Researchers investigate 'whole farm' approach to reduce dairy pollution
...mproving phosphorus recycling on farm through less traditional forage crops; Increasing phosphorus sequestering in soils; Trying different crops on the streamside buffer zones already in use by dairies; Using soldier fly larvae to recycle manure (See http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/ENTO/Nov2904a.htm...Stealth worms may improve insect pest control
...todes are accurately identified and analyzed using traditional morphology (structure and function) techniques and through molecular screening, including PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and DNA sequence analysis. The researchers determine the nematode's temperature and moisture requirements, the insect hosts it c...... Bacteria are increasingly adept at outwitting the traditional antibiotic arsenal. Yet designing and testing new...y going by trial and error or by using some of the traditional ways." Consider one recent example: Derendorf led a series of laboratory experiments designed to eva...Dental researchers answer key enamel question
...elogenin by crystallizing it. Crystallography is a traditional method of exploring molecular structure. After a year, the researchers were unable to obtain amelogenin crystals. Instead, their efforts produced what looked, under a microscope, like long, fettucine-like fibers. The fibers consisted of chains of ame...Researchers make surprise discovery that some neurons can transmit three signals at once
...apses cooperate to activate NMDA receptors. In the traditional sense, when inhibitory synapses are mature, they would never release glutamate, nor would they be able to depolarize a cell, both of which are required for NMDA receptor activation. But, as if by design, during the exact period when the auditory brai...Finding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest
...not be detected from above the forest canopy using traditional aircraft or satellite approaches, but the new methods are sensitive to its high water content. In addition, the aircraft-based analysis discovered that ginger reduces the amount of nitrogen in the Metrosideros forest canopy--a discovery that was late...Study: Soap and water work best in ridding hands of disease viruses
...l measure, it is important to recommend or require traditional hand washing with soap and water throughout each day. Researchers first had volunteers clean their hands and then contaminated their hands with Serratia marcescens and MS2 bacteriophage. Those are, respectively, a harmless bacterium and virus compara...Chemical engineer Kao explores antibiotic synthesis with DNA chips
...cer that's equivalent to 20 years of work with the traditional method, and then we can study the identifiable mutations," Kao said. Whether she's studying existing mutants or creating her own, Kao's main interest lies in learning how to manipulate cells to do what she wants. The family of soil bacteria she focus...Researchers rein in regulatory RNAs
... to a single transcript that is expected under the traditional one gene-one transcript model. Furthermore, the SATs tended to be poly(A)-negative and enriched in the nucleus, which strongly suggests a functional role for these transcripts in gene regulation. Abe and Kiyosawa also evaluated four Arabidopsis SAT ...New 6m biocentre to revolutionise the production of safer medicines
...putational and mathematical analysis to advance on traditional methods. Professor Douglas Kell, Director of the MCISB, said: "The last fifty years of molecular biology have failed to discover the existence of a substantial number of genes in some very well studied organisms, which has hindered the development of...Researchers devise way to mass-produce embryonic stem cells
That's important because traditional laboratory methods used to grow these cells are co...We have to find a way to mass-produce them because traditional cell culturing methods can't meet the projected high market demand for stem cells," Yang said. He an...New winter hulless barley has high protein
...ley offers producers an alternative grain for both traditional and new markets, including food, feed, and ethanol...arch content and significantly lower in fiber than traditional hulled barley," he said. Virginia Tech released the first winter hulless barley cultivar, "Doyce," i...HHMI taps two Long Island researchers as among the nation's most promising scientists
...rawn from 31 institutions nationwide, representing traditional biomedical research disciplines, as well as engine...this competition are impossible to pigeonhole into traditional categories--and that is good news for HHMI and for the future of research in the life sciences," sai...South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn
...-sustainable practices." "Prior to the 1970s, the traditional stakeholders had limited impact on the resources t...m and over-fishing." Dr. Teixeira says the loss of traditional cattle farming is facilitating fire in the dry season. Without cattle to eat or step on the grass, ...No serious adverse events found with next-generation smallpox vaccine
...ees who form a pock at the site of injection, is a traditional measure of a smallpox vaccine's effectiveness in producing an immune response. Currently, the only smallpox vaccine that has been licensed for use in the United States, Dryvax®, is made from unattenuated vaccinia virus, a relative of the smallpox...Influenza vaccine uses insect cells to speed development
... outbreak is the widespread use of a vaccine. The traditional egg-based method requires 3 to 6 months to develop the vaccine. With our cell-based method, the time from receipt of the virus strain to the final vaccine product would be shortened to approximately 1 to 2 months." Today's flu vaccines are prepared...Scientists identify new model Of NK cell development
...irculating blood. In other words, they had a hunch traditional thinking about the origin of human NK cells might be wrong. In building a case to support their beliefs, they first identified the NK precursor cell, then, they measured the number of the precursors in different parts of the body. Through flow cytome...New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows
...functional diffusion map predicted 10 weeks before traditional techniques if the tumor was responding to the chem...ts receive seven weeks of treatment, followed by a traditional MRI scan six weeks after completing therapy to determine if the tumor shrank. If the cancer did not ......and colleagues have discovered that MT1-MMP, whose traditional role in endothelial and mural cells is to break down the proteins that reside in the spaces between cells, has an additional role in the regulation of PDGF- signaling. To determine the effect of MT1-MMP on mural cell function, Dr. Weiss and colleague...The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life
...on of a sample from the side rather than along the traditional view of the microscope lens. This eliminates a problem that has plagued three-dimensional microscopy in the past: researchers could obtain excellent resolution in the plane of the microscope slide, but resolution along the direction of the viewer was...