Seagulls: Are males the weaker sex? May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Male seagulls may be more vulnerable to their environment during embryonic development than females, according to Maria Bogdanova and Ruedi Nager from the University of Glasgow in the UK. Until now, the sex differences in ... | |
Prions show their good side May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Prions, the infamous agents behind mad cow disease and its human variation, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, also have a helpful side. According to new findings from Gerald Zamponi and colleagues, normally functioning prions prevent ... | |
 Koalas at risk from climate change May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said Wednesday. | |
Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year May 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year. | |
 System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle - now. In the foggy gray of Cape Cod Bay, the reason for the abrupt stop soon becomes apparent: The ... | |
Seed dispersal in mauritius -- dead as a dodo? May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the island has lost most of its ... | |
Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies, study suggests May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate. | |
The cooperative view: New evidence suggests a symbiogenetic origin for the centrosome May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Two scientists who relocated to the MBL in Woods Hole after their New Orleans laboratory was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina publish their study of centrosomal RNAs in this week's PNAS Online Early Edition. | |
 Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- There's "protected" on paper and there's "protected" on the river. Under a 1972 federal law, certain species of sea lion cannot be harmed. But the Columbia River region is big enough, and parts of ... | |
Agencies issue plan to run Columbia dams, preserve salmon May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The Bush administration Monday issued its final court-ordered plans for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams and irrigation projects safe for endangered salmon. The proposed changes in operations would cost hundreds ... | |
Fat transplantation can have metabolic benefits May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When transplanted deep into the abdomen, fat taken from just under the skin comes with metabolic benefits, or at least it does in mice, reveals a new study in the May issue of Cell Metabolism. | |
Gut hormone makes food look even yummier May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. In a brain imaging study of individuals, ... | |
 Test of maturity for stem cells May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Stem cells are extremely versatile: They can develop in 220 different ways, transforming themselves into a correspondingly diverse range of specialized body cells. Biologists and medical scientists plan to ... | |
Mouse can do without man's most treasured genes May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The mouse is a stalwart stand-in for humans in medical research, thanks to genomes that are 85 percent identical. But identical genes may behave differently in mouse and man, a study by University of Michigan evolutionary ... | |
Unraveling the Genomic Code for Development May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have produced the first complete description of the complex network of genes that create a particular type of cell in an organism. | |
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