Duke's Russian Laser Making Ultraviolet Light And Gamma Rays
...sity, where investigatorsexpect to harness it soon for medical research such as improved laser surgicalte...r wavelengths than theOK-4's standing world record for an FEL -- 240 nanometers, or billionthsof a meter Scientists hope to establish a new FEL record of ...Cornell Scientists Find Way To Boost Rice Crop Yield -- They'll Walk On The Wild Side
... the year 2030, the Cornell scientists are looking for ways to improve production of staple food crops. "We've been breeding rice for 70 years, with the same set of rice types," McCouch said. While examining wild rice, McCouch and her......, the scout would wave the food aloft in its mouth for all to smell. "The scouts rarely ate that first sa...nearly identical genes. Food recruitment is a way for individuals to enhance what evolutionary biologists call 'inclusive fitness.' " Apparently naked mol...Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...octoral candidate in zoology, who did the research for Cornell's New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. "The existence of ocean corridors for sea turtles is important to the development of effective international conservation strategies." The...Plants Have Future As Environmental Clean-Up Agents
...n K-State's expertisein the area of bioremediation for a solution. Drawing on work by both students and ...l," said Ann Feyerharm, special projects assistant for RileyCounty. "I never would have heard of it if it hadn't been for Dr.Erickson and Dr. Davis." Feye...KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
...believes that if countries realize they need trees for growth and survival, they can capitalize on native...e to grow palm trees in Minnesota." Another reason for wanting to restore the native species is that though tropical rain forests occupy less than 7 percen...... The study, in press in "Monographs of the Society for Research inChild Development," underscored the imp...4 months ofage should be checked by a pediatrician for a possible hearing impairment,he said. On average, children that age can say about 10 words butunde...Bacterial Protein Structure Hints At Mechanism Of A Class Of Premature Aging Diseases
...searcherssaid. They said the work has implications for human disease because RTPinteracts with a class of...tutes of Health. RTP has been known to exist for 20 years, but it wasn't until two yearsago that its structure was revealed by Bastia and White. "Thi...Researchers Develop Model Using Birds As Indicator Of Wetlands Health
...sked graduate student JamieColeman, who also works for MAI, a Loveland company under thedirection of UC a...el Miller. Birds turned out to be a good indicator for several reasons.Different species of birds prefer different environments. So ifyou find many water-l...Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
... University of Michigan, the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford, England, and the Institu...mber 5 issue of Nature. Both genes evaded scrutiny for years because neither was thought to be involved in the control of blood glucose levels. But two ove...Researcher Discovers Key Brain Center For Speech
...gue, larnyx andother intricate movements necessary for speech has been identified for thefirst time by a UC Davis researcher. In a study of 25 stroke patients, neuropsychologist Nina Dr...No Such Luck: Nitrogen From Air Pollution Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming
... and Minnesota's David Tilman report little reason for optimism about this problem. In studying the effects of experimentally added nitrogen on prairie grasslands, they found that while low rates of nitrogen deposition encouraged plant growth and high carbon storage in fields dominated by native "warm-s...Optical Microscopy Shines Light On Biology
...a liquid environment has been a goal of scientists for years. At the University of Kansas, Robert C. Dunn...ragility of biological samples have been a problem for near-field microscopy because of the way the probe is positioned. The new tip design avoids many of ...Siblicide In Nature: Study Of Galapagos Seabird Finds Death Can Ensure Species Survival
...f the Wake Forest faculty since 1992 and reviewer for the National Geographic Society, National Science ...oundation and several journals. "Parents that care for their kids raise the most kids and spread their genes most rapidly. However, in masked boobies and s...Fast Measurement Technique Reveals Early Steps In Protein Folding
...chemistry and a researcher at the BeckmanInstitute for Advanced Science and Technology. "We are able to w...s. "We can monitor the laser-induced fluorescence for up to 60,000 pulses,which corresponds to one millisecond," Gruebele said. "By studyinghow the fluore...Florida Company Using ORNL Technology For Revolutionary Wheelchair
...icles, made possible by developments atORNL, allow for total freedom of motion, meaning an operator can m...developed the mathematics andengineering necessary for the TransRovr's revolutionary maneuveringcharacteristics. Their patented invention consists of new a...Environmental Impact Statements Need To Be Made Easier To Decipher
...itial tests. "The results offer considerable hope for citizen involvement in theEIS process," Kuo said. "Although the original project descriptionyielded very little understanding, the two modifications had consistentlypositive and substantial effects on understanding."...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
Researchers have developed a sensor that, for the first time, can instantlydetect the presence o...ria. Contamination by this bacteriais responsible for recent illnesses and deaths in the United States involvingfruit drinks and fast-food hamburgers, a m...Scientists Identify Gene For Sexual Behavior In Male Flies
...yHall, Brandeis University) Geneticists have known for years that the gene, called fruitless and nicknam... "These findings on fru provide a starting point for a whole hostof other studies, to learn how sexual behavior and sexual orientationare specified by ge...Methane Deep In Ocean Crust Could Feed Chemical-Hungry Microorganisms
...tion, Kelley studies minuscule amounts of seawater for clues about what could be a major source of methan...ee has been thrust up to where humans can drill it for the first time and get samples that have not been affected or weathered by seawater or the atmospher...