Undergraduate research experience advances education
... and new ways of looking at a problem. It was very hands on. You are under real pressure, but you have to keep working. The first day we actually got the computer to run the solution was a good day." Two students working with Marshall chemistry professor Michael Norton may expand Schreiber's project, she s...Researchers say US military accidentally introduced tree pathogen to Italian estate
...e nearly 15,000-acre estate has passed through the hands of various leaders in Italy's history. For centuries it was used as a hunting ground favored by the popes before becoming the exclusive property of the king by 1870. After World War II, when Italy voted to dissolve the monarchy to become a republic, ...Genetic basis of hereditary nerve disorder revealed
...Hallmarks of CMT include weakening of the feet and hands that gradually extends to the legs and arms. The only treatments now available to patients with the disease include physical therapy and moderate activity to maintain muscle strength. Patients often rely on leg braces and, in some cases, become wheel...Researchers awarded $2 million to create high-tech tools for fighting wildfires
...n to Palm Pilots and other wireless devices in the hands of frontline firefighters deciding how best to battle the blaze. With millions of dollars in property lost and millions of acres in the American West burned by devastating wildfires in recent years, researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver...Expression of Rb2/p130 and VEGF could serve as potential liver cancer prognosticators
...nd VEGF expression could be a powerful tool in the hands of physicians, helping them to determine how aggressive the cancer will be and thus to better tailor therapies for individuals. "The liver is very important because it is our body's filter," says Claudio. "There is still no real cure for hepatocell...After natural disasters, the risk of infection, epidemics from dead bodies is negligible
...is, using body bags and disposable gloves, washing hands after handling cadavers, and disinfecting stretchers and vehicles that have been used to transport bodies. Unjustified worries about the infectiousness of bodies can lead to the rapid, unplanned disposal of the dead, sometimes before proper identifi...Monkey business: Studies show tiny callimicos have unusual characteristics
...ils that extend another foot. Callimicos have big hands with claw-like nails and move about their habitat largely by leaping from one tree trunk to another or by walking on top of branches in a four-legged gait. A number of carnivores, including small wild cats, snakes, tayras (a weasel-like mammal), eag...Myths surrounding Cuyahoga River fire 35 years ago
...inued to dump waste into the waterway. Cleveland's hands had been tied where state laws overrode local authority and did not allow the city to take action against the polluters.The federal government had the River and Harbors Act of 1899 to grapple with pollution, but the general focus of the law was to ke...Dispute over life in Antarctic lake
...r to this until we have a whole lake sample in our hands for proper investigation." This could happen soon. A Russian team aims to break into the lake in the southern hemisphere summer of 2006-2007. Ignoring a proposal from an international panel to drill a new, cleaner hole through the ice and enter the ...Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
...ey have a broad chest, a muscular neck, and strong hands and feet. Short, thin, grey-black to brown-black hair covers their entire body, except the face. Many bear a distinctive ginger-colored crown. In comparison to mountain gorillas, western lowland gorillas have wider and larger skulls. They are charact...Rare childhood genetic syndrome identified
...rrhythmias, congenital heart abnormalities, webbed hands and feet, a weakened immune system, cognitive abnormalities, and, surprisingly, autism. The researchers have identified 17 children with the syndrome, seven of whom were living. Despite the complexity and severity of Timothy syndrome, the research......ac arrhythmia and a webbing, or syndactyly, of the hands and feet characteristics of what has now come to be called Timothy syndrome in honor of Katherine Timothy's long and distinguished career as a scientist investigating the causes of cardiac arrhythmias, said Keating. Timothy knew that Keating, wh...