Hopkins researchers uncover critical player in cell communication
...associated with overly social behavior and lack of spatial awareness. Called TFII-I, or TF "two eye," the pro...d empathetic but at the same time have significant spatial learning defects. Those affected are highly expressive, have exceptionally strong language abilitie...Report challenges common ecological hypothesis about species abundance
...fy population and individual patterns across large spatial scales, he said. Scientists can collect data on such factors as growth rates, genetics, climate, human-caused impacts and species interactions in different parts of a population's range, and then look at the overlay of these variables and see the lar...With record resolution and sensitivity, tool images how life organizes in a cell membrane
...lytical method with very high sensitivity and high spatial resolution and high chemical information content.'...ination of sensitivity, analytical information and spatial resolution.'' For the Science study, Boxer and colleagues made a spherical lipid vesicle to model a...Research could lead to dramatic improvement in scanning for serious diseases
...ded 10,000 times faster, or with 10,000 times more spatial information. Even relatively modest improvements in the technical performance of electron spin resonance imaging instruments are potentially very important to medical research scientists. The Bath team will be working closely with two such exper...ESA's microsatellite playing major role in scientific studies
...lti-angular data. The imager's combination of high spatial resolution and wide spectral range means that a large amount of important biophysical and biochemical properties can be gathered, including chlorophyll and water content, leaf area index and overall biomass and vegetation health. It is also useful fo...Cabernet sauvignon red wine reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease
...non significantly reduced AD-type deterioration of spatial memory function and A neuropathology in mice relative to control mice that were treated with either a comparable amount of ethanol or water alone. Cabernet Sauvignon was found to exert a beneficial effect by promoting non-amyloidogenic processing of ...Symposium 'Environmental Change in Siberia -- Insights From Earth Observation and Modeling'
...illion hectares of forest at an unprecedented 50 m spatial resolution, and the SIBERIA-2 project, which has created the first full greenhouse gas accounting scheme of the terrestrial biosphere from a combined satellite remote sensing and vegetation modeling approach. "The symposium will comprise of 22 talk...Slow brain waves play key role in coordinating complex activity
... have different functions and operate on different spatial scales - a patch of high frequency activity is very localized, about the size of a dime or smaller on the brain, and is associated with bottom-up sensory or motor processing, while the theta rhythm is much more spatially widespread, the size of a sil......apeptide is very flexible, constantly changing its spatial structure, a D-amino acid component stabilizes one...s and computer simulations identified a particular spatial structure of the cyclopeptides as being crucial to their effectiveness. Substances able to support ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...the light was blue (anti-reach). This task allowed spatial dissociation of the cue from the motor goal. Only ...y information into motor plans rather than storing spatial sensory information. 4. Neutralizing TNF and 6-OHDA Neurotoxicity Melissa K. McCoy, Terina N. Mar...How did our ancestors' minds really work?
...tem (it was a tree, a stone, etc.), or knowing the spatial placement (left, right, middle, etc.). All animal species tested so far - from goldfish, pigeons and rats though to humans - seem to employ both strategies. However, if the type of recall task is designed so that the two strategies are in opposition,...Road-crossing in chimpanzees: A risky business
...ce the risks of predatory attacks through adaptive spatial patterning, moving toward the front of the group when traveling toward potentially unsafe areas, such as waterholes, and bringing up the rear when retreating, but comparable data on great-ape progression orders have been lacking. Crossing of man-made...A cognitive strategy shared by human infants and our great-ape kin
...enacted a similar strategy preference in employing spatial memory. The researchers then went on to examine 3-...e other great apes in the strategies we employ for spatial memory, but that this continuity is masked as human development proceeds. ...UA strengthens commitment to Arctic research
...rctic due to climate change, using remote sensing, spatial data analysis and other methods Principal: Vladimir Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute Who: Jzsef Geml, plant pathology and molecular evolutionary genetics, Pennsylvania State University Research: Compare arctic fungal species to infer relati...New type of optical microscopy attains near-molecular resolution
...y and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute delivers spatial resolution more than 10 times better than that of conventional optical microscopes, putting scientists tantalizingly close to the first crisp, ultra-resolution, real-time imaging of living biomolecules and cells. The new technique can currently res...Researchers devise new tools to help pinpoint treatments for heart failure
...ng such a model that is capable of reproducing the spatial localization and movement of signaling events in heart cells should allow the researchers to gain a better understanding of the complexities of cardiac cell signaling. For example, it may help to explain why stimulation of the beta-adrenergic recepto...Metal homeostasis research in plants will lead to nutrient-rich food and higher yielding crops
...escence microtomography to determine, in vivo, the spatial distribution of metals in Arabidopsis seed. Examination of various mutants is shedding light on which transporters influence the distribution of important nutrients such as Iron in the seed. Such information should aid the development of nutrient-ric...Apes -- not monkeys -- ace IQ tests
...to the food. The paradigm taps the ability to form spatial representations, considered crucial for intelligent behavior. The results were clear: there were a few cases where one species performed better than another one in one task and reversed places in a different task, but, overall, some species truly o...Study provides new insights into brain organization
...study is the most comprehensive yet to look at the spatial organisation of the nervous system in primates and worms. ...Small-scale logging leads to clear-cutting in Brazilian Amazon
...ment regulators. The remote sensing system has a spatial resolution of 98 feet by 98 feet. Through advanced computational methods, the scientists can determine the level of canopy damage and how long it takes to grow back, which they use to understand the severity and duration of ecological disruption. Fol...