Acid water in East Java threatens biodiversity and local welfare
...idents, whose harvests failed and whose health was deteriorating due to extremely acidified and polluted river water. Lohr has recently received a second grant to help the Javanese population. Lohr's Ph.D. study was part of a larger project on the Ijen Crater Lake on East Java, Indonesia. This crater lake is the ...Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'
...ses can provide resource managers advance signs of deteriorating ecological conditions caused by poor water quality and pollution." Among its findings, the study analyzed an apparent disconnect between the scientific community’s concerns over seagrass habitat and its coverage in the popular media. While recent...Stem cell therapy shows promise for rescuing deteriorating vision
...ve ever got." How the cells act to preserve the deteriorating eye cells remains unknown, says Gamm. Like all cells, neural progenitor cells do many things and secrete many different types of chemicals that may influence the cells around them. "The idea was to test the cells as a continuous delivery system"......e of these fibrils, a treatment that prevents them deteriorating would always prove elusive," said Professor Kadler. "This research, while just a beginning, at least establishes some basic scientific facts that could prove useful in future studies on osteoarthritis and related conditions." The next stage of th...