International Research Team Clones New Skin Cancer Gene
...e,2 he noted. 3For those who are, more aggressive monitoring and preventive measures such as staying out of the sun and using sunscreen can be applied.2 Collaborating scientists included Michael Dean, Ph.D. from the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, Brandon Wainwright, Ph.D. and Georgia Chenevi...Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...he inner core's fast axis.On one end was a seismic monitoring station; on the other, a quake-proneregion that consistently generated many seismic waves to study.They compared the arrival times of seismic waves that traveledthrough the inner core and those that passed merely through theouter core. The latter wav......sensor technology is unable to provide continuous monitoring of the extremely precise air pollution controls th...rovide the detailed analysis required for constant monitoring of both car emissions and air quality in the driver's cabin. Dr Julian Gardner in the University o...NCAR Scientists Trek To Africa For Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry Study
...ve field work is done, some of the instruments for monitoring weather and air chemistry will be maintained by the European and African collaborators for longer-term EXPRESSO research. EXPRESSO may shed light on a global problem in biosphere-atmosphere chemistry. Plants take up vast amounts of carbon, particular......water quality information, for expandingearthquake monitoring to reduce hazards and support the comprehensivenuc...s in InteriorDepartment agencies. New research and monitoring will focus on pacificsalmon and coastal habitats. Extensive work is planned on the spread ofinvasive...A Drug Pump On A Computer Chip
... device may be adapted as a closed-loop system for monitoring blood glucose levels and pumping just the right amount of insulin into the bloodstream. "Ideally, an insulin delivery pump would sense the patients blood glucose level and change the dose of insulin accordingly," said Huff, who has begun with a pump ...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...ercent and 86 percent of the TCE, according to the monitoring data. The net result was to reduce the concentration of TCE in the water passing through the area by 96 to 98 percent, from 1.2 parts per million down to 20 to 50 parts per billion. Running the process for a year cleared up the last major operational......wed breeding penguins on their food expeditions by monitoring radio signals from transmitters glued to the birds' feathers. These signals indicated that the birds foraged close to their colonies. But there also were suggestions that some birds traveled well outside the four-mile range of the ground-based receiv...Disease Takes Its Toll On Waterfowl Populations
...ural resources, and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources of the nation....Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...ms, radio astronomy telescopes, ocean surface wave monitoring systems and high frequency communications. She also plans to integrate thiswork into the development of new methods for teaching image processing which are made possiblethrough advances in high performance computing. J. William O. Ballard, an evolu...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...e flight paths of 18 albatrosses and are currently monitoring the flights at sea of another 11 ( Click here for details on the birds tracked ). Already, several birds have logged marathon flights including a 4,172-mile round trip to Alaska's Aleutian Islands and a 5,348-mile round trip to the San Francisc......ound in arms control nonproliferation detectionand monitoring will serve as a solid foundation for the remote sensing elementsof the Agriculture and Food Processing Initiative. ABCD Center The Agri-Business Commercialization and Development Center, formed in 1994 andlocated in Richland, specializes in transf...Termites' Attraction To Small Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide Lures Pests To Their Deaths
...or for a number of uses,such as luring termites to monitoring traps or to sources of insecticides. Slowreleases of CO2 could also be used to confuse termite behavior to the pointwhere a colony cannot sustain itself. The breakthrough even may haveapplications in new home construction. Bjostad's lab plan...AAAS Honors Three USGS Scientists As Fellows
...al resources, and to enhance the quality oflife by monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources....Handfish Steps Back From Brink Of Extinction
...s of the former population in the Derwent Estuary, monitoring these colonies, and the study of the biology and habitat of the fish. "Although there are still many gaps in our understanding of the species and what affects them, the information we now have gives us a firmer basis to develop a plan for the r...Scientists Work To Restore Native Fish And Habitat To Great Lakes
...tural resources and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy and mineral resources....Human Cloning: International Bioethics Committee President Stresses Political And Moral Commitment
...nalBioethics Committee, entrusted with the task of monitoring the observance of theDeclaration, will address the issue of cloning in the near future."...USGS 1999 Budget Emphasizes Clean Water, Disaster Information, Species And Habitat Research
...ation Initiative for a wide range of water-quality monitoring and watershed assessmentactivities; $15 million fo...he Clean Water Act; provide improved water-quality monitoring and assessment forwatersheds in our national parks; develop state geo-environmental maps that will h...New Sensor Adds Precision To Search For Dangerous Gases
...led by a computer and is suitable for monitoring various locations in office buildings, industrial sites and mines. The handheld version, now in the prototype stage, can also be connected to a computer or operated independently. Miremadi is currently looking...USGS Scientists Implicate Exotic Parasite In Wisconsin Lake Bird Deaths
...ural resources, and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water,biological, energy and mineral resources of the nation. Contact: Elise Parker or Paul Slota 608-270-2420 Catherine Haecker 703-648-4283 ...