Newly discovered West Coast arrhythmias cause
...ese arrhythmias in the coastal ocean suggest we're observing a system that is out of kilter." Understanding the interplay of warming, winds, and storms with ocean currents and biological productivity is a whole new area of study that is proving urgent. In 2002, when scientists first documented low-oxygen z...AAAS releases video and first board consensus statement on climate change
... AAAS board concluded. Already, "Scientists are observing rapid melting of glaciers, destabilization of major ice sheets, rising sea levels, shifts in species ranges, and increased frequency of weather extremes," AAAS President John P. Holdren wrote in a cover letter to town hall attendees. "As droughts, he...New research finds that a natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill
...ans fertile phase by measuring her temperature and observing cervical secretions. In the largest, prospective study of STM, the researchers found that if the couples then either abstained from sex or used a barrier method during the fertile period, the rate of unplanned pregnancies per year was 0.4% and 0.6% r...What is wrong with intelligent design?
...tement "all swans are white" is falsifiable, since observing even one swan that isn't white would disprove it. Sober points out that this criterion entails that many ID statements are falsifiable; for example, the statement that an intelligent designer created the vertebrate eye entails that vertebrates have e...New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
...rgely unknown. Moura and Lindeman spent five years observing Lutjanus alexandrei to analyze its characteristics and determine the distinct features. It occurs from the state of Maranho to the southern coast of the state of Bahia, and its habitats include coral reefs, rocky shores, coastal lagoons with bracki...Making memories that last a lifetime
...st whether the rats remembered the conditioning by observing whether they froze when placed in the chamber. Using drugs that inhibit methylation, the researchers showed that methylation was necessary for rats to form such memories. Particularly importantly, the researchers found that the level of methylation...International Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites
...ken there: "I see Earth. Its so beautiful. Indeed, observing Earth from space has truly revolutionised the way we view our home planet. With their unique global perspective, satellite systems offer incomparable advantages to help us better understand, manage and protect the Earths precious environment." "Th...New evidence of 'human' culture among primates
...ill, suggesting that they had indeed learned it by observing and replicating one another. "One of the most interesting things is that they make a noise to scare off predators," he said. "They would seem to be communicating the danger to one another at the same time. "We already know that these monkey pop...Life-long learning -- nature provides natural inspiration for education
...ears of evolution cant be wrong and scientists are observing Natures own adaptations to find solutions to human problems. This relatively new field of Biology is called Biomimetics and Biologists have been investigating its application to fabric development, new structural materials, even behaviour in organisa...Envisat Symposium 2007 kicks off in Switzerland
...ng ozone depleting substances, and Kyoto Protocol, observing greenhouse gases, the precursors of climate and temperature changes. He explained scientists are at the brink of addressing, on a global scale, pollution issues from stratospheric ozone depletions, such as the ozone hole, through to air pollution ...Satellites shed light on global warming
...sbruck University's Professor Helmut Rott has been observing the accelerated retreat and break-up of the Larsen Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in the face of this warming through radar images acquired by ESAs ERS and Envisat satellites. The retreat has been accelerating since 1992 and has culminated ...Salk researchers discover first gene that specifically links calorie restriction to longevity
... did this by knocking out each gene separately and observing whether the genetically altered worms still showed enhanced longevity when calorie-restricted. Loss of only one of the genes, a gene encoding the protein PHA-4, negated the lifespan-enhancing effect of calorie-restriction in worms. And, when resea...Female-led infanticide in wild chimpanzees
Researchers observing wild chimpanzees in Uganda have discovered repeated instances of a mysterious and poorly understood behavior: female-led infanticide. The findings, reported by Simon Townsend, Katie Slocombe and colleagues of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, ...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...e marine ecosystem. To increase opportunities for observing the whales, Kelly Newman ( k.newman@sfos.uaf.edu ) and Alan Springer of the University of Alaska deployed an autonomous recording unit to listen for them continuously off shore of a fur seal rookery in the Bering Sea in Alaska. They detected killer ...UT Southwestern joins national clinical trial to uncover long-term effects of West Nile virus
... Clinical Center, researchers at 13 U.S. sites are observing the natural course of the virus over a year in people who have either a fever or neurological diseases due to West Nile infection. Study participants undergo brain imaging and blood, neurological and cognitive testing. "Little is known about the ...Some forest birds can survive in agricultural countryside with limited habitat conservation
...ecies in coffee plantations by simply capturing or observing them there. "If you do that, you might think, 'Well, these birds are doing fine in coffee plantations," Sekercioglu said. However, he felt that simply seeing the birds in coffee plantations was not sufficient evidence to conclude that they had adap...A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'
...he Hebrew University of Jerusalem has succeeded in observing in vivo the generation of neurons in the brain of a mammal. Dr. Adi Mizrahi of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University, used mouse models to study how neurons, or nerve cells, d...Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice
...ar bear studies, which typically focused on either observing individual bears or following them with satellite collars, often at great cost and risk to bears and researchers alike. Polar bears rely on seasonal sea ice for stalking their principal preyringed and bearded seals. Without the ice, the bears gen...Lessons from the orangutans: Upright walking may have begun in the trees
...ench , Spanish , Japanese and Chinese . By observing wild orangutans, a research team has found that wa...ngham, Great Britain, came to their conclusions by observing wild orangutans in Sumatra, Indonesia. Orangutans spend almost their whole lives in trees, making th...... they experimentally silenced the gene in neurons, observing an increase in the form of a key protein that contributes to such tangles. Discovery of this novel LOAD susceptibility gene provides new opportunities to investigate LOAD pathogenesis, predisposition, treatment, and prevention, concluded the resear...