Oceanographers work a quarter of the world away from ship they're 'on'
...entists on a major expedition now under way in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. That's because most of the researchers investigating the eerie Lost City hydrothermal vent field are working "aboard" a landlocked science command center in Seattle. Only four scientists are with University of Rhode Island oce...Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans
... small fish. "The peak in big fish diversity is at middle temperatures," says Myers. "Like Goldilocks and the three bears- ocean animals don't like it too hot, or too cold, they like it just right." For these predatory fish, 22 degrees C (77 degrees F) seems to be the optimum temperature. The only other glo...Researchers find molecule that inhibits regrowth of spinal nerve cells
...at such a "fence" is erected specifically down the middle of the cortical spinal tract, which is damaged dur...B3, which normally is present as a 'wall' down the middle of adult spinal cords, also is found in very high levels in adult myelin," said Dr. Parada. The rese...Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises, study says
...nternational destinations. Along the way, hunters, middle marketers, and consumers experience either direct or indirect contact with each animal traded. The pathogens, and even commonly benign microbes these animals carry are sometimes transmitted to other species, including humans, in the process. Domesti...Technique provides new look on response of diseased canine heart
...ariably fatal." DCM typically occurs as dogs reach middle age, causing the heart to enlarge and lose its strength. Dobermans, Great Danes and boxers are predisposed to the disease, but it also commonly strikes the Scottish deerhound, Newfoundland, Irish wolfhound and golden and Labrador retrievers. "We don'...First high-tech incubator at a women's college says girls can do science
...ogram Girls in Engineering, Math and Science for middle and high school girls aimed at increasing the number of girls and women studying and entering technical careers in engineering, mathematics, and computer science. The move will help fill the growing need for incubator space in the Capital Re...Yale scientists identify structure for RNA quality control
...s. Unlike most proteins, Ro has a hole through the middle - and the hole is used in distinguishing these RNAs," said Reinisch. Mothers with anti-Ro antibodies often have babies with heart signal conduction defects; some scientists believe that the antibodies may cause the defects. "Although Ro is a major hu...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...l engineering, who studies the biomechanics of the middle ear; and Robert Sapolsky, a professor of biological sciences. O'Connell-Rodwell is particularly interested in the elephant's feet and the trunk, believed to be the primary receptors of low-frequency vibrations. The trunk may be the most versatile app...Habitat use by North Pacific right whales, Eubalaena japonica, in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
...h century to the present, it appears that the SEBS middle shelf was and continues to be important habitat for this species. Although there has been a conspicuous absence of right whale sightings from the outer shelf and slope habitat in recent years, this may be due, at least in part, to a lack of survey e...News tips: NASA presentations at Annual 2005 Joint Assembly Meeting
...xed aged pollution with stratospheric ozone in the middle troposphere and analysis suggests that meteorological conditions led to reduced levels of ozone during summer 2004. Time/Location: Tuesday, May 24 at 9:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. local CDT), Hall B Presenters: Anne Thompson, Penn State University/NASA G...Oldest cranial, dental and postcranial fossils of early modern European humans confirmed
...irms that they derived from the time period of the middle to late Aurignacian of Central Europe. Given the presence of multiple individuals, males and females, adult and immature with cranial, dental and postcranial elements, the Mladec assemblage becomes the oldest directly dated substantial assemblage of ...To stop evolution: New way of fighting antibiotic resistance demonstrated by Scripps scientists
...eating bacterial infections. By the middle of the century, the threat posed by many types of bacteria seemed to be waning. Bacterial infections that once topped the list as leading causes of death in the United States were no longer among the top ten. The average life expectancy in the United...Scripps scientists describe protein used by bacteria and cancer cells to resist drugs
...e basis for treating bacterial infections. By the middle of the century, the threat posed by many types of bacteria seemed to be waning. Bacterial infections that once topped the list as leading causes of death in the United States were no longer among the top ten. The average life expectancy in the United...'Scientists@work' gives over 1800 Flemish students the chance to work in a biotech lab
...ng discoveries, and testing new methods. But what middle school has a fully equipped laboratory - including the latest materials and the full range of expertise? The solution to this problem seems simple, but it turns out to be unique in Europe: take a team of youngsters and their teacher to the lab! De...Researchers drill historic hole in Atlantic Ocean floor
... an area called the Atlantis Massif located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, says Jay Miller, staff scientist at Texas A&M and one of the leaders of the project. The new hole - the third deepest ever drilled in the "basement" area of the oceanic crust - has provided more than 3,000 feet of core samples ...Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
...g and vacuuming device that removes the gel in the middle of the eye and replaces it with saline. They then ...eseal the retina over the ASR, insert air into the middle of the eye to gently push the retina back down over the device, and close the incisions. Over a peri...Great White shark evolution debate involves WSU Lake Campus geology professor
...ight State University Lake Campus, is right in the middle of it. The issue is if the Great White, one of the most feared predators of the sea, evolved from the huge prehistoric megladon shark or if its ancestry rests with the mako shark. "Most scientists would probably say the Great Whites evolved from the ...Brain scans reveal how gene may boost schizophrenia risk
... increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine in the middle of the brain in subjects with the suspected schizophrenia-related version of the gene. Yet, the opposite relationship held for subjects with the other of two common versions of the gene. "A tiny variation in the gene that makes the enzyme that break...Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
...d of the chip is densely planted. The strip in the middle is moderately dense, and the strip at the bottom is sparser still. Dense electrodes lead to better image resolution but may inhibit the desirable migration of retinal cells into voids near electrodes, so the different electrode densities of a current...Researchers at U. Va. discover how body regulates most abundant type of white blood cell
...likely located in the mesenteric lymph node in the middle of the gut, and possibly the lungs and skin. Co-authors on the Immunity paper with Ley and Stark are Yuqing Huo, Tracy L. Burcin, Margaret A. Morris and Timothy S. Olson. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of He...