Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
... Many regional events also feature lectures by leading local biotech researchers, science workshops for students and teachers, and biotech exhibits. Regional winners compete in an annual national challenge (with a prize pool of $16,000 in 2004), conducted for the past two years from Ottawa by tel...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...of Veterinary Medicine and graduate students, is a leading biomedical and clinical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states. ...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, leading to irreversible changes in genetic information being passed to a newly divided cell, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers. Their findings, to be reported Tuesday, Oct. 5 at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, ar...Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
...ces; Medicine and Veterinary Medicine -- will have leading roles. Scientists at the FDA's National Center for Toxicology Research in Arkansas and Wake Forest and Purdue universities will have supporting roles. Helferich will continue a focus on breast cancer. He recently found that isoflavones can bl...Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
... infected and show no ill effects, but HCMV is the leading viral cause of birth defects and is a serious threat to transplant and AIDS patients and others with a compromised immune system. "Our labs identified the viral and host proteins that compose the HCMV virion," said Jay Nelson, Ph.D., director of t...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
...ver from disasters. Starbucks Corporation is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with more than 8,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the ...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...sor at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. He is leading robotics research for the Life in the Atacama project. The first phase of the project began in 2003, when a solar-powered robot named Hyperion, also developed at Carnegie Mellon, was taken to the Atacama. Scientists conducted experiments with H...Conference at UH opens doors for new scientists, engineers
...ibutions in science, engineering and technology by leading the development of new breakthrough products and technologies that ultimately became the key elements of success for Motorola. Quintanilla's cross-cultural communication program developed for officers has been selected by the Department of Defense a...Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies
... embryo failed to go through the oviduct the tube leading from the ovaries to the uterus. The same thing happened in normal mice when the receptor was over-stimulated. The study, published in the current issue of the journal Nature Medicine, describes for the first time how the CB1 receptor in the mouse reg...Alaska scientists find Arctic tundra yields surprising carbon loss
...published in the September 23, 2004 edition of the leading science journal Nature and are featured in the journal's News and Views section. Bret-Harte, Chapin, lead author Michelle Mack of the University of Florida, Gainesville, and colleagues set out to investigate whether the commonly held assumption that...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...ogram and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading scholars in developmental psychology, child-rearing and human ecology -- the interdisciplinary domain he created. His model of the ecology of human development acknowledges that humans don't develop in isolation, but in relation to their family and ...No role for simian virus 40 in human pleural mesotheliomas
... source of SV40 DNA fragments may be unrecognized, leading to misinterpretation of assay results as indicating the presence of genuine SV40 in human tumors. Their findings are a caution to other researchers to be vigilant in avoiding these technical errors when planning future studies with SV40. "Because...The book opens on the first tree genome
...lean up waste sites. Just as DOE earlier played a leading role in mapping the human genome and making possib...damental biological questions." Joining Jansson in leading the Swedish poplar team are Jan Karlsson, Gran Sandberg, and Fredrik Sterky. "The sequencing is ext...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
... here. She joined DuPont in 2002 and is currently leading the DuPont polymer photonics team. Her research focuses on the use of polymers to fabricate optical devices for telecommunications applications. She contributed to the development of the industry's early commercial samples of polymer-based switches...Termites could hold the key to self-sufficient buildings
...nventional structures. Loughborough University is leading this innovative project, with funding from the Eng...ool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is leading the team. Dr Soar says, "we hope that our findings will provide clues that aid the ultimate developm...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...s to Take Over the World (of Remediation). Nyer, a leading hydrogeologist and senior vice-president of ARCADIS G & M, Tampa, FL., has developed strategies, technical designs and led the installation of more than 400 groundwater and soil remediation systems across the U.S. Dr. James Tate, Jr., the current sen...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...between residents and windborne debris, one of the leading causes of injuries during both hurricanes and tornadoes." Discovered by DuPont in 1965, Kevlar is an organic fiber in the aromatic polyamid (aramid) family that combines high strength with light weight, and comfort with protection. Kevlar is five ti...Yale digital diagnostic technology is basis of new company, HistoRx Inc.
...es while selectively licensing its technologies to leading academic and research laboratories. "HistoRx is a great example of the continuing effort of Yale University to expand the biotechnology industry in the New Haven area," said Jon Soderstrom, managing director of the Office of Cooperativ...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
...led TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), leading to a decrease in cancer cells and increase in the life span of tumor-bearing mice. The study's first author, Jun-Li Luo, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the Karin team in the UCSD Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, explained that norma...Brown ecologist garners major National Science Foundation grant
...th the help of students sent for training in seven leading European Arabidopsis labs, all 200 weed varieties will be planted in six test sites one in Finland, one in England and two each in Germany and Spain to see which varieties live, which ones die and which ones produce the most seeds. Scientists will ...