Nature Asia鳥類が渡りを行うのはエネルギーを節約するためであるNature Asia鳥が渡りを行うのは、エネルギーの摂取と支出とのバランスを最適化させるためであることを明らかにした論文が、今週掲載される。この規則は渡りを行わない種にも当てはまり、世界の全鳥類の分布を包括的に説明するものである。 世界の鳥類種の約15％は繁殖地とそれ以外の生息地との間で渡りを行い、それにより、例 ... Read more http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=u …

神経科学： エネルギーバランスにおけるレプチンの役割の背後にある脳回路Nature Asia脂肪組織から分泌されるホルモンであるレプチンは、脳の視床下部弓状核内の受容体に働き掛けることで、食欲やグルコースバランス、体重を調節している。弓状核の2種類のニューロンが、レプチンに応答することが知られており、それらは、アグーチ関連ペプチド（AGRP）ニューロンと、プロオピオメラノコルチン（POMC）ニューロンであ ... Read more http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t& …

News@UofTUndergraduate students get rare chance to work with groundbreaking genetic engineering technique CRISPRNews@UofTIt's a groundbreaking genetic engineering technique normally reserved for research labs, but this year more than 40 undergraduate s …

Park Cities PeopleGirls Explore Engineering at Perot MuseumPark Cities PeopleGirls Explore Engineering at Perot Museum. by Timothy Glaze · April 6, 2018. Girls from Hockaday and St. Philip's make bridges out of cardboard. (Photo: Imani Chet Lytle). Men …

KMBZHuge science and engineering fair draws students from across KC MetroKMBZMore than 1,100 area students are competing in the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, which is one of the largest events of its kind in the country. Judges are cons …

Financial TimesOil traders will find Middle East power struggle harder to ignoreFinancial TimesIn the past 14 days Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has faced a barrage of missiles aimed at its capital city, an attack on a supertanker hau …

ReutersIndonesia blames coal ship for oil spill, not state energy firmReutersThe extent of an oil spill seen at Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan, Indonesia in this still image taken from an April 4, 2018 drone video obtained from social media. Imeida Tandri …

Oil prices nudge higher as US inventories fallMarketWatchBrent crude LCOM8, -0.10% , the global benchmark, was up 0.1%, at $68.11 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures CLK8, …

CBC.caGallant's carbon plan could spell trouble for Irving Oil refineryCBC.caThe Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, which produces more than 320,000 barrels of finished energy products every day, is the province's largest single emitter of carbon d …

UK Oil Wealth Fund Would Have Been Worth $703 Billion TodayOilPrice.comAccording to IPPR, North Sea oil raised US$233 billion (166 billion pounds) in taxes between 1980 and 1990. “Had the revenues from North Sea oil been invested in a sovereign wealth fund …