Killer dinosaurs turned vegetarian
...s and many small, leaf-shaped teeth except at the front of the face where there likely was a beak and in the case of Therizinosaurus 3-foot-long claws. The plant-eating, elephant-sized Therizinosaurus a name that means sickle lizard was "the ultimate in bizarre," resembling "a cross between an ostri...Depression gene may weaken mood-regulating circuit
...late, an emotion-dampening center located near the front of the brain, were playing a duet under the baton of the depression-linked gene. The gene codes for the serotonin transporter, the protein in brain cells that recycles the chemical messenger after it's been secreted into the synapse, the gulf betwee...Eye candy: Transcriptional control of vertebrate eye development
...epresent a default differentiation pathway for the front end of the developing brain. To make an optic nerve and connect the eyes to the rest of the brain, this default pathway must be blocked and re-directed, and that's what the Vax genes do."...Scripps Nierenberg Prize awarded to nature filmmaker Sir David Attenborough
...during a ceremony on Sunday, June 5, at 1 p.m., in front of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. He will be presented with a bronze medal and $25,000. The award ceremony will be followed by "Discovery and the Camera," a free public presentation from Attenborough. The Nierenberg Prize presentation is free; aquari...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
... on the ground, the tip pointing inward toward his front feet. Billy and the others remain still like statu...eveal a high density of Pacinian corpuscles in the front of the foot and along the edges--a finding consistent with the notion that elephants are sensing sei...Scientists find a maturity gene
...a" for 12 hours. Then "the head pops out of the front end of the animal, and its legs and wings elongate," Thummel says. "Now it is a true pupa, which is an immature adult. It essentially is an adult," except its organs continue to form as it spends another 3.5 days inside its pupal case, which is like ...From sound analysis to nicotine addiction
...theoretical models and could help Germany join the front runners in research into non-silicon based and thus significantly cheaper technology. (Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Frauenheim, University of Paderborn) The Priority Programme "Mass transport and mass distribution in the global system" will study ...NIH creates nationwide network of molecular libraries screening centers
...explore novel ideas and enable progress on a broad front against human disease." For example, the broad-based screening effort will eventually enable researchers to explore the hundreds of thousands of proteins believed to be encoded by the approximately 25,000 genes in the human genome. To date, only a f......mouth. Or, decay will be found on the teeth in the front of the mouth in a person who drinks through a straw positioned at the front of the mouth, right behind the lips. "Your best option is to sip soft drinks and other beverages th...NIH awards $11.9 M to The Burnham Institute to establish the San Diego Chemical Screening Center
...explore novel ideas and enable progress on a broad front against human disease". Information generated by the screening centers will be made available to the public and private sectors through a database maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. The Burnham Institute's component of the scree...New research puts a fresh spin on current thinking of speech evolution in humans
...onnected with a region of the brain immediately in front of it that is involved in the retrieval of information from memory. "These connections suggest to us that Broca's area is in a unique position to use information shared from past experience and which is stored in memory for the service of communicat...Hurricane hazard briefing on Capitol Hill
...nes: Reducing the loss of infrastructure and beach front property by knowing the risks. Timothy A. Reinhold, Civil Engineer, Vice President of Engineering, Institute for Business and Home Safety, Tampa, Florida Protecting infrastructure from hurricanes: Lessons learned about the importance and effectivene...Scientists uncover new clues about brain function in human behavior
...ree areas of the prefrontal cortex, located in the front part of the brain, that have been implicated in decision-making, representation of social knowledge, and judgment. Those regions are the dorsolateral, the medial, and the orbitofrontal cortex. Specifically, the dorsolateral area is thought to establi...Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage
... to the bathroom. They will plop down to relax in front of the TV or a video game, start turning blue and not realize they are passing out." Some children show disruption of the sympathetic nervous system, which regulates cardiovascular function. They have disturbed heart rates and blood pressure, ofte......r Research. "As the community of scientists on the front lines of the battle against cancer, we are firm in our belief that continued experimentation with human stem cells is necessary to improve evaluation of anti-cancer drugs, to identify markers for early detection of cancer, and to illuminate the path ...Tufts nutrition scientists say it is premature to focus on nutrient supplements over diet
...rtant point is to prevent the cart from getting in front of the horse; we need to validate the science before there is wide scale adoption by the general public as we saw with vitamin E. We can no longer automatically assume there will be no adverse consequences," notes Lichtenstein. In their overview of t...Size matters: Preventing large mammal extinction
...t provides a way for conservationists to go on the front foot rather than wait for accidents to happen. We can try to work out which species are the ones we can do something for, and do some pre-emptive conservation planning. Of course, prevention is always cheaper than cure." The research means large bo...New understanding of cell movement may yield ways to brake cancer's spread
...vement begins accumulating at the leading edge, or front of a cell in response to a variety of chemical messengers, and begins the directed process of migration. The study, led by associate professor and Burnham Cancer Center Acting Director Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D., appears in the August issue of Natu......he transparent, dome-shaped window that covers the front of the eye. Although it is clear and seems to lack substance, the cornea is actually a highly organized group of cells and proteins. Its functions include shielding the eye from germs, dust, UV light, and other harmful matter and acting as the eye's ......ny eyes which never see the light of day, and long front teeth for digging. Despite their tiny size, the naked mole-rat family den may stretch for 2 miles entirely underground, with various rooms. In one room, a plant root protrudes to provide a meal; in another is the "potty." When a new hallway is needed...