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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:40:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The Star of Africa's Savanna Ecosystems May Be the Lowly Termite
The Star of Africa's Savanna Ecosystems May Be the Lowly Termite
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:13:00 -0500
The majestic animals most closely associated
with the African savanna--fierce lions, massive elephants, towering giraffes--may be relatively minor players when it comes to shaping the ecosystem. The real king of the savanna appears to be the termite, say ecologists who've found that these humble creatures contribute mightily to grassland productivity in central Kenya via a network of uniformly distributed colonies.
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Harvard University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:40:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Rutgers Cell Biologist Pinpoints How RNA Viruses Copy Themselves
Rutgers Cell Biologist Pinpoints How RNA Viruses Copy Themselves
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:15:00 -0500
Nihal Altan-Bonnet, assistant professor of cell biology
at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., and her research team have made a significant new discovery about RNA (Ribonucleic acid) viruses and how they replicate themselves. Certain RNA viruses--Poliovirus, Hepatitis C virus and Coxsackievirus--and possibly many other families of viruses copy themselves by seizing an enzyme from their host cell to create replication factories enriched in a specific lipid.
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Rutgers University
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Sugary Band-aid May Help Heal Postoperative Tissue
Sugary Band-aid May Help Heal Postoperative Tissue
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:24:00 -0500
A compound found in sunless tanning spray may help to heal wounds
following surgery, according to new results published by plastic surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City and biomedical engineers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where the novel compound was developed.
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New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
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Message: 4
From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:40:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Scientists Decipher Structure of Nature's 'Light Switch'
Scientists Decipher Structure of Nature's 'Light Switch'
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:16:00 -0500
Opening a window into the process by
which plants turn on the greenery and unleash a floral profusion of color, scientists have deciphered the structure of a molecular "switch" much like the one plants use to sense light. Their findings help explain how the switch works and could be used to design new ways to modify plant growth.
Source
DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Message: 5
From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:24:13 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Researchers Hunt Down Antarctic Microbes
Researchers Hunt Down Antarctic Microbes
Scientists from Louisiana State University look for signs of microbial life in Antarctica's glaciers
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117005&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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