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Global Warming Will Not Significantly Affect Wind Energy Production

By Guest PostMay 6, 2011Environmentamerica, american energy, antoinette winklerprins, atmospheric science, atmospheric temperatures, chihuahua, climate models, climate variability, durango, eastern new mexico, energy patterns, energy production, global temperatures, great lakes, pryor and barthelmie, rebecca barthelmie, sara pryor, southwestern ohio, tamaulipas, united states, wind, wind energy, wind energy production

*Climate models predict stable wind energy patterns over the United States*

Rising global temperatures will not significantly affect wind energy production in the United States concludes a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.

But warmer temperatures could make wind energy somewhat more plentiful say two Indiana University (IU) Bloomington scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). (more…)

U-M Researchers Identify Protein Essential for Cell Division in Blood-forming Stem Cells

By Guest PostDecember 3, 2010Scienceampk, blood-forming stem cells, cell death, cell therapies, cellular metabolism, chromosomes, daisuke nakada, daughter cells, degenerative diseases, energy production, lkb1, normal cell division, protein, protein kinase, sean morrison, stem cell biology, stem cell function, stem cells, thomas saunders, tumor suppressor

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a protein known to regulate cellular metabolism is also necessary for normal cell division in blood-forming stem cells. Loss of the protein results in an abnormal number of chromosomes and a high rate of cell death.

The finding demonstrates that stem cells are metabolically different from other blood-forming cells, which can divide without the protein, Lkb1. This metabolic difference could someday be used to better control the behavior of blood-forming stem cells used in disease treatments, said Sean Morrison, director of the U-M Center for Stem Cell Biology, which is based at the Life Sciences Institute. (more…)

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Global Warming Will Not Significantly Affect Wind Energy Production

U-M Researchers Identify Protein Essential for Cell Division in Blood-forming Stem Cells