"Scifish" Technology To Protect Alaska's Fisheries And Promote Sustainable Use
...a place where high-tech businessescan thrive. The council strives for Alaska to become less economicallydependent on natural resources. Building on the success of Fisherman's Associate, SciFish has been busyworking on another NSF SBIR grant for work to benefit the fishing industry. Thisone for Obser...Researchers Probe New Depths In Plant Communications
...ved somefunding from CONACyT, the Mexican national council on scienceand technology.......denounced smoking. Kava says that on balance, the council thinks that health scares about pesticides in food areunjustified on scientific grounds. "It's an issue of dose and exposure," says Kava. "If you consumesomething that's a big hazard, such as benzene, but have small exposure, say 1 part per billion o...Field Museum plays vital role in creation of huge new park
...is week, when President Valentn Paniagua and Perus council of ministers signed the park into law. Conservation International is investing in long-term management of the park. "The people of Peru, through their government, have made a generous gift to future generations by establishing this park," says Jonath...Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army
...d biological engineering at Purdue University. The council is the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. By the year 2025, biotechnology will likely bring advances such as "rugged computer memories" made from genetically......al Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, who serves on the council of the Israeli Society of Hypertension, recognized as a hypertension specialist of the European Society of Hypertension, and serves as a consultant in hypertension to the two largest HMOs in Israel, Kupat Holim and Maacabi in Israel; Joseph L. Izzo,...NHGRI adds cow and dog to high priority list for sequencing model organisms
...rmaceutical research. In addition to dog and cow, council upgraded the priority of Oxytricha trifallax, a ci...sumably, its regulatory regions of DNA. Finally, council agreed with GRASPP to assigned moderate priority to Trichoplax, a primitive single-celled organism w...UC Riverside leads the country with the highest number of 2002 AAAS Fellows
... To be considered for the rank of fellow, the AAAS council votes on a final aggregate list that was reviewed by respective steering groups representing specialty sections. The 13 new AAAS Fellows at UC Riverside are: Michael E. Adams , professor of entomology. Dr. Adams research interests span molecula...Bush signs; ozone treatment for ballast water; wetland restoration template goes national
...they return to their own areas. Although watershed council members are the primary audience of the sessions, participants also include teachers, farmers, foresters and individuals interested in aiding the local environment. Oregon Sea Grant has published "The National Coastal Ecosystem Restoration Manual," w...Braunschweig Prize 2003 for Molecular Cancer Therapy
... Dr. Gert Hoffmann, after the decision of the city council on the 8th of July. Druker's research will inspire the long-cherished hope of destroying cancer at the molecular root. Druker has been chosen by a top-class jury from approximately 50 qualified applications from all over the world. Members of the jur...New imaging vehicle maps coral reefs to determine health of reef and fisheries
...r of the CFMC scientific staff said the management council did not know what kind of corals were present or what kind of fish spawned on the reefs other than grouper because so little information has been available. "Until this survey, we did not know what kind of corals we have, how healthy they are, how d...Computer scientists develop tool for mining genomic data
...at Stanford and chair of the scientific leadership council of Bio-X, an interdisciplinary initiative. His research group has used Koller's approach to identify genes involved in specific processes during embryonic development, to determine which genes are key regulators of other genes and to track changes in...Ohio State wetlands professor wins prestigious Water Prize
...l panels among them a respected national research council study that addressed the issues of wetland destruction and remediation in the United States. Mitsch is also a key researcher in addressing the annual hypoxia problem that recurs in the Gulf of Mexico. Each spring, the rush of nitrogen and other chemi...51 globally threatened species get new lease on life in the Caucasus
...CEPF investment strategy and a high-level advisory council of governmental and nongovernmental representative...h natural resources of the region. Support for the council is a strategic part of a new regional coordination approach, led by the WWF Caucasus Programme, to e...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
... done in cooperation with a distinguished advisory council to be selected and made up of a majority of Chilean citizens. In February 2002, Goldman Sachs purchased as part of a larger pool of distressed assets the defaulted notes of the Trillium Corporation, a US company that owned, among other things, the C...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...obtained the prior informed consent of the chief's council from each village to assist in the research in return for a share of the Prostratin gene proceeds. Dr. Gaugau Tavana, a Samoan educator from the National Tropical Botanical Garden, presented a Samoan-language PowerPoint presentation on genetic engine...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...obtained the prior informed consent of the chief's council from each village to assist in the research in return for a share of the Prostratin gene proceeds. Dr. Gaugau Tavana, a Samoan educator from the National Tropical Botanical Garden, presented a Samoan-language PowerPoint presentation on genetic engine...