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Female Antarctic seals give cold shoulder to local males

...This could in turn affect how well they respond to future challenges such as climate change." Antarctic fur seals were nearly hunted to extinction in the 17th and 18th Centuries by commercial sealers. There numbers are now estimated at between 2 and 3 million. ...

ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State

...future." "We believe the key to a secure energy future is the efficient and effective use of a diverse mix of energy sources," said Jim Mulva, chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips. "ConocoPhillips is developing long-term relationships with respected academic institutions such as Iowa St...

When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen

...dious process that Knight hopes to automate in the future through the ongoing development of a software program that will help sort out the bang-bang-like "doublets," the brief periods when the neurons fire faster, from slower periods of activity. The results showed lower firing rates among older subject...

Anthrax attack posed greater potential threat than thought

...e than antibody responses, and he recommended that future studies of anthrax vaccines investigate cellular immunity's role in inhibiting the pathogen. ...

How fish species suffer as a result of warmer waters

...on statistical data. However, in order to estimate future changes, it is essential to develop a deeper understanding of the effect of water temperature on the biology of organisms under question. A new investigation, just published in the scientific journal Science, reveals that a warming induced deficiency...

Researchers find gene mutation that causes infertility in male mice

...e but carry the defect and pass the mutation on to future generations. However, female carriers show higher rates of abnormalities during meiosis, which can potentially cause chromosome imbalances and birth defects, the researchers discovered. In addition, the researchers found that female mice with the D...

NASA predicts nongreen plants on other planets

...nfrared. "This work will help guide designs for future space telescopes that will study extrasolar planet... and to find out how these planets might appear to future planet-finding missions. On Earth, Kiang and colleagues surveyed light absorbed and reflected by...

Analysis of rhesus monkey genome uncovers genetic differences with humans, chimps

...(single base DNA differences) that can be used for future analysis of inheritance of biomedically important traits in rhesus. The rhesus genomic DNA samples used for these studies were contributed by the California NPRC, Oregon NPRC, Southwest NPRC and Yerkes NPRC. This advance in macaque genetics will en...

Chemo combination improves survival in asbestos-related cancer

...abatement precautions will avoid most, if not all, future cases. The latency is over 30 years, so we are still diagnosing cases with exposure during World War II and the '40s and '50s." Mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose, Green said, because "there is a lag of many years between exposure and asbestosi...

Reading hidden intentions in the human brain

...ex as subjects concentrated on their choice of two future actions, researchers have been able to distinguish cortical activity patterns that correspond to the subjects' different plans. The findings, reported by a collaborative group led by John-Dylan Haynes of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive a...

New sucker-footed bat discovered in Madagascar

...For now, we do not have to worry as much about the future of Myzopoda," said Steven M. Goodman, Field Museum field biologist and lead author of the study. "We can put conservation efforts on behalf of this bat on the backburner because it is able to live in areas that have been completely degraded, contrary...

New protein inhibitor impedes growth of cancerous cells

...cific cellular processes that might be targeted by future anti-cancer therapeutics. ...

Microbes start immune response by sneaking inside cells

...different way of thinking about how best to design future human vaccines, as well as drugs that could more precisely target the body’s inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis and some other autoimmune diseases. “In our study, the presence of bacterial microbes inside the cell is what triggers the i...

Are we killing the world's oceans?

...ic and policy issues of critical importance to the future of Earth's oceans. The event is part of a series of Forums on Taboo Topics created by RSC: The Academies (formerly the Royal Society of Canada), in partnership with individual Canadian universities, where thorny issues of national concern can be c...

Scientists discover how body fights to control spread of cancer

...cal role and may have significant implications for future developments of drugs for the treatment of the disease." ...

Scientists clone mice from adult skin stem cells

...al hurdles are overcome, it may be possible in the future to use a patient's skin stem cells to tailor make embryonic stem cell lines, circumventing the problem of immune rejection. Such stem cells might also be used to study a variety of different diseases, for which patient tissue is often hard to come...

Blame the brain for high blood pressure

...tion and increase blood flow within the brain. The future challenge will be to understand the type of inflammation within the vessels in the brain, so that we know what drug to use, and how to target them. JAM-1 could provide us with new clues as to how to deal with this disease. ? Professor Jeremy Pearso...

ESA launches new project to protect biodiversity

...g sustainable use of our marine resources, for our future generations," MarViva's Michael Rothschild said. ...essed through the Convention process regarding the future integrity of natural ecosystems, the survival of species and the goods and services they offer to hu...

How badger culling creates conditions for spread of bovine TB

...e. The results also have major implications for future policy to control bovine TB in the UK. According to the authors: "Past badger culling policies have been accompanied by an inexorable rise in the incidence of TB in cattle. Indeed, it has become apparent that the various strategies may actually have ...

Scientists use nanoparticle to discover disease-causing proteins

...be useful in diagnosis and drug development. In future research, Tao plans to investigate how dendrimers are able to enter the cell so easily, what happens to them once they are in the cell and whether there are any long-term effects. ...

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