Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...RODUCTION One of the clearest ways to delineate a discipline is by its unique technology. At its recent worksho...cs is human-system interface technology. Thus, the discipline of human factors can be defined as the development and application of human-system interface technol...Molecular Mechanochemistry: An Emerging Discipline At The Nexus Of Biology And Physics
...id-fire plasticity toexternal forces. The emerging discipline of molecular mechanochemistry addressesthese adaptations, combining elements of biomechanics, molecular biology, andbiophysics. In addition to gaining new insight into basic cell biology, the areais ripe with relevance to human health and biotechnolo...Gritty Research Leads Scientists To Metal-Loving Discovery
...soporous ceramics and functional monolayers. This discipline also is beingpursued actively within DOE's Center of Excellence for Synthesis and Processing of AdvancedMaterials, a collaborative, multi-laboratory effort. SAMMS was named by R&D magazine as one of the 100 most significant innovations of 1997,and wa...Whitaker makes largest individual grants ever totaling more than $30 million
...utions. Biomedical engineering is a relatively new discipline that grew out of informalcollaborations between en...nited States. It is the fastest growingengineering discipline at most universities. The field has made majorcontributions to cost-effective medical care with suc......loads can fly very early," said PattonDowney, NASA discipline scientist for microgravity biotechnology research,... done," saidDr. Don Gillies, the materials science discipline scientist. On the rack(s) The MSG will be joined by the larger Materials Science Research Facilit...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
...mmutative geometry is a recent, rapidly developing discipline with a greatpotential for the future. Joachim Cunt...r has already received four offersof chairs in his discipline from German and foreign universities. Professor Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Graf (50), Protestant Theology...Bruce Babbitt Calls For Linking Open Space And Conservation
...ing smart growth and conservation biology in a new discipline called "urban bioplanning". Forinstance, when deciding what areas to preserve as open space, we could choosebiodiversity hotspots and corridors between protected areas. The best example of this approach is in Southern California, where growthbetween...Formosan termite may be top concern of entomologists of the new millenium, according to report
...microscopy and advances in genetics have taken the discipline into a new era. Studied in their own habitats, insects remain some of the most fascinating creatures on the planet, and since they pre-date humans by millions of years, their ability to survive remains of primary interest to scientists. In terms of c...WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new discipline has emerged at the intersection of computer science and biotechnology, bringing the power of advanced computational techniques to bear on complex problems in molecular biology. Called bioinformatics or computational biology, this new field is providi...Research changes surface mine reclamation practices, policy
...degree student having a curriculum in a scientific discipline directly related to and leading toward a profession in disturbed land reclamation and restoration. The award is meant to provide an incentive to follow a professional career that contributes to the continued improvement and knowledge of technology re...Brown engineering and neuroscience group wins grant for brain study
...gator of the research program. A third discipline within the research is information science, the study of the processing of information. "We want to have the man-made and the nature-made structures communicate," Nurmikko said. "Is there a benefit? Is it possible......ns, and they stand at the brink of an entirely new discipline - one that is beginning to expand our understanding of nature. One area in which scientists are using the techniques of molecular biology with great success is in examining animal mating systems. Studies of these genetic systems in mammals and birds ...UCSD bioengineer to receive President's National Medal of Science
...of aerodynamics and structures into a unified discipline of aeroelasticity. He published one of the two first books in that field. Beginning in the late 1950s, Fung became interested in the mechanics of the eye because his mother was suffering from glaucoma. In the mid 1960s, he published ...400 never-before published findings to be presented at pharmacology conference
...ientific and professional organization serving the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology.......ly derived design principles is the basis of a new discipline called biomimetics - mimicking nature. If you could give it marching orders, well... it just might make the perfect ground soldier. "And the fact that it could look like a scorpion," says Office of Naval Research Program Manager, Dr. Joel Davis, "wou...Genes don`t control human behavior, evolutionist says
"Evolutionary psychology" - the discipline that attempts to explain much of human behavior as a creation of natural selection that operated during our hunter-gatherer past - "is dead but doesn`t seem to know it yet," Stanford University evolutionist Paul R. Ehrlich told the annual meeting of ...Hopkins' Young Investigators' Day winners shine in the spotlight
...ave in common a knack for elegant research, a keen discipline to see it through and an unusual ability to communicate what they're doing. For the past 23 years, The Hopkins School of Medicine has sponsored Young Investigators' Day, a sophisticated science fair for grown-ups, recognizing promising pre- and po...International scientists probe unsolved puzzles of the Earth and beyond at "Earth System Processes"
...or us as we are going out of our way to break down discipline barriers and have everyone from the hammer-wielding geologist to the astrobiologist talk to each other," explained technical program co-chairs, Ian Dalziel (University of Texas, Austin) and Ian Fairchild (Keele University). We invite you to peru...GIS, bioinformatics collaborations offer promising new perspectives
...e mutually beneficial. "Whether the maps used in a discipline are derived from aerial photos taken by a satellit... solutions to technical problems arrived at in one discipline can serve as object lessons for the other." Bult added that when some of the display and interactivi......f researchers that have substantially advanced the discipline in more than one hundred scientific papers and reports. Saul is the recipient of numerous awards for his achievements, focusing on his roles as educator, researcher, and advisory, including several of the American Fisheries Societys highest awards, ...