Introduced foxes transformed vegetation on Aleutian Islands from lush grasslands to tundra
Huge colonies of seabirds accustomed to nesting on islands free of predators began disappearing when fur traders started introducing foxes onto islands in the Aleutian archipelago in the 18th century. The ground-nesting birds made easy meals for the foxes. A study published this week in the journal Science now shows that the effects of the introduced foxes rippled through entire island ecosystems...Road salt affects mitigation wetlands
Sacrificing one wetland for the sake of five others may be the way to go when planning constructed wetlands to replace those destroyed during road building, but a Penn State Erie biologist is monitoring the salinity of the wetlands to see how the salt affects animals and insects. "I am currently doing research in wetlands that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation constructed as mi...Neandertal femur suggests competition with hyenas and a shift in landscape use
Analysis of approximately 41,000-year-old human remains found in France suggests that Neandertals may have become regionally mobile earlier than scientists once thought. Cédric Beauval and colleagues from Université Bordeaux 1 in France, Max Planck Institute in Germany, and Washington University in St. Louis, conclude that the human femur fragment found in 2002 in the cave of the Rochers-...Lands surface change on Alaska tundra creating longer, warmer summers in Arctic
A gradual lengthening of the snow-free season in Alaska's tundra, and a corresponding northward progression of the growth of shrubs and trees, may be creating a cycle of warmer and longer summers in the Alaskan Arctic according to a new study to be published in the Sept. 22, 2005, issue of Science Express. The resulting atmospheric heating in the region of northern Alaska is equivalent to...Field tested: Grasslands won't help buffer climate change as carbon dioxide levels rise
UCLA biochemists reveal the first structural details of a family of mysterious objects called microcompartments that seem to be present in a variety of bacteria. The discovery was published Aug. 5 in the journal Science. "This is the first look at how microcompartments are built, and what the pieces look like," said Todd O. Yeates, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and a member...Medical College lands $8.1M grant to detect bird flu, bioterror agents
The grant, which was awarded by the <a href="http...SLE of Eau Claire lands $2.2 million in federal contracts
In a long-planned departure from its traditional focus, high-end computer chip company Silicon Logic Engineering has contracted with the U.S. Army for development of two different products. SLE, based in Eau Claire, announced today that it has secured $2.2 million in federal contracts for fiscal year 2005. The company has been working with the Armys Research, Development and Engineering...Third Wave lands European distribution deal, reports high earnings
MADISON announced Tuesday a four-year marketing and distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Third Wave has granted Belgium-based Innogenetics the exclusive European marketing and distribution rights for select Invader molecu...Madison energy firm lands $275K foreign grant
The Madison-based energy business announced it will receive a technology climate action grant, and the source of the grant comes from down under - the New Sou...Alzheimer's drug developer lands $1.2M in venture funding
The latest round of funding brings the total equity capital raised in t...Mercy killing for newborn with incurable disease in Netherlands
Newborn babies with severe incurable disease can opt for mercy killing// in Netherlands. New born babies with incurable disease and with severe suffering may have the choice of mercy killing in Dutch. The Dutch Pediatric Society has plans of adopting national guidelines which is called as Groningen Protocol to be followed strictly when offering mercy killing. The Dutch Pediatric Socie...Crucial steps taken by the Chinese government to protect its grasslands
China now has nearly 400 million hectares of natural grassland, the second biggest in the world. But 90 % of its usable grassland has degraded to various extents and hence the Chinese vice Premier Hui Liangyu// Friday called for greater efforts to protect the country's grasslands. He said that grassland is important for the nation's environmental safety and sustainable economic growt...Phoenix Islands To Be Protected Under Global Conservation Map
A small Pacific Islands, which consists of the some of the earth’s most pristine coral reefs, were brought under the global conservation map//, and is said to be the third largest marine protected area in the world. Martin Puta Tofinga, Minister of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development of the Republic of Kiribati, announced the establishment of the Phoenix Islands Protected...Cricket Match Lands Mother and Child in ICU after Lathi Charge
Chandigarh: A nine-year-old girl and her mother, injured in a lathi charge during the second one-day international (ODI) between India and England in Faridabad, a satellite town of Delhi, are in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital. // The little girl, Vidhi, had a broken collarbone and a broken wrist and her condition is being closely monitored by doctors. They said Vidhi had s...Undiagnosed cyst lands GP in trouble.
SA Christchurch GP is in a tight spot after a complaint recorded in the medical complaints tribunal has pointed at him for medical negligence in diagnosing an ovarian cyst weighing 14.7 kg. The doctor//, whose name has not been made public, communicated to the tribunal that the patient in question, a woman aged 44, had been consulting him for 12 years, but had not portrayed any symptoms of a cyst...Dairylands Clinical Information Management
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