'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception ...Medical News Today: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 07:15 AMLetting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery--what we see with the "mind's eye"--directly impacts our visual perception. The research was published online June 26 by the journal Current Biology.
Identification Of Tumor Suppressor That Manages Cellular Cleaning And Recycling...Medical News Today: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 05:15 AMResearchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a specific tumor suppressor that manages membrane traffic routes for cellular cleaning and recycling. The study will be published in the July issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology, and is now available online.
New president in place at S.D. Tech ...The Argus Leader: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 03:09 AMSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology's new president has taken office. As the university's 18th president, Robert Wharton replaces Charles Ruch, who retired Monday after five years in that role. Wharton previously served as chief academic officer at Idaho State University. He also was a biology professor and chief research officer.
PEOPLE IN THE TWIN TIERS ...Elmira Star-Gazette: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 02:01 AM?Christina L. Padgett, daughter of Mark and Deirdre Padgett of Elmira, graduated summa cum laude from the University at Albany with a bachelor's degree in biology and an anthropology minor. Padgett, a 2004 graduate of Southside High School, was named to the Presidential Honor Society, inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa Society and awarded the Glenn L. Bumpus Award for excellence in undergraduate ...
Sports Digest: Coronado goalkeeper to play at next level ...El Paso Times: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 01:27 AMCoronado goalkeeper to play at next level - Elizabeth Drake, a Coronado graduate, will play soccer next season for the University of Texas at Brownsville, where she will study marine biology.
Rat heaven goes to hell ...Orangeville Banner: 0 views since Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 12:05 AMMy first encounter with rats was as a kid in Grade 8. Some of the students tried to make the ideal habitat for some pet rats. Led by a science keener, who would later get his PhD in biology, we filled a 50-gallon fish tank with about eight inches of wood chips.
Puzzle In The Control Of Cell Division Unraveled ...Science Daily: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 06:22 PMA puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unraveled. Although the steps of cell division are familiar to all pupils studying biology in schools, the details of how cell division is controlled and errors avoided have still to be sorted out.
Motives in Earthmover Rampage Debated in Jerusalem ...Washington Post: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 04:54 AMJERUSALEM, July 3 -- Jean Relevy, a handyman with an intense curiosity about the world, lived for many things: the challenge of wiring a concert hall, the chance to banter over biology and chemistry with friends, the grandchild he planned to welcome this summer.
Some of the week's highlights ...Richmond Times-Dispatch: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 12:15 AMSATURDAY SCIENCE SATURDAYS: "BIOLOGY DAY," with hands-on fun, science demos, interactive exhibits and more, at Science Museum of Virginia. 864-1400.
Some of the week's highlights ...Richmond Times-Dispatch: 0 views since Friday, July 4, 2008 at 12:15 AMSATURDAY SCIENCE SATURDAYS: "BIOLOGY DAY," with hands-on fun, science demos, interactive exhibits and more, at Science Museum of Virginia. 864-1400. SUNDAY AND FRIDAY WOLF TRAP OPERA "Candide" today, "Alcina" Friday at Wolf Trap, Vienna. (877) 965-3872.
Gophers Beware: UALR Biology Team Builds a Better Trap ...KTHV Little Rock: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 05:02 PMLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 5, 2008) ? They say, "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door." Biologists at UALR hope it also works with gophers.
Gophers Beware: UALR Biology Team Builds a Better Trap ...KTHV Little Rock: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 05:02 PMLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 5, 2008) ? They say, "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door." Biologists at UALR hope it also works with gophers.
Fluxion Biosciences Wins R&D 100 Award ...Centre Daily Times: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:42 PMFluxion Biosciences, a leading provider of functional cell biology systems for life science research and drug discovery, today announced that it has won a 2008 R&D 100 Award for its BioFlux(TM) 200 System. The R&D 100 Award places the state-of-the-art BioFlux System in the prestigious company of previous winners such as liquid crystal displays and the anticancer drug Taxol.
Scientists develop a mouse model of sudden infant death syndrome ...PhysOrg: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:19 PMSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that unexpectedly and unexplainably takes the lives of seemingly healthy babies aged between a month and a year. Now researchers of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, have developed a mouse model of the so-called crib or cot death, which remains the leading cause of death during the first year of life in developed ...
In Depth ...OneWorld: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:17 PMOneWorld has not yet published a guide for this place. If you'd like to help create one, contact the OneWorld guides editor at Caribou may serve as an indicator species for global warming, says a biology professor.
Researchers run rings round cell division ...PhysOrg: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 02:03 PMA puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unravelled by Oxford University researchers.
Compound in Red Wine Fights Ravages of Age ...HealthDay via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 12:01 PMTHURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A key compound in red wine known as resveratrol appears to protect against many of the health ravages associated with growing old, new animal research reveals.