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Changes in amino acids in the 1918 influenza virus cut transmission

...gy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "What's most threatening is the possibility of another pandemic, similar to that of 1918, which was caused by a novel influenza subtype virus capable of causing severe respiratory disease and death," says Dr. García-Sastre. "So if we can understand the molecular mechanisms b...

Row over study puts Korea's scientific community under scrutiny again

...cy, writes journalist Jonathan Gornall. It is also threatening to disrupt Korea's efforts to recover scientific credibility in the wake of the recent scandal over Woo-Sok Hwang's stem cell research. Dr Kim claims a paper about premature ovarian failure that he originally published in the Korean Journal of Obs...

Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors

...attempted to sound heavier when challenged by more threatening individuals. "The fact that owls are essentially active during the night puts a strong emphasis on acoustic communication as a means of assessment, both during male competition and during mate choice," says Loïc Hardouin who recently completed a ...

Corals that can fight global warming may one day help fragile reefs

...range. And rising global temperatures appear to be threatening their survival, according to Drew Harvell, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. However, she noted in presenting a paper at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, Feb. 18, Ca...

Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows

...rds learn more by eavesdropping because it is less threatening than interacting face-to-face with an adult. In a parallel line of research, Beecher and his colleagues are tracking song sparrows by radio in the field. Preliminary analysis of the tracking data suggests that young birds don’t have many direct int...

Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering

...transported over long distances in the atmosphere, threatening agriculture in the United States from both inside and outside the borders of the country,” Schmale said. “An increased understanding of the dynamics of plant pathogens in the atmosphere is essential for establishing effective quarantine measures, pre...

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