Experts say independent scientific panels useful in advising judges in complex cases
...nt challenges when trying to unravel testimony of expert witnesses in courtroom trials. Highly paid consult... three wrote. "Although cross-examination of expert witnesses with the intention of diminishing their credibility is a standard part of the adversarial......raits, like fingerprints," said Dr. Shusterman, an expert in computer technologies and cardiovascular physiology. "The computer system we developed captures these subtle changes in the heart rate pattern." To develop the program, Dr. Shusterman and colleagues examined EKGs taken from ambulatory heart moni...Sen. Robb joins top federal scientists on Earth Day visit to urban natural oasis
...the parks parking lot and visitors center. A USGS expert in invasive exotic species will be on hand to provide information on the subject. Afterwards, reporters may be invited to tour the vast wetlands park with the officials. Asiatic Bittersweet is a woody plant that takes over and eventually destroys nat...Scientists discover 66-million-year-old dinosaur with a heart
...e and environmental toxicology at NC State, and an expert on the comparative anatomy of mammals, reptiles and birds. Working with Russell and Stoskopf, imaging specialists at NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine created enhanced 3-D composite images of Willo's thoracic cavity from a series of two-dim...Northwestern researchers clone gene responsible for inner ear motor
...als science and engineering at Northwestern and an expert in nanotechnology, electron microscopy and atomic structures. "One can envisage creating hybrid structures using this protein in artificial membranes that are part of Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS), for instance biological pumps that might be...Genes for unusual flower within a flower are identified by UCSD scientists
...e function to be revealed," says Detlef Weigel, an expert on flower development who is an associate professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. "This paper will make it into the textbooks." Botanists proposed hundreds of years ago that the sepal, petal, stamen and carpel organs that make up a ...AIDS prevention researchers to gain premier online info-exchange forum
...ith support from Virginia-based telecommunications expert John Evans. A variety of funding structures, including subscriptions, are being evaluated, Rubinstein says....Researchers decipher chemical 'cross talk' that determines survival of immunecells
...of senior author Keith Yamamoto. Yamamoto is an expert on glucocorticoid receptors, proteins that bind the glucocorticoid hormone and directly regulate genes involved in a large number of vital functions such as the control of blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and control of T-cell fate. Because sign...Journalists will get latest information at Addiction Studies Institute
...um for journalists and scientists and a listing of expert sources and how to contact them....University of Florida scientist maps brain reactions to food
...slower and weaker, he said. Anthony Comuzzie, an expert studying the genetics of obesity at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, a non-profit scientific institution in San Antonio, said the study's findings are an exciting advance. The work provides a unique set of new observable characteri...Ancient math refines theories of evolution
...ry biology at the University of Connecticut and an expert at inferring evolutionary trees from DNA sequences. "This means that determining an evolutionary tree will be less biased by one particular estimate. The investigators of this study continue to be pioneers in this field." The mathematician to whom Hu...Intriguing archaeological sites, isolated lake targets of Kuril Expedition
...ere are 200 spiders, for example, that the group's expert on Pacific Rim spiders is unable to name....UI researcher validates underpinnings of scientific theory
...question by comparing their own database, based on expert taxonomic knowledge of fossil trilobites (extinct marine arthropods), to an equivalent portion of a well-respected, library-based database (the late J.John Sepkoski's widely used global genus database). They found that upwards of 70 percent of the e...Brain contains cocaine-like chemical
...Vechia, and Richard G. Hunter. A nationally-known expert on the biological underpinnings of drug addiction, Kuhar has also been instrumental in the development of a new class of cocaine analogues called phenyltropanes. Kuhar's colleague at Yerkes, Dr. Leonard Howell, is currently testing the compounds as p...UF researcher: gene therapy effective in animal studies of Parkinson's disease
...ists included internationally renowned Parkinson's expert Anders Bjrklund, a pioneer of the experimental treatment involving the transplantation of fetal cells into the brains of Parkinson's patients, and Deniz Kirik, a physician pursuing his doctoral degree in the laboratory. The researchers inserted co...Canadian scientists find potent antifreeze protein that equips insects to brave winter
... the research team include Dr. Virginia Walker, an expert in the molecular biology of insect development, an...Dr. Brian Sykes from the University of Alberta, an expert in structural biology and nuclear magnetic resonance. Antifreeze proteins are found in some fish,...Rickets making comeback among breastfed infants, especially blacks, N.C. doctors find
... professor emeritus of pediatrics at UNC-CH and an expert on the illness. "The only cases of rickets I treated between 1965 and about 1990 were inherited ones. Then, to my surprise, nutritional rickets began showing up in our clinic in the early 1990s." Kirkman checked with his counterpart at Wake Forest U...Rice research another step forward for green revolution
... rice varieties. In the United States, Mundt is an expert on fungal diseases of crops. He has had considerable success mixing different types of wheat and barley varieties to reduce plant disease problems in those crops. When he spoke about these approaches to some crop science experts in China, they became...More than 300 regularly prescribed medicines can damage the lungs
...w taking on alarming proportions", the French lung expert added. Judging by the 4200 bibliographical references collected by the Dijon team, there are no less 50 different lung diseases and syndromes (ranging from simple coughs and breathlessness to pleurisies and even acute respiratory failures) that seem ......companion animals. She is a nationally recognized expert in pet behavior and nutrition, and also is the author of "The Dog: Its Behavior, Nutrition and Health," published in 1999. The new Mosby book is organized into six sections: nutrient requirements of dogs and cats; pet-food production and selection;...