Rutgers researchers test polymer reliability for medical implants
...f hydrated degradable polymers are preliminary but contends that their importance lies in the fact that this was the first time anyone had ever looked at these materials in this context. I think we need to understand what is going on in a hydrated material because thats essentially what is happening in the b...UCLA study finds clues to diabetes puzzle
... sources earlier than other parts of the globe. He contends that a diabetes epidemic swept through Europe following the region's last famines, beginning in the late 1600s. "Europe's new reliability of adequate food supplies eliminated most European diabetes-prone bearers of the thrifty gene," Diamond said. Gr...International scientific body calls for ban on human reproductive cloning
... research and therapeutic purposes. Therefore, IAP contends that such work should be excluded from the ban on human reproductive cloning. "Human reproductive cloning is unsafe and no responsible scientist would attempt it given the huge health risks that are involved," says Yves Qur, co-chair of the IAP execu...Princeton paleontologist produces evidence for new theory on dinosaur extinction
...terpretations of the drilling samples vary, Keller contends that the results contradict nearly every established assumption about Chicxulub and confirm that the Cretaceous period persisted for 300,000 years after the impact. In addition, the Chicxulub crater appears to be much smaller than originally thought ...Social insects point to non-genetic origins of societies
...n many ways as complex as human societies, Fewell contends that the relative simplicity of the insects themselves argues against the systems being created solely by the evolutionary development of biocomplexity in the individual organisms. "We look at human groups and we think we have these elaborate system...Rutgers targets Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan with $3.5 million from NIH
...ervation and economic development. The NIH vision contends that the discovery and development of products, such as pharmaceuticals, from natural sources can pave the way for new business and industries in developing countries. At the same time, these activities offer fresh research opportunities and provide...U. Chicago study overturns conclusion of historic human genome data
... researchers wrote in the paper. The research team contends that either theory justifies male-expressed genes leaving the X chromosome, whether the X kicks them out or they merely jump ship before the X shuts down. "The two explanations are not mutually exclusive," Long said. "Either way, if [the male-express...Stanford study questions identity of alleged Romanov bones
...d several years after the 1994 publication, Knight contends that DNA from skeletal remains that spent over 70 years in a shallow, earthen grave would have degraded so severely that sequences longer than 250 bases would have been nearly impossible to recover in lab experiments. ''Based on what we know now, tho...Dr. Patricia Limerick to speak at ESA annual meeting
...ial Equity and Environmental Well-Being. Limerick contends that two hundred years after the Lewis and Clark expedition, the political and cultural role of "scientific exploration" has become considerably more complicated, with scientistsespecially ecologists often serving as agents of caution and second thou...Rutgers cancer prevention expert calls for FDA action to reduce colon cancer and osteoporosis
...chment mix in products such as bread and pasta. He contends the measure could save 11,000 lives and an estimated $3 billion in U.S. health care costs annually. But it requires policy changes by the FDA that would need to be reflected in federal law. In an article appearing in the Aug. 1 issue of the ...