Posters highlight water, energy and other natural resource research
...uing their Doctorates in several different science and engineering disciplines, presented posters highlig...l Inland Northwest Research Alliance Environmental and Subsurface Science Symposium, held Sept. 19-22 at the Davenport Hotel, Spokane, WA. More than 30 pos......and Teton Mountains to the Portneuf Range in Idaho and then back again, covering some 256 miles in just 1...ed to Mount Washburn in Yellowstone National Park, and back to the Tetons in a week, a distance of 140 miles. In total, it covered some 543 miles over 42 ...Bullish chemical could repel yellow fever mosquitoes
...uggests that this chemical discourages the landing and feeding of Aedes aegypti, a common mosquito that carries and transmits the yellow fever virus in some parts of the world. Evans and his group used a rhodium cata...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
...earch, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National ... we can potentially tailor these viruses to infect and destroy bacteria that have mutated and become drug-resistant." "This powerful and innovative rese...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...nter, the global leader in diabetes research, care and education, will recognize brothers Robert Cleveland and Gerald Cleveland with Joslin Medals for their living more than 70 years each with insulin-dependent ...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
... Each winner will receive a gold medal, a citation and $50,000. The award is given in seven categories f...he stars," Secretary Abraham said. "These awards, and the research for which they are given, show that DOE could easily be called the Department of Scienc...16th EORTC NCI AACR Symposium 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics'
...16th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics brings 2,000 international can...sent new data on leading-edge basic, translational and early clinical research. News briefing: 12.30 hrs CET Thursday 30 September Speakers and topics: ...16th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics
...16th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics brings 2,000 international can...sent new data on leading-edge basic, translational and early clinical research. News briefing: 12.30 hrs CET Wednesday 29 September: Speakers and topics ...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have created a novel, elegant, and safer system for controlling gene expression turning genes on and off as needed that involves an i...$7.5 Million grant to Yale researchers for role of viruses in cancer
...dicine to continue studies on the role of viruses and mutant cellular proteins in tumorigenic transforma...is grant, "Program on the Molecular Basis of Viral and Cellular Transformation," is currently in its 31st year and is one of the largest and longest-runnin...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...s are degenerating, in order to prevent cell death and reverse cell atrophy, two hallmarks of Alzheimer's... a harmless viral coating, which protects the gene and facilitates its delivery to brain cells. The active part of the drug is the NGF gene, the human DNA ...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...DC -- A panel of top experts on electiontechnology and administration warned Tuesday thatthe American system of voting is broadlyvulnerable to error and abuse, and called for acrash-course of study and reform to make resultsmore reliable and to promote ...The book opens on the first tree genome
...he U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Genome Canada, and the Ume Plant Science Centre in Sweden, has releas...ood or poplar, one member of the most ecologically and commercially valuable group of trees in North America. The sequencing was completed at the DOE Join...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...at the DuPont Experimental Station global research and development headquarters here. She joined DuPont in 2002 and is currently leading the DuPont polymer photonics team. Her research focuses on the use of polymers...Termites could hold the key to self-sufficient buildings
...that are self-sufficient, environmentally friendly and cheap to run. The mounds provide a self-regulat...ing environment that responds to changing internal and external conditions. A multidisciplinary team of engineers and entomologists* is looking at whether ...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...people around the world rely on for food, clothing and other needs. The awards involve researchers from 5...pment, metal tolerance, susceptibility to diseases and other economically important characteristics. NSF's PGRP is part of the National Plant Genome Initia...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
... Medicine of the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore. The study in...ive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the study's lead author. Findings came from the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a prospective invest...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...Bruce Babbitt, addressed the importance of science and how it relates to politics within the Pacific Northwest and the U.S., during the opening session of the fourth annual Inland Northwest Research Alliance Environ...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...ences (AIBS) will set up a NEON design consortium and project office to develop a blueprint for the network and a plan for its implementation. NEON, envisioned as field and lab instrumentation deployed across the...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...e years) million grant for a new nanoscale science and engineering center to be headquartered at Northeas...grant fortifies a partnership between Northeastern and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the University of New Hampshire Durham, and a number of indu...