Science, Amersham Biosciences announce call for applicants for 2002 Prize for young scientists
... graduate students from around the world and their exploration of molecular biology. "Along with Amersham Biosciences, Science is committed to supporting up-and-coming scientists," said Monica Bradford, Executive Editor of Science . "The future of molecular biology rests on the next generation of researchers,...Falklands penguins forage far enough from home to get into trouble
...s foraging for fish in that zone, where future oil exploration is possible. That was a surprise to many people, Boersma said, and it emphasizes how much isn't yet known about many species. "If we know more about other organisms and when they use particular areas and resources, then we can manage our own activiti...DuPont to launch soybeans into space
...ment of its kind, DuPont tomorrow will begin space exploration designed to discover new scientific research about...f Wisconsin-Madison -- to conduct an unprecedented exploration of soybean development by launching and growing soybean plants in space during NASAs space shuttle f...Three nations agree to share ice core thatmay yield clues about nature of Lake Vostok
...ctic programs. Plans for a future subglacial lake exploration and research are scheduled for discussion at an upcoming meeting in Shanghai, China in July. A four-person panel of researchers from the U.S., France and Russia is scheduled to discuss recent research conducted at Lake Vostok during a press conferenc...Bacteria point the way to gold deposits
...nd her collaborators had been working on microbial exploration in northwest Sichuan province, which is very famou...f the B. cereus-based assay is combined with other exploration methods. Experiments on the interaction between B. cereus and gold ion showed that low concentratio...University of Southern Mississippi's 'safari' targets baby bluefin tuna
... potential habitat for the bluefin larvae. Through exploration using remotely operated vehicles, video, divers, and a variety of sampling gear in a related study supported by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the team has already collected more than 8,700 fish representing at least 90 different spe...Sea Grant News: Caulerpa, DNA water quality detectives, Kayaking in Maine
...n a five-month, 1,000-mile ecological and cultural exploration of the Gulf of Maine. The team, led by Maine Sea Grant Extension Agent Natalie Springuel, aims to help people understand what the Gulf of Maine is, its oceanography, its shoreline, its watersheds, its habitats, its natural history, its people and pl...New post-genomic technique chronicles protein life cycles
...py, which doesnt provide enough power to allow the exploration of fine structural details of macromolecular structures. These older techniques are not transferable to electron microscopic evaluation, which is 1,000 to 10,000 times more powerful than the light microscope, and is able to locate the precise positi...Scientists devise new 'gene silencing' strategy: Genome, biomedical research expected to flourish
...nd efficiently. The new technique should speed the exploration of gene function for many research and clinical applications, and may eventually be used in gene therapy to selectively kill cancer cells, to block HIV infection, and for several other purposes (for figure, see accompanying PDF). "There hasn't been a...Smithsonian calls for renewed international cooperation in sharing biodiversity information
...ithsonian botanist who devoted his career to plant exploration in tropical South America. The 2002 recipient is Dr. P. Barry Tomlinson of Harvard University who will be honored for his work on tropical palms, trees and mangroves. The 2002 Smithsonian Botanical Symposium is sponsored by the National Museum ...Researchers describe overall water balance in subglacial Lake Vostok
...e itself. Our study is a critical step in the exploration of Lake Vostok, Bell said. These frozen lake water samples will record the passage of the ice sheet and the processes across the lake.The data show that the location of the current research station on the lake may not be optimal for biological studi...New high-tech center aids medicine, energy, environmental research
...biomedical research, and the development of energy exploration technologies. More than $22 million in research funding is associated with programs, institutes and centers supported by the Texas Learning and Computation Center, or TLC2. Area lawmakers, led by U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land and Texas Sen. Rodne...... and a secure environment that allowed for endless exploration of the neighborhood. How times and things have changed. Today, more than 100 stations are available today for TVs with cable and the bat and glove have been replaced by Game Boys and action-figure software. For many parents single and otherwise e...What remains to be discovered in Central American forests
... serve as a strategic planning document for forest exploration and conservation, and will motivate professional biologists, young people and students to explore the still mysterious forests of Central America....Distributed energy conference to explore the latest power alternatives
...ells, micro-turbines and renewable energy sources; exploration of current distributed generation (DG) issues including grid connectivity, integration of DG into the built environment and our current central generation infrastructure; and the environmental impacts, regulatory influences and market perception of t......piration to help build miniature robots for NASA's exploration of Mars. Platoons of robo-yabbies could soon explore the red planet searching for water or conducting chemical analysis of the atmosphere and the planet's crust - tasks that are currently impractical for humans. University of Melbourne zoologist, Pro...Microbe genes help scientists reconstruct animal origins
... for common genetic themes. Undertaking a similar exploration in choanoflagellates, Carroll and his colleague, Nicole King, also of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UW-Madison, discovered a signaling gene in a choanoflagellate that, until now, was known only in animals. "To build a multicellular organis......plosions under water. Commercial shipping, seismic exploration for oil, and scientific experiments that use sound to measure ocean temperature add to the cacophony (New Scientist, 1 March 1997, p 30). Biologists have long suspected that noise pollution is disrupting the hearing and behaviour of these inhabitan...Water, sediments in ice-bound antarctic lakes may harbor unique microorganisms, ecosystems
... an NSF committee to study the possible scientific exploration of the lakes. Karl Erb, who heads the U.S. Antarc...discuss whether and how to proceed with scientific exploration will need to explore how advanced technologies, including technologies that may as yet not be develo......tep for other types of research. Hedges says this exploration and discovery of new species also is critical for protecting biodiversity. "It is difficult to protect a species when you don't know it exists," he says....