Bugs expose underground carbon traffic system 10 times more important than fossil fuel burning
...o open up a new understanding of the food-webs and nutrient flow in soil which is fundamental to sustainable agriculture. Note for editors: The research paper Soil Invertebrates Disrupt Carbon Flow Through Fungal Neworks is in Science vol 309, 2005, p. 1047.......pharaonis, with the possibility of simplifying the nutrient solution, opens new possibilities for experimentally investigating the metabolic network. The data we thus acquire make up an important foundation for developing and testing metabolic models in the framework of systemic biological studies and in inte...Highlights from the November Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...of 1,666 adult men to assess relationships between nutrient intake and chronic disease risk over a long period... examine their roles in promoting optimal food and nutrient intake."...UCR environmental scientists propose chemical solution to cleaning California's Salton Sea
... entering the lake." Both phosphorus a fertilizer nutrient that occurs both dissolved in the river water and ...oration plan will be the management and control of nutrient inputs to the lake. Inflow water into the Salton Sea by way of the Whitewater River, the New River a...Unexpected function for a key regulator of blood glucose levels
...or the cells in our body. Right after a meal, when nutrient levels in the blood are high, the pancreas releases insulin, which tells muscle and liver cells to squirrel away glucose for later use. In addition, insulin stimulates the production of fat and shuts down the ability of the liver to produce glucose. ...Growers and homeowners can help detect citrus disease
...t, the citrus psyllid. Citrus greening affects the nutrient conducting system of citrus plants causing the infected trees to yellow, decline, and possibly die within a few years. The name "huanglongbing" means "yellow dragon" which is descriptive of the yellow sectors of infected trees. The symptoms of citrus...Space service for wetlands protection on show at Ramsar COP
...rosion prevention, water storage and purification, nutrient recycling and the provision of food and animal fodder, improving the livelihoods of millions of people and making a major contribution to sustainable development. For much of the 20th Century wetlands were drained or otherwise degraded. However inc...Increased dampness causes vegetation change
...on returns to the surface. As a result of this the nutrient phosphate is stored in chemical compounds that cannot be accessed by the majority of plants. Therefore only typical dune plants, which use phosphate very sparingly, can grow at these locations. Finally the water can easily transport seeds from other ...Novel protein complex enables survival in hostile environment
... converts toxic sulfite into sulfide, an essential nutrient of M. jannaschii. This enzyme, coenzyme F420-dependent sulfite reductase, or Fsr, "uses an unusual coenzyme a deazaflavin molecule called Factor 420 -- as an electron carrier for the reduction of sulfite. None of the previously described sulfite re...Recycled or revamped therapeutics find novel anti-cancer applications
...key opens the opportunity to target and govern the nutrient regulatory molecular pathways to which cancer cell...ng cells either healthy or cancerous to regulate nutrient uptake. In normal cells, either pathway is sufficient to maintain the energy demands of growth. If o...Researchers find pathways linking caloric restriction to aging process
...of Washington have found a genetic pathway linking nutrient response and the aging process, they report in the...d Sch9, are signaling molecules that are linked to nutrient uptake in many different organisms. Their results suggest that the same proteins, or very similar on...Nutrient pollution causes a long-term effect on Chesapeake Bay ecosystem
...ed that the growing worldwide problem of increased nutrient pollution, primarily nitrogen and phosphorous, on ...cology Progress Series. During the last 50 years, nutrient enrichment has reduced the size of sea grass beds and lowered dissolved oxygen concentrations, both ...Highlights from the December Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...utrients. Fruits and vegetables scored highest on nutrient density because they were nutrient-rich in relation to their low energy content and also had a relatively high nutrient-to-price ratio. This illustrates that fruits and vegetables provide nutrients at a reasonable cost when compared with other foods....Purdue biologists clarify how a cellular 'spacecraft' opens its airlock
...eins open to reveal a small cavity that can hold a nutrient or other substance the cell requires from the outside. Once the nutrient is in place, the cell uses water to break down the ATP, signaling the "tweezers" to relax, closing t...Study finds that nutritionally enhanced rice reduces iron deficiency
...rch findings and partners to increase the level of nutrient density in rice to be even more effective. "We view this study as a 'proof of concept,'" said Zeigler. "We now know that, if plants are bred with higher levels of iron and other micronutrients, they will improve the nutritional status of people wh...Unexpected link between gene in liver and iron overload
... iron homeostasis," he added. Iron is an essential nutrient found in many foods, particularly in red meat and iron-fortified bread and cereal. In the body, iron becomes part of hemoglobin, a molecule in the blood that transports oxygen from the lungs to all body tissues. Iron deficiency results in anemia, whe...Turf management education resource published
...-the material applied to turf to improve water and nutrient absorption--can now be at your fingertips with the release of the Crop Science Society of America's "Soil Wetting Agents" presentation on CD. If you've ever wondered how soil wetting agents work and if you also want to gain an understanding of soil ...A distinguished program training the next generation of conservation scientists
...ects of northern parks including: caribou habitat, nutrient and permafrost dynamics, natural disturbance regimes, and plant community composition. To date, research has been minimal to quantify the extent or examine causes of this change inside or outside of national parks. Research by the Canon Scholar will ...Storing carbon to combat global warming may cause other environmental problems, study suggests
...d in a new report. Those effects include water and nutrient depletion and increased soil salinity and acidity,...," the study added. "They typically have increased nutrient demands as well." In order to store carbon from carbon dioxide in their tissues, trees must also rem......ultivate sunflower cells or other plant cells in a nutrient solution together with the mould sclerotinia sclerotiorum and then obtain the enzyme from the liquid,' CEMBIO researcher Ralf Theisen says. 'If things go according to plan, we could produce DCQA at a substantially reduced cost.' From the ceiling of R...