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Use of stone hammers sheds light on geographic patterns of chimpanzee tool use

... separated populations. This is one of the first reports of tool use for Pan troglodytes vellerosus, the most endangered and understudied chimpanzee subspecies. It highlights the necessity to preserve the rich array of cultures found across chimpanzee populations and communities, which represent our best m...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

...nage the disease threat. So far there has been no reports of the virus or the disease in the forest. There are now plans to apply the approach to the other 15 squirrel refuges in Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Merseyside. Dr Peter Lurz is a co-author of both studies and a research associate...

Fish virus in Northeast spreading to other fish species

...n summer, as well as the increased awareness since reports of mortalities earlier in the season. Also, recent storms and heavy winds may have washed up more fish from deeper waters. Groocock added that while more species of fish are dying, absolute numbers of fish mortalities do not appear to be changing. "...

Friendly bacteria in chewing gum that bites back

... that cause tooth decay could be in the shops soon reports Marina Murphy in C&I. The gum is one of several products being developed by German chemical company BASF using the bacteria Lactobacillus, which is normally found in live yoghurt. BASF discovered a new strain of lactobacillus called L. anti-ca...

Researchers uncover new mechanism of tumor suppressor

...tments with fewer side effects, will appear in two reports in the May 21 advanced online version of the journal Nature. The studies, led by Tatiana Kutateladze, PhD, an assistant professor in the UCDHSC Department of Pharmacology, and Or Gozani, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Biologica...

Slow-frozen people? Latest research supports possibility of cyropreservation

... LDA melts into highly viscous water (HVW). Bogdan reports that HVW is not a new form of water, as some scientists believed. "That HVW is not a new form of water (i.e., normal and glassy water are thermodynamically connected) may have some interesting practical implications in cryobiology, medicine, and cry...

Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority

...of soil organisms. The international research team reports their findings in today's (Aug. 17) issue of Nature. Archaea are single-celled microbes that, along with bacteria, comprise a category of small organisms whose genetic material, or DNA, is not stored in a nucleus (as it is in animals and plants...

UN review shows need to halt destructive fishing practice

...by the U.N. General Assembly in 2004, was based on reports from member states on steps taken to stop destructive high seas fishing practices. A draft version of the review posted July 14 on the DOALOS Web site said extremely vulnerable deep sea habitats require protection, but that fishing for newly discov...

Bedsores and bald hides: Novel roles revealed for a 'scaffolding' protein

...shed in the May 15 issue of Genes and Development, reports a new and different role for the same protein in promoting hair follicle growth, although the investigators were quick to caution that there's nothing in their work - yet - to suggest a way to prevent or cure human baldness. K17 belongs to a family ...

HIV-1's high virulence might be an accident of evolution

...on associated with progression to full-blown AIDS, reports Frank Kirchhoff of the University of Ulm in Germany and his colleagues. "Nef-mediated suppression of T cell activation is a fundamental property of primate lentiviruses that likely evolved to maintain viral persistence in the context of an intact ho...

Polynesia explorers created worldwide web of scientific knowledge

...sian mores, customs and practices, including a few reports of public copulation. LMS missionaries would construct an independent network of knowledge with its own patrons, informants and audience, and they would bring back "their own ethnographic vision of the island peoples they wished to convert." Becaus...

Airborne mold spores increase kids' risk for multiple allergies

...sk for multiple allergies in children, the UC team reports in an upcoming edition of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and an early online edition June 14. A fungus is a plantlike organism that grows by releasing tiny reproductive cells (spores) into the air. Mold is a type of fungus that can grow on any mo...

Dominant meerkats render rivals infertile

...t infertile, a new study finds. The new research reports that during the latter half of her pregnancy, the dominant female in a meerkat group commonly drives her subordinate females from the group for an average of three weeks at a time. Evicted subordinates, typically those with whom reproductive conf...

WWF captures first-ever photo of wild rhino on Borneo

... Malaysia. On Borneo, there have been no confirmed reports of the species apart from those in Sabah for almost 20 years, leading experts to fear that rhinos may now be extinct on the rest of the island. The main threats to the last rhinos in Sabah are poaching ?its horn and virtually all of its body parts ...

Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says

...r beef as 'tested for BSE.'" Berlowitz cited news reports that the cost of such testing would add only6 to 10 cents to a pound of beef. His article further warns of poor oversight of cattle feed. In particular, the slaughterhouse practice of "rendering," or recycling dead cows and sheep into protein for c...

Hopkins scientists show hallucinogen in mushrooms creates universal 'mystical' experience

...lication. Psychological tests and subjects' own reports showed no harm to study participants, though some admitted extreme anxiety or other unpleasant effects in the hours following the psilocybin capsule. The drug has not been observed to be addictive or physically toxic in animal studies or human popula...

Statins stop hepatitis C virus from replicating

...ing to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Based on recent reports that one statin, lovastatin, inhibits HCV replication, researchers led by Masanori Ikeda of Okayama University in Japan, tested other statins in search of a more effective anti-HCV therapy. Using the OR6 cell culture assay system, they evaluated the...

Lack of key enzyme associated with development of rare tumor

...bited by sildenafil. They added that there are no reports in the medical literature of malfunctioning adrenal glands or increased adrenal cell growth in users of these drugs. "However, detailed clinical studies addressing this potential complication are currently lacking," they wrote. Dr. Stratakis and hi...

Mice learn tasks that may help treat human psychiatric disorders

...ecute complex plans," Garner said. Garner's team reports its findings in the journal Behavioural Brain Research, which is currently online. Set shifting as an important neuropsychological skill applies to more human mental disorders than any other measure, Garner said. Mechanisms in the brain that enable...

Selectively blocking inflammatory signals may protect mice from MS

...iseases such a multiple sclerosis, a research team reports in the May 10, 2006, issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. The approach grew out of a novel explanation, quickly gaining followers, for the mechanism of nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis. Instead of concentrating on the alterations that res...

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