Washington University Professor Receives Young Investigator Award In Microbiology
... Washington, D.C., is theoldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000members worldwide....Human Genome Researchers Receive Biotech Award
... Washington, D.C., is theoldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000members worldwide....Desert Researcher Receives Environmental Award
... Washington, D.C., is theoldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000members worldwide....NSF Scientist Receives Award In Research Training Of Minorities In Microbiology
... Washington, D.C., is theoldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000members worldwide....Stanford Microbiologist Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
... Washington, D.C., is theoldest and largest single biological membership organization, with over 40,000members worldwide....U-M Engineers Win Army Grant To Build Artificial Eye
...itting. Because light travels far fasterthan this biological conduction, signals will move more quickly through theman-made device than through an optic nerve. "The scheme will also allowprocessing of data away from the focal plane, which has several advantages," hesaid, including fewer problems with overheat...Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
...s will "grow"environmentally friendly chemical and biological products such as drugs,proteins and enzymes for many uses. Producing chemical feedstocks, fuels andpharmaceuticals in this manner will be cost effective and better for theenvironment. Microorganisms retrieved from extremely hot, cold or forbiddinge......, becausethere has been no way to find out how the biological effects of this variant,called apoE4, differ from those of apoE3, the most common apoE in humans.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now haveoffered a solution by generating mice that make only human apoE3 or human ap...Invasive Weeds Pose Major Threat To American Landscape
...ic Weeds. In 1994, in responseto the economic and biological threats posed by invasive plants, these agenciesbe...wildlands and deserts are an important part of our biological heritageand need to be protected from invasive non-native species." But the invasive species pr...Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold
...iver an even more significant advance -- a purely biological way to extract minerals, especially gold, from sul...ent for extracting the gold, resulting in a fully biological process." The result would not only be a new clean, green way to extract gold but also a process...Homocysteine: A Possible Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease
...ural and functional brain imaging. Discovery of a biological `state' marker, the thickness of the medial temporallobe, that can be used to follow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Notes to editors: No interviews or further comments will be given by members ofthe OPTIMA team until publication of the full......erial compounds designedspecifically to target the biological mechanisms by which bacteria establish aninfection in the host. With resistance to antibiotics an increasing publichealth threat, particularly in the hospital setting, the compounds offer thepotential to provide protection against Staphylococcus aure......man embryonic kidney (HEK) cells. The biological activity was tested by monitoring the production of the second messenger cAMP by the transfected cells in response to increasing concentrations of various CRF analogs. The affinity of various ligands was determined by the an...Perkin-Elmer, Dr. J. Craig Venter, And TIGR Announce Formation Of New Genomics Company
...scientists to developa better understanding of the biological processes in humans and deliverimproved healthcare...nd informatics tools necessary to extract valuable biological knowledgefrom genomic data, including the discovery of new genes, development ofpolymorphism assay s...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...is to examine the gene encodingproducts with known biological effects on blood pressure regulation, such as therenin angiotensin system." Drugs are already available, called ACE-inhibitors, that can lower bloodpressure by altering the renin angiotensin system. "An exciting new potentialbenefit of the research...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
... Other Important Uses of Sound in Animals Using a biological form of sonar, fish-eating flying bats have the amazing ability to detect underwaterfish, even though only a thousandth of the energy in their sonar signal penetrates into water, and only amillionth of the original energy gets reflected back. Present...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...hich microorganisms become fossilized, andhow more biological information can be extracted from the ancient rock recordon Earth. This work will focus on a number of important modern environmentsincluding thermal springs and alkaline, saline lakes where environmentalextremes are thought to be analogous to the an...Highlighting USGS Science At AGU
.... As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science, and civilian mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2,000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This information is g...Toxic Protein That Interferes With Brain Signals May Trigger Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease
...d P.Wals, Andrus Gerontology Center, department of biological sciences, Universityof Southern California, Los Angeles. This study was supported by grants from the National Institutes ofHealth (Klein, Krafft and Finch) and from the Boothroyd and Buehler Foundationsand the Alzheimer's Association (Klein)....Models Assess Remedial Actions On Abandoned Mine Lands In Colorado
... Program. As the Nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilianmapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial, scientificinformation to resource managers, planners, and other customers. Thisinformation is gather...