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Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures

... of ocean resources in over 30 years. It calls for sweeping changes in ocean policy including dramatic increases in ocean science funding and restructuring of government agencies that manage ocean resources. "Governor Bush's response to the report was by far one of the most substantial and relevant of any st...

Blink, and the brain misses it

...enting the brain from becoming aware of the eyelid sweeping down over the pupil during a blink and the world going dark," explains Professor Frith. In summing up the study's implications, the authors suggest that when we blink, the brain may just miss it. Bristow et al.: "Blinking suppresses the neural respo...

Toxic flood lifts lid on common urban pollution problem

...benefits. Finally, cities can use high-tech street sweeping equipment that is very effective at capturing pavement contaminants. "If you pick up this potentially toxic material before it gets into the hydrological cycle, it is far more economical than if you try to take it out of the water after the fact," ...

Scientists map one of biology's critical light-sensing structures

...e door for a host of manipulations that could have sweeping implications for agriculture. Writing in the Nov. 17, 2005 issue of the journal Nature, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that they have obtained the crystal structure of a phytochrome from a bacterium, the first s...

Novel connection found between biological clock and cancer

...dition to its pacemaker functions that play such a sweeping role in the rhythms and activities of life. "The notion that the clock regulates DNA-damage input and that mutation can affect the clock as well as the cell cycle is novel," says Jay Dunlap, professor and chair of genetics at DMS. "It suggests a fun...

Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis

...he "canary in the coal mine" - the first clear and sweeping biological example of environmental change, pollution and toxicity that may ultimately affect many other animal species, including humans.The demise of amphibians also has ecological ripple effects ?they provide a major control of insect pests, and i...

Key to lung cancer chemo resistance revealed

...uction. In cancer cells, NRF2 activity runs amok, sweeping away all cellular toxins, including chemotherapy agents. Biswal says that blocking NRF2 activity could improve the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy drugs, particularly platinum-based compounds widely used for lung cancer. In Biswal's stud...

Edible coatings will be the packaging of the future

... by the food industry are vacuum packing, nitrogen sweeping and aluminium foil. The Pamplona research chemist holds that WPI films are the packaging of the future, although the commercial exploitation of the application is yet to materialize. There are many possibilities ?on the one hand, they will prolong th...

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