Are hurricanes increasing? Ask a Georgia pine tree
... rain on Valdosta, Georgia, says Mora. So to get a fuller picture of hurricane frequencies her team has already begun looking at and searching for more locations and old living trees or well-preserved dead trees in the Southeastern US , she said. The matter of hurricane frequency has taken on greater impor...Ethical and scientific guidelines for study of captive great apes
...earch to protect the great apes, even while making fuller use of their contributions to biomedical discoveries: Account for each great ape with a name and a unique identifier, and collect complete medical records in a standardized way, using searchable databases, while maintaining the privacy of researche......ntegrin function underlie metabolic disorders, the fuller understanding of what happens in fat formation opens new avenues for exploration, he said....New genetic link to high blood pressure found
...mportant implication of the finding is to create a fuller understanding of dopamine's action in the kidneys, and changes in that action brought about by variations in the receptor gene. Dopamine in the kidney helps the body respond to large loads of sodium, or salt, coming into the body. After a salty meal,...Researchers find gland that tells fruit flies when to stop growing
...Riddiford's and Truman's laboratories, is to get a fuller understanding of an organism's growth process. Scientists have had a fairly good understanding of how growth is regulated by environmental factors such as nutrition, but the new research clarifies the second part of the picture how an organism knows...NJIT engineers use new technology to help children with cerebral palsy
...vements, reduce stiffness in their joints and live fuller and more independent lives. Small robots mounted on wheelchairs, interactive video games and a robotic arm that can be programmed to guide and aid human motion these are just a few of the technologies the engineers will use to help these child...From intelligent cars to the prevention of heart attacks
...nd the ability to adapt, as well as to arrive at a fuller explanation for the biodiversity we observe around us. (Coordinator: Prof. Diethard Tautz) University of Munich The constantly increasing number of people with cancer demands an urgent improvement in early diagnosis and therapy of tumour diseases. ...Cancer scientists call for a large-scale human epigenome project
...ovide function to the DNA code, which will allow a fuller understanding of normaldevelopment, aging, abnormal gene control in cancer and other diseases, as well as the role of the environment in human health." Jones, Martienssen and the other workshop participants call for any U.S. effort to coordinate clos...UCLA engineering and Mattel Children's Hospital collaborate to develop children's heart valve
...alve defects to experience less pain and live much fuller lives." Dr. Daniel Levi, assistant professor of pediatric cardiology at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, designed the valve and joined Carman and Stepan to create and develop the revolutionary new device. "Using catheters and collapsible valves, h...ACS weekly press package — May 1st, 2006
...n a major step toward givingelectronic tongues the fuller range of gustatory prowess of the humantongue. Many molecules exist in a formatthat chemists describe as left-handed or right-handed. When most left-handedamino acid (a component of proteins) lands on the human tongue, taste budsregister a bitter ta...Tiny Tampa Bay fish key to evolution of immune system
...tionary interpretations and to place this study in fuller perspective," Greenspan said. "Should the authors' views prove to be basically correct, the study would offer the prospect of enhancing our understanding of the structural requirements for molecules used by the adaptive immune response to recognize a...InHealth awards two research grants to Stanford University
...p uncover that data so that decision-makers have a fuller understanding of how to legislate and regulate in the health and economic interests of patients and their families," said Martyn Howgill, Executive Director of InHealth. Examining the Growth and Impact of Advanced Imaging Technologies Stanford in...UGA study reveals function of ubiquitous yet poorly understood microorganisms
...wo branches. But scientists are just now gaining a fuller understanding of what archaea do in an ecological sense to make a living. A new study led by University of Georgia researchers and announced on Wednesday at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Toronto finds that crenarchaeota, one of......e counterparts, who had finer facial features with fuller lips, wide eyes and thinner, more curved eyebrows. The scientists say the research, partly supported by the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council, backs up earlier research about masculinity and perceptions of pers...