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Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

... oceans could inspire and influence the way marine resources are managed in future." For more conference infor...ge scale harvesting by man, and the role of marine resources in the historical development of human society. Census of Marine Life More than 1,700 scientists f...

Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic

...tes included Bethlehem, which benefited from the resources provided by the then-prosperous Bethlehem Steel. "At the time, Bethlehem Steel produced more munitions than Great Britain and France combined, and the plant could not afford to shut down for illness," Higgins said. "At the height of the epidemic, t...

Divergent mating systems and parental conflict as a barrier to hybridization in flowering plants

...rs will have an interest in carefully partitioning resources among progeny to maximize their combined success. A new study in the September issue of The American Naturalist argues that with increased self-fertilization, parental conflict decreases. Consequently, parents from frequently selfing groups should b...

U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer

...f the speed of our algorithm and the computational resources that allowed us to do it so quickly," explained Eskin, a professor in UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. "We have demonstrated that haplotype phasing can be done routinely every time there is a new release of data deposited in the NCBI database." ...

California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository

...f the speed of our algorithm and the computational resources that allowed us to do it so quickly," explained Eskin, a professor in UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. "We have demonstrated that haplotype phasing can be done routinely every time there is a new release of data deposited in the NCBI database." ...

Grasshopper love songs give insight into sensory tuning

...hat an organism may seek to distribute its sensory resources according to the behavioral relevance of the natural important stimuli, rather than according to purely statistical principles. "For instance, if a few important stimuli within the natural environment need to be encoded with high precision, a large ...

Newly recognized gene mutation may reduce seeds, resurrect plants

...s, especially under stress, to conserve and divert resources to the remaining seeds. So, in a drought situation...t necessitates allowing some seed loss to conserve resources in a stressful environment without aborting all seeds, which would leave the plant with no healthy o...

Scavenger cells could be key to treating HIV-related dementia

... he said. "We can put together all these different resources and describe how the virus changes over time and try to understand why this particular damage happens" But these results are just a first step, Salemi said. The team is now analyzing brains from 10 people, some who died with HIV-associated dementia ...

WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets

...ng the spread of avian flu is focusing our limited resources on the hubs where humans, livestock and wildlife come into close contact." According to WCS, avian influenza prevention activities should include better management practices in farms, especially small open-air farms where domestic poultry and waterf...

Helping in a selfish world

...selfish individuals are likely to end up with more resources and therefore more offspring. But many species (including humans, some rock musicians, politicians, and everyday citizens among them) do co-operate. Traditionally, scientists have explained the evolution of co-operation using the idea of kin selecti...

A Father’s Day Gift: Free DNA Paternity Testing

Vast genetic resources ?"blue gold" on the international deep sea floor ?...r their potential medical and other uses, deep sea resources are now more accessible and vulnerable than ever because of rapid advances in exploration technology...

Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

Vast genetic resources ?"blue gold" on the international deep sea floor ?...r their potential medical and other uses, deep sea resources are now more accessible and vulnerable than ever because of rapid advances in exploration technology...

Virulizin granted orphan drug status in Europe

... and organizations on how they should invest their resources for bycatch mitigation." Between 1993 and 2003, f...port as among the top priorities for investment of resources are: * Irrawaddy dolphins in the crab net/trap fishery in Malampaya Sound, Philippines * Ir...

Novel targets found for the development of drugs to complement, or replace, statins

... and organizations on how they should invest their resources for bycatch mitigation." Between 1993 and 2003, f...port as among the top priorities for investment of resources are: * Irrawaddy dolphins in the crab net/trap fishery in Malampaya Sound, Philippines * Ir...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

... and organizations on how they should invest their resources for bycatch mitigation." Between 1993 and 2003, f...port as among the top priorities for investment of resources are: * Irrawaddy dolphins in the crab net/trap fishery in Malampaya Sound, Philippines * Ir...

Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action

... and organizations on how they should invest their resources for bycatch mitigation." Between 1993 and 2003, f...port as among the top priorities for investment of resources are: * Irrawaddy dolphins in the crab net/trap fishery in Malampaya Sound, Philippines * Ir...

Organic farms produce same yields as conventional farms

...maintain soil quality and conserve more biological resources than conventional farming does," Pimentel added. The study compared a conventional farm that used recommended fertilizer and pesticide applications with an organic animal-based farm (where manure was applied) and an organic legume-based farm (that u...

Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu

...ing the spread of avian flu. "Focusing our limited resources on the hubs and activities where humans, livestock, and wildlife come into close contact," says Dr. William Karesh, Director of WCS's Field Veterinary Program, who lead the WCS team in Mongolia, is "the best hope for successfully preventing the sprea...

AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS

...ut the world, is calling for global strategies and resources to confront the rapid "feminization" of the AIDS pandemic. Quinn, a professor of infectious diseases at Hopkins and a senior investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, reports that women have in the last 20 years moved...

Mayan stingless bee keeping: Going, going, gone?

...d hurricanes reduce the availability of the floral resources they need. Finally, most of the bee keepers on the Yucatan are old men living in rural areas where no one inherits their knowledge of the fine points of meliponiculture, specifically, how to propagate bees by dividing nests. Earlier this year, Rogel...

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