Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...ightest young scientists in Canada and the federal government is a strong supporter of this effort, designed to ...ucational institutions, industry organizations and government agencies. More than 100 organizations are partners in this educational outreach initiative. ...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...e geographic areas and encourages the inclusion of government agencies and laboratories, industry and professional organizations. As the lead institution of the H-LSAMP consortium, UH will be allocated the highest share of the grant money. Sharing directorship responsibilities, John L. Bear, dean of th...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... Berkeley, has signed an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa. The agreement, announced today (Thursday, Sept. 30) in Apia, the capital of Samoa, suppor...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... Berkeley, has signed an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa. The agreement, announced today (Thursday, Sept. 30) in Apia, the capital of Samoa, suppor...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
... as the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as government policy makers, develop better systems for educating health professionals about newborn screening. We urge public and private entities to work together to strengthen newborn screening programs. This would include developing and validating met...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...he two-day session also includedrepresentatives of government and nonprofitfunding agencies as observers. Participants in the workshop agreed that improvingperformance demands a foundation of new scientificresearch. Research and potential reform areasidentified by the workshop panelists fallgenerally into fou...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...ides an excellent mix of science professionals and government agencies working toward furthering the environmental agenda relating to energy, nuclear and national security issues....New sign language suggests children create language's fundamentals through learning
...contact with each other, according to Senghas. The government expanded opportunities for special education with a new elementary school in Managua in 1977 and a vocational school in 1981. Approximately 50 deaf students enrolled the first year, and the number grew to over 200 by 1981. No one taught the children ...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
...a day, Guinasso explains, allowing researchers and government agencies to project accurately where a spill is headed. In all, nine buoys are used in the TABS project, stretching from near Sabine Pass on the upper Texas coast down to the border of Mexico near Brownsville, an area covering about 400 miles in leng...DuPont developing new protective suits for military, first responders
...edback from wearers has been positive. The U.S. government has awarded nearly $2.5 million to DuPont and its partners to assist in the development of this new technology. Prototype military garments were recently tested by the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center (Natick). Prototypes of firefighter turnout g...K-State's National Agricultural Biosecurity Center receives $1.3 Million from Department of Defense
...aid. "We will emphasize diseases identified by the government as zoonotic and/or ones particularly threatening to U.S. agriculture and its infrastructure. "Those include foot and mouth disease, avian influenza and exotic Newcastle disease," she said. Federal, state, non-profit and private industry groups will ...National Academies advisory: genome data and bioterrorism
...abases accessible by the Internet. Should the U.S. government restrict access to this data, given concerns that bioterrorists could potentially use it to engineer the deadly pathogens? Or is such access crucial to the work of researchers trying to find new defenses against the diseases? SEEKING SECURITY: PATHO...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
...al award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent careers. In February 1996, President Bill Clinton commissioned the National Science and Technology Council to create an award program that would "honor and support the extrao...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...s award, among a total of 57 recipients from eight government agencies. The award is given annually to honor and...ton and are the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers at the beginning of their independent careers....Rensselaer marks the opening of the center for biotechnology and interdisciplinary studies
...leaders in the sciences, engineering, business and government is rarely assembled in one place, and their participation is a testament to what the Rensselaer community has accomplished in a few short years," said Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. "By establishing the Center for Biotechnology and Interdi...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
... Davis said. "But at the time of the accident, our government and that of the former Soviet Union were not so friendly, so establishing connections through that route didn't work." But in 1990, an opportunity surfaced when a Russian helicopter pilot involved in the initial efforts to contain the Chernobyl radia...Other highlights in the September 1 JNCI
...commendations in four areas to provide physicians, government agencies, and educators with the information they need so they can provide the public with reliable advice on diet and exercise. Contact: Kristen Woodward, Fred Hutchinson Media Relations, 206-667-5095, kwoodwar@fhcrc.org Also in the S...Better living through urban ecology
...ngs will continue to be shared with the public and government agencies through the BES website, http://www.beslter.org ....Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...us in on the populations identified by the Federal government as species of concern, it rises to 23%." The study is the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of recreational saltwater fishing in the U.S. Using all available federal and state data, the authors formally compare commercial and recreational l...Washington University in St. Louis plays key role in sequencing moss genome
...e, with further funding expected from the Japanese government to Hasebe at the NIBB, which will enable the complete sequence determination of full length genes that are expressed, substantially accelerating the task of analyzing and annotating the full genome....