Sandia-developed remote sensor expected to analyze gases up to two miles away
...gramcreated by Sinclair to design the gratings. He came up with the program in 1994shortly after he and the other future patent holders began talking about thepossibility of combining a hologram with a spectrometer to remotely analyze gasclouds. Senturia, the MIT professor, was a Sandia consultant at the ...National award recognizes local researcher Andrew Hamilton
...growing up. Itwasn't until much, much later that I came to appreciate chemistry. I think itwas the puzzles that structures and mechanisms presented which intrigued me."...Immune molecule found to kill indirectly by closing receptor to live-saving help
...Center for Scientific Research in France. Funding came fromthe National Institutes of Health and the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry, and Fisheries....Primate genus sheds light on great ape and human origins, as reported in Science
...ers of the team from the National Museums of Kenya came uponthe Kipsaramon skeleton after searching uphill from a large number of isolatedteeth that had washed into a gully at the site. The skeleton was moved from thesite to the museum in one consolidated block, where the fragile bones werepainstakingly r...DNA fingerprinting reveals surprise in wine-grape family tree
...cultural past, royalty mingled with a commoner. It came as little surprise when DNA fingerprinting techniques revealed that 16 venerable wine-grape varieties, including Chardonnay, Aligote and Gamay noir, are the direct offspring of the classic Pinot variety. But even the researchers were surprised to f...Mountain Lake Hotel places environmental book in rooms
...ing about the environment to read." Wallace's gift came as a result of talks with Jeffrey Slack, executive directorof the Wilderness Conservancy at Mountain Lake, which was looking for ways togive guests of the resort current information on environmental issues. "Bymaking copies of your book available for...Genome tools pass big test in fruit flies
... very interesting finding for evolutionary biology came out of thisanalysis," explained Rubin, "Genes with mutant phenotypes are far more likely tohave counterparts in other organisms, including humans, than are genes with noknown mutant phenotype." Their analysis also provided a test for the tools bein...Jurassic period mammal teeth found; prevailing theories challenged
...misphere, challenging theprevailing notion that it came from the north. "Smack in the middle of the dinosaurs' heyday, our ancestors were livingas well -- it's just that they were small and inconspicuous," said Andre R. Wyss, associate professor of geology at the University of California,Santa Bar...New hope for self-injury sufferers
...ts. Beginning in the 1960s, neurolepticmedications came into use but because of serious side effects, their use hasbeen greatly decreased. Today, newer neuroleptics are used, as well asantidepressants, but with limited evidence of effectiveness. In the 1980s, researchers discovered that some self-injury a...Study finds prenatal exposure to testosterone boosts smoking
...singyour daughter to smoke." The new study came about after Udry read Kandel's first paper and kne...s' smoking areunknown. Blood samples, which came from California Kaiser Permanente patients,have been and continue to be used in numerous other studi...Blueberries: New thrills for those over the hill
...he group of rats that was fedblueberry supplements came out on top in tests of balance and coordination. Thetwo groups given strawberry or blueberry supplements showed the most compellingevidence of protection against oxidative stress in their brains. On tests ofworking memory, all three groups receivin...Hurricane Hugo serves as living laboratory for Clemson University forest scientists
...land or production timber plantations. Before Hugo came ashore, the S.C. Forestry Commission warned forest landownersto expect major damage. The day after the storm passed through the state, with reportedsustained winds of 121 miles-per-hour and reported gusts up to 147miles-per-hour, a forest dis...USGS studies wildfire ecology in the western United States
...ire problem in this area before the exotic species came in," says Schwalbe. "Now we're seeing a biome conv... In the late 19th century, however, other factors came to dominate the region's fire regime. Allen says that in the arid Southwest, grazing has played at ...CU-Boulder professor documents controversial history of Rocky Flats
..." Ackland's story is about the Church family, who came west seeking gold in 1861,settled near what would become the Rocky Flats site and began a lifetime journeyof negotiations with the federal government. It is about the government andprivate corporations that were involved in questionable and even dan...Researchers discover hemoglobin's enzymatic nature
...irds. "In the primordial atmosphere, nitric oxide came before oxygen," Stamlersaid. "It was probably there before any life form, and the first bacteria neededa way to protect themselves from nitric oxide." Nitric oxide, like oxygen, candestroy many biologically important molecules if allowed to roam free...UMass virologist publishes book on "The Real Science Behind 'The X-Files'"
... series, as well as tales of how variousstorylines came about. The book will appeal to a range of people, from die-hardfans to people who've never seen the show, says Simon. And it appeals to a rangeof ages: "A colleague of mine is reading it, and so is his 13-year-old son,"notes Simon. "People who give s...Testosterone, stress may not suppress immune system after all
...ch for another mechanism for testosterone." Braude came across a new body of research -- about a dozen studies in all overthe past five years -- that questions the whole idea of immunosuppression andsuggests that, instead of suppressing the immune system, testosterone and othersteroids play a key role in ...Duke expedition to rescue rare lemurs
...n certain areas, Glander said. Romeo first came to the Primate Center in fall 1993, along with hismother Titania and another unrelated male Oberon. The three animals were thefirst diademed sifakas ever brought into captivity outside Madagascar. Oberon arrived at the center in poor physical...Study shows that hydrothermal vents release mercury
...icably high levels ofmercury. The mercury probably came from the seafloor vents. It is also unclear how many such springs there are worldwide and howmuch mercury lies on the seafloor. "But it could be locally significant," warnsGarrett....UT Southwestern researchers develop technique to determine protein communication, function
...betterdrugs. Partial support for this work came from the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund NewInvestigator Award in Basic Pharmacological Sciences....