Satellite data to track wildlife: Elephants in space
...e standing on top of the Empire State Building and spotting a deer in Maine." Preliminary results of the study have left scientists hopeful that the technology can be used to monitor endangered wildlife populations that live in hard-to-reach locations, saving them time and money while saving the animals the h...Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise
...laim seized on the unique ability of so-called DNA spotting machines to deliver tiny volumes of liquid, about one trillionth of a liter per spot. The spotting machines, which cost as little as $20,000, have become common fixtures at most research universities...New cyber security protocol for online banking, and more
...such notification emails, the researchers say. But spotting such maneuvers is not easy. "It's difficult to say exactly what tactics network attackers are using right now because many people do not know they are being attacked. Nonetheless, criminals who have no greater passion than money laundering are alread...Researchers peer inside embryonic/fetal hearts to discover causes of congenital heart disease
...diography they are looking inside fetal hearts and spotting abnormalities months before babies are born. Through fetal diagnosis, doctors can actually see the heart and valve structures and detect the most serious form of heart disease in children by 20 weeks of gestation, the mid-point in pregnancy. In some ...Searchers key in on ivory-billed woodpecker habitat
...ite River, and then into the Mississippi. Although spotting the woodpecker may be like finding "a flying needle in a haystack," this long, narrow corridor of bayou makes it easier for people to spot a bird flying by. Because of its old growth, it is also home to long-horned beetle larvae, the ivory-billed's v...Research tracks whales by listening to sounds
...lation. "There are a handful of records of people spotting sperm whales in the region and they're all in the summer," Mellinger said. "Likewise, all of the historic whaling records are from the summer. The Gulf of Alaska is not a place you want to be in the winter. But apparently, sperm whales don't mind." ...Researchers convinced satellites are helpful in tracking epidemics
...in humans and apes, in Congo and Gabon in hopes of spotting particular environmental characteristics associated with infected sites. Combining ESA Envisat satellite data, under the Epidemio project, on water bodies, forest cover and digital elevation models (DEMs) with field results, Moussavou and his team w...Gene screen for breast cancer better than pathologist's 'eye'
...of their genetic blueprint is twice as accurate at spotting breast cancer cells as a pathologist's view with a...doubled the cancer detection rate to 71 percent by spotting 15 of 21 samples known positive for cancer. Of 76 samples negative for cancer, QM-MSP concurred on ......een the predators and prey. Primates get better at spotting and avoiding snakes, so the snakes get better at concealment, or more venomous, and the primates respond," Isbell said. Some primate groups less threatened by snakes show fewer signs of evolutionary pressure to evolve better vision. For example, th...Wild bees and the flowers they pollinate are disappearing together
...Dutch colleagues, we found out that they had begun spotting similar shifts in their wildflowers as well." In Britain, where bee diversity has fallen and hoverflies have at best held steady, there have been declines in 70% of the wildflowers that require insects for pollination. However, wind-pollinated or ...NASA assists search for woodpecker thought to be extinct
...ecies still exists started when a kayaker reported spotting the woodpecker along Arkansas' Cache River in 2004. That sighting spawned an intensive search for the species by wildlife conservationists, bird watchers, field biologists and others. In June a research aircraft flew over delta regions of the lowe...Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life
...e devised protocols for cleaning mineral surfaces, spotting the surfaces with up to 96 different organic species, washing the surfaces to remove molecules that don't adhere to a mineral surface, and locating the remaining adsorbed molecules. To discover "which molecules stick and which don't," as Hazen say...Mucosal-surface immune function discoveries could boost vaccine research
...s are the body's key immune "sensors" dedicated to spotting possible threats. "Using another signaling route, epithelial cells in the mucosal lining tell dendritic cells to boost their own production of APRIL. That ratchets up IgA2 production even more," Dr. Xu says. The bottom line: Epithelial cells in ......clude that cone photoreceptors might be useful for spotting predators and for social interactions at periods of roosting during the day. Flying foxes often use exposed treetops as daytime roosts, where they assemble in large colonies (Brain, Behavior and Evolution, online May 2007). The mammalian order bat...... that interacts with natural surroundings imagine spotting a tree donning a sweater or finding a rock upholstered as a baseball. She decided to find out if rockin robins do exist. Humans have an impact on other animals around us. Catbirds and mockingbirds listen to noise we make, but we dont know if they m...