Tracking A Legacy Of Waste In The West Siberian Basin
...ionuclides in groundwater. "This research is the best chance to learn how largeconcentrations of man-made radionuclides travel in a natural setting, over long distances and over along period of time," said Mike Foley, principal investigator for Pacific Northwest. "To date,existing groundwater models ha...Chemists Discover New Processes In Fuel-Cleaning Catalysis
...and allowing them to movearound the surface to the best catalytic binding sites," Weiss says. Thisdiscovery also gives chemists a new way to think about how to set up catalyticreactions, in general, by designing systems to enhance surface mobility forreacting molecules. "Every little bit of efficiency y...International Genome Team Deciphers Genetic Instructions For A Complete Animal
... the worm in the mid-1980s itbecame clear that the best way to find the genes we were looking for was tosequence the whole genome. Sure enough, what we have now found in that genomefar surpasses what we could have imagined." Though most people have never heard of the short worm with the long name-theani...Reusing Ag Drainage Water An Option For West Side Farm Sustainability
... untreated plots it yielded about half asmuch. The best yield, however, does not appear to offset the land, plant, labor,gypsum, irrigation and other costs. But that doesn't mean eucalyptus can't be tapped to help solve the ag drainageproblem. Agricultural economist Keith Knapp of UC Riverside studied the...Pet Therapy Programs Help Patients In Rehab, Physical Therapy And More
...riate to alltherapies, but we match the dogs up to best fit the needs of appropriatepatients." Liz Feder ...te in the hospital's two pettherapy programs. "The best human volunteers have patience and are responsive tothe patient, staff and family members," says Bar...Wildlife Conservation Society Receives $700,000 Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
...hese areas from uncontrolleddevelopment, using the best science available so that both people and wildlifecan prosper." Doris Duke, who died in 1993, bequeathed the bulk of her estate to theFoundation. The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, which wasestablished in 1997, is to improve the q......ewish Medical and Research Center is ranked as the best hospital inthe United States for respiratory diseases by U.S. News & World Report,1998....From Germany To The Wild West: Geologists Hunt For Evidence Of Ancient Crinoid
...trophy" fossils heavily prized by collectors. The best slabs werecollected in North America, but many were sent overseas to Europe which promptedMeyer's trip to Germany. There, he visited several museums and field sites toget detailed records of the exact alignment of the Uintacrinus fossils. Thespoke ......unities directly. This is the hard part; even our best intentions will not guarantee success by any means." The team will begin by looking at nearly 900 commonly known species, though that number will likely go much higher. They will begin collecting plants for pharmacological bioassays by ...Hopkins Scientists' Sequencing Of AIDS Virus From India Waves A Red Flag For Vaccine Developers
... money to pay for expensive drugtreatments, so our best hope is a vaccine," he adds, "and we need to find theproper principle to develop one quickly." Other scientists on the Hopkins research team were Robert C. Bollinger,M.D., and Nicole G. Novak, M.S. Kavita S. Lole and Deepak Gadkari of theNa...Scientists, Using Flies, Trace Genetic Links To Cancer
...sor they get the wrong signal. So the cells do the best they can with theinformation they have. They're told to do something and they do it, and ofcourse, that can lead to these terrible consequences." In the case of his recent NIH-funded experiments, the results of which werepublished in the journal "Dev......fornia All of the organisms listed above have the best possible biosafety rating asdetermined by the American Type Culture Collection. After the microbes are recovered in May they will be flown to the NASA/MarshallSpace Sciences Laboratory. There, researchers will evaluate the design of themicrobe conta...New Model For Assessing The State Of The Environment
... state of the environment on a scale of 1 - 5. The best areas with no adverse effects on the environment and good conditions for biological diversity are classed as 1. Major adverse effects on the environment or our health, e.g. a seriously contaminated lake, are classed as 5. The second part is an apprai...Bleached Coral Could Be Environment Warning
... Harvell noted. "Somehow, a soil pathogen that was best known for infecting aged andimmune-compromised humans has crossed the land-sea barrier," Harvell said. "Now, one of our jobs is to discover what has compromised the resistance of thecorals at some sites. Although a significant number of sea fans hav...Gene Therapy Trial Approved For Rare Anemia
...y of North Carolina atChapel Hill. Currently, the best survival hope for Fanconi patients is a bone marrowtransplant from a donor with a perfect tissue match. However, for most patients,a suitable donor cannot be found in time. "In people with Fanconi anemia, the bone marrow fails. It's a failure state ...New Clues To Evolution Of Human Brain
...tive tools. In experiments with people, two of the best technologies brought only limited success in mapping theprocesses of consciousness. An EEG (electroencephalogram), for example, couldnot pinpoint where brain signals were coming from, and PET (positron emissionstomography) required radioactive tracer...Household Fungus Contributes To "Sick Building Syndrome"
... so removal of contaminated material isusually the best option. Correct the moisture problem to prevent further mold development. For more information on this mold, visit the APS February web feature storywith photographs and links to additional sites at www.scisoc.org ....Experimental Drug Derived From Snake Venom Shows Promise In Reversing Effects Of Stroke
...using either TPA or ANCROD, based on what would be best for thatparticular patient," says Sherman. "Overall, TPA has been shown to be a littlebit more effective than ANCROD, but it also carries a little bit more dangerwith the possibility of bleeding in the brain. It's also easier to use -- oneshot, one......ats for the qualities that make for the strongest, best sea oats --the sea oats that can best do the job of stabilizing dunes during storms,"said Kane, a researcher at UF's Institute of Food and......o be able to matefor several months. "My best guess is that the function of dominance directs the food flowto the males and allows them to stay on the nest. This may increase theirlongevity, permitting males to mate over a longer part of the year," saidO'Donnell. Scientists study social ...