Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2
...issued by the Royal Society in the U.K. sounds the alarm about the world's oceans. "If CO2 from human activ... of global warming. "This report should sound the alarm bells around the world," remarked Chris Field, director of the Carnegie Department of Global Ecology...Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths
... of Florida researchers warn. The trend is raising alarm as the number of people dying from an overdose of the drug fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, rises. Addicts are misusing a clear patch that transfers a controlled dose of fentanyl through the skin into the bloodstream over the...Why do aneurysms form? New studies suggest leading role for white blood cells
...n or injury to an area of tissue, and sounding the alarm to summon other immune cells to join the fight. They are key to the process of inflammation by which the body fights off insults from bacteria, viruses and injuries. The two new papers show for the first time that neutrophils are important in the ve...Bacteria recognize antimicrobials, respond with counter-defenses
...f antimicrobial peptides as a warning signal. This alarm sets off a reaction inside the bacteria to avoid destruction. University of Washington (UW) and McGill University researchers have revealed a molecular mechanism whereby bacteria can recognize tiny antimicrobial peptide molecules, then respond by be...Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans
...reduction in biodiversity. There is real cause for alarm here." Scientists say losing the variety of fish does not bode well for the future health of open oceans. A robust portfolio of different species is a key to maintaining our supply of fish in the long term and the ability of these living resources t......redators such as ladybird beetles, they release an alarm pheromone, (E)-รข-farnesene, that has long been kno...titute in Jena, Germany, now show that exposure to alarm pheromone also causes pea aphids to produce winged offspring that leave their host plant when mature...