Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
Forest landowners can greatly increase the survival rate of pine tree seedlings by changing when and how they plant, according to research conducted here. "Some landowners have had to replant two, three or even four years in a row beca...Symbiotic bacteria protect hunting wasps from fungal infestation
Researchers have discovered a fascinating symbiotic relationship between a wasp species and a newly discovered bacterial species ?a relationship that potentially sheds light on how bacteria can be successfully utilized by higher organisms in defensive mechanisms against other microbes. In the new work, researchers show that a solitary ground-nesting wasp, the European beewolf, harbors Streptomyce...Experiment station researchers to explore genome of disease-fighting fungus
A team of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists will soon begin genome sequencing a disease-fighting fungus used to protect crops, which has implications for both agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry. The fungus, Trichoderma virens, is used to protect field crops from various plant diseases. Researchers say the genome sequencing work may uncover chemical compounds and be...Assessing the Amazon River's sensitivity to deforestation
Understanding how the Amazon River varies in time, what causes those variations, and how sensitive it will be to ongoing, and accelerating, deforestation is a focus of study for scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center. Population and development pressures in the last several decades have led to significant areas of deforestation in the Amazon, most in the eastern and southern portion of the...NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation
The Amazon, a vast tropical forest stretching across South America, is so large that if you were to take pictures of the region with optical photographs, it would take about ten years to...MCP1-S Pipette Calibration Workstation from Mettler Toledo, Inc.
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When an expectant woman has diabetes during her pregnancy, the special form of the disease, called gestational diabetes, puts both mother and her baby at risk. Moms can develop high blood pressure or preeclampsia.// Their newborns are at risk for lung problems and occasionally die. To keep blood sugar under control, some women need to take a lot of insulin, especially if they are older or...Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici
According to a new study, researchers, suggest that, some women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy may be prone to have children with certain chromosomal abnormalities However, researchers stress, gestational diabetes is not itself a risk factor for these types of defects since they form in the early stages of pregnancy--well before gestational diabetes typically develops./...Railway Station Contributes to Create Awareness on AIDS
In a unique initiative a railway station – Ongole town in Andhra Pradesh has started using its public address// and announcement system to not only broadcast arrival and departures of trains but also messages about how to prevent AIDS and the need for safe sex. Andhra Pradesh in India has high incidence of prostitution and AIDS. Says Janaiah, a 50-year-old porter "The current generatio...Gestational Age Linked To High Blood Pressure
Babies born with reduced gestational age had an increased risk of developing high blood pressure later in their life.Study conducted by Dr. Stefan Johansson, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm reported in the Journal Circulation //that men born with reduced pre-term pregnancy were more prone to high blood pressure compared to normal born babies. The study results were obtained after c...Bacterial infestation in food very critical!
In a latest development a producer of mug bean sprouts had to stop production due to an outbreak of salmonella infestation.// Toronto Public Health issued an order today against Toronto Sun Wah Trading Inc. to halt distribution of bean sprouts (mung beans) as the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. Two hundred and ninety cases of Salmonella have been reported to the Min...Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation
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