'Work stinks': It's more than just a slogan among ants, researchers find
...ecognize. "An ant responds to the rate at which it meets ants of another task," Gordon explained. "Meeting one patroller every 10 seconds seems to be sufficient to elicit a response, but in real life, the experience of each ant is very variable. Our next step is to figure out what difference the rate of co...Project BioShield: Consistent financing, markets, indemnity for biodefense vaccine developers needed
...rns that the ultimate shaping of Project BioShield meets the needs and requirements of both the federal government and industry in order to achieve maximum success. "AVANT has advanced vaccine technology that is already being employed in the clinical development of a next-generation injectable anthrax vacc...Speedy elephants use a biomechanical trick to 'run' like Groucho
.... If that turns out to be true, an elephant's gait meets the biomechanical definition of running. Biomechan...nd less than half of the time, Hutchinson said, it meets the kinematic definition of running. But elephants are weird because no matter how fast they go, the...Using computational power tools to bolster systems biology
...ies what can happen when computational mathematics meets systems biology. To help the two disciplines get better acquainted, the National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop to explore how computational innovations can lead to a greater understanding of how the components of life interact at level...Pheromones in male perspiration reduce women's tension, alter hormone response
...going on in social settings like singles bars than meets the eye." After the women's exposure to the underarm extract, further testing revealed a shift in blood levels of luteinizing hormone. Levels of this reproductive hormone, produced in pulses by the pituitary gland, typically surge right before ovula...First molecule discovered that directs nerve cells to connect with each other
... SYG-1 expression, and the post-synaptic VC neuron meets the pre-synaptic neuron in the area beneath the vesicles. SYG-1 is probably a receptor for a signal from the egg-laying tissue which acts as a "guidepost" during development, directing the two neurons to join near the egg-laying muscles they will eve...Phase III, 48-Wk NEAT study results comparing GW433908 to Nelfinavir presented today
... CD4+ counts below 200 cells/mm3, a criterion that meets the definition of AIDS established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eighteen percent of patients had CD4+ counts <50 cells/mm3 at baseline. Gender diversity -- with females representing 31 percent of the patient populati...Certified professionals to serve as technical service providers under Farm Bill 2002
... programs of the American Society of Agronomy also meets the NRCS standards for providing conservation assistance. The four certifying programs of the ASA are: Certified Crop Adviser, Certified Professional Agronomist, Certified Professional Crop Scientist, and Certified Professional Soil Scientist. This ...Science picks -- leads, feeds and story seeds (February 2003)
...wer Charles River water can be considered good--it meets water-quality standards and guidelines during dry weather. The problems in the Charles and other urban rivers come during rainstorms when contaminated storm water can significantly impair water quality. When compared with 23 other cities, the stor...Facing extreme ice conditions, coast guard, NSF deploy second icebreaker to Antarctica
...e edge -- the place where the ice in McMurdo Sound meets open water -- would be found about 15 miles from McMurdo Station. Currently, Sutherland said, the ice edge is nearly 40 miles out. He added that very dense "pack ice" stretches roughly 200 miles from the station to iceberg C-19, which broke away fro...Powerful technologies probe innate immunity
...genes that are turned either off or on when a cell meets an infectious organism. Due to the high degree of similarity in the innate immune systems in all animals, the scientists can employ mice to quickly determine which gene groups deserve further exploration. Both the human and mouse genes, for example, ...In mutually beneficial relationship, slowest-evolving species gains upper hand
... move as many spaces as she wants, she relents and meets her husband on his side of the board. Bergstrom and Lachmann worked with a mathematical model devised from evolutionary game theory, which studies games in which the overall fitness of the players depends on the success each has in playing the game. ...Agricultural science helping farmers reduce greenhouse gas
...house gas emissions. To ensure primary agriculture meets the needs of Canadians while remaining profitable and sustainable, AAFC research contributes to a suite of farm management practices to benefit soil, water, air and biodiversity....When it comes to sperm competition, size can matterits the female who holds the aces
... of the other population. This is where the rubber meets the road for speciation. The seemingly esoteric whimsy of female choosiness for longer sperm may have surprisingly important consequences for biodiversity."...Nationwide organic standards to be launched Monday
...de for the first time to indicate that the product meets federal standards for "organic." Vermont has been long known for its own top-quality organic farm products the Green Mountain State counts more than 250 certified organic farms and processors on some 2,300 acres, according to Vern Grubinger, directo...High risk of mental health problems in adoptees from other countries
...nd the USA. Adoption is a sound social policy that meets the multiple needs of any community regardless of time and place. It brings unwanted and needy children to caring parents. It also fulfills the need of childless couples to accomplish the important stage of parenthood in their life. And adoption reli...Basic motion measuring technology may be alternative to more expensive testing procedures
...must be supported by a diet that is nutritious and meets their caloric needs. It is accepted that energy requirements vary with activity level. The energy requirements for the vast number of shipboard occupations are unknown and not necessarily the same for women as they are for their male counterparts. ...Rush opens tissue and cell lab to produce cellular products
...nd tissue work, researchers need a clean room that meets these FDA regulations," said Richard Meagher, Ph.D., director of the Sramek Center. "We will accurately track each step and all actions that occur and will be able to recreate each component's manufacturing history from collection through infusion i...Experimental Biology 2002, Translating the Genome
...vances in therapeutics, including how pharmacology meets the human genome; pharmacogenetics and epidemiology, advances in understanding transport of drugs and toxic substances, treatment of pain, and how drugs or toxic substances particularly effect people with diabetes. The American Society for Investigat...University of Southern Mississippi to ship first batch of Pentagon paint
..., the washability, the scrub-resistance values. It meets the required Green Seal specifications according to an independent lab. Application for Green Seal certification is in progress." In addition to meeting high standards, the paint will be a money-saver for the Pentagon and, by extension, U.S. ta...