Ecologists work to link kids with nature
...piring kids via tree canopy walkways, to community restoration activities on Catalina Island in California. Knowledge of nature is vital if young people are ultimately going to make good decisions about personal health, climate change, and land-use management, says Lowman. Kids need to touch flowers and know ...New studies on goats' milk show it is more beneficial to health than cows' milk
...ty of iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, the restoration of altered haematological parameters and the better levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH), a hormone that regulates the calcium balance in the organism was found in the rats that consumed this food. Javier Daz Castro points out that the inclusion of ......ient removal and optimal riparian areas needed for restoration to have the greatest impact with minimum resources spent. ...Radiation therapy combined with microsurgery shows promise for curing injured spinal cord
...ween the brain and the spinal cord, with resulting restoration of control of the brain over muscle function. In the current research, the scientists made a severe crush injury, similar to a human contusion/fracture injury, in spinal cord of adult rats just below the waist. In crush injuries, tissue decay is e...Brain's 'hearing center' may reorganize after implant of cochlear device
... Journal of Neuroscience . "The results imply a restoration to some extent of the normal organization through the use of the cochlear implant, says Manuel Don, PhD, of the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles. They also claim to find ties between the degree of restored organization and a hearing task. Such ties...CRESIB coordinates an international consortium to fight malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax
...IB labs will be increased, with an enlargement and restoration of current facilities to meet the needs of the centre. Malaria is an infectious disease which can be caused by four species of the Plasmodium parasite: P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale. P. falciparum and P. vivax are the most pr...Can you hear me now? Stem cells enhance hearing recovery
...recovery of temporary hearing loss. But could such restoration be enhanced by using bone marrow stem cells, which can differentiate into various tissue-specific cell types" Dr. Tatsuo Matsunaga of National Tokyo Medical Center pursued this hypothesis by utilizing a well-characterized rat model of drug-induced ...'Lucky 13' as new gene discovery offers further hope for childhood blindness
...plains Professor Inglehearn. "This being the case, restoration of even a tenth of the missing protein may be enough to restore vision. So our findings, together with the recently announced clinical trials, hold great promise." Mutations in LCA5 are relatively rare. As it is a recessive gene, a child would need...Some forest birds can survive in agricultural countryside with limited habitat conservation
...agricultural areas, Sekercioglu said. "Even modest restoration efforts can increase their land cover and help som...findings for endangered bird species. "Even modest restoration efforts to increase tree land cover can help these birds more than you would think," he said. Furt...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...t of 1987, which calls for the timely, substantial restoration of natural quiet to the park from aircraft noise. Dickson Hingson of the Sierra Club's National Parks and Monument Committee ( dhingson@infowest.com ) will discuss the current status of these efforts, as a deadline of April 22, 2008 approaches for i...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 9, 2007
...cation of a polyacrylate coating during a previous restoration attempt and removing tar-like deposits from a fresco in Florence that was damaged during the 1996 flooding of the Arno River. ARTICLE #4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Oil-in-Water Nanocontainers as Low Environmental Impact Cleaning Tools for Works of Art:...New nanocomposites may mean more durable tooth fillings
...tandard composite resin filling, a natural-looking restoration that is the method of choice when appearance is an issue. A dentist creates the filling by mixing the pure liquid resin with a powder that contains coloring, reinforcement and other materials, packing the resulting paste into the cavity, and illumina...Scientists identify key to integrating transplanted nerve cells into injured tissue
...t will ultimately make retinal transplantation and restoration of vision a possibility." He adds that transplantation of donor photoreceptors (in whole retina transplants) may prove to be more beneficial than transplanting stem cells alone, as these retinal transplants contain a complete organized supply of cel...First demonstration of muscle restoration in an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
...dical School, have for the first time demonstrated restoration of muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne's ...roper location at the cell membrane, and to induce restoration of muscle function in rodent muscles....Winter flounder on the fast track to recovery
...rming the wild fish," she says. "Targeted at the restoration of commercial and recreational fish and shellfish, enhancement is becoming a very important tool in NOAA's fishery management tool box," says Michael Rubino, aquaculture program manager for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (N...First new waterborne aquaculture drug in 20 years approved
...fish released into the wild for recreation through restoration programs. Private aquaculture will also benefit...on of finfish for public good, including fisheries restoration and enhancement. USGS scientists completed target animal safety studies on many freshwater fish spe...Leicester researcher to lead global team tackling carbon 'time-bomb'
...e Malaysia and Indonesia in the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded peatlands. One exciting dimension is t...increase stakeholder awareness on how wise use and restoration efforts contribute to increased carbon sequestration that in turn will have a positive effect on glo...Population pressure shapes urban parks
..., "Urban park managers have implemented vegetation restoration programs with mixed success because of the differi...factor for the selection of species for vegetation restoration projects," says Loeb. "To help further the work of restoring the natural beauty of urban parks, la...Grant aims to ignite inspiration and interest in science
...yahoga River not only as a model for environmental restoration but as an inspiration to the students who will hale from regions of the Cuyahoga watershed. The project is one of 10 recently approved STEM and Foreign Language academies, all of which aim to encourage promising high school juniors and seniors to c...Over a century after disappearing, wild elk return to Ontario
... province thanks to the efforts of the Ontario elk restoration program. According to a report on the programs suc...io sites between 1998 and 2001. "The Ontario elk restoration program has met with great success primarily due to the collaborative, multi-partnered approach to w...