Scientists identify new cause of obesity
... is also crucial to maintain normal body weight is unveiling new ways to think about how energy homeostasis is maintained," said Supriya Srinivasan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Gladstone Institute and co-lead author of the study. The discovery suggests a promising new strategy to combat obesity, the scientist...Journal of Dental Research: New editor, new content, new look, new access
...n Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) are unveiling dramatic changes in its flagship publication, the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), under the leadership of new Editor Anthony J. Smith (University of Birmingham, UK). For the first time in its 84-year history, each issue of the JDR will contain manu...National Academies advisory: Feb. 15 program for African-American History Month
...ld of education. The program also will include the unveiling of new additions to the Academies' portrait collection of African-Americans who have made significant contributions to science, engineering, and medicine. THIS YEAR'S PORTRAIT HONOREES are: HOWARD S. JONES JR., retired engineer and scientist, ...Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells
...ded to culture stem cells. Xu became interested in unveiling molecules derived from the mouse feeder cells because, in their absence, stem cells start to differentiate within two to three days. Xu started by evaluating the effect of changing stem cell growth conditions - using less feeder cell material, or no ...Bipedal bots to star at AAAS media briefing
...s of three independent research teams will jointly unveiling a new breed of energy-efficient, two-legged, powered robots with a surprisingly human gait. The studies will be published in the journal Science on Feb. 18, 2005. Researchers from Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT...Broad Institute scientists awarded $18M CARE grant
...more than $18M to support genomic studies aimed at unveiling the genetic variations that underlie common human diseases. These funds will help to build a common data resource for the entire biomedical community that systematically combines genetic analyses of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders with detail...Spineless tales provide strong backbone to human brain research
...week that research on these spineless creatures is unveiling the mechanics of how the brain regulates behavior. Among his tales of three invertebrates were details of his discoveries, published in two papers this year, that two specific brain chemicals (glutamate and FMRFamide-related peptides), residing in ...Plants give up answers in the war on bacteria
...ok description of a plant's surface terrain and is unveiling new knowledge of how bacterial pathogens invade plants and take hold. The most recent paper, published in the Sept. 8 edition of Cell, redefines the role of the plant's pores in defense against invading bacteria and how some bacteria can overpower pl...Mass vaccination unnecessary in the event of a large bioterrorist US smallpox attack
...tudy," Longini said. "The process was kind of like unveiling the enemy to the point where we really understood it. This research has helped us demystify the threat a bit." Although smallpox has been eliminated as a naturally-occurring disease, the virus still exists in two approved laboratories in the United S......of Agricultures James M. Harnly and colleagues are unveiling new flavonoid data collected from the first systematic sampling of foods designed specifically to characterize flavonoids. The report appeared in the Jan. 10 issue of the ACS Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. The...