Burroughs Wellcome Fund Continues Support Of EurekAlert!
...nce, health, medical, and technology issues and to distribute embargoed information safely via the Internet. Since EurekAlert!'s debut, more than 1,400 reporters and 750 public information officers from around the world have registered to use the site. EurekAlert! is endorsed by the International Association o......ons 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 design of the arms so they will be more useful for such ta...Announcing ESA's 1998 Annual Meeting
...l abstracts related to their institution. ESA will distribute any relevant press releases in the Annual Meeting pressroom. Please contact Gabriel Paal or Nadine Lymn for more information. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a scientific, non-profit,7,800-member organization founded in 1915. Through ESA...News Backgrounder: Duke Primate Center Successfully Fosters Mysterious Aye-Ayes
...portantto send them to other facilities so that we distribute the risk of somethinghappening to the captive population," said Glander. When aye-ayes were first brought to the Primate Center in 1986, successwas by no means assured, he said. "We basically knew nothing about successfully housing an...System Offers Breath Of Relief To Workers
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...f information (the bird) moves through theflock to distribute its information. In the flocking model, convection is themost efficient way for spreading information and diluting the effects of errors. In ferromagnets, by contrast, information and errors spread only by a slower,less efficient process known as d...Mouse Study Trumpets New Way To Preserve Species
...nd skin. Human sperm banks also use this method to distribute more than 100,000 units of preserved semen every year. Since 1989, Critser has studied ways to apply cryobiology to preserve genetic materials of endangered species. He has worked with a number of zoos -- including Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, the ...Fall Meeting: Updated Press Conference Schedule
...u are not attending Fall Meeting but would like to distribute press releases relevant to Meeting presentations, you may send up to 100 copies to the following address: Mr. Harvey Leifert (Hold for Arrival December 4) San Francisco Marriott 55 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94103-3156 The AGU Public Informatio......mountainpeaks, and even the South Pole. We plan to distribute the microbes to USclassrooms where students can perform experiments to see how well they fared.The microbes would come with an 'Extremophiles Experimenter's Kit' containingall the basic ingredients a student might need to investigate how well themicr......rtant genes for plant growth whose products helpto distribute an vital growth factor throughout the plant. The discovery ofthese genes means that scientists will be able to design better crops andherbicides. The scientist's findings, reported recently in Science (Vol 282,2226-2230) and in the December 1998 issu...Offshore DDT Deposit Spreading, Research Suggests
...d sediments -- even deeply buried sediments -- and distribute it in water currents to areas outside the zone where it was first deposited by sewage outflow between 1950 and 1971. The findings appear in the February issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology, published today (Feb. 1). Sea Grant r......ernalise material from the external of the celland distribute it to the other cellular compartments via specific organellescalled endosomes. To bridge the distance between the cell surface and theendosomes, small membrane engulfed vesicles bud from the cell surface like soapbubbles and surround the cargo. Insid...Stakeholders improve global change assessment
... important,on the draft assessment, and on ways to distribute information about itsresults. "One effect the MARA advisory committee had on how we proceeded with theresearch was the emphasis on human health," Anderson told attendees today (June4) at the spring meeting of the American Geophysical Society...Home owners may sleep better because student overcame her fear of insects
...termine their favorite food, how theyeat, how they distribute food to the colony, and how an insecticide could beincorporated. "To determine their preferences, we looked at all types of sugars,the impact of salts, and various fatty acids, to characterize the things thatstimulate them to feed," says Fell. ...1999 Fall Meeting: Press conferences and special events
...ies and other research institutions are welcome to distribute meeting-related press releases in the AGU Press Room. If you will not be present yourself, you may send them by mail or express service. Please do not send them directly to Moscone; use this address: Harvey Leifert (Hold for December 10 arrival) San......ndy said, they need to be the kind of statins that distribute themselves directly to bone or bone marrow. Although the statins seem to be most effective at building new bone, the researchers could not rule out the possibility that the drugs were also inhibiting the breakdown of bone, which could make them a can...Fall Meeting: updated press conferences and special events
...ies and other research institutions are welcome to distribute meeting-related press releases in the AGU Press Room. If you will not be present yourself, you may send them by mail or express service. Please do not send them directly to Moscone; use this address: Harvey Leifert (Hold for December 10 arrival) San...UNC selected as one of two regional mutant mouse resource centers in nation
...in BarHarbor, Maine, to characterize, maintain and distribute an ever-growing array of mutant mouse modelsto the research community. "One of the problems is that people can generate lots of models but these won't be accessiblewithout a repository where they can be quality controlled, checked out and distribute...Scientists figure out how cells' tiniest motors work
...motors thatseparate chromosomes when cells divide, distribute embryonic material and haul precious cargo in everyorganism from protozoa to people. Led by the UC San Francisco scientist who discovered this protein motor called kinesin in 1985,the researchers have now scrutinized and measured how the motor chang...Ecological Society of America and the British Ecological Society to meet
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