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'Stress And The City': Urban Birds Keep Cool
Ornithologists of the Max-Planck-Society demonstrate that urban birds are more resistant to acute stress than forest dwelling birds. This reduced reactivity probably has a genetic basis and could be the result of the urban-specific selection pressures to which urban blackbirds are exposed. The Alaska Pipeline
Companion to an April 2006 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience documentary about the impact on the "culture and society in Alaska as well as the environment"of the pipeline that carries gas from Prudhoe Bay in the Arctic Circle to Valdez on Alaska's south coast. Features a timeline, map, details about significant events, and an interactive pipeline safety activity. Also includes a transcript, a bibliography, teacher's guide, and links to related sites. Shortness Of Breath Without Chest Pain Can Signify The Presence Of Hig
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that patients with shortness of breath can have a higher risk of dying from cardiac disease than patients without symptoms, and even than patients with typical cardiac pain. Transgenics Transformed: Maize Mini-chromosomes Can Add Stacks Of Func
A new method of constructing artificial plant chromosomes from small rings of naturally occurring plant DNA can be used to transport multiple genes at once into embryonic plants where they are expressed, duplicated as plant cells divide, and passed on to the next generation -- a long-term goal for those interested in improving agricultural productivity. Calculating Consonants: Researchers Identify A Key To How The Brain Pr
Speech is not just a series of sounds; speech also elicits a series of representations, such as syllables, vowels, or consonants, which our brains identify as such from the very early onset of language acquisition. Listening involves a kind of statistical computation based on the fact that it is more probable that certain sounds follow particular syllables. Rapid One-pot Syntheses Developed For Quantum Dots
Efficient and highly scalable new chemical synthesis methods developed at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics have the potential to revolutionize the production of quantum dots for bioimaging and photovoltaic applications. A New Turn-on For Genes: Scientists Find Structure Relevant To Cell Gr
Researchers discovered a special type of molecular structure that helps keep genes properly turned off until the structure is ejected from those genes in a regulated manner to help turn the genes on. The discovery by researchers at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute is relevant to normal cell growth and cancer. Physicists Entangle Photon And Atom In Atomic Cloud
Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have just reached an importantmilestone in the development of quantum communications networks by entangling a photon and a single atom located in an atomic cloud. Researchers believe this is the first time an entanglement between a photon and a collective excitation of atoms has passed the rigorous test of quantum behavior known as a Bell inequality violation. Structure Of Membrane Protein Described By Hebrew University, German R
The structure of the membrane protein NhaA has been revealed by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Max Planck Institute of Germany. To Boost Efficiency, Hospitals Borrow Principles From Factory Floor
Many health-care industry bottlenecks can be eliminated, resulting in major improvements in efficiency, cost savings and patient care when hospitals borrow principles from production lines on the factory floor, according to researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
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