Satellites plus software equal best-ever Mediterranean heat map
... many finely detailed features that reveal eddies, fronts and plumes associated with the dynamics of water circulation. A resolution as fine as this is needed to allow these features to be properly tracked." The remaining ocean products are intended to have a still impressive spatial resolution of ten squ...Researchers use 3-D imaging system to unveil swimming behavior of microscopic plankton
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...that VIP is the main neurotransmitter, and on many fronts it has been the most likely candidate," said Christopher T. Minson, professor of human physiology at the University of Oregon. "What we've found is that the NK-1 receptor pathway is a major player in this response, and this finding could represent a ...New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks
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...volutionary arms races promote speciation. On both fronts a paper to appear in The American Naturalist proves otherwise. Julie Smith, now at Pacific Lutheran University, and her former graduate advisor, Craig Benkman at the University of Wyoming, have uncovered strong evidence that coevolution has led to th...Preventing and treating lung cancer -- ESMO explores collaboration to fight cancer on all fronts
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...ldman and her team will work on several scientific fronts to try to stop or slow the disease. Working at first in animals, then in ALS patients, they hope to make quick progress. Among the weapons they will deploy against ALS are genetic tools to keep nerve cells from dying, new ways of delivering promis...Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer
... At CSHL, we are moving simultaneously on several fronts to understand the p53 pathway because damage to this pathway is something that almost all cancers have in common, said CSHL Cancer Center Deputy Director and HHMI Scott Lowe. Collaboration among different CSHL research laboratories has not only f...How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease
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