1998 Declared Year Of The Ocean
1998 has been declared Year of the Ocean by the United Nations inrecognition of the many challenges and opportunities offered by the ocean as weenter the 21st century. The ocean affects our weather and climate, provides ahome to fisheries, which are a major food source fo...Human Cloning: International Bioethics Committee President Stresses Political And Moral Commitment
.... The President of the Commission, Jacques Santer, declared he wouldfollow the opinion which condemns in the strongest terms the reproductivecloning of human beings. Also, several heads of state and government haveexpressed a similar position, tending towards the legislative interdiction ofcloning. This is no...Peptic Ulcers: Stress Does Matter, After All
...s dropped the notion that stress causes ulcers and declared them merely an infectious disease. Not so, says an expert panel convened this month by the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. The experts looked over the evidence and concluded that ulcers are not merely an infectious disease and tha...Antibody Revolution Targets STDs, Stomach Viruses, Common Cold
...rue? Not according to Hopkins scientists who have declared a revolution against a scourge of emerging infectious diseases. The arsenal, developed with new antibodies created in the lab, can be produced in common field crops, such as corn and soy, and provide protection against diarrheal diseases, respiratory......, New York, Pennsylvaniaand parts of Virginia have declared local drought warnings or emergencies andsome areas now have mandatory water-use restrictions in place. Maryland declareda statewide drought emergency last week and implemented mandatory water-userestrictions this week. In many estuaries, encroachmen...Whitaker Foundation funds Washington University biomedical engineering facility
...hird of the 270 incoming engineering freshmen have declared an interest in the biomedical engineering major. Roughly half of the engineering students earning a bachelor's degree pursue a medical degree, with the other half going into industry or academia. The department currently enrolls 29 graduate student...Vaccine study to target bioterrorism threat
...that may be related to a bioterrorism event. WHO declared the world free of smallpox in 1980 after routine vaccination proved effective. The Dryvax vaccine is kept by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Frey said the study will focus on the effectiveness of diluted ...Detroit researcher receives national award
...rstand a reaction, you can control that reaction," declared Newcomb, a professor of chemistry at Wayne State University. The reactions Newcomb studies use free radicals to attach, clip or convert one molecule into another. "Thirty years ago, researchers thought that radicals in biological processes were limit...Obesity has reached epidemic proportions - urgent need for research
...required for this. The chairman, Prof. Dr. Kiess, declared that "Obesity is the prime pathological risk factor today". For the obese, the chances of contracting an illness are several times higher than they are for slim people. Fat people are not only threatened by cardiovascular disorders, but also by diabe...Fruit fly model could explain how mosquitoes carry malaria: new drugs and vaccines on the horizon
...e/pyrimithamine, the World Health Organization has declared that there is an urgent need for an affordable, effective and safe alternative to chloroquine. "The alternative drugs available today are very expensive and not a viable option for the vast majority of people suffering from malaria, who happen to liv...Grasslands, deserts, mountains and fire
...ecause of their importance, the year 2002 has been declared the International Year of the Mountain, and a number of studies are underway. One is the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments, which monitors high-elevation vegetation responses to climate change. Based in Austria, the projec...National Cancer Institute designates Vanderbilt-Ingram a Comprehensive Cancer Center
...rty years ago, the President and the U.S. Congress declared War on Cancer and charged the National Cancer Institute with overseeing that effort," Frist said. "It is the Comprehensive Cancer Centers, like Vanderbilt, that are the leaders of this battle and the places where the cures for cancer are most likely ...WWII landmark becomes a wildlife sanctuary
Officials from Myanmar (formally Burma) recently declared a remote valley surrounding the old Ledo Road - a once vital supply route for the Allies in WWII - the nation's largest wildlife sanctuary, according to the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society. Known as the Hukaung Valley, the 2,500-square-......lassics (archaeology), Arts and Sciences. Recently declared one of the European Union's model villages, Arhanes sits in the island's interior, about 18 kilometers outside the capital, Heraklion. Protected by archaeological laws that restrict development, Arhanes has recently focused on preserving and restorin...... York, then Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley declared the lobster resource in Long Island Sound a commercial fishing failure using the "resource disaster" clauses of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act on January 26, 2000. Lobsters, seawater, and sediments were tested for to...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
...to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations," declared the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this year, pinning the blame on human, rather than natural, causes. New data and new computer modeling led to a better understanding of climate change that confirms the human impact on an unnaturally w...Researchers find gene involved in pain relief
... be found in the fact that the U.S. government has declared 2001-2010 the Decade of Pain Research and Management. This declaration highlights a growing awareness of the vast problem of untreated or under-treated pain, and we hope this research will contribute in a significant way to current efforts by scienti...Greatest threat to Asia's wildlife is hunting, scientists say
... from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have declared uncontrolled hunting and trade the greatest threat to wildlife and wild lands in Asia. The group, which held a workshop in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park last week, said that recent data from long-term studies show that throughout Southeast Asia ...Terminator tussle: Controversial technology needed, experts say
... United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization declared it an immoral technology," Kershen says. "As a result, scientists who work with the United Nation's Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research adopted a policy prohibiting the use of the technology in their breeding programs. The FAO d......ries - the Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey - was declared extinct in 2000 after an extensive survey in the monkey's former Central African habitat failed to find any evidence of its persistence. Apart from the assumption that the Lowe's servaline genet is - like other servaline genets - nocturnal and tree-...