Fertilizers linked to amphibian deaths
...at is causing all these amphibian declines, but in reality it's almost certainly a combination of causes," Blaustein said. "It's clear there can be a synergistic effect that causes higher mortality when you have different problems all occurring at once." For instance, Blaustein said the furor that has arise...Study points to U.S. as generator of greenhouse gases
...people and policy makers remain unconvinced of the reality of global warming and have concerns about the economic impact on jobs or industry if the country were to commit to greenhouse gas reductions," Neilson said. "Other nations, especially in Europe, have taken a different stance and are more receptive to...Give it a thought -- and make it so
... by simply wishing it so. Outfitted with a virtual reality helmet and a computer program adept at recognizing...y. She has shown that volunteers who don a virtual reality helmet in her lab can control elements in a virtual world, including turning lights on and off and b...Double crops, cut the acreage by 2010, predicts plant scientist
...s would sound like pure foolishness could become a reality within a decade, according to a Purdue University plant scientist. Ray Bressan, professor of horticulture and director of Purdue University's Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, says scientists have learned as much in the past three yea...Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program expands to become national
...esearch across disciplinary boundaries, which is a reality in the pharmaceutical industry. The program also recognizes that partnerships in education between industry and academia can be mutually beneficial. During the course of the award, Merck representatives visit award recipient institutions to meet w...Drinking during pregnancy: American Indians and African Americans
...ing pregnancy. This is great if it works, but the reality is that the ones who continue drinking are the heavier drinkers. They ignore the abstention message. For these women, we need to make it clear that it does help to cut down at any time during the pregnancy. The second finding concerns drink si...Symposium on genetics in public health
...imination. He will discuss workers' fears and the reality of genetic discrimination in employment, as well as the application of existing federal statutes, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, state statutes and the limited amount of case law in this area. --Keynote address: "Public health genetics...Bio-X awards $3 million in grants for imaginative interdisciplinary research and education projects
...te interdepartmental bioscience research, became a reality one year ago following a $150 million donation from former engineering professor Jim Clark - the largest single gift to Stanford since the founding grant in 1885. Last spring, Bio-X awarded $7 million in grants to build and upgrade research facilitie...Hopkins scientists shed light on how the brain 'thinks'
...ns Medical Institutions, taking Plato's concept of reality and illusion into the world of robots, have uncove...ow they do it by constructing an internal model of reality in the brain. The report finds the specific shape and size of the primitives with which the brain bu...Researchers establish formula for predicting predator-prey populations
...wever, demonstrating that such predictions reflect reality for species more complex than single-celled organisms. Now, a team of scientists from Cornell University and North Carolina State University has done exactly that. Their laboratory research on the population interactions of tiny multicellular plankt...Blood test for diagnosing schizophrenia
... the person's emotional functioning, perception of reality and thought processes. Because the biological basis of this disease is still a mystery, diagnosis is based on psychiatric and behavioral assessment. Still, numerous research findings suggest a possible connection between the disease and an excessive ...Faster nanowires may advance nanotechnological applications for detecting glucose, hormones or DNA
...cular suspect. But such applications are far from reality yet because handling nanowires is not at all like handling ordinary electrical wires. This is chemistry: The wires are in solution and they are poured onto the gold plate where the sulfur end sticks, forming a single, invisible layer. "It`s like sea...MCG researchers study hormone that may prevent bone being lost in space
The reality of long-term space travel is raising questions about how to deal with the impact of long-term weightlessness on the body. Medical College of Georgia researchers say that one of the destructive results B accelerated and significant loss of bone densi...Sequencing the human genome: unraveling the mysteries of health and disease
...'s participation in research; Perceptions and reality regarding discrimination in work and insurance; The subtleties of discrimination due to individual and group stigmatization; Allocating resources and establishing priorities for genetic research....NSF ships to probe biological enigmas of the frozen southern ocean
...ages the scientists enjoy, Wiebe noted. "Just the reality of learning how to carry out research aboard these vessels in ice-covered waters is going to be a tremendous challenge," he said. Wiebe said that new technologies to be deployed on the cruise are expected to return a wealth of data previously unatta...Disturbance can benefit some rare forest plants
...isturbances affect them. "Forest destruction is a reality and finding that forests subject to human use can support endemic plants is good news," says Michael Kessler of the Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut fur Pflanzenwissenschaften in Gottingen, Germany, who reports this work in the June issue of Conservation...Healing the waters: A holistic Native American Indian approach
...ntegrating spirituality and science is a practical reality and a way to keep precious resources vibrant for future generations. The tribes have been in this area for thousands of years and have relied on the nearby water for their mainstay of fish, clams, oysters, crabs, and mussels. They also found food in...Healing the waters: a holistic native American Indian approach
...ntegrating spirituality and science is a practical reality and a way to keep precious resources vibrant for future generations. The tribes have been in this area for thousands of years and have relied on the nearby water for their mainstay of fish, clams, oysters, crabs, and mussels. They also found food in...Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...and prototyping. Museum visitors 'dig' augmented reality Dont touch is a common sign found among priceless artifacts displayed at museums. But visitors to the Seattle Art Museum are encouraged to interact with objects found in a Chinese sacrificial burial plot using a new technology called the Virtual ...UC Berkeley expert on insect flight receives prestigious MacArthur 'genius' award
... built some amazing contraptions. One is a virtual reality "flight arena" for flies, in which he displays various moving scenes to tethered flies and records their wing motions. "Fly-o-rama" is like a small circus tent in which he records in three dimensions how a fly moves in response to various stimuli. Va...