Flipper as Rambo: Dolphins can be great naval security tools
...ns may help find even more mines around Iraqs main port and adjacent coastal waters. Davis says dolphins can be attached with cameras or sensors often mounted on their flippers and are trained to find certain undersea objects. Once such an object, like a mine, is located, the animal is trained to relay......y and hospital ships were on their way into Iraq's port of Umm Qasr, and the sea channels had to be cleare...h its side-scan sonar to systematically survey the port channel waters that were seeded with mines. Once the sonar images were processed, dolphins were sent...Smallpox in Europe selected for genetic mutation that confers resistance to HIV infection
...es a receptor, called CCR5, that is the main entry port for HIV-1 into T cells and macrophages. While most people around the world have two CCR5 genes or alleles, about 10 percent of Europeans, on average, lack one of the alleles. They thus produce fewer CCR5 receptors, which hinders initial infection by ...Citizens, scientists and policymakers debate ways to restore ocean health at AAAS Town Hall Meeting
...ronmental stress so that Seattle can remain a true port city. A majority of the more than 200 participants at the town hall favored option # 1, but many also believed that a combination of options # 1 and 2 would yield the best results over the long term. A significant minority believed that a combinati...DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
Docking by Soyuz TMA-4 with the nadir port of the Russian Zarya module took place at 07:03 Central European Time (CET). Following the scheduled post-docking checks, the hatch between the spacecraft and the ISS was opened at 08:27 CET. Soyuz TMA-4 lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazak...Tulane opens doors to discovery
... other deadly infectious diseases that riddled the port city. Tulane University Health Sciences Center honors their dream of high quality medical education, public health and research with the "Doors to Discovery" program. Featuring 15 nationally renowned speakers in health policy and research, the progr...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
...me hearing, Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, director of port security in the Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection Directorate within the U.S. Coast Guard, said, "Our nation faces a growing array of threats from the sea that could harm maritime commerce, coastal population centers and critical ......cross continents. The sailors with a girl in every port could have done it. Or it may be that village women snuck out for trysts with tall, dark strangers. Either way, Y chromosomes got around. ...