Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...udent projects; Assigning mentors to each team to provide expert advice and access to equipment and supplies; and Having each student project judged by fellow students (peer review) and by judges representing government, business, academia and the education community. Profiles of ABC participants ...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...n addition to calorie control, three cups of salad provide at least three servings of vegetables. Salads can help make it easy for people to reach the recommended goal of three to five servings of vegetables per day," says registered dietitian and ADA Spokesperson Lola O'Rourke. ...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...tigator on the grant. "Hopefully, our efforts will provide bigger steps toward understanding the metabolic processes that lead to obesity and some of the metabolic syndromes commonly associated with obesity, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and fatty liver disease." The Taskforce for Ob...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...nia Coastal Ocean Observatory (SCCOOS), which will provide real-time data from its existing sensors. New web ...ch. Researchers at the University of Illinois will provide optical networking and visualization expertise on the project. "OptIPuter will provide real-time sof...Researchers find color sensitive atomic switch in bacteria
...sory protein capable of distinguishing color would provide Anabaena with information about the color of light available in its environment, enabling more efficient harvesting of light for photosynthesis, Spudich said. "Understanding rhodopsins helps us understand the large number of related membrane receptor...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...igators of exceptionally creative abilities and to provide them with enough funding -- $500,000 per year in direct costs over five years -- to develop and test far-ranging ideas. The only constraint on the funding is that it be used for research that is relevant to the NIH mission of science in pursuit of kn...St. Petersburg/New Haven Partnership for HIV/AIDS Care, Treatment and Support launched
... health professionals in St. Petersburg, Russia to provide training in HIV/AIDS care, treatment and support. The program involves exchanges of Americans and Russians who will develop a community-wide HIV/AIDS care program to be implemented in the city of St. Petersburg. Krystn Wagner, assistant professor ...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
...atinib Target Exploration Study Team ImTEST) will provide the best data." He added that it was possible that imatinib may turn out to be useful in other rare tumours or diseases, or in rare subsets of more common diseases where PDGFR or other targets are activated....Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...atus in a large patient population. "The test will provide the opportunity to select patients that might profit from temozolomide. In other words, temozolomide can become a targeted treatment. It is a first step towards molecular diagnostics. In the future, biopsy material optimally conserved for molecular t...High resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious 'kissing bugs'
...d by an ESA-backed project called HUMAN, set up to provide geo-spatial mapping products and services for humanitarian aid organisations. "MSF is evaluating new methods to control Chagas disease, and the acquisition of a high resolution image of Matagalpa is part of this research activity," said Rmi CARRIE...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...e future air-quality policy decisions; they do not provide any evidence that responsibility for air pollution can or should be shifted from humans to trees."...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
... viruses -- and even those never seen before -- to provide the confirming evidence that SARS was a novel form of a coronavirus. At the time, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Julie Gerberding, called his tool the "absolute state-of-the-art probe for viral genes." B...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...t even during isolated small muscle mass exercise, provide evidence of attenuated muscle plasticity associated with COPD. 36.6 Dustin Hittel, et al. (Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.) Using genomic and proteomic techniques to investigate exercise adaptation in untrained and overweight ...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
...l Institutes of Health (NIH) are joining forces to provide both start-up funds and sustaining support for gra...nstitute with broad, interdisciplinary goals, will provide five additional years of support to the HHMI grantees through peer-reviewed institutional training g...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
... The work supported by the Alliance is intended to provide economic incentives and technical assistance that will enable small-scale farmers to adopt conservation practices while producing high quality coffee. Activities will focus on CI's Conservation Coffee TM projects in Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. ...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...s density is among the lowest on the planet should provide leads to establish detection criteria and strategi...travel about two kilometers (1.24 miles) daily and provide panoramic and close-up images. Zoe will employ a variety of other scientific instruments to ex...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
... team also developed a cell-based assay that helps provide a glimpse of the toxin doing its dirty work in living cells. This technology promises a rapid screen for millions of chemicals to see which might inhibit the paralyzing effects of the toxin, according to Min Dong, a UW-Madison post-doctoral fellow an...Punching the timeclock of life
...t the majority of a population dies prematurely to provide nutrients for the sake of a few individuals who ha...e studied die long before they have to in order to provide nutrients for 'mutants' generated within their own population. Thus, billions of organisms die early...Indiana University, EPA to study airborne PCBs
...pened, but we hope the next few years of data will provide us with some answers." The EPA will give Hites and Basu $3.5 million to operate the U.S. portion of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network for five more years. As part of their duties, the scientists will measure atmospheric levels of PCBs (po......ity was the same. "We believe that these results provide strong evidence to refute the hypothesis that rhythmic movement is generated with the help of the discrete movement system," the authors wrote. However, the opposite is not the case: the authors find that "discrete movement could indeed be generate...