At an underwater volcano, evidence of man's environmental impact
...g rocks or from any possible natural source in the nearby region or anywhere in Europe. Instead, they trac...vered that the ratios did not match any lead found nearby -- or even anywhere else in Europe. The isotope ratios of lead extracted from different parts of the...New genetic findings add to understanding of OCD
...ime, they have been zeroing in on the gene and its nearby stretches of DNA, using analyses of single nucleotide polymorphisms that look at specific differences between individuals within the gene. At the same time, the Toronto group has been focusing on that same area in studies involving adults and childre...Studying water quality in Colorado River Delta's Cienega de Santa Clara
...lso the basis of a growing ecotourism industry for nearby communities in Mexico. "This project is a great example of how cross-border cooperation among federal agencies, state agencies, environmental groups and academic institutions can address critical problems in the use of water resources," Flessa said...Hopkins researchers develop new tool to watch real-time chemical activity in cells
...tein biosensor that indicates if an enzyme located nearby is turned on or off. The sensor is made from a protein that glows, originally isolated from jellyfish. When PKA is turned off, the biosensor glows blue. When PKA is turned on and is physically close to a biosensor, PKA itself changes the shape of the...Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions
... neural spiking, the language of the brain -- from nearby neurons and transmit them through thin gold wires to a titanium pedestal that protrudes about an inch above the patient's scalp. An external cable connects the pedestal to computers, signal processors and monitors. Converting digitized intentions ...Other highlights in the July 5 JNCI
...ular non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the eye and nearby organs, is increasing rapidly and has shown no signs of peaking, a new study reports. Roxana Moslehi, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues assessed the incidence of ocular non-Hodgkin lymphoma using data from the...Studies show that rockfish thrive with offshore platforms as their home base
...redators, or starve to death once they ate all the nearby plankton floating with them. The platforms provide structures that the rockfishes need to thrive. "Natural reefs are small," said Love, "and before the time the fish finds one it often gets eaten." By contrast, platforms cover the entire water co......fe-giving force of the Sun God is broadcast to all nearby beings and things. The symposium will gather linguists and anthropologists from Europe, South America, and the United States who are specialists on Native Amazonian societies. Participants will address three major aspects of the life of things. ...Landfills, chemical weapon debris possibly a good match, computer model suggests
...landfills likely would pose only a minimal risk to nearby communities and the surrounding environment, according to a study scheduled for publication in the July 1 issue of the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology . The study's computer model, developed by environmental engi...First surveys of Tanzanian mountains reveal 160+ animal species, including new & endemic
...st during the night and help collect water for two nearby rivers which in turn provide water for several settlements and a town. As a crucial source of water and home to unique and threatened wildlife, World Wildlife Fund considers the Eastern Arc Mountain range and coastal East Africa a conservation priori...Long-term changes in experience cause neurons to sprout new long-lasting connections
...s between a neuron's highly branched dendrites and nearby axons. Dendrites are the input side of neurons and axons the output side. Spines stipple the surface of dendrites, like twigs from a branch, and form the receiving ends of synapses, which are the junctions between neurons where neurotransmitters are ...Bones hold the key to blood renewal
...ls remain undifferentiated; with the help of other nearby cells, they hang on to their juvenile qualities. Only when they leave the niches do they morph into specialized blood cells, possibly becoming immune cells for fighting infection or cells for blood clotting and healing after injury. They can even res...Early bird caught the fish: Fossils depict aquatic origins of birds 115 million years ago
...from the Gansu region, where it was found, and the nearby city of Yumen. According to Dodson, Gansus is something of a lost species, originally described from a fossil leg found in 1983, but since largely ignored by science. The five specimens described by Dodson and his colleagues had many of the anatomi...When it comes to gene transcription, random pauses arent quite so random, study finds
...c pause position, and always a T or a C at another nearby position," he said. "So the pause seems to be sequence dependent. It's not always the same duration every time, but it's more likely to pause at one of these sites than at any other sites in between, so it's not just some random phenomenon that happe...Damaged Iraq marshes show renewed signs of life
...es to cut off the natural inflow of water from the nearby Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The intent, according to many observers, was to punish the people living there, known as Marsh Arabs, for their support of a Shi'a revolt following the first Gulf War. Hussein's troops also reportedly killed tens of thous...Study outlines eruption at undersea volcano
...re recorded on a portable hydrophone placed on the nearby seafloor. On another volcano called Daikoku, in the northern part of the Mariana volcanic arc, the researchers discovered a pool of molten sulfur at a depth of 420 meters. It was measured at 187 degrees Celsius. "It was a sulfur pond with a flexible ...Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
...ed is down to their relative isolation. A lack of nearby reefs to provide larvae which could settle and grow into new coral structures and the absence of favourable sea currents to transport the larvae could be largely to blame. Yet while a bleak picture is painted in the inner islands of the Seychelles, ...Whale bubble nets, saxophone sounds, ultrasonic laser
...he purpose of sensing magnetic fields or detecting nearby nanoparticles. Todd Murray ( twmurray@bu.edu ) and Kamil Ekinci ( ekinci@bu.edu ) and their colleagues at Boston University have built a photoacoustic microscope that first excites tiny vibrations (acoustic waves set in motion by local heating) in a ...Novel enzyme offers new look at male hormone regulation
...ons of these proteins can have profound effects on nearby genes. Depending on their precise location and how many methyl groups are added, the presence of alterations can either turn on or turn off a gene. In the study, Zhang learned that the JHDM2A specifically removes methyl-groups from lysine 9 of histo...Novel molecular 'signature' marks DNA of embryonic stem cells
...to make active or inactive in a cell, based on the nearby chemical tags joined to its backbone. By examining the chromatin in mouse ES cells across the genome, the scientists discovered an unusual pair of overlapping molecular tags in the chromatin structure, which together comprise what they called a "biva...