Deep thinking: Scientists sequence a cold-loving marine microbe
At home in the deep, dark Arctic Ocean, the marine bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H keeps very cool--typically below 5° degrees Celsius. How does the bacterium function in this frigid environment? To find out, scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and collaborators have sequenced and analyzed C. psychrerythraea's genome. That genome analysis, posted in the Proceedi...Ammonia-loving archaea win landslide majority
A genetic analysis of soil samples indicates that a group of microorganisms called crenarchaeota are the Earth's most abundant land-based creatures that oxidize ammonia, according to an international team of researchers from Norway, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. Soil microbes, in a process known as nitrification, combine ammonia with oxygen to form nitrates, which are...A Loving Relationship Found To Improve Heart Health
Doctors can now add one more factor to their prescription for subsequent heart attack prevention: a close relationship.// A new study shows having a close relationship with another person, whether it be a friend, lover or relative, lowers the risk of further heart attacks by 50 percent. This was true even after taking into account the severity of the first heart attack and other risk fa...A treat for nurses who chip in with tender loving care!
A NHS trust hospital in London has devised a new plan by which nurses are lauded and appreciated for their kind affectionate demeanor by gifting them with ‘thank you// cards’ and later to coffee and chocolate chip cookies as an incentive every time a head nurse or other senior nursing staff note that a patient has been considerably cheered up by the nurses’ effusive nature. Recent surv...Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care
Infants and preschool-aged children who live in daily circumstances of potential trauma and danger can develop the resilience to cope through treatment that focuses on// strengthening parent-child bonds, according to an expert in child development. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Francisco, Alicia Lieberman, PhD, explored how...