New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...ecision makers to study and understand the complex relationships between rapidly growing population, finite water r...ulations to literally see the complex patterns and relationships that guide the decision process, and to represent and predict likely effects of public policy choice...A test case for DNA barcodes to identify species
...riations in that gene can also reveal evolutionary relationships among species. Hebert and colleagues tested the effectiveness of their genetic barcode in an extensive study of North American birds by comparing the 'species' identified from the barcode against those already established by taxonomic methods. They f...Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
...ical mix of expertise needed to assess the complex relationships between health, wildlife conservation, and stewardship of Earth's resources at this critical juncture in our history. At the conclusion of the symposium, WCS will present a blueprint--the Manhattan Principles--outlining new ways to tackle diseases i...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...ies of plants; functional genomics -- the study of relationships between genes and the biological roles they play; and databases and tools to capture, share and analyze the massive amounts of genomics data being produced by the scientific community. In addition, all projects continue the commitment of the PGRP to ...AIBS tapped to coordinate design of ecological observatories
...the ecological implications of climate change; the relationships between biodiversity, species composition, and ecosystem function; the impacts of land use and habitat alteration; the ecology and evolution of infectious disease; the causes and consequences of invasive species; the ecological implications of biogeo...Yale digital diagnostic technology is basis of new company, HistoRx Inc.
...ntify proteins in tissue while maintaining spatial relationships -- a process that was previously impossible with conventional methods of pathology analysis and which vastly increases the quality and amount of information for analysis. The company provides contract services to academic institutions, ph...Ecology of infectious diseases grants awarded
...e ecological and biological mechanisms that govern relationships between human -induced environmental changes and the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Interdisciplinary projects funded through the EID program will study how large-scale environmental events--such as habitat destruction, biological...Complex cells likely arose from combination of bacterial and extreme-microbe genomes
... more accurate and detailed picture of the genetic relationships between and among living things. "New computational tools and comparative analyses will undoubtedly find instances in which the evolutionary record will need to be set straight," said James Rodman, a program officer in NSF directorate for biolog...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
... achievements were simply establishing the working relationships and infrastructure to get the studies off the grou...r chief of naval operations for the U.S. Navy, new relationships were established. In 1992, a research consortium consisting of three international teams working in ...Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
...nd Nevada. Researchers have developed statistical relationships between observed climate and an 85-year record of fire extent during the 20th century and used them in conjunction with existing state-of-the-art global climate models. "Models linking area burned in the Western states with fire-season temperature p...Researchers improve detection of diverse anthrax strains
...cope for the discovery process. "That the genetic relationships of anthrax have been defined to a new level of precision provides a critical step toward future detection of this potential public threat," added Keim. "In addition, this study established a model for other biothreat pathogens, and common public heal...Discovery of new shrimp species adds to unique family
...s, much like termites; still others have symbiotic relationships with goby fish, which protect the shrimp while they build burrows underwater. They then share the burrow. But while there are biologists studying other shrimp families, few are currently studying the snapping shrimp....Genes can influence both alcohol consumption and dependence
... their behaviour, their neurophysiology, and their relationships with other people," explained John B. Whitfield, s...ic criteria for alcohol dependence.' The possible relationships between intake and dependence may be none , except during bouts of uncontrolled and extremely heavy...Infant rats eagerly accept high concentrations of alcohol upon first exposure
...ion at this age is important for understanding the relationships between brain and alcohol intake," he said, "because we know how the infant brain differs from that of older rats, so we can now begin to identify which age-related differences in the brain might account for the age-related differences in alcohol int....... He will discuss how male-male and female-female relationships and the expansive habitat in which lions live force them into "gang membership" in order to survive. For more information about this session, and other ESA Annual Meeting activities, visit the ESA meeting homepage at: http://www.esa.org/portland . T...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...lanesians and Europeans. Geraux has begun to forge relationships between the communities involved. He has written: "I am personally convinced that the future success of conservation initiatives must be built on supporting these communities so that they can reformulate the cultural links with the environment with r...Wolf reintroduction reshapes Yellowstone ecology
...hta base their conclusions on theory about feeding relationships between species, browsers' risk of predation since the reintroduction of wolves into the park in 1995, and empirical research. In the view of Ripple and Beschta, extirpation of wolves in the early 20th century was "most likely the overriding cause of...Lehmann lovegrass won't succumb to fire
...y affecting such processes as nutrient cycling and relationships between species. "Biological invasions usually cause extinction, so we have to assume that Lehmann is not a good thing," he said. Historical records have shown that Lehmann lovegrass is capable of returning with a vengeance after seve...A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
...egatively by humans, while 13 species had positive relationships and 23 species exhibited a mix of adverse effects and benefits from human shaping of the landscape. "This mirrors nationwide results previously reported by Audubon," says Pidgeon. Now, Pidgeon has expanded the study to begin to examine how the press...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
...gists, metereologists, and other scientists. These relationships should be reciprocal. Microbiologists stand much to gain from collaborating with scientists in other disciplines. The report recommends "To make the best progress, microbiology must reach across traditional departmental boundaries and become integr...