News tagged with stress conditions

Using game theory to understand the physics of cancer propagation

In search of a different perspective on the physics of cancer, Princeton University and University of California, San Francisco researchers teamed up to use game theory to look for simplicity within the complexity of the ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Chikyu to set sail for IODP expedition: Japan trench fast drilling project

The Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), will embark on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343 Japan ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new tool for mapping water use and drought

Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress-induced genomic instability facilitates rapid cellular adaption in yeast

Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover a compound that controls Listeria

In a year when cantaloupe tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes killed 30 people, the discovery of a compound that controls this deadly bacteria -- and possibly others -- is great news.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover molecular machinery for bacterial cell death

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna have revealed for the first time a stress-induced machinery of protein synthesis that is involved in bringing about cell death in bacteria.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insects are scared to death of fish

The mere presence of a predator causes enough stress to kill a dragonfly, even when the predator cannot actually get at its prey to eat it, say biologists at the University of Toronto.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

New technique elucidates dynamics of plant cell metabolites

A new technique developed by researchers at RIKEN has clarified the location and dynamics of specific metabolites in a single cell of the alga Chara australis. The findings reveal that these metabolites are re ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new transporter gene that regulates plant transpiration

When plants feel stress from a lack of water, they close their epidermal pores, or stomata, to prevent water loss via transpiration. Each stoma is flanked by a pair of guard cells, which change shape to close or open stomata ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Limited iron availability shown to exacerbate coral bleaching

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is widely held that coral bleaching occurs when temperatures and solar radiation are high, overwhelming antioxidant defenses in the algal endosymbionts and their coral hosts. Little understood ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weather conditions could results in cattle heat stress

Cattle producers should be aware that forecasted weather conditions could result in significant heat stress issues in cattle. The US Meat Animal Research Center predicts danger or emergency conditions through most of South ...

Biology / Other

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soldiers who avoid distressing images more at risk for PTSD

(PhysOrg.com) -- When presented with images of faces depicting various emotional states, people who look briefly at fearful expressions are more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those who look at the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Noise distracts fish from their dinner

Using underwater speakers to play noise at levels similar to those produced by recreational speedboats, the researchers found that three-spined sticklebacks exposed to even brief noise playback made more foraging mistakes ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Understanding diabetes at the molecular level

United States and Japanese researchers have identified a key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer. The study on activation of the protein complex TORC 2 was published online in the journal Current Biology Oct. 2 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fly stem cells on diet: Scientists discovered how stem cells respond to nutrient availability

A study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies revealed that stem cells can sense a decrease in available nutrients and respond by retaining only a small pool of active stem cells for ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast