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Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

...shing men and women for their sins. A more recent, scientific theory has been the "safety-in-numbers" idea -- that the small animals congregate periodically as a way of protecting themselves from predators such as birds and rodents. Now, a trio of insect experts has developed what they believe is strong new ev...

Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects

...shing men and women for their sins. A more recent, scientific theory has been the "safety-in-numbers" idea -- that the small animals congregate periodically as a way of protecting themselves from predators such as birds and rodents. Now, a trio of insect experts has developed what they believe is strong new ev...

Papers of DNA Pioneer and Nobel Laureate Francis Crick Added to National Library of Medicine’s Profiles in Science Web Site

...y, and can thus be explained entirely in rational, scientific terms. After 1953, Crick devoted most of his effo...e he took up neurobiology, his other long-standing scientific interest. He never let up in his passionate pursuit of scientific knowledge, editing his latest arti...

Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Moves Forward In Animals

...n's disease. The research, detailed online in the scientific publications Brain and The Journal of Neuroscience...ome ups and downs,?said J. William Langston, M.D., scientific director and chief executive officer of The Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., who recently...

Scientists discover unique microbe in California's largest lake

... Biology. She has played a key rolein changing the scientific world's understanding of how ocean food websare based on much smaller organisms than previously believed.Wood is an adjunct scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for OceanSciences and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. In 2004, shebecame a fe...

Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei

... in Berkeley, California. It conducts unclassified scientific research and is managed by the University of California. Visit our Website at www.lbl.gov. ...

New protein discovered by Hebrew University researchers

...esearchers.Prof. Altman and Prof. Shoseyov are the scientific founders of thebiotech start-up company Fulcrum SP Ltd. that is developing the SP-1protein for cancer drug delivery and other applications....

The death of a very special chimpanzee

...esearchers.Prof. Altman and Prof. Shoseyov are the scientific founders of thebiotech start-up company Fulcrum SP Ltd. that is developing the SP-1protein for cancer drug delivery and other applications....

New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible

...ess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong, emphasized the scientific significance of discovering SARS coronavirus in the air in a patient's room. "Although the possibility of airborne dissemination of SARS coronavirus has been controversial," said Dr. Tong, "this important work shows beyond doubt that SARS coronavirus...

Circles Of DNA Might Help Predict Success Of Stem Cell Transplantation

...essee, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more informati...

The Shapes Of Life: NIGMS Project Yields More Than 1,000 Protein Structures

...otein structures solved by the PSI are more than a scientific stamp collection,?explained Norvell. “They will help researchers better understand the function of proteins, predict the shape of unknown proteins, quickly identify targets for drug development, and compare protein structures from normal and diseased...

New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers

...red--was long dismissed as an oddity not worthy of scientific study. Now, however, researchers such as Hubbard and his colleagues are using the condition to gain insights into the neural basis of perception. In their experiments with synesthetes who report seeing colors when they view numbers or letters, the r...

The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

...ption. In a publication today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, a team at CAMBIA in Canberra unveils the 'kernel' of the world's first 'explicit open source' biotechnology toolkit. These tools, and the precedent they establish, will allow the public-sector, small to medium enterprises and even la...

Discovery Could Lead To Novel Approaches In HIV Treatment

...es today itsdiscoveries in Immunity, a prestigious scientific journal. This workwas performed in collaboration with investigators from the ResearchInstitute of the McGill University Health Centre as well as from Franceand Israel. Usingonly blood samples, these researchers first developed a method toassess how ...

PANTHER Protein Classification System Database 5.0

...cant enhancements in the latest versionprovide the scientific community with a wealth of freely availableinforma...thePANTHER system team for the contribution to the scientific community.?“The PANTHER system supports an integrated approach to protein and mRNAexpression analysi...

Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes

Contrary to inheritance laws the scientific world has accepted for more than 100 years, some p...searchers. This discovery flies in the face of the scientific laws of inheritance first described by Gregor Mendel in the mid-1800s and still taught in classrooms...

NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step

...ear won a Presidential Award, the nation's highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality. Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, is researching the use of stem cells to induce bone repair. Her research will help diabetics whose ...

Agilent Technologies releases automated literature search tool for biology researchers

...anually searching for each gene and protein in the scientific literature and patents. "Mining past literature f...tive biological models based on experimental data, scientific knowledge from published papers and curated biological network databases. This shared, multi-discipl...

RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide

...he consortium will develop a common vocabulary and scientific concepts relating RNA structure and function to allow RNA scientists worldwide to communicate with one another as well as to integrate different kinds of information they obtain about RNA molecules," explained Dr. Neocles Leontis, a Bowling Green Sta...

Falling ants glide back to trunk to avoid dangers of forest floor

...k contacted UC Berkeley's Dudley to arrange a more scientific study of the ants' gliding behavior. They met up with Kaspari last summer in Panama for a week to videotape the same species of ant in freefall, with a white sheet standing in for the tree trunk. Yanoviak's earlier observations combined with the vid...

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