Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...rinary Medical Association, the fund is one of the oldest such funds in the nation. Since its inception, the fund has raised almost $900,000 and has funded more than 100 individual clinical research programs exploring areas deemed timely by a panel of statewide practitioners and college faculty members. ...New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
... different stages of its brief history. While the oldest signers described actions using pantomime-like ges...ll the story in their language. The signing of the oldest group looked much like the gestures produced by the hearing group as they spoke, combining movement ...Restoring sweetgrass to the South Carolina lowcountry
...ts local Gullah people and could impact one of the oldest traditional art forms practiced in the lowcountry," says Burke. "The situation offers a great opportunity to learn more about involving the public in making decisions about managing natural resources." Lowcountry sweetgrass baskets have been made by ...T. rex owes its giant size to the ultimate teenage growth spurt
...ield Museum collections, including the largest and oldest specimen studied (FMNH PR 2081, also known as Sue) as well as one of the youngest individuals in the study (FMNH PR 2211). "Drawing on such a large number of fossil specimens provides the first evidence of its kind pointing to major differences in w...Growing pains: T. Rex was teenage giant
...me to Sue [The Field Museum], the world's largest, oldest and most complete T. rex fossil, which was discovered in South Dakota in 1990. Erickson has spent much of his career exploring how some dinosaurs got so big. The first dinosaurs to roam the Earth some 225 million years ago were about a y...Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
...hops. "We believe this important find may be the oldest large-scale brewery ever found in the Andes," said Patrick Ryan Williams, PhD, Assistant Curator of Anthropology at The Field Museum. "The scale of chicha production in this building with multiple fires and vats, indicates that this was not a home-...AACR applauds FDA decision to create new office of oncology drug products
....c.), chief executive officer of AACR, the world's oldest and largest scientific organization dedicated to cancer research. "Creating an office to make the review of oncologic products more efficient will accelerate approval of new drugs for treatment and prevention, all of which will benefit the cancer pat...Earliest evidence of hereditary genetic disorder discovered by Hebrew University researchers
The discovery of what is believed to be the oldest evidence yet found of a human hereditary genetic disorder has been announced by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The researchers are Dr. Uri Zilberman and Patricia Smith, the Joel Wilbush Professor of Medical Anthropology, both of t...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
... the several awards given by the AACR the world's oldest and largest professional society representing cancer scientists from the United States and more than 60 other countries the AACR-NFCR professorship honors and fosters world class accomplishments among scientists still at a relatively early stage of ...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...e life in the Arctic Ocean, including the planet's oldest seawater a vast, still pool unstirred for millennia, walled by steep ridges and lidded with ice. Experts in biology, geology and physics from the circumpolar and other nations will use submersibles, modern sonar detection and traditional techniques ...Tulane opens doors to discovery
...ealth care policy. Tulane University has the 15th oldest medical school in the United States and the first medical school in Louisiana. The health sciences center is now a leader in research into gene therapy and regenerative medicine, neuroscience and infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS. For more inf...Origin of West Indian insect eater much older than previously thought
...other mammals. The solenodon lineage is one of the oldest among placental mammals and is older than more familiar groups such as elephants and their relatives. They are now, however, endangered due to the deforestation of their habitat on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. "For the first time we ha...All ecosystems are equally productive under drought conditions
...work sheds light on what Huxman called "one of the oldest ecological questions on the face of the planet: how does water affect how an ecosystem works?" Although it seems a simple question, it turns out to be a toughie, he said. "My wife can answer it for her garden, but you can't take the informati...Four tourist destinations named best worldwide
...ld's largest monolith), teach them how to make the oldest glue in the world and track wild animals, share ancient folklore, and cook local bush foods. The winner of the General Purpose Hotels and Resorts Award, given to tourist accommodations with a well-rounded program for protecting the natural environ...Continents played key role in collapse and regeneration of Earth's early greenhouse, geologists say
...w, the geologic record revealed in some of Earth's oldest rocks is telling a surprising tale of collapse of ...terally, older than the hills. Some of the Earth's oldest rocks, they are about 3.2 to 3.5 billion years old. ''The further back you go, generally, the h......ps). Their experiment showed that larvae from the oldest female rockfish not only grew up to three times faster than offspring from younger mothers, but also survived starvation for a longer time period. The authors suggest that changes in age-structure due to heavy fishing may "have severe consequences f...MBL researcher and science teacher visit Siberia to study climate, excite children about science
...onmental sciences. Founded in 1888, the MBL is the oldest private marine laboratory in the Western Hemisphere....Lewis and Clark data show a different Missouri River
The oldest data available on the Missouri River - from the logs of Lewis and Clark - show that water flow on the river today is far more variable than it was 200 years ago. The data also show that the river is some 220 yards narrower at St. Charles, Mo., today...UCLA scientists decipher how the brain retrieves and stores our oldest memories
...ry, but we did not know where the brain housed our oldest memories," explained Dr. Alcino Silva, principal i...kinase II is critically involved in preserving our oldest memories." When a person recalls a memory, Silva theorizes, the anterior cingulate rapidly assembles...The world's oldest known modern hummingbird fossils have been discove...AAAS, the non-profit science society. "This is the oldest convincing record of modern-type hummingbirds," said Gerald Mayr, a zoologist from Forschungsinstitu...