AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...bent George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry will discuss their plans and policies for science and technology. Former House Science Committee Chairman Bob Walker will represent the Bush campaign. Mr. Walker is chairman of Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates. He has been described as "perhaps the best p...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...ysiology. (See below for references.) Saltin will discuss how Krogh and Christensen "conceived and formed the field of human integrative physiology using exercise as a key intervention," how American and European approaches to exercise physiology bifurcated, and where this type of physiology might be leadin...Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
...on biology, policy and law will also be on hand to discuss strategies to better link health and conservation efforts around the globe. With its state-of-the-art Wildlife Health Center based at the Bronx Zoo, and Field Veterinary Program active in dozens of countries around the world, WCS is uniquely position...US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...mbent George W. Bush and challenger JohnKerry will discuss their plans and policiesfor science and technology. The Forum will take place in the AAAS Auditorium, 12th and H Streets, N.W., Washington, DC, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 30, 2004. Former House Science Committee Chairman BobWalker wi...Pioneering AIDS researcher to speak at UH
...as already reached phase-I human trial, as well as discuss two more vaccines under development. These vaccines under development are based on a viral strain common in Chinas southwest region. The China AIDS Initiative, a consortium of Chinese and American organizations that have come together to combine fo...Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
...l Nature Materials, Yuntian Zhu and his colleagues discuss how they created a single-wall carbon nanotube using a process called catalytic chemical vapor deposition from ethanol (alcohol) vapor. Discovered in 1991 by Japanese scientist Sumio Iijima, carbon nanotubes are cylindrical carbon molecules that are ...Chemical signals health of brain cells Symposium
...esearchers and clinicians from around the world to discuss all aspects of NAA, a highly abundant and nervous system-specific amino acid derivative. The different topics of discussion include: Biochemistry and cell biology of NAA Pathogenesis and treatment of Canavan disease Use of NAA as a neuronal int...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
...Tech and Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) to discuss the viability of fuel cells in the near future. Subsequently, Battelle, which manages ORNL, became a partner in commercializing the McGrath group's fuel cell inventions and NSF awarded a second Partnership for Innovation grant this summer to support ...Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
...xperts from Europe, America, Asia and Australia to discuss the problem and, it is hoped, set an agenda for future research. Conference chairman, Professor Denis Henshaw, explained: "If the increased risk facing today's children is at least partly caused by modern lifestyle factors, as is suggested by the inc...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
...ica, Asia and Australia will converge on London to discuss this and a wealth of other research being presented over the five days of the conference. Many of the usual suspects will be covered including radiation, parental smoking, viruses and air pollution. But other concepts that have so far received littl...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...iothreat agent to clean up," she adds. Canter will discuss the various cleanup approaches used and the costs involved. She also will describe lessons learned, both with respect to responding to possible future bioterrorism attacks and to preparing for and protecting against such attacks. ( CHAS 11 , Monday, ...Integrative biology of exercise APS Intersociety meeting October 6-9, 2004 in Austin
...nd papers, plus four hours each day to network and discuss the 330 volunteered papers submitted by researchers from around the world that will be presented in poster sessions. "The submission of so many volunteered papers really speaks for itself and reflects the great interest generated by this conference,"...NJIT chemist speaks Aug. 25 about compound derived from pine tree
...astics, DNA, and even rocks. The researchers will discuss their findings at the upcoming American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting Aug 25, 2004 at 10:40 a.m. in the ballroom of the Philadelphia Convention Center. Chiral ionic liquids are optically active molecules that have intrigued scientists for a while. ...Tiny molecules have big potential as cancer drugs, Stanford researcher believes
...Bogyo, PhD, assistant professor of pathology, will discuss his studies of some of these molecules at an Aug. 24 talk during the "Genomic Approaches to Enzymology" session of the American Chemical Society's national meeting in Philadelphia. Previous studies have shown that an increase of certain proteins, cal...Cleaner water, more efficient electricity among UH chemical research
... Randolph Thummel, professor of chemistry, will discuss how transition metal complexes are being designed and synthesized that would use sunlight to promote the catalytic decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen. Ramanan Krishnamoorti, associate professor of chemical engineering, will reveal th...In gene regulation, small is beautiful
...tificial gene regulators, said Mapp, who also will discuss the work Aug. 22 at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia. They are less likely than larger molecules to be degraded, and they should be easier to introduce into cells---features that would be critical if ATFs are to be used in t...Livermore research in accelerator mass spectrometry highlighted at ACS meeting
...om the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will discuss during the 228th National Meeting of the American ...istry and Materials Science (CMS) Directorate will discuss "Kinetic Modeling of Soot Production in Combustion of Munitions" at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24. Destro...NIH roadmap for biomedical research focus of chemists at American Chemical Society meeting
...tional Institute of General Medical Sciences, will discuss the role of chemists at the 228 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society. Dr. Berg will describe how chemists can work with biologists to impact progress in medical research by participating in the ...'New and better drugs for tuberculosis' goal of UH professor
... at the University of Houston, has been invited to discuss this research at The Protein Society's 18th Annual Symposium "Protein Structure, Function and Disease" Aug. 14-18, in San Diego, Calif. "Alanine racemase is a protein from tuberculosis that is a target for drug design," Krause said. "We are tryi......, industry, academia and financial institutions to discuss the development of energy sources that are secure, sustainable, accessible and economically viable. The Congress runs Aug. 29 - Sept. 3, 2004 in downtown Denver. Afghanistan must find reliable sources of energy to help reconstruction of the war-torn ...