Selenium Soil Contamination: Possible New Approach Identified
...It conducts unclassified scientific researchand is managed by the University of California....Insights Into The Proteasome - A Fascinating Macromolecular Machine For Protein Degradation
...aracterized the first bacterial proteasome, and managed to set up a system, which allows to monitor its biogenesis in vitro . Rhodococcus a - and b -subunits spontaneously associate when brought together, and form half proteasomes. These inactive intermediates dimerize to preholoprotea...The Environmental Consequences Of Increasing Food Production
...ystems and existing agricultural systems are being managed more intensely inorder to keep up with the increasing demand for food. Over eight hundredscientists attending a meeting in Barcelona, Spain, on March 14-18, 1998,sponsored by the GCTE/LUCC Programs, will be discussing the environmentalimpact of ...Caribbean Lizards Evolve Independently
... specialist may have evolved on one islandand then managed to cross the Caribbean to colonize the other islands. If thiswere the case, then each of the specialists would have evolved only a singletime. the other possibility is that each of the specialists have evolvedrepeatedly on each island. The...USGS To Study Young Forests And Streamsides In Western Oregon
...0,000 acres of forested land that historically was managed to produceeven-aged Douglas-fir forests. "CFER," said Collopy, "is not only about conducting research, but also aboutestablishing multiple communication pathways among land managers, scientists andthe public. Ultimately this will contribute to better...Ameriflux Network Will Track CO2 Transfer In Forests
...tion from all AmeriFluxsites will be developed and managed by the Carbon Dioxide Information andAnalysis Center (CDIAC) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Research support for the AmeriFlux network comes from the U.S. Department ofEnergy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (National Institute...Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold
...r purifying the waste water, and so far they have managed to reduce the concentration of toxin in the waste-stream 15-fold," he says. "If we can fine-tune the process a bit more, it will make the water completely re-usable by mines that bioleach refractory ores prior to cyanide gold extraction. Qual...Composting Livestock Waste Provides Benefits
...t rains. Composting allows the manure to stay in a managed holding pattern until the time is right to apply it." Many livestock farms use lagoons to handle manure, but these have a strong odor and can become clogged with the manure solids. "It just turns to a big sludge pit," Hawkins says. Even if the lagoon...New Fossil Discoveries Clinch Ancient Age Of Human Ancestor
...hen--after much sifting through the ashes--we have managed to get enough good crystals to determine quite firmly that these fossils are between 4.1 and 4.2 million years old," he says. "We also have discovered 38 more fossils at this site that clearly show us how very primitive this species was." Walk...Biosphere Lessons Can Be Applied To Space, Former Crew Co-Captain Says
...ca, Indiaand Puerto Rico. A native of England, she managed and coordinated thearchitectural division operations, financial administration and cost controlfrom 1987 to 1991 for Space Biospheres Ventures, the company that built andoperated Biosphere 2. In addition to publishing papers on the agricultur......chemistry of human thought, Stanford chemists have managed for the first time to read the individual chemical messages that cells exchange. These messages account for nearly all of the communication that takes place in the brain, but previous efforts to record them one at a time have been thwarted by their e......irculating saltwater systems and in offshore cages managed bySeaFish Mariculture are planned for 1999. There will be an "Advanced Techniques in Marine Finfish Aquaculture" Courseoffered at Harbor Branch this summer featuring flounder and snapper. The 14-daycourse includes the practical aspects of marine fis......that her risk of ovariancancer can be assessed and managed appropriately, with increased surveillance orconsideration of prophylactic ovary removal (oopherectomy)....New Satellite Tags Track Movements Of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
...0 apiece in the Tokyoseafood market, currently are managed as two separate Atlantic stocks withlimited mixing between the western and eastern Atlantic. Using this managementstrategy, breeding stocks in the western Atlantic have declined by more than 80percent over the past 22 years, and eastern Atlantic blue...A Common Microbe Could Help To Trigger Alzheimers
...the non-Alzheimer'spatients. The team also managed to culture the microbe from two of the affectedbrains, showing that the organism was still alive rather than a long-deadbystander (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, vol 187, p 23). C. pneumoniae's presence in the diseased brains does not m...Astronomical Costs Of New Medical Technology
... A Review of the Evidence," also examines the role managed care may play in constraining health care costs by...chnology. Although some existing studies show that managed care has reduced the rate of health care costs growth in some markets, in general, the rate of growt...Putting Doesn't Pollute, Research Finds
... tolerance for less-than-perfect greens.Theirs are managed a lot less intensively than ours are, plus their climate isnot as conducive to diseases in turf." Turco says that even the design of American golf courses can lead toincreased chemical use: "A lot of golf courses have trees surrounding a green,be...Study Demonstrates High Conservation Potential Of Logged Rainforest
...logging doesn'tneed to be carefully controlled and managed well." The Science report was co-authored by David Peart, an associateprofessor in biological sciences at Dartmouth College, and Mark Leighton,director of the Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology at Harvard University'sPeabody Museum. Fundin...Loss Of Tumor Suppressor Gene Triggers Colon Cancer
...HU policy. The terms of this arrangement are being managed by JHU in accordancewith its conflict of interest policies....... one of DOE's multiprogram research facilities, is managed by LockheedMartin Energy Research Corporation. (photo available upon request) Notes To Editors: If you would prefer to receive your press releases by e-mail, please send youre-mail address to culverjw@ornl.gov You may read other press releases fr...