Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
... executive officer. "His many contributions to the field have advanced cancer prevention from its earliest preclinical and clinical stages of drug development to definitive, randomized controlled trials. His laboratory and clinical research has emphasized the chemoprevention and treatment of such pervasive...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...he ABC program did not directly help them select a field of study or career, 84% said it provided a positiv...nference in Toronto. "I never realized how big the field of biotechnology is. It really opened my eyes to the scope and wide range of new products coming out...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...is grant will stimulate us to think outside of the field in which we're used to thinking and to interact with people looking at body-weight regulation from different perspectives," said Dr. Parker. "It will cause us to develop collaborations that we wouldn't have done before." In applying the research to h...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
... that interact with each other." He added that the field is moving toward integrating divergent research methods to relate underlying molecular events to behavioral changes. "I'm very interested in learning what these multiple factors are--those that affect executive function in non-demented aging ..."Nanotechnology" is a newly fashionable field but in the world of drug development it is certainly not new, Professor Ruth Duncan of the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University has told the British Pharmaceutical Conference (September 27-29). The first nanomedicines are already bringing cli...Bush nominates NJIT space explorer Louis Lanzerotti to NSF governing board
...ournal has been the first to focus on the emerging field of space weather and its impact on technical systems, including telecommunications, electric power and navigation. Lanzerotti's work at NJIT continues to investigate many unanswered questions about the sun and its effects on the earth's space e...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
... "I want to try new research directions in the field that would probably be too risky to be supported with traditional funding mechanisms," he says. "I want to learn more about the life cycle and internal regulatory mechanisms of the parasite, and how it avoids the immune system of the organisms it inv...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...ow Krogh and Christensen "conceived and formed the field of human integrative physiology using exercise as a key intervention," how American and European approaches to exercise physiology bifurcated, and where this type of physiology might be leading. Among his many honors, Bengt Saltin received the Intern...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...s are scheduled to conduct their investigation and field experiments in the Atacama through Oct. 21. They are using Zoe, an autonomous, solar-powered rover developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. During the mission, Zoe is expected to travel about two kilometers (1.24 miles) ...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
..."DNA barcodes will be the key for the naturalist's field guide for the new millennium," says Stoeckle. A Public Library of Species With the results reported today, scientists took an important step toward broadly applying the DNA barcode technique. "The first step toward a library is...Rice finds 'on-off switch' for buckyball toxicity
...85 is widely regarded as an early milestone in the field of nanotechnology. While buckyballs show great promise in applications as diverse as fuel cells, batteries, pharmaceuticals and coatings, some scientists and activists have raised concerns about their potential toxicity to humans and animals. CBEN's ...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
... to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development," says Glen H. Elder, professor of sociology and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina. For a review copy, contact Nichole Angress at nichole.angress@sagepub.com or telephone, (805) 499-0721, ext....'Gene chips' research in cotton could lead to superior variety
...archers so they can be used in cotton breeding and field applications. "This project represents a clear example where Cotton Incorporated and state-funded research initiatives have had a 'multiplier-effect' on garnering substantial federal funding for cotton research," Chen said. "In the current er...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...trongly commends the ACMG report for advancing the field of newborn screening, defining a uniform panel for newborn screening, and providing a policy framework for the states. We support the recommendations in this report and we urge the Secretary of Health and Human Services to accept them as a national ...Grant advances biochemical engineering laboratory
...raduates will have a competitive advantage in this field as a result of their biochemical engineering laboratory experiences."...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...r outstanding contributions in the broadly defined field of atomic energy. "We are all enriched by the co...n the materials research category for creating the field of metallic superlattices and recognizing the impact of these materials on magnetism and superconduc...The book opens on the first tree genome
...will have a huge impact on research far beyond the field of forestry," said Stefan Jansson at Ume Plant Science Centre. Plant scientists throughout the world now have a tree model system to work with in addition to the already established models of Arabidopsis and rice. The many unique properties of trees,...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...a plan for its implementation. NEON, envisioned as field and lab instrumentation deployed across the United States and integrated via cutting-edge cyberinfrastructure into a continent-wide research platform, will be the first national ecological observation system designed to answer scientific questions at...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...er. If developed, these systems could catapult the field into a $1 trillion industry by 2015. The NSF grant establishes the Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing, which will be headquartered at Northeastern under the leadership of Ahmed Busnaina, the William Lincoln Smith Professor and director of the Na...$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
...owing research community. Cheng has envisioned the field using the atlas infrastructure as the foundation for development of a new approach to understanding biology that will address the problem of information overload. "We're calling this new approach Systems Morphogenetics," Cheng said. "This new, more ...