FSU anthropologist leads incredible journey through 'hobbit' brain
... "The discovery of this species has flummoxed the field of anthropology," said Falk. "I believe it equals or surpasses the identification of other ancestors such as the Taung hominin in 1925, which marked the birth of modern paleoanthropology and sparked an ongoing debate on human evolution." ...Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at 'Lost City'
...re looking at something never seen before when the field was serendipitously discovered in December 2000 du...circulates through the Lost City hydrothermal vent field via serpentinization, a chemical reaction between seawater and the mantle rock on which Lost City si...Unique global light source Website launched
...ear machines (usually about the size of a football field to much larger) that accelerate electrons to almost the speed of light. It acts like a gigantic microscope that generates intense beams of brilliant light to view the microstructure of materials. Light sources around the world are advancing research...Report highlights diseases from the environment
...nmental infectious diseases, research needs in the field and education and communication issues....Discovery clarifies role of peptide in biological clock
...ized as a well-oiled marching band coming onto the field at half time. Herzog and graduate student, Sara Aton, found that mice lacking the gene that makes VIP or lacking the receptor molecule for VIP suffer from internal de-synchrony. When they recorded the electrical activity of SCN neurons from these m...Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh
...ield. Or the wetland itself could be turned into a field again, assuming there are other wetlands nearby to take its place." The story isn't quite the same with nitrates a nitrogen-based compound found in fertilizer. "As a wetland gets older, it gets better at handling and storing nitrogen," Mitsch said. ...Researchers make surprise discovery that some neurons can transmit three signals at once
...ts the most basic principles that have defined the field of neuroscience. But when we also found that this glutamate activates NMDA receptors at the most critical stage of brain development and organization, we realized that this could explain a number of fundamental questions," explained Karl Kandler, Ph....Incubator company at NJIT develops lifesaving MRI coil for small animals
...ng another Supertron coil system developed for low field MRIs of the human head. DeVries said interest in small animal imaging is growing and cited programs doing this research including the Small Animal Imaging Resource Program at the National Cancer Institute. Coils are the receiving antenna of the ra...Oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced
...thal biology and evolution. He conducted extensive field work at Shanidar Cave and is one of the paper's authors. It is rare to recover a protein of this age and remarkable to be able to determine the amino acid sequence of this protein. Protein sequences may be used in a similar way to DNA, to provide i...Father of regenerative medicine pushes M prize over the $1 million mark
...of regenerative medicine - for his research in the field of biomedical genomics - is matched by his reputation as a creative and successful businessman. His commitment to the Prize speaks to both its scientific integrity and its viability as a model for encouraging research into the science of curing agin...APS announces 2005 Young Investigators Awards
...s who have demonstrated outstanding promise in the field of physiology. More than $54,000 in monetary priz...izes an individual with outstanding promise in the field of epithelial and renal physiology and will be given on Dr. Ma's behalf to University of North Texas...NYU and MSKCC research provides model for understanding chemically induced cancer initiation
...of carcinogen-DNA lesions. Current thinking in the field of chemical carcinogenesis is that the mutation-prone, or error-free processing of such carcinogen-damaged p53 genes by DNA repair proteins and DNA and RNA polymerases can determine whether these lesions ultimately contribute to the development of lu...Researchers identify gene that plays major role in age-related blindness disease
...er than 60. It causes a loss of the central visual field necessary for detailed sight, reading, driving, sports participation and watching TV and movies. A characteristic of AMD (both the "dry" and wet forms) is the build up of fatty deposits called drusen in the macula, the central region of the retina. ...Florida Tech scientist earns $1.7 million NSF grant
... will use to facilitate hands-on learning at local field sites. The new modules will be distributed to integrated science teachers throughout the state via Florida's NSF-sponsored Center for Ocean Sciences Education and Excellence. "We foresee that this opportunity will make a major difference to high sc...Father of double helix visits UH
.... Designed to bring provocative thinkers in every field to the university and to the Houston community at large, it is endowed though a generous gift from the family of philanthropists Aaron and Esther Farfel in their memory. Aaron Farfel served on the UH System Board of Regents for 16 years and was chai...New 6m biocentre to revolutionise the production of safer medicines
...he MCISB research team and a leading expert in the field of genomics and yeast research, said: "Systems biology will be a major trend in life sciences for at least the next decade and the award at this centre by the BBSRC puts Manchester in the vanguard of this movement."...Understanding biological foundation of human behavior critical to improving laws
...tion in the Columbia Law Review indicates that the field of law and behavioral biology has momentum in lega...ignals the growing legitimacy and influence of the field of law and behavioral biology," Chris Guthrie, associate dean for academic affairs at Vanderbilt Law...Gray wolves maintain the food chain in winter
...vironment. Thanks to a rebounding wolf population, field researchers can measure the magnitude of this predicted buffer effect. The models described here can guide their efforts and help species adjust to major environmental shifts like climate change. Crucially, Wilmers and Getz's study shows that a robu...Liposome finding implies electrical effect on cell development
...y short distance--less than a micron--to produce a field up to one thousand times stronger). In images achieved through optical and scanning electron microscopy, microtubules were observed to immediately form and extend from the phospholipid balloon, like a seed putting forth a stalk or root. Hayes believe...British academics to benefit from world's first national text mining service
...ujii (University of Tokyo). All are leaders in the field of informatics and computing. Professor John Keane from the University's School of Informatics, and Co-Director of the National Centre for Text Mining commented: "The potential of text mining is virtually endless. In the future, databases could be po...