DOE JGI to host Microbial Genomics Workshop for educators
...abit nearly every environment and can thrive under extreme conditions of heat, cold, pressure, and radiation. Although microbes represent the vast majority of life on the planet, more than 99% have not been cultured, so their genomic diversity has gone largely unrecognized and unutilized. Starting with an ...Lactic acid not athlete's poison, but an energy source - if you know how to use it
Berkeley -- In the lore of marathoners and extreme athletes, lactic acid is poison, a waste product that builds up in the muscles and leads to muscle fatigue, reduced performance and pain. Some 30 years of research at the University of California, Berkeley, however, tells a different story: Lactic ac...How the octopus forms an elbow
...o Fiorito of the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli. The extreme motility of the octopus arm demands a highly complex motor control system. Past work from Dr. Hochner's group showed that when retrieving food to its mouth, the octopus actually shapes its arm into a quasi-articulated structure by forming three bends...Some like it hot: Worms at deep-sea vents favor a fiery 45-55C
...animal studied to date. This unique preference for extreme temperatures may be the undersea worms' meal ticke...imals found in hot habitats, which merely tolerate extreme temperatures, these worms actually prefer temperatures around 50 degrees Celsius." Girguis likens th...Conservation International & Disney discover new species in the 'Realm of the Yeti'
...es exist only in these 34 hotspots. Hotspots face extreme threats and have already lost at least 70 percent of their original vegetation. "Being part of the Mission Himalayas team has given us all a renewed sense of hope for conservation efforts in this region of the world," said expedition scientific team ...Possible brain hormone may unlock mystery of hibernation
...urvive on limited energy reserves and withstanding extreme cardiovascular and oxygen stresses--the candidate ...een in hibernators,Kondo noted. "Hibernation is an extreme response to a seasonal environment, yet we knew almost nothing about how it is timed, nor how vital ...Highlights from the April 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...k for binge eating with loss of control as well as extreme weight-control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting and the use of diet pills, laxatives and diuretics. "Findings from this study suggest that dieting, and particularly unhealthful weight control, is either causing weight gain, disordered eating o...Biodiversity conservation may help reduce the impacts of natural disasters UNU
...romote ecosystem services that may help reduce the extreme effects of natural disasters. In a special address...lth of those services. This is evident in the most extreme effects of disasters such as landslides, floods and droughts being felt in Asia, Africa, South Ameri...Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue
...stand the impact of climate change especially the extreme weather it may cause on international efforts to ...Another more insidious effect may be more frequent extreme weather events such as typhoons, floods and droughts," Dr. Zeigler warned. "IRRI's research has show...Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model; Clinical trial FDA approved
..., constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision and extreme fatigue. People with type 1 diabetes require numerous daily injections of insulin to survive. About Dr. Trucco Massimo Trucco, MD, has dedicated his life's work to finding a cure for diabetes -- finding a cure is a personal quest for him. As an in...Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
...ng the TRPA1 channel had a normal ability to sense extreme cold and noxious sound, evidence against the suggestions of earlier studies that the channels might also play important roles in cold sensitivity or hearing, they found. "By characterizing cellular and behavioral deficits in mice lacking functional ...Efforts to replicate controversial diabetes therapy bring partial success
...from attacking the transplanted islets, and by the extreme shortage of pancreas donors. A paper published by Denise Faustman and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Science on November 14, 2003, on "Islet Regeneration During the Reversal of Autoimmune Diabetes in NOD Mice," appeared to provide a way arou...Glimpse to past adds weight to global warming forecasts
...er the NCAR climate model was able to simulate the extreme conditions of the time, which included loss of summertime sea ice in the Arctic and global sea levels about five metres higher than present. "The difference 130,000 years ago is that there was an increase in solar radiation over the Arctic, caused by...The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest
...d the geographic ranges of 382 mammal species, two extreme scenarios were developed, encompassing the likely range of future trajectories of deforestation through 2050. The first of the two futures discussed is a business-as-usual scenario in which the forces of destruction continue unopposed. Specifically, ...Locust research suggests that physical state has much to do with learning
... good learners, which may be important as they are extreme generalists when it comes to their diet they eat just about any kind of plant," Behmer said. "Learning allows them to make quick decisions about whether they should eat a particular plant." During the study, locusts were trained under one of two co...Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean
...ged to measure the height of sea surface with such extreme sensitivity that we are able to detect even two centimetres difference over 100 kilometres." Because of this extraordinary ability oceanographers are able to measure changes in ocean currents and create a weather chart of ocean circulation for the f...Ironman study redefines fine-tuned: Balance training time with blood pressure variability
... of Applied Physiology: "We hypothesized that this extreme endurance exercise would lead to long-standing hem...rapid recovery after what we consider now to be an extreme endurance exercise may throw some light on the true capabilities of the human body acquired during h...Genetic factors, neuroticism may be associated with future development of anorexia
...rvosa (AN), an eating disorder characterized by an extreme fear of obesity and an aversion to food, is associated with the highest death rate of any mental disorder, according to background information in the article. A previous study reports that the number of new cases of anorexia increased during the pas...Obese people are more sensitive to pain, suggests study
...f the knee, a disease that causes inflammation and extreme pain in the knees. Participants were given a mild electrical stimulation on their left ankle to measure their pain reflex. The stimulus was given before and after the participants took part in a 45-minute coping skills training session that included ......typical week, one ship might pass by. At the other extreme is Haro Strait, an area just north of Puget Sound that's between British Columbia and the San Juan Islands, where there are so many ships they are difficult to count. Sixty percent of the time, Haro Strait's sound budget is dominated by shipping noi...