MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
...hild development. The MIT study indicates that a more developed prefrontal cortex (PFC) - an area of the...n contextual memories. The older the subjects, the more powerful the activation in that area, explains senior author John Gabrieli of MIT's McGovern Instit...Human knowledge is based upon directed connectivity between brain areas
...y which brain areas are involved but, perhaps even more importantly, how they cooperate with each other. The investigation of this new dimension in brain research is just beginning. ...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
...he last century. We hope our work will inspire a more precautionary approach to the management of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic, with more concern about re-establishing and maintaining the historical range of the species. Tuna Present ...Space-borne sensors help Africa tackle water shortage problems
... importance to the countrys economy and is home to more than half of the countrys population. "The IWAR...ter information gap using satellite data. To date, more than 100 African water basin authorities, universities and other organisations have become involved ...Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...t for U.S. medical personnel who each year perform more than 2 million human blood measurements, Standard ...ertified lead concentrations make SRM 955c an even more effective tool for use in addressing lead poisoning, a condition particularly harmful to the develop...How cells change the pace of their steps
...provides new tools that will allow us to make even more significant advances in the future. By using a mo...h a cell can tighten and relax its cytoskeleton is more important in controlling its speed than how firmly it attaches to the substrate. Different cell ty...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
...e followed by a question and answer session. For more than a decade ecologists have wanted to create an ... am - 8:00 am. Conference attendees may also learn more about the Observatory, including core site locations, by visiting the ESA/SER NEON Exhibit (Booth 60...Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in Science
...g was the first time that many archaeologists from more than a dozen countries gathered to discuss the fre...rding to Lawler. Archaeologists now have access to more remote locations and are expanding their studies. ...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
... fuels results in real carbon emission reductions, more consumer choice, and minimal costs. Some highlig...emissions in a variety of ways, including blending more biofuel with gasoline and diesel; buying low-carbon fuels and emissions credits from other producers...New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine
...sly defined categories of unintended consequences, more than 70 percent of the institutions ranked the lev...failures. Doctors, for example, were spending much more time at the computer inputting prescriptions and other orders. The two remaining categories were th...Forecasting system provides flood warnings to vulnerable residents of Bangladesh
...m of delivering 1- to 10-day forecasts directly to more than 100,000 people living on floodplains of the B... Chang have worked to create forecasts that go out more than 10 days, thereby giving residents additional time to prepare for floods. Over the next year or ...Discovery of new protein could provide new understanding of male fertility
...r E3 enzymes that have been found, researchers are more likely to find another E2 or E3 enzyme than a new ...nd that the protein was expressed about five times more in the testis than other organs. Again, this was totally unexpected, Goettrup says. Unlike the fir...ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
... focused on algae as a source of renewable oil for more than 20 years. The benefits of oil produced from algae are endless, according to the ASU researchers. Algae are non-food/feed sources, so there is no inherent conflict of using food crop plants for fuel rather than for food, said Hu and Sommerfeld. A...Identified mechanism in the malaria parasite to help it adapt to infected individuals
...chers believe that this ability makes the parasite more adaptable when attempting to invade the cells. The... cycle. Researchers like Alfred Corts believe that more insight into the biology of this parasite will allow us to design vaccines with a high likelihood of...Unlocking proteins from their cellular shell
.... The findings for both simple red blood cells and more versatile stem cells show that hidden and folded parts of proteins can be exposed by physical strain, not just by chemical reaction. From there, proteins can be labeled and mapped, increasing the understanding of cellular behavior and unlocking nove...Discredited Korean embryonic stem cells' true origins revealed
...ally toward the ends of the chromosomes, which are more likely to exchange genetic material, rather than the middle. In contrast, embryonic stem cells created through nuclear transfer show a consistent pattern of variation through all regions of the chromosome -- thus making them easily distinguishable fr...Unknotting DNA clue to cancer syndrome
... when SGS1 was defective, yeast chromosomes became more promiscuous in combining with each other as they a...apable of exchange the repair process will also be more efficient. The drawback is that it's also more risky," Hunter said. Resolution of multichromosome ......s: the shorter the fragments in the gel bands, the more frequent the breaks. Interpreting the band pattern...a rays than the model predicted, and they appeared more gradually. The researchers now used a novel technique, "relative DNA image measurements," and ana...Biologists at Tufts University discover 1 reason why chromosomes break, often leading to cancer
...because it allowed them to look at the region in a more detailed way than looking at human chromosomes and...eich and Zhang found the longer the AT-repeat, the more the replication process was stalled, something they would like to follow up on with further research...Chickadee, nutchatch presence in conifers increases tree growth, says CU-Boulder study
...pecimens from the mountain study area, identifying more than 300 separate spider and insect species collectively known as arthropods. The trees used in the study were set up to exclude birds, ants, or both, since ants also can have significant impacts on other arthropods, he said. "The study indicates...