UCLA engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane
...opes to address the key challenges that limit more widespread use of RO membrane technology by making the process more robust and efficient. "I think the biggest mistake we can make in the field of water treatment is to assume that reverse osmosis technology is mature and that there is nothing more to be gain...Researchers link ocean organisms with increased cloud cover and potential climate change
... going to explore more regions to see if this is a widespread phenomenon. Chances are that we will see this in other places," he added. Nenes and Meskhidze used data from satellite observations to estimate the amount of chlorophyll in the ocean, the emission of isoprene and its connection to cloud formation....USGS at Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
...iversity of mussels found in the country, no other widespread group of animals in North America is as imperiled or has faced as many extinctions. The abundance and variety of mussels have declined sharply over the past century, but the cause of mussel decline is not well understood. Researchers at the USGS-Colu...First global analysis of sexual behavior
...perience were found to be less pronounced and less widespread than is sometimes supposed. In the majority of countries for which data were available, age at first intercourse had increased for women. In many developing countries, especially those in which first sex occurs predominantly within wedlock, the trend...Predicting PET imaging's future: Diagnosing and treating diseases ASAP
...e of clinical applications and contributed to more widespread use of PET," noted Cherry. "We will continue to see major advances and improvements in PET technology for some time to come," he predicted. In addition, PET will continue to help researchers bridge or "translate" research on drugs from initial studie...JCI table of contents: Nov. 1, 2006
...ontributes to muscle wasting Muscle wasting is a widespread problem for individuals of all ages. It can be caused by genetic defects, such as the genetic defect that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as be a secondary consequence of other diseases, such as cancer and diseases of the immune system. H...Insect population growth likely accelerated by warmer climate
...growth, which UW researchers say is likely to have widespread affects on agriculture, public health and conservation. Many studies have shown that insects readily adapt to the temperature of their environment. For example, those living in deserts easily tolerate high temperatures but are much less tolerant o...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Oct. 18, 2006
... mitigation strategies are needed to prevent their widespread dissemination," they state. ARTICLE #4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Emerging Contaminants: Studies in Northern Colorado" DOWNLOAD HTML http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/esthag/asap/html/es060413l.html DOWNLOAD PDF...Different strategies underlie the ecology of microbial invasions
...ey often face competition from other lineages. One widespread solution is to kill these competitors. In the new work, the researchers explored the relative value to both invading and defensive bacteria of two distinct microbial mechanisms of killing competitors: through the release of chemicals (for example,...Tiny 'housekeeper' crabs help prevent coral death in South Pacific
...are associated with climate change, are sources of widespread coral bleaching. Changing land use patterns, caused by population increase on the coasts, are another threat because population growth increases the sediment load on coral. This is due to the higher amount of water run-off from development, defores...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
... evidence indicating that seismic hazards are more widespread in central and eastern North America than indicate... 1:30-5:30 pm Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: The widespread use of commercial fertilizer during the past century has delivered nutrients to Louisiana's continen...Scientists prove that parts of cell nuclei are not arranged at random
...ponents within the nuclei of mammal cells. This widespread protein called CBP acts on certain genes within the cell nucleus, turning them on to make specific proteins at different times throughout the life of the cell. The research began with a team of biologists in Canada labelling components inside cell nu...New MUHC study adds more evidence to clear measles mumps rubella vaccine as a risk factor for autism
...ance of parents to inoculate their children due to widespread fear of the MMR vaccine generated by these early studies has resulted in measles outbreaks, likely contributing to the deaths of several infants in the United Kingdom," says Dr. Brian Ward. "We hope that our investigation of these earlier studies wil...Malaria: Efficacy of monotherapies in Cameroon
...bout 600 millions people in the world, is the most widespread of the transmissible parasitic diseases. The causative agent is a microscopic parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The species P. falciparum induces the most serious form of this disease. Since the 1980s, African countries where malaria is endemic have ...Shrinking ponds signal warmer, dryer Alaska
...g of these closed-basin ponds may be indicative of widespread lowering of the water table throughout low-lying landscapes in Interior Alaska, write the authors. A lowered water table negatively affects the ability of wetlands to regulate climate because it enhances the release of carbon dioxide by exposing soil...UF experts: Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free
...disease or anxiety disorders." Despite caffeine's widespread use, most medical texts have no guidelines for intake, Goldberger said, but even low doses might adversely affect some people. So UF researchers set out to conduct a two-phase study designed to gauge just how much caffeine is likely to turn up in dec...Sequencing of the oyster mushroom genome
...hroom is also a fungus the cultivation of which is widespread and so the study of its genetic organisation can give pointers to what is needed for many mushrooms not industrially grown in order for them to be produced as industrial crops, such as, for example, Boletus aereus. More than 10 years of research ...British cattle give TB to badgers, finds UC Davis expert
...Today's report also provides the first evidence of widespread TBtransmission from cattle to badgers. Woodroffe's team found that in2001, when a nationwide epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Englandtemporarily halted routine TB testing of cattle, infection rates inbadgers doubled. At this time, infected cattl...Why do cold animals make bigger babies?
... its effect on adult size. "This result could have widespread significance," says Angilletta. "Temperature determines the adult size of virtually all organisms. For many of these organisms, we expect temperature to also leave an imprint on reproduction."......ction to an infection goes into overdrive, causing widespread inflammation and dramatic changes in body temperature, blood pressure, breathing, and heart rate. It can lead to the malfunction or failure of several major organs. "The goal of this project is to speed recovery, increase survival rates, and improv...