University of New Hampshire to help US gain $1.3 trillion in ocean resources
...ement of Science, which reported the $1.3 trillion estimate in its December 6, 2002, issue. A 1982 U.N. convention on the Law of the Sea gave about 150 coastal nations control of an exclusive economic zone that extends 200 miles off their shores. According to one provision of the convention, some countries s...Mathematical models reveal 'molten' and 'glassy' states of RNA
... is working with Bundschuh to estimate how many base units would be required for computer simulations of more realistic RNA models, in order to observe the molten or glassy state. Liu has found that more than 8,000 units are n...Dyslexic children`s brains operate more like those of normal readers following training
...oblems in sight or sound. Tallal said that studies estimate that about 40 percent of people with dyslexia inherit it genetically. Other factors believed to trigger the disorder include prematurity at birth, developmental language impairment and attention deficits, she said. Dyslexics have trouble distinguishi...Shark fin trade greater than previously thought, study finds
...through Asian markets could be more than twice the estimate used by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which helps monitor and manage the worlds fish populations. The lack of accurate trade data heightens conservation concerns for several species of shark, most of which are long-lived...Unique fleet of underwater vehicles to gather elusive environmental data
...data--including dissolved oxygen, which is used to estimate the metabolism of plants and organisms that live in the bay--has proven elusive with traditional collection methods. "The difficulty is that changes in dissolved oxygen must be measured over periods of one to two hours and across the entire bay," St...Meeting the nitrogen management challenge: Arresting the nitrogen cascade
...rn short-term nitrogen cycling, it is difficult to estimate the soil nitrogen supply, which is a critical parameter for calculating fertilizing needs. While the scientific challenges must eventually be addressed, interim technological options to improve nitrogen fertilizer efficiency, such as geospatial analy...Tufts civil engineer predicts Bostons rising sea levels could cause billions of dollars in damage
...stimates in the other scenarios - are based on the estimate that sea level rise will reach .62 meters (2 feet) over the next 100 years, and that the area will be damaged by a maximum of one storm per year. If the sea level rises to one meter and Boston properties are damaged by more storms than the team esti...Genetics may help solve mysteries of human evolution
... 200,000 years ago,'' Klein said. He believes this estimate is extremely conservative, and that the gene evolved closer to 50,000 years ago - a date that would support a biological cause for the change in behavior that anthropologists observe. ''There may be other genes that we can identify that all changed i...A global 'catastrophe' -- coal fires threaten environment, human health
...ately, these techniques should allow scientists to estimate how much carbon dioxide these fires are emitting, according to van Dijk. Another collaboration, between the United States and Indonesian governments, developed out of concern over the smoke and haze from forest fires that has affected human health in...Tropical deforestation and global warming
...g and felling of tropical forests each year. This estimate is considerably lower than those of earlier studie...reenhouse gases. Personally, I'd argue that their estimate is two to three times too low." Each year, humans produce seven to eight billion tons of green...Risk of future Exxon Valdez declines 92% since risk assessment, safety measures, says O.R. study
... data did not exist, they used expert judgement to estimate the probabilities of such events. All these information sources were combined into a simulation of the Prince William Sound oil transportation system capable of evaluating the risk of oil spills. Some of the results of the risk assessment proved surp...Science picks -- leads, feeds and story seeds (February 2003)
...ing the acoustic devices and laser rangefinders to estimate the distance to shore, USGS hydrologic technicians can quickly and accurately gage the discharge of the stream and transmit the data to USGS computers that in turn provide real-time streamflow information ( http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt ) for man...Ozone may provide environmentally safe protection for grains
...nters for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts estimate that 5 percent to 10 percent of the world's food production is lost each year because of insects, and in some countries that figure is believed to be as high as 50 percent. In the latest study, Purdue researchers used ozone to treat rice, popcorn, so...Midwest wetlands almost gone but may still have most species
...s used their findings to extrapolate backwards and estimate how many crustacean species were there originally ...e water. Extrapolating backwards, the researchers estimate that there were as many as 85 crustacean species in Illinois' seasonal wetlands before they were dra...ARC, Varian, Inc. team up to improve water use in pulp and paper mills
...er, cheaper and more accurately," says Garver. "We estimate cost savings for a mill to be 50 per cent of their present costs, or approximately $250,000 per year." "Our relationship with ARC demonstrates that Varian, Inc. is committed to helping customers find innovative solutions that address rigorous and dem...Essay on genes and behavior prompts culture clash in academic journal
...ly to Hauser and Wrangham's question - why one can estimate heritabilities in corn and not people - is straigh...nd then do one-generation selection experiments to estimate heritabilities. And the results would be totally uninformative, since they would only speak to herit...Masatoshi Nei of Penn State honored in Japan with International Prize for Biology
...enetic distance, this measure makes it possible to estimate from the molecular data the origins of populations and the times of their divergence from common ancestors. Nei applied this technique to human populations and obtained the first evidence pointing to the African origins of modern humans. This paper...Rare Asian dolphin threatened by human activities
...ts of Fisheries and Forests, and Yangon University estimate that only a few tens of dolphins remain within the river. "The range of this dolphin has dramatically declined over the past century," said WCS researcher Brian Smith. "The decline in their range and the low numbers observed indicate that this popula...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2003
...ter, where researchers will use the information to estimate average speed and congestion along various portions of arterial roads and highways. Eventually, traffic reports could be posted on a Web site, broadcast on the radio or transmitted to roadside electronic signs. Partners in the project initiated by th...Study employs backyard scientists to document global warming impact
...r findings: In the temperate zone, the researchers estimate that, for species that have shown a change in timing, spring events are shifting about five days earlier every ten years. One team member, fisheries and wildlife postdoctoral researcher Kimberly Hall at Michigan State University, helped wrangle dat...