Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
...gs were prepared for presentation Wednesday at the annual meetingof the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and willbe published in the May issue of the Journal of Toxicology and EnvironmentalHealth. The researchers said their findings are similar to those reported in Scotlandlast mon...Researchers Pinpoint Site For Petit Mal Seizures In Brain
...edical Center, at the American Epilepsy Society's annual meeting. The work was supported by the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke and a V.A. merit award. Children affected by petit mal seizures have up to hundreds of seconds-long lapses of consciousness, during which they stare blankly a...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
... 718 B.C., by analyzing variations in the width of annual tree rings (which are altered by changes in climate and moisture) from the wood and charcoal remains of ancient tombs, gates and buildings unearthed at these sites. Using dendrochronology techniques they have perfected along with radiocarbon dating, ......ch, who won the New York Wine & Grape Foundation's annual Research Award in April. Robert Pool and the late John Einset, of Geneva, project leaders for the grape breeding program at Geneva prior to 1980, were active in the early development of both new varieties. Reisch has released three white wine grape...Behemoth Animals May Follow Same Extinction Patterns
...ce in a poster presentation today (Oct. 30) at the annual meetingof the Geological Society of America in Denver. "Most people believe that we understand the extinction of the dinosaursnow that we have proof of a large meteor event at the time of their finaldemise," says Cuffey. "The KT meteor was only the...Changing Continental Runoff Patterns Could Change Ocean Circulation
...unoff," Bice told attendees today (Oct. 29) at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver. Researchers using the general circulation models have not previously considered continental runoff. The reason that continental runoff can change ocean circulation patterns is that th...NCAR Scientist Models Earth's Climate and Vegetation Patterns At Last Glacial Peak
...resented his work on Wednesday, October 30, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver. These models present a world blanketed by massive ice sheets over Canada and Eurasia, with tundra covering much of Europe and North America as the Sahara Desert crept southward toward central Af...An Equal Opportunity Extinction? Cincinnati Geologists Find Global Impact from Permian Die
...ogy at UC, willreport Wednesday,Oct. 30 during the annual meeting of the Geological Society ofAmerica that the Late Permian mass extinction was global in itsextent and hit all marine areas with roughly the same effect. Traditionally, geologists believed that tropical areas andhigh-diversity marine environme......In a talk to be given on Thursday, Oct. 31, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, Doris Sloan and Andrew N. Cohen of the University of California at Berkeley, and Mary McGann of the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., report the introduction of a single-celled amoeb...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
... part of the last glaciation, and to have distinct annual ice layers back at least 6,000 years. The core will shed light on coastal climate and ice stream dynamics in the past. It will also be compared with the famous deep cores from the Greenland ice sheet, to assess whether the rapid climate changes rec...Medicinal Leech May Offer Clues To Neural Regeneration
...Details of the study were presented Nov. 21 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. "Our study shows that NOS in the leech is activated at the site of injury within minutes after axons are severed, and it remains active well beyond 48 hours after the injury," Sahley says. Axons are the long "......is capability yesterday at Supercomputing '96, the annual supercomputing conference, held this year in Pittsburgh. "With the T3E, we have enough computing power to stay ahead of the scanner," said PSC neural scientist Nigel Goddard. "The same processing that used to take more than a day on workstations we ...Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...-- While radio station traffic reporters track the annual migration patterns of Thanksgiving holiday celebrants, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean -- off the western coast of South America -- there are some leatherback turtles who have just begun to share their traffic information. Sea turtle number 1109-B and...Selenium Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Rates
...atients were chosen because they have a 25 percent annual chance of a recurrence, and skin cancer is easy to diagnose and can be quickly treated. The researchers set out to determine whether they could reduce the average recurrence rate with selenium supplements. Ironically, 10 years later, the results wer...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...usiness today (Feb. 14) with demonstrations at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Seattle. Like a fledgling bird testing its wings, BirdSource is beginning modestly. About 500 "penguins" (online bird-watching guinea pigs) from the 10,000-member citizen-s...Team Identifies Switch For Tumor Suppressor Gene
...rCancer Center. The group's next fundraiser is its annual steakroast and raffle Saturday, March 8 at the Hilton Exempt Club from1 to 6 p.m....Eating After Exertion May Be A Key To Speeding Body's Recovery
...ny at the AmericanSociety for Nutritional Sciences annual meeting in New Orleans. Healthy adults consumed nothing or a cereal with oat, wheat or corn meal90 minutes before a 90-minute low-level cycling exercise followed by a competitive5-mile ride. Those who had eaten reported less fatigue and less hunger ...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...also showed some benefit for younger women, at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. The study was conducted over six months and involved 100 women who lived alone. Half were in their mid-20s, the other half were in their early 70s. Twenty-five women in each group had a dog or cat...Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
...itutes of Health, will be reported April 16 at the annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance Medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bourland and Purdue electrical engineering Professor John Nyenhuis have studied the safety of MRI technology for more than eight years. Much of their ...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
...findings Mon., April 7,at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in New Orleans. An assistantresearch scientist in the UW Medical School department of medicine,Dhurandhar conducted the research with UW Medical School Professor ofMedicine and Nutritional Sciences Dr. Richard Atkinson. Between 80 an...