Largest grant ever to Indiana U fuels Genomics Initiative
...." IU President Myles Brand responded, "IU is very happy to partner with the Lilly Endowment to create the Indiana GenomicsInitiative. Through its approval of this funding, the Endowment clearly states its belief that IU is up to this challenge. Of course, Iheartily agree. INGEN will capitalize on the exce...Genomics research promises to make hogs less piggy
...ue's genome sequencing facility, says keeping hogs happy could increase their lean growth by as much as 25 percent. Allan Schinckel, professor of animal science and hog genetics, says scientists are well aware of the negative effects that aggressive behavior can have on hog production. "The more pigs you ...Card tricks and mathematics: Applying the magician's trade to numerical dilemmas
...may not be his ultimate motivation. ``I`m actually happy to just have a good card trick,`` he says with a smile....Stowaways from space provide link between impact, biggest extinction in Earth history
...volcanic activity, we do know that Earth was not a happy place. It may be that the combined effects of impact and volcanism are necessary to cause such a tremendous extinction." The evidence for the impact comes in the form of cosmic stowaways, helium and argon molecules formed elsewhere in the univers...More light makes redfish grown faster
... work we have done indicates that animals that are happy and healthy and are growing very actively have very high thyroid hormone levels," says MacKenzie. Although thyroid activity in mammals is quite high, the first scientists who measured thyroid hormones in fish found very little. So it initially was as...Small streams important in controlling nitrogen
...dle this problem; however, everybody was extremely happy when the addition (of N15) was over." Upon completion of the field work in 1998, a number of papers were published about each site, but it has taken since 1998 to synthesize the data from about 1,500 samples per stream for the 12 streams. "It is...Brain-development timeline for mammalian species
...nlay of Cornell's Department of Psychology. "We're happy that this model will improve estimation of the timing of milestones in brain development, particularly for humans," says Clancy, a postdoctoral associate in biopsychology. "This also should permit data on the well-studied rat to be applied to the re...Trouble in paradise? 'Natural' pest control requires careful planning, Science authors conclude
...nimals with native species doesnt always lead to a happy ending, especially in the tropical paradise of Kauai Island, Hawaii. Biocontrolthe introduction of real organisms to control pestscan lead to community-wide ecological harm if not planned carefully, researchers report 17 August 2001 in the internatio...NU scientist finds answers in Antarctic icefish
... afflicted with blood disorders to enjoy many more happy days in the sun.......percent, respectively). What makes life scientists happy on the job? Survey respondents crave intellectual challenge and the freedom to make their own decisions, the AAAS confirms: 79 percent rated intellectual challenge as "highly important," while 70 percent gave top marks to autonomy and flexibility in ...Researchers find gene for rare disorder that paralyzes children's legs
...e been looking for HSP genes since 1993, and we're happy to have found, at last, the first one for a childhood form of the disease. Now, the search continues for the rest." Mutations in the gene SPG3A, causing alterations in the newfound protein dubbed "atlastin" that it encodes, may be responsible for as ...APS awards more than $160,000 to minority students of physiology
...am heads of academic institutions. The Society is happy to have assisted in their success, he added. The program is designed to increase the participation of underrepresented minority students in the physiological sciences and to encourage their recruitment to responsible positions in academic instituti...Science reviewer calls anti-environmental book 'dangerous' and 'misguided'
"Don't worry, be happy about the environment"--a central theme of the popular book, The Skeptical Environmentalist-- is "dangerous" and "misguided," U.K.-based policy expert Michael Grubb contends in the 9 November issue of Science. Author Bjrn Lomborg's argument that "...Gene therapy and sickle cell disease: Religious perspectives
...ple who suffer from sickle cell disease are always happy to learn about research endeavors aimed at treating this genetic disorder. Thanks to the findings of genetic research on mice it is now conceivable that a possible therapy for this dreadful disease is on the horizon. Both sufferers and carriers deli...Seeing stars after LASIK? Study suggests certain pre-surgery factors may be to blame
...dure again were generally less happy with the outcomes than those who had the surgery o... redone were less likely to be happy with the results. The researchers sent questionnaires to 605 patients, asking i...EMBO gets US$ 2 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support young scientists
...ientists at the beginning of their careers. We are happy to be able to offer more financial support to Central European scientists through the collaboration with the HHMI."...The next generation of scientists recognized at Johns Hopkins
... wonderful new ideas are presented, and a sense of happy excitement surrounds it." The results of more than a few of the recognized projects have been or are about to be published in leading journals such as Cell, Science, Nature, The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. But while publication in...... is in treating pain properly," says Henry. He is happy though that more attention is being paid and hails the prospect of further research and coordination of efforts which are now underway at the University. "Its only appropriate," he says, "given that McGill has been at the forefront of pain research......t turns out that the antioxidant-rich tomato was a happy accident. Scientists at Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service were working to develop tomatoes for food processing that were of higher quality and would ripen later. They accomplished that, but in th...