UGA research shows rats are capable of reflecting on mental processes
...n rats suggests that this type of cognition may be widespread among animals. Does it mean, for example, that rats are "conscious," and could that also be true of other non-primates?......amage to natural food webs, coral dissolution, and widespread species extinction in the future." Carbon dioxide, the gas most responsible for the Earths increase in average global temperature, and most associated with anthropogenic disturbances, will affect natures ability to sustain life both above and below...Breast cancer treatment heats up
...similar heat to nearby normal tissue has prevented widespread clinical use," said Sally J. DeNardo, professor of internal medicine and radiology with the School of Medicine at the University of California Davis in Sacramento. "Our animal study, which combined the future-oriented sciences of nanotechnology and m...Paper challenges 1491 Amazonian population theories
...an increasing vocalization that therewas much more widespread habitat transformation; that you still had abulk of people along the river but their influence extended deep intothe forest. It's still nebulous, and difficult to get people to mapstuff, or put hard numbers on it, but there is a sentiment that theAma...Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique
... cells, so drugs designed to mimic them could have widespread medical applications, said Ramamoorthy, who is an associate professor of chemistry and an associate research scientist in the Biophysics Research Division. While researchers have identified hundreds of AMPs in recent years, they're still puzzling o...In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time
...etahs in Iran ranged from 100 to 400 animals. But widespread poaching of cheetahs and their prey during the early years of the 1979 revolution, along with degradation of habitat due to livestock grazing, have pushed this important predator to the brink of extinction. Historically cheetahs have played a signif...Universities in 1.5M drive to cut cost of solar power
...re our supply of electricity in the future. "The widespread implementation of solar electricity requires a significant reduction in cost and a successful outcome to this project has the potential to provide a step-change solar cell technology." Professor Nelson said: "A major reduction in the cost of solar ...Vitamin D deficiency widespread during pregnancy
...lications, vitamin D insufficiency was found to be widespread among women during pregnancy, particularly in the northern latitudes. "In our study, more than 80 percent of African-American women and nearly half of white women tested at delivery had levels of vitamin D that were too low, even though more than 9...Independent panel to evaluate widely used chemical, Bisphenol A
...aluation because of its high volume of production, widespread human exposure, evidence of reproductive toxicity in animal studies, and public interest and concern. Registration: No registration is required. Members of the media interested in attending the press availability immediately following the meet...Opening and closing the genome
...omes. The activity of this enzyme is thought to be widespread in the genome, likely affecting many genes. "This enzyme removes methyl groups from a specific location where they facilitate opening of the chromatin for gene expression, and therefore this enzyme maintains a repressed state of gene expression," s...Eye movement tasks can be used to assess fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
...en due to prenatal alcohol exposure. FASD is more widespread than Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which is more severe, but FASD is harder to accurately diagnose because of fewer objective diagnostic tools. New research indicates than simple eye-movement or oculomotor tasks can be used to assess individuals with FASD...David H. Baker to be honored for work in animal and nutritional science
...mplications for human health. Baker objects to the widespread availability of these and other nutritional supplements without a prescription. "Professor Baker has devoted his career to understanding the myriad of factors that influence the nutrient needs of humans, birds, livestock and companion animals," wr...Protecting US crops from terrorist attack to be discussed at 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting
...ause crops are grown with little surveillance over widespread areas, long lag times may occur between pathogen introduction and detection," Fletcher said. "If plant pathogens are used as weapons, we could see reductions in crop yield and quality, increases in production costs and food prices, lost markets and t...Cellulosic ethanol: Fuel of the future?
...s of corn or grass to produce ethanol will require widespread deforestation, which threatens biodiversity. ''It depends on what acres of land one uses [to plant Miscanthus],'' said Somerville, who advocates growing biofuel crops on land currently used for food production. ''There's a lot of deforestation cert...Smithsonian scientists report ancient chili pepper history
...in the Americas, chili peppers were among the most widespread of the plants domesticated in the New World. However, the chronology and precise geography of their origins and early dispersals had been very poorly understood. Tropical environments, where many chili varieties were first domesticated and then incor...Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic join forces to develop cancer vaccine
...slightly different, and therefore the concept of a widespread preventative vaccine that would be effective in large numbers of people has been a daunting task. However, if common themes could be identified, it could provide a means for solving this problem. "This idea of identifying signatures unique to can...Cold climate produced by algae contributed to onset of multicellular life
... 600-800 million years ago which at times produced widespread glaciations. According to the new theory, the coldness was due to low carbon dioxide concentration brought about by strong algal growth in the oceans. The algal growth was maintained by the lack of grazing animals and the ability of cold seawater to ...New mechanism for nutrient uptake discovered
...n the February 11th on-line edition of Nature, has widespread potentialfrom understanding human diseases, such as kidney function, to engineering better crops. "Every cell in every organism has a system for bringing in nutrition and expelling waste," explained lead author Dominique Loqu. "Some are through por...Kansas State study finds new vaccine effective against deadly viral disease affecting swine
...de ago and later appeared in Europe. It has become widespread and is in most pork producing areas of the United States. Reports from other countries confirm that it is also becoming prevalent throughout the world. Steve Henry, a swine veterinarian from Abilene and an adjunct professor of diagnostic medicine a......nse. His ground-breaking theoretical work has had widespread impact on experimental cellular and molecular immunology. My Hang V. Huynh, a chemist, is the pioneer for the groundbreaking discovery of Green Primary Explosives to replace mercury and lead primary explosives which have caused detrimental effects ...