Insight Into Fish Disease To Help Protect Farmed Fish Stocks
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained a key insight into a disease that is devastating the UK’s fish farming industry. The researchers have discovered that fish can harbour and spread proliferative kidney disease …
Animals That Seem Identical May Be Completely Different Species
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — Animals that seem identical may belong to completely different species. This is the conclusion of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who have used DNA analyses to discover that one of our most common segmented worms is actually two …
Bovine Genome Could Lead To Better Meat For Consumers, Experts Say
ScienceDaily — Scientists from Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) are part of a consortium of researchers who have developed an annotated sequence of the cattle genome which could lead to better disease resistance and …
Salmonella Strain’s Path To Virulence Uncovered
ScienceDaily — Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have uncovered genetic evidence about the evolutionary path that transformed Salmonella enteritidis from an innocuous bacterium into a virulent pathogen. S. enteritidis, like many bacteria, reproduces very quickly–every 20 minutes in optimal conditions, according to veterinary medical officer …
12 Orang Tewas Akibat Flu Babi
Meksiko – Belasan orang di Meksiko tewas serta ratusan lainnya terinveksi virus flu babi. Lebih dari 50 orang juga tewas akibat penyakit yang sama. Organisasi kesehatan dunia (WHO) menduga, virus tersebut sedikitnya telah menewaskan 60 orang di Meksiko sejak pertengahan Maret lalu. seperti dilansir bbc.com, …
Web LPPM IPB telah Bermigrasi
Bapak dan Ibu YTH, Dalam rangka peningkatan pelayanan untuk menginformasikan dan mendesiminasikan hasil hasil penelitian para peneliti IPB kepada masyaakat luas, Dengan ini diinformasikan bahwa Web LPPM IPB sejak hari Jumat, Tanggal 24 April 2009 telah bemigrasi ke web barunya. Web baru ini dapat diakses …
Plants Absorb More Carbon Dioxide Under Polluted Hazy Skies
ScienceDaily — Plants absorbed carbon dioxide more efficiently under the polluted skies of recent decades than they would have done in a cleaner atmosphere, according to new findings published this week in Nature. The results of the study have important implications for efforts to combat …
Internet Ubah Kebiasaan Membaca Rakyat di China
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Seperti demikian banyak pencinta fiksi di China, ketika Sa Rina ingin membaca, perempuan itu berpaling ke dua layar komputer di mejanya dan bukan membaca buku yang sesungguhnya. Sebenarnya, perempuan yang berusia 26 tahun tersebut nyaris tak dapat mengingat kapan terakhir kali …