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Time series identify population responses to climate change

... in the June issue of BioScience , by Eric post of Pennsylvania State University and five ... The article concentrates on recent analyses by post and others of yellow-billed cuckoos, ... among populations. The pattern of responses, post and colleagues report, "suggests a strong role ...

Scientists achieve first tracking of salmon from headwaters in Rockies through Pacific to Alaska

... salmon were followed via an extensive network of post acoustic receivers in the Columbia and Fraser ... Life is accomplishing on a global scale through post and 16 other projects. Some other Census ... migration can profit from the technology that post has now tested. The underwater array of ...

Taking the next step toward advanced artificial limbs

... to the body. A fixed metal or composite post will be placed into bone, and then multiple ... how those skin cells interact with a variety of post materials. Kristen Billiar, associate professor ... to create a stronger bond around the implanted post to provide a foundation for the epidermis, which ...

Claims of sex-related differences in genetic association studies often not properly validated

... and 68 (15.7 percent) were acknowledged to be post hoc (after the study) analyses; in the other 78 ... defined, and adequately powered subgroups. post hoc, discovery-based analyses are also of interest, but their post hoc character should be clearly stated in the ...

Cytori reports benefit of adipose-derived regenerative cells in spinal disc model

... density and disc-specific extracellular matrix components at 12-months post treatment in a large animal model. The data were presented today at the ... in Germany." In addition, in this preclinical study at 12 months post therapy, injured discs that were treated with ADRCs in HA showed ...

Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system

... the ocean surface. Acoustic tags deployed by another CoML project, post (Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking), allows researchers to follow animals that ... Over 12,000 POST-coded acoustic tags have been released over the post array, resulting in more than 4 million detections of the movements and ...

Human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system: Scientists

... the ocean surface. Acoustic tags deployed by another CoML project, post (Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking), allows researchers to follow animals that ... Over 12,000 POST-coded acoustic tags have been released over the post array, resulting in more than 4 million detections of the movements and ...

AAAS announces winners of 2007 AAAS Science Journalism Awards

... Guy Gugliotta, a freelance science writer formerly with The Washington post , said the series was a compelling narrative detective story that shows ... Kathy Sawyer, a freelance science writer formerly with The Washington post , said Alvords well-crafted and enterprising online package zooms in to ...

U of I scientist does nutritional detective work in Botswana

... each tribal chief's permission, then set up shop in front of Botswanan post offices on the days the elderly received their pension checks and ... interviewed were as old and as mobile as they were. Most had walked to the post office to get their pension," she said. "Many live to be 80 or 90, yet ...

2 carotid artery stenting studies show results comparable to AHA guidelines

... treated with carotid stents in Abbotts CAPTURE 2 (Carotid ACCULINK/ACCUNET post Approval Trial to Uncover Rare Events) and EXACT (Emboshield and Xact post Approval Carotid Stent Trial) post-marketing trials, which enrolled 4,111 ...

Geron Demonstrates hESC-derived cardiomyocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction

... after infarction but two days prior to cell injection) and at four weeks post cardiomyocyte implantation. All animals exhibited significant cardiac dysfunction two days post infarct. On average, left-ventricular end diastolic and systolic diameters ...

Recovery act-funded research projects aid communities across the country

... construction projects. An influx of ARRA funds has enabled public and private research universities from Maryland to California to post 'help wanted' ads, providing a boon to the local economies. Through the National Institutes of Health's ARRA-funded summer experience program, more ...

Stem cell research: From molecular physiology to therapeutic applications

... it is possible to avoid immunorejection of either nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells. On the other hand, recent post mortem analysis of patients who received fetal brain cell transplantation revealed that implanted cells are prone to degeneration just like ...

UK bioscience sparkles with new Diamond fellowship

... fellowships by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) including the first ever Diamond Fellowship, so named because the post will be based at the new Research Complex at Harwell, adjacent to the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire - the UK national synchrotron facility. ...

A 'heart healthy' diet and ongoing, moderate physical activity may protect against cognitive decline

... and moderate activity levels and cognition in recently postmenopausal women. Study participants were 90 women aged 50-63 years, one to 10 years post natural menopause, with no history of breast cancer, HRT use, psychiatric disorder, dementia or other neurological condition. Participants gave ...

Recent news reports of sweetener reformulations raise questions about motivations

... holes in companies' marketing efforts and put forth scientifically substantiated facts about sweeteners commonly used in foods. As Washington post health reporter Jennifer LaRue Huget wrote on June 12, "most nutrition experts now agree there's really little material difference" between high ...

Lombardi scientist brings 'dream team' breast cancer research effort to GUMC

... 30 faculty members working exclusively on the prevention and cure of breast cancer. The Nina Hyde Center, founded in honor of the late Washington post fashion editor, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Georgetown University has consistently ranked in the top 10 institutions conducting breast ...

Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side

... process the signals of the signaling molecules and how they react." Mutants do not react to high concentrations Already during her time as a post doc in San Francisco, U.S., Pia Aanstad discovered a mutated zebra fish whose Hedgehog signaling pathway was disrupted. The fish showed a genetic ...

Skip this cocktail party

... a major collaborative effort between the laboratories of Reddy and Mark Hahn in the WHOI Biology Department, where Montie was a graduate student and post doc, as well as Robert Letcher at Environment Canada. Montie traveled to Environment Canada in Ottawa to learn the painstaking techniques required to ...

Tumor growth and chemo response may be predicted by mathematical model

... and which will not, and what the optimal dose is for a particular patient," said Hermann Frieboes, Ph.D., lead author of the chemotherapy study and a post doctoral fellow at the UT School of Health Information Sciences. In the not-too-distant future, the mathematical model could help design therapies ...

Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia

... spanning discovery of a new gene variant, confirmation of its association with the illness, and multi-level probes into how it works in human post mortem brain tissue, the living human brain, and neurons," added Weinberger. By regulating the flow of potassium ions into the cell, potassium ...

Olympus advances technology for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery

... images enabling doctors to see fine details during surgical procedures. Olympus' EndoEYE has a streamlined configuration, eliminating the light post and intrusive second cable. Incorporation of a deflectable tip on the EndoEYE provides surgeons with the flexibility to change the direction of ...

Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter

... different about what I was just paying attention to.' And you see a momentary change in brain activity." Wilson, who used the interface to post the Twitter update, likens it to texting on a cell phone. "You have to press a button four times to get the character you want," he says of texting. ...

Alzheimer cell death in Zebrafish: Demise of neurons observed live for the first time

... cells leads to severe dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Until now, it has only been possible to investigate the neuronal devastation in post mortem animal models, and by using complicated methods. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease at ...

2009 AIBS Media Award

... (CAP), where he specialized in science policy and wrote for the online and print journal, Science Progress . Weiss came to CAP from The Washington post , where he was a science and medical reporter for 15 years. He has earned degrees in both biology and journalism and has written articles for The ...

SectorWatch.biz Issues Commentary for Investors of Homeland Defense Companies FOUR, MAGS, NSSC, PNTR, BCO, and CKP

... FiSpace.net is the premiere Internet destination for stock market readers and writers, allowing individuals to post blogs, articles, messages and more in organized sector channels, creating the effective exchange of ideas. FiSpace.net, StockUpTicks, and ...

The Evolution of Human Aggression: Feb. 25-27 conference

... Resolution in Great Apes. One panelist is Harvard's Richard Wrangham, who argues that power imbalances promote violence. Noon Thursday, Feb. 26, post Theater, Fort Douglas Keynote lecture by Martin Daly and Margo Wilson of McMaster University. They will discuss how homicide rates correlate with ...

Protein that regulates hormones critical to women's health found in pituitary

... birth, a phenomenon that has intrigued Jackson for a long time. "It's quite possible that Syt IV levels change during pregnancy, birth and even post partum," he conjectures. Confirming the possibility will be the next order of business for the Wisconsin researchers and others. Jackson's ...

Louisiana Tech physicists highlight top 10 science stories of 2008

... the physics potential of the LHC. "[Louisiana Tech] has three faculty members and two graduate students working on the ATLAS experiment, and our post doc at Fermilab has begun the transition to LHC-related work," says Sawyer, head of the physics department at Louisiana Tech. The LHC accelerates ...

UT Southwestern researchers identify gene linked to inherited form of fatal lung disease

... effects of SFTPA2 on different cells in the lungs. Other UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study were lead author Dr. Yongyu Wang, a post doctoral researcher in the McDermott Center; Dr. Philip Kuan, an internal medicine resident; Dr. Chao Xing, assistant professor of clinical sciences; ...

Donation for new Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology

... will also give Denmark and EU significant savings in pharmaceutical spending, which continue to grow". Training of at least 9 PhD students and 5-6 post doctoral scientists are envisaged at the highest level gaining maximum benefit through close collaboration with industrial partners and international ...

Forest inventories in California include more than trees

... of the PNW Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program. "Instead of the 10-year timber reports we used to produce, we now post data annually and write a report every 5 years that covers a much broader range of topics that regularly appear in the news. The idea was not only ...

Forest inventories in Oregon include more than trees

... of the PNW Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program. "Instead of the 10-year timber reports we used to produce, we now post data annually and write a report every 5 years that covers a much broader range of topics that regularly appear in the news. The idea was not only ...

Jupiter's shrinking red spot

... how paddles and stretched ribbons of sailcloth vibrate in manmade breezes in a wind tunnel. As the airflow increases, for example, a paddle on a post first twists and then flaps, like a stop sign being pummeled by hurricane-force winds. The ribbon's behavior is more complicated, but also essential ...

Animal and biological science highlights: San Antonio Fluid Dynamics Conference, Nov. 23-25

... how paddles and stretched ribbons of sailcloth vibrate in manmade breezes in a wind tunnel. As the airflow increases, for example, a paddle on a post first twists and then flaps, like a stop sign being pummeled by hurricane-force winds. The ribbon's behavior is more complicated, but also essential ...

LSUHSC research identifies key contributor to Alzheimer's disease process

... to be integral to the Alzheimer's disease process. Dr. Lukiw's research team, which also included LSUHSC's Jian Guo Cui, MD, PhD and Yuhai Zhao, a post doctoral student in the lab, demonstrated in human brain cells in primary culture that MiRNA-146a targets the messenger RNA of an important ...

Oral rinses used for tracking HPV-positive head and neck cancers holds promise for cancer screening

... to therapy also had a 44-fold increase of post-treatment infection. Findings showed no significant odds of tumor recurrence among those with post treatment infections and no association between these infections and the development of second primary tumors at two years. However, this possibility ...

Ultrasound shown to exert remote control of brain circuits

... and offers the potential for new treatments of brain disorders and disease. While it might be hard to imagine the day where doctors could treat post traumatic stress disorders, traumatic brain injury and even Alzheimer's disease with the flip of a switch, most of us have in fact experienced some ...

Similar survival rates for Pacific salmon in Fraser, Columbia Rivers raises new questions

... efforts have focused on helping smolts pass through the hydropower system. However, the scientific team aims to clarify with future studies using post technology whether dam passage in itself has long-term detrimental effects that impact salmon's ocean survival. The researchers note that threats ...

Synthetic Biology: Coming Up Fast!

... author of Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet (2006). Weiss recently left The Washington post after a distinguished career as one of the country's foremost science journalists. Synthetic biology is an emerging area of research that uses ...