History in Biological News

August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... whether large volumes of water shaped the early history of Mars, and how much of that water might still ... history. They suggest that a similar geologic history may apply to other parts of Valles Marineris. The ... generally to be the warmest period in Earth's history within the past 25 million years, saw a major ...

Biologists rediscover endangered frog population

... frogs and scientists from the San Diego Natural history Museum retracing a 1908 natural history expedition both rediscovered the rare mountain ... frogs in the wild. USGS and San Diego Natural history Museum biologists found the endangered frog ...

New, less invasive genetic test greatly improves pregnancy rates in older women with poor prognosis

... pregnancies in a group of older women with a history of multiple failed IVF attempts. "Out of 35 ... generated by women with a very poor reproductive history and with an average age of 42 who were undergoing ... errors. This could explain the poor reproductive history of these women, the scientists say. "But where ...

Size did matter

... studying specimens from the London Natural history Museum's collections. Their research has revealed ... investigated and then donated to the Natural history Museum in 2000 by Robin Smith. Now at the Lake ... Miller, Micropalaeontology Curator at the Natural history Museum. A human sperm would have to be over ...

Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline

... mounted and displayed for decades at the Natural history Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM), which houses ... California Academy of Sciences, San Diego Natural history Museum, Buena Vista Museum of Natural history in Bakersfield, and UC Berkeley's Museum of ...

History of hyperactivity off-base, says researcher

... is finishing up his PhD at the Centre for Medical history at the University of Exeter. Hyperactivity ... changes of the last half century. "When history is extended back beyond 1957, it overlooks all ... a problem," he says. "We need to refocus the history of hyperactivity on the period starting from the ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS

... it was the most downloaded article in Zootaxa 's history and was among the top 10 downloaded articles for ... field of taxonomy, and the importance of natural history museums and botanical gardens in a fun-filled ... are essential parts of understanding the history of life," says Wheeler. "It is in our own ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species; issue SOS

... it was the most downloaded article in Zootaxa 's history and was among the top 10 downloaded articles for ... field of taxonomy, and the importance of natural history museums and botanical gardens in a fun-filled ... are essential parts of understanding the history of life," says Wheeler. "It is in our own ...

Genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk may be greatly underutilized

... among the guidelines, all of them include a history of breast or ovarian cancer in close relatives ... in those surveys did not have a personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, and around 1 percent ... routine to collect, update and interpret family history information, which could come through the ...

Scripps studies offer new picture of Lake Tahoe's earthquake potential

... at UC San Diego have been unraveling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of ... Harding, collected new data on earthquake history along three active faults in the region. These ... student Danny Brothers investigated the rupture history of the West Tahoe Fault in greater detail. Using ...

Study of protein structures reveals key events in evolutionary history

... that drive all life, also sheds light on the history of living organisms. The study, in the journal ... of protein evolution that relates directly to the history of life. "The history of the protein repertoire should match ...

Chantix side effects no worse with depression history

... People with a likely history of depression who take varenicline (Chantix) do ... quitting smoking compared to people with no history of depression taking this drug. The findings ... anxiety, or irritability in people with a likely history of depression compared to others. "Still," she ...

World's top minds to celebrate 'the birth and life of beginnings'

... discoveries in science, religion, philosophy, history and the arts have shaped our understanding of ... the world's finest scholars have to say about the history and evolution of ideas in fields ranging from the ... on March 17. Gary Mormino, a professor of history at the University of South Florida and a prolific ...

NJIT history professor receives national endowment for humanities

... Richard B. Sher, PhD, a professor of history at NJIT and a former Guggenheim Fellow, has ... the extraordinary scholarly activity of the NJIT history faculty and the entire federated history department at NJIT and Rutgers ...

Hispanic women and breast cancer: An understudied group

... in the United States. Prevalence of family history of breast cancer was significantly higher in the ... Martinez. #PR-4. Increased odds of family history for triple-negative breast cancer in ... Arizona Cancer Center, found that having a family history of breast cancer increased the risk of ...

Dinosaur fossils fit perfectly into the evolutionary tree of life

... at the University of Bath and London's Natural history Museum has found that scientists' knowledge of ... worked with Dr Paul Barrett from the Natural history Museum and Julia Heathcote at Birkbeck College ... "We have two independent lines of evidence on the history of life: the chronological order of fossils in ...

Human genomics in China

... to collectively recall the short but fruitful history of human genome project and coordinately explore ... a new phase of interdisciplinarity in the history of life science in China. The rise of genomics ... realized these objectives. To recall the history is for a better development in the future. After ...

Italy's geologic history becomes a personal tale in Walter Alvarez's new book

... ," that traces Italy's billion-year geologic history with a focus on Italian geologists and their ... variety." Starting with more recent geologic history - eruptions along a volcanic chain north of Rome ... they just had the most wonderful record of Earth history that you could imagine," he said. Much of this ...

Human connection to our nation's fisheries comes alive through oral history project

... have stories to tell, and we don't want that history and perspective to be lost." The researchers ... Museums and smaller organizations may have oral history collections that would gain far greater exposure ... and encourage the creation of new oral history collections from around the U.S.," Pinto da Silva ...

Men with wives, significant others more likely to be screened for prostate cancer

... questionnaires containing queries on family history of prostate cancer, concern about getting prostate cancer and marital status. If men had a family history of prostate cancer, they were 50 percent more ... However, the likelihood among men with a family history to get screened decreased if they lived alone. ...

FSU Historian's Arctic research has him sitting on top of the world

... Ronald E. Doel, an associate professor of history at FSU, is the project leader of "Colony, Empire, Environment: A Comparative International history of Twentieth Century Arctic Science," a $1.1 ... from one national slice or another -- a Canadian history of the Arctic, a U.S. focus, a Russian focus. We ...

Jefferson Department of Surgery announces new pancreas tumor registry

... cancer occurs more frequently in families with a history of the disease," said Dr. Yeo, who is the ... are designed to elicit the family health history of a patient with pancreatic cancer or a ... ultrasound for patients with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer," added Dr. Yeo. Such ...

Current mass extinction spurs major study of which plants to save

... the world. They reconstructed the evolutionary history among 177 flowering plants used in these studies ... Therefore, they are looking to evolutionary history for guidance in conservation efforts and in ... community," said Oakley. "The more evolutionary history that is represented in a plant community, the ...

New study indicates link between weight gains during pregnancy and dieting history

... October 1, 2008, St. Louis, MO Women who have a history of dieting or other restricted eating practices ... study, which was designed to determine whether a history of preconception dieting practices and restrained ... with restrained eating patterns such as a history of dieting, concern about eating too much food ...

University of Miami scientist uncovers miscalculation in geological undersea record

... becomes elevated. Using this principle, the history of organic material has been interpreted by ... which are often used throughout the early history of the Earth are not good recorders of the ... during specific periods of the Earth's geological history will have to be adjusted." ...

RV Polarstern on its way to East Siberian Sea

... surface to find clues hinting at the geological history of the Mendeleev Ridge," he explains further. ... It will give new insights into Arctic geological history of the last 100 million years. Furthermore, ... these sediments, it will help to conclude climate history of the younger geological past. For example, the ...

Early origins of maize in Mexico

... as genetic analyses, to reconstruct the early history of maize agriculture. Dr. Jones, of the ... data, are being used to reconstruct the history of agriculture to its origins around the world. ... of maize varieties as well as to reconstruct the history of maize domestication. For example, the locus ...

New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race

... matter when they arrived have contributed to our history and the development of our lifestyle," explains ... and lives today than a question of our past history - since we're all originally african in origin. ... other burial sites and time periods in Danish history is that none of the individuals seem to be ...

Geology and biology meet in the history of US southwestern desert surface waters

... Boulder, CO, USA The history of surface waters in the arid deserts of the U.S. ... distribution of regional aquatic biota, and the history of isolation and speciation. The book's 19 papers ... to provide a current synthesis of the aquatic history of this fascinating western North American region ...

Genetic mutation associated with increased risk of lung cancer

... history, demographic characteristics and family history of cancer. A total of 13.4 percent of the lung ... moderate to heavy smokers. Patients with a family history of lung cancer or other cancers in their ... among 1ATD carriers is independent of a family history of cancer. In summary, our findings ...

Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS

... field of taxonomy, and the importance of natural history museums and botanical gardens in a fun-filled ... are essential parts of understanding the history of life and is in our own self-interest as we ... cybertaxonomy in partnership with leading natural history collections, engineer new cyber tools, and ...

Long lost sisters

... groups. We wanted to look into the ancient history of our species. How did we live throughout most ... relatively little is known about the demographic history of our species over the previous 140,000 years in ... study provides insight into the early demographic history of human populations before they moved out of ...

Dawn of human matrilineal diversity

... surprising insights into the early demographic history of human populations before they moved out of ... relatively little is known about the demographic history of our species over the previous 140,000 years in ... were separate - as much as half of our entire history as a species. Saharon Rosset, IBM T.J. Watson ...

Alzheimer's starts earlier for heavy drinkers, smokers

... from family members on drinking and smoking history and determined whether the participants had the 4 ... Seven percent of the study participants had a history of heavy drinking, which was defined as more than two drinks per day. Twenty percent had a history of heavy smoking, which was defined as smoking ...

Ancient DNA: reconstruction of the biological history of Aldaieta necropolis

... by Ms Concepcin de la Ra, has reconstructed the history of the evolution of human population and answered ... extracted from skeleton remains. Knowing the history of past populations and answering unresolved ... in the reconstruction of the biological history of human populations. ...

Academy establishes Asia Center to protect the environment

... research institution in the Americas, has a long history of biodiversity and environmental research in ... The Historical Collection The Academys history in Asia reaches back to its founding in 1812. At ... with many opportunities to obtain natural history specimens for study and later for public display, ...

Species explorers ask: What's on Your planet?

... in the Botany Department of the Natural history Museum, London; Olivier Rieppel, the MacArthur ... Robert E. Kohler, emeritus professor of the history and Sociology of Science at the University of ... of Spiders at the American Museum of Natural history in New York. His topic is Coming of Age (at ...

March GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights

... the recent geologic past, and its affect on the history of the West Antarctic ice sheet has not yet been ... of the most important climatic changes in Earth's history happened at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary ... million years ago. An unknown link remains: the history of the river in the Grand Canyon region in ...

The top 5 ways medical physics has changed health care

... 5) MEDICAL PHYSICS MOMENTS IN history Some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine occurred in the past century and came ... published in 2008 will have an article devoted to history and reviews of special topics intended to ...

New dinosaur from Mexico offers insights into ancient life on West America

... giving scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, according to an ... led by scientists from the Utah Museum of Natural history at the University of Utah. To date, the ... of Natural History, Utahs designated natural history museum. The new creature aptly dubbed ...