Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...nces our biology students are not taking that much math or statistics. In the future our students will have to learn these areas. The FIBR grant provides excellent opportunities to embark into this new frontier." "They don't know biology, and we don't know the computational tools they use, so now we'll...New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil
... student who played a leading role in adapting the math tool and demonstrating its effectiveness. "For many years, we've made predictions with a method that doesn't work very well on many chemical pollutants in soil. This new tool does a much better job." Nguyen, who is working toward her doctorate in the...What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
...est practices in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 math and science education to keep women, minorities an...ross the country to assess and strengthen pre-K-12 math and science programs. BEST's next phase will focus on creating a test bed of communities that are co...The Hunter's Breath tells a story of adventure and discovery in Antarctica
...grand adventure," she said. "Once you get past the math and the textbooks, it's exciting and you can let your imagination run free as you explore the world and try to figure things out." Williams said her inspiration for reaching beyond the usual academic audience for her work--first with the expedit...Grant from GE Foundation to University of Houston to strengthen math, tech 'pipeline'
...nd support service learning as a path for building math skills and their practical application. To measure success, the program established specific goals that include increasing the number of students enrolled in eighth grade algebra from 10 to 15 percent, in 11th grade pre-calculus by 100 percent and ...Understanding nutrition labels can lead to healthier eating
...ts Panel on Food Labels. Next, they do some simple math problems in order to learn how the information relates to their own daily calorie and nutrient intake. "In the third component, each participant 'taught' the rest of the class by sharing nutritional information about her product, including whether it...New software developed at Rensselaer predicts promising ingredients for new drugs
...rs with skills in computer science, chemistry, and math allied to create the software program. Chemistry P...ftware makes use of two shortcuts in chemistry and math that enable the computer to search a vast molecular database rapidly. The first shortcut describe...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
...os, who recently received her Ph.D. in science and math education from UC Berkeley and who drafted most of Evolution 101 over the past two years, said that it "provides context for teachers. Even if teachers plan to discuss only the tip of the iceberg of evolution, to teach effectively they need to unders...New systems biology center positions UT Southwestern in vanguard of scientific research
...ers knowledgeable in physics, computer science and math that will radically enlarge present efforts. The ... that this interface between physics, engineering, math and biology will be the norm at every research institution 25 years from now."...Statistics and biology a natural pair for the classroom
... class with a study of growing plants, and later a math class spent solving equations that can be used in statistics. Vanderbilt researchers believe students and professionals alike can better understand statistics and biology by studying the two disciplines simultaneously. They have received a $1.6 mil...Counting the molecules that pull cells apart
...mes from a physics student-turned biologist, using math and a laser microscope. The findings appear in the current issue of the journal Science (Science, 26 July 2003). Stephan Grill, Joe Howard, Erik Schffer, Ernst Stelzer and Tony Hyman - in a collaboration between the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular ...Counting the molecules that pull cells apart
...mes from a physics student-turned biologist, using math and a laser "scalpel" integrated into a microscope. The findings appear in the current issue of the journal Science. Stephan Grill, Joe Howard, Erik Schffer, Ernst Stelzer and Tony Hyman - in a collaboration between the Max-Planck Institute of Molecu...Whats next as biology, math combine forces, reciprocate in discovery
...h as geometry and calculus. In the territory where math and biology converge, several factors make Cohen a model citizen: For decades he has researched and developed complex mathematical models to illustrate the dynamics of food webs, human populations, infectious diseases and other ecological phenomen...Math discovery may aid resource management
...ntified, dusted off and found a new use for an old math theory from the early 1800s that could revolutioni... should actually make it less stable, Li said. The math seemed to work perfectly, but our observations of the real world ran contrary to this. For 30 ye...Warped idea: Ways to stop swayed wood may be around the bend
... commercial spreadsheet software and a complicated math formula, woodpanels are modeled as having 10 layers with different orientations and properties. "Once the model has been given input parameters, it will calculate and plot the overalllinear expansion and out-of-plane warping of the wood-based panel,...Obesity prevention program aimed at second graders
...nquiry-based educational enrichment in science and math using examples and exercises from food, nutrition, physical activity, biology of body weight and blood sugar regulation and seeks to teach and reinforce healthy behavioral choices. These activities are developed, coordinated and led by a team of univ...From biology to computing and back again
...these methods. These people are doing that using math tools to see how cells function, to see how tissues grow, to look at an organism and see how it can satisfy its metabolic requirements. "We want to know what are the driving issues at this level of biology that can benefit from these approaches," Bru......fectively, you have to do both the biology and the math correctly," he says. "SNOMAD and DRAGON supplement other available analysis tools to help researchers make sense of their results. The bottom line, however, is that any result must be confirmed." SNOMAD, or Standardization and Normalization of M...High school science teachers translate the latest research into classroom activities, lessons
...shop, the teachers prepared lessons in physics and math based on the principles of AFM operation, and foun...rs Eriksson, who is associate dean for science and math education in the College of Arts and Sciences, and George Glasson, associate professor of science ed......of students in areas such as engineering, physics, math and computer science have participated. In 1989, the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center was established at UH as a NASA Commercial Space Center. In the 1990s, SVEC researchers set out to capitalize on the nearly-pure vacuum of space to build precision-made...