Rain forest protection works in Peru
...region has not been thoroughly assessed using high spatial resolution satellite data until this study. The scientists used the Carnegie Landsat Analysis System (CLAS) in their work. It was formerly used in Brazil to detect logging activities there. CLAS is a satellite-based forest-damage detection system,...Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
...ind of study needs to be replicated across a large spatial scale in the Amazon Basin and the Congo Basin to see if the low beta diversity pattern holds. Researchers collected data for more than three years and built on data from a decade of fieldwork in New Guinea. A key to the projects success has been lo......ersity of California, Davis), is limited by todays spatial and spectral resolutions and their fixed overpass schedules, often limiting the use of satellite data for ecological studies. In her presentation, Ustin will provide insight on the uses of and instruments available for aircraft observations. Accordi......ews for astronauts cosmic rays primarily generate spatial clusters of complex DNA breaks. If these breaks are gathered in common locations in the nucleus, they will most likely lead to chromosomal translocation, a process thought to play an initiative role in cancer." Thus the data obtained by Costes and...Neurons for numerosity: Parietal neurons 'sum up' individual items in a group
...t parietal cortex damage causes both numerical and spatial confusion. ...Nature's secrets yield new adhesive material
... small nanopolymer array that mimicked the natural spatial patterns of the hair on the foot of a gecko. They then coated their creation with a thin layer of a synthetic compound. This unusual compound mimics the reversible bonding action of a mussel adhesive protein that Messersmiths group has studied for ...The fisherman is a predator like any other
... up off the coasts. Thesemethods shed light on the spatial interactionsbetween fi sh and fi shermen andenable...behaviour of fi shermen was a goodindicator of the spatial distribution of fi sh. Thus the grouping together of fi shing vesselsnear the coast can be an alarm ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...bal ischemia, CORT-nursed rats did not display the spatial learning deficits observed in control rats, and in fact kept up with sham-operated rats in a water maze. Ischemia nearly eliminated hippocampal CA1 neurons in control rats, but neuron loss was much less in CORT-nursed rats. 3. A BOLD Look at Colum...University of Arizona launches major scientific research initiative at Biosphere 2
... a research facility, Biosphere 2 is unique in its spatial scale. The facility provides us a bridge between our small-scale, controlled, laboratory-based understandings of earth processes and experiments in field settings where we cannot control all environmental conditions. Biosphere 2's size allows us to d...A small leak will sink a great ship
...stic prediction of this model and replace a static spatial control by a temporal dynamic one....NIH awards nearly $21 million to fund cutting-edge research equipment
... studies of calcium signaling at high temporal and spatial resolution in living cells, as well as investigations involving neuronal and brain slice imaging. University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio, Texas) $1,950,000.A small-bore, 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanner will make possib......twork with epithelial signals. They also show that spatial differences in the expression levels of two key genes, Activin and Follistatin, contribute to the characteristic asymmetry of rodent incisors, which are covered by enamel only on their labial (front) side. Subtle variations in this or related regulat...The fisherman is a predator like any other
...tute of the Sea (IMARPE) used this high-resolution spatial information to characterize vessel movement in cam...up off the coasts. These methods shed light on the spatial interactions between fish and fishermen and enabled researchers to devise new tools that could impro...CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
...a geographical information system (GIS) to map the spatial and temporal distribution of the disease across Ta... map showing the spread of DFTD over time and some spatial statistics correlating the frequency of devils and diseased individuals with different landscapes or...Scientists concerned about effects of global warming on infectious diseases
...hat rising temperatures may result in "the altered spatial distribution of some infectious disease vectors," and will have "mixed effects, such as the decrease or increase of the range and transmission potential of malaria in Africa." "Diseases carried by insects and ticks are likely to be affected by envi...Landmark study details demographic, ecological and genetic spread of rabies in raccoon outbreak
...r a rare chance to examine how the demographic and spatial processes of spread and population expansion over 30 years have shaped viral evolution on a geographic scale," says Dr. Real. "Landscape features, such as rivers and mountains, can have a pronounced effect on the rate of rabies' spread and may theref...ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
...ges in polar orbit at an altitude of 800 km with a spatial resolution of 300 metres. The global composites are produced by processing MERIS images together in a standardised way. Thirteen out of 15 MERIS spectral bands are processed with an upgraded algorithm including tools for ortho-rectification, cloud...Brains reflect sex differences
...nsory perception, generation of motor commands and spatial reasoning. Primates with the most sociable females evolved a larger neocortex, suggesting that female social skills may yield the biggest brains for the species as a whole. Social demands on females and competitive demands on males require skills han...Study shows tight diabetes control does not impact cognitive ability in type 1 diabetes
...lving, learning, immediate memory, delayed recall, spatial information, attention, psychomotor efficiency and motor speed. When these tests were repeated during the DCCT on an average of 6.5 years after its start, no adverse effects were observed that were associated with either treatment type or with the nu...... "Assessing invasive alien species across multiple spatial scales: working globally and locally," and "Cascading events in linked ecological and socioeconomic systems....