Boston University biologists discover amphibian eggs use defenses against water molds
...Northeast, vernal pools fill with the rising water table of fall and winter or with the melting and runoff of winter and spring snow and rain. Many vernal pools in the region are covered with ice in the winter months and contain water during spring and early summer. Typically by late summer, most pools are...Orexigen reports positive phase II results for Excalia Combination-Therapy to treat obesity
...er both the individual components and placebo (see table below). Study completers had lost in excess of 9% of their baseline body weight by week 24. Completer Analysis Excalia: -9.2% Zonisamide + Placebo: -6.6%(p=0.025) Bupropion + Placebo: -3.4% (p=0.00003) Placebo: -0.4% (p On categorical measures o...Bee genome information housed at Texas A&M University
...also estimated that one out of three bites on your table is a direct consequence of honey bee pollination," he said. "Honey bee biologists would have to go to a lot of trouble to sequence in their labs every single gene they are interested in," Elsik said. "They can go to our Web site and download the se...Stormy days ahead for coral reefs
...ch will die. The most vulnerable corals are the table corals which have a broad flat top supported by a ... and shapes almost perfectly. "There were a lot of table corals present that went right up to the threshold from the last big storm, and then suddenly nothin...Scientists develop method to find genetic basis for plant variation
...y close to an explanation." Sodium chloride, or table salt, is generally toxic to plants at significantly high concentrations. Salt said this study will help his team better understand the way in which plants process sodium. Postdoctoral researchers Ana Rus and Ivan Baxter co-authored the paper. Salt ...Like salty food? Chances are you had low blood sodium when you were born
...lowed by orally administered spray tests involving table salt and table sugar. Between the tests the children and escorting parent(s) were interviewed about dietary and sea...'Electric' fish shed light on ways the brain directs movement
...ive control, your hand would knock the cup off the table every time." The researchers' understanding of the complex relationship between the glass knifefish's movements and the cascade of information coming into their brains and bodies via their senses could eventually spark developments in areas as far ...Delft University of Technology designs language development toy for autistic children
...inst a specific object. The objects for example a table or a window are equipped with a small electronic device of a certain colour. If the children place a block against such an object, the block lights up in the same colour as the object and the child hears the word that corresponds to the name of the ...Music genes and musical geniuses
...r format after the event. In addition to the round table discussions and meetings with scientists, the Festival of Music and Genetics will offer a rich calendar of concerts to entertain participating delegates. The overall framework of the event is the music and culture of Mongolia, the Festivals guest Cou...'Juiced-up' battery fueled by sugar could power small portable electronics
...ll. The best fuel source tested so far is ordinary table sugar (sucrose) dissolved in water, she says. One of the first applications Minteer envisions for the sugar fuel cell is using it as a portable cell phone recharger, similar to the quick rechargers already on the market that allow users to instantl......s able to discriminate between, say, a chair and a table because each of them will generate a distinct sequence of patterns within the neural system that the brain then interprets. Upon repeated presentation of that object, its pattern is reproduced in a precise and controlled manner. Previous experiments ...Massive coral death attributed to earthquake
...nching corals in sheltered waters to vast areas of table corals inhabiting surf zones. The team also documented, for the first time in Indonesia, extensive damage to reefs caused by the crown-of-thorn starfish, a coral predator that has devastated reefs in Australia and other parts of the world. "Finding ...Massive coral death atrributed to earthquake
...nching corals in sheltered waters to vast areas of table corals inhabiting surf zones. The team also documented, for the first time in Indonesia, extensive damage to reefs caused by the crown of thorn starfish, a coral predator that has devastated reefs in Australia and other parts of the world. "Finding...Pimp my meatballs -- collagen injections safeguard nutrients
...ble than potassium iodide introduced using iodized table salt. The collagen enhancement works on fresh meat before cooking, but the effect also lasts during cold- or freezer-storage (SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, doi 10.1002/jsfa.2844). In this study, collagen was injected into me...Discovery of new family of pseudo-metallic chemicals
COLUMBIA, Mo. The periodic table of elements, all 111 of them, just got a little competition. A new discovery by a University of Missouri-Columbia research team, published in Angewandte Chemie, the journal of the German Society of Chemists, allows scientists to manipulate a molecule......ounts or to humans if it were to be used to tag a table fish," Dr Almany explains. "It's simply a way of telling one group of fish of the same species from another." The team later returned to confirm the tags had worked and study how many of the offspring had returned to the home reef or had dispersed...Sexual orientation affects how we navigate and recall lost objects, but age just targets gender
...re men usually perform better) they found that the table of best performance to worst was: Heterosexual men Bisexual men Homosexual men Homosexual women Bisexual women Heterosexual women In general, over the range of tasks measured, where a gender performed better in a task heterosexuals of that g...Lancet study shows gene therapy for Parkinson's disease is safe and some patients benefit
...ents have been willing to step up to the operating table for relief from the tremors, stiffness and rigidity that characterize the disease. Decades ago, surgeons began to make lesions in parts of the brain involved in the disease, which lessened symptoms. Fetal stem cell surgery was pioneered in Parkinson...Study shows cane sugar, corn sweeteners have similar effects on appetite
...syrup seems to be no different than a calorie from table sugar or a calorie from milk," explained Monsivais. Much of the evidence that linked corn sweeteners with obesity came from animal-based metabolic studies using pure fructose. This study, on the other hand, used beverages sweetened with two types of...New aerogels could clean contaminated water, purify hydrogen for fuel cells
...ements found directly under oxygen in the periodic table are expected to be able to separate out the impurities from hydrogen gas much as they did the mercury from the water: by acting as a kind of sieve or selectively permeable membrane. The unique chemical and physical structure of the gels will allow r...