Researchers develop way to calculate speed of bacterial sex
... It is important to consider all natural processes together when trying to predict rates of gene transfer, said Ginn. "The model gives us a new tool for designing new experiments that reflect gene transfer in the real world, including such things as transport of cells in porous media of soils and aquifers,"...UCLA molecular biologists convert protein sequences into classical music
... a reduced scale, so we paired similar amino acids together and used chords and chord variations for each amino acid. We used each component of the music to indicate a specific characteristic of the protein. We are faithful in the conversion from the sequence to the music. The rhythm is dictated by the protei...DOE JGI sets 'gold standard' for metagenomic data analysis
...ck in order, in effect, putting Humpty Dumpty back together again, to recreate the identity of an organism from the scattered puzzle pieces of DNA. "One of the problems in assembling metagenomes," said Mavrommatis, "is that you end up with large fragments of unknown accuracy and a substantial number of seq...3M Manchester research center to develop vital new science
...lysis (CICADA - pronounced SIKARDA) - which brings together computer scientists, mathematicians and engineers ...rete aspect of these systems." CICADA will bring together pure and applied mathematicians, computer scientists, control theory engineers and even biologists, ...ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
...composites are produced by processing MERIS images together in a standardised way. Thirteen out of 15 MERIS sp...nce, which is also operating the processing chain, together with Brockmann Consult, the Universit catholique de Louvain and partners. The first GlobCover use...Work starts for EuroScience Open Forum 2008 Barcelona
...g ideas from across the science spectrum, bringing together different disciplines and highlighting cutting-edge issues and research in Europe and the world', explains Sir Colin Berry, Chairman of the Programme Committee. ESOF2008 will have ten 'Themes': The human mind and behaviour The very big an...Bat flight generates complex aerodynamic tracks
...pace engineer Geoffrey Spedding. The researcher, together with a multi-institutional team of scientists found that bat flight is quite different from bird flight, particularly at very small scales. They based their findings on new measurements of aerodynamic performance in the wing beats of a small species...Drylands are not the same as badlands
...de people and groups with vested interests to work together on maintenance issues. "There have been a lot of misconceptions that people who live there are destroying the land, are ignorant about it and are using it in an incorrect fashion," Reynolds said. "That's really a problem of outside managers having ...Book explores history, causes of allergy and asthma epidemic
...or climates through air-conditioning, for example, together with the trend toward more airtight, energy-efficient buildings, increased the risk of exposure to dust mites and mold, second-hand tobacco smoke and other indoor allergens," he says. Mitman well appreciates this exquisite irony. However, real reli...A few more minutes of maternal attachment may reduce anemia in children
...gh melatonin concentrations in the umbilical cord, together with the arterial and vein differences according to type of birth, suggest that the pineal gland is used by the fetus and that it can respond during birth. Preventing anemia in children As for the concentration of the triacylglycerols (TAG) ana...DNA repair proteins monitored at double-strand break
...t as it assembled on a double-strand break to link together the broken ends. Double-strand breaks are ruptures that cut completely across the twisted, ladder-like structure of DNA, breaking it into two pieces. Using a technique developed specifically for this project, the St. Jude researchers could determi...University of Arizona neurobiologist John Hildebrand elected to the National Academy of Sciences
...tched out their plan for a center that would bring together the insect researchers from a variety of units all over campus. CIS, part of UA's Arizona Research Laboratories, is now world-renowned for its research on insects. He also is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Scie...Creation of an international industrial chair in life cycle assessment
... greenhouse effect and global warming. By bringing together members of the scientific community and industrial stakeholders, the Research Chair becomes a rich forum in which to exchange, fostering the advancement of the environmental debate. "Hydro-Qubec counts on innovation and this partnership to ris...Global heartbeat control suggests therapy for beating heart failure
... Press, that two closely related receptors can act together or separately to pull all of the strings. Drugs that influence these newfound global orchestrators of heart function might offer a novel approach to managing diseases of the heart muscle, according to the researchers. "The heart is a simple pumping...World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'
...titution, and Biodiversity Heritage Library joined together to initiate the project, bringing together species and software experts from across the world. The Missouri Botanical Garden has become a full...New knowledge improves rice quality
...Dr. Zeigler said. "If we can link these two things together our new and improved knowledge and understanding of rice quality with affluent-consumer desires for better rice then its possible we can also help poor farmers improve their lives. "This would be an outstanding example of using the latest in sci...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers awarded $27M for TB research
...search program is a wonderful opportunity to bring together new colleagues in the United States, Uganda and So... WHO and others. The new TBRU contract will bring together investigators in the departments of Medicine, Genetics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Case w...Study assesses lung treatments for premature babies
...ousands of air sacs inside the lungs from sticking together when they inflate and deflate while breathing. If you think of the lungs as a million little balloons, these balloons collapse when the baby tries to breathe out and that is why they get into respiratory distress, says Dr. Bhatia. Premature lungs...Cooperative science program yields results
...ishermen, scientists, and industry put their heads together to tackle even the most difficult problems," said John Gauvin, cooperative research coordinator for MCAF. "We produced a practical device that reduces halibut bycatch in the Gulf trawl fishery by over 50%. The test shows that the device also reduced...Nitric oxide: Key to cardiovascular and pulmonary function and drug effectiveness
...protein coupled receptors and nitric oxide -- come together to influence one another," said Erin Whalen, Ph.D....how best to manipulate these ubiquitous receptors, together with nitric oxide for the treatment of human diseases." "In broad terms, the results of these expe...