20 scientists selected as Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows
...ies and practices," said Lubchenco. The program is named for Aldo Leopold, a renowned environmental scientist who communicated his scientific knowledge simply and eloquently. His writings, including his 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac, are credited with infusing the emerging conservation movement with go...A new Twist on bone development
... to identify a novel region of the Twist proteins, named the Twist box, and characterized this region as the specific site required for interaction between the two Twist proteins and Runx2. The authors point out that some Saethre-Chotzen patients have a mutation that results in a loss of the Twist box and ...AACR awards scholarships to minority and underrepresented scientists
...pport of a grant from AstraZeneca. The awards are named for Dr. Brigid Grey Leventhal, who began her career in pediatric oncology at the National Cancer Institute, conducting clinical and laboratory research on leukemia and other childhood cancers. Subsequently, she served on the faculty of the Johns Hop...Biology behind homosexuality in sheep, study confirms
...in the hypothalamus of the sheep brain, which they named the ovine sexually dimorphic nucleus or oSDN because it is a different size in rams than in ewes. The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that controls metabolic activities and reproductive functions. The oSDN in rams that preferred females was "si......antibody at a time each one attached to an enzyme named horseradish peroxidase was added to each test tube with a chick embryo. In the colorimetric method, the enzyme, which is derived from horseradish root, initiates a reaction that makes conventional non-fluorescent colored dyes precipitate wit......ars. For example, there are four places in America named Blarney including Blarney Creek in Alaska and Blarney Castle Spring in South Dakota. Patrick shows up in 229 American places including Patrick Lake, Ga., and Patricksburg, Ind. There are 166 Shamrocks in America including Shamrock Mesa, Colo., and th...Design of composite materials that detect terahertz discovered
...of ordinary materials. Left-handed materials were named one of the Top Ten scientific breakthroughs of the year by Science in December 2003 when these materials and their properties were independently confirmed by multiple groups. While not left-handed, the present metamaterials demonstrate that the magn...Rice bioengineer wins international design contest
...04 -- Rice bioengineer Michael Liebschner has been named the grand prize winner in the "Create The Future" Design Contest sponsored by NASA Tech Briefs magazine, Emhart Teknologies and SolidWorks Corp. Liebschner, assistant professor of bioengineering, won the contest for designing the OsteoSonic TM , a no...Founder of UCSD bioengineering program honored with lifetime achievement award
...built bioengineering building's main auditorium is named after him. He was one of the first visionaries to recognize that engineering principles and technologies could be used to develop innovative ways to diagnose, treat and prevent human disease. President Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Scienc...Cell cycle research earns biologist Virginia's top scientist award
... the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named one of Virginia's three Outstanding Scientists of 2004, according to an announcement by Governor Mark R. Warner and Science Museum of Virginia Director Walter R.T. Witschey. Tyson is a world leader in the newly emerging field of computational cell bi...Schering-Plough scientists identify protein essential for cholesterol absorption from intestine
...tists report on the identification of the protein, named NPC1L1, as playing an essential role in the ezetimibe-sensitive cholesterol absorption pathway. Cholesterol levels in the blood are largely controlled through two sources in the body: the liver, which synthesizes (produces) cholesterol, and the intes...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ers stumbled upon a novel RNA sequence, which they named Kakugo, that could only be found in the brains of honeybees that displayed aggressive behavior toward a hornet decoy. They believe that the RNA is an indicator of a viral infection. "These results demonstrate that Kakugo RNA is a plus-strand RNA ...Digging for truth in Guatemala
... In the same year, the Guatemalan Youth Commission named him an "Icon" for the youth of Guatemala. In 1996, Mr. Peccerelli obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He is currently on sabbatical and is enrolled in a Masters of ...U. of Colorado professor pioneering tissue engineering from knees to hearts to brains
...ls and bone," said Anseth, the first engineer ever named a Hughes Investigator. "There are more complex challenges out there in this field, so we have had to become more clever and sophisticated in our designs." Anseth presented her findings at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Scienc...Pacific Northwest National Lab unveils most complete human blood-plasma proteome map to date
...er the FTICR instrumentation developed at PNNL was named one of the 100 top inventions of the year by R&D Magazine , and in October NIH granted PNNL more than $10 million to establish its Research Resource center for proteomics....Scientists in Germany and Hebrew University illuminate process in control of flowering in plants
...affect the stability of a floral-promoting protein named constans. These findings help explain the behavior of many plant species which display seasonal, day-length dependant flowering. Arabidopsis is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism in plant biology. It is the first plant f...Mind Science Foundation announces Rare Consciousness Research Awards
...tional bestsellers; and researchers whose work was named by the New York Times among the "67 most exciting ...itution of Great Britain and member of Parliament, named one of the "50 most inspirational women in the world" (Harpers); and Drs. Toby Collins and Edward Ma...Algorithms help diagnose cancer
...tational Biology in December 2003. "Our algorithm, named Q5, works on the assumption that the molecular composition of the blood changes between healthy and disease states," says Donald, the senior researcher on the project. "The goal of our work is to develop minimally invasive diagnostic methods with hig...Inflammation marker predicts colon cancer
...n or rectal cancer. In the CLUE II investigation, named for its campaign, "Give Us A Clue to Cancer and Heart Disease" and started between May and October 1989, study volunteers provided a blood sample and completed a brief health questionnaire. They since have been followed by additional questionnaires a...... as a new genus and species. The MBARI researchers named the jelly Stellamedusa ventana. Its genus, Stellamedusa, refers to the jelly's translucent blue-white color and trailing arms, which reminded the scientists of a slow-moving meteor or shooting star. It's species name, ventana, refers to MBARI's remot...