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Environment 2013-10-24

Climate change and coevolution: We've done the math

Climate change and coevolution: We've done the math A rule of thumb to help calculate the likely effect of climate change where species interact When scientists attempt to understand how climate change might reshape our environment, they must grapple ...
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Science 2013-10-24

Bigger, better, faster

Bigger, better, faster 3D structure reveals protein's Swiss-army knife strategy The molecular machine that makes essential components of ribosomes – the cell's protein factories – is like a Swiss-army knife, researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory ...
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Science 2013-10-24

Better sex in return for good gifts

Better sex in return for good gifts A male spider that gives its selected female a nuptial gift is allowed to mate with her for a longer period of time and provide more sperm than a male that fails to come with a gift Culinary gifts The male's nuptial gift consists ...
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Science 2013-10-24

Unleashing the power of the crowd

Unleashing the power of the crowd McGill online game expands to connect global scientific community with citizen scientists Over the past three years, 300,000 gamers have helped scientists with genomic research by playing Phylo, an online puzzle game. Now Jérôme ...
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Social Science 2013-10-24

Copious community-associated MRSA in nursing homes

Copious community-associated MRSA in nursing homes More than one quarter of residents of 26 nursing homes in Orange County, California carry community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which spread more easily, and may cause more ...
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Environment 2013-10-24

NASA analyzes Hurricane Raymond's copious rainfall

NASA analyzes Hurricane Raymond's copious rainfall Powerful hurricane Raymond, located off Mexico's south-central Pacific coast, weakened to a tropical storm and has dropped a lot of rain over central western Mexico's coast. NASA's TRMM satellite measured rainfall ...
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Medicine 2013-10-24

Finding psychiatric drugs in the movements of mice

Finding psychiatric drugs in the movements of mice Research from Tel Aviv University unlocks the secrets of mouse behavior to help identify promising new drugs Developing psychiatric medications is a long and complex process. Candidate drugs are evaluated ...
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Science 2013-10-24

'Anklebot' helps determine ankle stiffness

'Anklebot' helps determine ankle stiffness CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For most healthy bipeds, the act of walking is seldom given a second thought: One foot follows the other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and ...
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Space 2013-10-24

Just 2 weeks in orbit causes changes in eyes

Just 2 weeks in orbit causes changes in eyes HOUSTON -- ( Oct. 24, 2013 ) -- Just 13 days in space may be enough to cause profound changes in eye structure and gene expression, report researchers from Houston Methodist, NASA Johnson Space Center, and two other ...
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Science 2013-10-24

King of beasts losing ground in Uganda's paradise

King of beasts losing ground in Uganda's paradise Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of St. Andrews warn that Uganda's African lions—a mainstay of the country's tourism industry and a symbol of Africa—are on the verge of ...
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