Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...cling associated with plankton blooms; drilling to assess the stability of the massive ice sheets; and an ex...famous deep cores from the Greenland ice sheet, to assess whether the rapid climate changes recorded in Greenland had a global reach. Flying Above the Rif...Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...s from seven nations, nominated by their peers, to assess the status and research needs of this rapidly advancing field. "We are not talking about replacing physicians, but providing them with more precise tools that take advantage of physicians' skills," says DiGioia. "By coupling the power of thes...Molecular Imposter Rebuts Long
... The Rochester research team will next try to assess thebehavior of the thymine mimic in transcription, the processthat converts DNA into RNA in preparation for protein production.Kool says that if the mimic base blocks transcription,it will have strong potential as a drug -- infiltrating cancerousor d...Children With AD/HD Have Significant Functional Disabilities Related to Attention Deficit
...pmental- and rehabilitation- medicine community to assess a patient's needs for rehabilitation services, the researchers determined that most of the 43 children in their preliminary study were significantly less able to care for themselves, recognize appropriate social behavior and communicate than children...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...a. "In the future, we should be able to accurately assess the effectiveness of mass iron supplementation and food fortification programs in countries with serious anemia problems, once we have adapted these indicators of functional impairment for field use," Haas said. To improve iron status through diet, H...Penn State Researchers Study Used Mushroom Compost
... these lysimeters followingprecipitation events to assess leaching from the piles of spent mushroomsubstrate. They will also take solid samples from the top, middle and bottom ofthe weathering compost at three-month intervals. Water and compost samples willbe analyzed for both organic and inorganic composit...Largest Tyrannosaur Fossil Unearthed In Montana
... semester. He is likely to visit the site soon to assess the damage done in his absence. Situated in the picturesque badlands of eastern Montana, the site liesin the Hell Creek, a geological formation famous for preserving dinosaur bones. The bones date from the end of the Cretaceous period 66 mil...Limits Of Life On Earth: Are They The Key To Life On Other Planets?
...as well as abundance and age. The scientists will assess the longevity of the organisms as well as the diversity of tiny life-forms deposited at the same geographical site thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years apart. The researchers hope to uncover extinct genes or gene fragments to compare wit...Eating Lake Ontario Fish Linked To Shorter Menstrual Cycles; Consumption May Delay Pregnancy
...m two separate studies that are among the first to assess the dietary effect of low-level environmental exposure to organochlorines, heavy metals and pesticides, all recognized reproductive toxicants, on the reproductive process in humans. The studies are published in the Dec. 2 issue of the American...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
...dyis to develop a predictive model for how one can assess a site,as well as evaluate a process in terms of its ability to cleanup a contaminated area. The model would have to account for suchvariables as groundwater flow, the long term fate of the contaminantand the long term fate of the soils contaminant. ...Diet, Antioxidant Status, And Smoking Habits In French Men
The aim of this study was to assess the association between smoking, food consumption, andantioxidant vitamin intake and plasma indexes of oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses inFrench adults. Food and nutrient intakes of 459 healthy men aged 23--57 y were estimated by thediet his...Women Can Inherit Drinking Problem Too, Study Finds
...ephone interviews with the twins were conducted to assess whether theparticipants hadlost control over their drinking, were unable to cut back on drinking or hadsimilar problems with alcohol. Twins who had an alcoholic identical twin were much more likely to be alcoholicthemselves than were twins who had ...Study Of Microbes May Hone Predictions Of Mining Impact
...ploy the techniques of modern molecular biology to assess the population dynamics of the two microbes in the wild, suggest that one of the microorganisms, Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, is a far more important contributor to mine pollution. That finding, said Robert J. Hamers, a UW-Madison professor of chemis...Virginia Tech Researchers Assess Watershed Management For EPA, NSF
... The engineers will develop a model that can assess the environmentalresults of various types of land-use activities. For example, Diplas says,replacing forested land with a subdivision reduces an area's vegetative cover,which can increase flooding and levels of sediments, chemicals and other streamp...Federal Food Aid Makes Healthier Children
... debate on welfare reform has prompted the need to assess the effects of the federal food assistance programs, Habicht says. The researchers analyzed the amounts of 15 nutrients consumed over three days by participating and nonparticipating low-income children. The intake of 10 of the nutrients (vitamin...AAAS, State Of Arizona Co-Host Conference On Research And Development
...o the conference's organizers. "It willallow us to assess where we stand now and examine opportunities for future growth. Researchand development are big players in the Arizona economy right now, but the future possibilitieslook even brighter." The conference is the 10 th in an ongoing series of regi......tructural imaging studies. PET is now beingused to assess therapeutic interventions that would seek to stop or reverse themetabolic alterations on these degenerative diseases, according to Phelps. On January 1, he said, the federal government began reimbur...New Test Opens Window On Corrosive Free-Radical Activity In Individuals
...ody of these highly reactivetypes of oxygen nor to assess the effectiveness of any countermeasures thatmight be taken. Now, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center scientists have developeda new test to accurately and noninvasively measure free-radical activity inindividuals. The method, detailed ...Research Reveals Link Between Development And Contamination In Urban Watersheds
...watershed." The USGS NAWQA Program is designed to assess historical, current, andfuture water-quality conditions in representative river basins and aquifersnationwide. One of the primary objectives of the program is to describerelations between natural factors, human activities, and water-qualityconditions...From The Home Front To The River Front, USGS Updates Water-Quality Information
...streambed-sediment, and water samples were used to assess the occurrence of contaminants. Contaminants in streambed sediment at some sites were detected at levels potentially harmful to aquatic life. Trace metals and long-banned organic contaminants are present in streambed sediment in the Lower Susquehann...