From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
...is called neutron radiography, and professors from art historians and agronomists to zoologists can use i... uses neutron induced autoradiography as a form of art itself. "It has always been used for analysis, but I was really interested in the images it produce...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...r I. Kuniholm, Cornell professor of the history of art and archaeology, with other researchers in the university's Aegean Dendrochronology Project and at the universities of Heidelberg and Reading, have constructed a tree-ring sequence spanning 1,503 years from the ring growth patterns preserved in wood ...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...ated and used as an experimentaltool itself. "The art of modeling is knowing what to leave out," said Hastings,who recently helped bring to campus a research training grant in nonlineardynamics in biology from the National Science Foundation. UC Davis is consideredamong the world's leading campuses in q...New understanding of crab populations may not bring fishermen's delight
...rom eight fishingregions along the West Coast. The art of ecological modeling is in figuring out howto simplify complex systems to the few most important components while minimizingdistortions. Modelers translate the relationships between those key componentsinto equations and plug them into a computer. ...Roadsides Benefit From Waste, UF Researchers Say
...h of the grass already there. In UF's state-of-the art Turfgrass Envirotron, where grasses from all over the world are monitored in three computer-controlled greenhouses, they are comparing the growth of roadside turf samples using both commercial fertilizer and the organic wastes. In all the samples, th...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
... Institute in Kenilworth, NJ. Using state of the art videomicroscopy techniques, Dr. Fink and his associates recently captured on video the fate of immune cells infected with Candida in a petri dish. When Candida enters a host, the organism is eaten up by cells called macrophages, which are the sentin...Imaging Studies Illuminate Brain's Response To Cocaine
Using a state-of-the art imaging technique, researchers at the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital (MGH) have shown, in greater detail than before, how specificareas of the human brain react to cocaine, distinguishing patterns of activationassociated with feelings of euphoria and ...Liquid Crystals Light Up Simple Chemical Test
...52-7704, swright@ucdavis.edu Editors: Excellent art is available. Three panels -- one is black, theothers show brightly colored, swirling patterns -- illustrate the potentialtest results. Contact Sylvia Wright....DFG To Set Up 32 New Postgraduate Research Groups - First "Virtual Research Group"
...blished at an academy of art. Under this programme art scholars, musicologists, educationists and literar...scholars will look into the production of works of art and the working processes of artists. In postgraduate research groups, 15 to 25 doctoral candidates ...Baker's Yeast Causes Chemical Reactions And Sweet Smelling Labs
...g chemistry," said Kayser. "And we arelearning the art of the possible."...Researchers Discover Way To Grow New Kidneys In Rats
...nal. His wife, Nancy Hammerman, is a co-author. An art teacher in thePattonville School District, Nancy Hammerman suggested that developing kidneysmight be a source of transplants after hearing her husband give a transplantlecture in March 1996 in London, England. Soon after, Hammerman and resear...Forecasting The El Niño-Driven Ebb And Flow Of A Rogue Mosquito
...g andsometimes fatal viral diseases, has been more art than science. But now a computer model being honed by scientists at the University ofWisconsin-Madison may help predict population booms, and when and where in theworld the mosquito might show up in response to large-scale climate events likeEl Nino.......this special section or a copy of the relatedcover art or additional visual images, please email scipak@aaas.org, call202-326-6440, or fill out the form below in English and fax it to 202-789-0455. NAME ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS ORGANIZATION __________...Fossil Evidence Of Worms Over One Billion Years Old Reported In Science
...40 orfax the below form to 202-789-0455. For cover art or related visuals contactHeather Singmaster at 202-326-6414 or hsingmas@aaas.org. ORDER ARTICLE #1: "Triploblastic Animals More than 1 Billion Years Ago: TraceFossil Evidence from India," by A. Seilacher and F. Pflger at Yale U. in NewHaven, CT;...Discovery Of New Large, Predatory Dinosaur Reported In Science
...0, orfax the below form to 202-789-0455. For cover art or related visuals contactHeather Singmaster at 202-326-6414 or hsingmas@aaas.org . ORDER ARTICLE #13: "A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and theEvolution of Spinosaurids," by P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, H. C. E. Larsson, J. D.Marcot, C. A...Cedars-Sinai Tip Sheet For Dec. 21
...akes an important addition to the medical center's art collection -- and toJewish medical history. The 12... will become part of themedical center's extensive art collection -- the largest of its kind in thecountry. A dedication ceremony is scheduled to take plac...Quarterly News Tipsheet -- Research Highlights From Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
... The bipolar capability is crucialin state-of-the art mass spectrometry applications, including laser desorptionof aerosol particles for atmospheric monitoring. This trap also improves the quality of data that can be obtained in a singlemeasurement, thus reducing the amount of averaging required for hig...Gene triggers formation of sensory cells in the ear
... regrow hair cells lost to disease or aging. "The art is to deliver the gene to the proper cell at the proper time and atthe right concentration," said Bellen. "Obviously, the process is fraught withproblems. For instance, we don't know if neurons will reconnect with hair cellsonce they are restored. ...Home owners may sleep better because student overcame her fear of insects
...anhasasen, Minn. The Flushing, N.Y. native was in art school when she took a book out of thelibrary that had nice illustrations--of insects. In addition to studying thepictures, she read the text. "I learned how interesting insects are." Thatsummer, she took an entomology course that had her in the fiel...Botanical evidence indicates "Shroud of Turin" originated in Jerusalem area before 8th century
... of the flowers on the Shroud are also depicted in art of theearly centuries, according to the upcoming publication. Early icons on some 7thcentury coins portray a number of flower images that accurately match floralimages seen on the Shroud today, according to PIOT analysis by the Whangers. The researc...