These include their use in the fight against fires in areas dominated by bushes and in controlling exotic vegetation plagues that could put ecosystems at risk.
#Bacterial supplement could help young pigs at weaning age fight diseasea common type of bacteria may help pigs stay healthy during weaning.
This in turn triggers the release of insulin whose adequate secretion by the pancreas and efficient uptake in muscle liver and fat tissue counters the dangerous buildup of glucose in the blood and in the long run the onset of type-2 diabetes.
or accelerating the onset of type-2 diabetes. It also may throw light on precisely how these substances affect the production or performance of the protein for which the implicated gene codes.
Or he notes it's possible that the suite of biochemicals found in the callus solution work as a team to fight cancer.
and combat climate change should be tailored for the regions in which they are to be executed.
and mitigate a variety of threats to biodiversity and wildlife including lowland tapirs including road construction logging unsustainable natural resource use and agricultural expansion.
#Human-tiger conflict: are overestimated the risks? A new study finds a complex web of factors increases perceived risk of tiger attack in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh.
Wildlife conservationists are well aware of the potential conflicts that exist between the endangered species they seek to protect and the human populations
and in depth interviews to explore the wider socioeconomic context of human-tiger conflict. The survey was carried out around the Sundarbans mangrove forests of southwestern Bangladesh home to one of the world's largest remaining tiger populations.
The respondents'perceived susceptibility to and their ability to mitigate human-tiger conflict was influenced largely by their poverty related-problems.
For conservationists this would mean a shift from traditional models of conflict reduction to holistic models which also incorporate situation-specific actions to reduce risk perceptions.
if the human dimensions and social context of human-wildlife conflict situations are understood well and appropriately managed.
#Global plant diversity still hinges on local battles against invasives, study suggestsin Missouri forests dense thickets of invasive honeysuckle decrease the light available to other plants hog the attention of pollinators
Invasive species are a serious threat Knight says and if we're going to deal with them we need the cooperation of the public.
While the small scale justifies the fight the large scale offers hope. Invasive plant species are reducing the abundance of native plant species
Extreme weather potent force for Arctic overwintering populationsclimate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species such as reindeer
while posing a threat to natural habitats and food supplies as food stocks are turned to fuel
and in so doing contribute to avoid the conflict between food and fuel production said Cesar Izaurralde PNNL soil scientist and University of Maryland adjunct professor.
and reported to national surveillance. The Infectious Intestinal Disease Study Executive. BMJ 1999; 318 (7190): 1046-53.
and near Mount Rainier where the insect outbreak lasted ten years from its onset in 1994 till the insects killed all the trees
If budworms return in following years trees will ultimately succumb to the onslaught and die.
or strive for synergy with hot chocolate conclude the authors who highlight their conflicts of interest
Plague outbreaks political conflicts and migration movements often matched periods of cooler temperatures. Moreover fluctuations in settlement activity appear to be linked to climate variability.
The Black death in the mid-14th century the Thirty years war between 1618-1648 and the Russian crusade of Napoleon in 1812 are three most prominent examples of climate-culture interactions.
#Amino acid studies may aid battle against citrus greening diseaseamino acids in orange juice might reveal secrets to the successful attack strategy of the plant pathogen that causes citrus greening disease also known as Huanglongbing or HLB.
and recycle amino acids scientists might be able to use that information as a starting point for a counterattack strategy.
An orange tree can convert this amino acid into cinnamic acid a precursor to compounds thought to be important to the tree's defense system.
Mangrove protection is given urgent the continuing threats to the world's remaining 14 to 15 million hectares of mangroves from aquaculture land development and overexploitation.
Scientists from Rice the Dutch firm Teijin Aramid the U s. Air force and Israel's Technion Institute this week unveiled a new carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber that looks
Teijin Aramid's headquarters in Arnhem The netherlands; the Technion-Israel Institute of technology in Haifa Israel; and the Air force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Dayton Ohio.
The new CNT fibers have a thermal conductivity approaching that of the best graphite fibers
Judy Freeman who at 75 requires a walker has lost 50 pounds midway through her second series of My Turn classes.
But you can't stop the forces of innovation and capitalism and entrepreneurship Ard said.
but such a finding forces researchers to ask more questions about how these groups migrated
and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida's natural habitat. The native Carolina Willow is also starting to strangle portions of the St johns river. Biologists at the University of Central Florida recently completed a study that shows this slender tree once used by Native americans for medicinal purposes may be thriving because of water-management projects initiated in the 1950s.
The Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative M-I SWACO and the Air force Office of Scientific research funded work at Rice.
#Mangroves protecting corals from climate changecertain types of corals invertebrates of the sea that have been On earth for millions of years appear to have found a way to survive some of their most destructive threats by attaching to and growing under mangrove roots.
and face many threats such as coastal pollution dredging and disease. However some of their most widespread threats involve warming ocean temperatures solar radiation and increased ocean acidification.
It is from these threats that corals are finding refuge under the red mangroves of Hurricane Hole.
Red mangroves subtropical or tropical trees that colonize coastlines and brackish water habitats have networks of prop roots that extend down toward the seafloor
U s. Purdue researchers have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the Provitamin a content of corn kernels a finding that could help combat Vitamin a deficiency in developing countries and macular degeneration in the elderly.
Pathogenic fungi are a major threat to our food security--they can devastate crops and cost billions of pounds worth of damage.
Although the amount of force applied to the button did not matter--simply pressing it was pushed adequate--children harder
Results from this study will help consumers to discriminate between apple varieties that can aid in the fight against obesity.
or how dangerous they are to fight. While the findings may exonerate the insect scapegoats they should also help ecosystem managers better respond to changes in the face of climate-driven disturbances like drought and warmer temperatures.
and some have grown concerned about how beetle attacks and wildfires may interact. The conventional wisdom is that a forest of dead trees is a tinder box just waiting to burn up says Turner who has studied long the forest landscape of the Mountain West.
Do the two disturbances beetle attacks and wildfire together change the ecological response of the forest to fire?
#Water research tackles growing grassland threat: Treestwo Kansas State university biologists are studying streams to prevent tallgrass prairies from turning into shrublands and forests.
closer surveillance of infants with CMV-positive mothers; and pasteurization of breast milk until a corrected gestational age of 34 weeks (as recommended by the Austrian Society of Pediatrics.
and partial support from the U s. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of Illinois at Chicago.
what a synchronizing force it is especially across marine and terrestrial systems said Black. Researchers have used tree rings to reconstruct climate patterns such as ENSO before
Spring the onset of the growing season is studied well but fall --which is more complex and dependent on geography--is more difficult for scientists to characterize Schwartz said.
#Tropical rabbitfish a threat to Mediterranean sea ecosystemsthe tropical rabbitfish which have devastated algal forests in the eastern Mediterranean sea pose a major threat to the entire Mediterranean basin
#Domestic violence issue possible red zone fumble for NFLTWICE as many women as compared to men are of the strong opinion that Ray Rice former Baltimore ravens running back should never play in the NFL again according to a new survey
In an attempt to understand the gravity player-inflicted violence issues pose to the league Sweeney
and on the potential financial threats it poses to the league and its corporate sponsors.
The majority of fans surveyed strongly agreed that the NFL has a domestic violence problem
and grow its female fan base they should strongly consider its perspective on the league's domestic violence problem she said.
The female consumer base is both a dynamic and economic force on the NFL in today's market
in addition to pink this October in support of domestic violence awareness she said. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of North Florida.
and polyurethane paint to melt ice on sensitive military radar domes which need to be kept clear of ice to keep them at peak performance.
The Lockheed martin Aerospace Co. through the LANCER IV Program the Office of Naval Research's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative and the Air force Office of Scientific research supported the research.
#Impact that doomed the dinosaurs helped the forests bloomsome 66 million years ago a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yukatan peninsula near the site of the small town of Chicxulub with the force of 100 teratons
and become more tolerant of stress including attack by common diseases like mildew and spot blotch.
Like a watchful sentry JA takes action at the first sign of plant distress producing proteins that prepare the plant to combat excess heat lack of water or attack by disease organisms.
-and pest-resistance traits of other grasses using a legion of genetic tools that can reduce crop losses
and conservation policies represent a constant struggle to balance the residents'need to eke out a living with the pandas'full reliance on a specific lifestyle that centers on vast access to bamboo.
and also can pose a threat to the people who walk through the woods. At the framework's core is an understanding of how conservation efforts
and migration can loom large in many flagship nature reserves as do issues of how policy is executed
and penetrated the glacial till and bedrock with incredible force. This created the Vuoksi River
Put enough nanotubes into such a solution and they're caught between the repellant forces
It produces unconventional forces in the solution. Feeding this dense nanotube gel through a narrow needle-like opening produced continuous fiber on the Pasquali lab's equipment.
The disease does not pose a threat to human health. The name bluetongue derives from the swollen lips and tongue of affected sheep
and gas drilling with potential health threats arising from increases in volatile organic compounds and air toxics.
The real threats are failures in the steel and cement casings of wells nearer to the surface
Study finds important genes in defense responsewhen corn plants come under attack from a pathogen they sometimes respond by killing their own cells near the site of the attack committing cell suicide to thwart further damage from the attacker.
and a few other responses linked to resisting attack says Dr. Peter Balint-Kurti the paper's corresponding author and a U s. Department of agriculture (USDA) professor who works in NC State's plant pathology and crop science
Human intelligence has a physical basis in the huge size of our brains--some seven times larger than would be expected for a mammal with our body size said Steven Gaulin UCSB professor of anthropology
When Nrf2 is exposed to threats to the cell's health it oscillates faster and activates an increase in the cell's defence mechanism including raising the levels of antioxidant.
The health benefit of Nrf2 oscillating at a fast speed is that surveillance of cell health is increased
when cells are under threat. By understanding how this process works and increasing Nrf2's speed without putting cells under threat new strategies for design of healthier foods
and improved drugs can be devised. Current designs may have selected substances with suboptimal if not poor health benefits in some cases.
and other local communities to reduce conflicts. It asserts that governments should enforce these laws and hold companies investing in these countries accountable.
Although stem cells can be a potent weapon in the fight against certain diseases simply infusing a patient with stem cells is no guarantee the stem cells will be able to travel to the injured area and work collaboratively with the cells already there.
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to development are the largest threats. These are also significant threats in the nation's grasslands where the report notes a decline in breeding birds like the eastern meadowlark and the bobolink of nearly 40 percent since 1968.
That decline however has leveled off since 1990--a result of the significant investments in grassland bird conservation.
This report highlights the threats that birds face but it also offers hope for their future
While habitat loss and fragmentation are the most consistent and widespread threats across habitats they are followed closely on the list by invasive species. Introduced species have a particularly strong impact on islands where native birds have a greater restriction on where they can Live in Hawaii introduced animals
Loss of habitat and uncontrolled harvesting in the South america and Caribbean are some of their biggest threats.
Think of it as a temporary disturbance in the force that could slow electrons down Yakobson said.
This study was supported in part by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research center at the U s army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
or is it a threat to public health at large he says. To do that we need to learn more not just about how long workers carry bacteria in their noses
The research carried out by academics from the University of Birmingham represents a significant contribution to global research in plant genetic resources for food and agriculture particularly in the fight against the detrimental impacts of climate change on food security.
#Future of our crops is at risk in conflict zones, say scientistswild species related to our crops which are crucial as potential future food resources have been identified by University of Birmingham scientists
however a significant proportion are found in conflict zones in the middle East where their conservation is comprised increasingly.
but it is critical to conserve them in their natural habitat as they will continue to adapt to changes in the climate as well as threats from pests and diseases.''
#Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia, researchers sayan invasive weed poses a serious and frightening threat to farming families in Ethiopia
but scientists from a Virginia Tech-led program have unleashed a new weapon in the fight against hunger:
When used alive these 13 lactic acid bacteria produce the right kind of antimicrobial compounds as needed depending on the threat.
which the authors believe can result in untenable conflicts of interest. Moreover rigid inclusion criteria often mean that potentially relevant studies are barred from the USEPA's assessment process.
This separation would serve to reduce concerns over conflicts of interest. In addition they recommend a wider use of all available research--particularly field studies
Given the complexities of our modern food environment that is an uphill battle. We must start looking at enacting policies that help people navigate our complex food environment
or pose any kind of threat to humans says Dr. Mary jane Epps a postdoctoral researcher at NC State
But crop plants are subject to an additional force: human action. Up to now few studies have been able to distinguish the results of the domestication of the effects of natural constraints on crop diversity.
and becoming nicotine dependence requires taking an upstream approach--that's why understanding the factors that influence intention to use cigarettes among youth who have smoked never cigarettes is critical in preventing the onset of tobacco use Dube said.
The laboratory recreation of a fungus-derived antibiotic viridicatumtoxin B may someday help bolster the fight against bacteria that evolve resistance to treatments in hospitals and clinics around the world.
The authors emphasise that there will be serious conflicts in the coming decades. We're facing a lot of tough decisions said Irene Burgues Arrea of the Conservation Strategy Fund in Costa rica.
For instance there are huge conflict areas in Sub-saharan africa because it has vital wildlife habitats but a very rapidly growing human population that will need more food and more roads.
If crop pests continue to spread at current rates many of the world's biggest crop producing nations will be inundated by the middle of the Century posing a grave threat to global food security.
Ancient conversation between plants, fungi and bacteriathe mechanical force that a single fungal cell or bacterial colony exerts on a plant cell may seem vanishingly small
Here local farmers see cheetahs as a potential threat for their cattle. The conflict is an old one:
wherever there are carnivorous wild animals farmers are concerned about their livestock. In Namibia the concern refers to the possible threat from cheetahs on cattle.
When farmers in Namibia are missing a bovine calf cheetahs are regularly under suspicion--nowhere else in the world are there as many animals of this vulnerable species as on commercial farmland in Namibia.
therefore an important mile stone to resolve the conflict between farmers and cheetahs. Story Source:
We must protect future generations from any potential smokescreens in the tobacco product landscape that will cause us to lose precious ground in the fight to make our nation 100 percent tobacco-free.
After extensive testing and publishing of the results and with funding help from Sergeant's pet care products Stop That was developed
Mcglone asked Sergeant's to make several spray cans that had the androstenone in different concentrations
Honeybees face threats from disease climate change and management practices. To combat these threats it is important to understand the evolutionary history of honeybees
and how they are adapted to different environments across the world. We have used state-of-the-art high-throughput genomics to address these questions
Firstly they were able to show that AMPS fight bacteria effectively in test tubes. Then they showed that two of the investigated AMPS suppressed bacterial growth in liquid preserved semen preparations if combined with a small amount of the antibiotic gentamicin.
and slow down the progression of Alzheimer's diseasethe onset of Alzheimer's disease can be slowed and some of its symptoms curbed by a natural compound that is found in pomegranate.
In the case of the potentially much more dangerous cow milk allergy however the body's immune system attacks milk proteins with its own Ige antibodies.
She joined forces with another scientist at another International Taste and Smell meeting. Yasuka Toda a graduate student of the University of Tokyo and co-first author of the paper had devised a method for testing taste receptors in cell culture.
This study helps make sense of the challenge faced by thousands of rangers working on the frontlines to protect elephants
and communicate the true proportions of the threat that elephants face. To establish figures rather than proportions two types of model were used.
A single battle with a large wildfire can incinerate $1 million a day in firefighting costs a total that has exploded annual national costs to nearly $2 billion recently even as states ante up an additional $1. 5 billion themselves.
The researchers used surveillance video and telemetric monitoring to identify any symptoms of complications in all groups such as abdominal bleeding gastrointestinal bleeding aspiration pneumonia seizures or blood disorders.
and under increasing land use threats--are forests where there are no visible indications of human activities especially industrial-scale land use
It also gives scientists new insight into ways to fight parasitic weeds that wreak havoc on food crops in some of the poorest parts of the world.
For his research he worked with the New jersey Air National guard to implement prescribed burns for experimental purposes at the Warren Grove Range where Drexel's Laboratory of Pinelands Research conducts environmental research.
Two years ago the New jersey Air National guard agreed to participate in a pilot study to test the feasibility of using culverts to guide snakes under roads as part of a larger study of northern pine snakes at Warren Grove Gunnery Range.
Using science as a way to seek solutions to the conflict the grouse managers and conservationists together agreed key questions they wanted the research to answer.
The standoff between grouse managers and hen harrier conservationists is one of the UK's most bitter and contentious wildlife conflicts.
and see any predation by hen harriers as a threat. Hen harriers eat grouse and are killed illegally so
and testing the effectiveness of various solutions ecology can help resolve wildlife conflicts --which can have dramatic impacts on people's lives and livelihoods--worldwide.
and tackling these conflicts by providing impartial evidence and exploring various technical solutions. However this must be involved done with those in the conflict
so that science addresses the issues people are concerned most about and that they therefore have ownership of the results he says.
since unlike other marine mammals they rely solely on their fur rather than an extra layer of blubber to stay warm--it's like a 120-pound human eating 30 pounds of food per day.
and may reduce conflicts between objectives for increasing renewable fuel production and reducing unintended impacts and costs resulting from the propagation of invasive plants.
As force of destruction and renewal fire has a long and intimate history with the ecology of California.
Vaccines are the best way to completely eradicate an epidemic threat like Ebola says Matthias Schnell Ph d. Director of the Jefferson Vaccine Center and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Thomas Jefferson University.
in order to most effectively eradicate the threat of hemorrhagic fever. It includes the Zaire strain of Ebola virus that is currently spreading across West Africa as well as the Sudan strain and the Marburg virus a virus in the same family as Ebola
Insect aggression boosted by altering brain metabolismscientists report they can crank up insect aggression simply by interfering with a basic metabolic pathway in the insect brain.
Their study of fruit flies and honey bees shows a direct causal link between brain metabolism (how the brain generates the energy it needs to function) and aggression.
You tend to think of aggression as requiring more energy not less. In the new study postdoctoral researcher Clare Rittschof used drugs to suppress key steps in oxidative phosphorylation in the bee brains.
She saw that aggression increased in the drugged bees in a dose-responsive manner Robinson said.
But the drugs had no effect on chronically stressed bees--they were not able to increase their aggression in response to an intruder.
In separate experiments postdoctoral researcher Hongmei Li-Byarlay and undergraduate student Jonathan Massey found that reduced oxidative phosphorylation in fruit flies also increased aggression.
The findings offer insight into the immediate and longer-term changes that occur in response to threats Robinson said.
When an animal faces a threat it has an immediate aggressive response within seconds Robinson said.
Such changes likely make individuals more vigilant to subsequent threats. This makes good sense in an ecological sense Robinson said
because threats often come in bunches. The fact that the researchers observed these effects in two species that diverged 300 million years ago makes the findings even more compelling Robinson said.
and Genetics with rather different research programs--but both happened to stumble upon the gene DJ-1 and joined forces.
The temporary collective anisotropic order occurred only in the brief temperature interval prior to the onset of magnetism where the anisotropic resistance had previously been measured.
Overall panther attacks caused the most deaths although panthers weren't the only predator for calves to contend with.
Each ranch also lost at least one ear-tagged calf to a bear attack during the two-year study
or back of the calf's neck was most often the mark of a panther attack she said
Coyote and bear attacks were much more damaging with the calf's body badly bruised
and military troops exposed to poisonous chemicals--particularly those in pesticides and chemical weapons. An article in the current issue of the journal Chembiochem outlines the advancement in detoxifying organophosphates
in addition to therapeutic formulations which could prevent nerve damage in the event of a gas attack
or pesticide exposure and would likely be developed first for military use the proteins could be critical
Research was supported by a grant from the U s army Research Office and the National Science Foundation.
The international community wants to use a combination of carbon sequestration and emissions reductions to combat climate change.
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