Landmark study details demographic, ecological and genetic spread of rabies in raccoon outbreak
...lts provide important insights into the geographic scale of rabies persistence and will be increasingly important in understanding the epidemiology of rabies and other emerging zoonotic diseases, those diseases that can be transmitted between animals and people, in a geographic context," says Dr. Real. "We...Ocean observing contracts awarded to UC San Diego and University of Washington
...lenge. A final award for the coastal and global scale nodes of the OOI is expected in August 2007....Scientists discover cost-effective ways to improve crop output in Uganda
...ead author Kayuki Kaizzi worked closely with small scale farmers throughout the study to ensure that the pr...e for addressing crop production problems of small scale farmers throughout Africa." Wortmann and other scientists are continuing on-going studies to addre...NMR advance relies on microscopic detector
...aller samples, but it has proven very difficult to scale these to small sizes to analyze tiny samples and to create high throughput methods. Instead, research originally aimed at improving quantum computing led the MIT researchers to a completely different approach based on guiding waves. "We were try...UCLA molecular biologists convert protein sequences into classical music
...therefore results in a 20-note scale. "A 20-note scale is too large a range," Takahashi said. "You need a reduced scale, so we paired similar amino acids together and used chords and chord variations for each amino acid. We used each component of the music to indicate a specific characteristic of the pro...ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
...rent accounts of land cover change at the European scale are based, a regularly updated GlobCover is expect...-to-date data on land cover change at the European scale at a pace compatible with the main socio-economic indicators." The Food and Agriculture Organizat...Landmark study identifies large number of new proteins implicated in Huntington's disease
...d proteome, was unprecedented both in terms of its scale and in the way the protein interactions were validated in a genetic model of the disease. By conducting additional experiments in fruit flies genetically altered to express features of human HD, scientists showed that changing the expression of these...Newborn neurons like to hang with the 'in' crowd
...nia, San Diego, Toni then zoomed in at a nanometer scale and watched how the young and the old got acquainted. He observed that between three and four weeks after injection of the virus newborn neurons sent out dendritic filopodiatiny feelers that probe the environment. "When we analyzed them in three d...Lab-on-a-chip device from Berkeley Lab to speed proteomics research
...ter," said Wang. "This paves the way for the large scale integration of mass spectrometry and lab-on-a-chip analysis in proteomics research." Each emitter consists of a parallel array of silica nozzles protruding out from a hollow silicon sliver with a conduit size of 100 x 10 microns. Multiple nozzles (...New treatments have major impact on heart failure rates
...cal treatments have improved outcomes due to large scale trials of therapies but there has been a substantial gap in knowing how this relates to how new drugs and procedures are being used and implemented in hospitals. Our study enables us to look at differences in practice in a clinical setting over tim...Estrogen fluctuation affects epileptic seizures
...neurons communicate, and on a much more rapid time scale then previously appreciated. The estrogen regulation of neurotransmitter vesicles points to novel targets for anti-epilepsy therapies....Catching cancer's spread by watching hemoglobin
...ional microscopes) with a resolution at the micron scale (at the level of blood cells, which is better than MRI resolution) and does not require any contrast agents or fluorescent markers (unlike most other high-resolution vessel-imaging techniques). Clinically, the imaging technique can potentially be...Satellites shed light on global warming
... the cryosphere to get a better idea of the likely scale of the impact of climate change. In addition, the melting of sea-ice will increase the amount of solar radiation that will be absorbed by ice-free polar oceans rather than reflected by ice-covered oceans, increasing the ocean temperature. Average te...Data presented at ISHLT meeting confirm RNA analysis can identify rejection in lung transplant recip
...rejection grades (based on a standardized severity scale of 0-4). RT-PCR confirmed 14 of these genes as candidates for analysis, revealing a high correlation with those identified using microarray analysis. Seven of those genes were considered statistically significant. "We are excited to confirm that n...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
...science and engineering practiced on the molecular scale and green chemistry and engineering, which aim to minimize environmental impacts through resource-conserving and waste-eliminating improvements in processes and products. It concludes with recommendations for proactive federal policy measures to hel...Volcanic eruptions, ancient global warming linked
...e places. Duncan said the eruptions are similar in scale with the well-known Deccan Flood Basalts in India. "They are also about 40 times as big as the Columbia River basalts in Oregon and Washington," he said. The Columbia River basalts likely had few global impacts, but the Deccan Flood Basalts, the Si...Researchers 'look into' plant cells to increase ethanol yields
...related to ethanol production, such as how to best scale up from laboratory operations. They have conducted research in this area for years. The hot liquid water pretreatment process used in this study was originally developed in the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering at Purdue, which Ladisch ...Minuscule molecules pack a powerful punch
...out technology, currently being pursued on a large scale through the KOMP and EUCOMM programmes at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. This success illustrates the power of the mouse to reveal function and indicates a wider role for microRNAs in animals with large genomes....Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
...tivities. "Demonstration products at the global scale are now available and are ready to be used in state-of-the-art carbon data assimilation systems (CCDAS) for better understanding the role of the biosphere in the global carbon cycle," Gobron said. Phytoplankton, microscopic marine plants that drif......12 people trained for four weeks to use a 15-point scale in order to rate the characteristics that contribute to the mouth-feel of diet and regular soda. Lee called her panelists "highly trained instruments" because they could detect significant differences in the mouth-feel of 14 samples that the scientis...