Survey Shows Students Turning To Physicians Less As Drug Abuse Increases
...These results were presented today (June 1) at the national meeting ofthe American Psychiatric Association in Toronto by Paul Kettl, M.D., associateprofessor of psychiatry and acting chair of the Department of Psychiatry at PennState's College of Medicine and medical student Kamara Thompson. The title ofthe p...Micro-Plants Yield Pharmaceutical New Wave
...r Blackburn said the two year project is part of a national collaborative super-project called the "Bioactive Molecule's Initiative" involving six CSIRO Divisions, encompassing the strengths of CSIRO biotechnology with a major focus being marine biotechnology. The recent discovery of these biologically...Spinach Enzymes Neutralize Explosives
...acific Northwest is one of DOE's nine multiprogram national laboratories that conductresearchin the fields of environment, energy, health sciences and national security. Battelle, based inColumbus, Ohio, has operated Pacific Northwest for the DOE since 1965....Ground-Breaking DNA Research Leads SFU Grad To The Top
...nd Engineering Research Council. Only two of these national prizes areawarded each year in the natural sciences. "I was completely shocked at winning the NSERC award," says Li, whostudied chemistry at China's Anhui University and applied chemistry at BeijingAgricultural University. Li, along with wife......use of their destructivepotential, is an important national security concern," Domenici said. "I believeprojec...re,Calif., Sandia has R&D programs contributing to national defense, energy andenvironmental technologies, and economic competitiveness. Dr. Zelicoff is availab...The Fishing Hole Had Better Be Upstream From Commercial And Industrial Centers
...raphy (ASLO) / Ecological Society of America (ESA) national meeting,which is June 7-12 in St. Louis, Mo. In research funded in part by the National Science Foundation, McTammanyand colleagues investigated the impact of urbanization on the diversity andpopulations of insects that live some stage of the...... would "add nearly 28 million tons ofcarbon to the national annual releases"-an increase of 25 percent over 1990levels. Moreover, SAVE members testified that construction of two dams needed to supplythe petrochemical complex with water would flood two aboriginal villagesdisplacing thousands. Toxins from plan......major research and development responsibilities in national security,energy, and environmental technologies. Sidebar: A Battery-Power Pneumatic Seat Cushion For Wheelchair-Bound Sandia previously worked with Numotech to develop a battery-powered pneumaticseat cushion designed to prevent pressure ulcers fro...Researchers Discover Way To Grow New Kidneys In Rats
...e than 39,000 kidney patients currently are on the national waiting list ofthe United Network for Organ Sharing. In 1997, 2,000 people died waiting for akidney. Hammerman's results are published in the July issue of KidneyInternational. His wife, Nancy Hammerman, is a co-author. An art teacher in theP...Wildlife Dying At The Doorsteps Of World's National Parks, Study Says
...s atalarming rates when they leave the confines of national parks, according to astudy by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CambridgeUniversity. Published today in the journal Science, the study warns thatregional populations of these animals may collapse if such mortality continues...USGS And Arizona Game And Fish Begin Partnership To Study Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
...department's ongoing work in Partners in Flight, a national program toconserve neotropical migratory birds. These activities, said Shroufe, arepart of the state's nongame and endangered wildlife program, which is fundedlargely by the Arizona lottery. Once the information about the cuckoo is collected, Arizona...Destructive Algae Overtaking Mediterranean Waters
... aquarium trade. "We need to call attention on a national level...that this plant should not be imported," says James N. Norris of the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History. "We definitely dont want it in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, or anywhere else." Scientists suspect the algae are a hybri...Detecting Deer: New Method For Counting Population In Urban Areas
...on considers the survey to be the centerpiece of a national model for otherurban and suburban areas to accurately determine deer numbers and monitor herdsize. "Of all the options, using helicopters over snow cover is the most efficient andcost-effective, especially for the terrain at Tyson, which is 90 percen...Groundwater Injection Process Filters Out Contaminants
... fields of environment, energy, healthsciences and national security. Battelle, based in Columbus, Ohio, has operatedPacific Northwest for DOE since 1965....NCI Awards Hopkins $3.8 Million For Cancer Genetics Network
...institutions nationwide charged withestablishing a national resource for genetic research, genetic testing andpatient education. The network's infrastructure is designed to investigate thegenetic basis of cancer susceptibility and integrate the new findings intopatient care. The network also will address th...System Offers Breath Of Relief To Workers
... fields of environment, energy, healthsciences and national security. Battelle, based in Columbus, Ohio, has operatedPacific Northwest for DOE since 1965....Duke Studies Show That Environmental Effects Of Dams Extend To Insect Life
...ocesses we are studying have beenfound to occur in national parks, which resemble forest islands in the midst ofa man-modified landscape. Such studies help to pinpoint the ecological changestaking place in our increasingly fragmented landscapes, and thus help to designconservation strategies." Rao, an...Milestone In Mitochondrial Structure Revealed
...4-71). Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory located inBerkeley, California. It conducts unclassified scientific research and ismanaged by the University of California....New Polymer Implants Can Rescue Dying Brain Cells, Researchers Say
...e cells inthe brain were described here today at a national meeting of the AmericanChemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. A protein thatstimulates the growth of nerve cells and keeps them from degenerating, NGF couldhelp to prevent or control Alzheimer's disease, said W. Mark Saltzman, Ph.......'s largestscientific society, during the Society's national meeting here Aug. 23-27. Located in the Exhibit Hall of the Hynes Convention Center, the Pavilion(booth #222), will feature forums on a wide range of research, including: Dr. Edward Teller discussing via live video conference the technologi...