Articles on animal migration published in BioScience
...the complexity of migration is such that trying to predict the consequences for species in general borders on the impossible. Yet only by obtaining a clearer picture of how migration really works will researchers be able to plan strategies for mitigating the effects of warming. BioSciences special section o...Duke geologist's book assails unrealistic mathematical models
...of hundreds of quantitative mathematical models to predict the repository's long-term behavior, according to the authors. Those flawed models, they write, predict a questionable 10,000 years of certainty that natural processes will not cause the repository to lea...'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites
...Together, the partners will develop models to help predict the rate at which contamination levels drop when u...dge genomics techniques, my lab will determine and predict the functioning or metabolism of subsurface microbial groups that catalyze key chemical reactions fo...Study provides first genetic evidence of long-lived African presence within Britain
...gations. "Forensic scientists use DNA analysis to predict a person's ethnic origins, for example from hair o...d at a crime scene. Whilst they are very likely to predict the correct ethnicity by using wider analysis of DNA other than the Y chromosome, finding this remar...Nitrogen study may improve ecological predictions
...imate carbon release and sequestration, and better predict the impacts of climate change. The findings, to b...archers note in their study. "If we hope to better predict carbon dynamics, climate change and other issues, we first must understand these basic ecological pr...Rotting leaf litter study could lead to more accurate climate models
...that we've developed a generic global law that can predict large-scale patterns in litter mass decay rates an...s. "As people try to construct computer models and predict future climate changes, being able to accurately predict carbon and nitrogen cycling will play a key...Other highlights in the Jan. 17 JNCI
...-term treatment for breast cancer may help doctors predict whether a patient is likely to have a recurrence, a new study shows. The presence of Ki67 indicates tumor cell growth, and researchers have used Ki67 measurements as a marker of whether experimental cancer treatments effectively stop cancer growth....Study identifies common flaws in oncology microarray studies
...to generate an algorithm or set of rules that will predict clinical outcomes for patients based on their individual gene expression profiles. The authors closely scrutinized the statistical methods and reporting in 42 studies published in 2004. Half of these studies (21) contained at least one basic flaw. ...Big vegetarian mammals can play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, study finds
... across the landscape, and that it was possible to predict where the effects would be weak or strong in terms of "primary productivity"-the transformation of solar energy into plant tissue during photosynthesis. Plants in areas of high primary productivity grow faster, making more energy available throughout...New proteomic method to detect inflammation in amniotic fluid
...asures the proteomic profile of amniotic fluid may predict inflammation before delivery. Researchers from Yale University, led by Catalin Buhimschi, have previously identified a set of four protein markers that were closely associated with inflammation in the amniotic fluid, and developed a score based on th...ORNL researchers, supercomputer have large roles in DOE projects
...n processor hours on Jaguar to help understand and predict the effects of high-power radio frequency waves on plasma stability. This is of significant scientific and economic importance with a direct benefit to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project. In a project awarded 1 million pro...Spanish scientists reveal dynamic map of proteins
...e flexibility of proteins and allows scientists to predict the structures that these proteins can form based on the presence of ligands or modifications. This allows scientists to go beyond the traditional simple static vision of proteins, which has not been able to capture the subtle conformational changes ...Annual plants may cope with global warming better than long-living species
...atterns over the Pacific Ocean, and climate models predict frequent and extreme fluctuations in precipitation along the coast, which likely will affect plant life. "If we go out today and collect a large number of seeds and freeze them, they will be a resource available to the next generation of scientists,...Physicians face significant new liability risks with advent of personalized medicine era
...ation and communication of them. The next step, predict Marchant and his colleagues, will be lawsuits for failing to recommend genetic tests before prescribing medications, and the first such lawsuits have already been filed against a drug manufacturer. "There will likely be an initial calm until there ...JCI table of contents: January 2, 2007
...f anti-apoptotic BCL2 in a cell might not reliably predict the sensitivity of that cell to apoptosis-inducing stimuli, rather that the amount of free BCL2 able to mop up initiators of apoptosis such as BIM predicts this. In terms of CLL, if most BCL2 is bound to BIM then compounds such as ABT-737 that direct...Study finds surfing safer than soccer
...rfing team. "The information could also help to predict the needs of medical staff support at contests and aid in the design of safer surfboards and protective equipment such as helmets," Nathanson adds. To reduce the risk of injury while surfing, Nathanson suggests good physical fitness, seeking local ...Deaths of severely malnourished children: identifying those most at risk
...inical signs in severely malnourished children can predict those who are most likely to die. This should help health care workers focus their attentions on those who are most at risk. The international group of researchers work in a hospital in Kilifi District Hospital in Kenya, where 920 children were adm...Ocean temperature predicts spread of marine species
CHAPEL HILL -- Scientists can predict how the distance marine larvae travel varies with ocean temperature a key component in conservation and management of fish, shellfish and other marine species according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most mar...Squirrels place winning bet in unpredictable world
...prising pattern. Red squirrels are somehow able to predict years when a bountiful crop is about to occur and...time to the increased production because they cant predict when it is going to occur. The net result is that more seed escapes to germinate in a mast year as ......s. "This represents an advance in our ability to predict wildfires using data from recently launched instruments," said lead author Dar Roberts, University of California-Santa Barbara. "We have come a long way in just the past 5 to 10 years and continue to gather much better data on the variables critical ...