National Science Board Honors Maxine Frank Singer With Vannevar Bush Award
... science matters facing society and forinfluencing national science policy, particularly where there were soci...cience and technology, and for thedevelopment of a national science policy. Five years later, Congress passed abill creating the NSF. Singer will recei...Nobel Laureate David Baltimore To Speak To NYU Undergrads
...obel Prize, Dr. Baltimore has been atthe center of national policy-making on issues such as AIDS and recombinant DNAresearch. The Jurow Lecture was endowed by NYU alumnus Irving H. Jurow to bring a leadingintellectual or cultural leader to NYU's undergraduate community. The inaugurallecture was given by Step...ASM Calls For Focus On Microbial Pollution Of Nation's Water Supply
... date. There is a critical needfor an integrated, national initiative on the microbial quality of water and onrisk assessment as related to public health. To View the Video: click here to view for 28.8k or click here to view for 56k...Tipsheet: Environmental Story Ideas
...sday, April 22, environmentalissues will be in the national spotlight. Here are some examples of Universityof Wisconsin-Madison research that focuses on environmentally friendlypractices. Wisconsin-Style Recycling: New Uses For Cow Manure Aside from an annual cow chip toss, the world hasn't stumbled on too ...In Logged Forests, Hunting of Wildlife Becomes Deadly 'Second Harvest'
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...nly lumber forests but tourist attractions such as national parks could bedecimated by this beetle. "As of 1997, the Introduced Pine Shoot Beetle hadinfested 18 Ontario counties and our research shows that during a warm summerand fall, they could reproduce not once but twice," says Smith, whose researchis fun...Endangered Species' Recovery Plans Face Comprehensive Scientific Review
...iversity of Washington zoologist is spearheading a national effort toreview 200 recovery plans in detail. It i...plants, suchas solano grass in California; and the national symbol, the bald eagle, whichremains a threatened species in the lower 48 states. Since last fall, 2...New Carbon Monoxide Sensor Developed For Occupational Use
...n monoxideconcentrations are regulated outdoors by national and state ambient air qualitystandards, most people spend 90 percent or more of their time indoors, which iswhere elevated CO exposures are likely to occur," said Apte. The LBNL/QGI Occupational CO Dosimeter (LOCD) consists of a square polystyrenevia...USGS Finds Palila Population Remaining Stable
...sponsible forconducting biological research in the national parks and national wildliferefuges and other lands in Hawaii and other Pacific islands. The Center isheadquartered in ...Mouse Map Leads Way To Human Disease Exploration
...ey become ill." Recent years have seen an"enormous national effort to understand what humans have in common with mice,"she explained. In today's renaissance of human genetics, as more and more genetic explanationshave been found for human disease and behavior, the potential of applying thatknowledge to a work...National Laboratory, National Parks And Forests Leaders Seek To Share Resources
...tingApril 7 and 8, they spent two days touring the national lab in Idaho Falls,Idaho, and at the site in the I...not know the scope ofwork INEEL engaged in." Every national park and forest has a myriad of natural resources to take careof, including species of bacteria and ...Symposium Probes Impact Of Toxins On Development
...ironmentalHealth Sciences (NIEHS). It is the first national event sponsored by the new UWcenter, directed by pharmacy professor Colin Jefcoate. "In the past five to 10 years, there has been an explosion of work indevelopmental biology," Jefcoate said. "We want to close the gap between thestudy of animal model...Undiscovered Biological Diversity: A Symposium On Bioprospecting
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...owing body of evidence that protected areas suchas national parks are vulnerable to pollution from outside sou... this from other regions of NorthAmerica including national parks such as Sequoia and Great Smoky Mountains." Sources of ozone-producing compounds, including ...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...s needed." Although Stanford rose from regional to national prominence in the 1950s bybuilding and maintaining "steeples of excellence"-clusters of world-classresearchers working in various disciplines- Bio-X proponents argue that a newapproach is needed today to address the challenges posed by recent progres...Germany needs a national genome initiative
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...o, M.D., principalinvestigator on the study. The national trial of approximately 20 medical centers is recruiting a total of37,000 volunteers - 1,800 in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area - and isfunded by the Veterans Administration, Merck & Co., and NIAID. Volunteers Needed People are invited to par......ssion of AIDS by as much as two-thirds. Along with national educationalefforts, New York State mounted an information campaign, sending letters tophysicians and other health care specialists, even conducting marketingcampaigns to high-risk groups. Researchers at Jefferson Medical College asked, how qu...