Researchers Find Possible New Route to Making Cancer Cells Vulnerable
...ncer cells." The researchers tested their ideas using common baker's yeast as a modelorganism, because basically the same multidrug resistance pump (MDR) isfound in yeast, animals and people, Heitman said. The MDR pump is a large protein that acts like a pore in the cell surface.It selec...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...ion with a substantial outreach effort to make the ideas known in communities across the country," said F&ES Dean Jared Cohon, who will join Law School Dean Anthony Kronman as a speaker at the workshop. Afternoon breakout sessions will focus on 1 . environmental issues and perspectives redefined, 2 . crit...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
... is nearly daily discussion on the information and ideas presented. Moreover, the data can be downloaded from CAPITA and used for other research, and specialized databases can be generated. The website address is: http://capita.wustl.edu/otag/ . Finding The Culprit "We provide the technical support f...Colorado State Scientists Tackle Genetic Makeup Of Obscure Bacteria
...ease altogether. "We have some tantalizing ideas on what might be causing the bacteria tobe pathogenic, or capable of causing disease," Inamine said. "There are piecesof the chromosome missing from each of the strains, but in different regions. Wethink this could provide some key clues as to where ...Guidelines For Next Generation Of Environmental Policy
...ional to the international level, thebook examines ideas for global cooperation to curb environmentalpollutants such as greenhouse gases. "For the next generation of environmentalpolicy, we must view our concerns not as singular rainstorms, but as weatherpatterns that effect the entire ecosystem," says Pr......mechanism existed for transferringtechnologies and ideas out of the lab and into commercial use. Their concept became reality when the Agri-Business Commercialization and Development Centerwas established in Richland in 1994. ### Background Information Release date: January 6, 1998 Contact: Tim Ledbe...DNA Enzyme Works In Crystal Form; Yields New Insights Into Gene Copying
...f thestructural data agreed with our pre-conceived ideas of what we expected to see."To further explore the reaction, the biochemists next introduced into thecrystal a chemically active form of nucleotide -- called a nucleosidetriphosphate -- that the polymerase would normally stitch into the DNA chain.The...UF Researchers: Development Promotes Disease Among Gopher Tortoises
... Brown said the symposium created an exchange of ideas to help fish and game authorities, water management personnel and the state Department of Agriculture identify the disease and successfully save the gopher tortoise without disrupting land development. Among the issues discussed at the symposium were...Jefferson Researchers First To Create Genetically Engineered Mouse To Study Photoaging
...ling. Study results have also led to new ideas for how sunscreen formulationsand other compounds may be designed to block the skin from the dangers of UVB,which many already do, and UVA, which causes skin aging and may play a role inskin cancer but is not blocked as well by traditional sunscreens...... as climate changes. Practical Information These ideas will be discussed on Day 3 (March 16) at 9:00 in the session 2"Global Change and Ecosystem Structure" and in the poster session followingimmediately. At the lunch break, an ad hoc meeting will focus specifically ondispersal modeling in fragmented lan...Can Plants Influence The Climate?
...imate moreaccurate. Practical information: These ideas will be discussed on Day 3 (March 16) at 9:00in the session 2 "Global change and ecosystem structure" and in the postersession following immediately. -END-......stal setting should promote an excitingexchange of ideas and information. Florida has a rich fossil history, as wellas an exciting modern environment in which to explore the frequently overlookedtopic of bioerosion. For additional information on this workshop, please contact Dr. Debra Krumm atthe Harbor ...New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds And Dinosaurs
... basic data for formulating, testing, and revising ideas about life throughtime," says Chris Maples, director of NSF's geology and paleontology program,which funded the research. The fossil bird is 65 to 70 million years old and dates from the LateCretaceous period. It was discovered in 1995 by an...Malthus + 200: Disastrous 'Correction' Looms
...xamines the context in which Malthus developed his ideas and their influence on subsequent thinkers. Price...years ago, as an economist. Many of his practical ideas have a familiar ring to modern ears. Malthus opposed giving money to the poor (because, he thought,...Learning About Evolution Critical For Understanding Science
...rld." The guidebook does not attempt to refute the ideas of those who oppose theteaching of evolution. Rather, it points out that most religious denominations in the United States do not view evolution as being at odds with their understanding of human origins. The idea that the entire universe was creat...Mr. Ples Throws Scientists Into A Tizzy
...over story of today's Science, throw a wrench into ideas about brainevolution. "This paper implies that something is very wrong with previousinterpretations of early hominid brain capacity," says lead author Glenn C.Conroy, Ph.D. "Hopefully, it will launch more exact studies of other specimens."Con...As The City Goes, So Goes The World: Symposium At ESA Meeting To Examine The Ecology Of Cities
... classrooms in the fall with knowledge and project ideas to share withtheir students. Information collected through these projects will be added to the growing wealth of urban ecological data being developed at theCAP LTER via its website. The social, economic, physical, and ecological complexity of citie......ssue of EMBO Journal , confirms mechanistic ideas about the function of this protein stemming from the authors' fundamental structural and biochemical studies of the related protein p120GAP (Mittal et al., 1996, <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/">Science 273, 115-117; Scheffze...Researchers Offer DOD New Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Methods
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...s. "We're not tryingto lay waste to other people's ideas without offering alternatives. What we'resuggesting is that the way we've made these comparisons in the past isinappropriate and there are better, more disciplined ways to do this that webelieve will lead to a more accurate description of how these a...