World's Experts Plan Global Locator Service For Environmental Information
...ainable development. Unfortunately, many potential users either do not know that it exists or do not know how to access it. This initiative will make use of base standards that are so essential for people to find the environmental data and information they need." The agreement was reached among r...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...ent environment. JavaScript implementations allow users to proofread their entries and check their identifications. Dynamically generated maps of species distributions will be created using the geographic information systems (GIS) software. Financial support for construction of BirdSource comes, in part,...Menstrual Phase Linked To Ineffective Mammograms
...tudy had never used hormones, 6,573 women werepast users and 416 were current users. A false-negative mammogram occurs when the x-ray is read as not suspiciousfor cancer when in fact cancer is present. When a mammogram fails to pick upcancer, the cancer can sometimes be detected without dela...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...reating database-styleindexes on the data to allow users to search quickly for particular items; and staging data from the disk system to the computer processor tohelp programs execute faster. Mark C. Suchman, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin (with a joint appointment in the Wisconsin Law Scho...Burroughs Wellcome Fund Continues Support Of EurekAlert!
...alth and technology free of charge to thousands of users around the world. EurekAlert! uses the power of the Internet to keep reporters up-to-date on breaking science news by posting the latest research findings from the world's most respected peer-reviewed journals, research institutions, and scientific o...Research Aims At Nation's First 'Smart' Ground Water Regulations
...er data base and program that would tell pesticide users how much of the chemical they could use on a particular piece of land." Currently, for example, every patch of soil is treated the same when it comes to regulations stating how much agrichemical can be used. Sandy or clay, wet or dry, hilly or flat, ...USGS Cautions Proper Use Of Pepper Spray To Avoid Bear Attacks
... of red pepper sprayand identify a need to educate users as to potentially harmful side effects oftheir ind...ironment, which is why campers and other backwoods users are encouraged tocarefully rid their tents and sleeping areas of articles that might smell,including..."Discovering Biological Diversity" Is AAAS Topic For USGS Manager
...qualityinformation readily available. This enables users to make better-informeddecisions regarding the future uses of natural resources across this nation-- and the globe," said Dr. Dennis B. Fenn, Chief Biologist of the USGS. The AAAS session's focus on global informati..."Genes, Vitamins, Homocyst(e)ine And Cardiovascular Diseases"
...folic acid during 3 weeks. Subjects were habitual users ofmultivitamins (n=99) or non-users of multivitamins (n=143). Subjects weresorted by the genotypes of an enzyme [methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase(MTHFR)], which catalyzes the synthesis of the active form of circulating folicacid in blood. The fr...Drivers Should Pay More Of Environmental Costs, Report Says
...issions. Full cost pricing refers to charging road users for social costs such as taxes for road repair, the hospitalization of car accident victims and the damage caused to the environment by fuel emissions. The report analyzed the effect of three factors -- an increase in the price of automobile use, bet......in publiclyavailable databases. The other expected users will be clinical laboratoriestrying to identify "fall-through" samples'those that are too difficult toidentify by traditional methods. The greatest advantage with the molecular method is that it circumventsthe need for bacterial cultivation ...Soy Phytoestrogens Reduce Carotid Atherosclerosis As Much As Premarin
...seven studies of stroke deaths amongpostmenopausal users of estrogen replacement therapy found a reduction of riskranging between 20 and 60 percent compared to women who were not using estrogenreplacement therapy. But an English study found no benefit, and a third hintedthat estrogen replacement therapy mi...New Treatment Successful With Hepatitis C
...ause "alot of hepatitis C patients are former drug users and don't want to haveanything to do with needles. Also contaminated needles are a threat to otherhousehold members." Hepatitis C was only isolated and identified as a virus in 1989. Frequentlythose carrying the disease are unaware of it until they...Computers, GIS Help Prevent Ground Water Contamination
...eb site still is under construction, but pesticide users eventually will be able to use it as they decide how much of a chemical is safe to use on each field. The Office of the Indiana State Chemist used Engel's system to write the Indiana State Pesticide Management Plan. The plan identifies and protec......witzerland--A significant number of injection drug users inSan Francisco who are HIV-positive do not receiv...se drugs widely available. "We found a lot of drug users were not taking the therapies, even though theywere theoretically available to them. Many had not h......with annotations and remote control, allow distant users of thecollaboratory to interact as closely as if t...s. Stair expects institute researchers to be heavy users of Argonne's AdvancedPhoton Source, which is capable of producing the world's most brilliant X-raybe...Hopkins Study Shows Brain Damage Evidence In "Ecstasy" Users
...s. In the study, the PET scans showed MDMA users had far fewer serotonintransporters than controls ...r direct behavioral signs of brain damage in heavy users of thedrug, Ricaurte says, studies to evaluate possible differences in thought andbehavior are well ......ublic information officers who are registered users of EurekAlert!. Users will be able to submit questions to the participants online. Each briefing will last approximately one hour. The briefings are a first-time experiment for AAAS and we will seek feedback from the online audie...NSF-Supported New Scientists And Engineers Receive Presidential Award
... innovations in matchingpartially sighted computer users with hardware/software combinations allowingthem to use graphical interfaces, and for developing graduate courses on relatedtechnologies. Daniel F. Walczyk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For creative advances inrapid tooling methods in layered m......ajor benefit for the national parks and many other users of biodiesel is thatthe fuel is rapidly biodegradable, unlike petroleum based fuels. In case of anaccidental spill, any damage would be reversible and make a minimal impact. Improving the process Unfortunately, the current method of producing biodi...