India's smoking gun: Dino-killing eruptions
...le is that massive volcanism like the Deccan Traps correlates with all major mass extinctions in Earth's history, she said. "In only one case is there evidence for both volcanism and impact," she said. And that is the K-T mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs. "Our view is that impact added to ...Microbe has huge role in ocean life, carbon cycle
...er and decrease during the winter, in a cycle that correlates to the ebb and flow of organic carbon in the ocean surface. Molecular probes, gene cloning, sequencing techniques and other tools have been used in this exploration. ...New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows
...f the diffusion changes in any way, up or down, it correlates to a positive outcome. The magnitude or amount of change relates to the effectiveness of treatment. This indicates a different mixture of cell death pathways within the tumors. In the end, any change is good. When you think about it, if the treatment...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
...jobs. Commitment to the helper or killer lineages correlates precisely with the restriction of the T-cell receptor toward either class I or class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Most helper T cells carry a surface protein called CD4, which is attracted to class II MHC. Killer cells carry t...