Sandia pursues biotechnology as new technology focus area
...s dominated the past 20 years, biology is going to dominate this new century like nothing else will. How can Sandia not go into biology?" said Bill Camp, Sandia National Laboratories Director of Computers, Computation, Information & Math Center. Biotechnology - the coming together of traditional inorganic sci...After massive experiment, results favor wildlife corridors
...ons development. Forests of 50-year-old pine trees dominate all eight sites. At the researchers' request, the U.S. Forest Service arranged for workers to log trees and burn the remaining groundcover in selected areas, creating one central clearing and four peripheral clearings on each site. They also logged c...Loblolly pine open for genetic engineering, research shows
...not work for many types of plants. Loblolly pines dominate about 29 million acres in the southern United States, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The species grows rapidly as a young tree and lives about 75 years, but does not reach reproductive maturity for as many as 10 years after germination - mean......ested, but live in an oligarchy, where a few trees dominate in clumps. These researchers further proved that the tree clumps occur in specific soil types. Their research provides insight into the co-evolution of species and community ecology. George Mercer Award Jonathon Levine The Mercer Award, given ...Cosmic impacts implicated in both the rise and fall of dinosaurs
...saurs to adapt and flourish. "Dinosaurs went on to dominate for the next 135 million years," he said, noting that their extinction is now commonly attributed to the ecological effects of yet another comet or asteroid impact this one about 65 million years ago. Besides his work at Rutgers, Kent is associated ...Physics tip sheet #13 May 15, 2002
...ible for a species with high reproduction rates to dominate in the short term but die out over a longer timescale (~200 generations) due to depletion of resources. This paper looks at a new definition of long-term fitness by taking into account that descendents may have different reproductive success than the...Researchers discover clues to whale evolution
...ovide mechanisms by which highly evolved organisms dominate in certain environments. The semicircular canals sense head movements and this vital information is used to coordinate the body during locomotion. This happens subconsciously, and humans only become aware of an organ of balance when things go wr...Picky eaters rare among tropical insects
... leaf-feeding insects. Because species-rich genera dominate extremely biodiverse tropical forests, the group postulates that specialist herbivores are probably rare. Therefore, they regard genera rather than species as the preferred unit to use in biodiversity calculations and choose to multiply the numbers o...Mathematical analysis could aid flu vaccine selection
...and used the trends to predict which cluster would dominate from one year to the next. In a final step, the researchers looked at the genetic sequences that changed most during the transitions from one strain to the next. They found that the mutations that characterize these transitions never occur twice in a...Poorer farmers benefit most from organic practices
...nd respect the services it can provide not try to dominate and subdue it. Its difficult to see how this kind of agriculture can ever be provided for by ever-fewer multinational corporations based in far-away countries, intent upon seizing intellectual rights to seeds and agricultural resources. International......authors warn that outbreaks of TB will continue to dominate the epidemiology of the disease. "Public health professionals should expect to see lots of blips up and down in the number of cases of TB disease not a continuous downslide," Blower cautioned. "Sporadic outbreaks are to be expected. We shouldnt conc...Researchers find closest living relative of first land plants
... understand what properties allowed land plants to dominate the biosphere, said Delwiche.It's really exciting to know that we still have plants that look like the ancestors that were underfoot when the dinosaurs roamed the earth....Clues to development of eye's light-sensitive cells found
...ion and visual acuity in bright light. Rods, which dominate the retina, are responsible for night vision. To date, most research has centered on rods, in part because they make up almost 95% of the photoreceptors in human retina. Much less is known about cones, including the important but puzzling question a...Wealth of new species discovered from the abyssal plains of the Atlantic Ocean
...f the fauna. We are finding that different groups dominate at different sites and that several species are very rare, with only one specimen collected during the entire expedition, said Wgele. The rare species are, for example, from the genera Acanthaspidia, Mesosignum, Munna, Storthyngura (small crustacean...Climate plays bigger role than CO2 in make-up of plant communities
...re availability, determine whether C4 or C3 plants dominate in an area, not carbon dioxide, Brenner said. Many scientists believe global warming will cause significant variation in local climates worldwide, with some wet areas becoming dry and vice versa. If that occurs, it could have more impact on relative ...School kids as master gardeners
...sophisticated and computers and television seem to dominate many kids lives, its pretty interesting to consider that the age-old practice of planting a seed might be the real key to inspiring a new generation of scientists."...Mass extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary
...n much of the competition so dinosaurs could later dominate the Earth. "The Triassic-Jurassic boundary extinction event is one of the 'big five'mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon, profoundly affecting life on landand in the oceans," explained Lawrence Tanner, a Professor of Geography and Geoscience at Bl...Nonprofits, corporations can collaborate to improve environmental management
..., and especially the large multinationals that now dominate global business and trade, can be powerful forces for achieving sustainable development objectives...both in the United States and internationally," the researchers wrote. Collaborations may take many forms and range in intensity, from corporate sup...Researchers pioneer techniques to lubricate microdevices
... which friction, wear, and lubrication dominate performance. He first began studying microdevices after organizing a 1997 National Science Foundation (NSF) conference on tribology and MEMS. NSF has since funded his research in this...Simpler HIV drug regimen may improve results, Science study on monkeys suggests
...nce, the immune system might ultimately be able to dominate HIV throughout an individual's life. Thus, while it may not be possible to eradicate the virus, HIV might conceivably become more akin to herpes, a common viral infection that cannot be cured, but in many cases produces no symptoms.AID, NIH....