Athens, Ga. – A technical comment published in the current (May 27) edition of the journal Science casts doubt on a widely publicized study that concluded that a bacterial bloom in the Gulf of Mexico consumed the methane discharged from the Deepwater Horizon well. The debate has implications for the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem as well as for predictions of the effect of global warming, said marine scientist and lead author Samantha Joye, University of Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Arts and Sciences. Based on methane and oxygen distributions measured at 207 ...

Washington, D.C.—The Moon has much more water than previously thought, a team of scientists led by Carnegie's Erik Hauri has discovered. Their research, published May 26 in Science Express, shows that inclusions of magma trapped within crystals collected during the Apollo 17 mission contain 100 times more water than earlier measurements. These results could markedly change the prevailing theory about the Moon's origin. The research team used a state-of-the-art NanoSIMS 50L ion microprobe to measure seven tiny samples of magma trapped within lunar crystals as so-called ...

As part of this year's Location Business Summit in Amsterdam, Wikitude announces the international expansion of Wikitude Drive. "In addition to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the world's first Augmented Reality navigation system is now available to millions of additional Android users in the UK, Italy, Spain and France" says Andy Gstoll, Wikitude's CMO at the Locations Business Summit in Amsterdam. The award-winning application does not need any maps, but instead overlays the desired route onto the camera view of the mobile device. For as little as 9.99 Euro ...

HOUSTON -- (May 27, 2011) – The genes of a cell are like the 88 keys of a piano. To play chords and music, however, the keys must be activated in exact combinations by a pianist's hands. Those hands represent the coregulators of a cell that simultaneously and precisely activate genes to produce all of the cell's functions. More than half of your DNA is devoted to regulating how the genes that make proteins – the workhorses of the cells – carry out their tasks, said Dr. Bert O'Malley (http://www.bcm.edu/mcb/index.cfm?pmid=7694), who, with Dr. Jun Qin (http://www.bcm.edu/biochem/?PMID=3779), ...

Troy, N.Y. – Thirty-eight million years ago, tropical jungles thrived in what are now the cornfields of the American Midwest and furry marsupials wandered temperate forests in what is now the frozen Antarctic. The temperature differences of that era, known as the late Eocene, between the equator and Antarctica were only half of what they are today. A debate has long been raging in the scientific community on what changes in our global climate system led to such a major shift from the more tropical, greenhouse climate of the Eocene to the modern and much cooler climates ...

The video game marathon will be broadcast live via SavePatches and feature a team playing console computer games past and present for 24 hours straight. Viewers will also be able to chat during the marathon through the built in chat feature. Through this feature viewers will be able to suggest games and help the gamers out if they get stuck. "We saw the success of similar events in America and thought the concept could be used in the United Kingdom to raise money for Charity", comments Simon Butler lead gamer and event co-ordinator. "We hope an event like ...

HOUSTON – (May 27, 2011) – Cells, like ordinary households, produce "garbage" – debris and dysfunctional elements – that need disposal. When the mechanism for taking out this garbage fails, rare genetic diseases called lysosomal storage disorders (including Tay-Sachs, Batten and Fabry disease) can disable and even kill the children they affect. In adults, such failure leads to neurodegenerative diseases that occur later in life, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. An international partnership between researchers at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research ...

Disparities between racial/ethnic minorities and whites cross all aspects of stroke care, according to an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific statement. The statement, published online in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, is a comprehensive analysis of the role of race and ethnicity in stroke care and its impact on the numbers of people who have a stroke, live with its effects or die among minority groups compared to whites. It also addresses how access to care, response to treatment and participation in clinical research ...

Omega-3 fatty acids, combined with two blood-thinning drugs, significantly changed the blood-clotting process and may reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients with stents in their heart arteries, according to research reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association. Foods rich in omega-3, such as salmon and other oily fish, have been previously shown in other studies to reduce the risk of heart problems in people with coronary artery disease. In this study, the participants were given the pill form of omega-3 ...

Lucas Fox International Properties today announce their accreditation as a registered estate agent in Cataluna. The register d'agents immobiliaris accreditation is given by The Generalitat of Catalonia. The accreditation allows the company to provide estate agency services in Catalonia. Alexander Vaughan, Director of Lucas Fox International Barcelona comments, "This accreditation verifies our high levels of service and commitment to our clients. Lucas Fox has always strived to worth ethically and professionally and this is formalised by our obtaining the Generalitat's ...

Direct evidence of the existence of gravitational waves is something that has long eluded researchers, however new research has suggested that adding just one of the proposed detectors in Japan, Australia and India will drastically increase the expected rate of detection. In a study published today, Friday, 27 May, in IOP Publishing's journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Professor Bernard Schutz, of the Albert Einstein Institute, Germany, demonstrated that an additional detector would more than double the detection rate of gravitational waves and could double the ...

Snug inside a human red blood cell, the malaria parasite hides from the immune system and fuels its growth by digesting hemoglobin, the cell's main protein. The parasite, however, must obtain additional nutrients from the bloodstream via tiny pores in the cell membrane. Now, investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found the genes that malaria parasites use to create these feeding pores. The research was led by Sanjay A. Desai, M.D., Ph.D., of NIAID's Laboratory of Malaria and ...

Justine Drury and Kate Vines, who will swim the Channel as a female relay this summer, have helped to launch the BBC 'The Big Splash' campaign, "inspiring the UK to swim". Channeling Positivity is the name of the ladies' swimming challenge. The two will attempt to swim the Channel this July, and as such, hope to become the first female relay duo from Nottingham to do so. They are raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust appeal in the East Midlands and their campaign is sponsored by South Nottingham College. The BBC has been working closely with the national ...

Coastal communities hard hit by ocean acidification hotspots have more options than they may realize, says an interdisciplinary team of science and legal experts. In a paper published in the journal Science, experts from Stanford University's Center for Ocean Solutions and colleagues make the case that communities don't need to wait for a global solution to ocean acidification to fix a local problem that is compromising their marine environment. Many localized acidification hotspots can be traced to local contributors of acidity that can be addressed using existing laws, ...

Many organisations are moving away from disparate departmental systems in favour of business wide software suites and CRM solutions that provide each user with a 360 degree view of organisational data. With up to date information available when and where it is needed, businesses can respond more effectively to the needs of customers. The Sage 200 Suite is modular suite of business software designed to provide a "joined up" approach to business. It is a fully integrated business solution that allows organisations to coordinate each business function from accounts ...

Parts of the moon's interior contains as much water as the upper mantle of the Earth - 100 times more of the precious liquid than measured before – research from Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie Institution for Science, and Brown University shows. The scientists discovered water along with volatile elements in lunar magma trapped inside of crystals that are trapped inside of tiny volcanic glass beads returned to Earth by Apollo 17. The discovery, published in the May 26 Science Express, challenges assumptions of how the moon formed and the origin of frozen ...

Specialised teaching for individuals with dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, should be made widely available in mainstream education, according to a review of current research published today in the journal Science. Although just as common as dyslexia, with an estimated prevalence of up to 7% of the population, dyscalculia has been neglected as a disorder of cognitive development. However, a world-wide effort by scientists and educators has established the essential neural network that supports arithmetic, and revealed abnormalities in this network ...

Our brain's understanding of spatial awareness is not triggered by sight alone, scientists have found, in a development that could help design technology for the visually impaired. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that our brain can use other senses – such as touch – to help us understand spatial awareness. Scientists took MRI brain scans of both sighted volunteers and others who had been blind since birth while they examined three-dimensional spaces. Both groups were first asked to feel three dimensional Lego models representing a geometric layout ...

Karen Weaving, who raises funds for Cancer Research UK through charity work carried out by the Ribble Valley and White Rose Ladies Committee, has discovered that the Committee have been selected to receive a Flame of Hope Award. The Flame of Hope award is given each year to groups and individuals in recognition of their tireless efforts to raise funds for the charity. Cancer Research UK have been receiving nominations for the award over the last few months and Karen and the White Rose Ladies have been chosen by the charity's awards panel as joint winners of the 'Fundraising ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Using a tiny bloodless worm, University of Maryland Associate Professor Iqbal Hamza and his team have discovered a large piece in the puzzle of how humans, and other organisms safely move iron around in the body. The findings, published in the journal Cell, could lead to new methods for treating age-old scourges - parasitic worm infections, which affect more than a quarter of the world's population, and iron deficiency, the world's number one nutritional disorder. Using C. elegans, a common microscopic worm that lives in dirt, Hamza and his team ...

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland offers insights that may help bridge such cultural differences. Published in the May 27 issue of the journal Science, the study for the first time assesses the degree to which countries are restrictive versus permissive and what factors have made them that way. The researcher's findings reveal wide variation in the degree to ...

Researchers have discovered a tiny protein without which the soil and lab-dwelling worm C. elegans can't deliver iron-rich heme taken in from their diets to the rest of their bodies or to their developing embryos. The finding reported in the May 27th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, offers important insight into the transport of the essential ingredient in worms and other animals, including humans. Researchers say it also suggests a strategy for the development of drugs aimed at parasitic worms, which affect more than a quarter of the world's human ...

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INDIANAPOLIS – Omega 3 fatty acids may be beneficial for more than just the heart. Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine disclosed at a molecular level a potential therapeutic benefit between these dietary supplements, alcohol abuse and psychiatric disorders. In a multi-year study, researchers showed conclusive behavioral and molecular benefits for omega 3 fatty acid given to mice models of bipolar disorder. The fatty acid DHA, which is one of the main active ingredients in fish oil, "normalized their behavior," according to Alexander B. Niculescu, M.D., ...