Fungus knocks a frog down but not out, raising questions about amphibian declines
... Speare from James Cook University, finds evidence for the persistence of the fungus in surviving populat...ecords show that frogs with the fungus can persist for three years, but we don't know whether these frogs coexist with the fungus during that time, or clea...HHMI researchers Richard Axel and Linda Buck win 2004 Nobel Prize
...ancer Research Center. The scientists were honored for their discoveries that clarify how the olfactory s... the very front of the brain, is the clearinghouse for the sense of smell. From the olfactory bulb, odor signals are relayed to both the brain's higher cor...How roots control plant shoots
...crucial matter given that leafy plants supply food for humans and other creatures, produce oxygen for all animals to breathe, influence global climate and grace us with the current season of brilliant f...Talented sniffer: A receptor known for guiding sperm to egg plays a role in the nose
...pacity marks a functional range previously unknown for mammalian olfactory receptor proteins. Having spe...fing tests" could be employed as a diagnostic tool for fertility defects associated with olfactory receptor-dependent chemotaxis in sperm. ...Research team develops nonhuman primate model of smallpox infection
...y resembles human disease, which will be necessary for testing of future vaccines and potential treatment...tories, one in Russia and the other at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. However, there is concern that undisclosed referen...New Stanford center probes nanoscale material
....5 million over five years to establish the Center for Probing the Nanoscale (CPN) at Stanford. Kathryn M...ics, medicine and more, nanotechnology may account for a $1 trillion annual market and employ 2 million people within 10 to 15 years, according to an NSF r...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...neering, to establish and lead the National Center for Physics-Based Simulation of Biological Structures ...tine way." The grant, which holds the possibility for renewal for another five years, aims to build an easy-to-use software package allowing high-quality ...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...can provide a framework to use as a starting point for answering tough questions." She says she hopes to ...co-regulated genes and identified regulatory roles for several proteins whose functions had been previously uncharacterized. Koller received her bac...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...e. Two Stanford biologists have developed a method for cooling that maximizes heat transfer through the p...chnology was used by some athletes during training for the Olympic Games in Athens, and it may soon find its way into attire for military personnel and oth...New biomaterials improve medical devices
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY -- The New Jersey Center for Biomaterials will hold the 7th New Jersey Symposiu...sey. Biomaterials form the underlying technologies for development of a wide variety of medical products for both preventive care and the treatment of dise...Mayo Clinic awarded major NIH contract for smallpox genomics research
...d, specifically our published research on vaccines for smallpox, anthrax and measles," said Gregory Polan...al Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is for $10.2 million over five years and supports establishment and operation of a Population Genetics Anal...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
... being designed by the University of Bath's Centre for Biomimetics, which takes ideas from nature and tur...g carried out by Veronika Kapsali, who is studying for her PhD in design at the London College of Fashion, part of the University of Arts London. ...Internet data-mining of natural history
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Leading-edge computer technologies for organizing, analyzing and disseminating large natu...year project is expected to produce new techniques for interactive exploration and analysis of massive, spatio-temporal data collections. Natural history c...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
...nges to cause large shape changes. The plan calls for the investigation of the protein structures of plants for the purpose of understanding their role in generating shape changes in natural materials. The protei...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
... being designed by the University of Bath's Centre for Biomimetics, which takes ideas from nature and tur...g carried out by Veronika Kapsali, who is studying for her PhD in design at the London College of Fashion, part of the University of Arts London. "It's bee...Head lice reveal contact between modern and ancient humans
...lution, fossils remain the only available evidence for many archaic human species, but this is notoriousl...Lice require direct physical contact between hosts for transmission and consequently their genetic sequence can mirror the evolutionary fortune of their ho...Use of aspirin or other NSAIDs increases survival
...at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Atlanta, Ga.... "However, any impact NSAIDs may have on treatment for prostate cancer has been unclear. We wanted to see if patients who used these drugs regularly befor...Dying cells encourage neighbors to grow
...may contribute to tumor growth. It has been known for some time that cells that die as a result of injur... compensatory mechanisms may be essential to allow for the elimination of as many damaged or dangerous cells as needed without compromising organismal fitn...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Oct. 5, 2004
1. New Study: Screening Women Ages 15 to 29 for Chlamydia Is Cost Effective. Retest Infected Women Every Six Months. (Call for article and separate news release. This study is also the subject of an Internal Medicine Report vid...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...e.pdf). The complete program, including abstracts, for the entire meeting is available upon request to me... media. Arrangements to attend the meeting, and for on-site or telephone interviews, can be made through APS with Mayer Resnick (cell: 301.332.4402, mre...