Orangutans' communication resembles a game of 'charades'
...the tapes of the animals responses, you can easily work out whether the orangutan thinks it has been fully, partially, or not understood--without seeing what went before. This means that, in effect, they are passing information back to the audience about how well they are doing in understanding them--he...ESA announces 2007 award recipients
... The award recognizes an ecologist for outstanding work in ecology education. Through teaching, outreach, ...n recognition of an outstanding body of ecological work or sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit. Lange is one of the founding fathers ...How a pain in the neck could be bad for your blood pressure
... new techniques allowed the Leeds team to take the work forward. Their work began by chance, as Prof Deuchars explained: Cells in the area that receive neck signals jumped out ...Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
...needs to be fully tested, Dr Church says. It might work or it might not. The synchrotrons infra-red bea...ing, Dr Church says. But the technology to do such work using a synchrotron is comparatively new, and the Australian facility is one of relatively few aroun...New grants bolster efforts to generate faster and cheaper tools for DNA sequencing
...ion-Assisted Nanopore Sequencing This team will work with collaborators at Brown University to develop the biochemical and algorithmic components of a method for sequencing by hybridization. By designing tagged probes and novel reconstruction algorithms, the team expects to get around the resolution li...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
...d Orson W. Moe in an accompanying commentary "This work is another seminal example of the power of the study of monogenic disorders in the quest to understand human physiology." TITLE: Impaired basolateral sorting of pro-EGF causes isolated recessive renal hypomagnesemia AUTHOR CONTACT: Rene J. Bindel...U-M researchers find family of 'on switches' that cause prostate cancer
... Team Science Award for their previously published work on gene fusions, and the Specialized Program of Re...h up to $1 million dollars in donations to support work related to developing therapies against prostate cancer gene fusions at the university. Mapping of...New study demonstrates important role of glia in circadian timing
...itical for the temporal control of behavior. Our work is the first to identify a defined glial populatio... similar. He stresses that, although there is much work left to be done, there are potentially broad implications for understanding the etiology of diseases...Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation
...eins involved in cell-to-cell communication. This work has the potential to help scientists understand th...t for adult, somatic cell regulation Most recent work in the stem cell field has focused on the secreted protein factors that control embryonic stem cell ...Molecule blocks gene, sheds light on liver cancer
...r tumors in which miR-21 is overexpressed. If this work is reproduced in investigations of other cancers, it could be a big step forward, he says. ...First case of successful ovarian tissue transplantation between two, nonidentical sisters
...ussels, Belgium, led the team that carried out the work [2]. In 1990, when she was 20, doctors treated ...sfully and give birth to a live baby. However, the work did give hope to women who had not had an opportunity to freeze either their eggs or their ovarian t...2007 EURYI: 20 young researchers to receive Nobel Prize-sized awards for breakthrough ideas
...ng young researchers from anywhere in the world to work in Europe for the further development of European science, contributing to building up the next generation of leading European researchers. The First Call of the scheme was launched in September 2003, and the first three Calls have resulted in 75 awa...Particle emissions from laser printers might pose health concern
...levels in the office air increased fivefold during work hours due to printer use. Printers emitted more particles when operating with new toner cartridges, and when printing graphics and images that require greater quantities of toner. Funded by Queensland Department of Public Works and The Cooperative ...'The Man Who Saved The Sea Turtles'
...the rest of his life. Early in his career, Carrs work was predominantly in the field of taxonomy -- the systematic classification of plants and animals. He described numerous species and subspecies that were new to science. However, he went on to teach biology in Honduras from 1945 to 1949. This gave hi...UF to lead research on life-threatening fungus
...igh-risk but not infected. Researchers also will work with Emory University, Indianapolis-basedMiraVista Diagnostics, and the University of Manchester in England to evaluate existing tests and develop new, more accurate and less invasive ones. While more potent treatment regimens are improving prospec...MGH researchers confirm that bone marrow restores fertility in female mice
...blished reports raising objections to the previous work of Tillys group none of which actually attempted ...by other groups showing that, similar to his teams work in females, bone marrow cells from adult male mice or from men can be coaxed to make immature sperm ...Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
...borative research to combine Professor Southgate's work with biomaterial studies at the Universities of Du...at the University of York said: "Our most exciting work moving forward is to develop natural and synthetic biomaterials that could be combined with regenera...Stem cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model
...ble to hook up with muscles, Svendsen suggests the work further supports movement toward clinical trials in humans. "We think the cells are safe, and they do increase the survival of the motor neurons," Svendsen argues. "This may be very important for patients that lose neurons every day. However, it's...Geisinger scientist seeks cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, creating device to find treatment
...catalyzes growth of for-profit companies. Gerhards work fits perfectly into Geisinger Ventures mission, sa...iece of equipment or a process, Allinson says. The work with zebrafish has the potential to identify therapeutics that could help the thousands of people wh......nternal Medicine in the U-M Medical School. The work could have a broad impact. In the war in Iraq, more than 26,900 U.S. soldiers have been wounded in action as of late July. Its known that battlefield pain, if not relieved adequately, can lead to post-traumatic stress disorders. A large multidiscip...