NC State researchers redesign life for Mars and beyond
...y the NASA Institute forAdvanced Concepts, entails extracting a gene called superoxide reductase from P. furiosus and expressing it in plants. That gene, one of nature's best antioxidants, reduces superoxide, which in plants is a chemical signal given off when stressful conditions are encountered. This signal...Satellite study doubles forest disturbance estimates in Brazilimpacts widespread
... of trees in the fragile rain forest by stealthily extracting them one-by-one, with the forest canopy covering their tracks. "We discovered that annually an area about the size of Connecticut is disturbed this way," explained Asner. "Selective logging negatively impacts many plants and animals and increases ero...Photos reveal first tool usage in wild gorillas
...sing food (i.e. the cracking of nuts with rocks or extracting termites with long sticks), these two examples of using tools for postural support were triggered by other environmental factors. The Wildlife Conservation Society has been studying gorillas and other wildlife in the Republic of Congo si...Science on the Grid: e-Science projects deliver for science, industry and engineering
...myGrid has become the bioinformaticians's tool for extracting information and knowledge from the wealth of data now stored in databases all over the world, often in incompatible formats. It enabled researchers to identify genes for Graves' Disease and Williams-Beuren Syndrome. Discovery Net is enabling research...Study shows humans have ability to track odors, much like bloodhounds
... description of the mammalian brain mechanisms for extracting spatial information from smell." One key difference between their experiment and previous experiments to replicate the results of von Bksy is that Porter and Sobel asked their subjects to actively sniff, whereas many previous experiments prevented su...Nation's six most threatened national wildlife refuges named in 2005 State of the System Report
... for water has led to calls for drilling wells and extracting scarce water from within this fragile habitat. The NWRA is urging Congress and the Administration to implement five solutions: strengthening incentives for private landowners to practice conservation; conserving more land through acquisition and ease...Drawing with DNA: 'Bioart' illuminates genomics
...nse of," West said. "It is an artistic approach to extracting what's important. And it is also an exploration of what art might have to offer for discovery in the sciences." "Ecce Homology" premiered in 2003 at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. At SIGGRAPH 2005, "Ecce Homology" is being showcased as ...New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon
...hange. The researchers will conduct assessments by extracting short and long sediment cores, which will be analy...is a fundamental precaution. "In SIOSED we will be extracting cores about two meters deep, and that could take us several centuries back in time. Because the sedi...DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity
...s a first for birds." By developing a protocol for extracting DNA from feathers, the researchers also have added another tool to help conservation biologists study rare and elusive birds of prey. The researchers used a technique called DNA fingerprinting to help them genetically "tag" individuals in the populat...Variation in immune response gene causes age-related macular degeneration when triggered
...y to the eye to short-circuit the disease process; extracting stem cells from the eye so they could be reengineered and re-implanted; or partial transplantation of the liver - the body's main source for Factor H. Other research has recently established the link between the Factor H gene and AMD by scanning the ...Breakthrough in stem cell research
...s a new technique, which is a very accurate way of extracting and then growing a single cell," said UNSW Senior Lecturer Dr Kuldip Sidhu, who is leading the research and is based at the Diabetes Transplant Unit (DTU) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a major teaching hospital of UNSW. "There has only been one re...HGM2005 (HUGO's 10th International Human Genome Meeting) will be held in Kyoto
...pan. Dr. Allan Bradley from the U.K. will discuss extracting functions from the mouse genome. Symposium I April 19 (Tuesday), 2005 13:30-15:30 at the Main Hall "Comparative Genomics"In addition to various disease-oriented population studies sessions, a session with Dr. Svante Paabo and Dr. Eddy Rubin will h...Oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced
...This research opens up the exciting possibility of extracting and sequencing protein from other fossils, including earlier humans, as a means of determining the relationships between extinct and living species, and to better understand the phylogenetic relationships....Indiana University scientists' research success puts Indiana in new stem cell business
...em and internal organs, had been uncertain. But by extracting and comparing cells from adult blood and infant umbilical cords, the IU team was able to isolate the parents -- the progenitors -- of the cells and explain how they differ from related cells. The progenitor cells the researchers identified are adult ...Chemical process developed to use cotton gin residue
...ar. "Our work shows a manufacturing process for extracting both products simultaneously from the cotton residue so in the future it is possible that a manufacturing company operating in Southside Virginia could produce both the ethanol and the xylitol products," Agblevor said. Agblevor's research has show...NIDCR launches unique initiative on oral biofilm
...al sampling from each person," Nelson said. After extracting the DNA, the microbial genes represented in the DNA from healthy individuals will be compared to those found in patients with gingivitis and various stages of periodontitis. In addition, the investigators will begin to examine which genes are activa...ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source
...s not been feasible because of the difficulties in extracting and analyzing trace quantities of perchlorate from soil or groundwater that contain large quantities of impurities like nitrates and other salt deposits," Gu said. "Our findings show that the ORNL treatment system provides a tool for the identificati......e than 30 years, and is a world leader in farming, extracting and manufacturing artemisinin, its derivatives and artemisinin-based anti-malaria drugs, officials say. Lai said he became interested in artemisinin about 10 years ago. The chemical helps control malaria because it reacts with the high iron co...