Innovative tagging technique may help researchers better protect fish stocks
...cience Program has granted Thorrold and colleagues more than $480,000 for three years to study the population dynamics of grouper and snapper in the waters around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. Through a new technique known as TRAnsgenerational Isotope Labeling (TRAIL), the researchers wil...Ecologists work to link kids with nature
...le television and video games are winning out over more traditional outdoor recreation for the time and in...g people. Our kids need fewer adventure games and more actual adventure in their lives and we need to make that happen. So said Congressman Raul Grijalva ...Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'
...h extra carbon dioxide did allow the trees to grow more tissue, only those pines receiving the most water ... plots that were treated produced about 20 percent more biomass on average, the researchers found. But since the amounts of available water and nitrogen nut...Secret life of elephant seals not secret anymore!
...ine where the seals were gaining fat (and becoming more buoyant) and where food was harder to find and the...ell. The Indian and Pacific seals have to travel more than 1000 km further during their winter migration than Atlantic seals. The extra energy expended wo...Other highlights in the Aug. 7 JNCI
...ecific to the IGF2 gene or whether it is part of a more general disruption of the epigenome. These results may have important therapeutic implications. Because of their potential reversibility, epigenetic modifications are under investigation as potential targets for the treatment of various common can...Lost forest yields several new species
...s a real need to protect this forest and carry out more research in the area. The Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced unrestespecially in the biodiversity-rich eastern part of the countrysince the 1960s, when Laurent Kabila, father of the current president, set up a base of operations in the Mi...In limiting life span, study finds booming bacteria innocent
...t went from virtually undetectable to a million or more per fly. Using a scanning electron microscope to examine the insects outer surfaces, the researchers showed that some of the bacteria were even banding together, forming continuous biofilms. Yet treatments that reduced the number of bacteria had no...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
...n to break apart the tumor cells, may have an even more significant impact in suppressing cancer metastasi...s did thermal HIFU, presumably by releasing a much more diverse range of danger signals. Our results show that while mechanical HIFU is not as effective a...Cornell scientists link E. coli bacteria to Crohn's disease
...dy found an increased level of E. coli bacteria in more inflamed areas of the small intestines instead of ...cterium related to tubercle bacillus that has been more commonly associated with Crohns....Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love
...that men with feminine facial features are seen as more committed and less likely to cheat on their partne...itally altered pictures of male faces made to look more masculine or feminine. The participants were asked to predict personality traits including sexual b...Role of thyroid hormones in slumber under investigation at Rutgers
...cting inside cells. Thyroid hormones do so much more than regulate weight. Were really just beginning to learn the true extent of how these hormones impact our overall health, Martin says. The research underway at Rutgers-Camden will build on earlier findings by providing specific measurements of th...Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers
... an open wound, pathogens in the water can trigger more severe ailments, including dysentery and hepatitis...ccording to the NRDC. In 2005, the council tallied more than 20,000 days of closures and advisories in the 29 states along the oceans and Great Lakes-a 5 pe...Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing more rapidly than expected
...itative surveys performed between 1968 and 2004 of more than 2,600 Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The surveys tallied coral cover, a measure of the ocean floor area covered by living corals. Scientists rely on coral cover as a key indicator of reef habitat quality and quantity, similar to measuring an area cov...American Chemical Society meets Aug. 19-23 in Boston
...mical Societys 234th national meeting will feature more than 9,500 scientific presentations on health, medicine, environment, energy, nutrition, nanotechnology and other topics. More than 15,000 scientists and others are expected to gather for the event, held in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...tal $144.3 billion for R&D--$3.2 billion (or 2.3%) more than the current budget and $4 billion more than the White House 2008 budget proposal. The Senate would spend $500 million more on R&D than the ...UCLA scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells
...xcited because we have been able to purify so many more neurons out of the cell culture and they were, surprisingly, healthy enough to form synapses. These cells will be excellent for doing gene expression studies and biochemical and protein analyses. Suns method prodded human embryonic stem cells to d......land to atmosphere. As human populations shift to more meat-heavy diets, trade of agricultural products i...est irrigated agricultural area in the world, with more than 90 percent of the countrys water supporting irrigated agriculture. Vapor fluxes in Indias wet ...Taking a supplement of glycine helps prevent degenerative diseases such as arthrosis or osteoporosis
...ost common osteoarticulary problem in our society: more than 50% of the population suffer from it after the age of 65, and 80% of people over 75. It consists of a degeneration of the articulary cartilage which disappears until it leaves the subchondral bone exposed. Arthrosis has no cure at present and th...ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
...ealth since 2003, and for his efforts to promote a more rational Federal policy regarding use of Human embryonic stem cells. Scott A. Strobel (Yale University, New Haven, Conn.) will receive the Schering-Plough Research Institute Award. The Schering Plough Award was established to recognize young inve......om wheat. The technology - potentially cheaper and more efficient than conventional methods for producing ...ioethanol production in Europe, where the grain is more widely grown, the article states. But conventional methods for producing bioethanol from wheat are c...