Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh
...." The results appear in the current issue of the journal Ecological Engineering. Mitsch conducted the study with Daniel Fink, a student in the environmental science graduate program at Ohio State. Often called the "kidneys" of the environment, wetlands act as buffer zones between land and waterways. They ...Report that delayed motherhood decreases life expectancy of mouse offspring
...cia, Spain, presents data in the June issue of the journal that delayed motherhood in mice results in decreased life expectancy and reduced body weight of their offspring. Several other aspects of reproductive fitness of offspring were assessed, but none showed significant deleterious effects. This report ...Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped
... study published in the May 19, 2005, issue of the journal Nature. This may have implications for other regions of the brain, and the approach the investigators used may be a key to developing successful neurological interventions for stroke patients in the future. Stelios M. Smirnakis, a Howard Hughes Medi...Master gene controls healing of skin in fruit flies and mammals
... UCSD biologists' study, published April 15 in the journal Science identifies a master gene called grainyhead that activates wound repair genes in the cells surrounding an injury in the cuticle of a fly embryo. These wound repair genes then regenerate the injured patch of cuticle. In a separate study publis...Low oxygen likely made Great Dying worse, greatly delayed recovery
...the work, published in the April 15 edition of the journal Science. The work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobiology Institute. Not only was atmospheric oxygen content dropping at the end of the Permian, the scientists...Scientists reveal the shape of a protein that helps retroviruses break into cells
...the work, published in the April 15 edition of the journal Science. The work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobiology Institute. Not only was atmospheric oxygen content dropping at the end of the Permian, the scientists...Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems
.... The study, published in the May 19 issue of the journal Nature, holds implications for a diverse body of groups, from scientists who study physical ocean processes such as El Niño events to environmental managers charged with overseeing and sustaining ecosystem resources such as fisheries. Surprisingly, i...Gene keeps neural cells on correct developmental path
...study, published in the May 20, 2005, issue of the journal Cell, may be among the first to track a set of genes from stem cell to differentiated neuron. It also reveals fundamental details of how stem cells retain developmental plasticity. "A single protein does it all," said Gail Mandel, HHMI investigator ...Successful Test Of Single Molecule Switch Opens The Door To Biomolecular Electronics
...hcoming edition of the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters. Lindsay’s team reports achieving an experimental result that physicists have been trying to detect for a long time: negative differential resistance in a single molecule attached to electrodes. The specifically designed molecule, a he...Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
...rspectives article accompanies a study in the same journal by researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School. The study evaluates the blood concentration of sodium in runners both before and after a long race and examines their risk factors for developing hyponatremia. It recommends ...Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are now species of slime-mold beetles -- but strictly in homage
...rspectives article accompanies a study in the same journal by researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School. The study evaluates the blood concentration of sodium in runners both before and after a long race and examines their risk factors for developing hyponatremia. It recommends ......rspectives article accompanies a study in the same journal by researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School. The study evaluates the blood concentration of sodium in runners both before and after a long race and examines their risk factors for developing hyponatremia. It recommends ...Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says
...ord injury. The research is being released by the journal Science, which is published by AAAS, the non-profit science society, on the Science Express website on 19 May, 2005. These cell lines will enable the study of human disease in cells in the laboratory. The work also moves scientists one step closer t...SuperLigands - a database of ligand structures derived from the Protein Data Bank
...ord injury. The research is being released by the journal Science, which is published by AAAS, the non-profit science society, on the Science Express website on 19 May, 2005. These cell lines will enable the study of human disease in cells in the laboratory. The work also moves scientists one step closer t......g an article published in the March 3 issue of the journal Nature, the snake's eating habits make it a prime model of cardiovascular fitness. The heart has the amazing ability to adapt to altered physiological requirements, and, according to the authors, this cold-blooded snake may provide insights into how ......as. The research appears in the April issue of the journal Public Library of Science-Biology, which is available online on March 1. Researchers studying portions of the genome containing 'retroelements,' also known as junk DNA, found many copies of a gene sequence in the chimp and gorilla genome that didn't...Molecular thermometers on skin cells detect heat and camphor
...t in the neurons. Now, in the latest issue of the journal Science, the team is reporting definitive evidence...em Patapoutian, see the March 4, 2005 issue of the journal Science or go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1108609 This work was supported by grants from t...To Stop Evolution: New Way Of Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Demonstrated By Scripps Scientists
...g evolution. In the June issue of the open-access journal PloS Biology, the team describes how a protein cal...his, Romesberg encountered a paper in a scientific journal that discussed certain genes that "make mutations," as he put it. When these genes are deleted from ......er. PNAS is the multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1914, PNAS publishes daily online and weekly in print. The preceding highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. The articles in PNAS report original research by in......icine in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Genetics. "Microarray data are good phenotypes to determine the order of genes and are a good surrogate measure of cell status," said Dr. Gad Shaulsky, associate professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM. Microarrays are fairly new te...