CIESIN receives grant to establish government biological information site
...in support of the application of socioeconomic and remote sensing data in research and decision-making. CIESIN has also worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society to publish an inventory of the world's wild places called Last of the Wild, and with Yale University to issue an annual Environmental Sustaina...Integrated animal model answers questions about environment
...time of day or year. The model, which incorporates remote satellite sensing and large-scale global climate models, can determine this. Because Porter's model integrates all this information on animal physiology and behavior and climate conditions in a predictive model, the scientist says, "it can help us un...'Grey goo' misconceptions could harm poor in developing world
...aturized medical diagnostic devices easily used in remote regions; more controlled and targeted administration of vaccinations using nanoparticle delivery systems; the ability to repair skeletal tissue damaged by traffic accidents, the so-called "unseen epidemic" of developing countries, using nanotech-base...Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
...aturized medical diagnostic devices easily used in remote regions; More effective delivery of drugs and vaccines packaged in nano-particles, allowing more precise targeting to areas of the body where medications are needed, thereby producing stronger responses with fewer side effects, possibly at lower co...Fish, FRAMES and sticky chemicals net technology award for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...tainers enable the chamber to receive samples from remote locations. Scientific assistance for juvenile salmon: culvert test bed Roadway culverts present a major obstacle to juvenile salmon trying to reach prime habitat. To find more fish friendly designs, the Washington State Department of Transportation, ...New study finds evolutionary diversification in Hawaiian spiders
... communities through evolutionary processes in the remote Hawaiian archipelago is different from the way com... Islands are often considered to be so unusual and remote that what happens there cannot be applied to other places," said Gillespie, professor of insect biol...Space technology in new technique to fight breast cancer
...ematician, Brunsveld van Hulten started working in remote sensing but since the early nineties he has been involved in the use of MRI to carry out biopsies for breast cancer and in studying the use of ultrasound for medical treatment. "I got the idea when I looked into the MRI market, which today is still ...AGU journal highlights - 6 January 2004
...e that little highly detailed informationexists in remote ocean regions and that the new data will potentiallyallow oceanographers to accurately map surface and subsurfacecurrents worldwide. The researchers note that while the modelrequires further validation, the GRACE mission will likely providea minimum ...Scientist challenges interpretation of new find, the oldest primate fossil ever discovered
...the fossil raises the tantalizing possibility that remote human ancestors may have originated in Asia and stirs up debate about the nature of early primates. In the words of Robert D. Martin, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Chicago's Field Museum, "It was once thought that primates origin...Solving the Ebola enigma: satellites will provide clues
...just can't be done just by ground-based means. But remote sensing and GIS can do it at low cost, and with regular updating a possibility. "The CIRMF team carrying out the serological study on animal populations concentrates its efforts on the gorilla sanctuary of Lossi in Congo, where a high mortality of...Separation day arrives for Mars Express and Beagle 2
...aft which will go into orbit around the planet for remote sensing purposes. Background Information The Beagle 2 Spin-Up & Ejection Mechanism (SUEM) was designed and developed by INSYS Ltd. of Ampthill, Bedford, UK. The SUEM has two elements: the first, the launch clamp mechanism, will provide a secure m...Venom hunt finds 'harmless' snakes a potential danger
...dagascar to Melbourne, dived for sea snakes in the remote South Pacific Islands, explored caves, climbed trees and milked over 2,000 snakes a year to gather his research findings. "It was extreme science, but I had a complete blast doing it," he says. As well as the evolutionary revelations, Dr Fry has also...NASA scientists discover spring thaw makes a difference
Using a suite of microwave remote sensing instruments aboard satellites, scientists ...NASA radars and other orbiting satellite microwave remote sensing instruments, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Special Scannin...Scientists decipher genome of bacterium that remediates uranium contamination, generates electricity
...se for such uses as powering electronic devices in remote locations such as the bottom of the ocean, as well as the conversion of sewage and renewable biomass to electricity and the development of improved microbial fuel cells. One of the surprises from the G. sulfurreducens genome was the high percentage o...Telescience recognized for facilitating biomedical research on a global network
...tools for end-to-end electron tomography including remote microscopy, bioinformatics, distributed computing,... ability to remotely control and acquire data from remote instruments was also featured. In a real-world example of this multidisciplinary approach, collabo...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
... stopped at many of the same villages, beaches and remote intertidal habitats that the Western Flyer visited in 1940. ''The purpose of the new trip is to see how things have changed,'' says William F. Gilly, a professor of biological sciences at Hopkins Marine Station and director of the Sea of Cortez proje......s Art 2, the second in the series of award-winning remote images of the earth is now available online at http://edc2.usgs.gov/imagegallery/. Taken from three satellites, flying at 438 miles above the planet, "Earth as Art 2" images show natural patterns as art. More than 30 satellite images were selected fo...Helping carnivores and people co-exist
...le and carnivores are rising as people spread into remote habitats and as large carnivores recover from past eradication efforts. While wildlife managers often address these conflicts by killing "problem" animals, this runs counter to conservation efforts and could impede the recovery of rare carnivores. "T...Lewis and Clark notes reveal history of human impacts
...ng, long time," said Andrea Laliberte, a rangeland remote sensing scientist who did this study while a graduate student at OSU. "Our findings indicate that even the relatively low human population densities that were present before European settlement show a considerable impact on wildlife. It would be almo...Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University to run Forest Nutrition Research Cooperative
...tivities into silviculture (care of forest trees), remote sensing, growth and yield, and basic research on nutrient cycling in plantation forest ecosystems. The program has also expanded internationally, and conducts research on nutrition of pines and eucalyptus species in Argentina, Chile, and Columbia. T...