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Siberian tigers hang tough

Results of the latest full range survey indicate that tiger numbers in Russia appear to be stable, say the coordinators of a 2005 winter effort to count the animals, led by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society. After a massive winter endeavor to determine distribution and abundance of tigers in the Russian Far East, the last stronghold of Siberian tigers, researchers report that appro...

Thin tough skin, slow-growing gills protect larval Antarctic fish

Very thin but hardy, unblemished skin and slow developing gills appear to be keys to survival for newly hatched Antarctic notothenioids, a group of fish whose adults thrive in icy waters because of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) in their blood. Such adaptations are important, researchers at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign say, because the larval fish of at least two species of no...

When the going gets tough, slime molds start synthesizing

In times of plenty, the uni-cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum leads a solitary life munching on bacteria littering the forest floor. But these simple creatures can perform heroic developmental acts: when the bacterial food supply dries up, Dictyostelium amebas band together with their neighbors and form a multi-cellular tower designed to save the children. In a forthcoming stud...

Tyrannosaur survivorship -- tough times for teens

A massive dinosaur death bed in Alberta has helped map out the animal's life span and thrown doubt on long-held theories about how one species lived, says new research conducted in part at the University of Alberta. "One of the surprises to me was that the overall pattern of survivorship fits closer to an attritional model rather than the catastrophic model we were expecting," said world-...
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The Best Enzyme for the Toughest PCR Challenges Improved with New Hot-Start Feature

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2005 was a tough year for U.S. biotech financing

Another research tool I have always found useful for this analysis is 's financial tracking information on the biotech industry. O...

The tough choices facing health care

In today's issue, the first of our two-part series on the issues arising from the Digital Healthcare Conference, you'll read about the technology choices Wisconsin health organ...

Venture-backed companies drive job creation, even in tough times

MADISON During last springs legislative debate on the pros and cons of a major venture capital bill, it was sadly apparent that more than a few Wisconsin lawmakers had their doubts about the merits of non-traditional investment capital. The next time this debate rolls around, lets hope members of the Senate and Assembly have read the latest study of venture capitals role in the growing...

Vertical partnering: Street smarts for a tough marketplace

Disintermediation, outsourcing and globalization have changed the buying patterns of companies in many ways. The end user is playing an increasingly important role in the selection process and a clear trend is emerging toward acquiring solutions instead of products or equipment. Because IT departments are becoming less involved in companies' daily computing operations, which are often outsourced...
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Bone tough

Researchers from US claim that they have ascertained the element that makes the bone tough.The researchers have depicted how collagen matrix in bones absorbs pressure on the expense of bonds that sheild the widespread structure.These bonds prevents the the bone from fracturing.// The theory is that when a bone is put under coercion, the collagen is able to break some of these bonds, pr...

Government Takes Tough Stand Against Falling Sex Ratio

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said that the government is very concerned about the falling sex ratio in the country and plans to take several steps to check female foeticide, which is the main cause for the same//. Dr Ramadoss said that there were plans to set up surveillance cells and conduct countrywide sting operations to check this unfortunate practice that prevails on...

Germany Institutes Tough Measures To Tackle Bird Flu

Germany is on high alert after it was confirmed that the dreaded bird flu had made an entry into neighboring Poland. Germans had panicked after it was confirmed that a cat had died of bird flu. Since then the country has instituted a series of measures to ward off the disease. // Federal Agriculture and Protection of Consumer Minister Horst Seehofer has said that cats in the region of the...

Klein's Third Way Has Tough Opposition

Alberta Catholic leaders are against Ralph Klein's plan to reform the provincial health-care system. Calgary Bishop Fred Henry expressed that the third way debate// is like a dead end with suggested reforms being degrees worse than he had ever imagined. Archbishop Tom Collins is disappointed that quick access to healthcare is highly dependent upon the patient’s financial condition. He sa...

Take it if you can - Tough Times in Life Churn out Greenhorns

If you thought that, people who actually face tough times in life, are better equipped to steer through the pathways in life, a startling study has revealed exactly// the contrary. A finding from the University of Leicester has revealed that such people are the ones who are vulnerable to deception rather than those who have grown up protected. A six-month study in the University's Schoo...

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