Region in Biological News

August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... regolith at Hebes dissolved and melted when the region was heated early in the planet's history. They ... with other climate records from the same region and time period suggest changes in precipitation ... dry for the development of glaciers. Instead, the region consisted of a great Arctic steppe, bound by ...

Leicester research paves way for first use in Europe of an insect to fight invasive plant

... to focus their collecting efforts on the precise region of Japan where the European clone of Japanese ... to show that small mutations in the chloroplast region of these plants gave us a clue to the region of origin. Catherine Pashley carried on this work ...

New Report Just Published: World Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Report

... of World. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2006 through 2015. A five-year ... Breakdown of Value Sales by Geographic region - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and ... Percentage Breakdown of Volume Production by region - Europe, North America and Asia (includes ...

Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues

... and soil fertility. If all forest stands in this region were just allowed to increase in age by 50 years, ... carbon budget, scientists say, since this region accounts for 14 percent of the live biomass in ... factors. "We have known that forests in this region have high productivity, and in recent years we ...

Study finds DNA barcoding requires caution without closer examination

... is still much debate over which gene sequence region should be used and its reliability. In animals, ... where COI fails to distinguish species. The COI region fails completely for plants because it evolves at ... DNA: the internal non-transcribed spacer region (ITS); and various plastid regions to include the ...

NSF announces funding for Alaska Region Research Vessel

... Science Foundation has announced that the Alaska region Research Vessel will be the first project funded ... will open up the ice-choked waters of the Alaska region to scientists from all over the world. In ... meteorology and oceanography. Research in this region is particularly important because of the high ...

WWF study says climate change could displace millions in Asia's Coral Triangle

... could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, ... to avoid a worst-case scenario in the region through significant reductions in greenhouse gas ... Triangle is challenging but manageable, and the region would respond well to reductions in local ...

Searching for pollution in the Caribbean

... situation and know about the capabilities in the region through this project, the impact will not be ... and analytical capability available in the region are enhanced, particularly in the use of nuclear ... of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Caribbean region will benefit from work already done. Set to run ...

NASA study says climate adds fuel to Asian wildfire emissions

... Without some new strategies, emissions from the region could rise substantially in a drier, warmer future." Since the 1997 event, the region has been hit by two major dry spells and a steady ... phenomenon affects climate in the Indian Ocean region with oscillating ocean temperatures characterized ...

First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights

... children with autism relied more heavily on a region of the brain responsible for conscious, effortful ... while their typically developing peers utilized a region of the brain important for automating motor ... had increased activity in the cerebellum, a region of the brain important for automating motor ...

Diminuendo -- New mouse model for understanding cause of progressive hearing loss

... The respective microRNA seed region influences the production of sensory hair cells ... which a single base of a specific microRNA seed region has been altered. Mice carrying this miR-96 ... cluster Mirn96 was mutated in the same seed region as in the mouse model. Now, with the aid of this ...

New insights into progressive hearing loss

... sequencing showed that most of the genes in the region could not be responsible for hearing loss. ... in the mouse gene. All three sit in a vital region of seven letters in the mature sequence of miR96" ... to equivalent microRNAs and to the equivalent region within the microRNA - just seven letters that are ...

New research reveals the earliest evidence for corn in the New World

... occurred somewhere in the Central Balsas Valley region of tropical southwest Mexico. However, no ... out there. Piperno and the team searched this region of Mexico for locations that showed human ... more work needs to be done in the Central Balsas region to investigate even earlier periods when teosinte ...

Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat

... that three bird species common to the Flint Hills region of Kansas and Oklahoma are experiencing serious ... being pristine prairie, however, the Flint Hills region supports a major cattle industry and is ... be misleading because they don't show what the region is capable of producing. Birds are very mobile ...

Genetic study shows direct link between vitamin D and MS susceptibility 'gene'

... The largest genetic effect by far comes from the region on chromosome six containing the gene variant ... risk candidate vitamin D and the main gene region are directly linked and interact." Professor ... showed that environment changes to the same gene region can increase the risk of developing MS even ...

10 new amphibian species discovered in Colombia

... leaders in natural diversity and not only in our region but in the world. Without a doubt this discovery ... by climate change. "Without a doubt this region is a true Noah's Ark. The high number of new ... Although the natural cover of the Darien region is currently relatively undisturbed, it faces ...

Genetic variation may lead to early cardiovascular disease

... PLoS Genetics . In a previous study, a region on chromosome 7 was linked to coronary artery ... focused on identifying the gene in this region that confers risk of early-onset CAD and ... change of the DNA code on the NPY promoter region of the gene the part of the gene that turns it ...

4 years after tsunami: Corals stage comeback

... enormous hope that coral reefs in this remote region can return to their previous condition and ... is adjacent to the "Coral Triangle," a massive region containing 75 percent of the world's coral ... Islands, and Timor-Leste. The region is estimated to generate more than $2 billion per ...

Study first to pinpoint why analgesic drugs may be less potent in females than in males

... differences in mu-opioid receptor expression in a region of the brain called the periaqueductal gray area ... higher level of mu-opioid receptors in the PAG region of the brain compared with females. This higher ... no longer worked, suggesting that this brain region is required for opiate-mediated pain relief. ...

Over 1,000 species discovered in the Greater Mekong in past decade

... new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia in the last decade, according ... 4 birds, 4 turtles, 2 salamanders and a toad. The region comprises the six countries through which the ... the region's immense biodiversity. "This region is like what I read about as a child in the ...

Synthetic virus supports a bat origin for SARS

... in culture. But substitution of a single small region from human SARS-CoV the Spike protein receptor ... "It was a tremendous surprise that such a small region of SARS-CoV was sufficient to allow the bat virus ... mice, but a single additional change in the Spike region allowed efficient growth in mice, without causing ...

Montana State partnership receives $66.9M for carbon sequestration

... studies have shown that the Big Sky partnership's region -- in depleted oil and gas fields and saline ... sequestration methods that are relevant to the region and develop the infrastructure, expertise and ... involved studying the geology beneath the Big Sky region to determine its suitability and capacity for ...

Pitt research identifies new target in brain for treating schizophrenia

... controlling schizophrenia by identifying a brain region that responds to more than one type of ... activity in the orbitofrontal cortexa brain region responsible for cognitive activity such as ... encourage researchers to focus on this brain region in imaging and other human studies, and also to ...

Sibling study could lead to better treatments for inherited form of colon cancer

... cancer, scientists discovered similarities on a region of a particular chromosome, referred to as 7q31. ... in colon cancer patients that would suggest that region holds a gene that's causing colon cancer," says ... also shows siblings who share this genetic region tend to develop cancer 3.8 years earlier than ...

Important new hair-loss gene discovered

... was linked to hair loss. However, the other region was new to us". This is only the second region of the genome that can definitely be associated ... to discover the role played by this genomic region in hair-growth", says Dr. Felix Brockschmidt of ...

'Himalaya -- Changing Landscapes' photo exhibition draws attention to the impacts of climate change

... conducted intensive studies of the Everest region in Nepal taking photographs of the glaciers, ... Fritz Mller spent eight months in the region at locations above 5000 metres, studying and ... Himalayan mountain range. The greater Himalayan region has the largest concentration of snow and ice ...

Brookhaven scientists take off for southeastern Pacific climate study

... complementary sampling studies in the coastal region of Chile south of Santiago. "We are motivated ... study because the vast area of clouds in this region will provide an ideal laboratory for testing ... for the study. The southeastern Pacific region is dominated by strong coastal upwelling, ...

Aberrations in region of chromosome 1q21.1 associated with broad range of disorders in children

... a submicroscopic aberration in a particular region of human chromosome 1q21.1 that appears to be ... and microduplications in a specific region of chromosome 1q21.1 in groups of patients with ... had one small duplication at the far end of the region under study, and only one had duplication of the ...

Scientists point to forests for carbon storage solutions

... capacity in forests in the upper Great Lakes region and details how historic land use, climate ... an equation suggesting that a heavily forested region in northern Michigan could store more than ... (UMBS). The composition of this small forested region is representative of the forests stretching about ...

Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb

... the authors of this study zoomed in on a genomic region they termed human-accelerated conserved ... a unique human-specific gene-activating role in a region of the developing limb that eventually forms the ... demonstration that changes in the gene regulatory region have actually led to a novel function unique to ...

Study says eyes evolved for X-Ray vision

... like forests. All animals have a binocular region parts of the world that both eyes can see ... behind the clutter with both. "Our binocular region is a kind of 'spotlight' shining through the clutter, allowing us to visually sweep out a cluttered region to recognize the objects beyond it," says ...

September Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... Erosion of the lower Mississippi valley and delta region during the last ice age removed a large mass of ... have resulted in large-scale uplift of the delta region and adjacent Gulf of Mexico shorelinewhereas ... new light on the environmental history of a key region in the evolution of global climate. Long ...

Successful series of measurements in Arctic sea ice

... and Greenland. It is the most important region for the exchange of Atlantic and Polar water ... less saline Arctic water flows south. This marine region is the only deepwater link between the North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean and hence a region in which systematic changes are reflected in a ...

Research exposes new target for malaria drugs

... conserved areas. Higgins found that a variable region of PfEMP1 covers a section that is important for ... molecule on blood vessels, the variable region moves aside and ever so briefly exposes the ... that mimic chondroitin sulphate and expose this region might be an approach to hasten this immunity. ...

New study shows compounds from soy affect brain and reproductive development

... show that the actual physical organization of a region of the brain that is important for female ... organization of the hypothalamus a brain region that is essential to the regulation of puberty ... of both female rats and female humans have a region that regulates ovulation. "That part of the ...

AGU journal highlights -- July 23, 2008

... 8. Taking sharper look at key atmospheric region The middle atmosphere is composed of the ... 90 kilometers (7.5 to 56 miles) in altitude. This region is important because it houses ozone, which ... degrees in latitude and longitude, and covers a region that extends from the surface to a height of ...

August 2008 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... are caused by the Yellowstone hotspota hot region deep below Yellowstone National Park. But how hot ... Studying the southeast tip of Tierra del Fuego, a region that was once attached to the Antarctic ... of a continental extensional regime in the region during the period prior to the opening of small ...

UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV

... regions of its envelope, HIV needs at least one region that must remain constant to attach to cells. If this region changes, HIV cannot infect cells. Equally important, HIV does not want this constant region to provoke the body's defense system. So, HIV ...

'Cross fire' from the brain makes patients tremble

... feedback" and the frequency in a specific core region of the brain, in the thalamus and the basal ... in the frequency domain of 5 Hz from the core region of the brain also drive the tremor", explained ... influences the disturbed neurons in the core region of the brain and effectively removes their ...

UC San Diego researchers identify potential new drug candidates to combat 'bird flu'

... gyrate and wiggle over time. In particular, one region dubbed a "hot pocket" appeared to be quite dynamic and flexible. Amaro said the topology of this region and the amino acids linking the pocket are ... which compounds fit best into the "hot pocket" region of N1. Generally, compounds that most easily bind ...