News tagged with american institute of biological sciences

Invasives threaten salmon in Pacific Northwest

Many native fishes in the Pacific Northwest are threatened or endangered, notably salmonids, and hundreds of millions of dollars are expended annually on researching their populations and on amelioration efforts.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Reef shark populations in steep decline: study

Many shark populations have plummeted in the past three decades as a result of excessive harvesting – for their fins, as an incidental catch of fisheries targeting other species, and in recreational fisheries. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood samples show deadly frog fungus at work in the wild

The fungal infection that has killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pinpointing how antibiotics work

Penicillin and other antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, turning once-deadly diseases into easily treatable ailments. However, while antibiotics have been in use for more than 70 years, the exact mechanism ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sonic screwdriver tightens up fundamental physics

When the scriptwriters for Doctor Who imagined a futuristic device, they came up with the Sonic Screwdriver. Now a team of physicists at the University of Dundee have taken equipment designed for MRI-guided focused ultrasound ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Networks in motion

A new article by a Northwestern University complex networks expert discusses how networks governing processes in nature and society are becoming increasingly amenable to modeling, forecast and control.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New monitoring system clarifies murky atmospheric questions

A University of Colorado Boulder-led team has developed a new monitoring system to analyze and compare emissions from man-made fossil fuels and trace gases in the atmosphere, a technique that likely could ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

First description of a triple DNA helix in a vacuum

A team of researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) have managed for the first time to extract trustworthy structural information ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

CU research shows warming climate threatens ecology at mountain research site west of Boulder

A series of papers published this month on ecological changes at 26 global research sites -- including one administered by the University of Colorado Boulder in the high mountains west of the city -- indicates ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Exciting new field of bioorthogonal chemistry owes a debt to curiosity-driven research from previous eras

“Bioorthogonal chemistry is literally chemistry for life,” said Carolyn Bertozzi, an internationally acclaimed leader and founder of this emerging and highly promising field of science that could ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists forecast forest carbon loss

For more than 30 years, scientists at the Harvard Forest have scaled towers into the forest canopy and measured the trunks of trees to track how much carbon is stored or lost from the woods each year. This treasure trove ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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