When cobras spit, there's not a dry eye in the house
...ant the fangs in front of its pale pink throat are visible in its wide-open mouth, as they squirt the venom a... both species. "In super slow motion it is clearly visible that the snakes move their heads rapidly when squirting the toxin," Dr. Westhoff explains. "Rather l...When does a mole become a melanoma?
...s and see the results. In fact, tumors are readily visible in zebrafish, allowing researchers to watch them progress. The fish can also be made to display the effects of gene mutations visually through genetic tricks that make the affected cells and tissues fluoresce. "The visual nature of the fish makes it...New neurons born in adult rat cortex
...g particular cell types with telltale color codes, visible on brain slices under fluorescence with a laser-powered microscope. The researchers found that the cortex and striatum were giving birth to new, widely scattered small cells, called interneurons, that make and secrete GABA, a neurotransmitter that da...Experimental radar provides 3-D forest view
... signals can have different polarisations; just as visible light does as demonstrated by the high amount of glare screened out with polarized sunglasses. Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) is a dual-polarisation instrument, meaning that it can transmit and receive in either Horizontal (H) o...Enzyme, lost in most mammals, is shown to protect against UV-induced skin cancer
... which remove either CPD or 6-4PP lesions by using visible light as an energy source, expression of the transgenes allowed rapid photolyase-mediated repair of these lesions. The researchers found that transgenic mice bearing the CPD photolyase transgene, in contrast to mice bearing the 6-4PP photolyase trans...Unusual reproductive behavior of odd ants surprises scientists
...ering hundreds of miles and nests so large they're visible from airplanes. "This is the ant that runs the west it's everywhere," Rissing said. The researchers had noticed that in certain areas mainly southeastern Arizona and New Mexico some of the male harvester ants looked different. So they collected se...NJIT astrophysicist who revived earthshine named fellow of American Physical Society
...esearch," said Goode. "The new telescope will use visible and infrared light rays to measure simultaneously the Sun's magnetic field at different altitudes in the solar atmosphere to study the field's evolution. Goode's study of earthshine, funded by NASA, has also been notable. He and his team of research...Scientists discover unique microbe in California's largest lake
... that use a combination of near-infrared light and visible light to produce oxygen by photosynthesis. "While ...Until recently, we thought it was necessary to use visible light to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, but now we know there are at least three organisms t...'From the Sidelines' describes the making of a scientific revolution
...ce. Lotte Streisinger's sure, imaginative touch is visible throughout the UO science complex, from the starry ceiling of Willamette Hall's soaring Paul Olum Atrium to the expanses of colorful quilt-like patterns inset in Science Walk, the network of sidewalks connecting the science buildings. Surprising garg...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
...n power the instruments and the Cassini orbiter is visible over the horizon at the landing site, i.e. not more than 130 minutes. At that time, the Cassini orbiter will reorient its main antenna dish toward Earth in order to play back the data collected by Huygens, which will be received by NASA's 70-m di...Needling chromosomes yields insights into cell division
...ut to use micromanipulation to distinguish between visible separateness and physical separateness." To study chromatid adhesion, Paliulis mastered the high art of manipulating two infinitesimal glass needles to impale each of two sister chromatids in cultured grasshopper cells at the appropriate time in cell...Blocking cell suicide switch fails to stop prion damage in mouse brains
...ime among all the granule neurons, and it leads to visible shrinkage of the cerebellum," Harris says. "That had us thinking these cellular deaths had to be related to the onset of symptoms." To further understand what was happening, Harris began to look into proteins involved in a cellular suicide process ca...Injectable gel could speed repair of torn cartilage
...ess, the process eventually can be performed using visible (regular) light, the scientists say. Because the starting material is liquid, it potentially can be used with arthroscopic surgery instruments for a less invasive procedure, Burdick says, adding that the material will likely work best for repairi...NJIT physicists expect new super lens to reveal first light by early 2006
...lear aperture instrument. The new telescope uses visible and infrared light rays to measure simultaneously the Sun's magnetic field at different altitudes in the solar atmosphere to study the field's evolution. What will be most unusual about the new telescope will be its ability to reconstruct and s...The blotchier the face, the better the wasp
...1 issue of the journal Nature. Many animals sport visible indicators of the bearer's quality. Such signals include the redness of a cardinal or the size of the black spot on a house sparrow's chest. However, biologists wonder what keeps other animals from cheating by displaying a mark that indicates "I'm gr...New Royal Society journal studies
...lectance in the ultraviolet, a band of wavelengths visible to birds but not humans. The effect probably arises from increased pigment concentrations and modifications to the structure of feathers. Thus, birds follow a dress code invisible to humans. Contact: Dr. Robert Bleiweiss, Department of Zoology & Zool...Mail-order drugs exposed to extreme heat become less effective
...at were grossly distorted in appearance and showed visible clumping. "Mail-order prescriptions have become increasingly popular among patients in the last few years. However, many patients do not realize that most medications have storage requirements regarding exposure to excessive temperatures," said...Singled out: Spotting mutant neurons in normal brains offers clues to Fragile X
...scent protein, making these nerve cells distinctly visible in an otherwise normal brain. In their experiments, the researchers were able to observe mutant nerve cells that either completely lacked the Fragile X protein or overexpressed it, the fluorescent protein label allowing the entire architecture of the...Gene linked to greater risk of heart disease in type 2 diabetes
...t one coronary artery. The others did not have any visible heart disease. The researchers mapped out each person's CD36 gene variations, then compared those results with the presence of known heart disease. Again, there was a strong link: People with that specific variant combination in the CD36 gene were 60...Commandeering cellular machinery: recognition mechanism to detect small molecules
...lls (less than 0.1 percent of the total) grew into visible colonies, suggesting they might contain nuclear receptors for the LG335. To verify that the colonies were growing in response to LG335 and not some other compound contained in the yeast, samples were then smeared onto another petri plate that did not...