New Tracking Tags Are Providing Fish-eye Views Of Ways To Manage Depressed Fisheries

New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new...

New battle lines drawn on stem cells

Faced with a new federal policy that opens the door for more embryonic stem cell research, conservatives have geared up for a political battle at the national and state level...

Tracking tigers in 3-D

New software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society will allow tiger researchers to rapidly identify individual animals by creating a three-dimensional model using photos taken by remote cameras....

Seed germination control process revealed

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have identified a process involved in regulating seed germination, preventing crops from germinating in adverse conditions.

Enzyme found to help maintain the brain

ST. LOUIS, March 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has determined an enzyme known for its connections with cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke also helps create and...

Body clock regulates metabolism

UC Irvine researchers have discovered that circadian rhythms - our own body clock - regulate energy levels in cells. The findings have far-reaching implications, from providing greater insights into the...

PHOTO IN THE NEWS: New "Dracula" Fish Discovered

A tiny fish with fang-like protrusions has been revealed as a new species native to Myanmar (Burma), researchers announced.

Caltech neuroscientists map intelligence in the brain

Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the...

Bioinformatics sheds light on evolutionary origin of Rickettsia virulence genes

Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the University of Louisville have revealed that genes for a specific type...

Texas-sized tract of single-celled clones

A Rice University study of microbes from a Houston-area cow pasture has confirmed once again that everything is bigger in Texas, even the single-celled stuff. The tests revealed the first-ever...

Cell pathway on overdrive prevents cancer response to dietary restriction

Whitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed a cellular pathway that determines whether cancerous tumours respond to dietary restriction during their development...

First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

For the first time ever, rescuers used a new sedation delivery system to help free an entangled North Atlantic right whale. This is the first time in worldwide history a...

F1 technology helps workers and troops

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One technology used by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on the racetrack is also playing a role in protecting troops in Iraq and keeping factory workers on their...

Newspapers make move to online only

If the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stops publishing in print but stays alive in some form online - as now seems likely - it won't be the first daily newspaper to make...

Measuring the strength needed to move chromosomes

(PhysOrg.com) -- It`s about as long as the width of a human hair and only half that length across. So it`s tiny - measured in millionths of a meter...

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Iron induces death in tumour cells

Rapid growth of cancer cells and their frequent divisions have their price: Cancer cells need considerably more energy than healthy cells. Their metabolism runs at full speed and requires large...

Regulatin' genes: Stanford biologists rap about what makes us human

Dead Gene Comes Back To Life In Humans

Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene -- infection-fighting human...

Stem Cells Could Halt Osteoporosis, Promote Bone Growth

While interferon gamma sounds like an outer space weapon, it's actually a hormone produced by our own bodies, and it holds great promise to repair bones affected by osteoporosis. Researchers...

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem

The African savanna is world famous for its wildlife, especially the iconic large herbivores such as elephants, zebras, and giraffes. But managing these ecosystems and balancing the interests of the...

FOR KIDS: Newly named fish crawls and hops

Crazy-colored, flat-faced fish does more than swim

Tiny samples could yield big predictive markers for pancreatic cancer

A handful of proteins, detected in incredibly tiny amounts, may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one, say researchers at...

Nanotech coating could lead to better brain implants to treat diseases

Biomedical and materials engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanotech coating for brain implants that helps the devices operate longer and could improve treatment for deafness, paralysis,...

Fishing for microdeletions that predispose an embryo to develop cancer syndromes in later life

Researchers have used a common laboratory technique for the first time to detect genetic changes in embryos that could predispose the resulting children to develop certain cancer syndromes. Current preimplantation...

Acidic seas fuel extinction fears

Increasing levels of acidity in oceans could trigger a mass extinction of sea life, a leading scientist warns.

Scientists Identify Molecular Signature for Leukemia Stem Cells

Scientists studying chronic myeloid leukemia, more commonly known as CML, are one step closer to decoding the `genetic signature` of stem cells in this disease. They`ve identified a marker in...

Giant Stingray Could Be World's Largest Freshwater Fish

Researchers catch and release giant stingray that could take crown of largest fish.