Look at past sea-level rise points to troubling future
...utheast Texas and Louisiana are a vast sedimentary plain that is sinking at the rate of about 20 centimeters per century. Moreover, there are other geological forces at work that can be impacted or even overwhelmed by rising seas. "On geologic time scales, barrier islands like Texas' Galveston and Padre is...Assessment of recent rapid land-cover change yields portraits of global human impact
...cated in the Gangetic Plain of northern India, the plain and north plateau of China, and the island of Java in Indonesia. Cities that are changing most rapidly are located throughout the tropical belt....Wisconsin scientists find portal to show animals evolve
...sands of species of fruit fly, and unlike the very plain melanogaster, the wings of males of many species sport decorations that are as diverse and as beautiful as the wings of butterflies. The data from the Wisconsin study, Carroll and his colleagues say, confirm the long-held idea that "evolution is a co...Alcohol consumption disrupts breastfeeding hormones
... containing alcohol in orange juice on one day and plain orange juice on a different day. The dose of alcoh...reased by 336%, as compared to when women consumed plain orange juice. Study co-author Yanina Pepino, PhD, a Monell developmental psychobiologist, explains t...Protein tags regulate key ion channel
...emarkable collaborators, deeply dedicated and just plain smart."...Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
...iver waters as they move downstream and pass flood plain areas along the way. In the lower reaches of the W...sin River, Stanley is studying two submerged flood plain sites to measure how effectively the areas absorb nitrogen from river waters. Nutrient management st...Pomegranate juice for moms may help babies resist brain injury
...pregnant female mice water with pomegranate juice, plain water, sugar water or vitamin C water to drink during the last third of pregnancy and while they suckled their pups for seven days after birth. After performing the procedures that exposed mouse pups to low oxygen levels, scientists examined the brai...PET can identify effectiveness of chemotherapy early in high-risk breast cancer patients
...tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), plain film radiography and ultrasound, do not reliably predict therapy response early in the course of treatment, explained the co-author of "Early Prediction of Response to Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Using Sequential 18 F-FDG PET." Metasta...Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures
... will take extensive samples from the deep abyssal plain on the sea floor, 4,500 to 5,500 meters below surface, research that holds huge promise for biologists. Says Dr. Ron O'Dor, Chief Scientist of the Census: "DNA research made possible through this project may allow us to reconstruct the history of ...It's electric: Cows show promise as powerplants
...nd out the electrical circuit. Two small pieces of plain graphite served as the fuel cell's electrodes (an electrode draws and emits electrical charge.) A piece of graphite was placed in each chamber. The researchers used a meter to measure the output of the fuel cell. That output reached a consistent maxi...Salty taste preference linked to birth weight
...g) at birth were given separate bottles containing plain water and salt water. When the amount of salt water the babies drank was compared to the amount of plain water, preference for the salt water was greater in lower-birth weight babies, while higher birth we...Crater drilling declared major success
...namis to the passive continental shelf and coastal plain that continues today," said Ken Miller, who chairs the Department of Geological Sciences at Rutgers University. "Comparison of the section in Virginia with more complete sections sampled in New Jersey and Delaware will yield new insight into global s...Common food preservative might provide treatment for cystic fibrosis
...but instead it killed them," said Dr. Hassett. "In plain English, these bacteria had a defect that we didn't anticipate. I've never been so happy in my life to be wrong!" Sodium nitrite, Dr. Hassett said, has potential as "a time-release" capsule for cystic fibrosis patients. Because the nitrite is degrade...Oceans are 70 percent shark free
...peditions usinglanders visited the deepest abyssal plain on the planet - North of Hawaii; the South Atlantic off the Falkland Islands; the North West African slopes off Angola, the North East Atlantic Ocean, West of Ireland, and five research cruises in the North East Atlantic. The scientists say that the ...University of Leicester announces world first forensic technique
...y mortuary investigations -that of fluoroscopy and plain x-ray. These techniques however are time consumin...ent provided superior information in 2 dimensional plain film (AP and lateral) and 3 dimensional multi-slice examination with on-site soft tissue and bony re...Herrington to discuss coastal hazards at planning workshop
...e: multi-hazard building design, coastal and flood plain construction, earthquake engineering and wind effects on structures. The program is applicable to several areas of study. For instance, after completing the program, said Herrington, "a student could go to earn a Masters degree in civil, environmenta...Equivalent of 2-4 drinks daily fuels blood vessel growth, encourages cancer tumors in mice
...n said. The six mice in the control group received plain water. In the second week, the researchers injected the mice, both experimental and controls, with mouse melanoma. They ended the experiment after four weeks. According to Tan, the tumors of the mice that ingested alcohol: were nearly twice as heav...Separate genetic mutations gave people, chimps bitter-taste sensitivity
... containing minute concentrations of PTC, they fed plain apples and apples soaked in small concentrations of PTC to the chimps. (PTC is not harmful and the chimps suffered no ill effects from eating it.) These results verified the same gene is responsible for the ability to taste or not taste PTC in both h...Sweet 'water taste' paradoxically predicts sweet taste inhibitors
...ch as saccharin with a sensory experience in which plain water takes on a sweet taste has guided researchers to an increased understanding of how humans detect sweet taste. Reporting in an advance online publication in Nature, scientists from the Monell Chemical Senses Center describe how certain artific......alive in this clearly laid out presentation of the plain facts of life. Teachers at schools, colleges, and universities often require a quick resource to comparative data. Studies have shown that students' questions are usually morphological in character, involving properties such as body size and weight....