National Academies news: Report on EPA's particulate matter research
... different sources is also needed, as are improved computer models to link pollution sources with concentrations of airborne particulate matter in specific areas. These improvements could lead to emission control strategies which target the particulate matter that presents the greatest threat to public healt...Mathematical rule said to be widely and wrongly used to forecast future beach erosion
... available information with the aid of an Internet computer search service to come up with the estimate that the Bruun rule is in use in 26 countries, Pilkey said. Their commentary noted that much of the developed world has experienced "a four-decade rush to the shore, with concomitant beachfront development ...UC San Diego places in top tier of institutions awarded 2004 Sloan Research Fellowships
...ng (CSE) department. Stefan Savage is an expert in computer networking and security, and Henrik Wann Jensen's primary work is in computer graphics. Also winning Sloan fellowships in 2004: Karsten Meyer, whose specialty is the inorganic an...UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales
...ogy revolution. The average 24 kg (53 lbs) desktop computer with monitor requires at least 10 times its weight... Researchers found that manufacturing one desktop computer and 17-inch CRT monitor uses at least 240 kg (530 lbs) of fossil fuels, 22 kg (50 lbs) of chemicals ...... to combine two-dimensional images of embryos in a computer to create a "three-dimensional image that we can rotate on a computer screen to examine the relationships between developing tissues and organs. There's a lot we don't kn...Rice bioengineer wins international design contest
...cluding electronics, physical sciences, materials, computer software, mechanics, machinery/automation, manufacturing/fabrication, mathematics/information sciences, and life sciences....Researchers discover 1.2 million new genes in Sargasso Sea microbes
...s for biology and the development of sophisticated computer simulation and modeling tools to understand biological systems. Thus, the Genomics: GTL program will also depend on the department's leadership in high performance computing to build the computational infrastructure needed for the new biology of Ge...New DVD 'virtual' microscope at UNC-Chapel Hill
...abel anatomical structures and layers using common computer applications. The medical histology DVD at UNC dif... size. Images are then encoded and compressed with computer programs developed that assure minimal loss. This viewing program is known as MrSid, the acronym for...New imaging technique developed to identify breast cancer
... of technical failures such as patient movement or computer failure during the scanning procedure. The results are published in the December-January issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Scientists have long known that cancers contain elevated levels of choline, a product of membrane synthes...JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
...a, Los Angeles, describe an anatomically realistic computer model of the development of arrhythmia in the hear...ay result from arrhythmia and how the evolution of computer models of the heart will help researchers answer important questions that remain about these conditi...ORNL earns four Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
...performs chemical and biochemical procedures under computer control, using miniscule quantities of samples to be analyzed. Researchers working on this technology are Michael Ramsey, Stephen Jacobson, Roswitha Ramsey, Ashok Choudhury and Michael R. Knapp. ORNL earned five awards from the Southeastern FLC last ...World's first databank for all living systems
... DNA sequencing. The research center will develop computer modeling systems to make predictions at genetic le...library's director will be Ron Elber, professor of computer science at Cornell. The early work of the library will be to develop a prototype, the Library of the...Seeking a mechanical solution to nation's number-one children's illness
... in a more precise manner. After researchers run a computer simulation on their model, says Ghadiali, they do a corresponding physical experiment in the lab to see how closely their results match. If a simulation faithfully reproduces the experiments, the model on which it is based can be used in other tests....Purdue chemists 'put the twist' on protein building block
... as lead to new approaches to drug development and computer memory. Using lasers to initiate and probe th... to inspire new approaches to problems confronting computer data storage. "In tryptamine, we have a molecule that has seven different possible confor...Cell cycle research earns biologist Virginia's top scientist award
...the equations on their computers. By comparing the computer simulations to a host of experimental observations, Tyson said, computational biologists provide new insights into the integrated behavior of complex regulatory systems. This rigorous, quantitative, computational approach to molecular cell biology p...Computer method identifies potentially active enzymes
...nd even cleaner laundry may be possible with a new computer method to predict which hybrid enzymes are likely ...these clashes," the researchers say. FamClash is a computer method used to predict which hybrid enzymes are likely to have activity and which are not. Hybrid en......els any qualms users may have about learning a new computer application. "Our members are so familiar with th...view of it from space, they forget they're using a computer mouse and want to get that cursor arrow on their ranch," says Doc Lane, director of natural resource...Purdue scientists: Genetically modified fish could damage ecology
...ard cautions that the group's research is based on computer models as well as observation of actual fish mating behavior - behavior that took place within a controlled laboratory setting rather than in nature, where other factors could influence the outcome. Consequently, these ideas should not be taken as go...Study predicts conditions for sustainable lion trophy hunting
...am led by graduate student Karyl Whitman created a computer model to predict the effects of different hunting ...gy, evolution and behavior, and Henley Quadling, a computer specialist now working in Texas (D4D Technologies). The study was funded by the National Science Fou......ifferent activities: propulsion on a treadmill and computer work. Propulsion efficiency, seating comfort and p...fferent loads during the treadmill session. In the computer session, pelvic position, estimated seating comfort and estimated activity performance were measured...