A first: Endangered puaiohi birds fledge four chicks in the wild
...canoes National Park by The Peregrine Fund, a private conservation organization. The Peregrine Fund reared 23 puaiohi in 1998, and in January and February of this year brought 14 of the young birds to Kauai. The birds were held in a hacking tower - a release cage -for one week ...DFG releases statement on possibilities and limitations of genetic diagnosis
... holder. Thesituation is different with respect to private insurance laws. In this case, applicants are obliged todisclose information about existing diseases, those that will become manifest withcertainty of those that might probably become manifest. However, genetic analyses performed beforethe conclusion ...Clemson University delivers healthy mares and foals
...e investment aspect,both professional breeders and private individuals want to protect thehealth and well-being of their horses. "We studied the cellular action of the alkaloids produced by thefungus-infected fescue grass," Cross said. "The alkaloids were activatingdopamine receptors that this drug w...Plant pathologists to discuss anti-crop bioterrorism and food security, August 1999
...peakersfrom federal agencies, universities and the private sector convened by AnneVidaver, University of Nebraska. "This is the first international symposiumbeing held to create an awareness among individuals with expertise in theagricultural scientific community to develop measures against cropbioterrorism,...MTU researchers develop new software to help clean up contamination sites
...00 clients world wide, ingovernment, research, and private industry, are using ETDOT, which makes Handvery happy. "Millions of dollars have been spent by researchers all over the United Statesonthe development of these treatment processes," Hand said. "ETDOT is thesynthesis of this work. Now, engineers final...Congress briefs: International congress on ecosystem health
...ntists from many disciplinesand various public and private groups. The team's goal is to provide theresearch necessary to guide management aimed at restoring the otter's fragilepopulations. Session: T26 -- Monitoring Disease from Space Session title: "Ecology and Infectious Diseases" Summary: Tucker ...National Science Board approves five new NSF Science and Technology Centers
... among a host of universities, government labs and private sources toexplore water management in semi-arid regions, a particularly contentious issuethat will be studied from the scientific, social, political and educationalperspectives. Among other new STC awards authorized by the NSB is a center f...W.M. Keck Foundation gives USC $110 million
...s established itself as one of the world's leading private researchuniversities, a major intellectual contributor to Los Angeles and SouthernCalifornia, a pioneer in the neurosciences, and an invaluable member of ourcommunity," said Robert A. Day, chairman and president of the W.M. KeckFoundation. "It is a g...... immediatefuture. "Farmers, rural homeowners with private wells and small communities are feelingthe drought most severely. Major metropolitan areas, because of good planning in thewake of earlier droughts, generally have sufficient storage," Hirsch said."Water supply is like a bank account. We're dipping i...Microbes work magic on hazardous air pollutants
...ltechnology base that serves both the military and private sectors....First International Congress on Telehealth and Multimedia Technologies Story Ideas
...t data exchange. The pilot employs encryption with private andpublic keys on smart cards and electronic signatures. 3. Impact of Cultural Diversity: Tues. August 17, 1999 10:30-NOON - HALL C NATIVE LEADER ELIJAH HARPER WILL PARTICIPATE Implications of cultural diversity on telehealth applications: How will...A dream team tackles the brain
...g it. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private family foundation createdin 1964 by David Packard (1912-1996), co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company,and Lucile Salter Packard (1914-1987). The Interdisciplinary Science Program isintended to support scientists to answer questions or solve proble...USGS issues wildlife health alert: Chytrid fungus infection
...ve been found every month at the site, which is on private lands west of Denver. USGS researchers said they have identified chytrid fungus in many of the dead and living toads they examined from the site in 1999. Live toads show few clinical signs of the disease, but some may appear weak, lethargic and relu...USGS fire research in the southeast
...m a number offederal and state agencies as well as private institutions, had been mobilizedto rapidly assess and study the ecological and economic impacts of the Floridawildfires. Over the past year Grace's work has focused on how native and exotic plantspecies have responded in the aftermath of the sev......ent communications among local, state, federal and private propertymanagers; whether current planning is effective; what the public wants and will accept in order to maintain the quality of theiroutdoor experience; the economic impacts on local communities and business owners; and the role American politi...Duke expedition to rescue rare lemurs
...er is supported by the National ScienceFoundation, private donations and Duke University. Prosimians, or "submonkeys," are descended from primates that also wereancestors to the anthropoids, a suborder that includes monkeys, apes and humans.Thus, studying prosimians can yield insights into the early ...USGS designs fishway for Little Falls Dam
...ns federal, state and local governmentagencies and private organizations at a dam-breaking event for invited officialsand other guests at the Little Falls Dam on the Potomac River to celebrate theplacement of a novel fishway designed by the USGS. The ceremonial dam-breakingwill occur at 10:30 a.m. on Octobe...On the floor of the sea: watch while biologists search for rare white abalone
...n Consortium, a group of university,government and private biologists, will set out in a two-person submersible tosearch the sea floor around the Channel Islands National Park for white abalone,a rare marine snail and the first marine invertebrate requested for listing asendangered. If their forays are succ...Conference promotes environmentally responsible research
... Participants will include government and private researchadministrators, campus facility officers, health and safety officers,environmental services managers, design and packaging engineers, architects andengineers, and manufacturers of research equipment and supplies, chemicals andpharmaceuticals....Search and support for the rare white abalone is on; sex must occur with close neighbors
... This month a group of university, government and private biologists, ina two-person submersible, began to cruise the ocean floor in search of the raremarine snail. In all the team will make over 50 dives. Researchers are now using research submersibles which had never beenused to search for such ...