School Breakfast Participation Leads To Academic, Psychosocial Improvements
...d free to allstudents, compared with programs that provided free meals to low-incomeyoungsters while others pa...f the term. In addition the participating schools provided informationregarding the study-group students' school attendance and their grades in mathand three o...Cardinals Can Recognize Gender By Song, Columbia University Biologist Finds
...nly in the last century,mainly because humans have provided food that allows the hardy bird to survivethe winter. The male is bright red, the female brown with a pinkish orangehead. Ornithologists had never distinguished between male and femalecardinal songs, since there is no distinction between the t...The Second Visible Human Project Conference
...ber 9, 1998. (After this date, reservationswill be provided on a space and rate available basis). Rate: $126.00 per night. Shuttle service available to NIH Campus. Transportation Airports: The Washington, DC, metropolitan areais served by three airports: Ronald Reagan WashingtonNational Airport, W...MicroCAT A Welcome Sight To Geneticists And Mice
...rket within two years. Funding for the project was provided by the Laboratory Directed Research andDevelopment program. Others involved in development of the MicroCAT are MikeSimpson, Chuck Britton and Steve Hicks of the Instrumentation and ControlsDivision, Doug Lowndes of the Solid State Division and Russ K...Antioxidant Action Of Vitamin E Significantly Reduces Heart Disease In Mice
...pfor directly measuring oxidant stress in the body provided the data in supportof the observations. A ...of medicine, collaborated on the study.Funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health, the National ScienceFoundation, the American Heart Association...Major Plant Genome Research Project Grants Renewed
...esearch, notes thatArabidopsis genome efforts have provided numerous scientific insights, as wellas potential commercial products of interest to the energy community, includingthe high volume production of plastics. "Completion of the Arabidopsis genomesequencing project will help advance long-range research...North America Absorbing Carbon Dioxide At Surprisingly High Rate, Team Reports
...shi. The researchers used atmospheric data provided by Dr. Tans, observationsof ocean-based sinks contributed by Dr. Takahashi, and one ocean and twoseparate atmospheric models developed at Princeton's Geophysical Fluid DynamicsLaboratory. The team created a three-dimensional grid of the earth to mode...Sequencing Milestone Reached By DOE Joint Genome Institute
...be available at the event). The media will also be provided with a 20-minute laboratory tour to explainJGI's sequencing program. Operating robotic systems will be activated to provideinteresting visuals for television. Participating will be Martha Krebs, the DOE's Director of the Office of EnergyResearch; Ari...Inbreeding Natural Among Trees But Not Without Costs, University Of Georgia Forestry Research Shows
...eases the chances that the same "bad"genes will be provided by both parents and expressed in the offspring.Hemophilia in the British royal family is a well-known example in humans. Fewinbred trees survive to reproduce in a natural forest setting. In selectivebreeding programs, it's just too costly to breed, p......hletes to "bulk up." The studies conducted in rats provided what NTP staff called "clear evidence" ofcarcinogenic effects at several sites in female animals; triethanolamine, an ingredient in some cosmetics and detergents aswell as a chemical intermediate used in making other products. The NTP stafffound th...Patented Bait System May Hold Answer To Combating Formosan Termites
...n says. "The paper bait is being manufactured and provided byEnsystex, the newest bait on the market." ...ittleas 0.01 grams of active ingredient when it is provided in a bait formulation. "We can't really prove the elimination of termites, only the lack ofa...Brain Study Sheds Light On The 'Phantom Limbs' Of Amputees
...ion after nerve damage." Funding for the study was provided by the U.S. Public Health Service of theNational Institutes of Health. For most of the study period, Edward Jones wason the faculty of the University of California, Irvine; he joined the UC Davisfaculty on July 1, 1998. Jones and Tim Pons will descr...Hopkins Research Team Cultures Long-Awaited Human Embryonic Stem Cells
...team. Geron, Inc., of Menlo Park, Calif., provided funding for the studydescribed in this release. Under a licensing agreement between Geron and theJohns Hopkins University, Dr. Gearhart is entitled to a share of sales royaltyreceived by the University from sales of the technology described in thisr...Cells Keep Bad Guys In A Cage Until They Are Fit To Socialize
...1998).Enclosure of an unfolded protein in the cage provided by the oligomeric GroELprotein efficiently prevents protein aggregation during folding. This isparticularly critical for aggregation sensitive proteins (the bad guys) thatexpose significant hydrophobic surfaces to the solvent. In contrast to earlierp...Quicker Implementation Of Research Results
...w federal states; itis financed with special funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Education,Science, Research and Technology. The underlying idea is to support groups ofscientists who have developed innovative research ideas, and thus improve thestructures and performance of higher education institutions...Fall Meeting: Preliminary Press Conference Schedule
...d, reasonably priced restaurant. (Box lunch on bus provided by AGU; dinner isno-host.) This event will be held...akers and disasterrelief workers if information is provided in a timely fashion and usedeffectively. Dr. Gregory van der Vink of the IRIS Consortium leads this ...Tumor Protein Structure Found At Cornell
...ogies, Frederick, Md. Funding for the research was provided by U.S. Public Health Service grants....Cardiac Clinical Trial Studies Use of Antibiotic In Preventing Heart Attack
...8 months. Funding for this clinical trial issolely provided by the Division of Cardiology and the Stephen S. Cohen Fund. Formore information, please call 310-855-3836....Molecular Mission Unveils New Genetic Link To Common Birth Defect
...tional Institute of General Medical Sciences,which provided funding for the study. Despite its unfamiliar-sounding name, hydroureteronephrosis is a prevalentmalady. One in 200 babies has the disorder, which is usually diagnosed byprenatal ultrasound screening and in many cases can be surgically repaired.Neve...