http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&catid=269News Feed for - Biological-scienceshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96341003&Channel_ID=69&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=96353421&Channel_ID=69&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=96356113&Channel_ID=69&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=96361941&Channel_ID=69&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=96322853&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T06:59:00Researchers 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 Science Dailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270987&Channel_ID=69&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=96309892&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-24T04:26:00A York conservationist has described his bizarre discovery of a new species of chameleon in an African forest. The tiny lizard came out of the mouth of a twig snake disturbed by Dr Andrew Marshall in Galloway Gazettehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263199&Channel_ID=69&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=69&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=69&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=69&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=69&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=96204391&Channel_ID=69&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=69&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=69&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=96243372&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T19:19:00On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria Infection Control Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306405&Channel_ID=69&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 Scientisthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305851&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1559 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2436 Authors: Chris Murgatroyd, Alexandre V Patchev, Yonghe Wu, Vincenzo Micale, Yvonne Bockmühl, Dieter Fischer, Florian Holsboer, Carsten T Wotjak, Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305849&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1542 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2442 Authors: Weizhe Hong, Haitao Zhu, Christopher J Potter, Gabrielle Barsh, Mitsuhiko Kurusu, Kai Zinn & Liqun LuoNature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305818&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1481 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn1209-1481 Authors: Andrew Chojnacki & Samuel Weiss The vascular niche-derived factor PEDF enhances Notch signaling in adult neural stem cells Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305744&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:39:00Stem cell specialists are warning of the dangers of medical tourism, saying unproven stem cell therapy overseas could leave patients worse off. For many people with conditions like spinal injury, multiple ABC Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96304142&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T12:29:00Nature Chemistry 1, 711 (2009). doi:10.1038/nchem.412 Authors: Kyle M. Lancaster, Serena DeBeer George, Keiko Yokoyama, John H. Richards & Harry B. Gray Copper-containing proteins can be classified Laboratory Investigationhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96299584&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T11:31:00Nature Materials 8, 986 (2009). doi:10.1038/nmat2558 Authors: Nandan L. Nerurkar, Brendon M. Baker, Sounok Sen, Emily E. Wible, Dawn M. Elliott & Robert L. MauckNature Materialshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96296654&Channel_ID=69&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=96278450&Channel_ID=69&Category_ID=2692009-11-23T06:21:00Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 10, 812 (2009). doi:10.1038/nrm2811 Author: Francesca Cesari Primary cilia are present on most eukaryotic cells, where they function as sensory organelles Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology