Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia
...e journals editors, meaning that it belongs to the top one percent of papers reviewed in significance and overall importance. Scientists originally found in an Icelandic population that genetic variations in a DNA sequence close to a gene that produces a protein called Neuregulin 1 were associated with...Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
...riculture, in which crop stubble is mixed with the top layer of soil using a method called disking, is fa... No-till agriculture uses disking to turn only the top layer of soil. Some other methods, such as hand-tilling on terraced fields, also preserve the soil b...Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams receives EPA research grant
...major precursor of particulate matter. The nations top 50 coal-fired power plants averaged 21.1 pounds of sulfur dioxide per megawatt-hour, compared to only one pound per megawatt hour for plants equipped with state-of-the art scrubbers. Our previous research showed that climate change will make photoc...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
...ian Americans (611 male and 656 female) within the top and bottom fifth percentile of blood pressure agai... or regulation. The genotyping was confined to the top and bottom fifth percentile participants. Results The researchers found significant difference...What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
...r sank, new, younger layers of limestone formed on top of deeper, older ones. Since then, plate tectonics have turned these rocks on their side. Now, Payne and his colleagues can walk back in time across the formerly horizontal layers. Marine fossil beds such as these offer two advantages for someone s...Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...ne National Laboratory devised three of the worlds top 100 scientific and technological innovations during 2006, as judged by R&D magazine. Argonne scientists are consistent winners of the R&D 100 awards, having garnered 98 of the prizes since the magazine introduced them in 1964. Once again, DOEs l...Macho men are seen as bad choice for long-term love
...nity may buy you dominance but not necessarily tip top physical condition. Instead women see a healthy guy as the source of wealth, and fit for family life. ...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
... the early 1960s. The authors say the fish was a top predator in the North Atlantic ecosystem, feeding largely on herring and mackerel, squid and other species. By one estimate from the 1950s, some 30% of all herring consumed by its predators in the area was ingested by bluefin tuna. The booming catc...Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
Lead in goat blood might not be on the top of your shopping list, but for U.S. medical personnel who each year perform more than 2 million human blood measurements, Standard Reference Material (SRM) 955c from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cant be beat. SRM 955c ...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...v. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He asked the universitys top transportation-energy experts to design a standard that would reduce carbon emissions from fuels by 10 percent by 2020. Carbon and other greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and are a major cause of global climate change. In Californi...Discovery of new protein could provide new understanding of male fertility
...e journals editors, meaning that it belongs to the top one percent of papers reviewed in significance and overall importance. Before being degraded, proteins are tagged with a small protein called ubiquitin. Three types of enzymes are involved in the tagging process. An enzyme called activating enzyme ...Chickens dieting to help Delaware waterways
...lions of chickens in Delaware--one of the nation's top poultry producers--have been on a diet to reduce their impact on the environment and improve the health of the state's waterways, and it appears to be working. Extensive research led by William Saylor, professor of animal and food sciences at the U...More fish oil, less vegetable oil, better for your health
...e journals editors, meaning that it belongs to the top one percent of papers reviewed in significance and overall importance. Smith and colleagues looked at the mutual effects of both oils by changing their respective amounts in cultured cells. As expected, a relative increase in fish oil lowered the a...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...domen. As blood enters the false lumen from the top of the tear in the aorta, it gets trapped inside the new channel. Often, small openings at the bottom of the newly formed channel will allow the blood to flow out. But if the openings arent large, blood flow inside the false lumen is slowed down, pre...A novel molecular dictator 'with a conscience' discovered
.... And thats exactly what happens when we simply top up blood vessels with the bodys natural reserves of YY1."...New role for protein in fat cells may improve understanding of obesity and diabetes
...e journals editors, meaning that it belongs to the top one percent of papers reviewed in significance and overall importance. Research performed during the past decade has shown that CETP affects how a type of fat called cholesteryl ester is moved from the blood plasma into cells. Since fat cells make ...Charting ever-changing genomes
...ered both ends of the spectrum and ended up with a top list of no changes and a top list of a lot of changes, explains Borevitz. All the data have been placed in a publicly accessible ...NY Stem Cell Foundation's 2nd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference
...n October 15 with a public policy panel, featuring top stem cell scientists, advocates and policy leaders, who will discuss the continuing challenges facing the field of hESC research. The panel will be moderated by R. Alta Charo, JD, Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madis...Stem cell specialists face questioning
A top panel of experts will face questions of public and scientific concern on stem cell research during an international conference being held at The University of Manchester this week. The Stem Cell Question Time will be headed by Lord Naren Patel, cha......rennial deposits of water-ice. They are sitting on top of million-year old layered terrains and provide strong evidence for a recent glacial activity. However, only now a realistic explanation for the age of the deposits and the mechanism of their formation could finally be suggested. This was achieved ...