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Plankton Power and RTDC announce proposed algae-to-biofuels pilot facility on Cape Cod

... supported by the Massachusetts National guard pending legal and regulatory reviews. The pilot ... make the MMR not just a center for the National guard and Coast Guard, but an incubator for ... temperature control. We acknowledge the National guard and the state of Massachusetts for providing ...

New theory on why male, female lemurs same size

... than females. Size is an advantage for males that guard females to keep other males from mating with ... Dunham came to the conclusion that male lemurs do guard their mates, just like other primates. But unlike ... females, male lemurs have evolved to passively guard their mates. They do this by depositing a ...

Plant protein 'doorkeepers' block invading microbes, study finds

... the plant. The stomata are each flanked by two guard cells, which control these vitally important portals to the leaf. When the guard cells swell, the stomata close. Conversely, when the water content of the guard cells decreases, the stomata open. The six ...

Plant protein 'doorkeepers' block invading microbes, study finds

... the plant. The stomata are each flanked by two guard cells, which control these vitally important portals to the leaf. When the guard cells swell, the stomata close. Conversely, when the water content of the guard cells decreases, the stomata open. The six ...

High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine

... current Twin Otter based at the nearby U.S. Coast guard Air Station Cape Cod. On each flight, which ... Office of Aviation and Marine Operations. Coast guard Air Station Cape Cod supports the mission, ... intensive operation," Cole said. "The Coast guard provides not only financial support but access to ...

A home early warning system for cardiac patients

... came onto the market EUREKA project E! 3489 HEART guard was born. The HEART guard system comprises a lightweight, simple to use, ... Integris, the project's lead partner. 'If HEART guard detects a problem, patients are alerted by means ...

DHS Expands Biometrics-at-Sea Program to the Florida Straits

... Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Coast guard and US-VISIT announced today that the U.S. ... program to the south Florida Straits. The Coast guard is charged with securing the more than 95,000 ... Florida Straits. Under the program, the Coast guard digitally collects fingerprints and photographs ...

Gene that controls ozone resistance of plants could lead to drought-resistant crops

... are located within specialized cells called guard cells that surround the stomatal pores. The gene ... named SLAC1 for slow anion channel 1. guard cells close stomatal pores in the event of excess ... Schroeder discovered these slow anion channels in guard cells by electrical recordings ...

Biometrics Help Identify, Apprehend and Deter Illegal Migrants

... Rico and the Dominican Republic. "The Coast guard is charged with securing America's borders along ... effort between US-VISIT and the U.S. Coast guard to address the challenge of identifying illegal ... at sea. The pilot program provides the Coast guard with the technical capability to digitally ...

Entrust Announces Financial Results for Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal 2008

... of product revenue in 2008. Entrust IdentityGuard and Transaction guard accounted for $2.4 million, up 17 percent from Q4 2007, and was more than ... year-over-year. Subcategory IdentityGuard and Transaction guard Products accounted for $2.4 million of product revenue for Q4 2008. For ...

Unexplored Arctic region to be mapped

... will lead data collection from September 6October 1 on the U.S. Coast guard Cutter Healy to map the Arctic seafloor. The Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada will follow Healy on the Canadian Coast guard ship Louis S. St. Laurent (Louis) and study the geology of the ...

Breakthrough in plant research

... and release moisture into the air. The plasma membranes of the guard cells that surround the stomatal pore contain several types of ion channels which control the opening and closing of the circular guard cells when the plant encounters a stressful situation, such as increased ...

Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators

... toxic known in all snake species. When hunting for food sea snakes probe crevices and coral formations, temporarily forcing them to drop their guard to threats from the surrounding waters and making them highly vulnerable to attack. However, the Yellow-lipped Sea Krait has been found to twist its ...

Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances

... Biophysics. Welsh also is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "These findings suggest that we have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to guard ourselves from harmful environmental stimuli," Ben-Shahar said. "Our work also suggests that losing cilia in the lungs, due to smoking or disease, ...

Not 1, but 2 kinds of males found in the invasive round goby

... species through competition and predation. Researchers at McMaster University discovered evidence that in addition to round goby males which guard the nest from predators and look after their offspring, there exists what scientists call "sneaker" males little males that look like females and ...

Advance in understanding cellulose synthesis

... Plant cells have rigid walls that cannot easily change shape. There are many cell types, spiky trichomes to fend off bugs and sausage-shaped guard cells that regulate the plant's breathing pores, as examples. In a previous study using the model plant Arabidopsis , Ehrhardt and team used ...

Mothers give interloper's offspring a head start in life

... mate with extra-pair males," said Dr Magrath. One explanation could be in the timing of copulations. Females may engage in extra-pair matings to guard against the possibility that their social partner is infertile. "Because females can often store sperm for several weeks, they may typically only ...

Intruder alert: Tel Aviv University's 'Smart Dew' will find you!

... where it's difficult, and sometimes impractical, to install fences or constantly patrol them. "Most people could never afford the manpower to guard such large properties," explains Prof. Shapira. "Instead, we've created this Smart Dew to do the work. It's invisible to an intruder, and can ...

Substantial work ahead for water issues, say scientists at ACS' Final Report briefing

... sensors are a Holy Grail, Haas said, but difficult to develop. He warned that over-sensitive sensors could be counterproductive. "We need to guard against false alarms," Haas said, likening the situation to a smoke detector responding to a lit match. "That wouldn't be a very good detector in ...

Johns Hopkins scientists pull protein's tail to curtail cancer

... engineering cancer cells in the human body is neither practical nor safe, manipulating such unbinding of PTEN with drugs is a viable alternative to guard against cell overgrowth, the hallmark of cancer, the Hopkins scientists say. In many tumors, PTEN is simply not present. In others, it's there, ...

High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

... system. However, this generalized immune suppression puts patients at increased risk for infections, cancer and other diseases. "Basically, your guard is down," Dr. Pacholczyk said. Seventy percent of mice that got transplants two days after they became hyperglycemic did not need ...

Making the ultimate family sacrifice

... and focus all their energies on getting into the new colony -- squeezed out their altruistic brethren? What are the genetic checks and balances that guard against cheating? "They seem to care how genetically similar their partners are," study co-author David Queller said of the new findings. "That's ...

L-1 Identity Solutions Selected by the State of New York as the Winning Bidder to Provide Enrollment Services for a Contract Estimated at Up to $250 Million

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

Counter-terrorism symposium held at NJIT tomorrow

... more. Presenters will include NJ State Police, Customs and Border Protection, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, U.S. Coast guard and NJ Department of Public Safety. Sponsors include NJ Chapter of the Marine Corps Reserve Association, NY Shipping Association and PhibroChem Ltd. ...

SAFRAN to Acquire Motorola's Biometrics Business

... incorporating SAFRAN's technology have been used for over 20 years by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast guard and NASA. Representative products today include KC-135R Stratotanker C-17 Globemaster, F/A-18, F-16, F-22, V-22 and C-130. SAFRAN is party to over ...

L-1 Identity Solutions Awarded New Massachusetts RMV Driver's License Contract Valued at an Estimated $32 Million

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

L-1 Identity Solutions Receives $5.9 Million Driver's License Contract Expansion from the State of Mississippi

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

Researchers note differences between people and animals on calorie restriction

... and juggling to ensure they take in very few calories and still get adequate nutrition. Increasing dietary protein is one way many CRONies guard against becoming malnourished. "But six of them agreed to lower their protein intake," Fontana explains, "and after three weeks their circulating ...

Marine debris will likely worsen in the 21st century

... disposal fees to use them, the report adds. Nevertheless, some ships have already adopted zero or minimal discharge practices. The U.S. Coast guard (USCG) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should disseminate best management practices for how vessels can attain zero discharge, source ...

Novel anti-cancer mechanism found in long-lived rodents

... Gorbunova's research, the prevailing wisdom has assumed that an animal that lived as long as we humans do needed to suppress telomerase activity to guard against cancer. Telomerase helps cells reproduce, and cancer is essentially runaway cellular reproduction, so an animal living for 70 years has a lot ...

Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world's fragile polar regions

... or create substantial risk to areas of biological, scientific, historic, aesthetic or wilderness significance. It also commits signatories to guard against importation of non-sterile soil and the introduction of non-native species and micro-organisms (e.g., viruses, bacteria, parasites, yeasts, ...

L-1 Identity Solutions Completes Acquisition of the ID Systems Business from Digimarc Corporation

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

L-1 Identity Solutions to Hold Supplemental Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results Q&A Conference Call at 2:00p.m. (ET) Today

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV

... at Duke University Medical Center. The abzymes are now under development for HIV immunotherapy by infusion into blood. They could also be used to guard against sexual HIV transmission as topical vaginal or rectal formulations. "HIV is an international priority because we have no defense against ...

Digimarc Board Approves $310 Million All-Cash Offer from L-1 Identity Solutions for Digimarc's ID Systems Business

... provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, ...

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features methods for analyzing genomes and plant cells

... ). The second featured method for June, "Isolation and Whole-Cell Patch Clamping of Arabidopsis guard Cell Protoplasts," provides a method for analyzing ion differences across membranes, a vital step in understanding cellular responses to internal and ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 30, 2008

... but not found in human breast-milk, is structurally similar to the human protein glycodelin, which controls the production of T-cells. T-cells help guard the body against infection. Goldfarb describes research on patients with Type-1 diabetes, which suggests that an infants immature immune system ...

New whale detection buoys will help ships take the right way through marine habitat

... through prime whale habitat, researchers and regulators from the sanctuary and NOAA Fisheries worked with the Ports licensing agencies (the US Coast guard and the Maritime Administration) and Excelerate Energy to develop a plan to keep whales and LNG ships out of each others way in Massachusetts Bay. ...

A chilling glimpse inside the minds of dangerous criminals

... In fact, the only motivation seems to be a sadistic craving for power and a need to feel in control. Levin also, for the first time, lets down his guard and reveals what it feels like to be seated so close to such cold-blooded killers. Many killers, as Levin points out, are meticulous planners. ...

Advertisers, neuroscientists trace source of emotions in brain

... three television commercials advertising Coke, Evian and Gatorade, respectively, as well as an anti-fur commercial and an ad promoting teaching. To guard against preconditioned response, all the ads were at least 10 years old. The researchers compared the activity in the subjects brains as recorded ...