Day in Biological News

Short stressful events may improve working memory

... BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically ... four hours after the stressful experience and one day post-stress, compared to the non-stressed rats. ...

Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain

... of whether the bird heard the song again on day two or not, Clayton said. Those genes that were ... away," Clayton said. "The bird had this one day of experience and a day later the brain is in a different state. It's ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 22, 2009

... News . Resources for Covering Earth day 2009 The American Chemical Society's (ACS) observance of Earth day on April 22 Chemists Celebrate Earth day 2009 will include community events focused on ...

Eating fatty fish once a week reduces men's risk of heart failure

... The men who consumed approximately 0.36 grams a day were 33 percent less likely to develop heart ... the middle group, who consumed 0.36 grams per day of omega-3 fatty acids showed a 33 percent ... greater quantities (approximately 0.46 grams per day or 0.71 grams per day) had a risk of heart ...

American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- April 8, 2009

... News . Resources for Covering Earth day 2009 The American Chemical Society's (ACS) observance of Earth day on April 22 Chemists Celebrate Earth day 2009 will include community events focused on ...

Mollusks taste memories to build shells

... the calcium carbonate layer laid down the day before in order to generate a new layer. "The ... not itself, so that the same pattern is repeated day after day, yielding a stripe. Similarly, if one ... of future activity. Pigment secreted on one day can inhibit secreting cells for a few days, ...

Lobster traps going high tech

... drifter fixes (locations). Lobsterman Jason day of Vinalhaven, Maine heard about eMOLT from his ... participant. A year-round lobsterman, Jason day puts his traps in the water in late April or ... on the bottom, and eMOLT helps me keep up," day said. "The program covers a large area and ...

Moderate alcohol intake associated with bone protection

... moderate alcohol consumption as one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. "Our study also looks at the possible ... effects of more than two servings of alcohol per day in post-menopausal women or the effects of daily ...

Public Policy Center hosts flood symposium March 10-12

... of the Iowa Memorial Union. Sessions on the first day of the symposium will focus on flood prediction ... impacts of flooding. Sessions on the second day will focus on flood mitigation strategies, flood ... public, but the March 11-12 sessions are $25 per day or $10 for students; the fee includes lunch. To ...

Trees won't stop tsunamis, scientists warn

... of the anniversary of the devastating 2004 Boxing day Tsunami, which claimed nearly a quarter of a ... tidal waves. "Following the Boxing day Tsunami scientific studies were released which ... analysis of the pattern of damage of the Boxing day 2004 tsunami shows that many variables were at ...

Women double fruit, veggie intake with switch to Mediterranean diet plan

... included: 8-10 servings (or exchanges) each day of high monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), such ... nuts and sesame seeds. One or more servings a day of dark green vegetables, such as broccoli, peas and spinach At least one exchange per day of garlic, onions and leeks One tablespoon or ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to host

... the conference focuses on a specific theme: day 1: Life and Soil Degradation in the Drylands, including causes and consequences of soil damages. day 2: Vegetation's Role in Sustainable Dryland ... land restoration and soil and water management. day 3: Field Trips to Negev Desert ...

World Food Day brings attention to food security around the globe

... in their own communities. World Food day (WFD) is a worldwide event designed to increase ... Organization (FAO) in 1945. The first World Food day was in 1981. In the United States the endeavor is ... are events taking place year-round, World Food day brings light to other ways you can get involved ...

Brainy genes, not brawn, key to success on mussel beach

... Andrew Gracey. "Mussels can spend part of the day bathed in cool Pacific seawater and the other ... strategy. "They spend part of the day respiring, and doing metabolic processes, and then the other part of the day switching to cell division," Gracey explained. ...

Clue to genetic cause of fatal birth defect

... each year. Most do not survive more than a day or two. Although anencephaly can sometimes be ... found that such mice died on the tenth day of gestation with the severe lack of brain ... once this blood-brain barrier forms, at day 10 of gestation. The UIC researchers ...

Biologists identify genes controlling rhythmic plant growth

... rhythmic growth spurts at specific times of the day or year in response to varying levels of light ... grow at a slow and steady rate throughout the day and night, Darwin and others found that they grow ... light that can tell a plant whether it's a cloudy day or whether it's being shaded by another plant. ...

Southern Sierra Science Symposium planned for Visalia

... management, pollutants and invasive species. day 1 of the symposium is open to the public and ... Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks. The day full agenda will include facilitated science ... social aspects of natural resource management. day 2 will include a committee of scientists and ...

Light receptors in eye play key role in setting biological clock, study shows

... or night activity, to being diurnal, or day active. The investigators did this by both ... eyes, which rendered them fully active in the day but inactive at night, a complete reversal of the ... many of whom have difficulty sleeping during the day when they are not working, and likewise find it ...

Mystery of infamous 'New England Dark Day' solved by tree rings

... and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became ... behavior from animals. The mystery of this day has been solved by researchers at the University ... War, Gen. George Washington noted the dark day in his diary while he was in New Jersey. ...

Mystery of infamous 'New England Dark Day' solved by 3 rings

... and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became ... behavior from animals. The mystery of this day has been solved by researchers at the University ... War, Gen. George Washington noted the dark day in his diary while he was in New Jersey. ...

DHS, business leaders discuss technology to protect US at Homeland Security conference

... of experts Tuesday 13 May. At the end of the day we want to deliver products that protect people ... He related how he gets numerous e-mails each day from business executives telling him that their ... Massachusetts, delivered the keynote address that day and welcomed the panel. In-Q-Tel, which was ...

Study identifies trends of vitamin B6 status in US population sample

... among those who consumed 2 to 2.9 milligrams per day of vitamin B6. The RDAs for vitamin B6 in men and ... pregnant or lactating are as follows: 1.3 mg per day for men and women ages 19-50, 1.7 mg per day for men over age 50 and 1.5 mg for women over age ...

UCLA stem cell researchers create heart and blood cells from reprogrammed skin cells

... and blood vessels. The discovery could one day lead to clinical trials of new treatments for ... into several types of blood cells, which may one day aid in treating blood diseases and in bone marrow ... findings are the first step towards one day developing new therapies that I can offer my ...

Single-celled bacterium works 24-7

... known to cycle between photosynthesis during the day and nitrogen fixation at night. In general, ... genes for photosynthesis turn on during the day and genes for nitrogen fixation turn on at night. ... the physiological behavior of the organism -- day and night. During the day, Cyanothece busies ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 16, 2008

... charge here. Resources for Covering Earth day 2008 The American Chemical Societys (ACS) observance of Earth day on April 22 Chemists Celebrate Earth day 2008 will include community events focused on ...

EPFL Research Day 2008, in the presence of Al Gore

... Gore will speak to an audience of 1500 Research day participants, before receiving a Doctor honoris ... Pascal Couchepin. But the announcement of the day comes from Thierry Lombard, with the creation of ... of Generation, were present at the Research day conference in Lausanne in an effort to raise ...

Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health: UN

... devotes a conservatively estimated 30 minutes a day queuing for public toilets and / or seeking ... costs, according to UN research. On a typical day in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, half the ... Globally, this translates into 626,000 people per day being given access to an improved sanitary ...

U of M finds teens who eat breakfast daily eat healthier diets than those who skip breakfast

... importance of teaching adolescents to start the day off right by eating breakfast. Although ... help adolescents avoid overeating later in the day and disrupt unhealthy eating patterns, such as not eating early in the day and eating a lot late in the evening. ...

Cigarette after Valentine snuggle deadlier for some

... The proverbial cigarette after a Valentines day snuggle can prematurely end a love affair, as new ... smokers those who smoke more than one pack a day are likely to suffer heart attacks about 12 ... Those who had smoked more than one pack a day gained about four years within one year of ...

UA-led research team awarded $50 million to solve plant biology's grand challenge questions

... users of Google Earth, users of iPlant may one day be able to zoom in and out among various levels ... ensure that Arizona students are engaged from day one, says William C. Harris, president and CEO of ... grant recognizes the great work being done every day by the researchers and students of The University ...

Human hormone blocker found to help prevent obesity and diabetes: study

... and insulin concentrations were monitored at 5-7 day intervals. Blood was taken on day 50 to measure cholesterol, triglycerides, ... cholesterol and triglycerides levels increased at day 50. consumption of the high fat diet ...

Bioclocks work by controlling chromosome coiling

... chromosomes to coil more tightly during the day and to relax at night. The idea that the whole ... on by the tighter coiling in the DNA during the day and turned off during the night when the DNA is ... of the chromosome that are turned off during the day when the DNA is tightly coiled and turned on ...

MU study finds that sitting may increase risk of disease

... COLUMBIA, Mo. Most people spend most of their day sitting with relatively idle muscles. Health ... in the other 15 and a half hours of their waking day is just as important, or more so, than the time ... found that physical inactivity throughout the day stimulated disease-promoting processes, and that ...

Traffic control systems

... systems was to manage peak traffic during the day or, for example, sporting events. The lights were ... queue up at a traffic light at any minute of the day is huge, Professor Helbing says. None of this ... on average but that is never true for any single day or minute: essentially for a situation that never ...

Energy drinks may pose risks for people with high blood pressure, heart disease

... increased in healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink. While the increases ... prior to and throughout the study. On the first day baseline measurements of blood pressure, heart ... blood to the body) increased by 7.9 percent on day one and 9.6 percent ...

Scripps research team blocks bacterial communication system to prevent deadly staph infections

... has designed a new type of vaccine that could one day be used in humans to block the onset of ... Janda says the antibody AP4-24H11 could one day be given to humans as a passive vaccine to block ... used by Gram-positive bacteria, which might one day be administered as a vaccine cocktail to prevent ...

Heat stress influences low conception of dairy herds

... during 3 days before insemination, specially the day 3 before, reduced fertility, probably due to ... to the cool period (October-April). THI on the day of insemination is also important for fertility, ... and embryos. A high maximum temperature on day 1 after insemination was found to reduce ...

Early detection and quick response are key to defense against anthrax attack

... from illness -- a rate considered successful by the CDC. Each additional day needed to complete the campaign would result in an average of up to 2.9 percent more hospitalizations in the exposed population. And each extra day of delay to the start of the program beyond two days would result in up to ...

Chasing tiny vehicles

... products. In medical therapies, for example, tiny nanovehicles could one day ferry drugs or even genes into cells. So far, the only way of testing ... body. Researchers and doctors alike hope that these tiny vehicles will one day be put to work in therapies carrying drugs directly to the seat of a ...

New theory on why male, female lemurs same size

... deposited as a liquid protein but quickly hardens and stays in place for a day or two. Since many female lemurs are sexually responsive to males for only one day out of the entire year, the plug serves the purpose of preventing other ...