Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...nup workers don't always know what tough materials lie underground, often because waste was buried decades ago without the benefit of modern record-keeping. GEOPS can penetrate nearly anything -- including hard, compacted dirt and even metal drums. To reach the depth they need, workers string together in...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...99 percent of the human genome. "Major challenges lie ahead on the road to a complete encyclopedia of DNA elements," said Elise A. Feingold, Ph.D., NHGRI's program director in charge of the ENCODE project. "Such work is well beyond the scope of any single group. However, by bringing together researchers...Sandbagging cancer in the bloodstream
...t organs, says Cheresh, but part of the answer may lie in the fact that these cells release VEGF when they are in the bloodstream, and the VEGF allows them to enter into the tissue. Cheresh, Weis, and their colleagues thought that if they could prevent this by blocking VEGF or Src kinase--in essence, san...Old riverbed keeps chemicals from entering Ohio River
...r by old channels filled with sand and gravel that lie beneath the surface. Water flows between the buried aquifer and the present-day river in a kind of seesaw motion -- with the chemical pool caught in-between. What is strange is that normally a water source so close to a major river would flow d...New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
... In addition, Pierolapithecus ' shoulder blades lie along its back, as do those of modern great apes and humans. In monkeys, the shoulder blades are on the sides of the ribcage, the way they are in dogs. In both Pierolapithecus and modern great apes, the lumbar section of the lower spine...Invasive sea squirt alive and well on Georges Bank
...e. The species thrives in marine environments that lie within its preferred temperature range (28 to 75 d...ntic Canada. It could change gravel habitats that lie along the northern edge of Georges Bank, and immobile sand habitats characteristic of southerly Bank...Researchers compare chicken, human genomes
...overy of these "true" start sites, which appear to lie inside the previously hypothesized boundaries of the genes, may have implications for the understanding of human disease and the design of new therapies. Chicken genes that code for eggshell-specific proteins, such as ovocleidin-116, have mammalia...Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Salty, acidic soup could have supported life on Mars
...enome Treasures: The stretches of "junk DNA" that lie within genomes proved this year to be far more important than previously thought. This DNA, found between genes and between a gene's protein-coding regions, turns out to be essential for helping genes turn on at the right time and in the right place....Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...imaging is also being explored as a substitute for lie detectors, which could be used to screen employees and travelers or even to assess the truthfulness of legal testimony. "These applications of brain imaging are not ready for prime time," Farah said. "By and large the neuroscientists understand th...New technique provides insights into gene regulation
...s, the process of gene regulation. The answer may lie in the coding segments (exons) of human genes, which are separated by long, non-coding segments (introns). The exons can be spliced in different combinations to generate different genetic messages, or mRNAs, and corresponding protein products. This p...Searle grant funds proteomics initiative
...ersity of Illinois at Chicago. "These interactions lie at the heart of human health and disease. The knowledge Chicago-area scientists gain will give us new insight into the molecular dynamics of normal human physiological function and into the root causes of a wide range of diseases." "One sign of progr...Microbiologist named National Associate of National Academies
...ant surprise," Yates said. Her research interests lie in the area of drinking water and wastewater microbiology. Yates' research focuses on assessing the potential for contamination of water supplies by human disease-causing microorganisms. Yates came to UCR in 1987 from the U.S. Environmental Protectio...Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer
...is study will provoke interest in what secrets may lie undiscovered in the sequences of other supposedly 'simple' amoeba genomes." Named for its effectiveness in killing other cells, E. histolytica was long considered to be a 'primitive' organism originating from the time that bacterial lineages d...Three bacterial genomes found lurking inside recently sequenced fruit fly genomes
...ionts or parasites, he said, but secrets may still lie hidden inside these other genomes. "There is a lot of unexplored stuff out there in the genome databases - it's certainly not out of the question that other genomes have these lurking endosymbionts," Eisen said. "After all, there are more bacterial c...JCI table of contents, April 1, 2005
... hypothalamic neurons of mice. PI3K was thought to lie downstream of leptin and insulin signaling. They demonstrate that insulin and leptin can directly activate PI3K in Pomc neurons. In Agrp neurons, leptin represses PI3K while insulin maintains PI3K activation. This study advances our understanding ...'Mandela's Paradox' may show that osteoporosis propensity starts in pre-teen years
...ng about osteoporosis, the roots of which may well lie in the childhood years. It's obvious that intervention is becoming increasingly important during the growing years as this is the period when physical activity and nutrition have the most impact. It is possible that with the black South African popul...14 highlighted physiology papers from IUPS 2005: From 'genomics to functions'
...pment of osteoporosis, the roots of which may well lie in the childhood years. Despite less activity and calcium intake in their youth, adult black South Africans have very low hip fracture rates. As blacks' lifestyles change will their genetic advantages be lost to Western influences? "Physical activit...Scientists find molecular pathway suspected in precancerous stomach lesions
...ent by a layer of cells, known as mesenchyme, that lie directly beneath the intestinal lining. The key player in the signaling pathway, they found, is a transcription factor a protein that governs the expression of genes under its control called Barx1. The main action of Barx1 in stomach lining formati...New study explains process leading to many proteins from one gene
...certain DNA sequences called "tandem repeats" that lie between exons are highly correlated with the process of alternative splicing. They found a large number of tandem repeats on either side of exons destined to be spliced out of the pre-mRNA. The tandem repeat sequences also were complementary and cou...... get stressed if they become too warm. They go and lie on the slatted floor, wallow in urine, eat less an...t 19 degrees the animals sought a slatted floor to lie on. They also wallowed in urine and became less active. If the temperature rises further, the pigs i...