CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
...The aim is to stop the disease in it tracks and we want to bring our experience of controlling infectious diseases to the research community involved to help achieve this, Dr Hyatt said. A chemist and Spectroscopist at CSIRO Textiles and Fibre Technology, Dr Jeff Church, is investigating the Tasmanian...Math that powers spam filters used to understand how brain learns to move our muscles
...h key words are probably attached to mail you dont want and learning as they go to fine tune what they exclude from your in-box. The computer model, Shadmehr says, almost precisely duplicates the results of experiments that tested the ability of monkeys to visually track rapid flashes of light. Experim...Fire ants are emerging nuisance for Virginians
... "This is a horrid, obnoxious pest that we do not want in Virginia," Miller said. "Whats worse, to an untrained eye the red imported fire ants and their mounds are difficult to distinguish from other ant species." RIFAs are believed to have first arrived in the United States in the 1930s. According to...A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'
... capable of neurogenesis, and they hide secrets we want to reveal."...MIT researchers probe bones' tiny building blocks
...ison, is 80,000 nanometers in diameter. "If you want to investigate the origins of the strength and toughness of a material, you probe it at smaller and smaller length scales," said co-author Subra Suresh, Ford Professor of Engineering, with appointments in materials science and engineering, biological...UGA study reveals function of ubiquitous yet poorly understood microorganisms
...rliest stages of evolution on the planet. "If we want to know how organisms evolved and how their metabolism evolved, we need to understand both the hot springs environment and the low-temperature environment," said Zhang. "Crenarchaeota are special because they thrive in both environments."...Sleep apnea increases risk of diabetes and hypertension in pregnant women
...sk of diabetes and hypertension. In the future, we want to follow pregnant women whose sleep apnea is well-controlled to see if treatment prevents them from developing these conditions, or makes it less severe. He recommended that pregnant women who are obese, hypertensive or diabetic be closely evaluate...Biting discovery: MU entomologist finds host of new aquatic insect species in Thailand
... all cool," he said. "Unfortunately, people always want to know what good are they; what is their purpose. They're just part of the ecosystem, part of nature. They don't have a particular purpose for humanity. They're predacious insects. They feed on other insects that they can overpower in the streams. S...New research advances energy efficiency, safety and performance of public transit
...round one concept, connecting people to where they want to go, in the most economic and efficient manner," notes Aesch. "Rising fuel costs, double digit increases in health care costs, and workers' compensation costs, have jeopardized the Authority's ability to keep fares stable for our customers. Our par...Exercise reverses aging in human skeletal muscle
...ch as those that comprise organs; researchers also want to determine whether endurance training (running, cycling) impacts mitochondrial function and the aging process. The most recent study also points to particular gene expressions that could be used as starting points for chemical screenings that could...Mice, men make livers differently
... are conserved over time while others shift. "We want to understand whats special about those genes," Fraenkel said. Fraenkel said the results should provide guidance for researchers who study mice to better understand human biology. "To get the most out of mice for biomedical research we need to ful...Weill Cornell pharmacologist receives prestigious NIH MERIT Award
...ice dean for research at the Medical College. "I want to thank the NIH for their long-term support for our work. For almost 20 years, my colleagues and I have worked to unlock the mysteries of nitric oxide. This new funding is vitally important as we continue this effort," says Dr. Gross. "We hope to fu...UT Southwestern joins national clinical trial to uncover long-term effects of West Nile virus
...nsequences of West Nile virus infection are, so we want to shed light on this," Dr. Bedimo said. ...Growing nerve cells in 3-D dramatically affects gene expression
... new study, "so culture method is critical. If you want to better understand how the human body behaves or how new drugs might fight disease, 3-D may be a better bet." For more than 100 years, scientists have grown human cells in flat dishes. In these 2-D glass incubators, better known as petri dishes, ...Herpes infection may be symbiotic, help beat back some bacteria
...ir results, researchers stressed that they did not want to minimize or in any way disregard the human suff...at has public health implications because we would want to very carefully weigh the risks and benefits of eliminating a virus that our bodies have establish...Decoding protein structures helps illuminate cause of diabetes
...r, sometimes the motion is exactly what scientists want to see - for example, to understand the pathological protein mis-folding and assembly that seem to underlie a host of human disorders, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Now, chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed ...NASA-funded robotic sub makes final dive to reach bottom of Earth's deepest sinkhole
...east one diver has died in the attempt. Scientists want to learn more about Cenote Zacatn's physical dimensions, the geothermal vents that feed it and the forms of life that exist in its murky depths. Previous expeditions tested the robotic probe that will make the dive. The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explor...UCLA molecular biologists convert protein sequences into classical music
...ard-winning, classically trained piano player. "We want to see if we can hear patterns within the music, as opposed to looking at the letters of an amino acid or protein sequence. We can listen to a protein, as opposed to just looking at it." The building blocks of proteins are linear sequences of 20 di...Sleepless for science: Flies show link between sleep, immune system in Stanford study
... two to four times as long as the sick ones. "We want to know how the internal clock knows the animal is infected, and how does the immune system know that you are not sleeping properly"" said Schneider. "How do those messages get sent back and forth"" Their findings also raise the question of why the......one diver has died attempting to do so. Scientists want to learn more about its physical dimensions, the geothermal vents that feed it and whatever life might exist at its various depths. The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) mission will use a 2.5-meter-diameter submarine to map the cenotes shape,...