White sharks migrate thousands of miles across the sea, new study finds
...- the Tagging ofPacific Pelagics, a major research initiative whose objective is tocomplete the first comprehensive analysis of marine life in the Pacificusing electronic tagging technology. As part of the global Census of MarineLife, TOPP's international research team plans to electronically monitor upto 4,000...Environmental engineer works to resolve arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh water supplies
...a, dysentery and a high infant mortality rate. The initiative worked, but with unforeseen consequences. Many of the new wells contain water with arsenic concentration of 500 to 1000 parts per billion and some as high as 2,000 parts per billion of arsenic. The allowable standard in the United States is just 50 p...NSF/EPA team up on grants to treat pollution with plants
...d by heavy metals or organic chemicals. The joint initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the E...R) program. The multi-agency funding for this initiative - made through the Joint Program on Phytoremediation also includes the Office of Naval Research and...Information technology provides biologists with new tools for biodiversity conservation
...ity Observation Year (IBOY) 2001-2002. IBOY is an initiative of DIVERSITAS, the international program on biodiversity science. It seeks to network scientists to improve knowledge about biodiversity and its importance for healthy ecosystems and human societies. The speakers will present findings across issues...Ecologist Gretchen Daily advocates saving the planet by making conservation profitable
...he stage for the U.N.-debated carbon credit forest initiative three years later. A lot of people in private industry are concerned about the fate of the planet, Daily maintains. Its inspiring to me how many people are struggling in the belly of the beast to turn things around. She also points out that a growing...2.6 billion years of primate and carnivore evolutionary history at risk
...ational recently announced an unprecedented global initiative to stop species extinctions in biodiversity hotspo...ion from the public sector. A blueprint for the initiative was developed during the Defying Natures End conference organized by the Center for Applied Biodiver...Researchers will study cell growth, differentiation
... School of Medicine, is a research and educational initiative whose mission is to understand the dynamic information systems in cells. CSI includes industry and academic participants in collaborative research studies, focused on integrating genomic and functional information, powerful bioinformatics and novel e...Research institutions, NCSA, HP join Gelato Federation
...nces. Gelato is launching an open source community initiative designed to foster the development and dissemination of focused computing solutions for researchers and associated IT staffs working on the Itanium Linux platform. The federation will provide the research community with software downloads, including...Purdue to help NASA create life-supporting ecosystem in space
...heir hard work to secure funds for this worthwhile initiative and wish them success in this endeavor." The NASA advanced life support center is the only one of its kind in the nation. Purdue had led the center for five years beginning in 1990, when Mitchell also was its director. Rutgers University has led rese...Hopkins Bioethics Institute receives $9.9 million from Pew Trusts
...licy Center in Washington, D.C. The center's first initiative will focus on ethical and public policy issues related to genetics and human reproduction. Kathy Hudson, Ph.D., will direct the new center, which was approved by the Trusts' board of directors on Wednesday, March 13. Hudson, a molecular biologist, i...U-M scientists find new genetic marker for prostate cancer
...r using DNA microarray analysis is part of a major initiative underway in the U-Ms Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its goal is to link molecular genetics with clinical outcome for all types of cancer. By looking at gene expression, we can learn so much more about a tumor, says cancer center director Max Wicha, M...Sea Grant news: Shipworms, ozone, hurricanes
...ology Initiative that began in October, 2001. The initiative solicits homeowners to participate in a study that will provide free, detailed wind-risk assessments and recommend cost-effective hazard retrofitting for each house. Homeowners will then choose the best-fit improvements for their home and have them ...New program helps protect Asian elephants through crop-raiding prevention
...ocal groups and communities have launched a unique initiative designed to reduce crop raiding by the world's lar...ase will be too 'hot' for them to handle." If this initiative produces good results, WCS plans to apply these new techniques in other Lampung villages with elepha...DuPont to launch soybeans into space
...opment. The soybeans-in-space launch is the first initiative to grow a complete soybean crop in space -- from p...vement of soybean germplasm for farmers. The joint initiative builds on ADVANCED ASTROCULTURETM technologies developed by WCSAR that have proven successful in gro...Virginia Tech researchers receive $450,000 award to model cell division
...y to advance our current state of knowledge." The initiative covers three topics: Studying Complex Systems, Brain Cancer Research, and Bridging Brain, Mind, and Behavior. Studying Complex Systems, the area in which Tyson's work falls, emphasizes the development and application of theoretical models used in re...Historic U.S.-Peru debt-for-nature swap
...ions in the United States and Peru for making this initiative possible." "This agreement provided a perfect opportunity for our organization and our conservation group partners to put our monies where our convictions lie," said Steve McCormick, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. "We have long advocat...ACS's JobSpectrum to help state labs fill public health jobs; fight terrorism
...DC) through a cooperative agreement with APHL. The initiative creates a partnership between JobSpectrum.org, the comprehensive online career and employment site of the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). After September 11, public health labs around the c...Washington University receives $2.2 million funding from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
...acilitate the application process. The Calculus II initiative is an ambitious endeavor to help science and engineering majors understand and appreciate the role of calculus in their course work. "Lab scientists---chemists for example---have long realized the value of laboratory instruction for students," said S...New predictive marker found for prostate and colon cancer
...ular profile of prostate cancer is part of a major initiative underway in the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its goal is to link molecular genetics and proteomics with clinical outcome for all types of cancer. The research study was funded by the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the National Institute...Public health report stresses worker protection as key component of homeland security
...th recommended elements of a training preparedness initiative by the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program. For more information on the kinds of follow-up studies being conducted on rescue and other workers and on residents and workers nearby, see press release "HHS Awards" at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/o...