Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2003
...cellular phones in automobiles could actually help drivers get to their destinations faster with a concept being tested and evaluated by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The idea is to use signals being transmitted by the phones, aggregate them and predict traffic conditions using that informati...A new animal study clarifies how different parts of the brain regulate sleep
...ve revealed that even the best-behaved and careful drivers may encounter a new danger on the road themselves. According to the British journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, researchers in Australia and New Zealand report that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being...Michigan researcher helps resolve the conflict between exotic birds and eco-tourists
...g licensed guides, hotel owners and managers, boat drivers and local landowners. Tourists were given questionnaires to complete and return on site. Bouton developed a model of the interactions among the various groups, identified the areas of potential conflict, and developed strategies that have since been ...Free shuttles can close the grocery gap
...geles area. The cost of the van program, including drivers wages, maintenance and all other operation costs, is less than 1 percent of the stores gross revenues, researchers found. The shuttle service offered by a Ralphs store on West Adams in Hollywood has a constant waiting line, said Terry ONeil, director...All species are not created equal when assessing the impacts of species loss on ecosystems
...t reflect those in natural communities where major drivers of change, such as stress and disturbance, cause preferential loss of rare and uncommon species. In the June issue of Ecology Letters, Smith and Knapp show that with a more realistic extinction scenario, in which rare and uncommon plant species were......igate broader themes, such as an evaluation of the drivers behind the technology development process, how society deals with risks under uncertainty, and issues of inequities and economic divides. Easily readable, the report serves as a primer for those wanting to know what nanotechnology means. For those ...The American Academy of Microbiology releases report
...iversity of Iowa. "These communities are important drivers of many of nature's cycles, such as atmospheric cooling and weather patterns. Furthermore, many of the infections that we can't handle well, that are resistant to antibiotics, are caused by these communities of microbes." Part of the colloquium's va...World's largest scientific society holds regional meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
...y law enforcement officers when testing automobile drivers for potential DUI offenses. (Kent Murray, University of Nevada, Reno, Mechanical Engineering, 775-784-7002, kmurray@unr.nevada.edu ; and Garry Barrett, gbarrett@unr.edu ) 1:35 p.m. Targeting melanoma via metal-based oxidative stress Melanins a...NYAS and Nature Publishing Group join forces
...ultidisciplinary 'cross-pollination' are essential drivers of the engines of scientific, technological, and medical progress," said Ellis Rubinstein, who recently celebrated his one-year anniversary as the Academy's Chief Executive Officer. "This collaboration is a major milestone in the Academy's broad-bas...ESA to select new Earth Explorer missions
...by human activity is recognised as one of the main drivers of climate change, therefore a better understanding of the biosphere's ability to sequester carbon from the atmosphere is extremely important. In order to address issues such as climate change, the greenhouse effect and environmental degradation it i...UK Government proposes long-term strategy for science
...nding of science across society are also important drivers for educational and economic success. "That is why we have already invested more in the training of science teachers in developing and energizing the science curriculum in schools and massively increasing the investment in research and research facil...Educational program increases some safety behaviors for older drivers
...ety program for high-risk, visually impaired older drivers increased some behaviors that should help reduce r...ey would try to modify their driving behavior. The drivers that participated in the program reported better avoidance of challenging driving maneuvers and repo...A blueprint for US national ocean policy for the 21st Century
... recreation and tourism have become two of the top drivers of the national economy. These developments, however, come with costs, and we are only now discovering the extent of those costs in terms of depleted resources, lost habitat, and polluted waters. Living ocean and coastal resources, once thought to be...New highways drive accelerating deforestation in Amazonia
... Brazil, another co-author of the study. The key drivers of increasing Amazon-forest loss, say the authors, are rising deforestation and land speculation along new highways and planned highway routes, and the dramatic growth of Amazonian cattle ranching and industrial soybean farming. "Soybean farms cause...Purdue yeast makes ethanol from agricultural waste more effectively
...soline blend without any modifications; typically, drivers are not even aware of the presence of the ethanol, except for the label on the gas pump. The Ottawa plant represents the latest step toward Iogen's goal of making ethanol from cellulosic materials widely available as a fuel, Tolan said. In Iogen's p...University of Chicago scientists pinpoint cellular cause of SIDS
...y one group of pacemakers that become the critical drivers of the rhythm," Ramirez says. Harvard University's Hannah Kinney found that children who die of SIDS have decreased levels of serotonin in areas critical for respiration. Although he didn't know it at the time in 2002, Ramirez and colleague Fernando ......01, there were 1183 motor vehicle deaths involving drivers or passengers in Australia, but no deaths from spider bites." Various models to explain spider phobia are detailed: the 'non-associative' model, where fear is not based on previous negative experience, but rather on an innate Darwinian concern that ......been of great interest because mutations are major drivers of evolution," said Green. "However, it's surprising how little is still known about their causes." Previous studies have revealed a number of biases in the rates of different types of mutational change. These arise in part from the innate biochemic...