Researchers reach milestone in fight against lymphatic filariasis
...iseases that is potentially eradicable. The target date to achieve this goal at a global level has been set at 2020. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other non-governmental philanthropic organizations, administration by the Global Alliance through the Carter Center in Atlanta a...Once big bad wolf, now man's best friend: Science studies trace dogs' origins
...ence for dogs is 14,000 years old, the 15,000 year date was more likely, Savolainen and his team decided. The Native American dog sequences in Vil's study also clustered in several subgroups, whose haplotypes were similar or identical to those of Old World dogs. These subgroups likely represented the mult...Warming study indicates water problems in the West
... water in the West. In the most rigorous study to date of potential greenhouse impacts, leading scientists detail how major water problems could evolve over the next 50 years throughout the West as a result of climate change already underway. Many people have heard about the impacts of global warming, bu...Neanderthals used both hands to kill
...e they were designed to be used with thrown spears date back to about35,000 years ago. But other evidence seemed to support the idea that spear throwing evolvedmuch earlier. Analysis of the arm bones of Neanderthals, who lived between230,000 and 30,000 years ago, and early humans living at the same time s...New genetic option for thwarting cancer
...or genes -- or at least that's what researchers to date have assumed. Otherwise, they keep growing, under the influence of Cdk4. "In cancer, cells exceed their mileage limit. For that, Cdk4 is necessary," Kiyokawa said. "By eliminating Cdk4, we can force cells to stop dividing, inducing senescence, which...Media alert: press briefings and special sessions at the GSA's Annual Meeting
Survey & research results embargoed until date and time of presentation The Gerontological Society of America will hold its 2002 Annual Meeting in Boston, November 22-26. In the 400+ conference sessions, experts will present new research on the hot topics of aging. This multidisciplinary meetin...November GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
...risingly, its surface geological record appears to date from the most recent few percent of solar system h...lags a potential "coming of age" in our ability to date strata in Antarctica. Organic chemical differentiation within fossil plant cell walls detected with...Misfolding the key to protein's ability to kill brain cells
...ffers the best explanation to date of how these diseases transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSE are able to destroy individual nerve cells and ultimately kill patients...Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Albuquerque, October 12-15
Each paper is embargoed for release until date and time of presentation Over 200 research findings are scheduled for presentation at the 17th biennial Rocky Mountain regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, in Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 12-15. Not...New guide helps researchers mine genome data
...e updated at least once between now and the target date for finishing the human genome sequence in April 2003. In addition to showcasing the tools available through the three main genome portals, the guide includes a convenient list of links to a wide range of additional resources: other genome browsers, ...Purdue creates self-generating nanotubes with 'dial-up' properties
...n Chemical Society's Web site. A print publication date has not yet been determined. Since their discovery in 1991, nanotubes have become one of the most promising building blocks for nanotechnology. Last year, Japan's NEC Corp. developed a nanotube-based fuel cell battery that could power a notebook comp...Starbucks-Conservation Intl. partnership awarded at World Summit
... Chiapas, Mexico. Results from the partnership to date include a 60 percent price premium over local prices to farmers and a 220 percent increase in the coffee growing land preserved as tropical forests. Currently six farming cooperatives representing 700 farmers are participating in the program. In 20...PNNL gathers most complete protein map of 'world's toughest bacterium'
... most complete protein coverage of any organism to date with the study of a radiation-resistant microbe kn...e. This is the most complete proteome reporting to date of any organism. (The proteome is the collection of proteins expressed by a cell under a specific se...Scientists use alfalfa plants to harvest nanoparticles of gold
...ing on those answers in Texas and at SSRL. Work to date demonstrates answers to the first two of those questions, and the team is working on answering the third. Subatomic scale The alfalfa plants were germinated and grown on an artificial, gold-rich, ''soil'' at UTEP. At special SSRL facilities, a UT tea...Reversing the sounds of silence
... David Karlman of American BioHealth. "Our target date for getting this to the public is 2007."Bone-jarring noise generated by machinery, gunshots, jet engines, and rock concerts destroys hearing, and hearing loss costs the Veterans Administration over $300 million a year on disability compensation and t...NHGRI funds two new centers of excellence in genomic science
...ely ten CEGS awards. The next application receipt date is October 1, 2002, for CEGS planning (P20) grants and June 2, 2003 for center (P50) grants....ASPB Annual Meeting, August 3-7, media tip sheet
...tel. An embargo on each program is released on the date and start time of each program. Following are some highlights of the science program: Symposium: Plant Responses to Global Climate Change. 8:30 a.m. Sunday, August 4 in Plaza Ballrooms D,E & F. Abstracts and presenter contact information can be f...Patients with serious kidney disorder produce natriuretic peptides at above average rates
...corresponding levels found in kidneys have been to date unclear. Researchers have failed to establish whether CNP is present in kidneys from nephrotic patients or if a low-protein diet impacts on the peptide's presence in the blood or urinary excretion. A team of researchers from the United States and It...Independent study: DEET products superior for fending off mosquito bites
...e, and West Nile virus, which has been detected to date in 27 states, killed seven people in the New York City area two years ago. DEET's toxicity gets a lot of news media attention every year, but the UNC dermatologist said concerns about that appear to be grossly exaggerated. The "very safe" product ...Frozen 'lake' beneath Antarctica ideal to test sterile drilling techniques
...any of the nearly 100 under-ice seas discovered to date may be interconnected, so contaminating one could contaminate them all. An international committee is discussing the issue, which may delay drilling for a decade. Drilling first at the site near the South Pole also would be more convenient, because t...