Stone tools reveal ancient seafood diet
...ch team hopes its discovery will encourage further exploration of African coastal sites for evidence of human activity. Their paper was published in the journal Nature in May....Researchers find key to spurring methane conversion
...f the journal Nature, could change the way the oil exploration industry operates. The research is funded by the N... of methane will be located. This should make oil exploration a bit safer."...UNC-CH bus brings mobile lab, high-tech science focus to underserved N.C. schools
...equipment for wet laboratory experiments, Internet exploration and carefully honed curriculum materials. The bus will begin its treks across the state in the coming weeks in a project that is among the first of its kind nationwide. The science bus grew from the work of the Partnership for Minority Advancement i...INEEL microbiologist joins Japanese on expedition to tap marine-methane deposits
... (MITI) to increase Japanese expertise in the fuel exploration arena and to contribute to the assessment of Japanese fuel resources. "It's was exciting to be in such a focused group of scientists like that. This is their life. The discussions in the small hours of the night, the back of the envelope calculatio...The future of the world with materials science and engineering
...tation of nanotechnology is just beginning." Space exploration will be taken to new heights thanks to the novel materials and manufacturing processes being developed as part of the space programme. "Through the introduction of new materials technology we are progressing towards the goals of lighter, cheaper and......e possible utility of extremophiles to serve human exploration to inhospitable locations. Humble origins Richmond and his colleagues see D. radiodurans as playing the part of possible Martian microbes in simulations to help direct the search for life on Mars. Next, it could be genetically altered to produce...Children and environmental toxics: special symposium at New Orleans scientific meeting
...e environment - arelatively new area of scientific exploration - is the focus of a specialthree-day symposium here Aug. 22-24 during the national meeting of the AmericanChemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Leaders in the fieldof children's health and risk assessment will discuss how youngst...Team of 200 scientists presents new research that reveals full 'tree of life' for plants
...ed mankind'spreconceptions of space and led to the exploration of the cosmos. Similarly, theresearch team's findings could shatter some preconceptions about life here onEarth by proving that all the familiar biodiversity (including humans, alongwith the other animals and plants), are only one "tiny twig" on the ...INEEL launches comprehensive vadose zone management program
...S. Geological Survey, industryand natural resource exploration companies. The INEEL has been involved in subsurface science and vadose zone investigationssince 1948, and is already recognized as a leader in vadose zone research withinthe DOE complex of national laboratories. This recognition is due, in part, ...Ice-covered antarctic lake may harbor unknown life
...scuss the scientific objectives ofsub-glacial lake exploration and will examine the logistical and engineeringreq...l assess the risk of contamination posed byvarious exploration techniques and will consider a schedule for accomplishingthe scientific goal of exploring the lake....Common genes form new family tree for animals
...ad author of thereport. The new study was based on exploration of so-called Hox genes in three distinctkinds of animals: an unsegmented marine worm related to insects, an unusualmarine animal called a lamp shell, and a segmented worm related to earthwormsand leeches. Hox genes comprise part of a toolbox that is ...Symposium Probes Impact Of Toxins On Development
...:15 p.m. Thursday, June3, about topobiology, or an exploration of why genes are expressed in someplaces but not in others. Kathy Sulik, a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, willspeak at 8:45 a.m. Friday on "Birth Defects Research: A Path to Prevention." Shewill begin a morning of researc...NSF-Supported New Scientists And Engineers Receive Presidential Award
...th A. Lada, Univ. of Florida. For ground-breaking exploration anddocumentation of star forming histories of stellar clusters, development ofundergraduate and graduate courses, and outreach to high school girls. Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Nalini Ambody, Harvard Univ. For fundamental contribution...Gap Widening Between Genetic And Behavioral Research
...asm is developing between genetic research and the exploration ofbehavioral and social influences on health, warns the National Institutes ofHealth's leading voice for behavioral and social science research. One of the worst consequences of the divide between biology andbehavioral sciences is a widesprea...Cedars-Sinai Scientist Finds Malignancy Gene In Tumor Cells
...ts with advancedcirrhosis or liver cancer. Further exploration led to the conclusion that it wasa gene associated with malignancy. In her paper, Dr. Ljubimova wrote,"Analysis of 30 liver and five brain disease cases for MAG expression hasindicated its potential importance in liver and brain neoplasia. The abse...NASA Using Space Incubator To Understand Breast Cancer
...iven by damage caused by ionizing radiation. Space exploration will involve slightly increased exposures of crew ...d about ionizing radiation, an issue for the human exploration and development of space environment. Ionizing radiation actually has two components, photons - u......cussed how to use materials in space to make space exploration safer. The problem is not new. As early as 1952, Dr. Wernher von Braun and other space visionaries suggested using lunar soil to protect a manned expedition from space radiation and meteors. But how much is enough? And what do you use for prote...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Trains Displaced Fishermen And Women In New Careers As Aquafarmers
... research and education facilities dedicatedto the exploration of the world's oceans. HBOI is comprised of seven divisionsthat include: aquaculture; biomedical marine research; engineering R&D;environmental analysis and testing; marine operations technology; basic marineresearch and marine education....New Dating Technique May Revise Geologic Time Scale
... This new knowledge has applications in the oil exploration industrysince the sea level conditions for forming glaucony are similar to thoserequired for the growth of the organisms that eventually turn to oil. Evensen and Smith worked on the study with lead investigator Derek Yorkof U of T's physics d......like scientists, caught up in thepossibilities for exploration waiting right outside the front door. And he pulls off this bit of enchantment with insects -- "bugs" to most of us. "The insects are the stars as far as I'm concerned," said Alcock. "Their lives are so rich and yetthey are so utterly ign...