Computer Program For Quicker, More Detailed Mapping
...rroles in developing the new computer program. To create Mapper, the scientists started with a very thorough program developedby Michael Boehnke at the University of Michigan. But that program eventuallyfell by the wayside. "We built a car around an engine, and then changed the engine,"said McKusick. McK...Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
...lla, Willie B. In the future, researchers hope to create a program that can run onsmaller, less expensive computers, allowing it to be installedpermanently at the zoo as well as tour schools. "Our Zoo Atlanta team of scientists and educators first began toplan a 'virtual zoo' three years ago," said Dr. Te...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...ke the one described in Nature to the present, to create an "absolute chronology." By way of explanation, Newton offers this scenario: "You go to a forest today and take a sample from a tree that you know grew to 1996. By counting 200 rings, you know that the tree is 200 years old and started growing in ...Researchers Use Hydrated Lime To Reduce Toxic Selenium Emissions
...hich is calcium-based -- forms withthe selenium to create calcium selenite, the first time this reactionhas been documented," Fan said. "The compound is thencaptured by the dry sorbent and can be disposed of with the flyash." The researchers found that the hydrated lime was most effectiveat 400 to 600 degre...Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...he motionsof tectonic plates at Earth's surface to create mountains andoceans, split continents and cause ea... the surface, somemolten iron began to solidify to create the dense, solid innercore at the center of the planet. Enormous pressure keeps theinner core solid ...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
...al cells, coding for special traits needed to help create limbs, eyes, spinal column, or other structures. In recent years, Hopkins scientists have discovered that hedgehog proteins split in two to activate. During the split, the activated form of the protein, known as the signal, becomes anchored to the s......ty of Pittsburgh Medical Center have teamed up to create a new capability for viewing the brain during mental activity. By linking an MRI scanner with the <A HREF="http://www.psc.edu/machines/cray/t3e/t3e.html">CRAY T3E supercomputing system, scan data from a subject's brain can be processed fa...Bacterial Protein Structure Hints At Mechanism Of A Class Of Premature Aging Diseases
... To test how RTP works, the researchers had to create a mutant versionof the protein that would not interact with the helicase but wouldn't bedeformed beyond recognition. "Our big worry was that we would have destroyed the structure,"said White, who determined RTP's structure two years ago using ...World's Experts Plan Global Locator Service For Environmental Information
... way to search many separate libraries, anyone can create information locators independently. By applying a standard that has been widely used for many years, this initiative takes advantage of existing networks and software to access a vast array of valuable resources, including hundreds of librar...Researchers Find How Disease-resistant Plants Recognize Bacteria
...nts and microbes recognize one another, we hope to create crop plants that have broader, more stable resistance." According to Martin, the findings will have wide application. "It turns out that plants resist diverse pathogens -- including bacteria, fungi and viruses -- by using very similar defense mechani...A Sensor, A Switch, A Zipper: Protein Engineers Design Potential Tool
...he two helices intertwined with a third to create a triple-helical coiled coil. This struc...g protein and a gene-activating protein to create a "switch" that targets and activates a specific gene. The goal of protein enginee...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...called indicator species," Brooks says. "To truly create or restore a wetland in a specific site, you have to match the structure and characteristics of whatever wetland type best fits the site. Otherwise, the wetland will function differently. "Brooks explains that forested wetlands fed by groundwater ...Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...n find ways to increase the percentage, they could create super-plants that would more quickly pull large quantities of strontium out of contaminated soil and water. Their work would supplement ongoing commercial efforts to use plants for toxic cleanup. Phytotech, a phytoremediation company based in New Jer...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...uses two treatment wells. One well was designed to create a bacterial-rich zone in the lower aquifer and to ... to the lower one. The second well was designed to create a bacterial-rich zone in the upper aquifer and to pump water from the lower aquifer to the upper one...Emory Researchers Advance Gene Therapy Studies For Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
...s actually combat tumor enlargement and which ones create a fertile environment in which the tumor fluorishes. The presence of certain cytokines may indicate that a tumor is indeed fast-growing, calling for a more aggressive therapy than might a more gradual growth. For example, Drs. Ansel and Armstrong...Biosensor Is A Model For Widespread Testing Of Chemicals, Molecules
...f different sensors within three years. "We wantto create chemosensitive surfaces that respond in a very specific mannerto whatever it is we are interested in, whether checking PCBs in the environmentor for sugar levels in the blood of diabetics," Hellinga said. "Wewill have to keep engineering the protein ...Method Eases Making Amino Acids Critical In Medicinal Chemistry
..., Beak alsohas used his chiral ligand chemistry to create a variety of enantioenrichedacids, amides, amines and aldehydes. Beak's latest research results werepublished in the March 21 issue of the Journal of Organic Chemistry....Merging Physics And Neuroscience: First Evidence Of Self-Organized Criticality In Brain Networks
...out thenoise, the system would remain balanced and create no waves. Adding quantities of neurotransmitter to the brain system increasesthe firing rate and therefore the formation of calcium ion waves. "The noise is self-organizing," Jung explained. "It's likethe gasoline that keeps a car going. Even if y......PA plans to regulate all pest-resistant plants and create broadcategories of exemptions under FIFRA and the Federal Food, Drug, and CosmeticAct (FFDCA). Scientists, however, feel that the policy should be structured inthe reverseall plants should be exempt from regulation except those whose pest-resistant ......O team and other collaboratinglaboratories, we can create skin care products which contain a substancewhich has been shown to combat the ageing of human cells in culture,"Dr Grigg said....