Tag: "harvest" at biology news

Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life

...ego who managed the data. “And we need to reliably harvest this information at sea, thousands of miles from our shore-based labs, and to preserve it as a unique snapshot of these iceberg ecosystems at this point in history.” Using SDSC-developed technologies, Helly collected the data using the SIOExplore...

Super-fermenting fungus genome sequenced

...by providing new outlets for agricultural and wood harvest residues.? Ligonocellulosic biomass, a complex of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, is derived from such plant-based “feedstocks?as agricultural waste, paper and pulp, wood chips, grasses, or trees such as poplar, recently sequenced by DOE JG...

Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid

...ons a year—roughly equivalent to the entire annual harvest of all the commercial fisheries on Earth. Humans also are big consumers of squid, including jumbo squid, now the target of a thriving commercial fishery in Baja California. "Even though this species is found only in the eastern Pacific, it reaches...

Shedding new light on proteorhodopsin

...l energy sources. Microbes that can simultaneously harvest energy from several different sources may be bette...r thinking was that if you had a system that could harvest energy from two different sources and you knocked out one of those sources then you would probably m...

Saving endangered whales at no cost

...times greater than in the Canadian Fishing Area to harvest the same lobster catch. On the basis of these findings and estimations of seasonal whale presence determined by patterns of whale sightings, the authors estimate that, in terms of impact on right whales, each lobster caught in Canada has less than 1%...

Canada's new government invests $200M in the fight against the mountain pine beetle

...oducts, with about one third of Canada's potential harvest coming from British Columbia. Canada has 10 percent of the world's forests, including 30 percent of the world's boreal forests. Forests provide jobs and economic benefits for many communities and contribute to the well-being and health of Canadians ...

Penn researchers replace organ in adult mice using 'single-parent' stem cells

...from a fertilized egg. The researchers could then harvest fetal liver cell precursors for transplant. Ultimately, the scientists found that uniparental cells, regardless of parent of origin, were able to functionally replenish the entire blood-producing system of adult mice. The scientists were able ...

Long-lived deep-sea fishes imperiled by technology, overfishing

...ries biologist from Oregon State University. "The harvest of deep-sea fishes is a lot like the harvest of old-growth timber," Heppell said, "except we don't ‘replant' the fish. We have to depend on the f...

How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones

... on the effects on vulnerability of fragmentation, harvest systems, and other aspects of stand structure."...

Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck

...undant plant material, from corn stalks left after harvest to wood chips from papermills and fast-growing weeds. "Our simulations have given us a better understanding of the interactions between the enzyme complex and cellulose at the molecular level -- the computer model showed us how the binding portio...

Discovery of the first resistance gene to rice yellow mottle virus

...y produce leaf symptoms, or have any impact on the harvest production. However, these varieties do not have the agronomic characteristics sought after for intensive irrigated cultivation or growing on low-lying land, where the disease provokes most damage. IRD geneticists have for several years been applying...

End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources

...e that it's possible to sustain a large commercial harvest and expand "growing stock" at the same time. Says economist Dr. Sedjo: "The USA gained growing stock during 1990 to 2005 while harvesting much round wood and some fuel. China did likewise. On the other hand, Indonesia and Brazil lost much growin...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

...use just the protein-making machinery of cells. To harvest just the parts he needs, Swartz literally rips cells open by applying intense shear forces. For one of his more recent contributions to developing cell-free techniques, Swartz will receive the Gaden Award at the ACS meeting. The award is named for ...

Bacteria that use radiated water as food

...burg disaster demonstrated. Firmicutes are able to harvest energy from the reaction of hydrogen and sulfate, allowing other microbes in the fracture community to use the chemical waste from the Firmicutes as food. In a way, Firmicutes serve the same function as photosynthetic organisms, such as plankton an...

Embryos exposed in 3-D

... cell harvesting." The Pall system can be used to harvest cells from a broad range of biological samples inc...king with several companies in applying its filter harvest system to the development of innovative cell-based therapies in a variety of therapeutic areas, incl...

New technology enables faster, more efficient cell harvest: Cell therapy meeting study

... cell harvesting." The Pall system can be used to harvest cells from a broad range of biological samples inc...king with several companies in applying its filter harvest system to the development of innovative cell-based therapies in a variety of therapeutic areas, incl...

More than drought affecting wheat yields

...ail storm across much of the region shortly before harvest knocked the grain from the heads, Allen said. These seeds germinated into a heavy volunteer wheat crop, which went uncontrolled through the summer. The wheat curl mite over-summered on this "green bridge" and moved into the new crop. Control of vol...

Eco-friendly bug sucker

...eria. The technique could replace the use of post harvest pesticides, and may complete the phasing out of ozone depleting methyl bromide. In 1997 160 governments promised to phase out its use by 2005 as part of the Montreal Protocol, but some exceptions were granted for the food and farming industries. "Th...

Bone marrow may restore cells lost in vision diseases

...related macular degeneration, we should be able to harvest stem cells to help repair the damage," said senior author Edward Scott, Ph.D., a professor of molecular genetics at the UF Shands Cancer Center and director of the Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at UF's College of Medicine. "T...

All the eggs in one basket

...wksbill turtles, and used density descriptions and harvest data to categorize "major" and "minor" nesting sites. Historically, large nesting populations existed throughout the Caribbean. The researchers estimated 59 nesting sites existed for the green turtles, and 55 sites existed for the hawksbill turtle...

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