Creeping crinoids! Sea lilies crawl to escape predators, new video shows
With their long stalks and feathery arms, marine animals known as sea lilies look a lot like their garden-variety namesakes. Perhaps because of that resemblance, scientists had always assumed that sea lilies stayed rooted instead of moving around lik...Flesh-eating bacteria escape body's safety net
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that so-called flesh-eating "Strep" bacteria use a specific enzyme to break free of the body's immune system, a finding which could potentially lead to new treatments for serious infections in human patients. The research, reported in the February 21, 2006 issue of the journal Current Biology,...Escapee farmed salmon infiltrate fitter wild populations
There is growing concern about the threats that farmed Atlantic salmon escapees constitute to wild salmon populations. In new research published in the journal Molecular Ecology, researchers have found scientific e...The great escape -- fleeing fish fall in line
With the unappealing prospect of being eaten, one might imagine that during a predator attack it is a case that all fish escape at once in the desperate hurry to escape as quickly as possible. However, new research indicates that this is not the case, and in fact fish in schools escape using a relatively fixed chronological order. This research was carried out at the International Marine Centre...Google and Mozilla e-mail apps offer more space, escape from viruses
Following close on the heels of Firefox, the open-source Web browser whose launch included a full-page community-sponsored ad in the New York Times, the open-source e-mail program Thunderbird reached its 1.0 ver...Moderate Drinkers Found to Escape Obesity and Related Problems
Time and over again, the scientific community has been arguing about the health benefits associated with moderate alcohol consumption. A new study in favor of the above argument has shown that// regular but small amounts of alcohol consumption can actually help prevent obesity. The study was conducted amongst a group of 8,236 individuals who had presented for a health and nutrition surv...9/11 Escapees Have Worsening Respiratory And Psychological Problems
Federal health officials have revealed that many people who escaped from the horrifying attacks on the World Trade Center or 9/11 attacks //suffered from respiratory ailments and depression, anxiety and other psychological problems even three years after the event. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the people who escaped from the WTC were at...Ethiopia Escapes Bird Flu Threat
The emergence of bird flu in Ethiopia has been dismissed by health officials, following the negative results from analysis// of samples that were tested for the presence of the H5N1 virus. Officials belonging to the health department said in a panel discussion organized on Thursday that no outbreak of bird flu has been reported so far, based upon the daily surveillance conducted in se...Don’t Let Symptoms of Whooping Cough Escape You, Parents Warne
Parents in Toronto have been alerted to be watchful for symptoms of whooping cough in children; this alert has been sounded after recent reports, of increase in such cases in// the previous year. A recent report has established the increase in cases - from 178 cases in 2005 to 669 cases in 2006. According to Dr. Michael Finkelstein, associate medical officer of health, be...Scientists Discover How HIV Escapes Cells
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have discovered that the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exploits a pre-existing transport system to leave one infected cell, and infect new ones. Published in Plos Biology, the new findings counter the prevailing belief that HIV and other retroviruses can only leave and enter cells by virus-specific mechanisms. I...Escape Nitinol Stone Retrieval Device
Description:The Escape Basket offers a side-by-side approach, unique to the market, for using a nitinol basket and holmium laser fiber together-providing physician control and independent manipulation of both the basket and laser fiber....