EAST LANSING, Mich. — Living in the guts of worms are seemingly innocuous bacteria that contribute to their survival. With a flip of a switch, however, these same bacteria transform from harmless microbes into deadly insecticides. In the current issue of Science, Michigan State University researchers led a study that revealed how a bacteria flips a DNA switch to go from an upstanding community member in the gut microbiome to deadly killer in insect blood. Todd Ciche, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, has seen variants like this emerge sometimes ...

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found Chinese teenagers have a rate of diabetes nearly four times greater than their counterparts in the United States. The rise in the incidence of diabetes parallels increases in cardiovascular risk, researchers say, and is the result of a Chinese population that is growing increasingly overweight. The study led by Barry Popkin, Ph.D., W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Chinese researchers, used data from the China Health ...

A special issue of the journal Botany is set to showcase to the world the multipronged-approach that Canadian researchers are bringing to the study of pollination biology. The journal's July issue features seven articles from NSERC-CANPOLIN researchers, examining topics that range from the effect of flower structure on pollinator activity to the impacts of recent climate change on pollinator ranges. The issue also includes two review papers, one exploring pollen limitation and pollinator diversity, and the other assessing the value of network biology studies in pollinator ...

More of the United States is in moderate drought or worse than at any other time in the 12-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, officials from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said today. Analysis of the latest drought monitor data revealed that 46.84 percent of the nation's land area is in various stages of drought, up from 42.8 percent a week ago. Previous records were 45.87 percent in drought on Aug. 26, 2003, and 45.64 percent on Sept. 10, 2002. Looking only at the 48 contiguous states, 55.96 percent of the country's ...

It's well known in conventional biology that during the process of mammalian cell division, or mitosis, a mother cell divides equally into two daughter cells. But when it comes to cancer, say UCLA researchers, mother cells may be far more prolific. Bioengineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science developed a platform to mechanically confine cells, simulating the in vivo three-dimensional environments in which they divide, and found that, upon confinement, cancer cells often split into three or more daughter cells. "We hope that this ...

WASHINGTON – Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to find evidence for ancient life on Mars, if there is any to be found, a new study suggests. That's within reach of Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory rover expected to land on the Red Planet next month. The new findings, which suggest optimal depths and locations to probe for organic molecules like those that compose living organisms as we know them, could help the newest Mars rover scout for evidence of life beneath the surface and within rocks. The results ...

July 4, 2012 - Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider announced today that they have observed a new particle. Whether the particle has the properties of the predicted Higgs boson remains to be seen. Hundreds of scientists and graduate students from American institutions have played important roles in the search for the Higgs at the LHC. More than 1,700 people from U.S. institutions--including 89 American universities and seven U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories--helped design, build and operate the LHC accelerator and its four particle ...

Astronomers report a baffling discovery never seen before: An extraordinary amount of dust around a nearby star has mysteriously disappeared. "It's like the classic magician's trick — now you see it, now you don't," said Carl Melis, a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Diego and lead author of the research. "Only in this case, we're talking about enough dust to fill an inner solar system, and it really is gone!" "It's as if the rings around Saturn had disappeared," said co-author Benjamin Zuckerman, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy. "This is even more shocking ...

University of Oklahoma high-energy physicists were among the 1,700 U.S. scientists from 89 American universities who collaborated on the international effort in the search for the Higgs boson. Results announced this week from CERN indicate discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. Professors Patrick Skubic, Mike Strauss, Brad Abbott and Phillip Gutierrez, OU College of Arts and Sciences, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, work on projects at both Fermilab and CERN. The group concurs the discovery of the Higgs is one of the most important ...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes in mice genetically bred to develop the disease. Moreover, just two injections maintained disease remission indefinitely without harming the immune system. The findings, published online ahead of print (June 29, 2012) in the journal Diabetes, suggest for the first time that using a short course of immunotherapy may someday be of value for reversing the onset of Type I diabetes in recently diagnosed people. ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the particle physics laboratory on the border of Switzerland and France, announced yesterday (July 4) that they have observed a new particle. Whether the particle has the properties of the predicted Higgs boson, the world's most sought-after particle, remains to be seen. The University of California, Riverside is a founding member of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, a large particle-capturing detector at CERN, and is one of only five U.S. institutes to be a founding member. ...

She can hardly believe it, but Business Retreats Australia Director Katarina Cobain has been managing the venue booking agency for 10 years now. The agency's reputation for exceptional service looks like Katarina will experience many more years of continuing success. "It's been fun and challenging with many lessons learnt over the years," she writes on the company blog posted on their website, http://www.businessretreats.com.au. In the blog, Katarina recalls how the company originally named Victorian Business Retreats was formed in 1990 to cater for the emerging ...

Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale new exhibition the Art of Transition demonstrates a exploration of various styles of painting from traditional acrylic painting to aerosol art. Barksdale's work is seen in art shows across the U.S. Not only do his paintings hang in clubs, businesses and private collections, his striking large-scale murals have also brought him a lot of attention and numerous commissions. He recently completed a 30 foot-high mural for the Beltline, Atlanta' s ambitious urban redevelopment project. Rob Brawner, the project' s program director, was impressed ...

Folsom fitness expert and owner of Superwomen Boot Camp, Val Fujii is proud to announce the winners of the Get Fit for the 4th Fitness Challenge today. The challenge was a voluntary fitness competition with great results, for participants' health and wallets. Challengers "bought into" the competition with $50. They took "before" pictures and had a weigh in and body fat calculation in the beginning. Each week there was a weigh in and body fat calculation. If challengers gained any amount of weight, they contributed $5 to the prize package. In addition ...

Sena, Iceland's premier entertainment company, has outfitted one of its state-of-the-art digital cinema facilities with LYNX Technik yellobriks for the remote monitoring and distribution of digital content in its network of theater systems and screens. Sena currently operates three cinemas with 12 screens. The installation of LYNX Technik yellobriks only furthers Sena's technology-advanced digital cinema exhibition infrastructure. Valued LYNX Technik partner and distributor for the Icelandic market, Kukl ehf. was responsible for supplying, installing and servicing the ...

BarnWorld.com, the online mega-store for livestock supplies like cattle guards and hay feeders, has expanded their already extensive selection to include PolyDome's line of polyethylene plastic products. PolyDome offers a wide selection of farm and ranch supplies including bulk grain bins, lick feeders, mineral feeders, calf nurseries, dog houses, duck houses and feeders. The PolyDome calf nursery line is designed with superior ventilation to separate calves, promote healthy lung growth, prevent disease and allow the calf to develop to its fullest potential. "BarnWorld.com ...

Advanced Spectroscopy testing machine is brought to you by Torontech, a leader in material testing equipment. The Optical Emission Spectrometer OES - 1200 is based on the industries principle of Optical Emission Spectroscopy, OES. These machines are able to work due to the excitations of the electrons via the addition of energy which is in the form of some wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation which is usually light or ultraviolet This apparatus is widely used in material analysis of various industries, such as iron and steel, non-ferrous metal, metallurgy, ...

Rent It Today now offers handheld mobile device users the option to explore the Rent It Today web site with the release of a mobile friendly version of http://www.rentittoday.com. Release of the mobile friendly version is in keeping the company's objective to serve its customers by evolving the renting world, make renting simple, and promote enjoyable experiences, according to Jason Glass, Rent It Today founder. Currently approximately 20% of the sites 100,000 monthly visitors access it through a mobile device, and that number is growing rapidly, Glass said. Now ...

Dean Schenk, Account Manager for Echlon Ag declared today that the precision VRT company felt that last week's Western Canada Farm Progress Show was a huge success, and that the company was pleased with the attendance at the event. "We were extremely happy with the turnout of the Farm Progress Show this year," commented Dean Schenk, Account Manager, Echelon Ag. "So many people came to visit our booth, and we were able to connect with a lot of current and potential clients of Echelon." The Western Canada Farm Progress Show is Canada's largest annual ...

Engineered Tax Services (ETS) has bolstered its deep technical team with the addition of Kreig Mitchell to their advisory board. Mr. Mitchell is considered one of the foremost experts in the country in the area of research and development tax credits. Mr. Mitchell is a tax attorney with broad and deep experience in all aspects of federal and state research tax credits and incentives. He is also a noted expert in tax controversy matters. During his career, Mr. Mitchell has worked as a tax attorney in private practice, a tax consultant for a research tax credit firm, ...

Orthopedic Specialists of Seattle has now moved to a new Ballard location at 5350 Tallman Avenue NW, Suite 500. This office is located in the same building as the Swedish Hospital/Ballard emergency room. The new Ballard location serves as an orthopedic clinic, while also offering same day emergency appointments. This clinic is using new, state-of-the-art X-ray equipment and offers a full scope of orthopedic services. Along with these services, this location gives access to all of its orthopedic surgeons. All surgeons working at the Ballad location, Dr. Downer, Franklin, ...

Lotsys, a fully-owned subsidiary of FDJ, has implemented the new Digital Draw System for De Nederlandse Staatsloterij lottery, which was successfully launched a few days ago in the Netherlands. Mr. Frans van Steenis, CEO of De Nederlandse Staatsloterij, stated: "Lotsys has comprehensive knowledge of the lottery world which enabled them to understand the specific needs of de Nederlandse Staatsloterij and to set up and certify the solution according our requirements. We are very positive about our cooperation with Lotsys and pleased with the work that has been delivered ...

Aimed at helping small businesses cut costs, a new video on Halfpricesoft.com¡¯s YouTube channel shows business owners and managers how to reprint a lost W-2 quickly and easily with ezW2 software. Found online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKEII1P7gS4, ¡°How to Reprint a Lost W-2¡± walks viewers through the process of entering w-2 information and printing SSA-Approved W2 form on the white paper from the laser printer. EzW2 software is a popular small-business software for compiling and printing forms W-2, W-3, 1099 and 1096. Users can print the forms on SSA-approved ...

Find it EZ source code analysis tool adds support for SQL Server 2012 and enhanced team collaboration features Find it EZ Software Corp. has released Find it EZ Code Search Professional version 4.1.2, an enterprise source code search engine that automates software change impact analysis. By saving hundreds of hours per developer annually, Find it EZ improves software worker productivity, enabling organizations that maintain or depend on custom software to: prepare more timely and accurate estimates enhance software change management processes improve code ...

Crosse + Crosse Solicitors in Exeter have been delighted to assist Ellen Tinkham school by providing children and staff with sweatshirts to wear on their field trips. Ellen Tinkham is a Community School for children and young people in Exeter, aged between 3 - 19 years, who have severe learning disabilities. One group of children from the school recently visited the Calvert Trust, an outdoor activities centre with over 30 years of experience in delivering exciting, challenging and enjoyable outdoor activity for people of all ages and abilities. A second group visited ...