Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program expands to become national
...arch experiences in the life sciences." Public and private colleges and universities must meet certain criteria to compete. They must be located in the United States, offer an American Chemical Society-approved program in chemistry and confer 10 or fewer graduate degrees annually in biology and chemistry co...SGX signs agreement to build state-of the-art beamlines at advanced photon source
...partment's Advanced Photon Source available to the private sector we are helping to speed the development of ...ion, between key public resources like the APS and private resources represented by SGX will enable structures to be solved with unprecedented speed." "Dedi...... important step in the positive involvement of the private sector in international rice research. It is essential that institutions like IRRI, and companies like Monsanto, continue to look for ways to work together to the benefit of poor rice farmers and consumers. There should be no doubt that this offer ...First-ever Technology Transfer Fair featured at ACS National Meeting
...m. to 5 p.m., gives attendees a chance to schedule private conferences with representatives of their choice to obtain more in-depth information. This fair is designed to showcase new technologies and provide a dialogue between those who have developed the technologies and those who have the means and resourc...Cows and conservation: a round-up of speakers to discuss new ideas on ranching
...ching on public land with the those of ranching on private lands. Highlighting themes from his new book, Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American West, Starrs will discuss the legacy of ranching and range lands, and give consideration to the future of ranching in America....NIGMS awards 'Glue Grant' to create virtual cell
...money from the pharmaceutical industry and several private donors. In addition to the academic institutions involved, two biotechnology companies will participate directly in Alliance studies by providing custom-made materials such as antisense reagents (ISIS Pharmaceuticals of Carlsbad, Calif.) and a techno...Biotechnology research to grow from embryonic start
...rtually all the tissues of the human body. Several private companies own patents protecting different aspects of stem cell therapy. Geron, a biotechnology company based in California, owns substantial Intellectual Property relating to the identification and use of human pluripotent cells, and methods for the...Study provides direct evidence of cannibalism in the Southwest
...ceably or to flee in panic. Soil Systems, Inc., a private archaeological consulting company for which Billman worked before moving to UNC-Chapel Hill, conducted the excavations. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe contracted with the company to excavate 60 archaeological sites before newly irrigated agricultural fie...Vanderbilt archaeological team unearths buried Maya royal palace
...oted in the past, so he tracked down some of it in private and public collections. The story he has found is likely to cause major revisions in the scholarly views of Maya civilization. Cancuén was ruled by one of the oldest Maya dynasties, one that was already well established by 300 A.D. So far, the re...National conference to discuss changing rural landscapes
...l interest to county commissioners, land managers, private developers, realtors and other people concerned about changes in land use, Hansen said. Wild fires, the rates of loss of agriculture land to exurban sprawl, the rural population rebound in the upper Midwest, the ecological basis of the "New Wes...Program shown to help non-alcoholics reduce drinking 66%
...selor. They then take part in either four one-hour private sessions, five two-hour group sessions, or four one-hour telephone sessions over a 7 to 10 week period. Each participant is contacted at three and nine months after completing the program, for a follow-up telephone session. The cost is $495, which is......r research and applications in both the public and private sectors." "The ethical and social issues," according to Frankel, "are sufficiently compelling to justify government oversight in this case." Chapman also noted that a way must be found to hold an informed conversation with the American public to e...Teaching evolution in US schools: new report to be released Sept. 26
...ington, D.C. The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation is a private foundation that supports research, publications and action projects in K-12 education reform at the national level and in the Dayton area. It is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University. Public Forum onThe Teaching of Evolution in U......rch approach and the patent has been licensed to a private genomics company. First author on the Nature paper is Anthony Bishop, PhD, a post-doctoral researcher at Scripps Research Institute and formerly Shokat's graduate student graduate at Princeton University where much of this research was undertak...University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist is named ESA president
...e National Science Foundation, other agencies, and private foundations. He has published over 170 research papers, more than 20 reviewed reports and commentaries, and two books. He received his B.A. from Amherst College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from UW-Madison....Scientists discuss ecological forecasting
... Clark pointed out that government agencies and private corporations already produce short-term forecasts of commodities, pest outbreaks, fish stocks, and market trends. Similarly, we depend on weather forecasting. With all its limitations, weather forecasting is institutionalized globally due to its inva...Two distinguished scientists to share leadership of new Life Sciences Institute
...tute will come from externally sponsored research, private gifts and a $130 million fund established by the University. Anticipated construction costs for the 240,000-square-foot Institute building are $96 million. Of the total $226-million budgeted for construction and operations, $150-million came from t......ay ultimately lead to spin-off corporations in the private sector, according to Mark Crisman, associate profe...strong potential for commercial development in the private sector....Rising Maryland to welcome new biotech president
...pidly expanding, with $1.17 billion investments in private companies, more than 42,000 employees and about 250 companies. (source: non-profit MdBio Inc.). UMBI, with five research and education centers in the Baltimore/Washington corridor, operates on a 1985 state mandate to stimulate economic development i......dwide have lupus, according to U.S. government and private sector statistics. Lupus primarily affects women, many of whom experience the initial onset in their late teens and early twenties....