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Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

... vulnerable than ever because of rapid advances in exploration technology, the report says. Known as "extremophiles," the genetic make-up of organisms of the deep that live in extreme conditions of pressure, temperature and toxicity is drawing enormous interest from scientists and companies bioprospecting for p...

One bacteria stops another on contact

...research is in its infancy, but opens the door for exploration of the roles of contact-dependent growth inhibition in urinary tract infections and possibly other diseases," said Low. "Aoki has discovered an entirely new phenomenon," explained Low, who has studied E. coli for over 20 years. "It is fascinating th...

Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region

...ons. The expedition begins today with a month-long exploration in China where scientists, conservationists, Imagineers from Disney and filmmakers from Discovery Networks will join renowned biologists, botanists and other technical experts from Conservation International's (CI) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) as t...

Nose odors and mouth odors: The brain distinguishes

...den Medical School, the researchers launched their exploration into the brain's possible dual response to odors because of the well-known phenomenon that sensing an odor "orthonasally" through the nose triggers the perception that it is coming from the outside world, while sensing it through the mouth--or "retro...

What comes first…the chicken, the egg, or the bad attitude?

...hof have broadened their research focus to include exploration of links between hen reproductive attitude and broiler quality. Their work will contribute to the production of high-quality broilers and to the growing research focus on development of high-quality, value-added poultry products. ...

Drawing with DNA: 'Bioart' illuminates genomics

... to extracting what's important. And it is also an exploration of what art might have to offer for discovery in the sciences." "Ecce Homology" premiered in 2003 at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. At SIGGRAPH 2005, "Ecce Homology" is being showcased as part of the international conference's Art Gall...

New tool reveals secrets of migrating cells

...ts, conducted primarily by Witt, suggest that this exploration probably is a search for a signal that will decide the cell's fate. In their experiments on one lobe of the mouse thymus, in fact, Witt and her colleagues saw cells, possibly those that have made a decision on their fate, halt their wanderings and ma...

Researchers Discover That Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical Wires

...jor milestone because it may usher in a new era of exploration of both microbial respiration and bio-electronics.?The findings, he said, are “promising and exciting,?although he emphasized the information must be independently confirmed and extended by other microbiologists and biophysicists. Geobacter are the...

Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures

...mer's. The work will include the first submersible exploration of the remote Cay Sal Bank, which encompasses a nu...tion will also include several days of submersible exploration on the Miami Terrace, a 60-mile long, ancient deep-water reef just east of Fort Lauderdale and Miami...

DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse

... release of IMG offers a comprehensive genome data exploration system of the DOE JGI-sequenced genomes to our collaborators and the scientific community at large." According to Kyrpides, future releases of IMG will provide enhanced data analysis capabilities and mechanisms that will allow the scientific communit...

Neuronal 'traffic jam' marks early Alzheimer's disease

...achinery." The researchers plan to continue their exploration of the transport machinery's involvement in Alzheimer's pathology by using human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into neurons in culture. Their goal is to alter those neurons genetically by introducing mutations know to cause Alzheimer's diseas...

UCSB scientists probe sea floor venting to gain understanding of early life on Earth

...th the cradle of life on Earth and a model for the exploration and discovery of life on other planets. "We are highly conscious of the importance of microbes in the grand scheme of things," said Haymon. "Indeed, they are the greatest biomass on the planet. They are strongly implicated as the earliest life here ...

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