Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
...earchers can allow children to trulyexperience the dynamic social world of these fascinating creatures." The project also "has implications for learning about peacefulresolution of conflict, one of the many things kids can learn fromgorillas as a result of this partnership," she added. Funding for the proj......hic research andapplication funds to support urban dynamic investigations in fourmetropolitan regions: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Portland. As the Nation's natural resources research agency, the U.S.Geological Survey has about 10,000 employees at work in every stateinvestigating resource ...Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
...he arrival of canine parvovirus in the region. The dynamic relationship between moose, wolves, their environment, and available food sometimes results in extreme population fluctuations. "The carrying capacity of the moose range on Isle Royale has been greatly exceeded, resulting in serious overbrowsing that...New Mathematical Model Could Help Predict Health Of Offshore Areas Where Rivers Enter The Sea
...hey have lacked a technique forcoupling them intoa dynamic system that can also analyze the relative importance each of thecomponents. The importance of Chen's work is that it "fully couples" these factors in away thatallows researchers to isolate the level of influence from each of them. "Until we...Max-Planck Researchers Unravel The Structure Of The Methane Forming Enzyme
...zyme M moves more about 4 E and thus provides a dynamic impression of the reaction.In summary, the structure at 1.45 E resolution provided us with new insights with respect to the general design and the detailed enzymatic mechanism of such a complex biochemical reaction. Moreover, this structu...Natural Variability Is Key To River Restoration
...tems has to revolve around restoring their natural dynamic character." The river system study was funded by a grant from the George Gund Foundation, with logistical support from The Nature Conservancy. Participating in the study were Bain, an associate professor of natural resources at Cornell; Poff, an ...Garlic Prevents Hardening Of Aorta, New Study Shows
...t to other organs, but nowwe know that it’s a dynamic organ in itself. The aorta helps keepother organs healthy, because it regulates the velocity of the blood thattravels through the blood vessels with each pulse,” said Boudoulas. Boudoulas said that when the aorta loses its elasticity, it ...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...s the worker to maintain a better posture and more dynamic motion. Based on extensive comparative testing of the old and new workstations, a 15% higher productivity rate is obtained with the new one. Venda reports that the average value of products assembled per worker per shift at these types of workstati...Lights, Camera ... Reaction: Charting The Biological Effects Of Light InBillionths Of A Second
...tory inIllinois. Seeing biomolecules in their true dynamic state would be a boon todrug developers, explained Moffat, since "it would reveal more directly how thedrugs look as they interact with the biomolecules." Other authors are Benjamin Perman, Vukica Srajer, Zhong Ren, Tsu-yi Teng, andClaude Pradervand ...Research Sheds Light On How Plants Regulate Distribution Of Nutrients
... tissue, I think,is going to turn out to be a very dynamic tissue in a plant, because it'shere where cells move organic material around, not unlike the human vascularsystem. This is not only a pathway for materials, but also for information." All plants respond to changing environmental conditions by redir...... to picosecond time-scale, have revealed a dynamic transition from a harmonic to a softer, inharmonic atomic fluctuation regime in the global behavior of the protein. Biological activity in proteins is correlated with this transition, suggesting that this type of flexibility...Press Events At Spring Meeting
...ingexpectations in beaming back information on the dynamic processes of the Sun.Dr. Alan Title of the Stanford Lockheed Institute for Space Research in PaloAlto, California, will present dramatic images of the Sun, including newinsights into magnetic reconnection, a fundamental process that governs manydynam...UB Researcher Developing Method That Employs "Evolution" To Identify New Drug Leads
...andidate for a particular molecular target. Called dynamic combinatorial chemistry, the new method could mean major cost savings for pharmaceutical companies because it has the potential to identify numerous promising drug leads in just days, as compared to months or years using current techniques. It was de...Georgia Scientists Study Salt Marsh To Understand Global Warming
...work,humans can better predict the future of these dynamic and importantareas, he added....Scientists, Philosophers Discuss How To Evaluate Data, Error
... impacts based uponthe results of research done in dynamic environments where findings have to beinterpreted in the face of many variables, probabilities and unknowns. "Andthere are deep philosophical disagreements among ecologists and other scientistsabout how to quantify the uncertainty, and even about how......ut artificial wetlands ashabitat, to the uses of a dynamic ecosystem evaluation and monitoring tool, USGSscientists will present a variety of wildlife research findings at the annualmeeting of The Wildlife Society at the Buffalo Convention Center, Buffalo, N.Y.,Sept. 22-26, 1998. Native Animals Snub Exotic...Researchers Grow Healthy Human Placental Cells For Drug Research
...ut little has been done to study the placenta in a dynamic way -- a way close to conditions that actually exist inside the body,” said Ma. The researchers grew the cells in a bioreactor, a container stuffed with a matrix of polyester fibers. Unlike the alternative -- a flat surface suc...Book By Shipman Wins Phi Beta Kappa Award In Science
...k is a rare delight. She deals in detail with the dynamic problemsinvolved in flying, the advantages and disadvantages of different styles offlight, the role of feathers in the design of airfoils, and the energetics ofthe various ways that vertebrates fly, all given in lively discursive writingthat holds th...Oldest Ice Core From The Tropics Recovered, New Ice Age Evidence
... "Historically, this is a very dynamic place," he said,"although you wouldn't think that when you look at it today." While it still isn't confirmed, Thompson and colleaguessuggest that the mechanism controlling the onse......tions could be used to predict, qualitatively, the dynamic effects ofcannibalism for this flour beetle species," said Benoit. "These experimentsprovide a direct test of the role of cannibalism in a long-term study ofpopulation dynamics."...