Space matters: Estimating species diversity in the fossil record
Estimates for the number of living species on earth range from 3.5 million to over 30 million but only 1.9 million species have been classified and described. Estimating historical biodiversity from the fossil record is an even more daunting task. One tool ecologists - but not paleontologists - have traditionally relied on to identify patterns of existing biological diversity is a long-est...Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space
Questions about the existence of life in outer space may have a surprisingly close-to-home answer, according to one University of Houston professor. Understanding how life evolved on Earth is important in obtaining clues as to where else in the universe one might find life and what it might be like, said George E. Fox, a UH professor of biology and biochemistry. Fox is finishing work on a...Sahara's edge studied from ground, air and space to improve water management
An international team worked on the verge of the Sahara to gather data on the ground and in the air, to be compared with imagery of the same region acquired by ESA satellites. The results will be used in support of an ambitious project to apply satellite remote sensing to improve monitoring and management of vast water aquifers concealed beneath the desert. High-resolution radar as well as...Plants used to detect gas leaks, from outer space!
Gas leaks can be potentially life threatening in the home, but the presence of gas stresses out plants too. Professor Mike Steven and colleagues from the University of Nottingham have found that changes in the physical properties of plants can act as an early warning of leaks in natural gas pipelines. "Our study was about testing the ability of satellite remote systems to monitor gas le...Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, to prepare a crucial experiment designed to demonstrate how human immune response is suppressed in the weightless environment of space. Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD, director of the Laboratory of Cell Growth at...Spacer for Miniature FRENCH Pressure Cell from Thermo Scientific
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, a Milwaukee developer of bar code and radio frequency identification software, Andy Matter has seen identification software used to track parts in the aerospace and computer industries, so it was only a matter of time before healthcare facilities came calling for help with identifying patien...Manufacturing partnership will move into biotech and biomedical spaces
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In this case, the need is created when local wireless Internet service or broadband access leave something to be desired, and the chief executive of a new business designed to solve the riddle has deciphered wireless and broa...Immune cells halt round in space
An immune cell swallows a small capsule-shaped bacteria. The immune cells which help protect us from disease does not generally work the way they should in space travellers and it could be something to do with their shape. Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) have been studying how immune cells behave in microgravity as part of their research on the health effects of space on astrona...Space research leads to needle-free blood tests
In the future, infra-red light may enable assessment of blood chemistry without needing to take a sample.Space medicine has many potential spin-offs for health on the ground.// One of the latest, described by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, is needle-free blood tests. The space researchers want to take blood samples in space, for medical research. For this purpose, they are lo...Doctors Ask MPs To Protect Human Rights By Banning Smoking In Enclosed Public Spaces
The BMA Chairman, Dr James Johnson has urged all MPs in England to exercise their free vote to ensure that smoking was banned in all enclosed public spaces. In a letter to all MP's, Dr Johnson said, “A partial ban on smoking in public place// disregards the human rights of workers and customers whose health will not be protected by the proposed legislation. It will bring nothing short...Space suit technology to Protect Against Heat Strokes
The technology is behind the protective clothing to astronauts going to space and indulging in spacewalks in sunlight is now forming as the basis to design// protective clothing for fire fighters and steel workers who need to work in extreme heat and dangerous circumstances. This project nicknamed as “safe cool” will look at distinct protective material that encompasses an inbuilt coo...Effect of Prolonged Stay in Space Studied Using Fruit Flies
Recently a study was conducted by the researchers at the University of Central Florida and University of California, Davis, to understand the effect of prolonged stays// in space and how it affects the astronauts' health. Hence they studied the effect by using Fruit flies aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The flies will need little care during their 12-day stay aboard the shuttle, w...SB Charit Intervertebral Dynamic Disc Spacer
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