Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors
...at the pitch of the vocalization reflects the body weight of the male: the heavier the male, the lower the p...males attend to pitch information advertising body weight in the calls of their competitors. The authors also found that the territory owners give slightly lo...... a 10kg load. Importantly, the distribution of the weight varied in each instance. Female participants, of c...rrying an asymmetric load, which was a single 10kg weight carried in one hand, or a mannequin infant on one hip. Results indicated that when carrying an ev...No pain, DOE Joint Genome Institute gains coveted ergonomics prize with 'Shake 'N Plate'
...hing up to 7 lbs. The hand grasp forces and total weight during long processing times made this an unpleasa...duction use. The device removes almost all of the weight from the operator's arms and actually improves the process throughput. The "Shake 'N Plate" upsta...Prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids has long-term deleterious effects on newborns
...l Investigation, they show that although the birth weight of offspring born to nonhuman primate African vervet monkeys treated with dexamethasone from mid-gestation onward did not differ from that of offspring born to untreated animals, the high levels of prenatal dexamethasone impaired postnatal growth, im...JCI table of contents -- March 22, 2007
...l Investigation, they show that although the birth weight of offspring born to nonhuman primate African vervet monkeys treated with dexamethasone from mid-gestation onward did not differ from that of offspring born to untreated animals, the high levels of prenatal dexamethasone impaired postnatal growth, im...500,000 years of climate history stored year by year
...atologists this unprepossessing slime is worth its weight in gold: summer by summer pollen has been deposited from times long past. From it they can detect right down to a specific year what climatic conditions prevailed at the time of the Neanderthals, for example. These archives may go back as much as hal...These legs were made for fighting
...petition and aggressiveness in primates: The weight difference between males and females in a species....ecies with greater male-female differences in body weight and length of the canine teeth had shorter legs, and thus display more male-male combat. There wa...UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components
...mputer with monitor requires at least 10 times its weight in fossil fuels and chemicals to manufacture. This...or refrigerator, which only require 12 times their weight in fossil fuels. Manufacturing a desktop computer and 17-inch CRT monitor uses at least 240 kg (...Insulin -- in need of some restraint?
...nths, the mutant mice packed on the same amount of weight and, as expected, had lower insulin levels. But, t... untoward consequences of the high food intake and weight gain," states first author Chien Li, the postdoctoral researcher who analyzed these mice and has sin...Too much weight spells double trouble for couples trying to conceive
...nearly three times higher (2.74) than for a normal weight couple. If both partners were overweight, the like... supported the findings of the study that too much weight could make couples less fertile, this would have major implications for population levels, particula...Largest physics meeting of the year, in Denver
...n nanotubes or graphene with just a few percent by weight of biologically inspired adhesives could lead to a new generation of high-performance materials (A4.3). THE COST OF LIGHT Lighting in the US is a $50 billion business and accounts for 22 percent of electricity use. Solid-state lighting, as manife...New study rewrites evolutionary history of vespid wasps
...Schmitz and Moritz, said Cameron, by adding to the weight of evidence that their hypothesis was accurate. The fact that eusociality evolved independently in two groups of vespid wasps also sheds light on the complexity of evolutionary processes, Cameron said. "Scientists attempt to make generalizations...Joslin study reveals how a specific fat type can protect against weight gain and diabetes
...ple can eat excessive amounts of food and not gain weight or develop type 2 diabetes, while others are more ... strains of mice with differing tendencies to gain weight and develop diabetes on a high-fat diet, identified genetic and cellular mechanisms that may prevent...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 21, 2007
...ant amount of SDF 02.5 percent to 20.0 percent by weight of powdered coffee bean. "The dietary fiber content in brewed coffee is higher than in other common beverages such as wine or orange juice," the study states. The findings mean that consumption of 1 cup (about 200 milliliters) of coffee per day rep...The metabolic response to colitis varies depending upon whether inflammation is chronic or acute
...covered from their bout, and had food intake, body weight and lean mass comparable to the controls, but their energy expenditure, activity and body fat content were still significantly reduced. To cope with the chronic inflammatory condition, the researchers observed that the mice undergo profound metabolic...African carnage -- 1 year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants
...verage of 11 kilograms apiece, more than twice the weight normally seen in the market, indicating they came from a large number of older elephants. The shipment also contained 42,000 hankos, small blocks of solid ivory used to make signature stamps, or chops, that are widely used in the Far East, particular...Magic beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes
...may be even more potent in rats, and also prevents weight gain (Journal of the Science of Food and Agricultu...eir energy from black soya had gained half as much weight as those in the control group. Total blood cholesterol fell by 25% and LDL (so-called bad) cholester...Treatment extends survival in mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy
...h showed no improvement. The treated mice had less weight loss and better righting reflexes, walking ability, and forelimb grip strength than mice that did not receive TSA. Examination showed that the TSA-treated mice also had larger neurons in the spinal cord, thicker muscle fibers, and more muscle mass t...Environment and exercise may affect research results, UA study shows
...er than those in the larger cages about twice the weight at the same age and they showed large quantities of adipose, or fat, tissue around the aorta. The mice in the larger cages showed virtually no fat around the aorta. They also showed far fewer regions of disorganized tissue in the aorta than those...Public agrees global warming exists, but divided over seriousness of problem
...blames much of this on media efforts to give equal weight to opposing sides of the debate. Despite this uncertainty, he said, public consensus is growing that society must tackle global warming. "We're moving toward a tipping point, but we're not quite there yet," he said. Krosnick will detail his survey ...