New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...mic forces that cause deforestation elsewhere will quickly descend on regions that so far have avoided significant loss, the authors say. Cutting and burning tropical forests releases the atmospheric carbon they store, contributing significantly to global climate change. The HFLD countries contain 20 perce...Newly created cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research
... into a mouse with a compromised immune system, it quickly developed massive, deadly tumors. In initial experiments, a few tissue slices revealed a primary tumor structure that resembled that of cancer patients with metastases. That prompted Ince to wonder whether the cancer cells he created would metastas...Rain forest protection works in Peru
... forests can be systematically monitored amazingly quickly and at a reasonable cost. said Michael Wright of The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which helped support the research. I foresee that CLAS-like satellite analysis systems will become the standards routinely used by local conservation ...1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
...the ocean, turbulence is produced when water flows quickly though oceanic passages. The turbulence stirs the almost freezing-water near the bottom with warmer water that is closer to the surface much as you would mix cream into coffee by stirring it with a spoon. We know that the mixing of warm surface wat...Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'
...orter time than carbon in the wood, because leaves quickly decay," McCarthy said. "So elevated CO2 could significantly increase the production of foliage but this would lead to only a very small increase in ecosystem carbon storage."...Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing more rapidly than expected
...ering from storms. When corals die, these benefits quickly disappear. Coral disease, predators, rising ocean temperatures due to climate change, nutrient pollution, destructive fishing practices and sediment run-off from coastal development can all destroy reef communities. Indo-Pacific reefs have played ...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...tory fish in some areas and to chytridiomycosis, a quickly spreading disease caused by this waterborne fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. The study, to appear in next week's edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that the frog-killing fungus may end up playing...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
...nish island of Anholt in 1928 as enthusiasm spread quickly through the U.K., Norway and elsewhere. Abundant fish allowed recreational fishermen to establish the Scandinavian Tuna Club, which arranged bluefin tournaments in the straits between Denmark and Sweden until the early 1960s. The authors say the ......op the bug in its tracks. Bacillus anthracis can quickly transform from a dormant spore (the white powder sent to U.S. lawmakers and others in the mail in 2001) into an active, quickly-multiplying organism once it gets inside the warm lungs of a host. Bacillus anthracis can cause infection elsewhere in the...47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
... 2007. As the ICAAC housing block often sells out quickly and far in advance of the housing deadline, journalists are strongly encouraged to pre-register as early as possible. The press room will be open for registration from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 16 and sessions begin on Monday morning...Geisinger scientist seeks cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, creating device to find treatment
...rototype screening plate that allows scientists to quickly expose zebrafish to ALS and mix chemicals together. What once took weeks or months to screen thousands of potential cure-carrying chemical solutions may soon take days, and with far fewer research staff involved. A streamlined screening process wi...Learning to evolve: With a little help from my ancestors
...es the amount of learning required. It matters how quickly learning occurs, because time spent learning is time spent not eating, or time spent being eaten, which incurs the ultimate penalty for slow learners. These effects are especially pronounced if there is a large biological 'fitness cost' to learning, ...St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears
...th mammals and non-mammals to swing back and forth quickly in a steady rhythm. In mammals, the rod-shaped body of the outer hair cell contracts and then vibrates in response to the sound waves, amplifying the sound. In a previous study, Zuo and his colleagues showed that a protein called prestin is the mo...$9M grant awarded to University of Cincinnati for bipolar disorder research
...rchers say, so that determining the best treatment quickly for a given individual remains difficult and is largely based on educated trial-and-error of various medications that have been shown to improve symptoms in studies of large groups of affected individuals. BITREC investigators, led by Stephen Stra...UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute partners with Abraxis BioScience
...aboration Lab will focus on translational science, quickly translating scientific discoveries into practical applications. Abraxis BioScience has joined the CNSI Partners Program and is the institutes first partner in the area of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. The partnership provides CNSI and Abraxis ...Smithsonian Fragmentation Project threatened by Amazon Colonization Plan
...jaguars, pumas, tapirs and harpy eagles, which are quickly hunted out of unprotected forests. Now, SUFRAMA (Superintendencia da Zona Franca de Manaus, the Manaus duty free zone oversight commission), which manages a large expanse of central Amazonia, plans to establish colonization projects both inside the...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
...nology Task Forces recommendations. Without moving quickly and building on the recommendations in the Task Force report, FDA will not be able to keep pace with todays rapidly developing nanotechnology market or engender consumer and investor confidence in emerging products. Just released, this is the first...Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households
...ransmission in the human population is detected as quickly as possible, says van Boven. This paper provides a method of doing so, using data that are easily collected for most infectious diseases....Enzyme discovery sheds light on vitamin D
...ss of vitamin D therapy is partly dependent on how quickly it will be broken down, says Biochemistry Professor Glenville Jones, an expert in the field of vitamin D metabolism. By studying the enzyme responsible for breaking down the vitamin, we hope to develop a way to prevent this from happening by blocking...Steroids, not songs, spur growth of brain regions in sparrows
... and X. All are located in the forebrain and grow quickly and in sequence. The brains of the birds were examined after 7 and 30 days, and the volume of the song production areas did not differ between the deafened and the hearing sparrows. Even though the deafened birds sang considerably less often, there ...