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Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication

...ill like statues for several seconds. Finally, the spell is broken, and the quartet of bulls ambles back to the waterhole to resume drinking and socializing. Synchronized freezing is a common behavior in the wild, even among large herds of 20 or more. Remaining motionless seems to enable elephants to focu...

A little stress gives beneficial oomph! to immune system

...rward and backward. This restraint created a brief spell of psychological stress, similar to the kind of stress a person anticipating or undergoing a dental or surgical procedure may feel. The other group of mice ?the non-stressed group ?remained in their home cages. Once the stressed mice were removed fr...

Insulin pulses keep the liver lean

...n. Resulting hikes in blood sugar and fat can also spell diabetes and heart disease, Najjar added. "When we eat, the pancreas produces insulin, which stimulates the absorption of sugar and fat by the liver," Najjar said. "But in today's Western society, large portions and frequent munching may lead insuli...

Study reveals genomics of inflammation from severe injury

...rchers hope to identify the molecular markers that spell sepsis. The research team zeroed in on white blood cells, which help fight infection and disease and trigger inflammation. The scientists analyzed the activity of tens of thousands of genes from these cells, which were taken from the volunteers at ...

Study Unlocks Insects?Secret for Love in the Dark

...rchers hope to identify the molecular markers that spell sepsis. The research team zeroed in on white blood cells, which help fight infection and disease and trigger inflammation. The scientists analyzed the activity of tens of thousands of genes from these cells, which were taken from the volunteers at ...

Illinois pig to make history as source of first complete swine genome

...g of the some 2.5 billion chemical base pairs that spell out the pig's genetic code will be done at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. The groundwork for the project has grown over time at Illinois, through extensive swine research, the development of genetic tools and a campus comm...

Study fishes out new role for prostaglandins

...cess." While 'bad timing' during development can spell the end for an embryo, finding ways to exploit this pathway could have beneficial effects in cancer cells. "The pathways important for regulating development are also dysregulated in cancer," said DuBois, who studies prostaglandin signaling in colo...

Better sludge through metagenomics

... the process would translate into huge savings and spell relief for environmental engineers. David Jenkins is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. His research spans some forty years of international professional practice in water and wastewater ch...

Biologists probe the machinery of cellular protein factories

...rk in living cells, and the DNA sequences in genes spell out the instructions for making those proteins. The crucial job of reading the genetic instructions and synthesizing the specified proteins is carried out by ribosomes, tiny protein factories humming away inside the cells of all living things. Harr...

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