Video analysis adds evidence for ivory-billed woodpecker
...cher David Luneau accidentally kept a video camera running as his canoe drifted through a bayou in the Big Woods of Arkansas -- and recorded an ivory-billed woodpecker. The video, blurry because the recorder was on auto focus, was the main piece of evidence featured online in an April 25 Science Express pap...Can ancient rocks yield clues about catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina?
...would have caused increased amounts of fresh water running off the land, carrying large quantities of nutrients into the oceans, resulting in an increase in marine productivity and supporting oxygen depletion and a change in circulation patterns in the deep ocean. Climate modeling identified that specific pe...Studying climate change in the Arctic: Scientists and students working together
...upplies and conveniences (for example, there is no running water), but the quality of the students' education is extraordinary. Students, teachers, and the school's principle have been extremely enthusiastic about participating in the Student-PARTNERS Project. " All student collected data and images will be...It's a bug's life: MIT team tells moving tale
...d video of insects trying to ascend menisci with a running start and found they got partway up, then slid back down. The solution? The creatures adopt special postures that create forces that pull them up the slope at speeds of almost 30 body lengths per second (for comparison, an Olympian sprinter moves at ...Navigating the brain for sense of direction as paradigm for higher cognitive functions
...any (nearly 60%) of the cells were correlated with running speed. The majority of these showed a positive correlation, so that faster running was accompanied by higher firing rates," the paper noted. What the brain needs to figure out where i...Phenotype is influenced by nature, nurture and noise
...re most biologists have of a cell is of a smoothly running Swiss watch," said Hasty. "But our results and the findings of other theorists and computational biologists are proving otherwise. The fine-grain fluctuations we see in the genetic regulation within single cells may lead to new insights about variabi...GSA should stand for 'going strong again' for the UC Department of Geology as always
...e of meeting preparation, arranging logistics, and running around for four days at the speed of light from venue to venue, leaves everyone exhausted but smiling at the end," says Miller. Samples of This Year's Presentations Biodiversity (is a good thing) Geology chair Arnie Miller has long researched th...EMBO selects Europe's best young independent scientists
...igator Programme targets researchers who have been running their first laboratories for between one to three years. Members of the programme are entitled to a range of benefits, designed to help smooth the often difficult transition between setting up independently and establishing a reputation within the sc...Recreating 'Flowers for Algernon' with a happy ending
...coordination by training the mice to balance while running on a rotating log, which gradually increased in speed. At first, the NF1 mice would jump off as the log spun faster. But statin therapy enabled the NF1 mice to perform as well as their normal counterparts. "This is mind-blowing we think we have ...AGU Fall Meeting - media advisory 4
...oc/prrl/prrl0536.html#3 Although we are currently running a wait list, we hope that at least some of its members will be confirmed prior to the day of the trip. Also, in past years, there have been some no-shows, and wait listed people were able to participate. The wait list, in priority order, will be incl...Open Science Grid technology and applications featured at SC|05
...ophysics: Sloan Digital Sky Survey astronomers are running several applications on the OSG, including a searc... Interoperability: OSG collaborators successfully running jobs on multiple grid infrastructures, including the OSG, the TeraGrid, the LHC Computing Grid, the ...Light exercise a tonic to keep the brain young
...t was entertaining, the same as a pet hamster on a running wheel. The results show that regular mild exercise can prevent oxidative damage. In people, that translates to a daily 30-minute walk or a light 1-mile run." Oxidative damage in the brain is believed to be a natural consequence of aging and a contrib...US Surgeon General urges Americans to know their family health history
... be operated on all computers with Internet access running any of several standard browsers, regardless of the computer's operating system. All personal information entered into the program resides on the user's computer only. No information is available to the federal government or any other agency. The ne...Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
...the French space agency CNES, the system is up and running at a time when overfishing has left the 40-million-year-old Patagonian toothfish species on the verge of extinction. Also found off South America, the toothfish has evolved anti-freeze components in its blood, making it one of a small number of spe...Give thanks for the cranberry, say dental researchers
...tooth decay," Koo said. But don't even think about running to the juice aisle in the grocery store to prevent tooth decay, Koo said. The sugar that is usually added to cranberry juice can cause cavities, and the natural acidity of the substance may contribute directly to tooth decay. Instead of advocating ma...'Dating agency' boosts hunt for disease genes
...ch Council. "The infrastructure is already up and running for handling patient samples. Now what we've done is to create a sort of scientists' dating agency and shop," explains the Director of the Network's archive, Dr Martin Yuille (University of Manchester). "Vetted scientists can find on the website both...Low-level exercise delays heart failure, markedly extends lives, even with hypertension
...at 9 and 16 months of age, consisting of treadmill running three days a week, 45 minutes a day for six months. During the first month of training, the speed was increased from 10 meters/minute to 17.5 m/min. However three rats in the 9-month group experienced sudden death, though no animals in the 16-month g...Scientists fetch useful information from dog genome publications
...nal trade-off between high-speed, energy efficient running versus limb strength. Mammals specialized for running tend to exhibit large pelvic bones and relatively slender limbs." In the second manuscript, Lark's t...Greyhounds and humans going round the bend
...iences Research Council (BBSRC), shows how a human running into a high-speed corner is forced to slow down an...they used high-speed video recording of greyhounds running time trials in an arena. Greyhounds barely change their stride when they sprint around and successfu......a of unprecedented environmental decline. "Time is running out," said Speth, former chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Carter Administration and founder of the World Resources Institute. "We are on the verge of reaping an appalling deterioration of our natural assets. Only unprecedented act...