Study shows marine omega-3 fatty acids have positive effect on muscle mass
...ctional Foods, shows that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have a positive effect on the metabolism of mu... added supplements containing either omega-3s from fish oil or a mixture of cottonseed and olive oils without omega-3s to the regular diet of steers. After ...UC engineering researchers uncover factors that control ion motion in solid electrolytes
...e phase of these materials, "silver ions move like fish through water," says Boolchand. We synthesized materials of the composition (AgI)x(AgPO3)1-x in a glassy or disordered state, and then examined their thermal, optical and electrical properties as a function of chemical composition. (Here "x" rep...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...oproteins (AFGPs) that enable Arctic and Antarctic fish to survive in freezing-cold waters. AFGPs, they note, have applications ranging from prevention of freezer burn in frozen foods to preservation of human organs donated for transplantation. Barriers to those uses include the scarcity and high cost of ...Cooperative science program yields results
...data, the cod that are escaping are mostly smaller fish that are less valuable in the market and best retu... fishing is best in the winter and spring when the fish are tightly schooled, part of their season was shifted to the fall so it would not interfere with se...Light sticks may lure turtles to fishing lines
...into the lines. The glowing light sticks that lure fish to longlines also attract turtles, according to a ...les, however, which are equally likely to chomp on fish bait, or get snagged in the hooks and lines. Juvenile turtles are indiscriminant eaters and bite n......ists has achieved a world breakthrough in tracking fish that could revolutionise the sustainable managemen...Cook University - has pioneered a new way to study fish populations by 'tagging' adult fish with a minute trace of a harmless isotope, which they then pass ...Hearts of male and female rainbow trout are different
... Nor were comparisons made between male and female fish (the largest group of vertebrates) made. There is ... examined if two regulatory molecules found in the fish heart -- citrate (an acid which inhibits the glycolytic metabolic pathway) and pyruvate dehydrogenas...Academy paleontologist and Alaska artist in line for natural history awards
... missing link and an artist with an obsession with fish each will receive a prestigious award for their ac...Arctic fossil that is an evolutionary link between fish and limbed animals, will receive the Hayden Memorial Geological Award for excellence in scientific d...Reversing cancer cells to normal cells
...vironment of human embryonic stem cells, the zebra fish and the chick embryo. Dr. Hendrixs plenary lecture on April 29 is a highlight of the scientific program of the American Association of Anatomists. Her presentation is titled "the convergence of embryonic and cancer signaling pathways: role in tum...Fish growth changes enhanced by climate change
...th rates in some coastal and long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent w... We have drawn correlations between the growth of fish species related to their environmental conditions faster growth in waters above a depth of 250 metr...Mosquito genes explain response to climate change
...nderway to determine the same genes in stickleback fish at the UO and in fruit flies at the University of Pennsylvania. "The response to climate warming in animal populations has penetrated to the level of the gene," Bradshaw said. "It affects development, reproduction and dormancy, and this response is...How much nitrogen is too much for corn?
...d to rising nitrate levels and subsequent death of fish in the Gulf of Mexico and North Carolinas Neuse River. "Although offsite nitrogen contamination of ground and surface waters could be reduced if nitrogen rates were adjusted based on actual field conditions, there is currently no effective soil ni......s to predict the conditions under which freshwater fish are likely to carry relatively high mercury levels...ive mercury to reach some of the highest levels in fish from the most pristine systemsis of special value for public policy. Mercury in fish is a worldwide ...What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers
...'s Center for Environmental Oncology suggests that fish caught in Pittsburgh rivers contain substances tha...the actions of estrogen, the female hormone. Since fish are sentinels of the environment, and can concentrate chemicals from their habitat within their bodi...Researchers develop technique for bacteria crowd control
...ming bacteria, other examples include bird flocks, fish schools, motor proteins in living cell, and even swarms of communicating nano-robots. "We have presented experimental studies of collective bacterial swimming in thin fluid films where the dynamics are essentially two-dimensional and the concentr...Ancient amphibians evolved a bite before migrating to dry land
...ians, which arose 375 million years ago, and their fish ancestors. The shapes of the junctions between adj... bones -- termed "sutures" -- in the tops of these fish and amphibian skulls reveal how these extinct animals captured prey, say authors Molly J. Markey and...University of Alberta researchers unravel intricate animal patterns
...imated blockbuster "Finding Nemo" when a school of fish makes a rapid string of complicated patternsan arr... the detailed shapes might be a bit outlandish for fish to form, the premise isnt far off. But how does a school of fish or a flock of birds know how to mov...Winter flounder on the fast track to recovery
...candidate for stock enhancement, in which juvenile fish hatched from wild brood stock are raised in captiv...e the males and females their privacy: "We let the fish spawn on their own," she says, noting that stock enhancement is most effective when the raised fish ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 11, 2007
... high risk of preterm birth A new test to screen fish for 25 drug residues at the same time Cell phones... #2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new test to screen fish for 25 drug residues at the same time Analytical Chemistry Amid growing concern about the accum...AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences
...y.The series frighteningly portrays the decline of fish and mammal populations and the proliferation of more primitive species, such as toxic algae, jellyfish, and bacteria. Weiss has been reporting on the oceans for five years for the Los Angeles Times . McFarling, who has reported on topics related t...