Circulation of 'disaster myths' in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies
...i, the risk that dead bodies pose to the public is extremely small', he adds. Morgan found that most of the victims usually die from trauma rather then 'epidemic-causing' infections. He says: 'In many natural disasters, the risk of epidemics is used to justify measures such as rapid mass burial. The result is...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
...hat were previously hypoxic - a technical term for extremely low dissolved oxygen concentrations in water - had...s before, the oxygen levels were recorded as being extremely low. The dead zone has been studied and tracked since it was discovered 20 years ago, DiMarco says. ...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...'m honoured to accept this prestigious award. It's extremely satisfying to gain the recognition of the wider scientific community for my group's research efforts. I'm also delighted to be the first Spanish scientist to receive this prize and as a female scientist, I hope my achievement will inspire other women...Researchers find color sensitive atomic switch in bacteria
HOUSTON (Sept. 30, 2004) -- Researchers using extremely high resolution imaging have found an atomic switch capable of discriminating color in a bacterial membrane protein. In a paper posted today on Science Express, the rapid advance publication page of Science, scientists from The University of Texas Me...Gene clusters predict atherosclerosis severity, susceptibility
... "After seeing the results of this study, I am extremely encouraged that at some point after further research we will be able to help fulfill the promise of personalized medicine," Goldschmidt. "This would not have been possible without the collaborations across this institution, as well as the support of ...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
... as the "genius award." "I'm very surprised and extremely honored," says DeRisi, who learned about the award with a single phone call from the MacArthur Foundation last Tuesday, Sept. 21. "I feel like I'm in pretty extraordinary company." Candidates are nominated for the award, evaluated and selected ......t dinosaurs prior to their extinction. The find is extremely rare since dinosaurs of this genus are not typically found in this southern region (similar specimens have been located in Montana and Canada). The find may also represent a new species or hold clues to migration patterns of these animals. Once ai...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...ed reptile species may explain the function of the extremely long neck for which some protorosaurs are known a... never been able to figure out the function of the extremely long neck that characterizes some species of this group, including Tanystropheus longobardicus, whic...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
...ffe-style neck comprised of a small number (12) of extremely elongated neck or cervical vertebrae, the new fossil's long neck contains 25 somewhat less elongated neck vertebrae. With relatively short and broad limbs containing few bones, Dinocephalosaurus, more than other protorosaurs, appears fully designed ...The book opens on the first tree genome
... Sandberg, and Fredrik Sterky. "The sequencing is extremely valuable because attributes found in the poplar model will also be applicable to other trees," added Don Riddle, Chief Scientific Officer of Genome British Columbia, on behalf of the four principal investigators of the Canadian component of the resea...Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
...been optimized by evolution, so a spinach plant is extremely efficient, churning out a lot of energy relative t...ency of 20 percent or more (which would provide an extremely efficient power source) by creating multiple layers of PSI or assembling them on rough surfaces or 3...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
...ms and mussels in deep-sea methane seeps that are extremely difficult to study. Such methane-fixing bacterial symbionts allow their host animals to feed off of the methane collected in seeps. "The methane-fixing symbionts are very important ecologically but we know little about how they work since they live ...Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen
...eployed in the past as a biological weapon, has an extremely regulated set of virulence genes and an unstable genome that may explain the bacterium's ability to thwart the immune responses of its host animals mainly horses, mules and donkeys. "The combination of virulence genes and genomic instability may ...Human chromosome 5 final sequence analysis released to public
...published in the Sept. 16 issue of Nature. "This extremely accurate sequence will be a powerful tool for scientists trying to understand human disease," said Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham. "I'm pleased that the Department of Energy, which launched the human genome project in the mid-1980s, could help ...First glimpse of DNA binding to viral enzyme
...nchrotron Light Source -- a facility that produces extremely bright beams of x-ray, infrared, and ultraviolet light at Brookhaven Lab -- Einstein's Sayan Gupta, the study's lead author, bombarded different solutions of the adenovirus protease and DNA with x-rays and characterized the changes that occurred on t...Gene expression in liver tumors and patient prognosis
...al. and points out that their work has produced an extremely large data set that is a valuable resource for many kinds of studies. "Lee et al. focused on unsupervised clustering and prognosis, but there are numerous other important questions that could be approached with further analysis of their co...Spontaneous mutation produces new MAO A/B knockout mouse
...ts littermates--it had a lower body weight and was extremely hyper-reactive when approached. Wanting to figure out why the mouse was different, the scientists decided to breed the mouse and examine its offspring. The scientists discovered that the mice not only had high levels of neurotransmitters broken dow...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
... mixed phase oil flow loop testing facilities, was extremely successful. The data was high quality and the sensors withstood oil well temperatures, which approach 200 C (about 400 F), pressures up to 20,000 pounds per square inch, and corrosive agents from water to sulfides and chlorides. "Sensors retrieved f...The birth of reproductive health: A difficult delivery
...hoice on abortion, contraception and sexual health extremely difficult." Dr. El Feki's article is published under an open access license--anyone, anywhere in the world is free to download, distribute, and reuse it freely as long as the article is properly cited. Citation: El Feki S (2004) The birth o......coma and in all cases it seems that our images are extremely successful in helping doctors detect and chart the condition. We're now at the stage of trialling this much more rigorously in a clinical setting but are very hopeful that this will be a promising new tool that will help doctors screen and monitor th...