Basically for very small gaps everything is in the quantum realm (where subatomic forces rule)
Co-authors include graduate student Lifei Liu and Henry Everitt a chief scientist at the U s army's Charles Bowden Research Lab Redstone Arsenal Ala. and an adjunct professor at Duke university.
The research was supported by the Robert A. Welch Foundation the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship the Air force Office of Scientific research the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program the Army's in-house laboratory-independent research program and the Army Research
Office. Rice alumnus Emil Prodan an assistant professor of physics at Yeshiva University New york is co-author of Quantum Plasmonics:
#Protecting vital crops in Chinaevidence of disease in oilseed rape crops across China and how it may spread has been mapped by researchers led by the University of Hertfordshire--providing new strategic information on crop protection to the Chinese government.
This put China the world's biggest producer of rapeseed at risk of this highly infectious crop pathogen.
Reducing the risk of phoma stem canker in oilseed rape crops in China is a priority for Chinese government and industry.
which promotes the protection of rare and endangered species. The Bochum team propagate the species and pass them on to other botanic gardens worldwide.
#Genetic mutation increases risk of Parkinsons disease from pesticidesa team of researchers has brought new clarity to the picture of how gene-environmental interactions can kill nerve cells that make dopamine.
and epidemiological research that demonstrated an increased risk of disease among farmers rural populations and others exposed to agricultural chemicals.
Unlike the common chimpanzee bonobos establish social bonds and diffuse tension or aggression with sexual behaviors.
and currently beset with warfare and insecurity. The research team created a predictive model using available field data to define bonobo habitat
and to points of human access are more vulnerable to poaching one of their main threats said Dr. Janet Nackoney a Research Assistant professor at University of Maryland and second author of the study.
#Guard dogs reduce killing of threatened speciesresearch from the University of Kent has revealed that guarding dogs can significantly reduce conflict between livestock
Implications for Cheetah Conservation researchers from the University's School of Anthropology and Conservation studied the effect guarding dogs have on the protection of farm animals across South africa.
The research revealed that livestock guarding dogs eliminated livestock losses from predators on 91%of the farms studied with each farmer saving over $3000 per year due to the reduction in killed livestock.
'This research has shown for the first time that livestock guarding dogs can successfully be used in South africa to protect livestock from attack by predators as large as leopards or small as jackals.'
'This is a true win-win solution to reduce conflict between livestock and predators because it almost eliminates livestock losses to predators saving the farmer a lot of money
'Retaliatory killing by farmers is a major threat to the survival of many large carnivore species. This study shows that livestock deaths can be avoided through the deployment of highly trained dogs and
Competition also increases trees'risk to bark beetles and diseases and subsequently leads to a buildup of dead fuels.
if the onset of this risk could be determined. The study which appears in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research also considered
By establishing the self-thinning boundary lines from the size-density trajectories the onset of mortality risk can be determined for ponderosa pine stands.
Increased harvest frequency also holds potential for mitigating risk under a changing climate. Worldwide the researchers found that closing harvest gaps worldwide could theoretically boost production more than 44 percent.
and strengthened site management to ensure Lumbini's protection. These discoveries are very important to better understand the birthplace of The buddha said Ram Kumar Shrestha Nepal's minister of culture tourism and civil aviation.
while holding on to the branch of a tree within the Lumbini Garden midway between the kingdoms of her husband and parents.
#Battle against bee blood eating Acarimexico is one of the top five bee producing countries worldwide and the second in exportation.
However the beekeepers can see their production affected by the attack of a parasite the Varroa acari
#Link between allergies, increased risk of blood cancers in womena team of scientists looking into the interplay of the immune system and cancer have found a link between a history of airborne allergies--in particular to plants grass and trees
--with risk of blood cancers in women. Notably the study did not find the same association in men which suggests a possible gender-specific role in chronic stimulation of the immune system that may lead to the development of hematologic cancers.
For the study Shadman principal investigator Emily White Ph d. of the Public health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch and their colleagues drew on a large population-based sample of men and women from the VITAMINS And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort
health history and cancer risk factors medication and supplement use and diet. Participants provided information on age race/ethnicity education smoking diet (fruit
Incidence of hematologic malignancies and other cancers was identified via the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry of western Washington.
A history of allergies to airborne antigens was associated with a higher risk of hematologic malignancies.
There was also an increased risk of plasma-cell neoplasms for participants who reported a history of allergies to cats dogs or other animals.
The authors cite the study's strengths as its large population size the comprehensive baseline data regarding cancer risk
and its use of the SEER registry an award-winning cancer registry program based at Fred Hutch.
Given the limited number of cases within each subtype of hematologic cancer the risk estimates need to be interpreted with caution
The research team tested ten known protective chemical nutrients found in foods like broccoli grapes apples tofu
The work was supported by the Air force Office of Scientific research and has been accepted for publication in the journal Chemistry of Materials.
or adhere to surfaces via Van der waals forces at nanometer-scale distances Sandhage explained. The researchers washed the burrlike pollen particles with chloroform methanol hydrochloric acid
Gomez and Meredith used an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip to press the replicas onto a variety of surfaces then measured the force required to remove them from the surfaces.
while retaining high-aspect-ratio sharp spikes that provide for short-range Van der waals forces. Reproducibly generating large quantities of such cheap microparticles possessing high-aspect surface features over their entire particle surfaces would be quite challenging using synthetic top-down methods Sandhage said.
The Air force Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) that funded the work is aimed at both understanding adhesion in natural systems and controllably tailoring such adhesion.
This research was supported by the U s. Air force Office of Scientific research through award number FA9550-10-1-0555.
The latest weapon in combatting climate changeas U n. climate talks continue in Warsaw soon a flying insect-like robot developed by scientists at Wake Forest University will give an unprecedented look at Peru's tropical cloud
Launched like a javelin it uses a single electric motor and propeller to fly up to 50 mph for over an hour.
The report also looked at the protective effect on specific causes of death. The most obvious benefit was a reduction of 29 percent in deaths from heart disease--the major killer of people in America said Charles S. Fuchs MD MPH director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center
But we also saw a significant reduction--11 percent--in the risk of dying from cancer added Fuchs who is affiliated also with the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham
and Women's. Whether any specific type or types of nuts were crucial to the protective effect couldn't be determined.
and a lower risk of diseases such as heart disease type 2 diabetes colon cancer gallstones and diverticulitis.
In fact based on previous studies the US Food and Drug Administration concluded in 2003 that eating 1. 5 ounces per day of most nuts may reduce the risk of heart disease.
or ph and pollination syndromes said lead author Yelenik who earned her doctorate from UCSB's Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology and now works for the U s. Geological Survey's Pacific Island Ecosystems
and it was found to provide better protection against infections by Mannheimia haemolytica bacterium than imported vaccines.
which unlike the imported vaccines has been demonstrated to provide protection against bacterium infection in the small ruminants like goats and sheep.
Therefore STVAC7 was developed using local isolated bacterium that was found to be able to provide protection against infections by Mannheimia haemolytica bacterium A2 A7 and A9.
This was proven to be said better protection Prof Zamri who graduated with his Doctor of Veterinary medicine degree from UPM before obtaining his Phd from Liverpool.
The Heart of New Ulm Project reinforce the positive influence of lifestyle factors in mitigating risks that potentially increase the likelihood of heart disease and other health problems.
Our data suggests that there is a clear connection between increased body weight or the decrease in the consumption of fruits and vegetables and the development of metabolic syndrome a clustering of CVD risk factors.
A decline in the OLS was associated with a nearly 3-fold increased risk of incident MS (aor=2. 9 CI:
High tunnels can offer many benefits for delicate vegetable crops including protection from environmental stresses such as hail frost excessive rainfall and high wind.
The USDA has obtained a Plant Variety Protection Certificate for the'Tigerpaw-NR'parent of'Carotex-312'.'
#Drinking more milk as a teenager does not lower risk of hip fracture laterdrinking more milk as a teenager apparently does not lower the risk of hip fracture as an older adult
and instead appears to increase that risk for men according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics a JAMA Network publication.
which is a risk factor for hip fracture according to the study background. Diane Feskanich Sc.
D. of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard university Boston and colleagues examined the association between remembered teenage milk consumption and risk of hip fracture at older ages in a study of more than 96000 men
Study findings indicate teenage milk consumption (between the ages of 13-18 years) was associated with an increased risk of hip fractures in men with each additional glass of milk per day as a teenager
associated with a 9 percent higher risk. Teenage milk consumption was associated not with hip fractures in women.
The association between drinking milk and hip fractures in men was influenced partially by height according to the studywe did not see an increased risk of hip fracture with teenage milk consumption in women as we did in men.
Women are at higher risk for osteoporosis than men hence the benefit of greater bone mass balanced the increased risk related to height the authors comment.
Cheese intake during teenage years was associated not with the risk of hip fracture in either men or women.
In this investigation higher milk consumption at this age did not translate into a lower risk of hip fracture for older adults
#Poultry probiotics coat clues to ability to battle bugsifr researchers have characterized the coat of a potential poultry probiotic giving the first clues of how it may be used to exclude pathogenic bacteria from chickens.
This strain of Lactobacillus johnsonii is now being taken through farm-scale trials to assess its potential use to combat pathogenic infections of poultry by bacteria such as C. perfringens.
In order to mitigate risks of further species loss and to work towards recovery of threatened butterfly populations the review ends by recommending twelve management measures favourable for many butterflies.
Our findings suggest that exposures that occur before the influence of a prior message'wears off'could cause the risk of smoking to accumulate over the long term Martino said.
whether in advertising or entertainment media is associated with an increased risk for beginning or progressing toward regular tobacco use among young adults said Claude M. Setodji the lead author of the study and a senior statistician at RAND.
#Bitter melon extract may have potential to fight head, neck cancerextract taken from an Asian vegetable may have therapeutic qualities to treat head
The chemical compounds play a key role in the insect's ability to find a mate and to overcome tree defences.
Females lead the first attacks on trees while sending out pheromone signals for more beetles to join the aggregation.
Beetle attacks also induce a release of a volatile tree chemical 3-carene. Field tests conducted by Erbilgin
#Tasmania home to first alpine sword-sedgeresearchers from the University of New england (Australia) and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney (Australia) have discovered a high-altitude species of sedge
Species of the genus Lepidosperma commonly known as sword-sedges mostly have flattened elongate leaves that are shaped like a double-edged sword.
and new forms of trade--may increase the risk of disease spreading and provide opportunities for genetic reassortment which can enhance pathogenicity (the ability of an organism to cause disease).
and storage reducing flood risk and leisure use. The researchers say that new approaches to pest
and the different stakeholders they benefit as well as the likelihood of greater threats in the future resulting from globalisation and climate change.
and researchers stress the importance of risk management at pathways of introduction especially where modern trade practices provide potential new routes of entry for pests and pathogens.
which causes Chalara dieback of ash trees has the potential to defend itself against virus attacks research by British scientists has shown.
Plant pathologists Dr Joan Webber from Forest Research the research agency of the Forestry Commission and Professor Clive Brasier found that the defence mechanisms which the Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea) fungus
and survival of a fungus enabling it to define its territory to resist viral attack
Melesse's doctoral research has provided us with valuable information about virus types disease distribution in relation to season and geographical region and the economic significance and risk factors for FMD LSD AHS and camel
#Sofrito contains substances that reduce risk of cardiovascular diseasethe combination of tomato olive oil garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids.
dietary qualitymillions of families in the United states struggle to provide nutritionally adequate meals due to insufficient money or other resources.
which suggests that SNAP could do more to adequately address the problem of food insecurity according to lead investigator Dr. Eric Rimm Associate professor in Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public health.
These efforts should be based on further research to identify to the most effective ways to achieve the federal program's goals of reducing food insecurity
biodiversity threats from changes in forest cover; the carbon stored or emitted as a result of gains or losses in tree cover in both managed and unmanaged forests;
WCS recently launched 96 Elephants a public outreach campaign aiming to bolster elephant protection and educate the public about ivory trade and consumption.
As a global leader in the fight to confront this crisis the United states must do the same.
and is very labour intensive--ideal for job creation and security. The Brazilian government has approved recently a bill to expand 4. 3 million hectares of previously deforested land to oil palm plantations
and form good habits at an early age laying a foundation for a healthy future said Shannon Carney Oleksyk contributing author and healthy living adviser for Blue Cross Blue Shield
and now our results suggest this class of drugs can be a useful addition to the arsenal.
However long stalks in a grain field present a danger to the yield. Tall rice or barley varieties buckle over too easily under the load of their heavy panicles or ears.
The situation is so serious that the sheep industry could be under threat. It is therefore crucial to identify the causes and implement preventative measures.
Killing ticks from insideingeborg Klingen Head of Section of Invertebrate Pests at Bioforsk Plant Health and Plant Protection Division and her group are currently conducting field trials with BIPESCO 5
#Higher dietary acid load increases risk of diabetes, study saysa study of more than 60 000 women has shown that higher overall acidity of the diet regardless of the individual foods
making up that diet increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study the first large prospective study to demonstrate these findings is published in Diabetologia the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
whether increased acidosis caused by dietary acid loads increased the risk of type 2 diabetes.
In the overall population those in the top 25%(quartile) for PRAL had increased a 56 risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with the bottom quartile.
Women of normal weight (BMI of 25 and under) had increased the highest risk (96%for top quartile
versus bottom) while overweight women (BMI 25 and over) had only a 28%increased risk (top quartile versus bottom).
NEAP scores showed a similar increased risk for higher acid load. The authors say: A diet rich in animal protein may favour net acid intake
In our study the fact that the association between both PRAL and NEAP scores and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes persisted after adjustment for dietary patterns meat consumption
We have demonstrated for the first time in a large prospective study that dietary acid load was associated positively with type 2 diabetes risk independently of other known risk factors for diabetes.
First the team performed first-principle calculations to describe the very weak atomic interactions--the Van der waals-related London dispersion forces--among each of the three types of gas molecules and the two ZIFS.
but calculating integrative forces between thousands of gas molecules and each ZIF was not. It took the combined power of Rice's DAVINCI
These higher levels of fat in the liver are tied often to health problems in dairy cows including increased risk for uterus and mammary infections as well as ketosis
lactation for cows at risk for subclinical hypocalcemia. Because our study suggests some potential risks for health issues in dairy cows with subclinical hypocalcemia it is important for dairy farmers to monitor these levels in their cows Middleton said.
For herds experiencing a high incidence of subclinical hypocalcemia around the time of calving adding anionic salts to their diets
#Obesity among risk factors for delayed lactation in women with gestational diabetespre-pregnancy obesity and older maternal age are among the risk factors for delayed lactation for women with gestational diabetes mellitus
whether pre-pregnancy weight was an independent risk factor even after the severity of their GDM was taken into account.
Delayed onset of lactation was reported by 33 percent of the women and was associated with pre-pregnancy obesity older maternal age and insulin treatment for GDM
Given the potential for breastfeeding to mitigate the higher risk that women with GDM face for developing type-2 diabetes skilled lactation support is particularly important for obese women with GDM said lead author Susana L
However even in this population being in the heaviest BMI category (i e. obese) increased the risk for delayed onset of lactation.
Insulin resistance also associated with obesity may be another possible mechanism linking obesity and delayed onset of lactation.
Gestational diabetes mellitus defined as glucose intolerance with first onset during pregnancy occurs in 7 percent of all U s. pregnancies
A history of GDM confers up to a sevenfold higher risk of diabetes and almost 50 percent of women with a GDM pregnancy will be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within five to eight years after pregnancy.
Identification of risk factors for delayed milk production could help target breastfeeding support services and enable women with GDM to experience the benefits of lactation for their own future health and that of their offspring.
Timely onset of milk production following delivery is important for successful breastfeeding and newborn health.
Delayed onset of milk production is defined usually as not occurring until after 72 hours (or three days) postpartum and its incidence in the U s. is high ranging from 23 percent to 44 percent.
These risk profiles could be used to develop a screening tool for health care providers to assist mothers
Whitefly experimentation to prevent contamination of agricultureon November 8th Jove the Journal of Visualized Experiments will introduce a new technique to aid in the development of defenses against diseases threatening food crops worldwide.
The method published under the title Transmitting Plant viruses Using Whiteflies is applicable to such at-risk crops as tomatoes and common bean plants.
Therefore the whitefly-assisted transmission method provides researchers with a powerful means for continued experimentation in developing plant defenses against the threat of whitefly-transmitted disease.
and congestive heart failure they are increased at an risk for a life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis according to new research.
Smoking outside eliminates the dangers of secondhand smoke. Fact: There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Exposure to secondhand smoke at home or work increases a person's risk of heart disease by 25 to 30%and lung cancer by 20 to 30%.
and Massachusetts which have resulted in savings in health care in less than five years. New jersey nets more than 700 million dollars every year in taxes from cigarettes yet doesn't designate any of that money to be used for programs to help smokers.
#Tearless onions could help in fight against cardiovascular disease, weight gainonions a key ingredient in recipes around the globe come in a tearless version that scientists are now reporting could pack health benefits like its close relative garlic which is renowned for protecting against heart disease.
They published their laboratory analysis which suggests a similar heart-friendly role for the tearless onions as well as a possible role in managing weight gain in ACS'Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
and other marine crustaceans and is part of the fungal cell wall as explained by lecturer Luis Vicente LÃ pez Llorca Director of the UA Research Group in Plant pathology and head of the research work.
which have been reported by a growing number of studies to exert a wide array of protective health benefits.
The metabolic syndrome (Mets) is a group of risk factors characterized by obesity hypertension inflammation dyslipidemia glucose intolerance
Their results suggest that trees at drier sites buy insurance for their leaves in the form of beefed-up ant protection
and defense of leaves by ants--was greater at sites with longer dry seasons. Laurel trees don't feed ants sugar directly.
Scale insects are the middlemen in this protection racket: through the scale insects the trees indirectly pay a carbon fee in the form of sugar-rich sap that is distilled into honeydew to the ants in exchange for guard duty.
Defoliation is a greater potential threat at the drier sites because laurels there have smaller carbon reserves
Water limitation together with the risk of herbivory increases the strength of a carbon-based mutualism the researchers say.
but potentially lethal insect attacks may drive the evolution of tree-ant mutualistic strategies under different precipitation regimes.
and other common garden birds balance the competing risks of predation and starvation'said Damien Farine.'
#The prevalence of colds and pneumonia in cows can be controlledrespiratory diseases in cattle are a great threat to animal welfare and lead to financial losses in the cattle industry.
#Endometriosis risk linked to two pesticidesa Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center-led study has found that two organochlorine pesticides are associated with an increased risk of endometriosis a condition that affects up to 10 percent of reproductive
and mirex had a 30-to 70-percent increase in endometriosis risk. The findings are published online ahead of the print issue of Environmental Health Perspectives a journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences part of the National institutes of health.
and corresponding author Kristen Upson Ph d. who was a predoctoral research fellow in epidemiology at Fred Hutch
Since endometriosis is driven an estrogen condition we were interested in investigating the role of environmental chemicals that have estrogenic properties such as organochlorine pesticides on the risk of the disease she said.
The principal investigator of the study was Victoria Holt Ph d. a joint member of the Epidemiology Research Unit in the Public health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch and professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School
and were associated with increased endometriosis risk Upson said. The take-home message from our study is that persistent environmental chemicals even those used in the past may affect the health of the current generation of reproductive-age women with regard to a hormonally driven disease.
and ovaries as well as hormone production Given these actions it's plausible that organochlorine pesticides could increase the risk of an estrogen-driven disease such as endometriosis Upson said.
and have delayed a onset of symptoms which can make it difficult to diagnosis. Dr. Carroccio and his colleagues reviewed data on 276 patients diagnosed with NCWS using a double-blind placebo-controlled wheat challenge.
but it is thought to be at risk of extinction due to widespread loss of its habitat on Borneo.
After a genetic and archaeological analysis the researchers suggest the wild boars living in Israel are domesticated descendants of pigs brought to Israel starting almost 3000 years ago by the Philistines and other seafaring raiders.
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