First sea-level photographs released of massive Antarctic iceberg
...y. A plot of the ship's track, which outlines the dimensions ofthe iceberg, is also available in digital form. The iceberg is the remnant of a piece that broke off the Thwaites Ice Tongue, anextension of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica in the early 1990's. In thesummer of 1995, the iceberg broke into two p...UCSF-Led Team Offers New Insight Into Neurological Basis Of Dyslexia
...epresentations of sounds occurring within the time dimensions of a syllable,"said Nagarajan. "In poor readers, the brain separately generated only very weakrepresentations of sound events past the first sound. "In the normal reader, successive intra-syllabic sound events are separatelyrepresented in high fidel...Fossil Footprints Show Foot-Movement Similarity In Dinosaurs And Birds
...ws that foot motions were preserved in three dimensions when the meat eatersslopped through mud 210 million years ago. Although the footprints are similar tothose made by birds living today, there are significant differences in theposition of the big toe, foot posture and hind limb movem...Reinventing Humans Is Focus Of Virginia Tech Program
...treach program thatexplores the social and ethical dimensions of science and technology. Topicscovered range from genetic engineering to computer network technologies to theuse of environmental resources. The project offers unique programming thatencourages dialogue among professional and lay members of the u...Model Polymers Reveal New Clues to Protein Folding
...table "native structure"-acompact lattice in three dimensions with each bend at a right angle, resemblinga jungle gym made of Tinker Toys. Using the Cray T3E computer at NERSC, Rokhsar and Pande repeatedly unfolded themodel by raising its (simulated) temperature, then lowered the temperature andwatched it ref......e Conservancy explore the political and ecological dimensions of grazing onCalifornia rangelands. Lynn Huntsinger and Sally Fairfax, faculty at UCBerkeley, provide background for several case studies to be presented.Huntsinger describes her research, which tests the idea that ranching as a formof resource mana...Quicker Implementation Of Research Results
...conomicareas, but also include cultural and social dimensions such as processes ofadaptation to changed perspectives in life as well as coping with, and adaptingto, new values and social norms. The centre of excellence dealing with "Cell specialisation: Commonalities anddifferences in signal transfer, redox con......e toexplore the biological, political, and ethical dimensions of this proposal. Theconference will take place October 21-23,1998, starting at 8:00 a.m. The conference will feature keynote addresses by the Museum's Deparment ofInvertebrates Curator Niles Eldredge, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's MaryMidgley...Fewer Songbirds May Be Result Of Forest Fragmentation Across The American South, New Study Suggests
... made on them. Bill markswere compared to the bill dimensions of Blue Jay and American Crow specimens.The team compared larger canine and incisor marks to skulls of gray fox, raccoonand Virginia opossum. White-tailed deer left extremely large molar impressionson the clay eggs. While the scientists did n...Bioreactor Grows Cells That Produce Possible Anti-Cancer Protein
...new design allows cells to proliferate in three dimensions and grow naturally.” The Ohio State researchers conducted this work in concert with scientists from Progenitor Inc., a biotechnology company in Menlo Park, Calif. Progenitor commissioned Yang, Chen, and Huang to produce large ...UNC-CH Researchers Develop Promising Heart Research Tool
...hree-dimensional structure ofheart tissue into two dimensions and simulate in cell culture the interactionbetween normal and abnormal zones." The two-dimensional structure is very stable, lasts for hours and willallow use of the most sophisticated methods for studying cells, he said. "For the fi...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...from NASA andLaurie Leshin from UCLA. Both add new dimensions to our programs and promise to raise thelevel of our research and collaboration up even further. In January, we will also get Gary Huss,who will further support this effort," Fink noted. Huss, who currently directs the ion probe facility at Cali...IFT/NCFST Symposium To Address Safety Of Fresh Produce
...th fresh fruits and vegetables, internationaltrade dimensions of fresh produce safety, industry initiatives to enhance thesafety of fresh produce, microbial ecology in fruits and vegetables, and anoverview of current microbiological perspectives on fresh produce. On Wed., May 13, good agricultural pract...... personal computer wired to the vehicle. The dimensions of the wheelchair were carefully calculated to distribute the weight of the device over the points where it touches the ground. The prototype will support a rider who weighs up to 60 pounds, the weight of the wheelchair itself. Kumar is refining the ......ist of wires, transistors andother components with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter. (Onenanometer or a billionth of a meter, is about the length of five carbon atomslaid end to end.) By packing many more components closer together, scientistscould produce computer chips that are much faster than to...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
...r, the problem of measuring absolute distances and dimensions remains. When combined with stereo-computer graphics, on the other hand, a unique measuring tool, the virtual tape measure, has been created. Under the favorable measuring conditions of the experiment reported here, the overall performance of the VTM...New Description Of Protein May Be Basis For Regulating Cholesterol
...sterol. By describing a terpene synthase in three dimensions and offering usefulclues as to how it operates, the findings provide the groundwork forunderstanding how to regulate creation of cholesterol in the body. Othercommon terpenes include pine resins and the essential oils of myrrh, rosemaryand thyme. R...