The author Ashley E. Larsen a Ph d. candidate in the Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology built on an earlier study published in PNAS by extending the temporal dimension of that analysis. That study found a strong positive
These combined forces have led to desertification as once-productive grasslands are overtaken by the Gobi desert expanding rapidly from the south.
The problem poses serious threats to this ecosystem researchers say including soil and water loss but it may contribute to global climate change as well.
#Broccoli to fight skin cancer? With skin cancer emerging as one of the world's most prevalent forms of cancer researchers are using every tool at their disposal to fight this disease.
It could be useful for powering devices for use in extreme environments such as oil drilling the military and space.
#Following a Mediterranean diet not associated with delay to clinical onset of Huntington diseaseadhering to a Mediterranean-type diet (Meddi) does not appear associated with the time to clinical onset of Huntington disease (phenoconversion) according to a study by Karen
and pharmacological interventions to modify specific components of diet that may delay the onset of HD the study concludes.
of which thanks partly to its many seeds produces the largest concentration of tannins--an antioxidant that combats the ageing of cells.
In addition the rice blast fungus which is present in over 80 countries and has a dramatic effect both on the agricultural economy
and the increased loss of crops to pests will pose a serious threat to global food security.
and Asiaa malaria control method that targets mosquito larvae and pupae as they mature in standing water could be an important supplementary measure in the fight against the disease according to a new report.
and is a great threat to global food security. Two of these proteins are already being studied as potential drug targets against other pathogens.
#Broccoli could be key in the fight against osteoarthritisa compound found in broccoli could be key to preventing
Cable-tie heads are marketed normally for military and industrial applications to bundle wires and prevent corrosion.
or even blast injuries suffered by those in combat zones. SPO is a combination of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide molecules.
Our surprising finding was that even after exercising isolated leg muscles in the absence of oxygen the muscles injected with the SPO compound could generate 20 percent more force than untreated muscles said Harrison.
Even 30 minutes after the start of exercise (muscle stimulation) oxygen-deprived muscles injected with SPO maintained 30 percent of normal force.
This effect alone would be extremely valuable to both wounded warriors and civilians. However it is also conceivable that the technology
The research was funded by the National institutes of health and the Armed forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Co-authors are Catherine L. Ward Ph d. Benjamin T. Corona Ph d. James J. Yoo M d. Ph d. Wake Forest Baptist.
Given these results the authors write continued surveillance of influenza viruses in birds remains essential.
The newly published research has shown that this fight for monopoly of the nest also extends to other honeyguides in a battle conducted deep underground in the nest burrows that bee-eaters dig into the roofs of Aardvark holes.
and E coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tough waste plant material into isobutanol a biofuel that matches gasoline's properties better than ethanol.
The Air force Office of Scientific research the Welch Foundation the Packard Foundation and the Department of energy supported the research.
Since 1980 an average of one new infectious disease emerges in humans every eight months--representing a substantial global threat to human health.
As well as representing a significant global health threat they also create a burden to public health systems and the global economy.
In the study the scientists compared the recent aircraft data with aircraft data gathered from 1958 to 1961 using U s. Air force weather reconnaissance flights.
The University of Michigan study adds a new element in the fight to reduce childhood obesity by providing a real-world view of the gender differences in obesity risk factors.
and other invasive weeds as a potential threat to landholder involvement in environmental offset programs such as the Carbon Farming Initiative.
We examined the spatial and financial extent of the threat of gamba grass and found that 75%of the area across northern Australia suitable for savanna burning is also highly suitable for gamba grass.
and Aqua two of NASA's flagship Earth-observing satellites have scanned the surface of our planet for fires.
She and her team in the field observed that the zebras began their migration at the onset of the rains so she joined forces with Beck to see how extensive the environment's influence is on the timing of the zebras'journey.
or had close contact with live poultry 7-10 days before illness onset. Currently no definite evidence indicates sustained human-to-human transmission of the H7n9 virus. The study reports a family cluster of two patients (father and daughter) with H7n9 virus infection in Eastern China in March 2013.
the threat posed by H7n9 has passed by no means. Dr Zhou says that the reason for carrying out this study was
The new study by a trio of scientists affiliated with the University of California Davis has significant implications for how government agencies develop policies to successfully manage pests that pose a threat to California's $43. 5 billion agricultural industry.
Both adult and larval fruit flies pose a threat with the larvae (maggots) actually burrowing into
On a larger scale it could lead to new types of blast-shielding material for use in combat or by public-safety personnel or equipment.
A sandwich of many layers of such material might provide substantial protection from a blast in a lightweight wearable form though such applications will likely require substantial further research Fang says.
The work was supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Science Foundation. Story Source:
Scientists discover key to easing aquacultures reliance on wild-caught fishfor the first time scientists have been able to develop a completely vegetarian diet that works for marine fish raised in aquaculture the key to making aquaculture a sustainable industry as the world's need for protein increases.
and Allen Place at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental science's Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology are published in the August issue of the journal Lipids.
and Allen Place of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental science's Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology and Frederic Barrows of the U s. Department of agriculture's Agricultural research service is published in the August issue of Lipids.
and sell a product that has the cancer-fighting component that it lacked before he said.
and the prowess of the warriors who hunt that cultural tradition can be less of a motivation to hunt than political discontent.
In the beginning the elders kept the warriors from hunting lions the researchers found. But after Maasai representation in ranch governance was diminished the Maasai felt disenfranchised.
to reaffirm the protective role of young warriors to help select brave leaders among warrior groups to allow individual warriors to gain prestige to eliminate lions that prey on livestock
#Disappearance of coral reefs, drastically altered marine food web on the horizonif history's closest analog is any indication the look of the oceans will change drastically in the future as the coming greenhouse world alters marine food webs
and overcome the previously lowered plaque ph. Milk with a ph ranging from 6. 4 to 6. 7 is considered to be a functional food that fights cavities
and health that they could be considered in legal disputes--as is white pine nut availability now--about
In addition to eliminating wolf-livestock conflicts retiring livestock allotments in the grizzly bear recovery zone adjacent to Yellowstone could benefit bears through increases in plant foods.
when the number and force of head hits incurred over the course of a season were measured.
As with other amphibians agrochemicals potentially pose a threat to chorus frogs as exposure to pesticides can decrease their immune system thereby increasing the risk of disease.
Many marine fish species spend their larval stage near the ocean's surface#n environment completely different than the one they are in as adults.
or photographed color patterns in adult marine fishes for centuries but color patterns in marine fish larvae have largely been neglected said Baldwin.
Yet the larval stages of many marine fishes have subtle to striking ephemeral color patterns that can potentially tell us a lot about a species'place on the taxonomic family tree.
Color information on many more marine fish larvae is needed to fully use this new suite of evolutionary information
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is one of the most endangered marine mammal species in the world
Ecological effects of the growth in goat herds include increasing conflicts with pastoralists predation by dogs on wildlife retaliatory killing of snow leopards and displacement of wildlife away from critical food habitats.
The research has been supported by the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship The Australian Climate Change Science Program and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science.
A pioneering study of African savannas by the University of Edinburgh has revealed deforestation in south-central Africa driven by rising populations in the aftermath of war and increasing demand for trees for agriculture and fuel.
Although high arsenic in rice is a potential threat to human health there should not be any panic about the consequences particularly as the health risks arise from long-term chronic exposure.
The Singapore National Research Foundation the Office of Naval Research the Lockheed martin LANCER IV program and the Air force Office of Scientific research supported the work.
which shows the wide variability in the force of impacts. The study found that impact frequency was greater during games (15.5) than during practices (9. 4)
Late blight is still a major threat to global food security in the developing world she adds. Knowing how the pathogen genome has changed over time will help modern-day farmers better manage the disease.
#Bees under threat from disease-carrying bumblebee imports, research revealsstricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are required urgently to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees
Perhaps most notably analysis of the bones of Roman Gladiators indicate they may have been vegetarians.
The results will lead in the medium term to a sustainable development plan for the area with Atelopus receiving the role here of a so-called flagship species i e. a species which stands as representative for the protection of the entire area.
and their habitats with IUCN Red List criteria and other factors such as threats and rarity ranking all 27 species from most vulnerable to least vulnerable.
'The territoriality of early farming groups may help to explain documented events of the period involving extreme violence.
The study cites the example of a Neolithic mass burial of the late sixth millennium BC at Talheim Germany which preserves the remains of a community killed by assailants wielding stone axes like those used to clear the land.
and there are a number of applications for polarimetry in communications and the military. Rice's new photodetector is the latest development from a collaboration between Rice and Sandia under Sandia's National Institute for Nano Engineering program
If invasive species like the Spanish slug establish in the UK it will move the battle against slugs to a much higher level.
Although our study used 20 years of data from Missouri similar threats to bird populations may occur around the world.
The ball gets flattened by the external forces and its cross section is oval instead of circular.
The Boeing Corp. and the Air force Office of Scientific research funded the work. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Rice university.
and combat obesity because they are less calorie-dense. Savage and colleagues found that children were three times more likely to refuse eating a vegetable alone than they were to eat the same vegetable when paired with a reduced-fat flavored dip.
Although avian influenza viruses have not caused widespread human transmission in 94 years of surveillance there have been numerous instances of avian influenza spillover
In the argument for smoking bans in parks and on beaches the most striking aspect according to Dr. Bayer is the assertion that just the act of smoking in public poses a threat to the well-being of children
and hospitality industries and of people who invoke threats of Big brother writes Dr. Bayer. While the rules for bans on smoking in public are gaining in popularity
The Air force Research Laboratory (through the University Technology Corp.)the Office of Naval Research the Air force Office of Scientific research and the Welch Foundation supported the research.
#Second door discovered in war against mosquito-borne diseasesin the global war against disease-carrying mosquitoes scientists have believed long that a single molecular door was the key target for insecticide.
The latter include companies with headquarters in Singapore and Malaysia where the undesirable haze accompanies the financial returns on their investments.
#Flipping fish adapt to land livingresearchers have found that the amphibious mangrove rivulus performs higher force jumps on land than some other fishes that end up on land.
and amphibious mangrove rivulus jumping off a force plate when startled with the end of a stick
and then compared the forces of their jumps. The largemouth bass uses a common jumping technique to return to the water
whereby it flips its head over its body towards the tail end to jump away from a stimulus. The researchers found striking differences in these fish's jumping forces:
the bass generates forces mostly in the vertical direction which means that it basically just goes up without moving sideways;
the mangrove rivulus generates the greatest forces in the antero-posterior (front-back) and medio-lateral (side-to-side) dimensions
#Climate change deniers using dirty tricks from Tobacco Wars, expert saysfossil fuel companies have been funding smear campaigns that raise doubts about climate change writes John Sauven in the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine.
And the tactics they are applying are largely the same as those they used in the tobacco wars.
It will be in these expanding economies that the battle over the Earth's future will be won or lost.
And as in the tobacco wars the fight over clean energy is likely to be a dirty one.
and spurred militias in Darfur Uganda Sudan and Somalia to kill elephants and sell tusks so they can buy guns.
Since THE WHO FCTC came into force in 2005 175 countries and the European union have become parties to it.
Because there are a limited number of antimicrobial drugs that can be used for treatment of BRD pathogens Lubbers said multidrug resistance in those pathogens poses a severe threat to the livestock industry.
We (KSVDL) consider this type of information to be part of our active ongoing disease surveillance
and may become more of a threat as the climate warms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention West Nile virus is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in the United states. The virus is transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito.
Integrated mosquito management#a method to control mosquitoes through targeted interventions based on mosquito biology that includes surveillance of mosquito activity reducing breeding sites such as neglected swimming pools
As a first line of defense wheat breeders and researchers began looking for resistance genes among those that had already been discovered in the existing germplasm repositories he said.
and variety of poisons found at the illegal marijuana plots is a new threat. According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely
and all threats to the crop including compounds illegal in the U s. she says. While some fishers have died from
This new threat may also impact other species already facing declining populations including the wolverine marten great gray owl California spotted owl and Sierra nevada red fox
and variety of poisons found at the illegal marijuana plots is a new threat. According to co-author PSW wildlife biologist Dr. Kathryn Purcell exposure of wildlife to pesticides has been documented widely
and all threats to the crop including compounds illegal in the U s. she says. While some fishers have died from
This new threat may also impact other species already facing declining populations including the wolverine marten great gray owl California spotted owl and Sierra nevada red fox
Neurobiologists in Martinsried have discovered now how the brain deals with this constant conflict in deciding between a hazardous substance and a potential food source taking advantage of the fly as a great genetic model organism for circuit neuroscience.
and its coconspirators in the gut that can respond fairly quickly relatively speaking to the assaults that they face.
For both group sizes those limiting forces drag the effectiveness down. Liu said that holds true in Wolong as well as in other efforts including students'class group projects.
The threat to biodiversity from pesticides has obviously been underestimated in the past. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research-UFZ.
This research is the first study to show that prenatal exposure to BPA increases postnatal fat tissue inflammation a condition that underlies the onset of metabolic diseases such as obesity diabetes
For the study the researchers assessed heat index in common and sleeping rooms in barracks trailers and houses at 170 eastern North carolina farmworker camps in 16 counties across a summer from June 15 to Oct 4 2010.
Boeing the Air force Office of Scientific research Sandia National Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research supported the research.
It forces the plants to essentially grow up as shrubs with more frequent harvests. By planting much closer together and causing them to branch like that you are able to fill up available space intercept light more quickly
or rolling lawns have been infiltrated by invasive plant species the perennial marauders of the back yard set.
#Cocoa may help fight obesity-related inflammationa few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter's day
#Iberian lynx attacks on farm animals are on the risescientists working on the LIFE IBERLINCE project have spent six years studying the hunting behaviour of the Iberian Lynx lynx pardinus) registering a total of 40 attacks with 716 farm animals killed.
therefore necessary to establish conflict prevention programmes alongside the existing conservation programmes. Most studies on depredation of livestock in Spain have focused on wolves
and little attention has been given to this type of conflict in smaller species. Within the LIFE IBERLINCE project Conservation
We have counted a total of 40 attacks on farm animals involving 716 kills in the area of Andã jar-Cardeã a one of the hubs--along with Doã ana--in
Although the majority of these attacks (78%)were carried out against poultry sheep depredation resulted in higher economic losses.
Quite possibly when the lynx was present all over the peninsula these attacks were common but as they now have limited a very distribution
and until not so many years ago they rarely came into contact with domestic animals we did not see as much conflict.
Compensation to farmersparallel to its conservation programme the group created a compensation scheme to mitigate the consequences of the conflict between humans and lynxes in this area.
It is about payments for damages to livestock in areas where the attacks have occurred notes Garrote.
However the team has begun already to erect electric fences to avoid attacks to sheep with an ideal result.
What we aimed with this study was to find out what the conflict is demonstrate that these conflicts occur
Natural crystals are made of structures bound by the Van der waals force but they're all of the same composition Lou said.
The Welch Foundation the National Science Foundation (NSF) the U s army Research Office the U s. Office of Naval Research the Nanoelectronics Research Corporation and the Department of energy supported the work.
In the past low years for whitebark pine cones have led to six times more conflicts between grizzlies and humans as hungry bears look for food in campgrounds says Crone.
Yet Roman harbor installations have survived 2000 years of chemical attack and wave action underwater. How the Romans did made itthe Romans concrete by mixing lime and volcanic rock.
For underwater structures lime and volcanic ash were mixed to form mortar and this mortar and volcanic tuff were packed into wooden forms.
The seawater instantly triggered a hot chemical reaction. The lime was hydrated--incorporating water molecules into its structure
Tobermorite does occur in the mortar of ancient seawater concrete however. High-pressure x-ray diffraction experiments at ALS beamline 12.2.2 measured its mechanical properties and for the first time clarified the role of aluminum in its crystal lattice.
and intelligence then we are considering a diet that is very different than we were thinking about 15 years ago
The study was supported by grants from the Air force Office of Scientific research and the National Science Foundation.
which fragmentation patterns can contribute to threat assessment. The authors also found that out of 58 species that have fragmented severely habitat 28 are considered not currently to be threatened according to the latest red list published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
We think that forces this orientation though we haven't proven it yet. He said the researchers want to experiment with other block copolymers
PES programmes have been promoted as a cost-effective tool to combat climate change. However the rather limited documentation on the effectiveness of the programmes is discouraging.'
and combat climate change'says Nord n who calls for better awareness of the effects of different reward systems.
and health consequences of these products are determined in post-marketing surveillance and epidemiological studies (tiered testing).
and domesticated plants and animals constitutes a fundamental threat to the well-being and even the survival of humankind warns the founding Chair of a new global organization created to narrow the gulf between leading international biodiversity scientists and national policy-makers.
Our results will help develop ways to use this new material in atomically thin electronics that will become integral components of a whole new generation of revolutionary products such as flexible solar cells that conform to the body of a car.
In some ways he says argument over the road distracts scientists and policymakers from far more serious threats.
Here road building ranks far lower as a threat than issues such as climate change poverty high population densities
I am concerned about all threats he says. But it is how you manage the system from a bigger picture--there are a lot of things you can do including trying to find ways to give residents alternative sources of income such as beekeeping handicraft production and community-based ecotourism.
When Guek was able to collect a specimen it was sent to Stephen Brooks at London's Natural history Museum who confirmed its new species status. The three joined forces
They may try to ensure paternity by increased surveillance and fighting off the competition or by having more frequent sex with their long-term partners.
Others react by physically punishing unfaithful females or by reducing parental care once the--potentially unrelated--offspring has arrived.
By adapting an algorithm from information theory the researchers found that they could use these distinct gene genealogies to quantify the conflict
#Flower power fights orchard pestswashington State university researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers'more severe pests aphids with a remarkably benign tool:
By adapting an algorithm from information theory the researchers found that they could use these distinct gene genealogies to quantify the conflict
#Flower power fights orchard pestswashington State university researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers'more severe pests aphids with a remarkably benign tool:
These results provide a basis for the government to take actions for controlling this public health threat.
We suggest that strong measures such as continued surveillance of avian and human hosts control of animal movement shutdown of live poultry markets
The place that organisms occupy on this sliding scale of forces depends in part on the extent to
On surveillance in the war against cancerpredicting outcomes for cancer patients based on tumor-immune system interactions is an emerging clinical approach
and even infiltrate the tumor core where they may gain a better position for eventual attack.
The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could explain why the Big bang created more matter than antimatter--a pivotal imbalance in the history of everything.
The Standard model describes four fundamental forces or interactions that govern how matter behaves: Gravity attracts massive bodies to one another.
The electromagnetic interaction gives rise to forces on electrically charged bodies. And the strong and weak forces operate in the cores of atoms binding together neutrons and protons or causing those particles to decay.
Physicists have been searching for signs of a new force or interaction that might explain the matter-antimatter discrepancy.
because positive protons are pushed away from the center of the nucleus by nuclear forces which are fundamentally different from spherically symmetric forces like gravity.
The new interaction whose effects we are studying does two things Chupp said. It produces the matter/antimatter asymmetry in the early universe
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