IFDC innovative technology increases farmers' agricultural productivity, maintains resource base
...nt in sub-Saharan Africa. The ISFM project is now operating in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo with more than 2,000 farmers in more than 100 villages participating. Emphasis is placed on participatory approaches to develop ISFM technologies that are suitable to agroecological and s...Engineers work on their SUNTANS as they track waves and beaches
..." SUNTANS requires thousands of parallel computers operating in tandem - the kind of enormous computing power available at only a handful of national centers. "If we put this on the fastest parallel computer currently available, it would be fast enough to do realistic cases," Gerritsen said. "Of course, the av...Acoustic technique could disinfect medical instruments without heat or harsh chemicals
... because it can damage submarines' propellers when operating at certain depths. When applied to a solution of 66 percent isopropyl alcohol containing two forms of "marker" bacterial spores -- Bacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus subtilis -- the enhanced cavitation reduced the bacterial count by more than 9...GSA release 02-55: Dec. Geology & GSA Today media highlights
...ting there may be underlying fundamental processes operating when barriers to migration are closed through plate tectonics. Role of aquicludes in formation of Martian gullies. Martha S. Gilmore and Eleyne L. Phillips, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Mi...Envisats ASAR reveals extent of massive oil spill off Spanish coast
...acecraft, launched by ESA last March. The ASAR was operating in its wide-swath mode covering an area approximately 400 km by 400 km. Strong winds in the area resulted in lighter oil components being blown off while heavier constituents have been moved around on the sea surface, leaving characteristic dark fea...NIH funds new AIDS drug discovery research with $4.6 million
...dow through which to view RT and observe how it is operating and responding to the introduction of potential drug molecules. Closely tied in to the work of the other collaborators, Jones will chemically synthesize specially modified DNA and RNA fragments to be used as tools in the investigation of drug resist...Cellular pathway includes a 'clock' that steers gene activity
..., it was processing it," he said. "The pathway was operating like a clock with a pendulum, delivering the signal at particular intervals of time in a way that could resonate with the behavior of the genes in the nucleus." When information moves through a cell pathway to genes in the nucleus, it prompts the gen...NIH funding establishes a chimpanzee sanctuary
...mpanzee sanctuary. Once developed, the sanctuary's operating standards will be made available for public comment before being implemented. A sanctuary system to provide for the lifetime care of retired research chimpanzees was mandated by The Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection (CHIMP) ...Interpreting a climate record from 10,000-year-old migrating waters
...ut the physical, chemical and biological processes operating in this zone and to facilitate science-based decision making and sustainable management of the vadose zone. As a startup, Vadose Zone Journal will be quarterly, with two issues during the 2002 volume. The public and scientific community have free tri...New Amazon forest monitoring team: RAINFOR
.... To better understand how environmental factors operating at different spatial scales influence productivity and dynamics of Amazonian forests, RAINFOR is working with data from three clusters of long-term monitoring plots in the Eastern Amazon near Belem, Santarem and Manaus; in a high rainfall region of t...M. D. Anderson receives one of its largest private research gifts
...sion from a 12- to a 16-bed facility and increased operating time from 12 to 16 hours, with the capability of caring for patients who may need 24-hour support. Establishment of a Molecular Monitoring Laboratory, where biopsies of tumors, before and after treatment, can be processed to measure programmed cell ...Web-based collaboration links labs to supercomputers
...can readily access -- regardless of their computer operating systems -- computational tools, data record-keeping capabilities, communications and document storage, all of which harness the entire research and training process. With BioCoRE, users with supercomputer accounts gain seamless access to major Natio...Homeland security highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...f a small sensor probe for scanning and a handheld operating platform custom designed by PNNL to ease use and deter theft. Earlier versions of the analyzer have been deployed to counter smuggling of illicit materials at several international borders, including Kazakhstan, Georgia, Poland, Lithuania, Russia,...NYU medical center's cardiothoroacic surgeons announce unprecedented heart animation
...air surgery in 2000 and implementing HDTV into the operating room, the cardiac surgical research team in tandem with CyberFiber has now established a new standard in surgical technology with the development of the computer-animated heart. Colvin explained, "Medical animation software is going to provide an in...Bioinformatics: The quest for new drugs finds significant profits
...ogous to every computer manufacturer using its own operating system, which makes communication between systems exceedingly difficult. "For the field to really progress, different systems developed by different companies must be equally accessible to the most crucial component of computational biology: the rese...Ocean aquaculture: Technology, business practices, policies & caviar
...is a newly installed remote camera, or "Cage Cam," operating 24/7 from an adjacent Chevron gas platform. The ca...at a market price of $.80 per pound, with one boat operating for one full year at full capacity and at least 300 long lines. Sea scallops, if grown by seabed se......oncepts, knowledge and practices into planning and operating procedures. This year's recipient, Adam Davis, is an advocate for resource efficiency and sustainability. Integrating environmental values, Davis has changed the practices of forestry and investment firms, and spoken for the importance of sound eco...Normal gene control increases chances human stem cells will be safe
...nce rules Mendel observed in his pea garden aren't operating here," explains Feinberg. "'Dominant' and 'recessive' don't explain imprinted genes. Instead, for some imprinted genes, only the copy from the mother is used, while for others, only the copy from the father is turned on -- generation after generation...Hopkins scientists return to the mouse to overcome some obstacles in working with human stem cells
...nce rules Mendel observed in his pea garden aren't operating here," explains Andrew Feinberg, M.D., King Fahd Professor of Medicine in the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Hopkins. "'Dominant' and 'recessive' don't explain imprinted genes." Published online the week of July 8 in the Proceeding...Scientists get no-strings awards for biodiversity leadership
...s people in a biodiversity hotspot in Ecuador, and operating a respected clearinghouse for biodiversity advocacy and information. The five awards go to six people whose projects are in China, Ecuador, Madagascar, Peru, and the United States. The awards are for US$180,000 each over a three-year period. Altogeth...