Researchers Use Hydrated Lime To Reduce Toxic Selenium Emissions
...by the OhioCoal Development Office,a collaborative effort between OhioState and four other Ohio universities....Water Recycling Project Tested in Turkey Plant
A team effort by university researchers and two companies has resulted inapplication of a more efficient way to use the massive amounts of waterrequired to process turkeys. The new system uses ozone, a highly reactiveform of oxygen, to recycle water in the plants....Florida Researchers Discover Gene For Fatal Childhood Disease
...it in people with thedisease. The two-year effort was funded by the National Institutes of Health,the Arthritis Foundation and the American Cancer Society. The study was conducted in conjunction with researchers at theUniversity of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Vanderbilt University andGlaxo...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...ional academic mission with a substantial outreach effort to make the ideas known in communities across the country," said F&ES Dean Jared Cohon, who will join Law School Dean Anthony Kronman as a speaker at the workshop. Afternoon breakout sessions will focus on 1 . environmental issues and perspectives r...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...n representsas much a rescue attempt as it does an effort to bring into captivity abreeding stock of these highly endangered animals, the largest living lemurs.The animals are currently heavily hunted for food in their homeland of Madagascar,and naturalists believe they will become extinct within a decade. ...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
...researchers will gain maximum benefits." The U.S. effort is being dovetailed with other large-scale Arabidopsis genome sequencing projects in Europe and Japan. The goal is to complete the sequence by the year 2004. U.S. groups will contribute two-thirds of the sequence. The three groups of researc...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...ogged forest with no lemurs in sight. The capture effort will continue, said Glander, with expedition member CharlieWelch, who lives in Madagascar, returning to the Forest de la Gare areain late November. "Since we found that the lemurs grew more wary the longer we were there,Charlie will spend only two o...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...f the University of Tennessee are mounting a major effort to understand the role of the Southern Ocean in the global cycle of carbon, and ultimately to predict the ocean's response to climate change. As the southern component of the decade-long Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), a study of carbon in th...Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
...utiny of every gene within the targeted region, an effort led by Kazuya Yamagata, M.D., at the University of Chicago, and Roger D. Cox, Ph.D., at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. The researchers found that patients from MODY3 families had one of several different mutations in the gene for hepat...Siblicide In Nature: Study Of Galapagos Seabird Finds Death Can Ensure Species Survival
...ess by collaborating in the siblicide, because the effort required to raise two chicks at once is so high. The insurance value of the second egg is there, but once the first egg hatches, a second chick is a liability. "Darwin may not have envisioned the siblicide scenario, but he would have been perfectly...ORNL Mice Helping Researchers Isolate, Identify Causes Of Cancer
...ce and collaborators to trace the mouse gene in an effort to learn thecause of the human disease. Justice and colleagues identified the diseasegene in mice and used the mouse gene to identify the human gene. Thisinformation has led to the discovery of the cause of clinical symptoms inhumans. Because of the ...Learning From Birds And Bees: Engineers Study Insects For Ideas On Tiny "Micro Air Vehicles"
...000 per-unit cost for theexpendable vehicles. The effort to design MicroFlyers involves many different technicalchallenges, so Blankenship believes only organizations with broadinterdisciplinary expertise will be successful in building them. "We're not really sure what will turn out to be the most difficu...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... to boostthe immune system in such patients, in an effort to aid the bodyin ridding itself of cancer cells. The group turned to Dr.Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy to supplement thebody's immune response. The modified cells created by Drs....Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...to boost the immune system in such patients, in an effort to aid the body in ridding itself of cancer cells. The group turned to Dr. Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy to supplement the body's immune response. The modified cells created by Drs. Fed...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...e genes. Dr. Marx and his colleagues led the effort to analyze DNA from individuals with MEN1 who came from 15 different families. The researchers applied a powerful method of searching for mutations called dideoxy fingerprinting. If no mutations were found, a candidate gene was excluded. After te...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...n -- but who are not quite anemic -- must use more effort to do the same amount of physical work or exercise...ce and iron status, they hope to quantify physical effort expended to do work under field conditions. Haas is now testing his methodology among agricultural ...Two Parasitic Wasps Show Promise For Controlling Pest Flies
...species of parasites." The research is part of an effort tocontrol fly populations more effectively with natural biological enemiesbecause of the flies' growing resistance to insecticides and increased concernsabout the health risk of pesticides....Second Gene Responsible For Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Identified
...identificationproject was a collaborative research effort carried out by scientists in Bostonat Brigham and ...the Human Genome Project, an internationalresearch effort to develop tools for gene discovery....New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...the Human Genome Project, an internationalresearch effort to develop tools for gene discovery.......heNational Institutes of Health, leads the Federal effort supporting basic,clinical, epidemiological and social research on aging and the special needs ofolder people....