response to environmental variation (called phenotypic plasticity) increases fitness, it should enhance a species' ability to invade and displace othe...Biodiversity controls ecological 'services,' report scientists in comprehenisive analysis
...s, development, pollution, and the introduction of exotic species that take over the niches of indigenous species. "Our study shows that biodiversity matters," said Srivastava. "Ecosystems with more species function better, that is, they are more efficient in moving energy and matter. In practical terms,...