It takes a village -- female ducks negotiate joint rearing of ducklings
... are careful, sophisticated bargainers," says team leader Markus st (University of Helsinki). "The socializing during the period prior to group formation is devoted to the searching for and negotiating with a suitable partner." As a group, each hen's ducklings are kept warm, led to food, and fiercely defe...Plants point the way to coping with climate change
...h another month of harsh winter weather. Research leader at JIC, Professor Caroline Dean, explains: "We studied levels of the FLC gene in Arabidopsis plants from different parts of the world expecting to find regional variations that correlated with how much cold was required to switch FLC off. We discover...Roadworks on the motorways of the cell
...rotubule seam," says Andreas Hoenger, former group leader at EMBL who has just moved to head a lab at the Un...ving on motorways," explains Damian Brunner, group leader at EMBL. "The line of Mal3p along the seam potentially creates an alternative track on the filament,...Ossur hf. acquires the Gibaud Group in France
...n (Euro 101 million). The Gibaud Group is a local leader in the design, production and distribution of medical devices used in the non-invasive orthopaedics sector, specializing in bracing, soft goods and compression therapy products (phlebology). The transaction closed today and Ossur will take over the ...Protection against cancer may begin during pregnancy
...arch areas at the Linus Pauling Institute, a world leader in the study of vitamins, phytochemicals and other nutrients that may help prevent disease or provide optimum health....University of Colorado influenza chip licensed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego
...ducts." Quidel Corp., based in San Diego, is a leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of rapid-diagnostic solutions at the point of care in infectious diseases and reproductive health. The license agreement gives Quidel access to the Flu Chip and MChip technologies, developed...Dispel the top 10 myths about evolution
Though the United States is the world leader in science and technology, many of its citizens display a shocking ignorance regarding basic scientific facts. Recent surveys have revealed that only about half of Americans realize that humans have never lived side by side with dinosaurs, and about ...Shoulder ligament a linchpin in the evolution of flight
...ecame wings is a fascinating question," said team leader David Baier, a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown. "What we learned here is that, in the evolutionary line to birds, a single ligament played an increasingly important role in flight." Baier ...Leibniz Prize winners 2007 announced
...ysics in 1996, where she has been a research group leader since 2003. Prof. Dr. Falko Langenhorst (42), Mineralogy and Petrology, Institute of Geosciences, University of Jena (2.5 million euros) Falko Langenhorst looks at the impacts of celestial bodies colliding with Earth, as well as with other plane...Nalco Company and Argonne National
Nalco Company, the global leader in industrial water treatment, and Argonne Nationa...stated Seth Snyder, a biochemical engineer and the leader of the Chemical and Biotechnology Section in Argonne's Energy Systems Division. This project enables...Invitrogen features new scientific online resources at ASCB Meeting
... 11, 2006 Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN), a leader in life science research, today introduced the newest member of its free online scientific resource collection, iGene, a platform that allows researchers to conveniently search for experimental reagents by gene or protein. This announcement as well ...Mixed prairie grasses are better biofuel source, U of M study says
... of native prairie plant species have emerged as a leader in the quest to identify the best source of biomass for producing sustainable, bio-based fuel to replace petroleum. A new study led by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, shows...Research yields new insights into the cause of diabetes
...se levels normally or to have diabetes," says team leader Douglas Cavener, professor and head of the Department of Biology. The research results will be published in the journal Cell Metabolism on 6 December 2006. The team, consisting of graduate students Wei Zhang, Yulin Li and Kaori Iida, Postdoctoral ...Found -- the apple gene for red
... red colours in many flowers and fruits," says the leader of the CSIRO Plant Industry research team, Dr Mandy Walker. "Colour is a very important part of fruit marketing," she says. "If fruit doesn't look good, consumers are far less likely to buy it, no matter how good it might taste. "As well as giving a...ASEAN endorses major initiatives to boost regional rice production
...ailable on the Internet. ASEAN is also now a world leader in the development of environmental indicators for agriculture, as this level of ministerial support has not been achieved anywhere else....Wheat gene may boost foods' nutrient content
...aid Professor Jorge Dubcovsky, a wheat breeder and leader of this research group. He noted that the World Health Organization estimates that more than 2 billion people are deficient in zinc and iron, and more than 160 million children under the age of five lack an adequate protein supply. The cloned gene, ...Lifton honored by two medical societies for work on hypertension
...d potassium transport in the kidney and has been a leader in understanding the relationships between renal and cardiovascular diseases, and to increase awareness of the rising epidemic of cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. A member of the Yale faculty since 1993,...Gene sequencing center to receive $156 million
...ington University's Genome Sequencing Center and a leader in the worldwide scientific collaboration that pro...unded by the NHGRI since 1990 and has been a world leader in the innovative high-speed sequencing of genomes, from primitive bacteria to complex humans. "We a...Report outlines funding to conserve half of Massachusetts's land
...n Woodstock, Vt. "Massachusetts is emerging as a leader in weaving back together the fragmented landscape of the Eastern U.S.," Levitt says. "As home to the nation's first public park and first private land trust, Massachusetts has a long history in conservation innovation. That tradition continues today ......to nanotechnologists at the CNSI," said Weiss, the leader of the UCLA team. "Beyond furthering the understanding of transcription regulation, the novel methods and findings of this work will aid future studies of other molecular machines involved in cell replication, transcription and protein synthesis."...