Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...f this effort, designed to raise public awareness, especially among students and educators, about emerging sciences and to encourage more students to consider careers in biotechnology. Past research has shown that the interest of many students in science starts to wane in about Grade 6, said Mark Lievonen...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
...t we were surprised to see a lot of fishing boats, especially shrimp boats, there. That means marine life has returned to the area where just three weeks before, the oxygen levels were recorded as being extremely low. The dead zone has been studied and tracked since it was discovered 20 years ago, DiMarco says....Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
...l examine gene regulation in breast tumor systems, especially those adapted to changes in hormone responsiveness, adipose tissue and the brain. ...Winning combination to build bone density in children
...nteractive effects of calcium intake and activity, especially ones that differentiate between the types of activity that most positively affect bone density. But the study "Interactive effects of habitual physical activity and calcium intake on bone density in boys and girls" does just that. The authors of th...Tracing genes, biologists show lizard migration is traced to Florida
... historic home for Anolis sagrei is the Caribbean, especially Cuba, where the researchers have found that there ...n lizard populations are being reduced in Florida, especially in southern areas, because it appears that the brown lizard out-competes it," Kolbe said. "It's not...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...tal outcomes of young children and their families, especially those who are most vulnerable." "This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development," says Glen H. Elder, professor of sociology and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carol...UMaine anthropologist wins Solon T. Kimball Award
...year's Solon Kimball Award that Acheson's "work is especially impressive in that his theoretical perspectives dr...to working in national and international policy is especially inspirational for all anthropologists." Jim Roscoe, chair of the UMaine Anthropology Department, say...Females may be more susceptible to overindulge 'sweet tooth' cravings than males
... factors for obesity, but research in these areas especially overeating has been studied almost exclusively in males. In the new animal study "Diet-induced hyperphagia in the rat is influenced by sex and exercise," Lisa A. Eckel and Shelley R. Moore (The Florida State University Program in Neuroscience and D...Anthrax enzyme images reveal secrets of antibiotic resistance, suggest new drug design
...bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Such information is especially valuable because the anthrax bacterium is widely regarded as a potential bioterrorism weapon. The finding could also be the basis for a broad-spectrum antibiotic to treat a variety of other infections that are becoming resistant to these drugs. The t...'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...he research team. "This approach can be effective, especially for diseases where traditional antibiotics do not work well. There is the potential for treating bacterial infections using genetically engineered phages that will efficiently overcome bacterial resistance." Bacteriophages evolve rapidly and are a...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
...at function well in human cells. One ribozyme was especially prone to cutting itself in two, and the researchers tweaked it to make it even more efficient. Next, they identified two compounds that strongly inhibit ribozyme self-cutting, and showed that they could be used to turn on ribozyme-containing genes i...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...re reliable and to promote better access byvoters, especially those who have historicallyencountered serious impediments to exercisingtheir right to vote. In findings released after a weekend conferenceconvened by AAAS, the 18-member panel concludedthat research into new voting technology and thebehavior of vot...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
... knowledge about the biology of the plant kingdom, especially plants that people around the world rely on for food, clothing and other needs. The awards involve researchers from 56 institutions in 22 states, as well as collaborators from 14 countries around the globe. The two- to five-year awards, ranging from ...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
... cancer risk have now discovered that the oils may especially benefit women with particular genetic makeups. The protective effects of fish oils, called marine n-3 or omega-3 fatty acids, are linked to the cancer-fighting properties of the oil's byproducts, propose investigators from the Keck School of Medicine...Folic acid vitamin use by women reaches all-time high, March of Dimes survey finds
...president of the March of Dimes. "The increase is especially important because we've been very worried about the effects on mothers and babies of popular low-carbohydrate diets that drastically reduce grain foods enriched with folic acid, such as bread and pasta. However, our survey finds that 49 percent of w...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...d oil - unlike milk - could be worth crying about, especially in Texas. A team of Texas A&M University research...orrow two of the buoys to aide retrieval purposes, especially to measure currents, winds and other data," he recalls. "We received permission from the Texas Gene...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
...sed on our findings, we may say that for children especially boys who prefer stronger sweet tastes and have signs of elevated novelty seeking, it is especially important to delay their first experience with alcohol, although the same advice is good for all chi...Peering inside the body, with a new spinliterally
...o see what is happening in many areas of the body, especially at the boundaries of organs and tissues and bone or air cavities such as lungs and sinuses. Here, the large magnet used in NMR generates small magnetic fields that broaden the spectral lines so much that information about those fine details is lost. ...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
...arly the ones that fall under EPA regulations, and especially the ones that have been structurally identified and found to be toxic." The use of chloramines, a combination of chlorine and ammonia, is one of three alternatives to chlorine disinfectant, which has been used for more than 100 years. Other alt......ons to public health in the land of my heritage is especially rewarding. Ho is the founding scientific director and CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, a world-renowned biomedical research institute, the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University and a Committee of 100 (C-100) member. ...