News articles tagged with 'phosphorus'
Evidence poor for link between biomarkers and risk of CV events for patients with kidney disease
— 16 Mar 2011 13:16 | HealthEven though clinical practice guidelines for patients with chronic kidney disease recommend specific treatment target levels for serum phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, and calcium to…
Helping feed the world without polluting its waters
— 4 Feb 2011 15:49 | EnvironmentA growing global population has lead to increasing demands for food. Farmers around the world rely, at least in part on phosphorus-based fertilisers in order to sustain and improve…
Kidney disease patients: Eat your veggies, reward your kidneys
— 4 Jan 2011 20:11 | HealthPhosphorous levels plummet in kidney disease patients who stick to a vegetarian diet, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society…
Efficient phosphorus use by phytoplankton
— 18 Dec 2010 14:43 | EnvironmentRapid turnover and remodelling of lipid membranes could help phytoplankton cope with nutrient scarcity in the open ocean…
Eutrophication makes toxic cyanobacteria more toxic
— 6 Dec 2010 18:09 | EnvironmentContinued eutrophication of the Baltic Sea, combined with an ever thinner ozone layer, is favouring the toxic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena, reveals research from the University…
From toxicity to life: Arsenic proves to be a building block
— 3 Dec 2010 17:14 | BiologyArsenic - an element that triggers death for most Earthly life forms - is actually allowing for a bacterium to thrive and reproduce…
Astrobiologists: Deadly arsenic breathes life into organisms
— 3 Dec 2010 16:59 | BiologyEvidence that the toxic element arsenic can replace the essential nutrient phosphorus in biomolecules of a naturally occurring bacterium expands the scope of the search for life beyond…
Phosphorus identified as the missing link in evolution of animals
— 29 Oct 2010 12:06 | BiologyA University of Alberta geomicrobiologist and his PhD student are part of a research team that has identified phosphorus as the mystery ingredient that pushed oxygen levels in the oceans…
New evidence supports 'Snowball Earth' as trigger for early animal evolution
— 28 Oct 2010 15:51 | Geology and palaeontologyA team of scientists, led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside, has found new evidence linking 'Snowball Earth' glacial events to the rise of early animals…
Genomic comparison of ocean microbes reveals East-West divide in populations
— 12 Oct 2010 09:10 | BiologyMuch as an anthropologist can study populations of people to learn about their physical attributes, their environs and social structures, some marine microbiologists read the genome…