Worms' Nervous System Shown To Alert Immune System Oct 21, 2008
Nor do abiotic stresses, such as heat or heavy metals. This suggests to Tan that the fine-tuning of the innate immune response by the nervous system is effective enough in the natural state that some pathogens with which C. elegans coexists have evolved strategies to subvert this system. (Science Daily)
'The Potato Doctor' is in: Former Wapello man's keen eye for potatoes has served him well Jul 15, 2008
The causes of these abiotic disorders were either not known or incorrectly identified prior to our research. We were able to show that temperatures below a certain minimum, when the tubers were very small (golf ball size or smaller), and excessive water would cause the internal cells of the tuber to collapse and die, causing the hollow heart cavity. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Obama needs Nunn; we need oil Jun 19, 2008
We can not halt abiotic fuels and start producing and distributing other types of fuels. We will still need oil for the diesel engines used by trains and truckers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Deadline for science fair fast approaching Mar 29, 2008
A Physical and Mathematical science project studies abiotic phenomenon to understand the relation between identified factors, perhaps including a cause and effect relationship, or the use of mathematical models or mathematics to solve theoretical problems. Interdisciplinary Automotive and Environmental Innovation science projects are those that seem to fit into more than one division. (Bay Today)
Melting Snow Provides Clues For Acidification Feb 21, 2008
Tracer results indicated that microbes did not immobilize snowpack nitrate and that other processes such as plant uptake, denitrification, and abiotic nitrate retention were probably more important factors affecting nitrate during snowmelt. More information on controls on nitrogen and sulfur cycling during winter is critical to our understanding of long-term trends and will help us predict how forest ecosystems will respond to future disturbances and global change processes. (Science Daily)
Large bird flu cluster emerges Dec 18, 2007
C. There must be an abiotic vehicle like cold drinking water. There is no other appropriate abiotic vehicle. (Nature News Service)
Excess Environmentalists -- The Greatest Threat to Planet Earth Nov 27, 2007
From these abiotic bubbles of apartments and dog parks, they then heap scorn on suburbanites, commuters, farmers, oilmen, rednecks, hunters, fishermen, miners, loggers, and other assorted villains and yahoos who actually live out there where all that nature that the environmentalists claim to love so much actually exists. For many, environmentalism is not a consequence of a love of nature so much as a justification of their hatred of much of mankind. (Human Events Online)
New low-cost technology counters deadly aflatoxin, increases agricultural exports Jul 26, 2007
CIMMYT researchers have been working at combining biotic and abiotic stress resistance to identify stress-tolerant maize lines or hybrids that have a reduced incidence of A. flavus. This approach to reducing mycotoxin load has been successful. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
