Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
A quirky genius of the protein family has sprung another surprise on scientists, and its newest stunt has revealed that cholesterol, often villified for its role in heart disease, actually wears a white hat during the earliest stages of life. In this week's Science...Pacific Northwest developments earn spots in top 100 list
...d, "These awardsare both a tribute to the creative genius of the scientists and engineers at ournational labs that made these technologies possible and a recognition of thepractical contributions that the Department of Energy research makes to thecountry."...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $92 million in research support to U.S. medical schools
...ice president of grants and special programs, "The genius of this country's academic medicine has always been the integration of basic and clinical research, and these grants are making it possible for medical schools to continue to lead the way." The 22 public and 19 private medical schools that will re...New process makes genome sequencing more efficient
Sometimes the genius of a discovery lies in how its parts are put together. University of Georgia scientists have combined existing technologies in a unique way that could revolutionize genetic research, saving countless time and hundreds of millions of dollars. The disc...Lazy snakes! Pythons can be couch potatoes, too
San Diego, CA Comic strip genius Gary Larson, creator of "The Far Side," is noted for morphing animal scientific attributes into human behavior. Consider the sketch of a family of pythons laying about after Thanksgiving dinner. The snakes that consumed a mouse, some chicken, and g...Homeland security highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...nergy's Second Line of Defense program. Mozart - A genius at assessing your Web site - Based on new risks posed by adversaries seeking strategic information available on the Internet, government agencies and industry have been feverishly combing through their websites in search of sensitive information to r...Artificial intelligence, swimmer detectors, and blast resistant structures
...posite ship hulls will be funded. "This is the genius of collaboration," says Captain Jim Campbell, Commanding Officer of ONR's London office. "I like to call it 'Interconnected Global Support.' A world team of collaborators offers a tremendously enhanced potential for meeting the needs of our operation...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
...bsolutely knocked my socks off! Don't know who the genius was who knew exactly what middle-schoolers would be interested in while learning real science, but I am totally impressed! The content is superb and the graphics beyond belief." Scotchmoor and UC Berkeley integrative biology professors David Lindberg...