Energy companies, conservation groups issue biodiversity recommendations for oil & gas development
...gas companies each have a different set of values, principles and policies, and each is at a different point in terms of integrating biodiversity into its systems and operations. Companies also operate in different parts of the world and encounter a wide range of approaches to regulating the environmental impa...Army awards up to $50 million to establish Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
... biological phenomena and materials behavior using principles of systems biology.......ing the complex processes of explosions from first principles - information that is vital in the development of safe and effective explosives. Journal article: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/e098301 2) Crackle sounds in the lungs A. Alencar, et al. Physical Review E (Published online: July 21, 2003) ...Fruit fly pheromone receptor first ever discovered linked to specific sexual behavior
...s or other stimuli, Amrein said. Although the same principles likely underlie the behavior in all animals, he added, flies' simpler nervous system makes them an ideal model for study. Courtship in Drosophila includes a regular sequence of behaviors, which are critical for mating, Amrein explained. First, a male...Tourism to Earth's most threatened areas surges by over 100 percent in last decade
... illustrates how tourism development guided by the principles associated with ecotourism environmental sustainability, protection of nature, and supporting the well being of local peoples can have a positive impact on biodiversity conservation and provide important economic alternatives for local communities....Lasker Award honors Rockefeller University biochemist for pioneering studies of gene activation
...irtually all of what we know today about the basic principles of transcription and its regulation by proteins in animal cells, Roeder and his colleagues have created the model from which scientists throughout the world continue to study this basic mechanism of life. Roeder's research includes the following adva...NSF news tips - September 22, 2003
...ess, academia, and government have united to draft principles to guide their trade. Nine tenets of Green Engin...cal engineering at The University of Toledo. Draft principles were compiled by Nhan Nguyen, chief of the Chemical Engineering Branch of the Environmental Protecti...New findings in yeast may reveal why growing older is the greatest carcinogen in humans
...time, the potential for not only understanding the principles of what's going on mechanistically but also which molecules might be relevant to the process of age-related cancer development," Gottschling said. Aging indeed is a potent carcinogen. Consider these statistics from the American Cancer Society: Nearly...A realistic way to save rainforests
...an replace leaves more quickly. The drug-hunting principles tested by Coley and Kursar in Panama were developed during years of earlier work in Africa, Southeast Asia and Panama, "and therefore should be applicable to tropical forests worldwide," they wrote....How genes orchestrate facial expressions
...rain and spinal cord." Capecchi agrees: "The same principles are likely to apply to making nerves along the entire body." Capecchi has won numerous prizes for his role in developing gene targeting, including the National Medal of Science and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2001, the 2002...UC Riverside to convene conference on genetically modified organisms, Oct. 14-17, 2003
...it of humankind and the environment by identifying principles and protocols that will serve as a framework for a civilized, respectful and informed dialogue on the myriad issues facing society in the application of biotechnology," said Ellstrand , who, earlier this month, published a book entitled "Dangerous ......r, Mainen and his colleagues hope to uncover basic principles of brain function that will apply in many settings, including how our own brains work. But to get there, they needed to start out by measuring seemingly strange things such as how many sniffs a rat takes per second. The answer, according to the new s...Scientists, physicians discuss latest discoveries for stopping cancer before it starts
... Weinberg said, "we are able to extract some basic principles that unite all or almost all forms of human cancer." Mr. Jordan's 2000 memoir, No Such Thing as a Bad Day, is a poignant, personal and inspirational account of his battles against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as well as prostate and skin cancers all de...High school students to analyze plant genes for national project
...the same time, students will be learning the basic principles of scientific inquiry and the nature of science, making the effort a true partnership between high schools and research institutions. Both partners contribute and both partners benefit."...Study of primitive life form expected to provide clues to biological processes in higher organisms
...hemistry of life works," Kennelly said. "The basic principles are universal, so work on primitive organisms can help lead us to an understanding of the rules governing the processes that take place in plants, animals and ourselves."...Advance in developing biological strategies to produce hydrogen and sequester carbon dioxide
... years to days. This research project is based on principles of molecular biology that have been used and developed in thousands of laboratories around the world over the past 30 years. In September 2002, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a three-year, $3 million grant to IBEA to develop a synthetic genom...Study unearths cliques in the food web
...tween individualcompartments. The research applies principles for describing social systems to foodwebs-an excit...that identifies cliques. The research also applies principles for describing social systems tofood webs -- an exciting new way to view food web structures and toi...UC San Diego to host two-day conference on 'sustainable development' Dec. 11 & 12
...enting projects that apply sustainable development principles to real world problems. "We are committed to reconciling the environment, economic growth, and social responsibility, because it makes good business sense," says US BCSD Chairman Carlos Guimaraes, who also is VP of Dow Chemical's Environmental Operat...Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher develops new model for studying prions mad cow disease
... Dec. 9 issue of PNAS. "Understanding the physical principles underlying the folding of proteins is a major challenge of molecular biophysics," said Roder. "Because aggregation of misfolded proteins can lead to disease, this basic knowledge has important implications for medicine as well as bioinformatics, bio...Results of pivotal study for GlaxoSmithKline's Valtrex published in New England Journal of Medicine
...ed on safer sex practices at all study visits. The principles of safer sex practices were (1) to avoid sexual contact when the infected partner had any symptoms of genital herpes and (2) consistent and correct use of condoms during all sexual contacts. The most commonly reported side effects in the study we...