Which came first, the moth or the cactus?
...t those of predator-prey food webs, a finding that presents the tantalizing possibility of developing an overarching scheme that incorporates elements of both....European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
...d three Grand Challenge meetings. Its final report presents a vision of how the field of Systems Biology should develop in the European life sciences area. The result is a set of specific recommendations that aim at synergising Systems Biology efforts in Europe: Development of a common European road map ...What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
...ith calcium carbonate. In the July Bulletin, Payne presents evidence that underwater limestone beds around the world eroded at the time of the end-Permian extinction. This finding, coupled with geochemical evidence for changes in the relative abundances of carbon isotopes, strongly suggests an acidic marine e...Defects in critical gene lead to accelerated lung tumor growth
...ublished online Aug. 5 in the journal Nature, also presents the first mouse model of the most lethal malignancy in man, a form of lung cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. Lung cancer kills more Americans each year than breast, prostate and colorectal cancers combined. Of the different types of lung cancer,...ESA announces 2007 award recipients
... Ray Anderson The Ecological Society of America presents its prestigious Corporate Award to Ray Anderson, founder of Interface, Inc. The award is given to a corporation or business for demonstrated accomplishments in incorporating sound ecological concepts, knowledge, and/or practices into its planning and......yuki Yokoyama (RIKEN and the University of Tokyo), presents heretofore the most relevant experimental system of microRNA-mediated translational repression. Our cell-free system provides breakthrough in elucidating miRNP function, according to Dr. Yokoyama. Their study provides unprecedented insight into h...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...h in Early Human Development. While this finding presents itself as important news to tired new moms and dads for whom a soundly sleeping child spells out well-deserved respite it may carry even more value for babies. For them, sleep ranks as one of the most highly regarded indexes of healthy development,...Brain's 'hearing center' may reorganize after implant of cochlear device
...rongly suggest that the recipients auditory cortex presents a tonotopic organization that resembles the frequency maps of normal-hearing subjects, says Guiraud. In the future, the team hopes to determine in detail the ways in which these maps may change as a result of cochlear implants by studying subjects ...Identified main genetic variants involved in response to HIV
... process is needed. Nevertheless, HLA-B variation presents the highest correlation with the immune response described until now. Obtained information will be very useful in the long road to a more rational vaccine development. This and similar studies should push us toward more personalised medicine, where...Elsevier partners with National Natural Science Foundation of China
... and Chinese Academy of Sciences. This Journal presents up-to-date scientific achievements of great significance in various fields of natural science including life science, earth science, materials science and information science. All papers published in this journal are subjected to strict peer-review p...A new report, 'Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies'
... the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the report presents the most comprehensive analysis to-date of two key Environmental Protection Agency laws that regulate the end-of-life management of nanotechnology. These are the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Respo......nt plant and animal life. This genetic material presents a biological environment, which is completely different to what we see today. he says. We have found grain, pine, yew and alder. These correspond to the landscapes we find in Eastern Canada and in the Swedish forests today. The trees provide a backdr...18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK
...attend his presentation and read the data that it presents it will be Nicholas, not the Bioinformatics Institute (BII) scientists, who will be answering the questions. Being nominated for the Best Paper Award at the World Congress on Engineering 2007, in competition with established researchers and Ph.D....UGR researchers design an alternative to blood test to detect drugs in the body
...tment separated from blood. Blood analysis usually presents a problem: matrix interferences, such as red cells...ensic purposes, as it offers enough guarantees and presents a similar concentration of narcotic substances. One of the advantages highlighted by the professor o...Research finds that circadian rhythms dominate all life functions
...nctions and particularly metabolism. The new study presents oscillation as a basic property of all genes in the organism as opposed to special function of some genes as previously believed. Knowing about oscillation properties of genes involved in metabolism is essential for understanding how genes interact ...Caribbean frog populations started with single, ancient voyage on South American raft
... biology, which funded the research. "The research presents strong evidence that this group of frogs reached the Caribbean islands by dispersal." A recent global assessment of amphibians found that the Caribbean Islands have the highest proportion of amphibian species threatened with extinction. The anato...A first: Simultaneous PET/MR images of the brain debut, increase molecular imaging capabilities
... in Germany. "PET/MR, acquired in one measurement, presents a tremendous leap forward in imaging capabilities. PET/MRacquired in one measurementhas the potential to become the imaging modality of choice for neurological studies, certain forms of cancer, stroke and the emerging study of stem cell therapy," he ...SNM recognizes R. Edward Coleman with 2007 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...without their support," he added. Each year, SNM presents the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Award to an individual (or individuals) for outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear medicine. De Hevesy received the 1943 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in determining the absorpti...Genomic signatures identify targeted therapies for lung cancer
...h of these oncogenes individually, this new method presents a more global view by identifying the pathway encompassing all of the gene mutations that could have caused that cancer, Potti said. The genomic test can theoretically apply to any cancer, but the Duke team focused on lung cancer because the surviv...Gene therapy delivery of nerve growth factors reverses erectile dysfunction in animal model
...to Dr. Glorioso, HSV delivery of GDNF or neurturin presents a potentially important new approach for the treatment of ED. "Because the herpes virus persists in the nerve cell for as long as it is alive and nerve cells typically do not reproduce, this represents the first-ever demonstration of a long-term trea...