Corals switch skeleton material as seawater changes
... modified seawaters is further evidence of corals' extreme sensitivity to environmental change," Ries said. "This is particularly significant given recently observed and predicted future changes in the temperature and acidity of our oceans -- via global warming and rising atmospheric CO2 , respectively --...Baby girls born to mothers burdened by stress may be at risk for fibromyalgia
...dition affecting mostly women and characterized by extreme fatigue and widespread muscle pain, the studies led by Dirk Hellhammer, Ph.D., professor of psychobiology at the University of Trier, Germany, indicate "prenatal programming" likely plays a role. Stress experienced during pregnancy can affect the dev...Eavesdropping fringe-lipped bats spread culture through sound
...Page. "This result is very unexpected and shows an extreme degree of flexibility." Through the bats' ability to learn socially, the new connection between a frog call and the presence of food can quickly spread through the tight-knit bat colony. To observe the cultural transmission of this new information ...Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier
...unusual feature on the earth's surface and it's an extreme ecosystem that could be a good model for how life first begins in a harsh environment." The spring has also attracted the attention of the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, which are helping to fund the expedition, because it likely provides the best ...University experts move tropical veterinary education into the 'virtual' age
... work." "Malawi's shortage of qualified vets is an extreme situation but other African countries face a similar situation, with falling numbers of vets in the public sector. And those who are qualified have to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing animal health sector. AUVEC a new e-learning partners...Is being overweight all in the brain?
...e on whether 5-HT2A receptors are also involved in extreme under- or overweight people. "An interventional study where people are investigated before and after an intended weight loss would reveal whether the 5-HT2A receptor binding can be modified through weight loss," he added. "In addition, trials involvi...Cincinnati surgeon leads first test of mobile robotic surgery
...ring precision--to see how they are affected by an extreme environment. "We need to find better ways of delivering emergency and specialized surgical care to patients when they are hundreds of miles away from the nearest hospital," explains Dr. Broderick. "When it's perfected, telesurgery could quickly beco...Same species responds differently to same warming, depending on location
...over 2 F depending on the habitat. Modeling a more extreme air warming of 7.5 F by 2100 across the mussels' geographic range resulted in body temperature increases ranging from about 4 F to 6.5 F. "We have only contributed 'step one,' the tie between climate and body temperature," says co-author Brian Helmut...Zebra finch males prefer females with exaggerated maternal traits
...emales with a spectrum of beak colors ranging from extreme orange to extreme red. Males in both groups preferred females with beaks that were more extremely colored than their m...Common carp sheds new light on surviving in extreme environments
...e hot and steamy. "Its ability to cope with such extreme conditions of temperature, lack of oxygen and dirty, sediment-laden water makes it a particularly good subject for working out how animals can tolerate stress because the underlying mechanisms are so exaggerated and displayed so clearly. We now need...DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome
...rida-- Microbes, thriving in even the world's most extreme environments, are capable of performing myriad biological functions, learned over the billions of years they have inhabited the planet. Those lessons, and how they can be captured to render clean renewable sources of energy and to repair damaged env...Live via satellite: Scientists to track Caspian Sea sturgeons
...nd ship sturgeon, which have been overfished to an extreme and are the most endangered of all Caspian species," says Dr. Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and founder of the research project. "Beluga sturgeo...Researchers look to nature for design inspiration
... jaws are the most important in withstanding these extreme compressive forces.......ynthetic system allows cacti to survive periods of extreme drought while maintaining well-hydrated tissues." Recent molecular phylogenetic work has confirmed that Pereskia, a genus that consists of 17 species of leafy shrubs and trees, is where the earliest cactus lineages began. Using field studies and env...Female guppies risk their lives to avoid too much male attention
...t females of many species face, and some may go to extreme lengths to avoid it. In a new paper from the June issue of the American Naturalist, Darren Croft (University of Wales) and a research team from the University of Leeds suggest that female guppies, a popular aquarium fish, may risk their lives to avoi...In undersea habitat, aquanauts learn about teamwork and task performance for the moon and Mars
...e individual and group behavior and performance in extreme environments. From there, we can develop technology that will help maintain an astronaut's ability to perform in space," Dinges said....NAU researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus
...scovering new taxa," Cobb said. "Because caves are extreme environments, cave arthropods are very specialized...esting and odd evolutionary forms that reflect the extreme environments found in caves." Cave-dwelling invertebrates are important for conservation, because t...Salk scientists untangle steroid hormone signaling in plants
...ntral to plants' growth. Without it, plants remain extreme dwarfs. If we are going to understand how plants grow, we need to understand the response pathway to this hormone," says Chory. "This study clarifies what's going on downstream in the nucleus when brassinolide signals a plant cell to grow." Brassinol...Wisconsin scientists discover a master key to microbes' pathogenic lifestyles
...the new study. "These microbes have to undergo an extreme makeover to survive in a host," says Klein, an authority on fungal diseases. "The million dollar question is was what controls this change? " Klein and colleagues Julie C. Nemecek and Marcel Wuthrich identified a molecular sensor that is conserved i......gineering Sciences The attempt to model localised extreme weather phenomena, such as tornados, hurricanes or cyclones, in as much detail as possible poses a great challenge for meteorologists. The main problem they face is the fact that, to date, it has been impossible to accurately model physical phenomena...