Tourists And Scientists Could Be Bringing Deadly Diseases To Antarctica's Wildlife
...the northernAntarctic Peninsula. And in one of the largest outbreaks reported to date, 1345New Zealand sea lion pups and 85 adults died in January and February this yearfrom septicaemia on the Auckland Islands, 600 kilometres south of New Zealand.Biopsies revealed Salmonella and a second, unidentified bacter...New Evidence From Dinosaur Footsteps Show Massive Herds Once Roamed Northern Alaska
...an ourprevious work had indicated," he said. The largest track is 18 inches long and contains threelarge toe impressions made by a carnivorous dinosaur, possibly a member of the tyrannosaur family. "The most surprising thing was finding four-toed tracks suggestive of armored or horneddinosaurs," said Gan...Computer Simulation To Predict Forest Fires
...als now recognize that the best way to prevent the largest fires is to allow the small and medium fires to burn. The scientists found that actual forest fires have fractal distributions over many orders of magnitude. However, the environmental- and human-related variables that affect the size of wildfires......ett A. Rattner, USGS, Laurel, Md.) As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian mappingagency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations acrossthe country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resourcemanagers, planners, and other customer...MicroCAT A Welcome Sight To Geneticists And Mice
...ning tool tostudy genetic mutations in the world's largest research colony of 70,000 mice atORNL. The lab's biologists needed a device to quickly and cost-effectivelyscreen the mouse colony, which represent about 400 mutant strains. That's whyMichael Paulus and others in ORNL's Instrumentation and Controls D...USGS Finds Fungus To Be A Cause Of Fish Lesions In Chesapeake
...living resources in the Bay. As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian mappingagency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations acrossthe country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resourcemanagers, planners, and other customer...Leptin Regulates Hunger During Energy Deficit In Women
...). The greatest hunger increase coincided with the largest percentage drop in circulating leptin and the lowest final leptin concentration. The relation between leptin and hunger was not influenced by amount of weight or body fat loss. Conclusions: These findings support the idea that leptin is a physiolog...Perfect Powders For Improved Implants
...the final product from shrinking once heated. The largest spheres can be used to coat implants, giving a porous network thatactively encourages bone re-growth so strengthening the bond between the implantand natural bone. The smaller particles can be used for spraying as thin filmsor for pressing into intr...ASU Professor Helps In Fight To Protect Japanese Pika Habitat
...dogovernment in what is being called that countrys largest ecologicallawsuit. He wants to stop construction o...o-year campaign by the Pika FanClub, one of Japans largest citizens action groups. "We now research Japanese pikas and their habitat continuously and informpeo...Ribozymes Come Ready For Action
...hey describe thethree-dimensional structure of the largest ribozyme ever crystallized, whichcomes from the organism Tetrahymena thermophila . In the October 8, 1998,issue of Nature, HHMI investigator Jennifer Doudna and colleagues fromYale University detail the structure of a smaller ribozyme from the hum...Penicillin Gets A "Checkmate" Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
...ished bythe American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Theresearchers say their prototype structure offers a "checkmate stratagem" againstresistant bacteria. Penicillin's effectiveness as an antibiotic has diminished since itswidespread introduction in the 1940s, due to the a...USGS Finds Sea Otters At Risk From Killer Whales In A Changing Ocean
...professor ofenvironmental studies. As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian mappingagency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations acrossthe country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resourcemanagers, planners, and other customer...Whitaker makes largest individual grants ever totaling more than $30 million
...y and theUniversity of California, San Diego - the largest individual grants in its23-year history. "These intensely competitive awards are a tribute to the excellence ofbiomedical engineering educational and research programs at both of theseoutstanding academic institutions," said G. Burtt Holmes, Chairma...Rapid Population Growth Is Still A Problem
...ries withsevere AIDS epidemics. The historically largest generation of women about to enter the childbearingyears will produce more than enough births to maintain population growth fordecades even if they each have only two children, population momentum. Not A Birth Dearth, Either Europe, North America, ...Where The Rubber Meets The Air
...ished by the American Chemical Society,the world's largest scientific society. The report is part of a special issue of the journal highlighting research onadsorbents and catalysts for clean energy and emissions control. Team membersinclude Mark Rood, Ph.D., of the university's Urbana-Champaign campus, Mass......ation ofthe American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. In particular, carbon monoxide is cited by the investigators as areliable predictor of pending objectionable odors. "CO was emitted prior to thedetection of organosulfur compounds," the report states. Monitoring earlycar...New Contaminant Invades Arctic Air
...shed by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientificsociety. PCN use has declined in recent...shed by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientificsociety. "Iron sulfate appears to both stimulate the growth of PCB dechlorinatingbacteria...DOE Joint Human Genome Effort Exceeds Sequencing Goal
...rise the humangenome. This worldwide project, the largest biological undertaking in history,promises untold opportunities to understand the basic molecular underpinnings oflife and to improve human health. "Two years ago today, the DOE Human Genome Program took a bold step forward informing the JGI, and i...Boats A Source Of MTBE In Water
...ished by the American ChemicalSociety, the world's largest scientific society. The article also will appearin the journal's Dec. 1 print edition. "Exhaust products were the primary source of MTBE to Donner Lake and, wehypothesize, for most lakes and reservoirs," claims the report's lead authorJohn Reuter, P...University Of Hawaii, Berkeley Launch Marine Bioproduct Initiative
...from NSF. "The world's oceans represent one of our largest untapped biological resources.The diversity of marine life points to a myriad of new bioproducts waiting to bediscovered and developed commercially," notes UH President Kenneth P. Mortimer."A special feature of MarBEC's technology transfer program is...