UCLA/Toronto researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
...he mouse's memories about the cage, the scientists tracked a genetic marker that reveals recent neuron activity. When the team examined the animals' amygdalas after the experiment, they found substantial amounts of CREB and the marker in neurons. "We discovered that the amount of CREB influences whether o...Everything starts with recognition
... chiral recognition, the researchers have not only tracked back to the very first steps in the evolution of living matter but have also shed light on our understanding and control of synthetic (man-made) materials of increasing complexity....Turtles are loyal in feeding as well as in breeding
...evisited foraging sites. Dr Broderick and her team tracked twenty green and loggerhead turtles nesting at two... Cyprus, using satellite transmitters. All females tracked for more than six months remained in the same foraging grounds, moving to deeper water for the winte...How to look at dinosaur tracks
...tracks may be filled with sediment or the original tracked surface may have eroded away. In the latter case, erosion may expose prominent layers of concentric circles extending from the former location of the true track. These undertracks reveal the squishing and displacement of sand when the heavy dinosaur ...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...ns as an adaptive process of trial and error. They tracked both individual-level decisions and population-level variables that is, the yearly vaccine coverage level and influenza prevalence, where prevalence is defined as the proportion of the population that is infected. The individual-level model was base...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
...ns as an adaptive process of trial and error. They tracked both individual-level decisions and population-level variables that is, the yearly vaccine coverage level and influenza prevalence, where prevalence is defined as the proportion of the population that is infected. The individual-level model was base...Healthy reefs hit hardest by warmer temperatures
...ternational research team, led by UNC-Chapel Hill, tracked an infection called white syndrome in 48 reefs along more than 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Australias coastline for six years. While higher temperatures drove the disease outbreaks, the team also discovered a strong connection between white syndr...Healthy coral reefs hit hard by warmer temperatures
...by University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill, tracked an infection called white syndrome in 48 reefs along more than 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Australia's coastline. The colorful coral colonies that attract visitors to the Great Barrier Reef live atop a limestone scaffolding built from the calci...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...and molecular chaperones. This week, Adachi et al. tracked a so-called quality-control ligase that is associated with the mutant-AR inclusions. C terminus of Hsc70-interacting protein (CHIP) ubiquitinates and degrades wild-type AR and can suppress inclusions in other polyQ disease models. CHIP overexpression...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...ning nearly 6600 hours of voice data). The project tracked 31 teachers over two weeks and recorded their voices during all waking hours. The data captured voice-production events as short as 0.0316 seconds and as long as 100 s. On average, the teachers had 1,800 occurrences of voicing per hour at work, compa...Some forest birds can survive in agricultural countryside with limited habitat conservation
...y life of one-to-three months. The team tagged and tracked a total of 156 birds during the study. "We had a...ed a few surprises during the study. One assistant tracked a slow-moving radio signal to the forest floor, a strange occurrence since most of the bird species ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 23, 2007
...ell as more serious conditions. The 2-year study tracked seasonal variations in E. coli in water, sand, and sediment at the Duluth Boat Club Beach in Duluth-Superior Harbor on Lake Superior. It concluded that beach sand and sediment serve as sinks and sources for E. coli from humans and waterfowl that ...Stanford researchers find stem cells in colorectal tumors
... These are the latest class of cancer stem cells tracked down by a large, interdisciplinary group of researchers led by Michael Clarke, MD. The discovery is reported in the June 4 advance online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "This work will enable us to better understand...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ate into oligodendrocytes. This week, Dugas et al. tracked down the molecule that makes up this mitogen-dependent intracellular timer. The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p57 Kip2 was transiently upregulated right after oligodendrocytes differentiated. In a population of cells derived from a single prolif...University of Liverpool launches 10 million small animal teaching hospital
...is system so progressions in their mobility can be tracked whilst receiving treatment. Treatment for cancer in small animals will be provided by the hospitals Johnson Foundation Radiotherapy Unit the only radiotherapy unit in the UK supported by both a therapeutic radiographer and a specialist...Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes
...cular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) for the first time tracked chromosome condensation in mammalian cells over the entire course of cell division. In this weeks advanced online publication of Nature Cell Biology they report crucial new insights into timing, function and molecular basis of chromosome condensation...Northern forests less effective than tropical forests in reducing global warming
...4 billion tons. However, ground-based studies have tracked only about half that amount, leaving scientists to speculate about a "missing carbon sink" in the north. To test whether the computer models were correct, Stephens and his collaborators turned to flasks of air that had been collected by research ai...Scientists close in on missing carbon sink
... tons per year. However, ground-based studies have tracked only about half that amount, leaving scientists to speculate about a "missing carbon sink" in the north. Stephens and his collaborators set out to test how well the models captured carbon sinks, focusing in particular on estimates produced by a rec......en up residence in the intestine. The new study tracked the evolution of the microbial ecosystems in 14 healthy, full-term human infants that were breast fed. Most of the bacteria that live within humans do not thrive in an oxygen-rich environment, and thus are difficult or impossible to grow in culture i......ly known as "dirty bombs." In 2005 alone, the IAEA tracked 103 confirmed incidents of illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials, the majority of which involved orphan radioactive sources. IAEA's search and secure missions to assist developing nations in locating and controling their orphan s...