Three years of Proba, the 'smart' satellite that runs itself
...hat tightly focused missions can be delivered in a short time frame useful to scientists - if the time taken from the original concept to launch and operation can be greatly reduced. So to simplify its construction as well as reducing costs - Proba was constructed as much as possible with existing off-th...Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
...sis reinforces the view that it is very difficult, short of taking very large areas of land out of production to soak up carbon dioxide that's escaped, compared to cutting down on the emissions as you might with simple technologies like driving hybrid cars that get twice the mileage. "Taking a ...Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases
...ate numbers. However, they warn it could be only a short time before the parallel problems of insect resistance to insecticides and bacterial resistance to antibiotics unite to throw up new diseases that doctors will have difficulty controlling. In-built similarities between human and insect immune systems...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
...l birth defects are associated with DBA, including short stature, abnormal thumbs, cleft palates and other skeletal defects, heart defects, kidney abnormalities and others. With treatment, many individuals with DBA live long, active lives, and some even experience prolonged remissions during which no...Military hazards are greater for Native Americans, according to sociological research
...population density and could be acquired in a very short period of time because the federal government already owned them," the researchers write of the military's expansions. "This contingent intersection of Indian conquest and the rise of the Pentagon placed Native Americans at great risk of exposure to ...Support for fragile X syndrome needed
...s range from difficulty to retain information over short periods to problems with linguistic processing. Patterns that distinguish FXS children include impulsivity, hyper-arousal and anxiety. Many affected boys display autistic-like features or pervasive developmental disorder. "Unfortunately few resources...Hurricane Ivan helps student study sinkholes
...him to measure changes in underground water over a short 4-day period. Schwartz will present his findings at the 116th national meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver on Nov. 7-10. Sinkholes generally form over limestone and dolomite. That rock dissolves and the earth on the surface subsid...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...actical because it needs to be refrigerated, has a short shelf life and needs to be typed and cross-matched to the specific patient. In contrast, the blood substitute carries oxygen, has a long shelf life and is compatible with all blood types," said Gamelli, who also is chief of Loyola's Burn Center and ...Structure of new DNA enzyme family member found
...st two months of "trial and error" -- an unusually short time -- to get the AIRs kinase protein to crystallize. Then, using the Northeastern Collaborative Access Team (NE-CAT) beamline at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory and the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, two of only f...National Eye Institute funds search for genetic key to corneal disease
...ly narrowed the genetic cause of Thiel-Behnke to a short portion of DNA on chromosome 10. The NEI grant will fund an intensive effort to pinpoint the culprit variation among possible genes on that strip of the chromosome, clarifying the molecular cause of the disease. Once treatable only by corneal trans...New source for heart bypass replacement blood vessels: Fibrin-based TEVs
...oduce new collagen, elastin Furthermore, after "a short time in culture, SMCs remodeled the extracellular matrix by substituting the fibrin gel with collagen." They found that after only about two weeks, the structure was ready for transplantation. "TEVs containing SMC and endothelial cells were implanted...Illegal tuna fishing and farming leads to demise of species
...02 to 2004. The authors also mention that a 16,000 short ton stock of tuna fished and farmed in 2003 was st...r's fishing season even started, while some 31,000 short tons are expected to be produced this year. "These data show how the fast-growing tuna farming busin...Genome of ancient fish could reveal evolutionary mysteries, Stanford scientists say
... issue. Where most fish reproduce quickly and have short generation times, the coelacanth reproduces slowly and gives birth to live young. This means that the coelacanth has had fewer generations of offspring to accumulate mutations. The fact that coelacanth is available for sequencing is a luc......tralopithecus, which when compared with Homo had short legs, long forearms, high permanently "shrugged" s...lanced head with a flatter face, smaller teeth and short snout, compared with australopithecines. That "shifts the center of mass back so it's easier to bala...Tiny plant a model for commercially important trees
...d formation*. Arabidopsis is a small plant with a short life cycle; a great deal of information is available on it because its entire genome has been sequenced. This wealth of genomic information coupled with the variety of research techniques and other resources that have been developed for use with Ara...New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
...he lumbar section of the lower spine is relatively short and stiff. The vertebrae in this part of the spine...e, monkey-like features, such as a sloped face and short fingers and toes. Moy-Sol and his colleagues think this is a sign that various traits emerged separa...New protein structure may aid in design of therapeutics for autoimmune disease
...d T lymphocytes, or T cells. These cells recognize short amino acid chains, or antigens, that are displayed on the surface of antigen-presenting cells and initiate immune responses when activated by the antigens. "PKCΘ is selectively recruited to the contact region between T cells and antigen-pre...Visualizing the end of the human genome
... example, when the scientists added the protein to short pieces of DNA containing the six nucleotides that make up a human telomeric repeat, the human POT1 protein bound poorly. To their surprise, they found that POT1 required a stretch of telomeric DNA containing at least ten nucleotides for efficie...Purdue researchers align nanotubes to improve artificial joints
...aligned nanotubes in previous work. "So, in a very short period of time, one hour, we're already seeing a big improvement in how well the cells stick to the nanotubes," Webster said. Future research may focus on combining the two methods for aligning nanotubes. Using the grid technique creates a greater nu...Hold the stuffing: Low-glycemic diet may help keep weight off
...their diets. "Almost anyone can lose weight in the short term very few keep it off in the long term," says Ludwig. "That's given rise to the notion that the body has a 'setpoint' and that when you diet, internal mechanisms work to restore your weight to that setpoint. A low-GL diet may work better with...