From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
...f art, has used neutron induced autoradiography to peer beneath layers of pigments on a painting to see what lies beneath. As an experiment, he took a classical painting of a woman, painted an abstract modern painting atop that, and then painted a fabric drape over that. When subjected to the neutron bea...Evolution Re-Sculpted Animal Limbs By Genetic Switches Once Thought Too Drastic For Survival
...study thepatterns of gene expression in embryos to peer backward in time. In the past fewyears, researchers have made remarkable progress in identifying genes thatspecify gross changes in body shape early in development. But others have arguedthat any naturally arising variants in such genes would quickly...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
...air and diet products -- while popular culture and peer groups pilot contemporary teenage life. "At the same time, traditional social supports for young women have disappeared, putting girls today in crisis and at much higher risk than boys for eating disorders, substance abuse, dropping out of school, ...NIH Office Of Dietary Supplements Expands Research Support
...are received and reviewed through the standard NIH peer review process. Highly meritorious applications that fall just outside an Institutes funding resources and are within the research interest of the ODS can be nominated by NIH Institutes to receive full or partial funding from ODS. The ODS has commi......are reviewed by government scientists and external peer panels, UT Southwestern will seek additional funding to cover the cost of developing diagnostic tests and identifying and evaluating potential treatments. The UT Southwestern team has concluded that some veterans are suffering from brain and nerve da...Study Finds Some People Are 'Born To Smoke'
... is not for them? Although social factors such as peer pressure undoubtedly play a role, there ismounting evidence that some people are "destined" to become smokers because theyare inherently more sensitive to the effects of nicotine---particularly thepleasurable effects---than people who are not tempted..."A Little Bit Here" And "A Little Bit There" Can Add Up To A Big Problem
...t iswritten by a panel of scientists and undergoes peer review and approval by theEditorial Board. The accompanying scientific paper undergoes the normal journalpeer-review process. Previous issues concerned human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle andecosystem services. Look for upcoming issues to......h educators and otherspecialists who could provide peer education and counseling, virologicevaluation, social services, referrals to physicians and other services. Edlin said San Francisco has provided funding for such a program, whichis being implemented at the recommendation of the Mayor's Task ......gram Board of Scientific Counselors on Friday will peer review rodent cancer studies of five substances and the strength ofany carcinogenic activity as interpreted by the National Toxicology Programstaff before publication as NTP Technical Reports. The substances are: methyleugenol, a flavoring ag...Molecular Mission Unveils New Genetic Link To Common Birth Defect
...genetic researchersa second chance, as it were, to peer into later developmental windows, therebyexposing previously unknown functions of a variety of genes. In addition to NIGMS, other funders of the study included the Japanese Ministryof Education, Science, Sports and Culture, and the Japanese Society f...Center Set Up To Evaluate Evidence Of Chemical Threats To Human Reproduction
...the NTP Board of ScientificCounselors, a chartered peer review group of scientific experts primarily fromoutside government....Harbor Branch Web Developers Team With ABC News To Bring Ocean Adventure To A Computer Near You
...s will allow many thousands of people "a chance to peer over the shoulders of researchers in the field, to vicariouslyenjoy science as it happens." ABCNEWS.com provides tremendous media reach for @Sea® and a uniquecollaborative opportunity for Harbor Branch Oceanographic's Media Lab. Visitorsto eithe...UV Rays, Fire And Flame Retardants To Be Reviewed For Possible Listing As Carcinogens, NTP Announces
...p of federal agencies --are followed by an outside peer review, held in public. The Report on Carcinogens is a Congressionally directed listing ofknown and reasonably anticipated human carcinogens. Its preparation isdelegated to the NTP by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. NTP...Climate change and greenhouse gases: The scientific literature reviewed
...ve prepared a thorough, documented analysis of the peer reviewed literature,which will be published in Eos...Changeand Greenhouse Gases," was itself rigorously peer reviewed. Dr. Tamara S. Ledley of TERC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her fiveco-authors have divi...This is your adolescent brain on alcohol
...ds about options to drinking, skills for resisting peer pressure, and methods for reducing drinking if it has already begun. Another promising option is called "recovery of function," an area of research that Mark S. Goldman, distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of South Florid...Matrisian named Vanderbilt's first chair of cancer biology
...of it is to make the cells behave properly through peer pressure from their surroundings." Dr. Harold Moses, Benjamin F. Byrd Professor of Oncology and director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, said establishment of the new department will help the center capitalize on the opportunity to recruit...Advanced cell technology reports reversal
...ed by independent researchers through a scientific peer review process. Dr. Michael D. West, a pioneer in telomere research and the President and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, said, "With this research we have shown that it may eventually be possible to improve the quality of life for millions of peo...CWRU to host regional NAE biomedical conference
...resonance imaging (MRI), which allow scientists to peer into biological processes on a molecular level. Meade is conducting groundbreaking studies of topics that include nerve growth and gene therapies in live animals. The National Academy of Engineering is an honorific organization of distinguished engi...Top biomedical researchers form Editorial Directorate for open-access publishing venture
...has the potential to demonstrate how high quality, peer reviewed reports in many important fields of life sciences can be made freely accessible throughout the world solely through electronic journals," says Dr Harold Varmus. "If this works as hoped, we will move much closer to achieving the revolution i......do. Once the report on a study is prepared, it is peer reviewed by a panel of outside experts which rigorously analyzes every aspect of the study and hears from members of the public who may wish to comment on the study or the draft report. This exceptionally stringent process has contributed to the NTP...