Survey of Chesapeake Bay watershed residents may save the bay
...ed to inform members of the public about how their personal activities contribute to the pollution, what they can do, and how their actions can make a difference in improving water quality, she said "People generally believe that one person can make a difference, yet they do not understand that they can be th...Study employs backyard scientists to document global warming impact
...fic outposts, but from the backyard recordings and personal journals of people across the world. The impact of global warming often appears as an early arrival of spring and is seen at bird feeders, heard in the earlier croaking of frogs and sniffed in the first waft of lilacs. "Local weather is extremely ...Americans deeply divided about use of genetic technologies in reproduction
...hnologies give us the power to manipulate the most personal and profound of human activities -- beginning a new human life," said Kathy Hudson, Ph.D., director of the Center. Highlights of the survey: Most Americans oppose (76 percent) scientists working on ways to clone humans. Of those who support huma...AAAS Science Project/Unisys prize encourages student-led scientific inquiry on flight to soar
...y sparking student excitement about technology and personal achievement, AAAS believes that science and technology will come to life for these young people. We want to keep them interested in technology, and in pursuing their dreams of accomplishment-just as the Wright Brothers did when they invented powered ...UC Riverside's professor Robert Graham elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America
...chievement in research; education; public service; personal achievement, recognition, and service; and a minimum of 10 years of Society membership. Prof. Graham received his Ph.D. in soil science from North Carolina State University in 1986. His other awards include the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate...Two landmark fertility studies give hope to young male cancer patients
...ts who were talking to them about such private and personal issues. This sensitivity to the use of chaperones for example had been shown in the team's previous research to be over 3.5 fold counterproductive. "These are young people barely coming to terms with their own sexuality, let alone taking on board t...Northwestern launches major gene banking project
...released to other researchers will not include any personal identification. Researchers using the NUgene bank will not be allowed direct access to the system but will receive reports that provide them only the information they need and for which they have approved access. This provides an additional level of...International consortium launches genetic variation mapping project
...ants can give full informed consent. No medical or personal identifying information will be obtained from the people providing the samples. The samples, however, will be identified by the population from which they were collected. "Studies like this must be done as ethically and transparently as we can," said...UCLA study shows water reclamation could become an important source of future water supplies
...ould use reclaimed water for certain household and personal activities. Although the question dealt with the use of "reclaimed water at least as pure as water from the tap," respondents said they would use reclaimed water for outdoor uses but few would use it indoors. Institute researchers noted that water-re...A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado
...r and a starting point for journeys of biological, personal and aesthetic discovery. Ziegler has published additional photos in GEO, BBC Wildlife, International Wildlife and Smithsonian Magazines. In 2001 his photo of an army ant colony on Barro Colorado won in one of the categories of the prestigious BBC W...Folding@home scientists report first distributed computing success
As you read this sentence, millions of personal computers around the world are working overtime p.... Pande describe how they with the help of 30,000 personal computers successfully simulated part of the complex folding process that a typical protein molecul...OSU genetics expert wins award for lifetime achievement
...ics. The recipient receives a medal and a $10,000 personal prize, and gives a plenary address to the ASHG annual meeting. De la Chapelle's keynote address will be, "Inherited Diseases: Challenges, Victories and Disappointments." "I am really quite honored, and very surprised," says de la Chapelle. "There a...Dr. Francis White, FUHS/CMS, receives MERIT Award
...al journal of the Society for Neuroscience. In his personal life, Dr. White is an avid golfer and the proud father of two girls....Special report: Personal genomics
...gh for some researchers. Their goal is to get very personal indeed. "We are proposing to give people their own...appens, the thinking goes, a whole new industry of personal genomics will take off. The idea is gathering momentum thanks to Craig Venter, the eccentric scient...UT Southwestern researcher, colleagues report drug therapy eases chronic depression
..., educational and vocational success, and even the personal experiencing of joy, pleasure or satisfaction," said Rush. In all, 635 patients with chronic depression completed 12 weeks of short-term treatment. Those who improved on the Zoloft treatment (209) underwent a four-month continuation trial. Ninety-fiv...New physical activity opinion survey demonstrates perceptions do not meet reality
... per day and spent another two hours a day using a personal computer for Internet browsing, chat rooms, games,... to spending the "majority of their downtime" on a personal computer. The majority of parents feel that television (42%) and computers or video games (41%) ...Public calls on U.S. government to protect the world's coral reefs, new poll finds
...ction on government, they are also willing to make personal consumption choices or contributions to reef conservation when visiting these areas. When asked to consider the total cost of a vacation to a coral reef area, Americans are willing to add meaningful sums to support the conservation of the coral reefs...Needle-free blood and tissue measurements
...es are exhausted, so you could use it to develop a personal training program," she said. The prototype device currently uses two optical fibers, one shining the light into the patient and the other carrying the reflected light back to a device that analyzes the data. However, it still needs to be smaller for ...Scientists discover genetic defect responsible for microcephaly
...e to know the Amish and Mennonite communities in a personal way. About 50 percent of the Amish children are born at home with the services of a midwife. Morton and his staff also commonly make house calls in rural areas of Lancaster County, Pa., providing compassionate medical care in sometimes-difficult situ......oyal employees, an "alignment" of work culture and personal values, and quality research. "The values that our founders Herb Boyer and Bob Swanson imparted remain today: valuing employees' creativity and allowing freedom for individual scientists to innovate and be creative," said Richard Scheller, vice presi...