Virginia Tech professor honored with DeLaval Award
...echnology and comprehensive service. Consistently ranked by the National Science Foundation among the top 10 institutions in agricultural research, Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers students the opportunity to learn from some of the world's leading agricultural scientists. The...Near-zero-energy buildings blessing to owners, environment
..., air pollution is of special concern as the state ranked third behind California and Texas for smog, according to a September 2003 Environmental Protection Agency report. And in June 2003, ozone alerts were in place 25 of 30 days in the Smoky Mountains, the most heavily visited national park in the United ...Carnivore extinction risk determined more by biology than human population density, says study
...h rates how likely a species is to become extinct, ranked in six categories from 'Least Concern' to 'Critically Endangered'. The research was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science and the National Science Foundation....$1.6 million grant to Williams College
... Cumulatively over the past 10 years, Williams has ranked first among liberal arts colleges in the number of... its students. During the past decade Williams has ranked first among liberal arts colleges in the number of National Science Foundation grants to faculty. HH...Novel therapeutic bortezomib moves to phase II trial in lung cancer patients
...ber of patients enrolled in clinical trials. It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's top 50 cancer treatment centers....Lung cancer patients in Japan, United States react differently to the same chemotherapy regimen
...UC Davis Cancer Center for the past two years has ranked first among the 283 SWOG sites in the number of patients enrolled in clinical trials. UC Davis Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center between San Francisco and Portland, Ore., a region the size of Pennsylvania. ...Study of ProCord for neurologically complete spinal cord injury
...e for people with disabilities and is consistently ranked among the best in the nation in surveys, such as US News & World Report's best hospital issue. A wide range of comprehensive medical and rehabilitation services is available for individuals with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, and a variety of ...Children's Memorial, TGen announce partnership
...rs TGen's computational and genomics technology -- ranked among the most powerful in the world -- and scientific expertise with one of the leading children's medical research institutes in the country. It also pairs organizations run by two internationally renowned researchers in the area of cancer genomics...UC San Diego places in top tier of institutions awarded 2004 Sloan Research Fellowships
...mics receiving the distinction this year, and UCSD ranked among the top tier of academic institutions winning Sloan awards: Stanford led with eight, UC Berkeley and Princeton tied for second place with seven fellows each, and UCSD tied for third place with Caltech. The fellowships are awarded each year to y...Computer method identifies potentially active enzymes
...ill be present." The hybrid combinations are then ranked for predicted enzyme activity based on the number of clashes present. "It is very helpful to experimentalists to know where introduced crossovers will produce high activity," says Horswill. "The long-term goal is to engineer enzymes for specific fun...Federal grant supports advances in infant heart disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
...enital and acquired heart disease. It was recently ranked as the best pediatric cardiac program in the United States by Child magazine. ......ject's overall "stress personality," the UCLA team ranked each man by totaling his nervous system's reactions during two physical and mental testing periods. To assess the link between nervous system activity and HIV progression, for 12 to 18 months the scientists also monitored each man's HIV viral load a...Link between alcohol consumption and muscle damage in females
...ined for 1 wk until they weighed 0.10.15 kg then ranked on the basis of weight and divided into appropriate groups of equal mean body weight for one of three experiments. Study 1: Comparison of the effect of chronic alcohol exposure for 6 wk in male and female rats. Rats in this experiment were divided ...Baboons identify each other by status and family
...inant baboons make threatening grunts, which lower ranked baboons answer with supplicating screams. The res...-ranked baboon was effectively dominating a higher ranked baboon. Then, in a playback experiment, the researchers played recorded interactions to individual ...Gene raises risk of neurodevelopmental problems after infant heart surgery
...enital and acquired heart disease. It was recently ranked as the best pediatric cardiology program in the United States by Child magazine....Annual bibliography of significant advances in dietary supplement research 2002
... botanical sciences and public health reviewed and ranked the articles. The top 25 articles were selected for publication. The articles for the 2002 bibliography included research in the following areas: Antioxidants; Vitamins; Minerals; Amino acids and fatty acids; Botanicals; Fiber; and Soy The...New model of Alzheimer's enzyme may help refine future treatments
...eta40, one product of APP cleavage. The team also ranked each of seven different gamma-secretase inhibitors in order of its ability to interfere with cleavage of Notch or APP. The rankings were the same for both proteins. Six of the inhibitors also had an identical effect on Notch and APP. Together, these...Mussel researcher awarded Meritorious Service Award by the U.S. Department of the Interior
...Natural Resources at Virginia Tech is consistently ranked among the top five programs of its kind in the nation, and the fisheries program has been recognized by peers as one of the top two in the nation. Faculty stress both the technical and human elements of natural resources and instill in students a sen...Stanford symposium on future of air and space travel
...t of Aeronautics and Astronautics has consistently ranked in the top three nationwide and its distinguished faculty continue to work on breakthroughs in areas ranging from precision navigation to revitalizing air travel and improving access to space,'' says Jim Plummer, the John M. Fluke Professor of Electr......2 study, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked the impact of UCF's research second among five Flo...act" among research institutions in the Southeast, ranked the university at No. 38 in the nation, up 10 spots from the previous ranking....