Asian Beetle, New In This Country, Threatens Brooklyn's Shade Trees
...e of Asia, said E. Richard Hoebeke, Cornell senior extension associate and assistant curator in entomology. It did not have a ticket to ride. "I don't know how it got here from Asia," Hoebeke said. "As if the trees in an urban environment are not traumatized enough as it is. This doesn't bode well for a tre...Women Younger Than 30 Need To Be Screened For Chlamydia
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...e ofBusiness Administration. The team's work is an extension of the research done by AndrewDobson et al. on efficient conservation, which was published inScience last year (Vol. 275, p.550). Dobson reported thatconservation could be made more efficient by identifying species"hot spots" where large numbers of e...From The Home Front To The River Front, USGS Updates Water-Quality Information
... water. With annual testing recommended by county extension agents, owners of rural wells should keep an eye on the bacterial quality of their well water. Follow-up to this reconnaissance is needed; it is uncertain whether bacteriological contamination of well water is caused by inadequate protection of well...Chocolate Treats Can Land Racehorse Trainers In Trouble
...ped us learn the way horses eliminate drugs, andby extension the way all animals eliminate drugs,” Sams said. While caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant in horses, as itis in humans, it would take several grams of caffeine to affect the performanceof a 1,000-pound racehorse, according to Sams. ...Just One Prenatal Visit Decreases Risk Of Preterm Delivery
...-MedNews library ofthe Journalism Forum under file extension ".jhm", Quadnet at http://www.quad-net.com or ScienceDaily at http://www.sciencedaily.com .......ys, Inc. today announced results from anopen-label extension study of the company's lead investigational compou...to decrease in size or remainstable over time. The extension study results will be presented today at the AmericanGastroenterological Association meeting in New ...American Cancer Society Grant Extended For Wistar Study Of Molecular Changes Leading To Cancer
... C. Prendergast, Ph.D., has been awardeda one-year extension on an American Cancer Society grant supporting hislaboratory's research into the molecular changes that cause normal cells tobecome cancerous. One aspect of Dr. Prenedergast's research focuses on a cancer-causing gene,called Myc, which has the abilit...New Retinal Surgery May Reverse Legal Blindness
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...ic metals from asphalt. The research is an extension of five decades of studies of streams inthe western Carolina forests by the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, a U.S. ForestService facility funded by the NSF. McTammany's project is part of an effort toinclude sites from a larger portion of the southern...Brain Antibodies Provide New Clues To Origins Of Tourette's
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... pounds in 1995, says Frazier, a senior entomology extension agent atPenn State. And, U.S. farmers routinely use bees to promote the growth ofapples, blueberries, watermelons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, peas, lima beansand many other crops. Nationwide, Frazier says, the value of honeybeepollination has been ...Researchers Document Transmission Of Protease-Resistant HIV
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...some ways, I see my work at SpectraCode as a small extension of the job I do as an academic research director," Grant says. "Developing and marketing a technological product is similar to the process of generating new scientific knowledge and successfully selling it in the marketplace of ideas. The experie...University Of Kentucky Researcher Awarded MERIT Extension For Study Of Third World Killer
...tucky College of Medicine, has received afive-year extension on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Method to ExtendResearch in Time (MERIT) award. The National Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases at the NIH has awarded Turco $1,583,700 to continue hisstudy, "Glycoconjugates of Leishmania." ...... years. The funds granted to all centres duringthe extension period will total more than DM 30 million. In 1994, the Centres ofExcellence programme was developed specifically for the new federal states; itis financed with special funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Education,Science, Research and Technol...