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- June 27, 2011
- 10:44 PM
- 363 views
Guest Post: Synthetic Biology Gets More Digital
by Eric Sawyer in Student Voices
Can you imagine living cells using digital signals? A recent report from a team ...... Read more »
Lucks, J. B., Qi, L., Mutalik, V. K., Wang, D., & Arkin, A. P. (2011) Versatile RNA-sensing transcriptional regulators for engineering genetic networks. PNAS, 8617-8622. PMID: 21555549
- June 17, 2011
- 11:55 AM
- 955 views
Smelly Hangups for Mosquitoes... and Bedbugs?
by Nature Education in Student Voices
It works against mosquitoes... can it work against bedbugs? A study in Nat...... Read more »
Turner SL, Li N, Guda T, Githure J, Cardé RT, & Ray A. (2011) Ultra-prolonged activation of CO2-sensing neurons disorients mosquitoes. Nature, 474(7349), 87-91. PMID: 21637258
- June 9, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 408 views
Nutrition Guidelines: From Pyramid to ‘Pie’
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Last week, on Thursday morning, MyPlate arrived on the table, the United States ...... Read more »
REEDY, J. (2008) A Comparison of Food-Based Recommendations and Nutrient Values of Three Food Guides: USDA’s MyPyramid, NHLBI’s Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Eating Plan, and Harvard’s Healthy Eating Pyramid. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 522-528. DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.12.014
- April 26, 2011
- 11:40 AM
- 409 views
Richard Branson: Noble Conservationist or Meddling Entrepreneur?
by Nature Education in Student Voices
The interest of Sir Richard Branson , chairman of Virgin Group , seems to have...... Read more »
Allesina S., & Levine J. M. (2011) A competitive network theory of species diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108(14), 5638-42. PMID: 21415368
- March 31, 2011
- 11:20 AM
- 876 views
Some Like It Very, Very Hot
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Organisms living in habitats that no sane person would call comfortable have fas...... Read more »
Stetter, K. (2006) Hyperthermophiles in the history of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1837-1843. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1907
Fiala, G., & Stetter, K. (1986) Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100ºC. Archives of Microbiology, 56-61. DOI: 10.1007/BF00413027
Mukund, S, & Adams, M. W. (1991) The novel tungsten-iron-sulfur protein of the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium, Pyrococcus furiosus, is an aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase. Evidence for its participation in a unique glycolytic pathway. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 14208-16. PMID: 1907273
Sapra, R. et al. (2003) A simple energy-conserving system: Proton reduction coupled to proton translocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(1), 7545-7550. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1331436100
Kashefi, K. (2003) Extending the upper-temperature limit for life. Science, 934-934. DOI: 10.1126/science.1086823
Takai, K. et al. (2008) Cell proliferation at 122 C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10949-10954. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712334105
- March 29, 2011
- 10:15 AM
- 786 views
Big Crayfish Could Be Key to Population Stability
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Any respectable Cajun restaurant in the United States serves crayfish (although ...... Read more »
Sadykova, D., Skurdal, J., Hessen, D., & Schweder, T. (2011) Saving the largest makes a difference: exploring effects of harvest regulations by model simulations for noble crayfish, Astacus astacus. Fisheries Management and Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00784.x
- March 24, 2011
- 12:01 PM
- 873 views
Left-Hand Man
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Recently, I watched The King's Speech , the Academy Award-winning biopic starri...... Read more »
Barnsley, R. H., & Rabinovitch, M. S. (1970) Handedness: proficiency versus stated preference. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 343-362. PMID: 5454044
Ross, E. (1984) Right hemisphere's role in language, affective behavior, and emotion. Trends in Neurosciences, 342-346. DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(84)80085-5
Bryngelson, B., & Clark, T. (1933) Left-handedness and stuttering. Journal of Heredity, 387-390. info:/
- March 15, 2011
- 02:53 PM
- 977 views
The False Dichotomy Of the Nature-Nurture Debate
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Every few months, scientific press releases with headlines more eye-catching tha...... Read more »
Traynor BJ, & Singleton AB. (2010) Nature versus nurture: death of a dogma, and the road ahead. Neuron, 68(2), 196-200. PMID: 20955927
- December 7, 2010
- 09:21 AM
- 372 views
Pregnant While Already Pregnant
by Nature Education in Student Voices
Ladies, lo and behold, here come the super-mothers! A study recently published i...... Read more »
Roellig K, Goeritz F, Fickel J, Hermes R, Hofer H, & Hildebrandt TB. (2010) Superconception in mammalian pregnancy can be detected and increases reproductive output per breeding season. Nature communications, 1(6). PMID: 20865801
- November 30, 1999
- 12:00 AM
- 466 views
Chasing Earthquakes
by Tara Tai in Student Voices
A survey on earthquakes and their effects on causing future quakes.... Read more »
Taira, T., Silver, P., Niu, F., & Nadeau, R. (2009) Remote triggering of fault-strength changes on the San Andreas fault at Parkfield. Nature, 461(7264), 636-639. DOI: 10.1038/nature08395
Yamashita, F. (2004) Estimation of Fault Strength: Reconstruction of Stress Before the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. Science, 306(5694), 261-263. DOI: 10.1126/science.1101771
- November 30, 1999
- 12:00 AM
- 470 views
Chasing Earthquakes
by Tara Tai in Student Voices
How earthquakes trigger future quakes.... Read more »
Taira, T., Silver, P., Niu, F., & Nadeau, R. (2009) Remote triggering of fault-strength changes on the San Andreas fault at Parkfield. Nature, 461(7264), 636-639. DOI: 10.1038/nature08395
Yamashita, F. (2004) Estimation of Fault Strength: Reconstruction of Stress Before the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. Science, 306(5694), 261-263. DOI: 10.1126/science.1101771
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