New proteomics research promises to revolutionize biomedical discovery
...ss of the scientists was that proteins interacting together are likely to be partners in the same biological p...k of 805 high-confidence interactions that connect together 436 different proteins. Among them, many proteins of previously unknown function can now be inferred...Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift
...ng students at the Delft University of Technology, together with the Department of Experimental Zoology of Wageningen University, designed the RoboSwift. RoboSwift is a micro airplane fitted with shape shifting wings, inspired by the common swift, one of natures most efficient flyers. The micro airplane will ......exico found a home on the Indian sub-continent and together with the right growing practices resulted in massive gains in the regions wheat production. Many believe this green revolution saved the lives of up to a billion people. In 1970 Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize for the workthe first time the aw...Monkeys don't go for easy pickings
...eeding competition amongst themselves and to stick together to maintain intergroup dominance. The authors conclude that primates travel decisions to feed take into account more than distance. Elena Cunningham commented, "They may also be based on value judgements of resource sites that take into considera...Scientists to make news at Computational Biology Conference
...r. Burkhard Rost of Columbia University, New York, together with Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Peter Schuster of the University of Vienna. "Our meetings gather the new interdisciplinary community of bioinformaticians and reach out to the communities of computer scientists that supply the computational methods and bio...Conservation Leadership Program announces 2007 awardees
...enezuela. In addition, award recipients came together to attend a series of practical training workshops...mier society for conservation biologists, bringing together experts from around the world....Bull's-eye -- Programs targeting math, science teacher shortage may get boost
...ucation and NSM are collaborating in teachHOUSTON, together with the Spring Branch and Fort Bend independent school districts. This fall the Houston Independent School District is scheduled to come on board, and other districts have indicated they are interested in becoming partners. Few colleges of educ...NY Stem Cell Foundation's 2nd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference
...University in Manhattan. The conference will bring together many of the most prominent figures in human embryo...e who are so focused on a mission and want to work together to achieve that goal....Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...nce of secondary transmission among ferrets housed together was attributed to minimal virus shedding. The effect of viral pathogenicity and receptor binding specificity on transmissibility showed that both Vietnam avian-like viruses caused neurological symptoms and death in ferrets while the Hong Kong and Tu...The origin of perennial water-ice at the South Pole of Mars
...er model. This was done by changing the precession together with other orbital information. The scientists set the clock 21 000 years back, when the closest vicinity of the planet to the Sun corresponded to the northern summer a situation opposite to that of today. The model has shown that water at the...Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients
...amples. The scientists were especially interested together with related biological research - in the question...ch. The concept of research in co-operation groups together with clinical partners and the creation of clinical research platforms is an essential prerequisite ...Chromosome glue repairs damaged DNA
... a chromosome in the cell nucleus are held tightly together by a protein complex called cohesin. Cohesion fulf...d chromosomes, the sister chromatids, have to stay together until the right moment of separation. If the chromatids come apart too early, there is a risk of the...JCI table of contents: July 12, 2007
...After a blood vessel in injured, platelets cluster together to plug the site of injury in the form of a blood clot (thrombus). In arterial disease, altered platelet aggregation can block blood vessels and cause heart attack or stroke. Platelet aggregation involves the binding of many molecules to platelet int...Research team discovers gallstone gene
Scientists at the University of Bonn, together with colleagues from Romania, have discovered a ge...is caused by genes." Professor Lammert – working together with his colleagues Dr. Frank Gruenhage, Maja Walier and Professor Dr. Thomas Wienker as well as sci...Small molecules may explain psoriasis
...s, says Andor Pivarcsi, who has directed the study together with Enik Sonkoly. The study shows that microRNA has different patterns of expression in psoriasis compared with normal skin and also in comparison with atopic eczema. One of these molecules, miR-203, is of particular interest as it is greatly upre...Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...hat revolutionized how international partners work together to protect the worlds biologically richest and most threatened regions today announced $50 million in new funding. The French Development Agency (AFD) becomes the sixth partner to commit $25 million to the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)...Study shows cane sugar, corn sweeteners have similar effects on appetite
...ose also contains both glucose and fructose, bound together in a 1-to-1 ratio. However, the researchers found that for the sucrose in the beverages tested in this study, the bond between fructose and glucose is broken. Because of this, the authors suggest that the body does not readily discriminate between be...... ideas proposed by all of the scientists will come together for the advancement of science. I also thank Mr. T. Denny Sanford for his generous donation of $70 million which will enable the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at Homestake to provide space for early experimental programs as...Aphids make 'chemical weapons' to fight off killer ladybirds
...s, with often many hundreds of individuals crowded together on a plant, and using this poisonous mustard oil defence provides wingless individuals with a powerful means of dispelling a predator which poses a risk to the entire colony. Unfortunately the nature of the mechanism with the chemical stored in the ......yeast genome, Maynard developed a new way to piece together the puzzle. He allowed us to mechanize, computerize and organize the process, says 2003 Gruber Genetics Laureate, David Botstein. Maynard was one of the top two or three key brains behind the Human Genome Project. And he is a mentornot just for his ...