Olive oil ingredient ups the time between meals October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A fatty acid found in abundance in olive oil and other "healthy" unsaturated fats has yet another benefit: it helps keep the body satisfied to prolong the time between meals. | |
Egg whites solve the 3-D problem October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The real world is three-dimensional. That's true even in the laboratory, where scientists have to grow cells to study how they develop and what happens when their growth is abnormal. | |
 Early planting lets farmers be both mean and green, study shows October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Farmers can be both mean and green when protecting their canola fields from a pesky insect that poses a chronic threat, says a University of Alberta researcher. | |
Fat-regenerating 'stem cells' found in mice October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat, according to a report in the October 17th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Although they have yet to show that the cells can ... | |
Koalas calling October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
With the help of mobile phone technology, UQ researchers are set to decipher the distinctive grunting noises made by male koalas during the spring mating season. | |
Time of day influences yield for pharmacologically stimulated stem cell mobilization October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study uncovers a previously unrecognized, species-specific impact of circadian rhythms on the production of mobilized stem cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 9th issue of the journal Cell ... | |
New gene that helps plants beat the heat October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Michigan State University plant scientists have discovered another piece of the genetic puzzle that controls how plants respond to high temperatures. That may allow plant breeders to create new varieties of crops that flourish ... | |
 Fitness in a changing world: The genetics and adaptations of the Alaskan stickleback fish October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the wild, and has been a particularly useful model for understanding variation in physiology, behavior, ... | |
Scientists probe mechanism of asymmetry in meiotic cell division October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Stowers Institute's Rong Li Lab has characterized a mechanism that allows for asymmetrical cell division during meiosis in oocytes. By tracking chromosome movement in live mouse oocytes, the team discovered that chromosomes ... | |
Moose killing riles Michigan town October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Some residents of the town of Ishpeming, Mich., are furious at police officers and a state biologist who killed a female moose that wandered into town, leaving its twin calves to fend for themselves during the winter. | |
Killing 'angry' immune cells in fat could fight diabetes October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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By killing off "angry" immune cells that take up residence in obese fat and muscle tissue, researchers have shown that they can rapidly reverse insulin resistance in obese mice. The findings reported in the October Cell ... | |
Evolution of virulence regulation in Staphylococcus aureus October 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists have gained insight into the complex mechanisms that control bacterial pathogenesis and, as a result, have developed new theories about how independent mechanisms may have become intertwined during evolution. The ... | |
Metastatic movements in 3-D October 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Caswell et al.report in the Journal of Cell Biology how the altered behavior of integrins can prompt metastatic movement in tumor cells. | |
 Digital zebrafish embryo provides the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have generated a digital zebrafish embryo - the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate. With a newly developed microscope scientists ... | |
 Bioengineers fill holes in science of cellular self-organization October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The chemical and biological aspects of cellular self-organization are well-studied; less well understood is how cell populations order themselves biomechanically – how their behavior and communication are ... | |
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