http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=11&catid=269News Feed for - Biological-scienceshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96309892&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T07:40:00A new species of chameleon was discovered in an African forest living in the mouth of a snake. The tiny lizard came out of the mouth of a twig snake disturbed by Dr Andrew Marshall in Tanzania's Magombera Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96341003&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T01:03:00In 2003, scientists discovered something startling in the Potomac, from which at least 3 million Washington area residents get their drinking water: Male fish were growing eggs. But six years later, a Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395410&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T12:47:00With Marty Crump's precise yet jolly prose, Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers puts soap operas to shameNew Scientisthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378427&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T08:20:00Nature Reviews Genetics. doi:10.1038/nrg2695 Authors: Rotem Sorek & Pascale CossartNature Reviews Geneticshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96353421&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T00:26:00Hat off to these people working hard on the maize genome sequencing project. This is a great achievement. While the communities are celebrating this breakthrough, Science, Nature, and NSF should investigate Naturehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96322853&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T12:59:00Researchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people who suffer Medical News Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379354&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T11:25:00WASHINGTON (Reuters) Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Yahoo! Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96322242&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T12:46:00Since 1996, crop plants genetically modified to produce bacterial proteins that are toxic to certain insects, yet safe for people, have been planted on more than 200 million hectares worldwide. The popularity Checkbiotechhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96296654&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T06:53:00MILFORD, Mass. (23rd November 2009) - Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific BindIt 3.1 software for use with all Thermo Scientific KingFisher magnetic particle BioSpacehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96323463&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T08:41:00Reports indicate that a new aquatic fungus is threatening to make many amphibians like frogs and toads extinct. According to a report in Microbiology Today, the fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Sifyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361941&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T07:12:00Typically conducted in richer, developed countries but now increasingly done in the developing world, genome wide association (GWA) studies raise a host of ethical issues that must be addressed, argues Genetic Engineering Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270987&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T04:19:00Findings validate cancer metabolism as an approach to identify new ways to treat cancer, opens potential for new class of cancer drugs targeting metabolic enzymes Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced News-Medical.Nethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356113&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T03:34:00A tiny chameleon species with a scaly horn atop its snout and blue dots on its limbs has been discovered in Tanzanian forests. "It would sit quite easily on one finger," said Andrew Marshall of the University Yahoo! Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373787&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T12:36:00Sacrificial killings kick off in southern Nepal despite cruelty claims Devotees lined up outside a Hindu temple today to begin two days of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of animals, defying international Metro.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96243372&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T07:52:00Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor San Diego, CA (AHN) - A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine study shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface trigger a pathway that prevents GantDaily.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263199&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T03:35:00At 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: an odd transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into YubaNethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96354257&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T02:47:00A nationwide search has begun to find the jottings and sketches by Charles Darwin in his Galapagos notebook. The book, which proved so important for his treatise On the Origin of Species, has been missing Times Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96329233&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T18:54:00Acid oceans leave fish at more risk from predators Ocean acidification could cause fish to become "fatally attracted" to their predators, according to scientists. A team studying the effects of acidification BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300108&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T13:16:00Companies: Advanced Battery Technologies Inc (ABAT), Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI), Intel Corp. (INTC), Intuit Inc. (INTU), Linn Energy LLC (LINE) Economic data fails to come to rescue for stocks Zibbhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96259715&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T00:19:00The tiny creatures can cover 100 miles in two days Fig wasps can travel at speeds of 17mph. Photograph: Robert F. Sisson/National Geographic/ At just 1.5mm in size, the fig wasp is easily missed. But Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96327417&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T16:58:00U.S. scientists say they've identified a gene-diet interaction that appears to influence body weight. Tufts University scientists said they discovered men and women carrying the CC genotype demonstrated UPIhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96204391&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T23:52:00Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238722&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T22:48:00The darkest reaches of the ocean have long been thought of as a desolate biome. But as researchers send equipment down to document these mysterious depths, they are quickly learning not only that it is Scientific Americanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96214324&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T20:19:00Tuna served in sushi bars should be labelled by species to allow eco-minded consumers to eat types that aren't endangered, says a Columbia University researcher. Researcher Jacob Lowenstein made the recommendation CBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306405&Channel_ID=11&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:57:00Being caked in germs sounds unpleasant, but 'friendly' bacteria living on our skin may have the vital role of keeping in check inflammation triggered by injury and unwanted bacteria. The discovery extends New Scientist