North Atlantic right whales headed toward extinction
...outing shipping lanes around the whales' migratory paths and modifying fishing techniques and gear. Estimates indicate only 350 North Atlantic right whales remain, and deaths are exceeding births by less than 1 percent per year. "We are not just at a precipice to extinction, in many ways we are actually o...JCI Table of contents August 1, 2005
EDITOR'S PICK 3 papers present fresh paths to ponder Akt1 in the heart Akt is a molecule involved in many cellular functions, including growth, survival, and metabolism. Akt exists in three isoforms Akt1, Akt2, and Akt3, which have a substantial degree of functional overlap. In the heart ...Link between Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain damage clarified
...ed that the protein stimulates the growth of nerve paths in the brain, which is essential for recovery afte...lates the development of nerve paths. Intact nerve paths are essential for the proper functioning of the brain. These connections can be damaged after trauma...Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs
...one another. In fact, Bennett and San designed the paths to be complimentary, but even so, they were gratified to see how well the process worked once both paths were put in place. "Our experiments in the laboratory have produced near-maximum yields, with almost...University of Kentucky awarded $6 million for GDNF and related research
...s not possess patent rights. By exploring multiple paths of research at once, Gerhardt and his colleagues are applying the old maxim "don't put all your eggs in one basket," to the newest science imaginable. "History is riddled with examples of technology that failed more than once before being perfected. ...NASA technology monitors wildlife habitats from the air
..., say every 5 years, we can follow the same flight paths used in this study to determine if habitat has been lost or gained," said Nelson. Airborne LiDAR and similar techniques are also being used to help monitor and reintroduce other endangered species around the world, like the northern spotted owl that ...Research advances understanding of how hydrogen fuel is made
...h the protein and predict accurately the diffusion paths typically taken. "What we discovered was surprising," Schulten said. "Both hydrogen and oxygen diffuse through the protein rather quickly, yet, there are clear differences." Oxygen requires a bit more space compared with the lighter and smaller hydro...OSC showcases initiatives at International Supercomputing Conference
...nce Education Consortium Network Backbone) network paths using the "ActiveMon." ActiveMon is an open-source software developed at OARnet, OSC's networking division. Other demonstrations include: iWarp, a remote direct memory access (RDMA) technique to create high-end custom network fabrics to increase...Lateral thinking produces first map of gene transmission
...t aren't directly related. The map has traced the paths of lateral gene transfer, from the bacteria that donated the genes to the ones that received them. Their results clearly show genetic modification of organisms by lateral transfer is a widespread natural phenomenon, and it can occur even between dis...Rutgers researcher uncovers new gene for fear factor
... blocks of the dendrite skeleton and also serve as paths for certain proteins to follow, proteins that govern the strength of the connections between neurons (synapses). In the absence of Stathmin, microtubule dynamics (meaning the speed and flexibility of building these paths) are likely to be decreased a...Women in science, engineering: U-M makes ADVANCE permanent
...t women in 1869 and ADVANCE continues to blaze new paths toward a more diverse university," Coleman said. "Its mission will continue to focus on using social scientific theories and evidence about both organizational and individual processes to improve our institutional capacity to recruit, retain and adva...Genetic testing still smart choice, despite uncertainties
...ram and other programs to illustrate the different paths an embryo takes as it develops. While half of embryos turn out normal, with no mosaicism, the other half produce irregular cells as they divide. Embryos that become mosaic after their cells divide twice typically stop progressing by the time they ha...UF scientists trace origin of shark's electric sense
...d for navigation, enabling them to swim in precise paths across large expanses of featureless ocean, Cohn said. "If you think of this in the big picture of evolution of sensory systems, such as olfaction, hearing, vision and touch, this shows sharks took a pre-existing genetic program and used it to build ...UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton
...ed and jawless vertebrates branched into different paths from the starting point, like the two ascending lines in the letter "V." "The lamprey is like the great-, great-, great-aunt descended from the earliest backboned animal," said Michael Miyamoto, Ph.D., a professor and associate chairman of UF's zoolo...At Berkeley: Intelligently designed molecular evolution
Evolutionary paths to new therapeutic drugs, as well as a wide assortment of other enzyme products, have been created through, of all things, intelligent design. A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of ...Next phase reached in definition of Mars Sample Return mission
...es. Having refined the mission design, development paths will be identified for each of the critical capabilities involved in the mission. The second step of the Phase A2 work will identify within the capability development paths, steps which might be accomplished through precursor missions. Such missions...Evolution follows few of the possible paths to antibiotic resistance
...icates that of 120 harrowing, five-step mutational paths that theoretically could grant antibiotic resistan...perty of DNA is that very many distinct mutational paths link any two variants of a gene," says lead author Daniel M. Weinreich, a research associate in Harv...SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting: Research brings new world of diagnosing, treating illness
...ecular root of diseases and the exploration of new paths for managing and treating illnesses--and many of these scientific breakthroughs will be reported during SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting June 37 at the San Diego Convention Center. More than 4,000 physicians, technologists, scientists and pharmacists from a...Robots manipulating animal behaviour
...rom exploring all the new and interesting research paths that opened during the project," says the project coordinator. "But we succeeded in our main goal showing that an artificial agent such as a robot can modify the collective behaviour of natural agents, in this case cockroaches, in a mixed community....Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life
... explains Shapiro. "The existence of side reaction paths can provide the network with the capacity of reacting to circumstances." Shapiro outlines how replicator theories, though they have been supported by "prebiotic" syntheses carried out by chemists using modern apparatus and purified reagents, are high...