Colorado State Anthropologist Finds Fossil Treasures In Africa
...ours away to retrieve a shotgun. Becausehe was the best shot of all the researchers in the party, Steumke was charged with entering the cave and shooting the snake. Tocelebrate restored peace, each member of the research team ate a piece of the cobra, cooked to perfection on an open fire. "No one wanted ...Geologist Finds Evidence Supporting Mysterious Ancient Sea
.... "The question iswhether there ever was one." The best way to determine whether the ocean existed is to lookat the land masses which would have surrounded it. If large landmasses were locked together, there would have been no room for anIapetus Ocean to exist. If they were spread farther apart, theocean ...New Ultrafine Metal Powder Production Process
...Magazine 100 award which recognizes 100 of the best new discoveries or inventions of the year. Most recently, Singh says, his group has also shown that the new process can substitute for electroplating in some applications by depositing coatings or patterns on metal surfaces. In addit...Reanalysis Of International Data Finds Sharp Decline In Sperm Density
...n. "Our model accounts for 80percent - that is the best fit of any model that has been proposed." Although the authors do not address the specific causes of this phenomenon,some recent studies have focused on the relationship between environmentalexposures and declining sperm quality. In one such stu...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
...t Taxol treatment. Discodermolide has not, as yet, best tested in human beings for the treatment of cancer; those studies not being anticipated for at least another five years. However, the objectives of the Harbor Branch grant will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of discodermolide on experimental ...MIT Biologists Identify Aging Mechanism
... by the formation of that first ERC. "The best part is, it's obvious it's a clock," said Leonard Guarente,Professor of Biology, referring to the ERCs' role in yeast cell mortality. "Setthe clock early and the alarm rings early." An article to be published in the December 26 Cell culminate...Tiger Beetles Go Blind At High Speeds
...per second, or relatively 10 times faster than our best human sprinter. "And the species of tiger beetle I work with ( Cicindela repanda) is not even the fastest," explained Gilbert. "There is an Australian species, Cicindela hudsoni , which is 20 millimeters long and can run 2.5 meters per second. ...STS-89 Will Carry Five Science Payloads From NASA/Marshall
...uctures of crystals.Carter said the detail was the best yet for so large a protein (more than200 amino acids in size), and will also allow the first protein crystalstudies by even finer neutron diffraction. Returning on STS-89 willbe the Interferometer Protein Crystal GrowthApparatus (IPCG) , a device p...Careful Honeybee Breeding Combats Tracheal Mite Pests
... hives. “Artificial insemination is the best way to guarantee the qualityof the bees,” said Cobey, “but it’s a fairly technical laboratoryprocedure, which industry has been slow to adopt.” As a result, most beekeepers just let their bees mate freely, and anybeneficia...Divorce, Insect Style: Termites Swap Mates
...ious and violent, but it makessense. You want the best possible mate to help raise your offspring, andthat's not always the first one you meet when you land on a log." Her studies of Z. nevadensis , a species native to California woodlands,also show what is on the mind of mate-swapping termites: Female...Detective Work Uncovers New Tick-Borne Disease In North Carolina And The Southeast
...ls to become inflamedor blocked and to bleed. The best known example of a rickettsiael disease is Rocky Mountain SpottedFever transmitted by dog ticks, which, if untreated, produces a fever, headache,rash, and a systemic illness that can range from mild to deadly. Lone Starticks have been associated with...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Investigators
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...ons from adults to infants and toddlers is not the best way." Hennig agrees. "There's little information that restricting fat before 2 years of age could be beneficial, but there's plenty of evidence that this could be dangerous," he says. "One of the main reasons is that it may retard growth and developm...Columbia Researchers Identify Gene For Inherited Baldness
...hair, remove hair, even dye hairgenetically and -- best yet -- this can all be accomplished topically, reducingpossible side effects." Dr. Christiano's team noticed striking similarities between hairlessmice that have been used in dermatology research for nearly 50 years and a raregenetic ...Calcium Potentiates The Effect Of Estrogen And Calcitonin And Bone Mass
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...rms. From a human factors perspective, it would be best to matchFDA definitions with consumers' natural perceptions of the terms' meanings. Then, subjects would not have to independently learn the definitions. However,it appears that there is no consistent perception in this regard. Therefore, theFDA must...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
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