Project to intensify agricultural production in Great Lakes -- Africa's most impoverished region
... Lakes region already has far more people than its fragile soils can support," says Dr. Amit Roy, CEO of IFDC, An International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development. IFDC will implement the 5-year project. "The region faces perpetual crises of poverty, social instability, war, and enviro...Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
...water under a microscope. The single cell of this fragile new species of Xenophyophore, found at 4,300 m depth, is enclosed within a plate-like shell, 1 cm in diameter, composed of mineral grains. Furry crab Near Easter Island, Census researchers discovered a crab so unusual it warranted a whole new fami...Intensified research effort yields climate-resilient agriculture to blunt impact of global warming
...r farmers better use increasingly scarce water and fragile soil. Researchers are also focusing on boosting a... water more efficiently and to better manage their fragile soil is essential if they are to adapt to the shocks of climate change. In many farming systems, as...NIH selects Purdue to use phi29 DNA packaging motor for National Nanomedicine Development Center
...blem of developing a delivery method that protects fragile deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and does not cause an adverse reaction in the patient. There are multiple barriers to realizing the potential of DNA therapeutics: DNA must be delivered in a protective vehicle that is of the right size, targets specific d...Molecular 'marker' on stem cells aids research, perhaps therapies
...ruction or augmentation, or to shore up bones left fragile by age or disease. With a purer cell population, you should have a more effective therapy, Dr. Perlingeiro said. The SSEA-4 molecule was known to be on the surface of embryonic stem cells, as well as on embryonic carcinoma cells, the malignant count...Global warming increases species extinctions worldwide
...ersist," said Parmesan. "Rare species that live in fragile or extreme habitats are already being affected, and we expect that to continue." The studies Parmesan analyzed also show that some species--those with short generation times like insects--are evolving in response to climate change, but not in ways ...Fossils of ancient sea monster found in Montana
...r death, and because they are relatively small and fragile compared to the rest of the animal, Druckenmiller said. Ken Olson said he and his son were digging in Bearpaw Shale on Bureau of Land Management property when they saw edges of the neck vertebrae sticking out of the marine rock. They continued to di...Governments should act now to save threatened turtles
...m effort from all of the governments to save these fragile populations.'...Mary Frances Lyon to receive Rockefeller's Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
...s such as hemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, fragile X syndrome and certain cancers. Dr. Lyon has also made major contributions to understanding the effects of radiation and other environmental agents on genetic mutation. "Mary Frances Lyon is an exceptional role model, who worked in science at a tim...Have traits, will travel: Some butterflies travel farther, reproduce faster
...pupa, so they have to produce eggs quickly. In the fragile world of a butterfly, a day can make all the difference between reproducing and not. The physiological difference The researchers delved into what was behind these differences in egg production and development. They obtained blood samples from bu...Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to missionary turned biologist, Jos 'Pepe' Alvarez
...f ecosystem that some scientists consider the most fragile forest type in the Amazon. The Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve includes fragments of white-sand forests, and it is in those fragments where Alvarez first heard, then found, all of the new species of birds he discovered and described with his colleague, Br...Oldest juvenile skeleton discovered will help piece together human development
...ast five years by chipping away sandstone from the fragile bone fragments. He still has several years more work to complete it. The skeletal remains include the skull and jaws with teeth, and parts of the shoulders, spinal column, ribs, right arm, fingers, legs and left foot. Analysis of the skeleton by Ale...China's environmental challenges
...tor of at least 1.3, putting the country's already fragile freshwater systems under greater strain. The authors wonder: will China "..continue down the same road as in the past two decades, or will environmental quality, energy efficiency, and the conservation of resources no longer be sacrificed at the alt...Boat paint to blame for Norfolk Broads' desolation
...rchers say 40 years on from TBT's introduction the fragile ecosystem remains shattered despite expensive attempts to restore it. Dr Carl Sayer, of the UCL Environmental Change Research Centre, who co-led the study, says: "For too long TBT has been neglected as a driver of environmental destruction in fresh...MIT team describes unique cloud forest
...ir said. "It's a very good example of a unique and fragile ecosystem" where constant pressure from over-grazing can have consequences beyond defoliation. In fact, the forest illustrates how small changes can lead to major impact on far bigger systems, Eltahir said. The trees in wetter ecosystems would like...JCI table of contents: September 1, 2006
...steoporosis -- a disease in which the bones become fragile and highly susceptible to fracture. Bone strength is naturally maintained by a group of hormones known as sex hormones (for example, estrogen). However, unnaturally high levels of these hormones cause cancer of the reproductive organs and breast tiss...Gold nanoparticles prove to be hot stuff
...s to both apply force to and track the position of fragile biomolecules such as DNA or protein by manipulating a tiny sphere--typically polystyrene--attached to the molecule. The JILA team would like to find new microsphere materials that can be trapped by laser radiation pressure more efficiently, which wou...Ancient raptors likely feasted on early man, study suggests
...and tibia, a bone in the lower leg.) Smaller, more fragile bones are often destroyed during the attack, and can also rapidly decay in a rainforest environment. Monkey skulls, shoulder blades and pelvic girdles showed the greatest amount of damage. Most of the skulls were fractured or punctured, presumably f...Emory scientists develop new map of genetic variation in human genome
...called triplet repeat expansions are implicated in fragile X syndrome and Huntington's disease. Transposon insertions have been identified in hemophilia, muscular dystrophy and cancer. "Were entering an exciting new era of predictive health where an individuals personal genetic code will provide guidance o......netic information into our cells while keeping the fragile DNA strands safe. Our DNA contains tens of thousands of genes along the seven feet of DNA that is spooled up very tightly around proteins called histones in the nucleus of nearly every cell in our bodies. The whole structure, called chromatin, looks ...