AGI Foundation endows congressional geoscience fellowship honoring William L. Fisher
...n intensive orientation, fellows seek placement in personal offices of senators and representatives or in congressional committee offices where they spend a year working as a professional staff member. These individuals share their scientific knowledge and expertise and make practical contributions to the leg...Science writer Ron Redfern to receive geoscience Award for Outstanding Contribution
...or European and American companies. He underwent a personal metamorphosis when he 'retired' in 1975. During frequent visits to the U.S., Redfern was captivated by both the spectacle and the history of the American Southwest. He decided to share his growing interest in geomorphology and its human interface by...Livestock health sensors and wireless data storage in the works
...h analysis. Next, this data can be uploaded onto a personal computer at the ranch or feedlot for more sophisticated analysis that could include herd records, weather data, or global information systems data, in order to detect worrisome health patterns in the herd. Finally, via an Internet connection, a synop...UGA scientist to study effect of air quality on unborn babies
...uestion. In the summer of 2002, Naeher studied the personal air pollution exposure of 45 pregnant women in Tru... his research in Trujillo. Naeher will measure the personal pollution exposure of 100 pregnant Trujillo women (50 from urban and 50 from rural areas) during the...Detecting chemical threats with 'intelligent' networks
...ion. The neural networks, which currently run on a personal computer, were added recently to process signals from the sensor arrays. The networks enable the system to rapidly distinguish among the gases and predict their concentration in the ambient air. The microheaters, which are coated with metal oxide fil...New blood test uncovers individual risk for lung cancer
...s develop the disease, suggesting involvement of a personal genetic susceptibility. Livneh struck up a collaboration with Dr. Meir Krupsky of the Chaim Sheba Medical Center to determine whether this susceptibility is caused by a decreased ability to repair DNA damage. Our DNA is damaged about 20,000 times a ...Research on relative species abundance provides new theoretical foundation
...on by asymmetric niche-assembly theory. "One of my personal lessons from this interdisciplinary collaboration is that physics may provide fresh approaches to some old problems in ecology," said Hubbell. "Ecologists often start with an already complex hypothesis and then add even more complexity. Physicists te...UC Santa Barbara discovers cell survival gene may lead to treatments for degenerative diseases
...treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases. The personal side of neurodegenerative diseases does not escape Rothman, wholost a family member to ALS a few years ago. "Our human state, includingour ability to move, to feel emotion, and to be self-aware, all require anexquisitely honed nervous system," he sa...Smaller food portions may explain the 'French paradox' of rich foods and a svelte population
... the 'obesity epidemic' in the U.S. has focused on personal willpower, but our study shows that the environment also plays an important role and that people may be satisfied even if served less than they would normally eat." Extending their approach to single-serve foods sold in supermarkets, Rozin and collea...Scientists at TSRI create new strain of yeast with 21-amino acid genetic code
Henry Ford revolutionized personal transportation by introducing an unusual car design onto the auto market and by embracing factory mass production of his "Tin Lizzie." Now a team of investigators at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and its Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology ...Finding dirty bombs and other radiation threats
...points to small, pager-size monitors that serve as personal dosimeters. Many of these devices originally were designed for monitoring workers in factories and laboratories. The new standards under development will ensure that the devices work as intended under the new conditions now encountered in homeland se...Researchers find three chromosomal areas with links to alcoholism vulnerability
...9 years of age, had an alcohol-dependent parent, a personal history of drinking but not alcohol dependence, and a full sibling with similar characteristics. Full siblings (n=139 pairs) and available parents were then genotyped for 811 satellite markers. Subjects were given eight minutes to consume a beverag...Drug improves the sense of touch, Science study says
...earning?that remains to be seen," said Dinse. "My personal opinion," Dinse maintained, "is that progress in brain pharmacology will sooner or later result in implications that are equally or possibly more dramatic than the implications tied to discussions about genes and cloning." To understand tactile acui...AGI publishes 41st edition of Directory of Geoscience Departments
...geoscience community and is a "must have" for both personal and library bookshelves. The Directory of Geoscience Departments, 41st Edition, provides an alphabetical listing of 1,021 geoscience departments. This year, the list of geoscience departments outside the U.S. has expanded to 88 departments in 18 cou...Is there an unexpected price for late night high tech excitement?
...d industrial nations, the number of Japanese using personal computers at night is increasing. A recent report from that nation indicated that 53.7 percent of Internet users in Japan had delayed bedtimes and 45 percent of them had shortened sleeping hours. These statistics suggest that performing a video disp...Exposure to pollution before viral infection linked to more serious asthma attacks
...(cough, wheeze, shortness of breath), and measured personal nitrogen dioxide exposures every week for around a...Anoop Chauhan comments: "We have shown that higher personal nitrogen dioxide exposure might increase the severity of virus-induced asthma exacerbations and thes...Over-the-counter pain relievers may prevent breast cancer
... non-melanoma skin cancer. Each woman completed a personal interview, which collected information on their individual risk of developing breast cancer and their use of aspirin and ibuprofen. Of the 80,741 enrolled, 1,392 were later diagnosed with breast cancer....Over-the-counter pain relievers effective in protecting against breast cancer
... non-melanoma skin cancer. Each woman completed a personal interview, which collected information on their individual risk of developing breast cancer and their use of NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen and aspirin. Of those enrolled, 1,392 were later diagnosed with breast cancer. Based on WHI protocol, each parti...New book entertainingly tells 'What Good Are Bugs'
...bed sundews a century earlier. Another more recent personal story involved a mysterious infestation in his home in Urbana, Ill., where caterpillars had been eating grain products in the pantry. It was discovered that seed-eating meal moths came home aboard "two necklaces of prettily dyed corn kernels" he had...... social support, the couple was taped discussing a personal concern involving something they wanted to change or improve, for example quitting smoking, that was not a source of marital tension. Again, in one session the wife chose the topic and then the husband chose. The researchers then viewed the video...