The greening of the North: real, and caused by climate change
...nts to collaboration among several research groups bringing skills and insights from different disciplines; the availability of sufficient computational resources; and the ability to use research funding in a flexible way, with frequent working meetings that do not have to be planned long in advance. The resu...New device removes drinking water contaminants
...s. We have an extraordinarily efficient system for bringing hydrogen and its electrons to oxidized pollutants, such as perchlorate, and reducing them to innocuous substances." Hydrogen gas is an ideal electron donor for biological drinking water treatment as it is non-toxic and inexpensive, and Rittmann's sys...New cellular evolution theory rejects Darwinian assumptions
...herwise very close) primitive relatives, and it is bringing forth a new level of biological organization," Woese wrote. The advent of translation, he said, caused various archaic nucleic-based entities to begin changing into proteinaceous ones, emerging as forerunners of modern cells as genes and other indivi...Scientists get no-strings awards for biodiversity leadership
...m for Malagasy faculty and students. This includes bringing promising researchers to her university lab in the U.S. for hands-on training in conservation techniques. Several of these students now have returned to Madagascar and are filling leadership positions in the nation's scientific community. Ya-Ping Zh...Sea Grant asking anglers to collect sea lampreys for Lake Champlain study
...ons in Lake Champlain and in the Great Lakes. "By bringing the lamprey in, anglers can make a significant contribution to research that will improve our understanding about sea lamprey ecology and how managers can best exploit any weak spots in the sea lamprey life cycle. This work will help support the rec...Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute design gene-tipped tumor regressor 'smartbombs'
...od vessels to proliferate, forming new vessels and bringing more blood to the tumor. The increased oxygen and nutrients the tumors receive allows them to grow and enables certain "metastatic" cells to leave the tumor, enter the bloodstream, migrate to other tissues of the body, and establish more tumors. In a...New NSF institutes to strengthen mathematics as base for national S&T
...e quantitative culture within the life sciences by bringing together people from both mathematical and biological backgrounds. Postdoctoral scientists will be jointly mentored by a bioscientist and a mathematical scientist, and seminars and courses will be aimed at a joint audience. The Statistical and Appli...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $80 million for undergraduate science education
...grants support programs that can become models for bringing undergraduate teaching and research closer togethe... university's partnership with community colleges, bringing community college biology instructors to the university campus for summer workshops in current resea...Washington University receives $2.2 million funding from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
...grants support programs that can become models for bringing undergraduate teaching and research closer together, as well as exposing undergraduates to emerging fields in biology and to the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the life sciences. They also support efforts to attract minorities to science an...'Rock-paper-scissors' preserves biodiversity in bacterial neighborhoods
...of what I think Stanford is very good at, which is bringing together people with very different points of view to ask big questions. This project brought together theoretical biologists, ecologists, microbiologists from other institutions, graduate students and professors to ask important questions in novel w...Cambodian government creates 1,000,000-acre protected area
...hibians. Two wildlife sanctuaries border the area, bringing the total land under protection to 2.44 million acres (990,000 hectares), forming the largest, most pristine wilderness in mainland Southeast Asia. The protected area was officially signed into law by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The declaration allows ...Ecology and conservation of fragmented tropical forests
...s conservation crisis was addressed in a symposium bringing together concerned investigators from throughout the tropics. Organized by William Laurance of STRI and Pierre-Michel Forget of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, the session included 24 presentations that examined the causes, scope, and consequ...Genetic diversity necessary for optimal ecosystem functioning, according to UGA research
...ity matters," said Madritch. "Our study shows that bringing a species population back from the brink of extinction to its original levels would not have the same effect on the environment as if the species never faced being endangered in the first place. When you build back from an endangered population, you ...Field Museum's Parker/Gentry Award goes to Peruvian conservationists
...ntal roles in securing protection for this park by bringing it to the attention of the international conservation community, organizing and participating in the biological inventory, and deftly navigating administrative and legal requirements. Los Amigos On July 24, 2001, president Paniagua signed another...New initiative will assess disease control priorities in developing countries
...s disease-control studies into the 21st century by bringing scientific, demographic, and epidemiological advancements to bear on disease-control research and strategies in developing countries," said Gerald T. Keusch, M.D., FIC Director. "The DCPP will collaborate with partners around the world to generate i...While some immune cells aim to fight cancer, others hold them in check
...ut the new study suggests that other approaches to bringing them into the battle against cancer might be more effective. For example, a drug that inactivates the regulatory T cells or that blocks the TGF-beta chemical message they send might free the cytolytic T cells to attack a patient's tumor. "We've known...Stanford researchers devise novel gene therapy technique
...t there are many steps that we have to take before bringing this to humans," Khavari said....Washington University's Sarah C. R. Elgin is one of 20 'million dollar professors'
...s to become more involved in breaking the mold and bringing the excitement of research to science education." Cech is a biochemist who continued teaching undergraduates at the University of Colorado at Boulder even after he won a Nobel Prize. Teaching of undergraduates tends to be undervalued at research uni......s to become more involved in breaking the mold and bringing the excitement of research to science education." Cech is a biochemist who continued teaching undergraduates at the University of Colorado at Boulder even after he won a Nobel Prize. HHMI isn't the only one to see opportunities for improving the way...