Deeply held values fuel debate over offshore wind power
...al about the ocean, a feeling that for many people underpins their opposition to the project." Some arguments pro and con were based on incomplete information. Kempton said that some interviewees questioned the motives for building wind farms in the ocean versus on land, believing that it was a way for a devel...Elderly mice yield clues to the process of growing old
...the theory that apoptosis or programmed cell death underpins aging. A competing theory holds that oxidative stress -- the body's reaction to oxygen and the production of reactive, cell-damaging molecules known as free radicals -- is responsible for the aging process. According to the new Science report, mark...UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots
...ral products because of the complex chemistry that underpins them. The ability to zero in on the sweet spot of drugs derived from natural products promises to help scientists specify the role of the sugar and make new drugs or enhance old ones to greater precision and effect. The series of experiments performe...Scientific societies support teaching evolution
...nt debate among biologists about whether evolution underpins the abundant complexity of the biological world. We believe there is no such controversy. The fundamental tenet of evolution - descent with modification - is accepted by the vast majority of biologists. The current debates within the research commun...Can ancient rocks yield clues about catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina?
...man impact on climate from natural variability and underpins the ability to adapt to future conditions,' he said....Life support services threatened, 700 experts urge more prominence of biodiversity on world agenda
...Nov. 9-12, warned in a statement that biodiversity underpins "a wide variety of ecosystem services that are crucial to human well-being," services that include the regulation of climate and human disease, storm protection and a suite of others. "Irreversible destruction of biodiversity is taking place globally...... genes allow them to interact with the environment underpins the larger study of biology. "The open ocean is Earth's largest and, perhaps, most complex ecological community," said collaborator David Karl, a biological oceanographer at the University of Hawaii. "The diversity and depth-defined characteristics o...Define 'precautionary principle' to avoid clashes over biotechnology under World Trade rules
...s or how ''precautionary'' regulations should be underpins much of the possible future disagreement over the legitimacy of standards relating to genetically modified products within the context of dispute settlement in the WTO," he adds. "The seriousness of these disputes and the importance of the techno...New scientific challenges and goals for ESA's Living Planet Program
... of the programme is designed to provide data that underpins operational services, it will also contribute significantly to Earth science, in particular through the collection of longer time series of observations than those provided by research missions. In turn, the Earth Explorers will provide new understan...Baby fish 'smell their way home'
...h species is what drives evolution on the Reef and underpins the spectacular richness of its sea life, Prof. Kingsford says. "This genetic separation between reefs may be what gives rise to so many different species in coral reef systems." The researchers were intrigued how tiny damsel and cardinal fish, bor...Biologists call for better choice of model organisms in 'evo-devo'
...e). To help understand how developmental change underpins evolution, evo-devo researchers have, over recent years, selected dozens of new model organisms, ranging from sea anemones to dung beetles, to study. One of the selection criteria deemed most crucial is the phylogenetic position of prospective mod...WPI professor to represent American Mathematical Society at exhibition on science funding
...at can benefit society," Rankin says. "Mathematics underpins many technologies we enjoy today, yet this is not well understood by the public or policy makers. Dalin Tang's research is an excellent example. It has the potential to have a substantial impact on the future treatment and care of cardiac patients." ...Metabolic syndrome -- don't blame the belly fat
... pattern of lipids or fats in the bloodstream that underpins the metabolic syndrome. The study was led by HHMI investigator Gerald I. Shulman and Kitt Falk Petersen, both of the Yale University School of Medicine. Coauthors of the paper were from Yale and Harvard Medical School. The metabolic syndrome is a...New textbook illuminates the close links between evolutionary and molecular biology
... in their natural habitats. Evolutionary biology underpins all our knowledge of the living world, write the authors. [It] is a synthesis of Darwinian natural selection and Mendelian genetics. It allows us to ask not just how life evolved, but why it is as it is: Why do organisms develop from a single cell...