• Research brings habitat models into the future

    Updated: 2011-03-27 05:14:50
    Models of wildlife habitat now can monitor changes over time more accurately and more easily, thanks to Michigan State University research. "Monitoring and projecting future changes are essential for sustainable management of coupled human and natural systems, including wildlife habitat," said Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability at MSU. "Innovative computer models are urgently needed for effective monitoring and projection"........

  • Linkage 3/25: Giant Bunnies, Religious Obesity, and Kin Selection Kerfuffle

    Updated: 2011-03-25 16:06:43
    Just in time for Easter, a team of scientists digging on a Spanish island have discovered the fossils of a prehistoric rabbit of unusual size: 26 pounds, more than six times the size of today’s bunnies. Called Nuralagus rex - the “king of the hares” - the big guy definitely did not hop when it [...]

  • Systems Biology and Cellular Networking

    Updated: 2011-03-21 01:21:31
    Systems biology is a holistic approach to the study of how a living organism emerges from the interactions of the individual elements that make up its constituent cells. Embracing a broad range of disciplines, this field of science that is just beginning to come into public prominence holds promise for advances in many important areas, including safer, more effective pharmaceuticals, improved environmental remediation, and clean, green, sustainable energy. However, the most profound impact of systems biology, as per one of its foremost practitioners, is that it might one day provide an answer to the central question: What is life?.......

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