Study examines data withholding in academic genetics
...ars. Overall, 10 percent of all post-publication requests for additional information in genetics were denied...ists were no more likely to report denial of their requests than were the non-geneticists. Among the geneticists responding to the survey, 12 percent said they...NSF invites media to report on Antarctic GLOBEC research cruise
...U.S.Antarctic Program (USAP), is accepting written requests fromprofessional journalists to take part in the Southern OceanGlobal Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SO GLOBEC) research cruise,which begins in early April 2002. Only one journalist will be selected for the cruise, which willbe at sea for roughly 45 days...New resources to assist with gene transfer clinical studies
...NGVL Coordinating Center to receive investigators' requests for NGVL services and to provide oversight of compliance with NGVL policies, procedures, and administrative matters. The Indiana NGVL will produce lentiviral and retroviral vectors; maintain a generally accessible master file that contains toxicology...Impact of genetically engineered fish subject of U of Minnesota study
...grant, the Thai government has discouraged several requests to introduce such fish partly on account of the absence of case-specific risk assessment data and insufficient capability to assess and control genetically modified organisms. Tilapia are not native to Thailand, but some have escaped into natural riv...Webcast will ensure broad public access to the UC Santa Cruz Public Forum on Human Genome Research
...UCSC webservers currently process more than 50,000 requests for information each day from biomedical researchers worldwide who want to explore the assembled genome sequence. Haussler and other UCSC researchers continue to work on the analysis of the human genome sequence and the ongoing task of filling in ......'t know what caused the die off. Responding to requests from the governors of both Connecticut and New York, then Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley declared the lobster resource in Long Island Sound a commercial fishing failure using the "resource disaster" clauses of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con......fund received 23 proposals in the first round with requests totaling $69.1 million and awarded $17.6 of the $18 millionavailable. Two committees, co-chaired by Edelson and Herbert, and comprised of both School of Medicine and Hospitalrepresentatives, reviewed each proposal and made recommendations to Dean of ...Today's Science for America's Tomorrow: the USGS FY 2001 Budget
...lanning intelligent growth," Groat said. USGS also requests $30 million to further its efforts with communities, local and tribal governments, state governments, the private sector, academia and others to advance the capacity of communities to create and use spatially referenced data. The proposal, which incl...New institute formed to distribute human stem cells
...earchers," Gulbrandsen says. So far, more than 100 requests for the cells have been received by Thomson's lab and at least a dozen companies have approached WARF about stem cell technology. However, many scientists, especially academic scientists who depend on federal support to operate their laboratories, ha...Howard Hughes Medical Institute funds biomedical facilities at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
...lines is so high now that barely 35-percent of all requests can befilled. With the continuing accumulation of new genetic data, this demand can only be expected togrow. The addition of these two new superbend beamlines to the complement of beamlines at the MCFwill help. "When these superbend beamlines are ...Eastern U.S. benefits from emissions trading by power plants
...ccess to papers at the ASAP site must submit their requests inwriting to newsroom@acs.org in the ACS Department of News & Information.) The controversial "emissions trading" provision of the federal government'sClean Air Act is improving the environment and public health, especially in theNortheast an...New hope for declining U.S. honeybee population
...ccess to papers at the ASAP site must submit their requests inwriting to newsroom@acs.org in the ACS Dept. of News & Information.) Chances are, you haven't seen honeybees in your flower garden for quite sometime. Bumblebees and carpenter bees, perhaps, but not honeybees. Parasiticmites have dram...Perchlorate found in fertilizers
...ccess to papers at the ASAP site must submit their requests inwriting to newsroom@acs.org in the ACS Dept. of News & Information.) Perchlorate - a chemical compound suspected of adverse health and ecologicaleffects - has been identified in some fertilizers used by homeowners andfarmers, according ...Climate change and greenhouse gases: The scientific literature reviewed
... literatureupon which it was based. In response to requests for background information and data and as a resourcefor continuing study of this issue, the authors of the AGU position statementhave prepared a thorough, documented analysis of the peer reviewed literature,which will be published in Eos on Septembe...Scientists dissect bacterial crosstalk
...gm may apply to other nutrients and other forms of requests to hosts,Hooper and Gordon say. Understanding microbe to mammal communication may help us cope when our friendlybacteria are slain by antibiotics and harmful microbes rush to fill the placesat the table. "These messages undoubtedly contribute to the ...Mosquitofish threaten amphibians
... tips, contact Robin Meadows robin@nasw.org . Fax requests will be filled within 24 hours. More information about the Society for Conservation Biology can be found at conbio.rice.edu/scb/...Marine Life In South Pacific Region Found To Be Impervious To Oceans' Highest Arsenic Levels
...ccess to papers at the ASAP site must submit their requests inwriting to n_blount@acs.org in the ACS Office of News & Information.) Despite living in waters with the highest known marine concentration ofnaturally occurring arsenic found anywhere in the world, fish, clams and coralin waters near Papu...Research Bears Fruit, And Patents
... end of last year's season he was beginning to get requests for specialoccasions. Farley has grown Caroline for production since 1997. "Caroline is red andcapable of producing good crops of larger, more flavorful, and more cohesivefruit one-to-three weeks earlier than standard cultivars," the researchers'lite......y science payloadsaboard space station. "We've had requests for payloads that could fly on the early space stationassembly missions before the crew mans the station," continued Downey. "Thespace station office is asking for payloads that can operate unattended forabout two months." The biotechnology program h......ccess to papers at the ASAP site must submit their requests in writing to n_blount@acs.org in the ACS Office of News & Information.) Boats and other motorized watercraft are likely to be the primary sourceof MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) contamination in lakes and reservoirs,according to researcher...