Cowpeas could add sustainability to cropping systems
...lackeyed peas. By doing both, he can compare water usage and determine potential water stress on the next crop. "Our hope is the wheat yields will increase following cowpeas, as well as the sorghum," Payne said. "We see that in other parts of the world, but here we have to be careful of the water componen...Fifth edition of the Glossary of Geology published
... in geoscience vocabulary, dates of first recorded usage of a term, prefix meanings, as well as the preferred term of two or more synonyms. The authority of the fifth edition, like those before it, rests on the expertise of geoscientists from many specialties who have added new terms, reviewed definitions ...Dramatic rise in number of authors publishing in open access journals, independent survey finds
... first month after publication and maintain higher usage in subsequent months." The average research article published in BioMed Central's journals in the last year has received more than 1100 accesses in the first 3 months following publication, and BioMed Central recently introduced a "Highly accessed" l...Regulating gene expression STAT
...rticularly important given the widespread clinical usage of interferon treatments in human disease....Tufts professor chews on the nutrition-oral health connection
...is in contactwith the teeth increases." "It is the usage pattern of certain foods and beverages, not the totalconsumption, that is associated with an increased risk of tooth decay inchildren," Palmer explains. "In that way, the cause of dental disease inchildren does differ slightly from that of obesity, b...Darkness unveils vital metabolic fuel switch between sugar and fat
...been shown to regulate enzyme activity for glucose usage and production. The brain requires glucose to function. By switching the primary source of energy in other organs from glucose to fat, 5'-AMP conserves glucose for brain function, the paper notes. "5'-AMP is a pivotal metabolic signal whose circul...Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water
...yanazine) have now been significantly limited, and usage of alachlor was voluntarily reduced and largely replaced by a registered alternative. The USGS report is based on analysis of data collected from 51 major river basins and aquifer systems across the Nation from Florida to the Pacific Northwest and ...New treatment for specific type of leukemia
... However, recent research has shown that prolonged usage can cause resistance to Glivec, rendering this chronic form of leukemia untreatable. Researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to the Catholic University of Leuven have now discovered that another drug,...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...se results suggest that the practice of antibiotic usage in conventional poultry production systems influence the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter organisms in conventionally raised broilers and turkeys." (T. Luangtongkum, T.Y. Morishita, A.J. Ison, S. Huang, P.F. McDermott, Q. Zhang. 2006....Innocuous intestinal bacteria may be reservoir for resistance
...ida. "There is concern that veterinary therapeutic usage of antibiotics in animals is responsible for the emergence of drug-resistant Salmonella. For dairy farms recently surveyed in Georgia, there was no association found between antibiotic use and isolation of multi-drug resistant Salmonella. Where doe...Patients to benefit from novel technology revolutionizing high-speed molecular imaging
...solution) and novel scanning design--together with usage of high-energy discrimination of the solid state d...much higher efficiency (order of magnitude) due to usage of a splitscanning detector design capable of dwelling more on the organ of interest. This, together...Joslin discovers signs of residual islet cell function in people with long-term type 1 diabetes
...we could improve their diabetes and reduce insulin usage or better control blood glucose levels. If islets were returned to normal levels, they wouldn't need to take insulin," said Dr. King. Of the 326 Joslin 50-Year Medalist Study respondents who have completed an extensive health questionnaire, 175 were ...Oxford Journals share evidence-based open access results with the community
...: The importance of search engines in driving up usage The relationship of open access driving up usage of non-open access content in the same journal Changes in user behaviour for abstract and full-text...French-German cooperation extended
...r of Research. The need for a more efficient joint usage of large scale equipment in marine fundamental res...tments from both institutes, enable more efficient usage and further development of the costly infrastructure. The resulting expertise is unparalleled within...New research may reduce global need for nitrogen fertilizers
...itute approximately 50 per cent of the fossil fuel usage of the modern agricultural process. Inorganic fertilizers also cause environmental problems associated with leeching into our water systems. Dr Giles Oldroyd is the research leader at JIC. He said: "We now have a good understanding of the processes ...Johns Hopkins researchers find link between cell's energy use and genome health
... once." The unexpected finding linking both gene usage and energy management machinery is "like finding out that an enzyme that breaks down food in the stomach also helps you remember telephone numbers or that preventing such digestion makes you forget them," Boeke added. The research, to be published ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2006
... Supercomputer, has simulated and predicted energy usage and costs in the United States for the time period 2000-2025. David Erickson of ORNL's Computer Science and Mathematics Division reports gradually increasing temperatures will create a greater demand for air-conditioning provided by electrical energy...Fight weeds with plant pathogens
...s may also be used when the herbicide selection or usage must be rotated with other control methods in order to prevent the development of resistant weeds or lessen the impact of herbicides on the environment," she said. Weed management is important due to the amount of damage weeds can cause to agricult...Tarantulas produce silk from their feet
...used for traction, or whether that was a secondary usage that came later....FUZEON with investigational HIV drug results in remarkable number of patients achieving undetectable
...jects who received MK-0518 without FUZEON. FUZEON usage was associated with dramatically increased response rates in the study by approximately 50 percent. Compliment new treatment guidelines These findings are consistent with the recently updated HIV treatment guidelines, which emphasise undetectabil...