Helping chlorine-eating bacteria clean up toxic waste
...ichardson, who grew up in the Hudson River Valley, notes that such pollutants are common in the river's harbors. "There are still thousands of sites around the country that need to be cleaned up," she said. "Ithaca has three or four, and that's not atypical."...UN issues analysis of global investors' sustainable energy 'gold rush'
...ving energy efficiency can be valued economically, notes Virginia Sonntag-O'Brien of UNEPs Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI). Investments in supply side and demand side efficiency have been helping decrease global energy intensity, which on average has been dropping 1% to 1.5% per year. Since...Does stimulant treatment for ADHD increase risk of drug abuse?
... propensity to abuse drugs," Thanos said. Thanos notes that the findings from this study cannot be directly extrapolated to treatment regimes used for ADHD. Also, these studies were done in healthy animals, not in rodent models of ADHD. All experiments were conducted in conformity with the National Acade...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 13, 2007
...an-Franois Tremblay, of C&EN Asia-Pacific Bureau, notes that concerns about counterfeit ingredients arose after recent scandals involving Chinese food and drug ingredients. In one incident, media reports said that an over-the-counter cough syrup formulated with a counterfeit Chinese ingredient killed doze...Researchers discover 'acquired' DNA key to certain bacterial infection
...100,000 persons may be affected. However, CDC also notes that the bacteriums resistance to antibiotics already a problem may be increasing. In contrast, the incidence of lung infection in patients with chronic lung diseases and cystic fibrosis is increasing. Understanding the mechanism by how M. avium ...Exploring the dark matter of the genome
...tter understanding of genome functions. Karpen notes that one intensively studied and puzzling problem in chromosome biology will benefit enormously from the new findings: epigenetics -- the inheritance of traits and genetic information as controlled by proteins associated with the chromosomes, rather ...Woods Hole Research Center scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
...hor Scott Goetz, a senior scientist at the Center, notes that the combination of increasing population, economic development and climatic change means that Africa is poised for irreversible change, so it is important to help African countries with tools to monitor what is happening to their forests. Dr...Competition, loss of selfishness mark shift to supersociety
... of other societies of the same species. Hlldobler notes that the competition between societies soon becomes a major force reinforcing the evolutionary process: In this way the society or insect colony becomes the extended phenotype of the collective genome of the society. Hlldobler believes that this mo...Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way
...s. As pieces of a puzzle come together, Dr. Song notes scientists already are developing methods to stimulate ovarian tissue to produce eggs outside the body, a process that could also make in vitro fertilization a lot more affordable. Others are looking for ways to ensure there are no cancer germ cells ......OR activity is reduced during development. Amdam notes that while social insect queens and workers have been subjects of great fascination for centuries, and scientific study for the last few decades, the gene regulatory pathways responsible for determining caste fate has remained largely unknown. This i...Duetting birds with rhythm present a greater threat
..., Hall said. Paired Australian magpie-larks sing notes in rapid alternation to produce duets for territor...ls. Highly coordinated partners create alternating notes so closely spaced that they can sound like a single bird. In contrast, others relatively poorer voca...Every moment counts: Predicting treatment responses earlier for brain tumor patients
... to treatment is a powerful predictor of survival, notes a first-of-its-kind study presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals. "Our study opens the door to the possibility that brain tumor patients may live longer and ...Cigarette smoke alters DNA in sperm, genetic damage could pass to offspring
...ein-coding regions of DNA where genes reside, Yauk notes that previous studies correlate mutations in non-coding regions with those in coding regions, and that some repetitive regions of DNA (not exam-ined in this study) are associated with genes. It stands to reason that mutations could also interfere ...Yin and yang -- Balance could play key role in progression of Alzheimer's disease
...on of AB40 may stop the diseases development. Wang notes that further research is needed, but his preliminary results challenge the current mode of thinking about how these peptides contribute to the progression of the disease. The research will be published in the June edition of the Journal of Molecula...Essential tones of music rooted in human speech
...nter for Cognitive Neuroscience. The particular notes used in music sound right to our ears because of t...s correspond neatly with the relationships between notes of the 12-tone chromatic scale of music, Purves said. The work appeared online May 24 in the Proce...Einstein researchers' discover 'radiation-eating' fungi
...ent form of energy to make food. Dr. Casadevall notes that the melanin in fungi is no different chemically from the melanin in our skin. "It's pure speculation but not outside the realm of possibility that melanin could be providing energy to skin cells," he says. "While it wouldn't be enough energy to ...UVa researcher studying disease that cripples newborns
...y because they have mild symptoms or none at all, notes Mani S. Mahadevan, M.D. a pathologist at the University of Virginia Health System and winner of the 2007 Rachel Fund Award for myotonic dystrophy (DM) research. DM1 is the nations most prevalent inherited neuromuscular disorder, afflicting men and...New research advances energy efficiency, safety and performance of public transit
...to go, in the most economic and efficient manner," notes Aesch. "Rising fuel costs, double digit increases in health care costs, and workers' compensation costs, have jeopardized the Authority's ability to keep fares stable for our customers. Our partnership with the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Stu...Immune antibodies penetrate neurons to clear Alzheimer's-linked amyloid
...etases -- that we know help produce beta amyloid," notes the study's lead author Dr. Davide Tampellini, a researcher in the Weill Cornell Laboratory of Alzheimer's Disease Neurobiology. "In fact, if anything the presence of the antibody appears to boost secretase activity," Dr. Tampellini says. According......ar power. Carnegie president Richard A. Meserve notes that the impacts of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are the result of cumulative emissions. This study is a signal that global action is urgently needed to reverse the adverse trends or the challenge of responding to climate change will be more diff...