Botanists discover new conifer species in Vietnam
...e finding life on another planet to imagine making extraordinary discoveries; the fact is, most of the species living on our own planet are still unknown," says Norman Platnick, program director in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) division of environmental biology, which funded the research. "That kind of ...Doubt cast on theory of tropical forest diversity
...a popular theory of why tropical forests show such extraordinary diversity of tree species. Their findings that, as in the tropics, natural enemies play a role in promoting diversity in temperate forests, suggest that ecologists will need to explore other underlying reasons why tropical forests have many more tre...New UNC study reveals screening tests can boost early discovery of AIDS virus
... reason this wasn't done before was that there are extraordinary difficulties in doing this kind of collaborative research effort in clinical public health settings," the physician said. "That we were able to do it is a credit not only to the UNC faculty and staff involved, but also to the people at the state's de...Corroding plumbing materials producing environmental problems
...ry fast rate. This deterioration is producing some extraordinary costs and environmental problems to consumers and to industry. To address the resulting health concerns, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a group of researchers at Virginia Tech a first-of-its-kind grant under the new Biocomplexity ...Los Alamos researchers recommend AIDS vaccine strategies
... and subtypes, among other information. HIV has an extraordinary knack for rapidly changing, making it difficult to control. HIV evolves even within a single individual to become a genetically diverse set of viruses. Because of this genetic variability, development of a vaccine that will attack common vulnerabilit......ar to an established ecologist in the middle of an extraordinary career, the MacArthur Award recognizes contributions in ecology and expectations of continued outstanding ecological research. The Award for 2002 will be presented to James H. Brown of the University of Arizona. His work on desert rodent communitie...Ecology and conservation of fragmented tropical forests
... tropical forests are not only being cleared at an extraordinary rate, they are also increasingly being divided into fragments that can rapidly lose their original rich biodiversity. At the 2002 meetings of the Association for Tropical Biology, hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama, ...NHGRI funds two new centers of excellence in genomic science
...e Research Institute. "The institute fosters these extraordinary collaborations because we believe they will produce important and surprising insights into genomics." NHGRI awarded the first three CEGS grants in the fall of 2001, two to the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash., and a third to Yale Universit...National Institutes of Health awards $15.5 million grant to independent biology lab
...enome Research Institute. "The NHGRI fosters these extraordinary collaborations because we believe they will produce important but unpredictable insights into genomics." The grant supports MSI's Alpha Project, an ambitious effort to examine communication within cells and to develop computer models that accurate...Scientists discover chemical switch that determines muscle fiber type
...ed mitochondria that give slow-twitch fibers their extraordinary endurance. At the same time, the process turned on by PGC-1 produces proteins such as myoglobin that slow-twitch muscles require. Spiegelman, Jiandie Lin, PhD, the paper's first author, and their colleagues created transgenic mice that carried the PG...A unique hemoglobin may help the baby kangaroo's journey to the mothers pouch
...cules. Earlier work by the same team identified an extraordinary globin chain that is present in only small concentrations but is produced just around the time of birth. Its amino acid sequence has been shown to be more similar to bird and reptile globins than to any mammalian globin. Phylogenetic studies have sho...NASA turns to universities for research in space-age materials
...ate its findings into new materials that mimic the extraordinary structural and self-repairing properties of biological substances such as bone or sea shells. These biologically inspired materials could adapt to changing conditions and are expected to help make airplanes and spacecraft lighter, stronger and more r...UNC, other universities will help NASA develop space-age materials
...ate its findings into new materials that mimic the extraordinary structural and self-repairing properties of such substances as bone or seashells, Samulski said. These biologically inspired materials could adapt to changing conditions and are expected to help make air- and spacecraft lighter, stronger and more rel...'OptIPuter' design for data-intensive computer wins $13.5 million NSF award
...ise. "The OptIPuter project has the potential for extraordinary innovations in both computing and networking, and we are pleased to be a part of this team of highly qualified and experienced researchers," said Richard S. Wolff, Vice President of Applied Research at Telcordia. Further, the San Diego Telecom Counc...Parasite, mosquito genomes complete malaria picture
...IAID). "NIAID is proud to have contributed to this extraordinary scientific achievement, which will speed efforts to investigate and develop control strategies for this devastating disease." The medical, social and economic ravages of malaria are most keenly felt in Africa, where 90 percent of the up to 2.7 milli...Kurt Wthrich of The Scripps Research Institute wins 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
...rch," Lerner says. "The prizes also underscore the extraordinary quality of the TSRI structural biology and chemistry programs." Wthrich, who currently operates a laboratory at TSRI and is scheduled to become a full-time faculty member in 2004, was awarded half this year's prize in chemistry specifically "for his ...Field Museum plays key role in massive project to map Tree of Life
... most ecosystems. They have been the subject of an extraordinary number and diversity of scientific studies that figure largely in our understanding of the natural world and humanity's place in it. "Birds' position high in many food chains, together with their great mobility, makes them sensitive indicators of e...Rutgers-led consortium awarded $6.5 million by NIH for genomic research
...this major scientific research project affirms the extraordinary expertise and accomplishments of our faculty." "The completion of the Human Genome Project was not the end of something it was just the beginning, and this is the next big step," said Gaetano Montelione, a resident faculty member of the Center fo...2002 Canon National Parks Science Scholars named by U.S. National Park Service and AAAS
...ience for effective park management, and parks are extraordinary places for research in many scientific disciplines," notes Gary Machlis, NPS visiting senior scientist and coordinator of the scholarship program. "Canon U.S.A., Inc. is to be congratulated for the legacy that is being built with their generous suppo...UCSD research findings for human vs. mouse genome rearrangements
...ining moment for biomedical research." "This is an extraordinary milestone. For the first time we have an opportunity to see ourselves in an evolutionary mirror," said Eric Lander, Ph.D., Director of the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research. "The mouse genome represents a very important chapter in evolution's ...