Citizens, scientists and policymakers debate ways to restore ocean health at AAAS Town Hall Meeting
...input into scientific research agendas by creating opportunities for dialogue among policymakers, the public and the scientific community. The town hall meeting was moderated by Ira Flatow of National Public Radio's "Science Friday," and hosted by Leshner; with speakers Jane Lubchenco, chair of marine biology at...Statistical technique helps researchers gain more information from a single data run
... is controversial, he believes it offers important opportunities when used with appropriate data sets. "This is very effective when data in the time domain are not good for bootstrapping because of dependency," he said. "It can solve one difficult problem, and in that respect it is new and exciting." Wavestrappin...Scientists, lawyers discuss decision-making amid uncertainty
...t. Scientist-advocate While many scientists shun opportunities to popularize their research, insisting they will remain neutral, Schneider offers living proof that the "scientist-advocate" is not an oxymoron. "Among the positions one can take is being an advocate of science itself," he says, "in which one argues...Advances in equine cloning may aid insight into human diseases
...l birth and development of these foals offered new opportunities to explore an alternate method of calcium regulation in equines that may aid understanding of human disease. Calcium concentrations in equine red blood cells differ from those in humans both within and outside the cells. Equine red blood cells contai...AAAS survey: 80 percent of adults say we're hurting oceans
...input into scientific research agendas by creating opportunities for dialogue among policymakers, the public and th... Engagement with Science and Technology to provide opportunities for meaningful dialogue, and I think this survey shows we identified a real need." The town hall m...New technologies reveal mysteries of marine megafauna
...sible. Their findings are providing exciting, new opportunities to conserve these animals by working with fishermen and fisheries managers. "The vastness of the open ocean is an incredibly important place biologically, and, unfortunately, it's in trouble. But normal people don't go out there and see it they don...HHMI international programs build science capacity in developing countries
...ts, most recently in Bangladesh Advanced training opportunities for postdoctoral fellows and young scientists in t...its value for others in a number of ways: training opportunities for students; equipment used by others within the home and neighboring institutions; electronic jour...Portable kidney dialysis machine developed
...alysis patients now have to limit travel and other opportunities due to time-consuming treatments that can take up to four hours. "A growing number of studies indicate that longer and/or more frequent in-home dialysis offers not only superior therapy, but also the opportunity to reduce costs," Baker said. "These r...Want a side of algae with that? Hawaiian farmers sell seaweed by the seashore
...ism, Glenn says. However, Molokai also has limited opportunities for employment. An aquaculture project that focuses on growing long ogo in the ancient fishponds would satisfy a lot of different needs. A key part of the project is the hatchery, run by Ke Kua'aina Hanauna Hou (KKHH), a nonprofit organization that ...'Grey goo' misconceptions could harm poor in developing world
...to diminish the health, environmental and economic opportunities of the poor in Africa, Latin America and Asia." This report outlines for the first time the health, environmental and economic benefits for developing countries of nanotechnology (NT). These include: improved detection of cancer and HIV/AIDS by ...Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
...to diminish the health, environmental and economic opportunities of the poor in Africa, Latin America and Asia."...Protein data bank opens new era with broader support
...nternationalparticipation mirrors the expansion in opportunities for progressin a new era of structureinformed research. According to James Cassatt of NIGMS, "The use of structures hasrevolutionized the development of new drugs, including that ofall of the HIV protease inhibitors. The use of these drugs aspart of ...Rice and M. D. Anderson establish Center for Computational Cancer Research
...apid advance of technology has created a number of opportunities for understanding the causes of cancer and its treatment, but each of these opportunities requires the development of custom, high-performance software that can run efficiently on modern sup...Conservation International & Starbucks expand partnership, launch Verde Ventures loan program
... conserve the environment while providing economic opportunities for coffee farmers. "Starbucks values are reflecte... protecting the environment and providing economic opportunities for coffee farmers." "I consider the Conservation Coffee™ program to be a great benefit to th...AGI announces the winners of Earth Science Week 2003 contests
...g the second full week in October, offers students opportunities to discover the Earth sciences and provides geoscientists and Earth-science organizations the opportunity to share their knowledge and enthusiasm about the Earth and how it works. AGI, in collaboration with its member societies and Earth Science We...Gene affecting bone mass, osteoporosis risk identified
...tes that mouse genetic discoveries can lead to new opportunities for human therapeutics. It also demonstrates how the rate of genetic discovery was accelerated by coupling genetic analysis of an experimental murine disease model with gene expression analysis." Alox15 encodes an enzyme called 12/15-lipoxygenase th...Beagle 2 fails to call Mars express
... but I have to say this is a setback." "There are opportunities to contact Beagle still to come, though we've esta...ss is the only system tested end-to-end. The next opportunities for Mars Express to detect a signal from Beagle 2 are as follows: 8 January, around 12:50 GMT 9 Janu...Beagle 2 team still hopes to repeat Mars landing success
...ammed passes. Unfortunately, the last four contact opportunities pre-programmed into Beagle 2's computer no longer ... they are not ideal for communication, whereas the opportunities on 12 and 14 January are potentially much longer....B2MIN9: Beagle 2 teams continue efforts to communicate with the lander
...ablish communications with the spacecraft. Further opportunities to scan for a signal from Beagle 2 will be underta... of the weak signal from Beagle's antenna. Future opportunities to communicate with Beagle 2 are listed on the Beagle 2 Web site. The results of these sessions will......ound 18.15 GMT tomorrow evening, followed by daily opportunities to contact Beagle 2 via the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and the radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank and Stanford University in the United States. There are several possible explanations for the failure of Odyssey to pick up Beagle 2's signal. Perhaps the mo...