NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
... of circumstances. That's not quite fine enough to resolve individual atoms in the structure, but more detailed structures can be modeled by combining electron microscopy with the higher-resolution techniques of x-ray crystallography and NMR. X-ray crystallography is a technique in which a protein or some o...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...ork focuses on the use of computational methods to resolve uncertainty in complex information sets, is one of... answering tough questions." She says she hopes to resolve "the complex network of interactions between many genes, proteins, metabolites and signals" using co...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...s, Virginia Tech helped crop and livestock farmers resolve differences over the land use and access to water. Providing information about weather, soil, cropping systems, livestock management, water availability, and the tools for agricultural and natural resource management resulted in better communication,...Study using robotic microscope shows how mutant Huntington's protein affects neurons
...ase (HD) prevent cell death. The finding helps to resolve a longstanding debate about the role of these inclusion bodies in HD and other disorders and may help investigators find effective treatments for these diseases. The study was funded primarily by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorder...New study links low fish supply to increased bushmeat hunting
...r say that reforming EU policy will not completely resolve the problems of diminishing natural resources in Ghana and other West African nations, but it is a solution that can be enacted quickly. "Other solutions, such as developing a sustainable regional livestock and agriculture resource...Livestock grazing study finds moderate grazing beneficial to Great Basin plant communities
...yman said that the study has the potential to help resolve the sometimes bitter debate between ranchers--who have legal authorization to graze livestock--and those who believe that grazing does harm. "From an ecological standpoint we can argue that if we remove the grazing infrastructure from public rangela...Scientists uncover clues to the mystery of 'gene deserts'
...no function in humans as well. In an effort to resolve the paradox and to help researchers more easily locate critical segments along the vast stretches of DNA deserts, scientists from LLNL, LBNL, and the Pennsylvania State University developed computational tools to decipher gene regulation by comparing...Researchers compare chicken, human genomes
...ourselves have provided us with a powerful tool to resolve key biological processes that have been conserved over millennia," said Richard Wilson, Ph.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the consortium's leader and senior author of the Nature article. "Along with the many similaritie...Chicken genome analysis will benefit human health and agriculture
...ourselves have provided us with a powerful tool to resolve key biological processes that have been conserved over millennia," said Richard Wilson, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the consortium's leader. "Along with the many similarities between the chicken and human genomes, we dis...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
...hat detailed analysis of samples gathered here can resolve this apparent paradox. Proceeding east in early November led to an area with some of the weakest concentrations of phytoplankton on the planet. Space-based observations show that this vast blue water area centred on Easter Island has a longit...Gene sequencing explains bioremediation 'bug'
...sue of the journal Science (Jan. 7, 2005), helps resolve the second question. An up-and-coming bioremediation industry, based on Strain 195, answers the first. "Strain 195 has a relatively small genome, only about a third the size of E. coli's in base pairs, but it's a highly adaptable one with clusters ...New health policy challenges extend beyond borders
...ies? What will happen if the health care providers resolve the growing nursing shortage in the US by recruiting from the world's poorest counties? What world governance structures are needed to address the increased threat of bioterrorism and the natural spread of infectious disease? Why is the AIDS pandemic...Powerful X-ray beams at Argonne, new electronic flight simulator
...ing fruit fly. The intense X-rays are necessary to resolve the changes in the crystal-like configuration of molecules responsible for generating the rapid contractions of the muscle with a resolution of 6/10,0000th of a second. The flight simulator, which fools a tethered fly into "thinking" it is flying fre...Map of human genetic variation across populations may promise improved disease treatments
...findings, based on publicly accessible data, won't resolve ongoing debate over whether distinct races of people exist, explained Cox, corresponding author of the study, with lead author David A. Hinds, also of Perlegen Sciences. "Our study was really designed to help us understand patterns of variation that ...Were bigger brains really smarter?
...of the novel behaviors, he explained. "You have to resolve the ambiguities and improve the quality of the ensemble offline, to make sure it hangs together, before you act on it," Calvin said. "You do that many times a day, whenever you speak a sentence you've never spoken before." It is that combination of s...How exactly does the brain control breathing?
...nal as a forum to discuss the issue and attempt to resolve their differences in opinion. Both authors agree that the respiratory rhythm requires specialised nerve cells (central chemoreceptors) to power the rhythm, but the issue highly debated by Guyenet and Richerson is the precise location and cell types ...Chromosome deletion predicts aggressive neuroblastoma
...est. Some cases of neuroblastoma are low risk, and resolve after surgeons remove the tumor. Other cases are more aggressive, and are more likely to resist initial treatment, or to cause a relapse. Identifying the correct risk level allows doctors to treat aggressive cancers appropriately, while not subjectin...Managing maternal depression during pregnancy presents significant challenge to clinicians
...eonatal behavioral syndrome are mild and generally resolve in about two weeks, a number are severe enough to require neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) hospitalization. "Newborns exposed to antidepressants late in pregnancy had more than twice the risk of admission to a special-care nursery as those exposed...Lactose intolerance linked to ancestral environment
...ge in interpreting the data, Sherman noted, was to resolve the puzzle that about 13 lactose-tolerant populations live side-by-side with lactose-intolerant populations in some parts of Africa and the Middle East. "The most likely explanation is nomadism," Sherman concluded. All 13 of the populations that can ...... tied to the sense used to perceive the number. To resolve the question, said Brannon, the researchers decided to design an experiment that used socially relevant stimuli. "Our approach really derives from thinking about why a monkey would need to represent numbers across sensory modalities," she said. "In ...