Knock knock knocking on rhythm's neural doors
...fan Schaal, an associate professor in the computer science department of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering led the international team that used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans to test a longstanding question regarding "rhythmic" versus "discrete" movement. "Rhythmic movements like walk...US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...JohnKerry will discuss their plans and policiesfor science and technology. The Forum will take place in the A...er to conduct seminars and meetingsaround specific science and technology policyissues. WHAT: AAAS Candidates' Forum on Science & Technology Policy WHO...ICTP celebrates 40th anniversary, 'Legacy for the Future'
... of the premier organizations for the promotion of science in the developing world. The following Nobel Laureates will be among the participants: Walter Kohn, University of California at Santa Barbara; Robert A. Marcus, California Institute of Technology; John Nash, Jr., Princeton University; and Ahmed H. Ze...Alaska scientists find Arctic tundra yields surprising carbon loss
...d in the September 23, 2004 edition of the leading science journal Nature and are featured in the journal's News and Views section. Bret-Harte, Chapin, lead author Michelle Mack of the University of Florida, Gainesville, and colleagues set out to investigate whether the commonly held assumption that a warmi...UMaine anthropologist wins Solon T. Kimball Award
... authority on economic anthropology and the social science aspects of fisheries management. "In the past few years, my primary contribution has been to use 'rational choice theory' to show under what conditions groups of people will and will not develop rules to conserve the resources on which their liveli...Keep genome data freely accessible
... results of life-science research . . . has served science and society well", the panel argues, accelerating research and speeding the "life-saving benefits" of that research'. The editorial concludes: 'But beyond the practical, open-access policies of the genome database repositories serve another purpose. ...'Gene chips' research in cotton could lead to superior variety
...fy DNA in test tubes. They would be exposed to how science and technology programming involves not only agriculture, but biotechnology and engineering as well." ...New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...pacificodyssey.org , including reports by on-scene science writers and intriguing information about south Pac...ent. All told, about 100 scientists from nearly 20 science institutions are involved in the quest to unravel the mysteries of the Lau Basin. Lanmuir said the ...Brown research reveals key insight into memory-making
...Kauer at Brown. Kauer, associate professor medical science in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, proved that Ehlers' theory was correct. By injecting mutant proteins marked with green fluorescent dye into the hippocampal neurons of rats, Kauer and her laboratory team foun...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
... journal Science published by AAAS the nonprofit science society. The creature is the first report of a fully marine member of a diverse reptile group called the protorosaurs which are characterized by their long necks and elongated neck vertebrae. Comparison of this new creature to the famous long-necked ...Posters highlight water, energy and other natural resource research
...ts, pursuing their Doctorates in several different science and engineering disciplines, presented posters highlighting research being conducted in many areas at the fourth annual Inland Northwest Research Alliance Environmental and Subsurface Science Symposium, held Sept. 19-22 at the Davenport Hotel, Spokan...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...icist, will receive the award in the environmental science and technology category for developing the theory of thermoacoustic heat engines and for designing and building these engines and refrigerators that use the power of sound to operate at high efficiency with no moving parts. Swift is a technical staf...$7.5 Million grant to Yale researchers for role of viruses in cancer
...nd is one of the largest and longest-running basic science grants at Yale. It coordinates studies to understand how viral genes and related cellular genes cause cells to escape normal growth controls and induce cancer. "Because viruses are so well-defined and relatively simple compared to their host cells...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...t, professor of communicationstudies and political science at the University ofMichigan. "There seems to be a general consensusthat we're moving to a vote-anywhere voting system[involving use of the Internet] that will givecitizens a very wide range of ways toparticipate." To improve the chances ...The book opens on the first tree genome
...nome, DOE once again is pioneering discovery-class science that promises to yield important societal benefits," said Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham. "The poplar genome sequence will provide researchers with a critical resource to develop faster growing trees, trees that produce more biomass that can be...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...harton, Xerox, and YankeeTek Ventures. DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people ev...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...terior, Bruce Babbitt, addressed the importance of science and how it relates to politics within the Pacific ...l research conducted in the areas of environmental science and subsurface science as they relate to the areas of energy, nuclear and national security technolo...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...gton, D.C. The project will be managed at AIBS by science office director Jeffrey Goldman. "The most pressing challenges facing the nation's biosphere, like the impact of climate change on forests and agriculture, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the causes and consequences of invasiv...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
... for five years) million grant for a new nanoscale science and engineering center to be headquartered at Nort...ring, physics, chemistry, philosophy and political science departments at the university, as well as industry and partner universities (UML, UNH and MSU). " N......l research conducted in the areas of environmental science and subsurface science as they relate to energy, nuclear and national security technologies. Speakers at the symposium hav...