Epic Of Evolution Conference Brings Science And Religion Together November 12-14
...chcuts across nearly every field of science today, including genetics, chemistry,sociology, and psychology. ...he audience. Eightgeneral topics will be covered, including cosmic origins; the evolution of lifeon Earth; Darwin and Neo-Darwinism; the evolution of morality a...Genetics Debate Suffers From Misinterpretation, Scholar Says
...ontrol over breeding." "It assumesrandom mating -- including incest -- in an equilibrium population and otherimportant limiting conditions." Heritabiliy measures the relationship between a gene pool of a particularpopulation and the expression of a certain trait under certain environmentalconditions, Hirsch s...Crop Devastation To Be Discussed At National Head Blight Forum
...or limiting disease losses and mycotoxinformation, including breeding for resistance, crop rotation, andthe dev...als between crops compoundthe problem. Scientists, including plant pathologists, agronomists,and plant breeders, attending this meeting hope to share researchres...Purdue Researchers Track Oil Spill's Effects On Sea Otters
...impact such a disaster has on an entire ecosystem, including predators, prey and the environment," Rebar says. Rebar, who was asked by the Justice Department to serve as an expert witness before the Exxon case was settled out of court, says there are legal lessons to be learned as well. "In circumstances where...Whitaker Awards $6.8 Million For Biomedical Engineering Education
...am and a new Institute for Biomedical Engineering, including a long-distance teleconferencing system to exchang...ant will help with the institute's start-up costs, including those for new faculty and staff, building renovation, equipment purchases and support for new course...Eating Lake Ontario Fish Linked To Shorter Menstrual Cycles; Consumption May Delay Pregnancy
... sport fish delivers a mixture of toxic chemicals, including PCBs at a level estimated to be 4,300 times greater than through exposure in the air or via drinking water. Many of these chemicals accumulate in the body. Lake Ontario fish are reported to have more than twice the amount of dioxin, mirex and PCBs ...Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found In Madagascar And India
...paleontology can make to many areas of geoscience, including tectonic plate positions in Earth's past." Krause says, "Finding representatives of gondwanatheres on these three now widely separated landmasses suggests to us that they were connected in the Late Cretaceous. A recently proposed geophysical mo...Researchers Construct Genetic Map For Dogs
...ent and behavior in a variety of mammalian species including human. "The notion of a canine genetic map had been proposed by the genetics community years ago; over the last three years we developed the markers to serve as the cornerstone of the map," said Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., lead investigator and molecula...Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF
...men returned, a rock slide had exposed more bones, including the skull. "We were just elated," said Taylor, who also is secretary of the Florida Paleontological Society. "I probably will never see anything like it the rest of the time I'm involved in fossil collecting. We knew right away that it was a ......enter. Other disease agents known to affect birds, including bacteria, viruses or parasites, have been ruled out, and while microscopic evidence suggests that a neurotoxin may be the cause, tests for natural and man-made toxins that can cause this type of disease have so far been negative. Miller said that fi...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...ted with both psychological and physical problems, including difficulties with feeding, breathing, and speech development. Cleft palate is thought to result from a combination of genetic and environmental factors, yet attempts to identify these components in human populations have so far produced inconclusive...MIT Biologists Identify Aging Mechanism
... are bigger. That article, by nine authors including Drs. Guarente, Sinclair and Mr.Kevin Mills, a graduate student in biology, also demonstrated that yeast genesSIR2, SIR3, SIR4, and UTH4 determine the life span in yeast. When these geneswere deleted from a yeast strain, life span was shortened. When ...Early Career Development Grants Foster Faculty Research And Education
...es more than 50,000 requests for funding annually, including at least 30,000 new proposals. NATIONAL SCIENC...bouncing off of or passing through the ionosphere, including radar systems, radio astronomy telescopes, ocean surface wave monitoring systems and high frequency ...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...dy, several birds have logged marathon flights including a 4,172-mile round trip to Alaska's Aleutian Islands and a 5,348-mile round trip to the San Francisco Bay. Someof the birds have even returned to the same location on successive feeding trips. "My motivation for doing this is three-fold," Anderson e...Cellular Engineers Design Custom Cell Surfaces Able To Adhere To Synthetic Materials
...eveloping the technology. "Many human cancercells, including colon, breast, and prostate cancers and certain leukemias, haveaberrant patterns of oligosaccharides," says Bertozzi. "For one thing, they showextremely high levels of sialic acid. The possibilities were obvious." Bertozzi and her colleagues...Discovery Channel Returns From Underwater Scientific Expedition Off The Coast Of Cuba
...ll Belleville. Several members of this expedition including Dr. Gilmore and Dr. John McCosker evolutionary biologist with the California Academy of Sciences, along with renowned underwater cinematographer Al Giddings (Titanic, The Abyss) also participated in Discovery Channel's acclaimed 1995 expeditionto the......arch with a number of otherColorado State faculty, including Dennis Knudson, Susan Knudson, and PenelopeBauer, all of the department of bioagricultural sciences and pest management;and Nora Lapitan, professor of soil and crop sciences....... The team plans to conduct a series ofexperiments, including trying to trigger a "sand slide," in order to learn moreabout the nature of these debris flows. The discovery indicates that the dinosaurs whose bones are found at Ukhaa Tolgoddid not live in a howling, sterile desert, but rather in a stabilized dun...Mystery Of Vital Cell Protein Solved After 30 Years
... highly-detailed three-dimensionallook at tubulin, including the site where the protein interacts with thepromi... be an effective treatment for a number of cancers including ovarian,breast, and lung. Cancer occurs when cell division runs amok. By binding to tubulin and ca...... a process that underlies several forms of cancer, including leukemia and breast cancer. The study focuses on ... responses are related to cancer in other animals, including humans. The American Cancer Society is the largest private source of cancer research funds i...