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Bioinformatics project by omarb7
Free online jobs | 10 hours ago by Abinow Bhat
project concerning functional annotation of EST's.Required to BLASTn 3000 nucleotide sequences and do not know how to batch blast.Involves blasting and annotating the results on an excel sheet.Can only... (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Biology, Biotechnolog read more
Bioinformatics project by omarb7
Work at Home--Ideas for Success | 10 hours ago by Abraham Kurian
project concerning functional annotation of EST's.Required to BLASTn 3000 nucleotide sequences and do not know how to batch blast.Involves blasting and annotating the results on an excel sheet.Can only... (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Biology, Biotechnolog read more
Fearing roadblock to drilling, Alaska fights to take polar bears…
Simple Thoughts | 14 hours ago
Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn’t intend to let the federal government’s expanded protection for bears get in th read more
Jellyfish spread in world?s oceans, devastating fisheries, stingi…
Simple Thoughts | 15 hours ago
Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world KOKONOGI, Japan ? A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pu read more
An Open-Source Approach To Better Prosthetics
Makezine.com | 22 hours ago
An Open-Source Approach To Better Prosthetics @ NPR via Chr1s. Before Jonathan Kuniholm had a tour of duty in Iraq, he worked for Tackle Design, an industrial design, research and development firm. After that tour, he was missing part of his right read more
Make-Up Works: Exaggerated Beauty Gets Noticed
Relationship Underarm Stick | November 13th 2009 by Alessia
Also in the December issue of Psychology Today, Mina Shaghaghi reports on the findings of a series of studies by Richard Russell of Gettysburg College which explains the “allure of dramatic eye makeup and va-va-voom red lips on women has biolog read more
A Wise, Delightful, and Wrongfully D.O.A. Book – Elizabeth Pisa…
Dandelion Salad | November 12th 2009
by Daniel N. White Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 12, 2009 E.P. was a US expat kid who lived all over the world growing up and therefore naturally enough I guess wound up getting a superlatively useless liberal arts degree in Classical Chines read more
NASA Reproduces A Building Block Of Life In Laboratory
Impact Lab | November 12th 2009
Stefanie Milam, Michel Nuevo and Scott Sandford. NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidine exposed to ul read more
EU will ban a couple of "E xxx" food additives
driven cannot natural | November 12th 2009 by burnardseb
From the middle of 2010, the European Union will ban several food additives. Recall that in order to regulate these compounds that are being added to food and beverages with the goal to improve their taste or color, and in order to inform the co read more
Culture-Independent Microbiological Investigation of Foley Urinar…
Новостная лента занимательных, и… | November 12th 2009 by Светлана
Background Prevention of catheter-associated urinary stretch infection (CAUTI), a leading cause of nosocomial disease, is compound by the propensity of bacteria to envisage biofilms on indwelling medical devices [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Methodology read more
Medical Researcher: Wireless Phones Have Biological Effect on Bra…
Gonzo Science | November 11th 2009 by Gonzo Science
Since this study found a non-thermal biological effect from cell phones and other wireless phones, it is clearly poorly designed. Just ask any physicist; what is this medical researcher trying to do, overturn quantum mechanics? Maybe medical papers s read more
Za istim stolom
Moj dom i zavičaj | November 11th 2009 by Damir
Pregledavajući album s fotografijama izdvajao sam one koje su mi se činile loše, namjeravajući ih obrisati s diska. Kada su na red za brisanje došle slike ovog insekta, primijetio sam detalje koje prije nisam vidio i odmah prepoznao jednu vrlo z read more
Handedness Found in Turtles
Gonzo Science | November 11th 2009 by Gonzo Science
Specifically the leatherback turtle: Such preference is known by scientists as a “lateralised functional behaviour”, and it usually indicates that an animal’s brain function is also lateralised, with one side of the brain dominating read more
Early life on Earth may have developed more quickly than thought
MachinesLikeUs | November 11th 2009
The Earth's climate was far cooler – perhaps more than 50 degrees – billions of years ago, which could mean conditions for life all over the planet were more conducive than previously believed, according to a research team that includes a Texas A read more
Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cell…
MachinesLikeUs | November 11th 2009
Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode the cell while it is still living insid read more
Africa's rarest monkey had an intriguing sexual past, DNA study c…
news seen | November 11th 2009 by elliehaith
The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one population shows evidence of past mating with baboons read more
Shiver Me Timbers! Scientists Discover Deep Sea Crab Feeding on W…
A Green Living Blog | November 11th 2009 by Andy Balasis
A new article in the journal Marine Biology brings to light the interesting feeding habits of the deep sea crab Munidopsis andamanica , better known to the world (somewhat perplexingly) as the squat lobster . It seems that the this particular animal read more
Carnivalia — 11/04 – 11/10
Sorting out Science | November 11th 2009 by Sam Wise
The past week's selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals... read more
Pertinacity Criteria for Susceptibility Genes for Schizophrenia:…
Новостная лента занимательных, и… | November 11th 2009 by Светлана
Background The medial puzzle of schizophrenia genetics is that susceptibility genes are preserved in the human gene-pool against a tenacious negative selection persuade. Successful averment of epidemiology suggests that atomic susceptibility genes, read more
Pathway Projector: Web-Based Zoomable Pathway Browser Using KEGG…
Новостная лента занимательных, и… | November 11th 2009 by Светлана
Background Biochemical pathways provide an spear-carrier circumstances for expertise in broad experiential text and the methodical workings of a apartment. Therefore, the availability of online pathway browsers wish assist post-genomic research, jus read more
Mimikrija – laži i obmane
Moj dom i zavičaj | November 10th 2009 by Damir
Tko god je malo pomnije promatrao prirodu, životinje, posebno kukce, mogao se uvjeriti da je u tom svijetu najvažnije – naći hranu i ne postati nečija hrana. Za ostvarenje oba cilja potrebno je mnogo napora, upornosti, domišljatosti a kori read more
Cancer Patients Want Honesty, Compassion From Their Oncologist
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients (37 percent) prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during important office visits, read more
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely been underestimated, acc read more
Earthquakes Actually Aftershocks Of 19th Century Quakes; Repercus…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
When small earthquakes shake the central US, citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, a new study instead shows that most of these earthquakes are aftershocks of big earthquakes (magnitude 7) in the New Madri read more
Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Scientists have decoded the genome of the domestic horse, revealing a genome structure with remarkable similarities to humans and more than one million genetic differences across a variety of horse breeds. In addition to shedding light on a key part read more
Neural Stem Cells In Mice Affected By Gene Associated With Longev…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain, according to researchers. The study in mice suggests that the gene may play an important role read more
‘Health-at-every-size’ Approach Is Effective: Health-centered…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity — and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a “weight-acceptance” intervention, researchers found that there could b read more
Water-conserving Irrigation Strategies Minimize Overwatering, Run…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two important issues confronting container nursery operations. Current regulations in five states limit water consumption and/or nutrient concentrations in runoff. Researchers inves read more
Mimicking Nature, Scientists Can Now Extend Redox Potentials
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy read more
New Class Of Molecules May Help Prevent Fatal Complication In Pat…
Zamp BioTopics | November 10th 2009 by Zamp
Researchers have made an important discovery about why potassium builds up to dangerous levels in the bloodstream, a relatively common medical problem that affects about eight percent of hospitalized patients. They have identified a new molecular pat read more
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