Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...es F&ES and the School of Law. About 250 people have been involved in preliminary meetings in preparati...rch for new tools and strategies. Yale professors have played a prominent role in the project, both as leaders and participants. In addition to Dean Cohon...Asian Beetle, New In This Country, Threatens Brooklyn's Shade Trees
...'t grow in Brooklyn. Cornell University scientists have confirmed what they believe is the first known inf...te and assistant curator in entomology. It did not have a ticket to ride. "I don't know how it got here from Asia," Hoebeke said. "As if the trees in an u...Study Shows Songbirds Switch From Bugs To Berries To Fuel Fall Migration
...th northern breeding and tropicalwintering habitat have been considered the most likely explanations. However,the Brown study suggests important aspects of the birds' migration biology mayhave been overlooked. "Many of these migrant birds behave very differently during migrationcompared to the summer bre...Human-Like Ability, Categorical Perception, Found In Insects
...ets -- and probably many other types of animals -- have found a simple way to build a system that responds...originally developed for human infants. "Crickets have to make a yes-or-no decision in a hurry, and ones that waffle become bat bait." For a cricket flyin...Newly Discovered Bacteria Produce Magnetic Material
...eavy metals from contaminated soils andgroundwater have been discovered by microbiologists from the Depart...ille Triassic Rift Basin near Fredericksburg, Va., have aninteresting capability. They produce magnetic material. We isolatedmicron-sized bacteria and found...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...band-and-wife team of Charlie Welch andAndrea Katz have worked to develop the Ivoloina Zoological Park int...iet, and the Duke primatologists believe that they have developedenough information about the sifaka's low-calcium diet of leaves to bringmore animals into ...Harvard, Duke Researchers Discover 'Off-switch' Inside Human Cells
...and the Duke UniversityComprehensive Cancer Center have discovered evidence for a new kind of "off-switch"...ll other ways toturn off this process in the past, have been drug molecules that acted onthe cell-surface receptor." However, said Casey, such drugs may ber...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...ahogany trees in natural settings, Snooks'sstudies have shown that that mahogany seeds must land upon temp...tations. But mahogany plantations in the Americas have not lived up to expectations,she said, mainly because of the shootborer caterpillars that thrive all...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
Scientists will soon have access to the first complete genome sequence of a ...y (DOE), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), have funded three groups of researchers to begin systematic large-scale genome sequencing of a plant name......rchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center have correlated the simple notes and more complex passa...rt Yu, M.D., a graduate student in neurobiology , have provided the most detailed look yet at how the brain controls singing in the zebra finch, which Marg...PET Project Helps Reduce Pollution Threat From Heavy Metals
...he University of Cincinnati College of Engineering have designed a new system to trapdangerous pollutants in highway stormwater runoff. The system isbeing field tested this fall along the second busiest stretch ofinterstate in Ohio. Doctoral candidate John Sansalone developed the new system.Sansalone's ad...Discovery Of Cell Sites May Shed Light On How Bodily Systems Interact
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have located -- and produced a vivid pictureof -- speci...th-hormone synthesizingcells in the pituitary also have the eyes that can sense the presence ofdisease-causing bacterium." When a bacterium enters the body...Component In Soy Products May Be Substitute For Estrogen Treatment
...e weak estrogen-like compounds that are thought to have effects onbone and cholesterol metabolism. They also are believed to play a role inlow breast-cancer rates among women in Southeast Asia where soy proteinis regularly consumed. "Although this is a relatively short-term study for evaluating changesin...Researchers Identify A New Cellular Structure: The "Dumposome"
...a of selective DNA removal is not new: Researchers have observed it in many organisms, including worms,ins...mposome is the first cellular component biologists have implicated in DNA elimination. Scientists had expected thatthe process would involve genetic markers...Green Glow: Not Only For Halloween
...low green. Now, molecular and cellular biologists have turned this marvel into a powerful research tool u...Tsien of the University of California at San Diego have determined the structure of an altered form of the protein and revealed the source of the green glow...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...difficult and time-consuming that many researchers have simply given up on it. But comprehending the prop...s. Now, biophysicists at the University at Buffalo have developed software programs that can perform ion-channel analysis with remarkable efficiency and spe...Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
...ientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have identified a human gene that arrests cell division... unstable breast, ovarian, and prostate tumors may have defects in the gene, known as MAD2. The new discovery may open the door to finding more effective wa...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
... cholesterol to facilitate their work. Researchers have long known that completely suppressing cholesterol...er structures. In recent years, Hopkins scientists have discovered that hedgehog proteins split in two to activate. During the split, the activated form of...Researchers Find Genetic Clues To Intestinal Disease
...ently published studies, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that an intestinal disease affecting 400,000...or of medicine and gastroenterology. The findings have prompted Bayless and his co-worker, Steven Brant, M.D., toencourage people with a family history of ...Gene Discovery Could Overcome Aluminum Barrier To Higher Wheat Yields Worldwide
... scientist and colleagues in three other countries have found a gene in rye that could help wheat, a majo...nt breeders around the world find rice plants that have genes for greater resistance to zinc deficiency. Sulfides formed in rice paddies make zinc unavaila...