Items tagged with biology

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Global Warming Kills Yellowstone Amphibians Thursday, October 30th, 2008 - 10:19:20 - Anuradha Menon Frogs and salamanders, those amphibious bellwethers of environmental danger, are being killed in Yellowstone National Park. The predator, Stanford... read more

Brain's 'Hate Circuit' Identified Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 - 16:18:20 - Anuradha Menon People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a 'hate circuit'... read more

Early Bird Gets the Better Song Monday, October 27th, 2008 - 10:16:45 - Ehud Rattner Birds that come from the earlier eggs in a brood are more likely to be better singers, scientists have found. In most bird species, song is used by... read more

Scientists Complete Sequencing Panda Genome Sunday, October 12th, 2008 - 16:07:24 - Iddo Genuth Chinese scientists have completed sequencing the genome of giant pandas. The announcement was made in Shenzhen on Saturday. They hope the new... read more

First 24 Hours of an Embryo's Cells Friday, October 10th, 2008 - 18:10:56 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] have generated a digital zebrafish embryo - the first complete developmental... read more

Faster Diagnostic Test for Rare Leukemia Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 - 10:01:28 - Anuradha Menon A new twist on a well-known cell sorting technique may allow physicians to diagnose rare leukemias in hours instead of weeks, according to a study by... read more

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 Announced Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 - 07:00:44 - Iddo Genuth The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Marine Biological... read more

Bacterial Crisis Command Centre Revealed Sunday, October 5th, 2008 - 12:19:08 - Anuradha Menon A bacteria cell's 'crisis command centre' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and... read more

Scientists Find Gene for Improved Rice Yield Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 19:35:49 - Iddo Genuth A team of scientists, including Hong Ma, Penn State professor of biology, has identified a gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice... read more

MIT Engineers Mass-Produce Smell Receptors Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 09:08:47 - Iddo Genuth MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial... read more

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