Bottom-up Ecological Processes Better For Clear Waters, Study Finds
...wo levels (plants and herbivores), Oksanen's model predicts that increasedplant production will fuel growth of...(plants, herbivores and predators), Oksanen'smodel predicts that increased plant production will result in more predatorsand plants, but fewer herbivores, becau...Biosensor Is A Model For Widespread Testing Of Chemicals, Molecules
... With completion of this milestone, the team predicts they can create"a suite" of different sensors within three years. "We wantto create chemosensitive surfaces that respond in a very specific mannerto whatever it is we are interested in, whether checking PCBs in the environmentor for sugar levels in t...Researcher Discovers Plant Genes For Phosphate Uptake
...ack down the genes that turn on that mechanism. He predicts that once they understand it, researchers might enhance a plant's natural ability to compete for the few phosphate molecules found free in soil solution. Other scientists working with yeast and other fungi already had identified protein molecules cal...Reanalysis Of International Data Finds Sharp Decline In Sperm Density
...lways a certain discrepancy between what the model predicts and what actuallyhappens - this is often referred to as variability. "A perfect model wouldexplain 100 percent of this variability," says Swan. "Our model accounts for 80percent - that is the best fit of any model that has been proposed." Althou...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
.... Although it is too early to say precisely, Venda predicts the new workstations eventually will decrease occupational injuries for these jobs by 20% (Valery Venda, personal communication). Reducing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Given the importance of this issue, and the rather considerable atten...Infant Dependency Drives Menopause, NSF-Supported Researcher Reports
...ause to occur earlier in life." The theory predicts that reproductive decline will begin once themother's life expectancy drops below the time required to raise additionaloffspring. For example, if women in pre-technological societies could expect tolive 50 years, and if a child, in order to survive,...Does Mountain Living Slow Rate Of Molecular Evolution?
... populations living at high elevations" predicts the opposite of what was found. Bleiweiss compared the DNA of hummingbirds living at a variety of elevations, from sea level to the equa...Fetuses Destined For Abortion May Be Used To Test Gene Therapy
...ages and we'll visit theseissues again and again," predicts Mickleson. Author: Philip Cohen, San Francisco New Scientist issue 10th October 1998, p.5 PLEASE MENTION NEW SCIENTIST AS THE SOURCE OF THIS STORY - THANK YOU...U.S. Healthcare Burden To Soar Unless Hepatitis C Detection, Treatment Improve
...es 1998 Annual Meeting in Chicago,November 6 - 10, predicts that the US could face a daunting health care burden from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection over the next decade. Gary Davis, MD, University of Florida, reported on an analysis of future trends based on a model that uses current data on the HCV infec...Software Helps Decipher Genomes Of Higher Organisms
... Georgia Tech's GeneMark e-mail server, which predicts locations of genes. After mapping gene locations, the computer program compares the newly predicted protein sequence to known ones in a database. This determines protein function. The protein analysis is done in collaboration with the Natio...Offshore DDT Deposit Spreading, Research Suggests
...y physical disturbance. The scientist's model also predicts that ocean currents may be transporting significant quantities of DDT and PCBs from the PVS to adjacent estuaries and bays. The widespread distribution of DDT in sediments of theSanta Monica and San Pedro basins supports that prediction, and the Sea ...Should Great Apes Be Given Legal Rights?
...ne, who helped set up the Great ApeProject. But he predicts there will be a gradual broadening of the "sphere ofmoral concern" to include first all the great apes, and then perhaps otherspecies. After all, in the past certain humans-women, gays and the physicallyand mentally-handicapped-have been denied the f...Whitehead Receives $35 Million Grant From National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
...the pilotproject, the international consortium now predicts they will produce at least 90percent of the human genome sequence in a "working draft" form by the spring of2000, considerably earlier than expected. The five major sequence producers in the international consortium will be threeU.S. laboratories fu...Higher Levels Of Protein May Predict Heart Disease
...ociated with a low-levelinflammatory reaction that predicts cardiovascular disease, a Wake ForestUniversity scientist reported at an American Heart Association meeting inOrlando. Results from a major national study demonstrate that low-levelinflammation in adults is powerfully connected to measures o...Conservation Strictly By Numbers Can Be Risky
...rger of theUniversity of Nevada in Reno, the model predicts that populations smaller than50 will go extinct within 50 years. But Wehausen analyzed 68 California bighorn populations that were once this small and found that wellover half had persisted for 50 years. Rather than setting numerical cut-offs for co...Experimental Staph Vaccine Broadly Protective In Animal Studies
...o move the PNSG vaccine intohuman trials soon, but predicts that such trials are one to two years away. They currently are negotiating licensing rights for the vaccine. Other Ongoing NIAID S. Aureus Research NIAID recently awarded a seven-year contract to MRL Pharmaceutical Services ofHerndon, Va., to estab......Human Biology and Public Health Sciences. Kruglyak predicts researchers instead will need to locate at least half amillion such "mile markers"along the DNA highway if geneticists are to stay ontrack when chasing down genes that influence characteristics such as diseasesusceptibility and drug response. "Peopl......nstrated a settling time of about 4.5 hours. Doyle predicts that "smart" implantable insulin pumps won't become available topatients for another three to five years, even with FDA approval. But, he says,research presented at the AAMI meeting confirms the viability of this promisingnew technology. Someday, he ...New drug with unusual promise enters ALS pipeline
...ars,to the point, Kuncl says, where "it faithfully predicts substances known to haveeffects in patients with ALS." It's also a "high through-put" model, meaningthe researchers can screen many potential therapies more quickly and cheaplythan with traditional techniques using live animals. "We threw the kitc......patients. With the new knowledge in hand, theteam predicts they will soon be able to catch the chaperone-SOD duo in the actof trading off copper--a feat offering drug developers a crystal-clear glimpseof how to cripple this molecular embrace in patients with Lou Gehrig's disease....