New winter hulless barley has high protein
...med 'Thoroughbred' and 'Price,' have recently been released by Virginia Tech," said Carl Griffey, professor of...traditional hulled barley," he said. Virginia Tech released the first winter hulless barley cultivar, "Doyce," in 2003. The breeding program is developing both...Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner
...ed Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate," released online currently and scheduled for a future issue of Environmental Science and Technology. The authors are Dr. Hong Liu, postdoctoral researcher in environmental engineering; Dr. Stephen Grot, president and founder of Ion Power, Inc.; and Logan. Grot...Researchers report new pro-inflammatory role for anti-inflammatory enzyme
...O acts as a cytotoxic/cytostatic effector molecule released (predominantly) by immune cells," explains Dr. Adrian J. Hobbs of University College London. "It kills pathogens via a variety of mechanisms, mostly related to inhibition of metabolic enzymes and destruction of DNA." However, too much NO can be a ba...White Blood Cell 'Waste Disposal' System Plays Critical Regulatory Role
...e constantly being produced in the bone marrow and released into the blood stream where they migrate out of the blood and roam the body in search of potentially harmful foreign substances. Neutrophils have a short lifespan and often die via a programmed cell death pathway called apoptosis within a matter of h...Some Brain Cells 'Change Channels' To Fine-tune The Message
...connection points, called synapses, that molecules released from one cell travel immediately to the next. These molecules dock at specific places, or receptors, on the cell and trigger "channels" in the cell's membrane to open. Depending on the receptor and the channel, in will flow sodium, calcium, chloride...Anammox bacteria produce nitrogen gas in oceans' snackbar
...nd cyanobacteria only partly succeed in fixing the released nitrogen gas to form new nutrients that can be fed into the nutrient cycle again. In the article in PNAS, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) and the Institute of Water and Wetland Research (IWWR) of t...Turning viruses into allies against cancer
...e an immune response to any surviving cancer cells released during the initial viral attack, essentially preventing the spread of these cells to other parts of the body. "This aims to treat metastatic disease and reduce tumor recurrence," said Robert Coffin, Ph.D., chief scientific officer at Biovex Ltd. Whi...... A) today announced that it has for the first time released the chip design, probe sequence and annotation inf...or Toxicogenomics is very pleased that Agilent has released the probe sequences for its gene expression microarrays to the public domain," said Michael Waters, ...Virus-host interactions at sea effect global photosynthesis
... A) today announced that it has for the first time released the chip design, probe sequence and annotation inf...or Toxicogenomics is very pleased that Agilent has released the probe sequences for its gene expression microarrays to the public domain," said Michael Waters, ...B-15A collides with Antarctic ice tongue
... A) today announced that it has for the first time released the chip design, probe sequence and annotation inf...or Toxicogenomics is very pleased that Agilent has released the probe sequences for its gene expression microarrays to the public domain," said Michael Waters, ...Undesirable expatriates: Preventing the spread of invasive animals
... are legal as pets could be ecologically lethal if released into the wild." Future research will explore why, once introduced, animals are more likely than plants to become invasive. ...To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn't matter
...atic and fishery sciences and author of a recently released book, "The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout." Just picture that tiny male under the belly of a 20-pound adult female that's returned to spawn, Quinn says. He's almost as likely to be a "winner" as the full-size males that are releasi...Researchers make surprise discovery that some neurons can transmit three signals at once
... synapse, the point of contact between cells. When released from a cell, neurotransmitters are sent on a one-way ride that dead ends at the membrane of the adjacent cell. Like lock and key, they bind to specific receptors on the surface of the receiving cell, causing its electrical activity to be enhanced or ...Stealth Worms May Improve Insect Pest Control
... crops. Large numbers of infectious juveniles are released to inundate and kill the pest insects quickly. Depending on climate conditions, this method works best on greenhouse ornamentals and vegetables, citrus, cranberry, turfgrass and other crops, rather than on high-acreage crops like cotton and soybeans....Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says
...ease or spinal cord 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 on...SuperLigands - a database of ligand structures derived from the Protein Data Bank
...ease or spinal cord 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 on...Thai spice helps cut blood sugar swings
...sugars are metabolized more slowly, the insulin is released gradually. This is a crucial difference, as far as obesity is concerned: Fast sugar is worse for you; slower is better." Besides the implication for extra sugar being stored (as fat) rather being used effectively, Dr. Agatston notes that with large ...Radio-tracking associated with 'dramatic shift' in water vole sex ratio
...apple and carrot during 2002 and 2003, voles being released after counting. However, Moorhouse and Macdonald had also fitted radio-collars to 38 of the voles caught at the Norfolk site for in-depth study of the voles' movements. According to Moorhouse and Macdonald: "Our analysis revealed that the most likel......ould soon disappear forever, according to a report released today by the Primate Specialist Group of IUCN-The World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the International Primatological Society (IPS), in collaboration with Conservation International (CI). Primates in Peril: The World's ......connection points, called synapses, that molecules released from one cell travel immediately to the next. These molecules dock at specific places, or receptors, on the cell and trigger "channels" in the cell's membrane to open. Depending on the receptor and the channel, in will flow sodium, calcium, chloride...