Clinton names a diverse group of researchers to receive the 2000 National Medals Of Science
...amics of galaxies and star clusters, including the existence of large quantities of dark matter. Medalist Gilbert F. White, a professor of geography at the University of Colorado, has had an impact on the nation's public policy for over five decades regarding uses of floodplains and non-structural approaches t...TSRI scientists clone gene that regulates circadian rhythms in plants
...pring. Scientists have provided evidence of the existence of internal clock mechanisms by placing organisms in isolation chambers where they are prevented from seeing day/night cycles and in spite of this, their rhythms recur approximately every 24 hours. In the current study, scientists in the Kay lab work...NYU announces establishment of a center for comparative functional genomics
...ains of vertebrate animals, including humans. The existence of this plant protein offersthe opportunity of isolating and testing new drugs that could aid in the treatment of neurological diseases, as well as developing new methods to improve growth of agriculturally important plants. The Center for Comparativ...Molecular structure suggests how a gene can "jump"
...ly fifty years after a landmark paper proposed the existence of what later came to be called jumping genes, scientists are getting their first clear snapshot of one caught in midair. In the July 7 issue of the journal Science, a University of Wisconsin-Madison team describes the 3-dimensional, atomic structure...Microbes on Earth may be key to identifying life on other planets
... in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. "The existence of life itself can change the physical and chemical attributes in an environment of deposition," said Bruce Fouke, a geologist at the University of Illinois. "By studying the effects of microbial metabolism on the chemistry of the water and on the w...Nearly identical controls of immune genes in mice and humans hint at new asthma treatment
...cells in vitro and in vivo. These data support the existence of conserved regulatory elements near the cytokine cluster itself that enables the activation and/or stable expression of the type 2 cytokine genes in a cell- and lineage-specific manner." The resulting transgenic mouse strains showed normal lymph s...Extinction-prone sunfish and suckers identified
...tion with the other extinction prone species. The existence of the "outlier" indicates to him that there could be an additional group of sunfish and suckers that are also extinction prone. Pyron's findings were detailed in the Journal of Biogeography last year. Data for the study were drawn from Page and B......by his group and by other researchers revealed the existence of two distinct receptors for Crh -- Crhr1 and Crhr2 -- in the pituitary and in other brain regions involved in emotional and autonomic functions, as well as in the periphery. "These two receptors had overlapping but clearly distinct anatomical patt...New link uncovered in nerve cell mechanism thought to power learning and memory
...ic strengthening, and another (the new link) whose existence is strongly implicated by the recent findings. The study is reported in today's issue of Science. One seat of learning and memory in the brain is a region deep within the cortex called the hippocampus. Malinow and his colleagues study how neurons in...New research proves fullerene can be cosmic carbon carriers
...erse. We need to figure out how to establish their existence and how to search for it." The research was supported by grants from the NASA Cosmochemistry and Exobiology Program....NC State scientists confirm second toxic pfiesteria species
...North Carolina State University have confirmed the existence of a second species of Pfiesteria, a toxic microbe linked to fish kills - and, in some cases, to human health problems - along the mid-Atlantic coast. Researchers from NC State's Aquatic Botany Laboratory will present their findings, including a des...'Biomedical switch' regulates how cells stick together and communicates
...tural and molecular diversity. They discovered the existence of two major types of adhesion: "focal contacts," located mainly at the cell periphery, which form tight adhesions and play an important role in cellular signaling, and "fibrillar adhesions," forming scattered connections, and found primarily around ...Droughts worse than the 1930's likely in the 21st century
...ndependent of human-induced global-warming. The existence of extreme, global climate changes provides a clue to the future, says Dr. Brian Cumming, a biologist with Queen's Paleoecological Environmental Assessment & Research Laboratory (PEARL). "Our research clearly indicates that we should be prepared for ...INEEL microbiologist joins Japanese on expedition to tap marine-methane deposits
...hat oil and gas companies have been aware of their existence for decades. Deep subsurface samples such as those collected on this expedition are very difficult and expensive to obtain and are a constant limiting factor in research. "The sampling process is one of the most important parts of this kind of res...Human breast cancer linked to infected mice, says study
...ent about our food supply, the authors state, "The existence ofregulatory food standards allowing up to two pellets of rodent excreta per pint of wheat confirm thepresence of mice in the modern human food chain." *As reported in 1986 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 76:611-619, Serologic Respon...National prize in neuroscience endowed by UNC professor
...ghly influential. He was the first to document the existence of nociceptors, sensory fibers specially activated by tissue damage and their relation to the sensation of pain. He continues to explore the biological bases of pain sensation. "The prize allows me to acknowledge the University for the opportunities...Human stem cell research leads Science's top ten list of the best scientific advances in 1999
... one crossing the face of its star, confirming the existence of exoplanets. The latest batch of exoplanets even contains worlds that orbit in the habitable zone of their parent stars, where liquid water and life could exist. While none of the planets discovered so far actually has what it takes to support life...Most highly endowed promotion prize for fourteen scientists and scholars
...bate on the protection of the natural bases of our existence are dominated by moral arguments. Here contributions to the academic discussion have centred on the practical implementation of law from standard order, i.e. "research into the effects of law". Jurisprudence has developed a series of novel instrument......m atoms in the mineral's crystal structure. The existence of the urea-hydrolyzing microbes suggests nature is willing to help the researchers with their plan. "For every sample of groundwater we tested, there was some hydrolysis of urea," Fujita said. "I think that's important because it shows this is a ver...