Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too
...e and Governance for Effective Conservation." They put heavy emphasis on applied. They have targeted the U.S.-Mexican border, Central America, the Caribbean basin, the Western Amazon and Gran Chaco, a sparsely populated area between Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia. If you picture the three sides...New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...aper, we hope to highlight this critical issue and put it on the table for future negotiations." Until now, the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent discussions have focused on carbon credits for new or replanted forests that replace the carbon storage services of destroyed forests. New rules being discussed ...Which came first, the moth or the cactus?
HOUSTON, Aug. 13, 2007 It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, the senita moth depends on a single plant species -- the senita cactus -- both for its food and for a place to lay...Rain forest protection works in Peru
...t the size of Honduras (about 40,000 sq. miles)was put into long-term commercial timber production. In recent years, the rain forests have been experiencing increased human impacts, as they have in neighboring Amazon countries, but the extent of the damage over the region has not been thoroughly assessed...European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
...g organisations and academies, are also invited to put forward their topic suggestions. In the meantime individual researchers, groups of scientists or scientific societies are encouraged to propose their topics by approaching either ESF Scientific Committees or ESF Member Organisations. The suggested ...Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
... world. The paper supports arguments Montgomery put forth in a popular book, "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations," published earlier this year by the University of California Press. In the book, he linked the demise of history's major civilizations to how long it took them to deplete their soil supply...Innovative tagging technique may help researchers better protect fish stocks
...le Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), would like to put MPAs to the test with a novel technique for tagging fish. Through a new research grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Thorrold and colleagues plan to use harmless chemical tags to track the dispersal of the larvae of coral reef fishe...UCLA scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells
...-up that isolated the neurons. The cells were then put into a cell strainer that allowed passage through of the isolated neurons. The large number of pure neurons produced will allow Sun and her team to study their biological form and structure, the genes they express, the development of synapses and ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...otechnology Progress In a finding that could help put wheat alongside corn on the menu of biofuel sources, researchers in the United Kingdom and Greece report development of a new method for producing ethanol from wheat. The technology - potentially cheaper and more efficient than conventional methods f...Anthrax bacterium's deadly secrets probed
...en 350 and 500. The secreted proteins were then put through a second workflow which placed them into groups of proteins with similar functions. Of particular interest were groups containing proteins secreted only by pathogenic members and only by non-pathogenic members. Secreted proteins unique to the...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...uch measures as restrictions on the pet trade were put in place," said Morgan, who is now a research scientist at the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in Queensland, Australia. "If, in fact, this fungus produces resistant spores, people could be unwittingly transferring this pathogen around...Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
...gh less than 3.5 ounces. "We want to put the transmitters on healthy, robust birds that we think are likely to get back and start breeding," Boersma said. "The point is to follow them back to their colony and see where they might be running into petroleum." Through late Octobe...New mechanism links smoking to lung damage
...nt smoking-related cellular damage and possibly to put the brakes on other diseases tied to oxidative stress, including atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases and even senescence. "Opening hemichannels allows stressful, often toxic, stimuli to flow directly into cells, overwhelming the delicate an...ASM's new media campaigns take the gold
... a great testament to the hard work and thought we put into to create these programs. The awards recognize innovative ideas and achievement in association communication campaigns and will be presented at special ceremony during ASAEs annual meeting on August 11 in Chicago. MicrobeWorld Radio, which w...Handicapping tuberculosis may be the way to a better vaccine
...improves survival of infected animals and may help put scientists on track to replace BCG, which has been used for nearly a century although it is largely ineffective. Despite widespread vaccination programs, the World Health Organization estimates that approximately 2 billion people worldwide are infect...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
...rch is in providing experimental proof of a theory put forth in the 1990s that holds that in animals with a placenta, genetic material from the father and the mother promote different growth rates in the embryo, producing a conflict over nutrients. The placenta is a complex organ of maternal and fetal ...Chickens dieting to help Delaware waterways
...ch as massive blooms of algae and fish kills. To put it in perspective, in 2006, Delaware farmers produced over 269 million broiler chickens--1.8 billion pounds of poultry--valued at more than $739 million, according to the Delmarva Poultry Industry. Those chickens produced more than 280,000 tons of wa...Stem cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model
...ed cells and their chemical secretions. "We only put the transplant in one small area of the spinal cord and only on one side," Suzuki says. "The areas where we saw the human cells were the only areas where we saw protection of motor neurons." But while the motor neurons exposed to GDNF were protecte...New aerogels could clean contaminated water, purify hydrogen for fuel cells
...cular poisons from the hydrogen stream. "You can put in elements that bind the poisons that are in the stream or ones that bind the hydrogen so you let everything else fall through," Chupas said. For example, gels made with open platinum sites would extract carbon monoxide, a common catalyst poison, he......he efforts of dozens of researchers, that we could put all the pieces together. Together, he said, these two papers illustrate how scientific collaboration and the recent breakthroughs in genomic technology, which make it possible to both screen an individuals genetic architecture and understand the di...