February 10, 2010 | Posted by admin
A global initiative that includes key scientists from Oregon State University has successfully sequenced the genome of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon, which will serve as a model to speed research on improved varieties of wheat, oats and barley, as well as switchgrass, a crop of major interest for biofuel production.
Categories: Science & Nanotechnology | 
Tags: agricultural importance, critical value, genetic information, genomes, global initiative, grass plant, human nutrition, international repository, journal nature, major interest, mockler, new energy sources, oregon state university, osu researchers, plant pathology, s center, sequence data, varieties of wheat, wild grass, world nutrition | 
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December 28, 2009 | Posted by admin
Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source – ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. Forest Service report in the December 24, 2009, issue of the journal Nature*.
Categories: Environment, Space & Earth | Tags: biological systems engineering, critical question, environmental science program, forested watershed, gulf of alaska, initial findings, jaso, journal nature, juneau area, juneau office, marine ecosystems, nutrient nitrogen, organic carbon, organic matter, soil development, spring 2008, university of alaska, university of alaska southeast, watersheds | No Comments »
December 28, 2009 | Posted by admin
Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater detail.
Categories: Science & Nanotechnology | Tags: composite materials, computer engineering, copper, doctoral associate, duke university, four inches, hundreds of years, journal nature, metamaterial, new generation, new lens, parallel rows, pratt school, prototype, researcher, school of engineering, scientists, surfaces, uniform material, university engineers, venetian blinds | No Comments »
December 17, 2009 | Posted by admin
Cambridge, MA – Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a “super-Earth” orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards. Although the super-Earth is too hot to sustain life, the discovery [...]
Categories: Space & Earth | Tags: backyards, bright as the sun, dim star, distant planet, exoplanet, gaseous atmosphere, harvard smithsonian center, harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics, host star, journal nature, mass of the earth, orbits, red dwarf star, size of the sun, sized planets, super earth, thousandths, waterworld | No Comments »
December 14, 2009 | Posted by admin
New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects has shown that the sexual hormone with the poor reputation can encourage fair behaviors if this serves to ensure one’s own status.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: amount of money, eisenegger, ernst fehr, experimental subjects, inference, journal nature, naef, negative consequences, poor reputation, preconception, renowned journal, risky behavior, rodents, royal holloway london, sexual hormone, social behavior, test subjects, university of zurich, what is truth | No Comments »
December 13, 2009 | Posted by admin
Biologists have identified plant enzymes that may help to engineer plants that take advantage of elevated carbon dioxide to use water more efficiently. The finding could help to engineer crops that take advantage of rising greenhouse gases.
Categories: Environment | Tags: ant plants, atmospheric co, biologists, california department of water resources, california san diego, carbon dioxide, cells, concentration, crops, evaporation, genes, greenhouse gases, hou, journal nature, julian schroeder, microscopic breathing pores, molecule, nature cell biology, photosynthesis, plant enzymes, research, scientists, streams and rivers, team id, university of california san diego, water increases, water molecules | No Comments »
December 13, 2009 | Posted by admin
The work provides insight into potential therapeutic for cancer and eye diseases
LA JOLLA, CA—December 10, 2009—Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved a 10-year-old mystery of how a single protein from an ancient family of enzymes can have two completely distinct roles in the body. In addition to providing guidance for understanding other molecules [...]
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: associate professor, biological significance, brain, cells, distinct roles, dual functionality, eye diseases, genes, heart disease, impact journal, journal nature, journal science, macula, macular degeneration, molecular biology, molecule, nature structural and molecular biology, new blood, paul schimmel, protein family, protein synthesis, research associate professor, scientists, scripps research institute, skaggs institute, synthesis of proteins, theoretical underpinning, time scientists, trna synthetase | No Comments »