Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
... she's also provided a refreshing testament to how personal and creative even the most dense and high-tech sci...ng is a native of China who entered science with a personal link to her area of study the genomic sequence of rice. Rice isn't just a plant with a sequenced ge...Proteins show promise for mosquito control
...ange of 10 parts per million. Lan has a somewhat personal vendetta against disease-carrying mosquitoes. Growing up in China, she contracted malaria when she was 13. A school teacher recognized her symptoms and encouraged her to see a physician. "I was drenched in sweat and pale as paper," Lan recalls. Inter...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...ty to estimate individual radiation doses based on personal interviews, other strengths of the study included the fact that all cases of thyroid cancer were confirmed independently by a panel of expert pathologists, and the study focused on people exposed as young children and adolescents, a group that is lik...New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil
...e increasingly concerned about pharmaceuticals and personal care products that have been detected in soil and water. Environmental engineers are seeking better ways to track these emerging pollutants, which tend to be more complex and water-soluble than previous contaminants of concern, such as chlorinated so...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...concerns about the effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products , potential biomarkers for improvin...05 a.m.) Wednesday, Aug. 25 Pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Environmental challenges, solutions -- A two-day symposium will explore various aspe...Managing occupational exposures to potential bioterrorist agents
...areful laboratory practices and procedures, use of personal protective equipment, vaccination, and early assessment of potential exposures (with the initiation of antibiotic prophylaxis as needed), has been successful in minimizing the risk of disease in laboratory workers at USAMRIID. This policy may be usef...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
...ic chemical used in hand soaps, cleaners and other personal care products to kill germs is deposited and remains in the environment long after the products are used, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The chemical--3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide (triclocarban), marke...Education, monitoring vital for sport-fish eaters
...ds, updated education about contaminant levels and personal awareness of the number of fish meals consumed. Anyone eating 100 fish meals or more annually should pay careful attention to the type and source of the fish they choose....8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
... other living person. Goodman has often risked his personal safety to complete natural history collections, but he also has conducted conservation biology and field inventory courses for Malagasy students. He published, with Jonathan Benstead, the massive volume, The Natural History of Madagascar. Curt Meine...Virtual counselor supplements traditional genetic counseling
...ston, Illinois. The volunteers 211 total all had personal or family histories of breast cancer. Women were divided into two risk groups, low and high. "Low" was defined as having a less than 10 percent chance of carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, and "high" defined as having a 10 percent or greate...Workforce achievements celebrated at NASA Marshall Center Awards ceremony
...ervice Medal. The award, recognizing distinguished personal service, ability or courage that has substantially contributed to NASA's mission, is the highest honor NASA can bestow on a civil servant. At the same ceremony, Douglas A. Towne of Lockheed-Martin Space Operations in Huntsville received NASA's Dist...Researchers discuss revised Food Guide Pyramid and what it will mean for the food industry
... by enabling people to base their choices on their personal dietary needs." Forum speaker Dr. Louise Berner, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, reminded the food industry that consumption patterns need to be considered in any type of dietary intervention. Whole foods should be used as ...Most Americans not sure about the sources of high cholesterol
...more concerned about cholesterol compared to other personal health issues and 75 percent felt that their cholesterol should be lower. "Patients with high cholesterol should make an extra effort to be as informed about their cholesterol levels as possible. Knowing about the sources of cholesterol is a key ste...Confidentiality of genetic databases questioned by Stanford researchers
...match it to database material in the future to get personal medical information about the subject. Why worry? Lin said that insurance companies and employers potentially have an interest in learning whether a person is prone to certain illnesses, and that malevolent individuals might also try to seek out this...Make a splash for public health this summer
...e University microbiologist Dr. Joan Rose, is your personal health and the health of your family. "Improperly...rne germs, good sanitation practices, and suitable personal hygiene in and around the swimming area can make the difference between a healthy and unhealthy swim...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...he clinic, with an emphasis on the challenges that personal genome screening may pose to concepts of anonymity. In addition to advancing technologies that may revolutionize clinical research and the practice of medicine, the Harvard center will strive to develop new tools for studying basic biological process...UK researchers develop way of predicting a woman's 'reproductive' age
...ancer and women who may want to delay a family for personal or professional reasons. "In essence, it means we now have the potential to be able to tell a woman how fast her biological clock is ticking and how much time she has before it will run down," said lead author Dr. Hamish Wallace, consultant paediatr...Stanford researchers go from heaven to Earth in 'lifeguard' test
...gas conference, Montgomery and Mundt had created a personal physiological monitor demo for John Hines, manager of the astrobionics program at NASA Ames in nearby Mountain View. "We used the demo to help engineers at NASA Johnson Space Center start figuring out what they'd need for the astronauts. They could p...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred Knudson Jr. named 2004 Kyoto Prize winner
...om mainframe computing and opened the door for the personal computer revolution; and Prof. Jurgen Haber...ing achievements but also of the excellence of the personal characteristics on which they have built their contributions to mankind. The laureates are selected ......rauma. Other studies have suggested that intense, personal experiences might produce near photographic recollection, something that prosecutors and juries in legal cases often assume. But some researchers think this is an illusion. "People come away from these experiences feeling they will never forget wha...