Families with two or more children with autism sought for $10.2 million study
... also designed to develop intervention programs to assist children with the development disorder. Geraldine Dawson, director of the UW's Autism Center and a psychology professor, heads the interdisciplinary team of researchers. Dawson said children selected for the genetic study will receive free diagnosti...Nationwide organic standards to be launched Monday
...ides advice to organic farmers and is available to assist reporters and editors in coverage of the new USDA organic labeling. He'll talk about: Whether Vermont farmers will be using the new federal label or the familiar "Vermont Organic" label. What farmers think of federal regulation of standards that ...Pain-relief drug may prevent lung problems, blindness in premature infants
...t the same time, the newborns were given oxygen to assist breathing. Oxygen typically decreases levels of th...ts are exposed to high concentrations of oxygen to assist their underdeveloped lungs with breathing," Modanlou said. "Unfortunately, oxygen also contributes t...Funding for global protein database
...oup will no longer maintain its database, but will assist in elevating the annotation of TrEMBL records to the SWISS-PROT standard. All existing PIR entries will be integrated into UniProt. Currently, SWISS-PROT holds entries on 114,000 proteins, TrEMBL, 700,000, and PIR, 283,000. By the end of the grant's...Artificial intelligence, swimmer detectors, and blast resistant structures
...networks, but also to provide a technology base to assist in the control of coalitions systems. In Japan, the need for fast ships and increased fuel economy has led to renewed interest in decreasing the friction drag on ship hulls. Microbubble air injection is the most promising technology. And in Ko...Agriculture presents common ground for rural, urban people
...tives: More science-based information is needed to assist with the design and management of contemporary urban agriculture on topics such as urban soils, pest management, and farmland preservation....INEEL researchers discover that concrete degrades nerve agent and can predict rate of decay
...way, Utah. INEEL's IT-SIMS is slated to be used to assist the Army during the decommissioning of the former VX production plant in Newport Indiana, and has been used to support analysis for other chemical weapons decommissioning sites....Hearing loss & rehab, stroke & depression among topics of Vol. 39, Iss 5, JRRD
...fied several potential perfusion measures that may assist future evaluation of prosthetic fit and dermatological risk for individuals with lower-limb amputations and peripheral vascular disease. Time-expanded speech and speech recognition in older adults Investigates the effects of speech rate on speech ...$750,000 NYSTAR grant for biosensor development
...lty Development Program. The funds are designed to assist universities in the recruitment and retention of leading research faculty in science and technology elds with strong commercial potential. The award was part of more than $6.36 million in funding to researchers at nine universities in New York state...Wildlife researcher captures jaguars with camera
...lve using a highly specialized computer program to assist in matching thousands of photographs of cheetahs from the past 25 years in order to construct the life histories of Serengeti cheetahs and the reproductive careers of female cheetahs. She has also conducted a survey of the small mammal diversity and ...Bush signs; ozone treatment for ballast water; wetland restoration template goes national
... --- it is hoped that the Sea Grant template will assist in slowing, if not reversing the loss of America's valuable wetlands. CONTACTS: Tara Nierenberg, Oregon Sea Grant WSEP Coordinator, Phone: 541-737-8715 or 877-652-0302; Email: tara.nierenberg@orst.edu Robert J. Kent, New York Sea Grant WSEP Coordin...First awards for FIC global health research initiative program for new foreign investigators
...he GRIP provides support on a competitive basis to assist well-trained young investigators from the developing world to contribute to health care advances of benefit to their home countries and the global community. "Establishing equal partnerships between U.S. scientists and collaborators abroad is the fou...Purdue researchers discover basis for biological clock
... or slow down, it can be reset, a fact which could assist the sleep-deprived. "This discovery also affords ...the protein switching back and forth would greatly assist future practical applications of the discovery." This research was sponsored in part by NASA, the N...Ways to reduce death in schools focus of National Center for Early Defibrillation forum
...r Tom Ridge, established a one-time AED program to assist schools with acquiring AEDs. As a result, each school district in Pennsylvania was offered two free AEDs and each intermediate unit and area vocational-technical school was offered one free AED. In addition, AEDs were made available to other school e...UCSF study of ancient fly gene offers insights into male fertility
... could lead to the development of drugs that would assist the immature sperm cells in finishing meiosis, thereby overcoming infertility. On another front, the human BOULE gene could prove a target for a male contraceptive, says Xu. While the adult human male carries millions of mature sperm in the testes, t...Facing extreme ice conditions, coast guard, NSF deploy second icebreaker to Antarctica
...with a Coast Guard recommendation to send Healy to assist in icebreaking operations. Coast Guard officials have assured NSF that Healy's Antarctic deployment will not affect planned Arctic research. It is possible that Healy could be recalled if conditions do not warrant its prolonged presence in Antarcti...Presence of certain tumor markers for melanoma could signal best results for vaccine
... MART-1 -- all contained in the cancer vaccine. To assist with their analysis, the scientists turned to a relatively new technique, quantitative reverse-transcriptase Real Time polymerase chain reaction (qRT) analysis a rapid and highly sensitive procedure invented by Dr. Hoon that magnifies the presence o...Is remote sensing the answer to today's agriculture problems?
... can be costly, time consuming, and difficult. To assist wheat growers, scientists at North Carolina State ...ficient manner, this remote sensing technique will assist growers in making difficult nitrogen management decisions that affect profitability and environmenta...Newly identified gut protein kills bacteria
...testinal lining. Because Paneth cells are known to assist the immune system in defending against infection, the team examined Ang4 to determine how it interacts with a variety of different microbes. They found that the protein killed certain kinds of gut microbes and conclude that Ang4 may be part of an ars...... and government organizations across the U.S. will assist in communicating the March of Dimes educational messages. The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes...