Clash of values at crux of debate over landscape aesthetics
...cial sociocultural constructions derived from 17th century landscape painting and aesthetic theory." Widely reported preferences for such landscapes -- similar to Olmsted's design for Central Park, with open spaces, low ground cover, water features and clumps of trees -- are perceived by ecological aestheti...Scientists prove how geckos stick, unlock secrets to making artificial gecko glue
...stery since Artistotle first observed it in fourth century B.C. Now a team of biologists and engineers has cracked the molecular secrets of the gecko's unsurpassed sticking power--opening the door for engineers to fabricate prototypes of synthetic gecko adhesive. "Two millennia later, we have solved the puz...ORNL groundbreaking celebrates landmark partnership
...rces in Tennessee, and another to establish a 21st century "think tank" for exploring major science and techn...the nation to form the intellectual core of a 21st century "think tank." "ORCAS is a unique partnership in the Southeastern United States among ORNL, its partn...NIGMS and NSF grants join math and biology
...ring. "Advances in biomedical research in the 21st century will be critically dependent on collaboration between biologists and scientists in other disciplines, such as mathematics. The NIGMS-NSF partnership exemplifies the type of interdisciplinary cooperation that the new awards promote," said Dr. Judith ...A mane is a pain, but worth it for male lions
... "On a broad scale, it's been known for at least a century that lions in colder climates have long dark manes," said Peyton West, a graduate student in the College of Biological Sciences' department of ecology, evolution and behavior and first author of the study. "But no one knew why lions had manes or why ...Mayo Clinic Proceedings features primers on medical genomics
..."The genomic revolution will profoundly alter 21st century medicine and promises to provide insight into the cause, treatment and -- ultimately -- the prevention of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease," says Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic's Genomics Research Ce...Promising multi-strain HIV vaccine candidate emerges
... influenza pandemic and bubonic plague of the 14th century to become the worst epidemic and deadliest disease in medical history," comments Dr. George Lewis, director of the IHV's Division of Vaccine Development. "Twenty-five million persons have died worldwide, another 40 million are infected and the number...Ira Rubinoff honored by the Association for Tropical Biology
...t is possible to insure that the beginning of this century is labeled the "age of biodiversity". And this is one age that cannot be led by the developed world in isolation from the developing world."...Rutgers spinoff success yields $4.3 million payback to university
...rs, The State University of New Jersey. "The 20th century gave us the 'pill option,' which diminished the historical connection between plants and disease treatment, but now, plants are poised for a comeback as sources of human health products." Phytomedics is a Dayton, N.J.-based life sciences company tha......populations when it was released in Australia half century ago. But many rabbits have become resistant, and less lethal strains have edged out the original virus. Four years ago, researchers selected the rabbit ZPB gene as the most promising of three zona pellucida genes to insert into the myxoma virus. But...U of C researcher tracks path of flying snake
... back as Herodotus, a Greek historian in the fifth century BC. Most flying snakes grow 3 to 4 feet long and live in the trees in the lowland tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. Their temperament varies from species to species, and from individual to individual, but all five species of flying sn...Without fire, red pines could disappear, model shows
...er trees will be replaced once they die. Nearly a century after fire suppression was first introduced, the U...es. Fire suppression policies implemented in this century and advocated by icons like Smokey Bear, are meant to preserve the natural beauty of forests, says S...Twenty-years of long-term ecological research: National Science Foundation releases review report
...make systemic what NSF has informally termed "21st century biology," science that is multidisciplinary, multidimensional, scalable, information-driven, predictive and model-based, education oriented, and increasingly virtual and global; biological diversity be designated a new core area (or function) for the...The effects of human-caused atmospheric changes on tropical forests
Panama City, Panama - For more than a century humans have been changing the composition of the world's atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, agriculture, and other activities. The resulting climate changes may already be having far-reaching impacts on tropical forests. A symposium at t...Genes, maltreatment, and the cycle of violence
... and even "original sin." St. Augustine in the 5th century thought we inherit sin biologically through the procreative process. Walter Rauschenbusch, a Social Gospel Protestant in the early 20th century, believed we inherit prejudice and patterns of crime from the surrounding society we are born into. Wheth...Ecologist's book on introduced species' destructiveness
...and Scotland; ivy-leafed toadflax was introduced a century before ragwort and now is a common English herb; and paddy brown spot has nothing to do with Paddington Bear but is a serious plant disease that arrived in India on imported seeds and caused the Bengal famine of 1943 in which 2 million perished. Cert...Telemedicine link with South Pole allows remote knee surgery
...ncerned could be combined so effectively with 21st century technology to meet this challenge," said Karl Erb, who heads NSF's Office of Polar Programs. "Our thoughts are with the patient. We wish him a speedy and complete recovery." NSF, which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, conducts leading-edge rese...Genetic studies shed light on the malaria parasite's origins and drug resistance
...ed independently in only two areas in the mid-20th century and slowly spread to other countries from those sites. The new information implies that resistance to chloroquine and other antimalaria drugs can arise and spread more pervasively than previously thought and argues for careful drug-use monitoring pr...'Obesity sleuths' find chronic diseases linked to behavior contrary our DNA
...sical exertion, and the inactivity endemic to 21st century sedentary societies. Nutritional "thrifty genes" ...f) Needs for 21st Century Americans Twenty-first century Americans still possess late Paleolithic, pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer genes, and, perhaps nutri......ere. "Bacterial adhesion has been described for a century bacteria need to adhere in order to colonize," Sokurenko says. "It's taken a century before we've been able to understand what happens once you see the bacteria clump red blood cells. W...