One-way processes speed degradation of coral reefs
... suggests that encouraging responsible stewardship would be easier if there were a return to local management of coral reef resources. Journalists may obtain copies of the article, "Ratcheting Down the Coral Reefs," by contacting Donna Royston, AIBS communications representative. BioScience publishes com...Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...useum of Natural History collection. "I figured it would be similar but the Museum collection's biodiversit... time." However, collections in other institutions would also have to be examined prior to use for the study of the diversity and abundance. Museums also con......osciences at Virginia Tech. But what kind of adult would these ancient embryos have hatched into? In 2000, ...o be unwinding to see if it has cross-walls. "That would indicate it is related to the tubes," Xiao said. "These organisms lived 600 million years ago befor...Do lead bullets continue to be a hazard after they land?
...said. "If and when those trees are harvested, they would be contaminated with lead " Fisheries and Wildlife...," Rimstidt said. "We are not saying that wildlife would not ingest lead, but it does not appear to be a problem on this range. Other shooting ranges may be ...Researchers tracking sources of arsenic contamination in water
...ocess involved heating the ore so that the arsenic would oxidize as a white powder," Schreiber said. The researchers have discovered that a stream adjacent to the site is receiving arsenic from groundwater that has flowed through the mine, but that some of the arsenic is being retained in the streambed. Di...Hurricane Ivan helps student study sinkholes
... the site. But another three to four inch rainfall would be nice." Soon, to confirm his interpretations from this new use of electrical resistivity, Schwartz will drill a series of wells. Schwartz will present the paper, "Hydrologic characterization of sinkholes in agricultural settings," at 2:15 p.m. Sund...Safety and immunogenicity data available for new pertussis booster vaccine candidate for adolescents
...ple in the U.S. ages 10-19 during a 10-year period would prevent up to 1.8 million cases of pertussis and save as much as $1.6 billion in direct and indirect costs. "Pertussis is the only disease for which children are routinely vaccinated that is on the rise in the U.S. particularly amongst adolescents....Economics and ecology combine at UGA in NSF-funded study of evolutionary game theory
...nteraction of "rational" agents. "For instance, it would be the preferred economic method for studying how two firms might compete with one another in the marketplace," said Keenan. "There is, however, a newer branch, called evolutionary game theory, which is useful in biology." "Our work will apply game ...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
... in the UK from 1980 to 1996, the blood donor loss would be enormous," he explained. On October 14, the FDA...technology that removes both prions and leukocytes would be an example of adding value without adding another process that would significantly increase costs...Researchers grow sperm stem cells in laboratory cultures
... The ability to introduce a new trait into animals would greatly assist breeders of both livestock and labo...wth factors needed to culture the mouse stem cells would likely foster the growth of human spermatogonial cells as well as the cells of other mammals. Curr...UNC Lineberger researchers identify molecular markers of aging
...16INK4a and ARF expression. Therefore, our results would not be consistent with the idea that short-term caloric restriction prior to surgery would improve post-operative wound healing," Sharpless said. The work has strong implications for stem cel...Tiny paddle oscillator senses the mass of a virus
...inimum detectable mass for a six-micrometer paddle would be .41 attograms (an attogram is 1/1000th of a fe...oscillator detector with a nanofluidic system that would bathe the paddles in a suspect sample, then automatically evacuate the chamber to a vacuum for testi...Scientists find acid rain an unlikely ally in the battle against a greenhouse gas
...pensates for the increase in methane emission that would be expected as wetlands become warmer. In this way, acid rain acts like a temporary lid on the largest methane source. Gauci is cautious about the image presented by acid rain. "We wouldn't want to give the impression that...NJIT stem cell researcher to receive research award from biomedical group
...r studies could lead to medical breakthroughs that would help a host of patients. Stem cell implantation, for instance, could help cancer patients who've had large tumors removed from bone, Arinzeh says. Stem cells could also help patients suffering from osteoporosis. Perhaps most importantly, Arinzeh publ...Look at past sea-level rise points to troubling future
...e are many more variables that go into this than I would ever have believed when I started studying the Gulf Coast in the 1980s."...Genetically engineered corn poses no immediate threat to Mexican crops
... GM seeds imported as grain from the United States would probably result in poor yields, farmers may try to...ed, or grind the corn when it's imported. Grinding would prevent the imported seeds from being planted. Conducting more research to learn which transgenes ...UK scientist and children's author wins EMBO Award for Communications 2004
...evement. Without illustrator, Mic Rolph, the books would never have been a success and there are numerous other people in the UK, Europe, South Africa and the US, who have helped and inspired me. The award is a great honour and I hope it will help stress the importance of science education for the young an...Spatial structure, dispersal, and management of a recovering raptor population
... that the highly productive interior subpopulation would have recovered largely on its own, without the reintroduced birds, while the coastal subpopulation would have been very slow to recover without the reintroduction effort. This study makes clear that unders...Pediatric cardiology researchers describe findings in neurologic outcomes, heart devices
...alized form of gene therapy. The transferred genes would help protect the artery from renarrowing or developing dangerous deposits of plaque. Dr. Ilia Fishbein is a member of the research team that tested a new gene delivery system in animal arteries. ......rited the polymorphism, or allele, from one parent would have a GC base pair at that location, while a patient who inherited the allele from both parents would have a CC base pair. "Our statistical analysis showed that the number of PPAR-I7 alleles was signifi...