New Method For Destroying Potentially Deadly Toxins In Drinking Water
...ght State University in Dayton, Ohio, and aleading expert on the subject of toxic cyanobacteria. However, he adds, "arecentstudy of municipal water supplies in the U.S. and Canada found a few cases wheremicrocystin levels were higher than guidelines established by the World HealthOrganization." One part p...A Disease Last Seen In The 1950's Has Struck Again
...e symptoms are showingup in the Amazon. Harada, an expert on the disease who works near Minamata,examined 50 people from 10 villages around San Luis do Tapaj's who had highlevels of methyl mercury in their bodies. He found three with nervous symptomspeculiar to Minamata disease, including fits of trembling....A Fresh Look At Love And War Between The Sexes
...ast and as often as possible, according to Low, an expert inevolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. "But having little bitty gametesonly helps if the gametes-carrier gets around and takes some risks," she says. "There's no advantage to sitting back and acting sweet and shy." Males tend to be mating sp...Harbor Branch Web Developers Bring Adventures @Sea To Every Desktop
.... Gruber off the coast ofBrazil. Mark Carroll, an expert scuba diver with degrees in marine biology andphotojournalism will be the correspondent for the shark mission, and plans tocapture the action with an underwater digital video system. Daily dispatcheswill be sent by satellite to Harbor Branch, where t...Mojave Desert Is Subject Of Las Vegas Science Meeting
... guest speaker USGS scientist Robert Webb, an expert on the response of desert plant communities to disturbance. Presentation subjects include changing landforms, soil crusts, global climate change, desert tortoise research and monitoring, bighorn sheep and burros, special-status plants,...Secrecy In Science Focus Of AAAS-MIT Colloquium
...iation experiments. Ronald Rivest, a cryptography expert at MIT, and ScottMcIntosh, an official from the U.S. Department of Justice will offer differingviews on the government's regulation of cryptography, an issue that is currentlybeing litigated in three federal district courts. Founded in 1848, AAAS re...Controlling Problem Snakes: Saipan Benefits From USGS Research
...rdon Rodda, lead editor forthe book and a renowned expert on brown tree snake biology and management. "Thisbook provides researchers and managers with guidance on managing these speciesbased on the latest ecological, behavioral, and control technology information." On Saipan, the USGS recently launched a m...Residential Dust Control Fails To Reduce Blood Lead Levels In Children
...children. Dr. Lanphear is a nationally recognized expert onresidential lead exposure. He recently published an article in the journalScience criticizing federal policy regarding lead exposure and children'shealth....Montana Scientist Returns From Dinosaur Nesting Site In Patagonia
...g just fell over and died," she said. An expert on egg shells, Jackson first became involved with the projectlast year. The expedition's leader, Luis Chiappe of the Los Angeles Museum ofNatural History, asked her to do the research that ultimately proved the eggsbelonged to dinosaurs rather than t...Autoimmune Diseases May Be Triggered By Cells From Your Mother
...ntpiece of the puzzle," she says. Antony Rosen, an expert on autoimmunity at JohnsHopkins University in Baltimore, says: "It's at that stage where the hypothesisis reasonable and the preliminary data are supportive. But you can't getunequivocal data in a minute." Carol Artlett of Thomas Jefferson Un...The Liver's Secret Of Regeneration
...ert of the University of California, San Diego, an expert on liverregeneration. "It's an interesting finding." The Pittsburgh researchers hope that bone marrow stem cells could beused to grow new liver tissue for patients with cirrhosis. Many groups worldwideare already trying to do this using cult......n the areas of infectious diseases or An expert panel will help HHMI evaluate the nominees. The scientistswill be assessed on the basis of their research accomplishments, their potentialfor making significant contributions, and the scientific merit and potentialbenefit of their proposed research. ...UC Berkeley Conference On Population Growth And The Environment
...ronmental awards. Cohen is a renowned populations expert who has made majorcontributions to demographic methodology and statistical ecology. In hisconference presentation, he will discuss how human population, the environmentand culture interact. Also speaking will be faculty from UC Berkeley's Collegeof...Unprecedented View Of RNA Structure Captured
... the rigors of analysis--in this case,conducted by expert crystallographers in a neighboring biophysics lab. When data analysis finally produced the images, showing details of RNA buildingblocks neatly arranged in a compact structure, the scientists were awed. Withinthe intricate RNA folds, they discovered...NIAID launches major step in trial of experimental shingles vaccine
...nell, an internationally renowned pediatrician and expert on thechickenpox virus, will officially open the trial by rolling up his sleeve tobecome the first person to be immunized with the experimental vaccine. TheNIAID study will test a more potent version of the vaccine used to immunizechildren against t...Fighting skin cancers with computers and technology
...Surgery Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, is an expert in this procedure, which has the highest cure rate (97%)for non-melanoma skin cancer. This technique, performed in an outpatientsetting, allows the surgeon to remove tissue and assess it immediately, layer bylayer, a procedure that is exquisitely pr...UT Southwestern researcher finds genetic cause for Gulf War syndrome
...rofessor of pharmacology and anesthesiology, is an expert on thegenetics of enzymes that destroy chemical toxins, including the PON family ofenzymes. Billecke performed the laboratory work. The Department of Defense and the Perot Foundation provided funding for thestudy....Science panel endorses new non-animal test to see if chemicals will burn, corrode skin and eyes
... Society of Toxicology. This is the second expert panel to be convened by ICCVAM for the reviewof a new toxicological test method. The first review resulted in the validationof a test called the Murine Local Lymph Node Assay that uses one-third toone-half fewer animals to determine the potential of ......nimal." Prosperetti, an internationally respected expert on the physics of bubbles,worked with two other Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering researchers in his lab, Hasan Oguz and He Yuan, to design,build and test a prototype bubble-based pump. They presented their results atrecent conferences sponsored b...... platelet growth outsideof the body. Bartelmez, an expert on stem cells, looked at the cultures and sawcells that looked like blood stem cells flourishing after several months in theVA laboratory. "I looked at this culture, and I just about fell over. It was totally unheardof," Bartelmez says. The ...