An Equal Opportunity Extinction? Cincinnati Geologists Find Global Impact from Permian Die
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.... The Web-based application relies on an Informix database server, a Netscape Web server, and Netscape's LiveWire client-server application development environment. JavaScript implementations allow users to proofread their entries and check their identifications. Dynamically generated maps of species distr...Wild Plant Genes Increase Food Production
...e the information available through the rice genes database over the World Wide Web at http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/ so anyone can use that mapping data to boost rice production in their area of the globe. Although the wild species generally are considered useless for yield improvement -- since they do n...NIH's Genbank Database Logs Billionth Base
...inherited biological characteristics. The GenBank database now contains nearly 10 percent of the human genome...rovides free Web-based access to the NLM's MEDLINE database of medical literature, was demonstrated by Vice President Gore at a press conference June 26th. CGA...Planned Burning In Forests A Boon To Several Species Of Birds In Illinois
...," Brawn said. "I fully expected to add toa large database that says highly fragmented agricultural landscapes arebad for birds. Well, we found that they are doing better in the areas ofrestoration burns."...Summary Of USGS Presentations And Activities, AAAS, 1998
...gency team that developed an online taxonomic name database for theidentification of biota. * evening - Ray Herrmann, a USGS physical scientist, will be inductedinto AAAS "Fellowship". Herrmann's specialty is watershed research; he hasbeen instrumental in the development and coordination of the USGS' Nati...$2 Million Dollar Grant Funds Salton Sea Web Site
...operate a federally funded information Web siteand database to help officials solve the problems threatening t...d have its own side effects onthe environment. The database program will help officials and researchers choose the bestalternative and complete environmental im...Can The Economic Promise Of Drug Discovery Continue To Preserve The Suriname Forest?
...nationalbiodiversity strategy using a biodiversity database developed by CI; andSuriname became a part to the Convention on Biodiversity and the Climate ChangeConvention, which results in some small grants. Drugs developed from Surinamese plants will result in revenue for thecountry. And CI has been i...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...t now at this website, you can access a searchable database of meetingabstracts, including all those mentioned in this release. Starting the first week of June, the site will containnumerous lay-language versions of meeting papers. The following list represents some of the highlights from among the many pape...40% Of Developing World Infants Stunted
...sed data from the World Health Organization global database on child growth and malnutrition. This is the first time that information on global and regional trends in stunting has been available. Child growth is considered a good indicator of overall socioeconomic development and human welfare in developi...Scientists Trace The Origin Of "Idaho Potatoes"
... Anderson. Dr. Anderson said that a model with a database of nearly l,000 potatoes has beendeveloped, and the accuracy of the classification of geographic origin has beenexcellent. A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists andchemical engineers as its members, the American Ch...China And USGS--Working Together On Environmental Issues
...prehensivenational coal information database. This database has developed into the largestpublicly available database of its kind. Data are available on the Internet at http://energy.er.usgs.gov/products/databases/Coal...Blindness Linked To The Cytoskeleton?
...icant homology to a transcribed sequence in the database and finally identified the full length transcript of the RP2 gene in a cDNA library. Seven out of 38 patients with X-chromosomal RP showed mutations in this new gene, which has homology to cofactor C, a protein known to play a role in b...Ancient "Jumping DNA" May Have Evolved into Key Component of Human Immune System
...oduces a new gene, and provides an almost infinite database ofgenetic information from which to generate antibodies and T-cell receptors. This system of genetic recombination is at the heart of Schatz's study. Twoclosely linked genes, RAG1 and RAG2 (for recombination-activating genes 1 and2), code for protein...University Of Cincinnati Geologists Analyzes Evolutionary Impact Of Mass Extinctions
...rs toglobal diversitypatterns, Miller has used his database of Ordovician fossil occurrences todemonstrate that regionaland local bursts of diversification occur at different times around the world. Over time, the burstsadd up to present what Miller believes is a misleading picture ofdiversification trends a ......rior lands. One componet of BEST is atoxicological database that can be directly queried by natural resource managersand operated in conjunction with the GIS (geographic information system) toidentify pollution "hot spots," generate and test hypotheses, and identify datagaps. The BEST presentation will featu...Upcoming 'Century Of Biology' Given Head Start By NSF Plant Genome Research Program Grants
...ay scientists. Once the resources, knowledge, and database are complete, the possibilities areendless, according to University of Missouri researcher Edward Coe. Benefits ofthis research include better crop yields, reduced fertilizer requirements, andbetter quality food, adds Coe. "The end result is a bett...Engineering Animation, Inc. Demonstrates Internet Anatomy At Visible Human Project Conference
...isible Human data." Featuring a full 3D anatomical database that was produced from theseVisible Human images, Internet Anatomy takes full advantage of Direct Model,a graphical rendering toolkit developed by EAI and Hewlett Packard, thatenables on-the-fly manipulation and interrogation of large 3D models. This...Sick Kids Improves Access To Global Genome Database
...for genetics researchers around the world: agenome database that provides the latest data from human gene mapp...helped ensureinternational access to the data. The database is the definitive source of humangenetic mapping data collected to date. The data on the site includ....... All were part of a Departmentof Veterans Affairs database of twins who served in the military during theVietnam War. The sample included both identical twins, who have exactly the samegenes, and fraternal twins, who share about half of their genes. "Because all of these twins were brought up in the same h...