Biodiversity Worth $2.9 Trillion
...ion -- could reduce erosion as much as 50 percent, saving $20 billion worth of soil and $9 billion in tractor fuel every year in the U.S., according to the analysis. Genes for perennial cereal grains already exist in wild plant species, they said, estimating the worldwide value of a perennial grain system ...UF Researchers Identify Virus That May Cause Epidemic Disease In Sea Turtles
...and operateto remove the life-threatening lesions, saving the animal's life.But it's a race against time for a cause and a cure. So far, thedisease is claiming turtles' lives faster than scientists cansave them. "It takes sea turtles a long time to reach sexualmaturity," Klein said. "So what this di...Life-Saving Dr. Mueller Selected To Get Top Sports Medicine Award
...to rule changes and improved coachingcredited with saving dozens of lives a year in the United States. In 1968, for example, 36 boys and young men died from accidents on U.S.football fields, either in practice or in games. By 1990, no such deaths wereidentified, and since then fewer than a half doz...University At Buffalo Energy-Conservation Projects Record Highest Savings Among Campuses
...0,000 or more. Wagner added that UB's experience saving money through environmental reforms hasgenerated interest in the Western New York community. After undergraduate students in an environmental studies class conducted anaudit of the ways that the university's two campuses affect the environment, theB...Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
...ornew, environmentally friendly bioprocesses while saving time and energy. Real-time environmental sensors--These innovative sensors will be a major boonto public health. Supermarkets will use sensors to detect E. coli and otherdangerous pathogens in food. Workplace air quality will be monitored to preve...Wistar Scientist Awarded American Cancer Society Grant For Research On Gene Therapy
...cer as a major health problem bypreventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer throughresearch, education, advocacy and service. Last year, the American CancerSociety contributed $93.3 million dollars to research facilities throughout thecountry. The Wistar Institute, established in ...American Cancer Society Grant Extended For Wistar Study Of Molecular Changes Leading To Cancer
...cer as a major health problem bypreventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering through research,education, advocacy and service. Last year, the American Cancer Societycontributed $93.3 million to research facilities throughout the country. The Wistar Institute, established in 1892, was the first...Chemical In Oyster Shells May Help Clean Oil Spills
... allow farmers to use lessfertizer -- subsequently saving them money and protecting the environment. Wheeler and Donlar Corp.'s work with the degradable polymer won them theEnvironmental Protection Agency's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award....Weevils Wipe Out Killer Weeds In Papua New Guinea
...six-legged ambassadors" - tiny benign insects now saving crops, family livelihoods, industries and ecosystems around the Asia Pacific region. Water hyacinth infestations clogging up the Sepik River wetlands were causing great hardship to people using the rivers and streams to move around the country ...New "Gene Map" Doubles Number Of Genes
...or has already been placed on the map, potentially saving many years of work. Private industry has also played a key role in the development of the new map. "Gene Map '98 is a fine example of the excellent products that are resulting from the Human Genome Project through extensive, open, international coop...Vaccine Technology Takes Center Stage In Rochester
...s vaccine and others. "Preventing disease and saving lives through immunization isa top priority of governments and physicians worldwide," saysBarbara Iglewski, professor and chair of the Department ofMicrobiology and Immunology and an organizer of theconference. "The spotlight in biotechnology re...Medical Tip Sheet - November 1, 1998
...l Center in August, and played an importantrole in saving the life of a carjacking victim who had been shot in the head andin the chest. Duplex scans combine doppler and ultrasound imaging t echnology,giving the physician both auditory and visual images of blood flow, enabling himor her to distinguish betwe...Researcher Finds World's Most Diverse Home Of Slime Molds
ATHENS, Ohio -- The secret to saving the world's vanishing rain forestsmay lie in tiny slug-like organisms tucked away in the tropical soil of aGuatemalan forest, according to an Ohio University researcher who has discoveredwhat could be home to the world's most diverse collection of sl......dentifying promising drugs that could lead to life saving cures in the future can take eight to ten years and cost as much as 200 million. The AMS can investigate large numbers of drugs for pharmaceutical companies, significantly speeding up drug development by quickly identifying the most promising. In s...Tigers And Land Mines: Wildlife Experts Discuss Fate Of Korea's DMZ
... panel of wildlife and policy experts will discuss saving the uniqueand endangered wildlife found in Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), onSat., March 20, 1999, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., at the Asia Society 725 ParkAve (at 70th St.). BACKGROUND: Strewn with land mines, lined by barbed-wire fences andpatrolled b...Caterpillars foiled when tomato plants summon parasitic wasps
...s on thecaterpillar's internal organs, efficiently saving the brain for the very last. The wasp larva then emerges from the caterpillar's decimated body and builds acocoon. A week later, the adult wasp emerges from the cocoon and the cyclebegins again. To study this interaction, Thaler set up 103 field plo...Communications towers killing birds
...luntary cutbacks on lighting in tall buildings are saving thousands ofavian lives in downtown Toronto, according to Michael Mesure of FLAP, the FatalLight Awareness Program in Erin, Ontario. When Ontario Hydro replaced spotlights with rapidly flashing strobe lights on emissions stacks at six electricalgene...Rainforest birds keep dying out long after logging stops
...heir species, conserving these fragments will mean saving the greatest numberof species.......forrunning farmmachinery; building fewer homes and saving resources may cause a drop inbuilding standards andlead to fewer jobs; the demand for fuel-efficient vehicles may be unfair to theSwedish automotiveindustry which produces comparatively heavy vehicles. Key facts: The 15 goals are: Clean air, High ...