DNA: Bacteria's survival ration
The ubiquitous bacteria E. coli rank among nature's most successful species for lots of reasons, to which biologists at the University of Southern California have added another: in a pinch, E. coli can feast on the DNA of their dead competitors. A research team led by Steven Finkel, ass......asp - Liostenogaster flavolineata. Both the wasp's rank and the size of the group were manipulated to show how these variables affected the amount of help each individual contributed to the group. The team changed the position of individual wasps in the social hierarchy by removing higher ranked, older wa...The higher the hierarchy, the greater the aggression
...ierarchy, usually after those ahead of them in the rank have died and they have inherited the right to rep...matical models that predicted that, if inheritance rank mattered in a cooperative society, then the rates of aggression would be highest toward the front of...Hyena mothers give their cubs a helpful dose of hormones
...monstrate a relationship between a female's social rank and her ability to influence her offspring's behavior through prenatal hormone transfer. Previously, this phenomenon had only been documented in birds. Michigan State University's Kay Holekamp, together with her colleagues, spent almost 10 years samp......volunteers used the high-resolution photographs to rank the length, density and color of all 11 fields for each lion. The lions ranged from 1.7 to 18 years old, but age did not turn out to be a factor in mane length or density. The zoos included in the study are located in cities that span 12 degrees of l...Leading breast cancer researcher awarded new lectureship
...s appointed to the faculty in 1991 and rose to the rank of full professor in 2002. Dr. Olopade is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award and a MacArthur Fellowship "genius" grant. Dr. Olopade will give a lecture during the AACR 97th Annu...Active inbreeding avoidance in wild capuchin monkeys
...gns of three male capuchins whose tenures at alpha rank ranged from 7 to 13 years. The three males sired 79% of infants born to females other than their daughters, but only 6% (1 of 17) of infants produced by their daughters. These findings suggest the existence of evolved psychological barriers to father...German Microarray Excellence Center integrates Genomatix Chip Analysis Pipeline
...g them into a biological context, and classify and rank the experimental findings into biological processes. This is achieved by BiblioSphere PathwayEdition which not only analyses the entire underlying networks, but also accounts for organisation of DNA promoter sequences linked to the gene regulation se...Public support for environmental protection on the decline
...g said. Pew's annual survey asks U.S. residents to rank from "top priority" to "should not be done" a set of domestic priorities for the executive and congressional branches. Besides protecting the environment, the priorities are crime reduction, job creation, managed health care, national debt pay-down...Four questions that may save your grandma's life: SNAQ screening tool predicts weight loss
... to lose weight." The SNAQ includes questions that rank the strength of appetite, feelings of fullness after eating, taste of food and number of meals eaten each day. A score at a certain level indicates the risk of significant weight within six months, and should spark a trip to the doctor and nutritiona...Realising potential of renewable resources wins Queens Award for University of York
...niversary of the Queen's reign in 1992, the prizes rank alongside the Queen's Awards for Industry. They are given biennially for "work of exceptional quality and of broad benefit either nationally or internationally." CNAP, which is part of the University's Department of Biology, works with the natural wo...Grid bridges 4,800 miles for molecular repositories
...tion with researchers at these institutions, which rank among the world leaders in biological science, positions PNNL to contribute to breakthroughs in scientific understanding that could have tremendous impact on the environment, energy, security and everyday life. Grid technology is a distributed comput...AAAS elects NJIT professor as Fellow for math modeling research on the brain
...lows began in 1874. Members are considered for the rank of Fellow if nominated by the steering group of their respective sections by three Fellows, or by the chief executive officer of AAAS. AAAS, founded in 1848, is the world's largTest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal, Science (...New classification of eukaryotes has implications for AIDS treatment, agriculture and beyond
...they "adopted a hierarchical system without formal rank designations, such as "class," "sub-class," "super...rained by formally attributing a limited number of rank names."...Open Access journals get impressive impact factors
...ournal. Arthritis Research & Therapy maintains its rank of second in the rheumatology field with an impact factor of 4.55. A number of other journal published by BioMed Central also saw their impact factors and rankings improve. BMC Infectious Diseases jumped from 1.25 to 2.07. BMC Cell Biology, with an ...Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades
...and regions in developing countries. The authors rank desertification land degradation in drylands as a result of climatic factors and human activities among the world's greatest environmental challenges, destabilizing societies by deepening poverty and creating environmental refugees who can often ad...NWO/Spinoza prize to cancer research, cognitive sciences, physics and mathematics
... Nobel Prize', is awarded to Dutch researchers who rank among the world's top scientists. The laureates are internationally renowned, and know how to inspire young researchers. This is the eleventh occasion on which the Spinoza prizes have been awarded. The first occasion was in 1995. The awards are made...NIMH research showcased at APA meeting
...disorders like schizophrenia and depression, which rank among the top ten causes of disability worldwide. "We need to translate basic science discoveries into biomarkers, diagnostic tests, and new treatments clinicians can use to improve the lives of patients with mental disorders," said NIMH Director Th...Environmental crisis forging strange bedfellows
...lanned rollback of environmental safeguards by the rank and file religious members of his own party. "Today, many of these same religious yet ecology-minded Republicans are involved in a campaign against gas-guzzling SUVs, asking Americans, 'What Would Jesus Drive?' in an attempt to get consumers into mor...Study: Soap and water work best in ridding hands of disease viruses
...mportant because health-care associated infections rank in the top five causes of death, with an estimated 90,000 deaths each year in the United States," Rutala said. "Hand hygiene agents have been shown to reduce the incidence of health-care associated infections, and a variety of hand hygiene agents are...