Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...microbe, engulfed what scientists say was likely a kind of red alga. The two became one organism, an arrangement called endosymbiosis, and swapped some genetic material to create a new hybrid genome. "This project helps illustrate the amazing diversity of life on our planet," Armbrust says. "Diatoms dis...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...-on-a-chip (SoC) electronics that implements a new kind of reconfigurable embedded debug logic to detect and fix design errors after fabrication, enabling reduced design cycle time, bypassing manufacturing defects, and improving yields. Gemini Life Sciences, Inc. (Sugar City, Idaho) Biotechnology f...National Science Foundation awards $2 million grant to UC Riverside
..., which begins Oct. 1, is the largest study of its kind ever attempted, said principal investigator Edith Allen, a professor in the UCR Department of Botany and Plant Sciences. She will lead a team of UC Riverside and UC Berkeley researchers who will monitor weed growth in the state, and make appropriate ...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...s. Young men and women like this will provide the kind of creativity needed to make the world a better place for future generations, and this competition celebrates their inventiveness." Undergraduate winner Wei Gu , 21, has found a way to microscopically control small amounts of liquid, for anything fr......ay it's also possible our ancestors got the second kind of head lice by fighting with or cannibalizing another human species or by sharing or stealing their clothing. Clayton says evidence of contact between two species of humans is surprising because "Homo erectus has long been thought to have go...How roots control plant shoots
.... Seeking the Chemical Signal To indicate what kind of hormone turned off leaf growth, Van Norman and Sieburth treated thale cress plants with tiny amounts of a herbicide named fluridone, which inhibits production of carotenoids. When they used it on mutant plants which otherwise would have stunted l...Running not swimming or biking is best kind of loading exercise for childrens bone growth
...icine, Indianapolis. Exercise that puts the "best" kind of mechanical load to strengthen bones, especially during childhood and adolescence, Turner says, involves impact or high rates of load such as running or jumping, as opposed to swimming or biking. Growing bones are most responsive to the strengtheni...Scientific organizations unite to influence science policy and promote the ERC
... scientific organizations. A mass petition of this kind on science policy is almost unheard of in Europe. The conference will also feature the Founding Meeting of ISE, the first independent body established to provide a common voice and an action mechanism for European science organizations....Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
...h have achieved for chronic disease prevention the kind of recognition and support that the previous century gave to the infectious disease arena. November 19 at 7:30 p.m . Promoting a Healthy Social Security: The Social Security program, while in short-range actuarial balance, is under-fi...Researchers provide road map for generating B cells from stem cells
...uch regulatory networks we may be able to make any kind of cell we want, or even produce hybrids that combine features of different cell types, such as antibody-producing skin cells." Singh and colleagues work with hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which give rise to the different types of blood cells. Un...New method identifies chromosome changes in malignant cells
... Integrative Genomics, said Troyanskaya. "For this kind of problem you need people who understand computer science, statistics and biology," she said. "Neither side could do it alone." Their findings will be published in an upcoming edition of the journal Bioinformatics and were posted to the journal's We...Touching research: How white blood cells navigate
...lar projections that give it a ruffled appearance, kind of like a tiny raisin. Those projections serve as signals that help determine where white blood cells will exit the bloodstream and fight infections. Imagine blood vessels and cells coated with patches of Velcro actually "adhesion molecules" whose...Small business at NJIT's business incubator takes two awards
...tive Officer Harvey D. Homan, PhD. "We hope this kind of attention can increase our odds for future funding and support from the business community." Urovalve, Inc. is a fledgling enterprise that holds patents on a device which can be implanted through the urethra into the bladder via a simple procedur...Manipulation of epigenome turns off as many genes as it turns on
...y genes are affected, says Feinberg. "It was kind of assumed that removing methyl groups would turn some genes on and others off, but the deactivation side of the coin had been largely ignored as being a minor effect," adds David Gius, M.D., Ph.D., chief of molecular radiation oncology at the NCI. "...Lag-3 gene dampens immune responses by controlling regulatory T-cell function
...ive attack on cancer cells.""We'd like to put that kind of control over immune function into the hands of physicians," Vignali said. ...Mollusk research center will propagate endangered species
...re trained in traditional fisheries don't get that kind of training. They don't get the experience or expertise with mollusks."...Babies born after surgery on eggs
... children have been born after doctors performed a kind of transplant surgery on the eggs of their mothers, for whom normal IVF had failed. But other experts are concerned about the long-term safety of the technique. The technique, developed by Chii-Ruey Tzeng's team at Taipei Medical University in Taiwan...IC-medtech licenses promising cancer therapeutic from Summa Health System
...small pieces. This discovery was the first of its kind and to this point, cells were considered to die only by apoptosis (programmed cell death) or necrosis (toxic cell death or injury.)" According to Tom Miller, CEO of IC-MedTech, his company is excited about the possibilities this drug could b...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
...much time sitting in front of video screens of one kind or another to meet national recommendations," Gordon-Larsen said. "Thus, interventions must begin before adolescence, and this is particularly true for Hispanic and black girls." ...Research to explore revolutionary gene sequencing: Threading the molecular needle
...l far too slow, costly and inaccurate to allow the kind of accurate sequencing of specific tissues that is necessary to understand many of particular genetic problems of individual patients. A radical new method of DNA sequencing currently being explored by Stuart Lindsay, Director of the Center f...