Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...rincipal investigator at UCSD. "One of our biggest challenges is the design of middleware to facilitate and enable instrument and infrastructure control, data generation and distributed storage, data assimilation and ocean simulation, analysis, visualization, and collaboration." The LOOKING project is emblemati...DNA lends scientists a hand, revealing new chemical reactions
...mbly power of nucleic acids to address fundamental challenges in chemistry. Organic molecules are attached to, and "encoded" by, single strands of approximately a dozen DNA bases; when two strands with complementary sequences spontaneously stick together, their associated organic molecules can undergo a chemica...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
...ntists will be better equipped to meet the complex challenges of 21st century medicine." The new NIH Roadmap and recent reports from the National Academies Convocation on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research and the Association of American Medical Colleges' Graduate Research, Education and Training Gro...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...th that in the former Soviet Union, as well as the challenges of child development in disadvantaged socioeconomic settings. "Bronfenbrenner has himself been the foremost theoretician of human development over the past half-century," says Richard M. Lerner, the director of the Institute for Applied Research in ...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...ld Cleveland have led remarkable lives despite the challenges that diabetes poses," said George L. King, M.D., director of research at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. "To put their accomplishments into perspective, the Cleveland brothers developed diabetes shortly after the discovery of insulin, and more tha...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...ce director Jeffrey Goldman. "The most pressing challenges facing the nation's biosphere, like the impact of climate change on forests and agriculture, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the causes and consequences of invasive species all result from complex interactions between human, natu...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...s currently under construction. Among the greatest challenges in nanotechnology is the ability to commercially produce devices that work at the nanoscale level, which is measured at one-billionth of a meter. If developed, these systems could catapult the field into a $1 trillion industry by 2015. The NSF grant...Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
... and coaxed into a water-soluble state. One of the challenges was to keep the proteins in the same configuration as they appear naturally in the organism. Here's where peptides come in. The 80,000-plus kinds of proteins in our body, when in fragments called peptides, transform themselves like tiny LEG...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...to research in biology, FIBR projects tackle grand challenges and promote the training of a new and fearless generation of scientists willing and able to bridge conventional disciplinary boundaries." Several of this year's FIBR awards will focus on the relationship between an organism's genes and the outside...Wiley publishes Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future
... sequencing of the human genome, presents genomics challenges facing today's scientists as well as society in general, and outlines future possibilities of the developing genome era. Social issues, particularly questions of ethics, receive special attention, covering an important area too often overshadowed by...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...l access to the latest techniques to solve complex challenges in the field. It will host a number of collaborations with other laboratories related to specific enhancements of the core projects, such as tissue engineering of human ligaments using transfected adult stem cells. In 2003, Kaplan and a form...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...looking research that our nation needs to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century," said Energy Secretar...eagues will be critical as the world confronts the challenges of developing a carbon-neutral, sustainable energy economy in the coming years. In addition, one of ...Hunting illusive signs of natural selection
... into the rest of the world provided environmental challenges that are visible in our genetic makeup if one looks very carefully, according to a team of biologists and anthropologists. "We want to understand where and how natural selection occurs," says Dr. Mark Shriver, associate professor of anthropology at ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2004
...nown fossil fuel resources, but many questions and challenges remain before these deposits can be tapped. Clathrate hydrates, which consist of a gas molecule surrounded by a cage of water molecules to form an ice-like structure, could in theory also be used to sequester carbon dioxide at the bottom of the ocean...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...nomic research, including the scientific goals and challenges identified by NHGRI in "A Vision for the Future of Genomics Research," which was published in April 2003 in the journal Nature. The centers' output will be critical in formulating and implementing effective and equitable health and social policies re...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...ein whose deficiency leads to the syndrome. This challenges the long-held view that an absence of WASP led to the inability to form microvilli on lymphocytes. The study represents the first quantitative characterization of lymphocyte microvilli and, in addition to characterizing their length and density, t...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...nfectious diseases is currently facing significant challenges given an increasing prevalence of highly resistant microorganisms, the emergence of new microbes and the existence of large numbers of immunosuppressed individuals in whom standard antimicrobial therapy is often not effective," says Ekaterina (Kate) ...Review article makes case for a new source of cells in the body
...lement function?" The contributions of VENT cells challenges long-held notions about what type of cells form what type of tissue. For example, with the gastrointestinal tract, future scientists and physicians learn that the enteric nervous system, which innervates the tract, comes from neural crest cells. Sm...Regular physical activity really does boost immune system in older men
...hermore many earlier studies depended on antigenic challenges that weren't novel to the subjects, which stimulated secondary or tertiary responses. Colorado researchers use KLH for true primary immune response Researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder wanted to test the popularly accepted notion that ......ients, said Behrens, and this leads to significant challenges in the diagnosis and management of lupus. "If we know which genes predispose a person to lupus, we may be able to diagnose and treat the disease earlier," he said. "In addition to discovering which combination of genes lead to lupus and other immune ...