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November 16, 2009
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Good Morning,
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today's content; there is a great article on a magazine that
was published this year highlighting NASA technology that has
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Project to collect species' genetic codes
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A biomolecular engineer at the Univer-
sity of California-Santa Cruz is proposing the collection of
genetic codes for 10,000 vertebrae species. UCSC biomolecular
engineer David Haussler said if it receives funding, the
"Genome 10K Project" would lead to a genetic code collection
that could offer valuable insights into biological mysteries,
The Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported Wednesday. "We can now
contemplate reading the genetic heritage of all species, be-
ginning with vertebrates," Haussler said of the proposed
global database. More than 65 scientists have joined Haussler
for the scientific project, whose details are outlined in
Wednesday's issue of the Journal of Heredity. The cost of
sequencing genetic codes is a major roadblock as it currently
costs as much as $100,000 to sequence a single genome.
Haussler said with the cost of sequencing steadily declining,
the project could get under way once the cost per genome hits
$3,000. Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner of the Salk Institute
said once the project begins, it could represent a major sci-
entific milestone. "The most challenging intellectual problem
in biology for this century will be the reconstruction of
our biological past," Brenner said. "Genomes are molecular
fossils."
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NASA highlights some of its technologies
WASHINGTON - The U.S. space agency says it's released the
2009 edition of "Spinoff," which shows how NASA technology
is being put to use in everyday life on Earth. The 2009
edition highlights 49 examples of NASA innovations that have
been transferred to the commercial marketplace, resulting in
healthcare advances, transportation breakthroughs and new
consumer goods, among other things. Highlights of Spinoff
2009 include:
-- Hubble Space Telescope scheduling technology is adapted
to help hospitals handle dynamic rescheduling issues.
-- A NASA-developed life raft used for recovering pioneer
astronauts after ocean splashdowns is used to save more than
400 lives.
-- Using NASA satellite data, WorldWinds Inc. supplies about
8,500 XM satellite radio subscribers with its FishBytes fish
locator service, helping anglers target areas most likely to
be frequented by their favorite types of sport fish.
Print copies of Spinoff are available on request at
301-286-0561. An online version is available at
http://spinoff.nasa.gov.
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Bangladesh cholera linked to rivers
BOSTON - U.S. scientists say they've discovered why cholera
outbreaks that occur once a year in Africa and Latin America
occur twice a year in Bangladesh. Cholera is an acute diar-
rheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, sci-
entists said. But they have tried, without much success, to
determine the cause of the unique dual outbreaks in Bangla-
desh. Researchers from Tufts University, led by Professor
Shafiqul Islam, say they have found a link between cholera
and fluctuating water levels in the region's three principal
rivers -- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. "What we are
establishing is a way to predict cholera outbreaks two to
three months in advance," Islam said. "It's not a microbio-
logical explanation. The key is the river discharge and
regional climate." The study's findings are reported in the
Oct. 10 issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Study uncovers new fact of coral spawning
MELBOURNE, Fla. - U.S. scientists say they have determined
why corals spawn for just a few nights in some locations,
but elsewhere the spawning continues for several months.
It's long been known corals synchronize their release of
eggs and sperm into the water, but scientists were unsure
how and why they did so. Florida Institute of Technology
Professor Robert van Woesik says he's determined corals
spawn when regional wind fields are light. When it is calm
the eggs and sperm have the best chance to unite before they
are dispersed. Corals off the coast of Kenya have months of
light winds so they can reproduce for much of the year,
Woesik said. On the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, calm
weather is short-lived and the coral reproductive season is
brief. Woesik said his findings are critically important for
effective reef conservation. "Coral reproduction is a very
local event," Woesik said. "This means local conservation
efforts will maximize reproductive success and give reef
systems a chance to adapt to global climate change." The
study appears in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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