Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...ed underwater vehicles and cameras, investigations plunge to depths of 6000 m along the abyssal plains of the sea floor (CeDAMar) and near vents and seeps (ChEss) where chemical energy, rather than sunlight, sustains life. Teams survey the sea life and habitats of a classic, exploited regional eco...Study in Royal Society journal on first evidence for magnetic field detection in sharks
...raging periods with series of landing, and shallow plunge diving or surface diving that are used to chase for very mobile prey like flying fishes associated with sub surface predators such as tunas. To spot prey patches at distance birds climb regularly to altitudes of 20-50m and when returning to the colon...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
... 3 m drogue chute will take over to allow a deeper plunge through the atmosphere within the lifetime of the probe's batteries. The descent will last about 140 minutes before Huygens impacts the surface at about 6 m/s. If the probe survives all this, its extended mission will start, consisting in direct ...'Good' bacteria could save patients from infection infection by deadlier ones
...h washing their hands with antiseptics, they might plunge their hands into a solutions saturated with harmless bacteria for example "bioactive yoghurt." The same approach, perhaps, should be applied to patients' tissues that are to be exposed to surgery. Admitting that his ideas may sound absurd to some,...Thousands of barges could save Europe from deep freeze
...consequence of global warming is that Europe might plunge into a deep freeze. This possibility stimulated an unusual research project at the University of Alberta. Dr. Peter Flynn, the Poole Chair in Management for Engineers in the U of A Department of Mechanical Engineering, has studied whether down-wellin...Time of day tempers tadpoles' response to predators
...imilarly to the chemical cues, showing the typical plunge in activity. But at night they returned to feeding more quickly than during the day. "My interpretation of these results is that green frog tadpoles behave more conservatively in response to a predator chemical cue during the day because predation ...Seals protect brain, conserve oxygen by turning off shivering response on icy dives
... extends the dive time, Folkow said. Taking the plunge The seal experiment took place in a tank in which the seals took a series of experimental dives into cold water of 2-3 C. The researchers recorded shivering, heart rate, brain temperature and rectal temperature while the seals were on the surface ...New test predicts blood cancer's sensitivity to experimental cancer drug
...cy brake; if the brake was released, the car would plunge over the cliff. Drugs such as ABT-737, in effect, release the brake. The drug molecules liberate the pro-death signaling molecules from their Bcl-2 captors. These pro-apoptosis molecules -- a key one is called BIM -- then trigger a chain of events ...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...f earth-observing sensors on NASA spacecraft could plunge in the years ahead if current NASA budget trends continue. NASAs satellite capabilities for earth observation are vital for environmental research, especially on climate change, Koizumi said. Innovation and Competitiveness: Lawmakers approved Presi...