New agreement helps protect thousands of rice varieties -- the planet's most important food source
...rsity, like all crop diversity, is at risk for the want of relatively small amounts of money. Given that we are talking about the biological base upon which the global food supply is built, it is extraordinary that the current situation is so precarious. The economics speak for themselves." According ...These legs were made for fighting
...rgue we are not violent. But we are violent. If we want to prevent future violence we have to understand why we are violent." "To some extent, our evolutionary past may help us to understand the circumstances in which humans behave violently," he adds. "There are a number of independent lines of eviden...Researchers find suntan's 'master regulator'
...ct to sun exposure. "It makes sense that you would want the most superficial cells to act as UV sensors," Fisher said of his earlier discovery. When keratinocytes are exposed to the suns rays, they produce melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH). MSH triggers receptors found on the surface of melanocytes, ...Leicester researcher to lead global team tackling carbon 'time-bomb'
...om peatland fires has engulfed Southeast Asia. We want to bring the value of tropical peatlands to the forefront of policy makers' thinking, even after the peatland fires have died down." His colleague, Dr Jyrki Jauhiainen, also from the University of Helsinki, added: "The CARBOPEAT project can make an...Researchers learn what sparks plant growth
...to follow have much broader implications. "If we want to feed over nine billion people by the year 2050, then understanding the basic mechanics of plant growth is required," said Chory. "This knowledge will ultimately lead to our ability to increase yield, while decreasing the need for fertilizer and pe...Insulin -- in need of some restraint?
...ocortin 2 or urocortin 3 is removed," he says. "We want to know if they do even better if both are missing. Such results may instruct us how best to develop therapeutic means to exploit these powerful effects," he adds. ...Too much weight spells double trouble for couples trying to conceive
...e, our advice to overweight and obese couples that want to have a child would be that losing weight might decrease their waiting time to pregnancy. Previous studies have shown that mens BMI is associated with semen quality and levels of reproductive hormones, and that, in women, obesity can adversely af...Research identifies causes contributing to poor development of over 200 million children worldwide
...evelopmental deficiencies in children. "We don't want this to be just another report that sits on a shelf," Wachs said. "To be more than that, we have to make specific recommendations about what is needed and what works best." ...Genes and stressed-out parents lead to shy kids
...ify a child with a certain disposition or gene. We want to understand how the environment works together with genes, what are the mechanisms that shape behavior." ...Scientists rehearse for Foton mission
...rest of ESTEC has closed down for the weekend. "We want to test the infrastructure fully," says Demets. "We need to know that we can work under these circumstances. How, for example, will we feed all these people during the weekend when the ESTEC canteen is not available?" New laboratory For Peter...Monochloramine treatment not as effective in protecting drinking water
...considering the switch to monochloramine, they may want to consider other methods of controlling disinfection byproducts to help comply with EPA regulations. "The findings in these studies have significant repercussions as to the safety and security of our nations water supplies," says Kroll....First direct electric link between neurons and light-sensitive nanoparticle films created
...d differential stimulation, the sort of things you want if you're trying to make an artificial retina, which is one of the ultimate goals of this project," Pappas said. "You can't do that with silicon. Plus, silicon is a bulk material silicon devices are much less size-compatible with cells." The resea...Manual dishwashing study digs up dirt on dish cleanliness
...h we'd like to explore further," Pascall said. "We want to find ways to safely and quickly remove milk dried on glasses." The research aimed to explore restaurant dishwashing conditions, but Pascall explained that homeowners can benefit from the findings, too. "Leaving food on eating utensils and dish...African carnage -- 1 year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants
...s withdrew their funding. Wasser and colleagues want to see reinstatement of strong enforcement, and also want to see education programs established to teach people in Africa to better manage their wildlife and ...Looking for life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
...arch strategy, which is what I do," he said. "If I want to collect fossils in Nevada, I get a map and look for likely spots, like rock outcroppings, where fossils will be found. Ice turned on its edge is just a geologic outcrop to me let's go there and see if we can find evidence of past or present life...What is wrong with intelligent design?
...orth his salt" argument assumes the designer would want pandas to have better eating implements, but the objection has no justification for this assumption. In addition, Sober points out, this criticism of ID also concedes that creationism is testable. A second common criticism of ID is that it is unte...Microfluidic chip helps solve cellular mating puzzle
...ed at how yeast cells signal one another when they want to merge, engaging in a type of mating behavior. Human cells talk to one another in a similar way, and its important to understand this process." Yeast cells mate by sending out pheromone designed to catch the attention of nearby cells of the oppos...Newborns with respiratory distress potentially have rare genetic disease
...ter define its origin and how it progresses. "We want to identify as many PCD patients as we can to help us understand the genetics, pathophysiology and clinical spectrum of this disease so we can devise better, more effective treatment strategies," Ferkol says. Ultimately, members of the consortium w...New research finds that a natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill
...Prof Frank-Herrmann said: The women or couples who want to learn the method have to buy a book, or attend an NFP course, or get some teaching by a qualified NFP teacher. Learning STM is usually no problem. There are precise rules that work. However, in contrast to the oral contraceptive pill or other fami......mber everything in perfect detail and we would not want to. This same mechanism probably is used to clear the brain circuits and make them ready to be used the next day. However, this mechanism in excess may lead to rapid forgetting as seen during brain aging. Fosters lab group used aged and young rats ...