Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...aid in an interview. "For the first time, wehave a hard piece of observational evidence, an actual measurement,of what's happening down there." Thediscovery of such a fundamental property will advance planetaryunderstanding, the scientists said. It will spark new researchto explain the observed pattern of...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...rs, withfines for hunting them, but those laws are hard to enforce, Simons said.He cited recent reliable reports of cages of illegally captured diademedsifakas presumably destined for the dinner table that had been seized bylocal authorities after at least one had already died. In the remote jungle,poachi...An Equal Opportunity Extinction? Cincinnati Geologists Find Global Impact from Permian Die
...nce among regions. Temperateareas were hit just as hard as tropical ones. Secondly, he looked at distinct environmental zones from nearshore to deep water. Reefs and other highly diverse environmentsgenerally occur within a specific environmental zone. Again,there was no significant difference among zones...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...rs; but, likedoing a crossword puzzle, it's really hard to make progress in the beginningand then at a certain point it goes very fast." Computational biology is at that point, the authors agree. Dazzling newhigh-speed computational technology, enormous and growing sets of data,and more sophisticated app...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...means is that some types of wetlands will be very hard to replace, and if the choice comes down to destroying a wetland, it's important to know which types can be difficult to replace." The team's research also revealed that while different types of wetlands obviously have different characteristics...Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
...r images from parts of the body that are currently hard to scan, such as the liver, and to view transient phenomena such as cardiac activity and blood flow in a noninvasive way," says Joe Bourland, director of bioengineering research at Purdue's Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Research Center. In addit...Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
... island. Despite their success, wolves had to work hard for every morsel of food this winter, according to the MTU biologist. "Some even dug up carcasses of moose that had died last year and ate their dried up hides. I'd never seen that before." The annual wolf-moose study on Isle Royale is funded by the ...New Evidence For Corn's Ancestry Could Lead To Insect And Drought Resistant Crops
...ll stalk crowned by corn-like tassels. It also has hard seedsthat line up in a single row -- called a "spike." However, Mangelsdorf once believed one of corn's true ancestors was Tripsacum ,a grass that ranges throughout North and South America. "It's a pervasiveweed around here," Eubanks said. "It's on...Bacterium gobbles up chlorinated pollutants
...Strain 195 and other microorganisms may already be hard at work at some pollution sites, a possibility that the Cornell team can investigate, now that they know what to look for. "As we piece together the family tree for these organisms, we can develop gene probes and ask: 'Who's here? Which dechlorinato...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
...e in a traffic accident. You'd have to work really hard to hurt yourself with a liquid nitrogen vehicle. Liquid nitrogen isn't combustible, corrosive or toxic. It's just cold." Ironically, Hertzberg says, the cold temperature is precisely what stalled previous efforts to develop a liquid nitrogen vehicle....Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
...rtheasternforests, these voracious eaters cost the hard woods industry millions ofdollars. Luckily, from an economic point of view, gypsy moths usually do not eatconiferous trees, which are the basis of the multimillion dollar pulp paperindustry. "However, there is another threat, the Asian gypsy...Experts: Public Will Accept Irradiation In Wake Of Meat Recall
...s considering approval for red meats. "It's really hard to process raw meat without getting some contamination on it, but if it's irradiated, the bacteria are killed," says April Mason, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service assistant director and a foods and nutrition specialist. "Irradiation is...New Way To Drive Chemical Reactions: Collision Of Liquids At High Speed
...ysmall holes drilled in gemstones. "Only gems are hard enough to takethe pressure without cracking or ero...such as cosmeticlotions) and for cutting extremely hard materials. "The chemistry of turbulent liquids comes from 'hydrodynamic cavitation,'which causes th...Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa
...safety of her lab at Colorado State separating the hard breccia from the primateskull and other large bones taken from the site. The technique involves coating exposed bone with a preservative and soaking thespecimens for several weeks in vinegar or other weak acid to dissolve the calcium carbonates that ...Premies' Lung Disorder Can Cause Developmental Delays
... long-term development. "As a result, it was very hard to tell families what the prognosis would be long-term, " Singer said. "But I want to emphasize that 80 percent of these children are functioning within normal ranges. Considering that a few years ago these kids would not have survived, this is quite...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
... the mouth, to a cleft that runs the length of the hard and soft tissues that form the roof of the mouth. The more severe forms require surgery and are often associated with both psychological and physical problems, including difficulties with feeding, breathing, and speech development. Cleft palate is ...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...s will contain morethan 1000 gigabytes of magnetic hard disk space to store World Wide Web data, entertainment video,home movies, encyclopedias and other databases. The research seeks solutions to the technical challenges of performing automated backup to protect the storage system from disk failures and......hing to do. Like God, mother, and apple pie, it is hard to argue against doing anything that may better th...cle. All told, for a total investment of $6,900, a hard cost savings of $65,000 per year was achieved a 1 to 9.4 cost-benefit ratio (Warkotsch, 1994). Othe...... know - how fast arethe rain clouds moving and how hard does the pitcher throw" - snapshots of Tcell counts, blood cholesterol concentrations, or the BRCA-1 polymorphism, forexample, do not tell physicians what they really need to know - how many T cellsare being destroyed and regenerated each day, what i...