Mammalian transcriptome mapped, and it makes antisense
...scriptome has already revealed a number of new and startling things about the nature of mammalian biology. One of the most significant of these findings, about "antisense transcription," appears in a separate article by Wahlestedt and his colleagues in the same issue of Science . Antisense transcription (see...Independent researchers confirm the existence of ivory-billed woodpecker
... previous data were not sufficient to support this startling conclusion. But the thrilling new sound recordings provide clear and convincing evidence that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not extinct." The unpublished recordings include a series of distinctive "kent" call notes and an exchange of the diagnostic ...Fundamental discovery -- bone fracture
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) A startling discovery about the properties of human bone has been made by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The scientists describe their results finding a sort of "glue" in human bone in the cover story of the August issue of the inte...Researchers find evidence of photosynthesis deep within the ocean
... solely relies on photosynthesis to live. "This is startling in the sense that you do not expect to find photosynthesis in a region of the world that is so completely dark," Blankenship said. Sunlight can penetrate 100 to 200 meters into the ocean, slowly dimming as you go deeper. Because these organisms live ...Study shows how retinoic acid enters a cell's nucleus
...t comes in contact with RA, Noy and Sessler made a startling discovery: When exposed to RA, three amino acids on the CRABP-II molecule flip their positions, exposing positive charges. Combined with the way the molecule is folded, this area suddenly looks like a classical NLS. "This discovery creates a precede...PNAS highlights for the week of April 11 - 15
...s activity in response to three different types of startling conditions. The authors found that each startling episode produced different brain activity patterns and identified basic coding units in the hippocam...Research news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
...cent study of 163 students in college found that a startling 27% were overweight, 6% were pre-diabetic, and 10% had either high total cholesterol or low HDL ("good") cholesterol. This is among the first studies of college-aged students on weight and a condition known as the metabolic syndrome. The study was co...Understanding natural killers could lead to new hepatitis treatments
...or of the tagged cells in the livers of mice. "The startling discovery was that these NKT cells just move within the sinusoids intravascularly," said Littman. By contrast, he said, immune cells in the lymph nodes and spleen perform their surveillance ensconced within specialized compartments shielded from the ...Europe faces brain drain and declining patient care unless cancer research funding is doubled
...research is funded across Europe has revealed some startling findings that have major implications for cancer patients and for European cancer research policy, it was announced today (Wednesday 30 March). Described as a "clarion call to the European Commission", the European Cancer Research Funding Survey iden......man genome with those of mouse and rat--and make a startling discovery. Compared with rodents, deleterious mutations have apparently accumulated in the hominid lineages, racking up an estimated additional 140,000 harmful mutations since humans and chimps diverged, mutations that have been selectively eliminate...Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Salty, acidic soup could have supported life on Mars
... in no particular order. The Littlest Humans: The startling discovery of a species of small human relatives in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores suggests that modern humans and these small "hominids" shared the Earth just 18,000 years ago. The new species, Homo floresiensis, may have evolved from an e......affes to Thomson's gazelles have been spotted with startling clarity. If the technology proves accurate, WCS is hopeful that it can be used to monitor endangered wildlife populations that live in hard-to-reach locations. Dr. Eric Sanderson, a WCS landscape ecologist who is managing the study said, "Imagine be...Phillip A. Sharp to present 2004 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at Chemical Heritage Foundation
... work provided one of the first indications of the startling phenomenon of "discontinuous genes" in mammalian cells. The discovery that genes contain nonsense segments that are edited out by cells in the course of utilizing genetic information is important in understanding the genetic causes of cancer and othe...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...y is Michael Graves, internationally known for the startling eclecticism of his postmodernist design. The result--more than the sum of old plus new parts--is a wholly integrated and transformed structure superbly designed to enhance the doing of theoretical physics. First and foremost, Kohn H...