New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...elieves any carbon credit mechanism should include full representation, participation and consultation by indigenous and local communities of tropical forest regions to ensure that conservation and development programs proceed in accordance with their rights and traditional ways of life as stewards of the...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
...shire piglets to examine their theory. They took a full thickness left ventricular biopsy to compare the baseline levels of metabolites in both sexes prior to isolating the hearts. The hearts were then subjected to 60 minutes of normothermic ischemia and left ventricular biopsies were collected at the end...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
... Committee has drafted 11 of its 12 bills, but the full Senate has approved only the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate still must draft a spending bill for the Department of Defense. In all, appropriations approved by the House total $144.3 billion for R&D--$3.2 billion (...Anthrax bacterium's deadly secrets probed
...dly Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax. The full complement of proteins produced by the Bacillus family was fed into the workflow. The number of secreted proteins predicted for each member ranged between 350 and 500. The secreted proteins were then put through a second workflow which placed them...Success or failure of antidepressant citalopram predicted by gene variation
...any dont. Each medication takes weeks to exert its full effects, and patients depression may worsen while they search for a medication that helps. Genetic studies, such as the one described here, may lead to a better understanding of which treatments are likely to work for each patient. Results of the stu......need to take them. Many people do not complete the full course of treatment. An improved drug would knock out the anthrax microbe but leave the normal good bacteria in the gut alone. As a first step, U-M scientists plan to screen compounds to find ones able to block specific processes they have identified...Progesterone injections do not prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies
...ood and Drug Administration and an application for full FDA approval is pending....ESA announces 2007 award recipients
...e system that allows long enclosure of leaves with full control of conditions, such as light, temperature, humidity, and CO2 concentration. He also developed a chamber for lichens and mosses. After his retirement in 1992, he designed and developed the automated cuvette, which continuously monitors CO2 flu...ESA mission highlighted at remote sensing conference
...me-event forecasting. SMOS was the subject of a full day session on Thursday, with presentations coveri...me-event forecasting. SMOS was the subject of a full day session on Thursday, with presentations covering instruments technology, calibration techniques ...After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis
...s are unclear. "A major effort to understand the full complement of genes involved in MS will be necessary to completely understand the disease," said Dr. Hafler, adding that all of the data from the genome scan will be made publicly available for future investigations. ...Nanowaste needs attention of EPA, industry and investors
...ineered nanomaterials which takes into account the full range of uses, from production, to use, to disposal. We do not want a nanowaste problem to be a legacy of this technology....Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...al Park is known as a tourists' wonderland that is full of animals, strange rock formations, geysers, and colorful hot springs, but it is also a scientific reservoir housing what may be the world's largest diversity of thermophilic (heat-loving) bacteria. Yellowstone habitats have been explored since th...Report recommends off-site disposal of secondary waste
...burn, submit results, and obtain authorization for full operation can be very lengthy due to the time required to actually conduct the burn and the large amount of data that must be submitted and analyzed. However, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the disposal operat...Renewable energy wrecks environment
...natural gas or nuclear," Ausubel says. While the full footprint of uranium mining might add a few hundred square kilometers and there are considerations of waste storage, safety and security, the dense heart of the atom offers far the smallest footprint in nature of any energy source. Benefiting from ec...House backs taxpayer-funded research access
...opriations Committee and will be considered by the full Senate later this summer....Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift
...d position with respect to the fuselage during the full length of the flight. This is inefficient because flight conditions change in different flight phases. With their variable wings, birds can easily deal with the different conditions encountered during flight, thus increasing their flight efficiency a...Gene variant increases risk of blindness
... The goal of this type of research is to achieve a full understanding of the causes of AMD, which should lead to the development of better treatment and strategies for prevention of this common and debilitating disease. Professor John Yates, at the University of Cambridge, said: AMD is devastating for t...Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels and safer soils
...ignin, is not fully understood. By sequencing the full genome of the mushroom, researchers hope to uncover exactly which genes are key to this process. That information will be extremely useful to scientists and engineers looking to maximize the decomposition and transformation of plant material into bio...NY Stem Cell Foundation's 2nd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference
... disease and diabetes, and auto immune disease. A full conference pamphlet and registration information is available at www.nyscf.org . Our inaugural conference was an unprecedented event for New York and reinforced the citys status as a vital national center for stem cell research, said Solomon. With ...... where people outside the field can take part in a full and frank debate of the issues surrounding stem cell research. Among the speakers at the conference is Shinya Yamanaka, whose team at Kyoto University in Japan is pioneering ways of producing stem cells from adult human cells and therefore avoiding...