Amidst genome data, a practical tool for researchers
...romosomes. The finished version of the sequence is projected to be completed in 2003. In the meantime, scientists throughout the world have been applying the data to gene identification, disease research and drug discovery. The BAC Resource is a tool to bridge the gap between two levels of genetic knowledge. O...Colorado U. study indicates Denver area drivers unmoved by state air quality advisories
...ily in 1996, 55 million miles daily in 1999 and is projected to reach 70 million miles daily by 2020, said Blanken. One respondent commented that voluntary driving restrictions "have no teeth," a view shared by Blanken. The CU researchers suggested possible alternatives to mitigate the problem such as sub...Sea Grant and CTDEP announce $3.5M for LI Sound lobster research
...Sound lobsters. The $3.5 million research fund is projected to include $2.5 million in Federal funds as proposed by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and awaiting final Congressional approval as part of a comprehensive lobster research and disaster relief package. An additional $1 million wil...Scientists discuss ecological forecasting
...assessment and prediction. Policy consideration of projected sea level rise in coastal zone planning illustrates how we already rely on environmental forecasts, however limited, as best guide to decade scale impacts. Clark is quick to point out that while we may never have precise ecological forecasts, it ...NIGMS awards 'Glue Grant' to create virtual cell
...ar Signaling (AFCS). NIGMS anticipates spending a projected total of $25 million on the project over the course of five years. This innovative way to fund science grew out of NIGMS' consultations with leaders in the scientific community who said repeatedly that the thorniest biological problems require the ex......r power needs. DOE funding for the consortium is projected to be $350 million over the next 10 years. Tags target inventory of Army weaponry - Inventory control can be a costly business, even for the U.S. Army. But it's getting easier and faster with a new radio-frequency tag developed at Pacific Northwest...Women failing to take vitamin that helps prevent serious birth defects, survey finds
...ay, features actress Salma Hayek in the first of a projected series with celebrities. The broadcast PSAs, which begin this month, include television and radio spots alerting women that "sometimes a pregnancy can surprise you." Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most serious and common birth defects in t...Increasing carbon dioxide threatens coral reefs
...ate concentration in the Biosphere 2 ocean to that projected level, he observed significant reduction in calcification rates for the coral and coralline algae. Langdon believes the results of his research have some important implications. Coral reefs are natural breakwaters protecting tropical islands and ...Drosophila genome sequence completed
...uman genome by 2001, several years before the date projected for completion by the international Human Genome Project. While promising the data would be made available to researchers, Venter was also betting that Celera could make money by licensing early looks at the sequencing data to the pharmaceutical indu...Record breaking temperatures seen as evidence of faster rate of global warming
...e Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected the rate of warming for the 21st Century to be between one and 3.5 degrees Celsius (two and six degrees Fahrenheit). Karl and his colleagues have already observed over the past 25 years a rate that is between two and three degrees Celsius (four and f...The future of planet earth: scientific challenges in the coming century
... Growth With the population of the United States projected to increase nearly 60 percent in the next 50 years and an increasing percentage of the nation's population moving to urban areas, society is just beginning to experience the challenges associated with the sustainable growth and development of urban r...New Orleans ... the new Atlantis?
...gical Survey (USGS) in Washington, D.C., "With the projected rate of subsidence (the natural sinking of land), wetland loss, and sea level rise," he said, "New Orleans will likely be on the verge of extinction by this time next century." University of New Orleans coastal geologist Dr. Shea Penland and coastal...Mouse embryo hints at how mammalian body forms
...The finding, which showed that the inner cell mass projected a clear and consistent pattern of organization fro...ted at the other end. The fact that the cells projected in a uniform and consistent way suggests, suggests, the researchers say, that the early blastocyst's......s conditions will not differ materially from those projected or suggested in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's early stage of development, technological uncertainty and product development risks, uncertainty of additional...PricewaterhouseCooper's forecasts health care in 2010
...t Adapt to Technology and Consumerism. Because of projected increases in health spending and aging, most industrializednations are expected to see an increase in healthcare manpower. However, thetypes of healthcare workers that will increase will be deeply impacted bytechnology and the empowered consumer. The...When the shaking stopped, the work began - for USGS scientists
...king, ground failure, and surface faulting maps of projected damage patterns for scenario earthquakes rapid information on earthquake location and magnitude and on the severity and distribution of ground shaking The four-page publication explains what studies have been pursued and arecontinuing, and mentio......ert Fred Meyerson says that unlessaction is taken, projected future population growth will lead to increasedpressure on scarce resources such as land and water. "The two most important environmental challenges in the next century are likelyto be climate change and the loss of biodiversity," said Meyerson, dir...A miserable life on overcrowded Earth in 2100
...y points in the report: -- The world population is projected to double in about 50 years. -- Even if a worldwid... to 270 million and,at the current growth rate, is projected to double again, to 540 million, in thenext 75 years. Each year our nation adds 3 million people (i...... around the world - ranging from a wet, coolwinter projected this year for Portland, Ore., to better salmon conditions inthe Pacific Northwest and normal rain for the drought-stricken Sahel region ofAfrica. But those forces also suggest a 15-20 year period of more regular anddestructive hurricanes in t...