NIST chemist receives rare forensics award
... 10 years. The ISFG specifically cited his work in improving analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms, tiny variations in DNA that can be used to identify individuals. He also was recognized for developing standards that have helped improve the reliability of DNA analyses by commercial, forensic and other l......lant diversity makes a sustainable contribution to improving the well-being of people, especially the rural poor in developing countries. IPGRI is one of the 16 Future Harvest Centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The Annual Meetings of ASA-CSSA-SSSA, will...UGA researchers track greenhouse gases in forests
...ffin, Ga. "Our lab has done a lot of research into improving methods of evaluating the amount of carbon sequestered in plant canopies," Leclerc said. "The (U.S.) Department of Energy is very interested in this type of research because climate change is such a big concern." Greenhouse gases absorb and hold some...Young cancer researchers honored
...e marginally effective, laying down a road map for improving the compounds and making them into real drugs," he explained. "Investigators can also analyze the structures of aberrant proteins involved in cancer to pinpoint potential targets to which anticancer drugs might bind." "Like the previous winners of t...Duke commits to enhance Primate Center
...Primate Center has made sufficient progress toward improving its research and educational programs that the uni... few years to continue sustaining the facility and improving its programs. In 2001, following reviews of the Primate Center's programs that called for the cente...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
...mit exploration of areas unreachable today, vastly improving human understanding of ocean life. By cataloging and monitoring changes in size distribution and composition of marine life, the Census will help predict ocean life in the future. Scientists also believe that as they reveal the secrets of Earths...$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...reas of geological and marine science by radically improving the nature, quality, and quantity of data that can be made available to scientists." Traditional methods of ocean exploration use ships to study the oceans over short periods of time, offering glimpses of what is going on beneath the waves. The NEPTU...New scheduling method raises efficiency of electronics recycling
...ineering at Purdue. She has developed a method for improving the efficiency of electronics recycling by better managing the flow of incoming products from storage to disassembly. "In recycling you have a different objective when you schedule jobs than you do in manufacturing, and you need different key measure...Highlights of the October 2003 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ts, should be an important goal for maintaining or improving bone health for women of all ages. "To help prev...py": Medical nutrition therapy is a key factor in improving health and quick recovery for patients with diabetes and heart disease. Medical nutrition therapy is...Sleep boosts ability to learn language, University of Chicago researchers find
...an important and previously unrecognized impact on improving people's ability to learn language. Researchers f...t associations and weaken irrelevant associations, improving access to relevant memories," the authors write. If information was forgotten, sleep might help peo...NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
..., to the front lines of clinical research, such as improving the training of the physicians and nurses who run clinical trials." After an intense process of discussion and scientific review, the directors of NIH's 27 institutes and centers approved an NIH Roadmap strategy that features 28 initiatives to be ca...Chronic pain: treatment, rehabilitation, and quality of life
...xercise for people with motion-provoked dizziness, improving arm movement with functional electrical stimulation, and predicting wound healing in individuals with spinal cord injury. Also published with Volume 40 Issue 5 of JRRD is a supplement addressing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The only...Using GPR to estimate tree root biomass
USDA Forest Service (FS) researchers are improving the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to study...perimenting with ways to make GPR more accurate by improving the quality of the data through advanced processing techniques, and by calibrating GPR estimates wit...Harvard Medical School launches new department to study human biology at the level of whole systems
...n the right people are brought together to work on improving the methodologies and redefining the education and training needed in a promising new field. With the guidance provided by Marc Kirschner, one of the world's most innovative cell biologists and a proven builder of new departments, I would expect this...A test for sensitivity of normal tissue to radiation damage?
...the highest dose a patient could tolerate, thereby improving the efficacy of radiotherapy treatment. Dr Nicolaj...ividual patients would respond to radiotherapy and improving treatments. At present, radiotherapy doses are often restricted by what the most radiosensitive pat...ORNL earns top Southeastern laboratory technology transfer award
...ion to the pursuit of excellence and dedication to improving the American way of life. "These awards represent a tremendous achievement by our staff that will benefit the American economy by providing marketable products and creating jobs," said ORNL Director Jeff Wadsworth. Honors for work on thin-film rechar...Powerful new method helps reveal genetic basis of cancer
... other cancers. Such information is invaluable for improving the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. But when comparing "normal to normal" instead of "normal to tumor" DNA samples, Lucito and Wigler got a big surprise. They frequently detected large (100 kb to 1 Mb) chromosomal deletions and duplications i...Fe-TAML(R) activators developed at Carnegie Mellon decolorize textile mill wastewater
...ed water much more easily than dyed water, thereby improving the survival of aquatic fish and plants. Fe-TAML activators originated at Carnegie Mellons Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry under the leadership of Terry Collins, the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry at the Mellon College of Science. Collin...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute central to Regional Center of Excellence
...ioterrorism threats. Our goal is nothing short of improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases in regions where they exact the highest tolls. As a commonwealth shared resource, VBI is proud to serve as the genomics and bioinformatics core for this mid-Atlantic consortium." The m...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2003
...unity, policy makers and people whose jobs involve improving national security. For many homeland and national security purposes, researchers will have to make mass spectrometers more affordable and highly portable. Only then can mass spectrometers expand their already important use in the laboratory to includ...