Homeland security symposium covers what chemists can do to help protect the nation
...ng of the American Chemical Society. Speakers will discuss the use of nanotechnology to improve sensors and to develop porous silicon "smart dust" detectors, explain the threat posed by "dirty bombs," and cover techniques that have been developed to assess and address threats posed by terrorists against chem...JCI Table of Contents, 15 August 2003
...ham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, discuss additional explanations for the bronchoconstricting effects associated with chronic beta2AR stimulation. The commentary authors state that "it is interesting to note that the adverse effects of regular b-agonist use can be observed even weeks after t...Plant pathologists meeting in Charlotte, NC to discuss homeland security, emerging diseases
... 2003, 2-5 p.m. Eastern Time Industry experts will discuss the potential impact this devastating disease may have on U.S. agriculture. This session will cover methods of detection and identification, fungicide control, disease modeling for the U.S., and a presentation of the new USDA Soybean Rust Action Plan...... Michael Sturek of the University of Missouri will discuss their studies of the free-ranging swine and their potential to shed light on the evolutionary origin of type 2 diabetes, which has become an epidemic disease condition in the United States. The scientists point out that the Ossabaw Island swine pres......ater planning. During the presentation, Hook will discuss the impacts of major water restrictions, as well as efforts toward community communication with regulators and farmers, during what, according to the presenters, has been one of the worst droughts on record. Droughts and reduced water flow also impac......osystem function on row-crop farms. Greenberg will discuss the results of studies of Mexican coffee farms with different levels of shade and floristic diversity in his presentation, "Food web structure of the coffee agroforests: does biodiversity make a difference?" Greenberg and his team looked at the rela......ch, of the University of Alabama--Birmingham, will discuss research undertaken in 2001 during outbreaks of Eastern Equine encephalomyelitis and West Nile Virus which, taken together, seem to suggest that forest fragmentation and increases in the populations of the Brown-headed Cowbird may increase the potent...Carnegie Mellon partners with Pitt to host Bone Symposium
... the Sheraton Station Square Hotel to showcase and discuss some of the latest technologies used in wound healing and tissue engineering developed to improve patient care. The symposium, co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon and Pitt, is designed to stimulate increased interaction among academic clinicians and scie...World Congress on Huntington's Disease to meet in Toronto, August 16-19, 2003
...ewly-structured international forum to present and discuss research and public policy topics, supported by and under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Huntington's Disease, the International Huntington Association, the Huntington Society of Canada, the Hereditary Disease Fou...Stanford symposium on future of air and space travel
...r his talk, Coffman will join faculty panelists to discuss the role academia may play in revitalizing commercial air travel, improving access to space and developing autonomous systems. The panelists also will explore the promise of precision navigation, aerodynamics, propulsion and other topics that may tra...Science and the Law: Plant pathologists to discuss how science interfaces with the legal system
... will draw from their own real-life experiences to discuss situations they faced during court cases in which ...cientists came under fire. Legal experts will also discuss the ways in which the law handles and views scientific issues. The symposium will be held at the Cha...International meeting on the Southern Ocean
...ound the world will meet next week (14-16 July) to discuss the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It's the first attempt by scientists to take a collective approach to investigating an important marine environment that comprises more than 10% of the world's ocean, links the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian O...Straight talk: Adult and embryonic stem cells and the future of research
...t. Irving Weissman, from Stanford University, will discuss the current status of embryonic stem cell research and where it is heading. "Right now, scientists are just learning about the biology of human embryonic stem cells and how to grow them reliably -- things we've known about hematopoietic stem cells...AACR forum to discuss stem cells and cancer research: Public policy issues
...rom reproductive cloning. In particular, they will discuss the current debate over specific legislation at the federal level and also in certain states, including bills proposed in California and Maryland. In essence, a stem cell is an individual cell that renews itself when it divides, yielding another cell...Geoscience community outlines cooperative activities
...onvened the second annual Leadership Conference to discuss key issues affecting the future direction of the Earth sciences. Held in May at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, representatives from more than 20 geoscience professional and educational societies attended the two-day meeting. The ...Rutgers geneticists redefine the nature of hybrid corn
...sing of Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology discuss their findings in a paper published in the July 22 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The paper is currently available online. Waksman scientists are deeply involved in the Maize Genome Sequencing Project, an initiative to ...Melbourne scientist overturns 30 year calcium dogma
...tics, Melbourne on Thursday 10 July. He will also discuss the latest on their recent discovery of a new class of protein that they have linked to breast cancer and fertility. Hubbard, a trained dentist and bio-medical researcher, is using proteomics to investigate the role of calcium and cell survival. Whe...Science historians ponder naming 'enemies' in science literature
...ans of science Matthew Chew and Manfred Laubichler discuss a fundamental problem in the science of ecology its use of metaphorical language. In the process, they are asking a question that has even greater consequences: can the way scientists communicate their findings warp or even dangerously mislead our...Strategies to boost womens multivitamin use fall short
... physicians and other health care professionals to discuss the importance of taking a multivitamin with their patients and to distribute educational pamphlets about the benefits of folic acid. In the second intervention, 50,000 women were mailed a "starter kit" of 100 multivitamins and an educational pamphle...19th century museum specimens help plan reintroduction of endangered tiger beetle
...le, PhD, of the American Museum of Natural History discuss their work in a paper published in next month's is... populations," Dr. DeSalle said. The authors also discuss the use of the "phylogenetic species criterion" to distinguish species, especially when such decisio...