Survival of the fastest: scientists 'selectively breed' winning Formula One cars
...ogy that unites the fields of biology and computer science by mimicking the process of evolution in computers in an effort to find the best solutions to complex problems. A number of possible solutions to the problem are treated as 'organisms' known as phenotypes. These are placed into a simulated environmen...Lupus Research Institute awards $3 million in novel research grants to further new science in lupus
...search Institute is leading the advancement of new science to prevent, treat and cure lupus. More information about the Lupus Research Institute is available at www.lupusresearchinstitute.org .......sday, 15 June by AAAS, the world's largest general science society, and its journal, Science . "Mansions alo... been told. That is why it's important to make the science underlying climate change accessible to policymakers in parts of the world, like the United States, ...NAS requests nominations for outstanding scientists
...ial application of science, and the application of science to the public welfare. Awards for young investigators will be given in biology and medicine, molecular biology, psychology, and computational science/applied mathematics. Nominations will be accepted through September 10, 2004....Ralph J. Cicerone nominated to be next National Academy of Sciences president
...f our academy's efforts, as well as for the larger science community." Chartered by Congress in 1863, the Nat...esearch, and it is dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and their use for the general welfare. Members and foreign associates of the Academy ...Professor and student among tops in technology at UH
...y" awards for 2004, and Mehnaz Bhayani, a computer science senior, was awarded a $7,000 Kathi Bowles Scholarship. "This was a big night for UH with two prestigious honors bestowed on both the faculty and student levels," said John Bear, dean of UH's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. "It r...Ecosystem bounces back from hurricanes
...ted, says Dr. David Eggleston, professor of marine science at NC State and co-author of the paper, to the relationship between hurricane floodwaters, the crabs' migration response to the floodwaters and the subsequent overfishing of the mass-migrating crabs. "We feel the historically low abundances of blue c...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...EHS. "In the warmer, wetter world predicted by science today, the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere will likely see more storms while some continental areas might have drier summers and more risk of drought. Sea levels could rise, fed in part by melt-water from glaciers and ice caps. Along with t...Canine word-learning research published in Science
...ournal Science , published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. "You don't have to be able to talk to understand a lot," said senior Science author Julia Fischer from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Rico, the nearly nine-year-old Border collie, can learn the name...... the unveiling of this tremendous resource for the science community," says Dr. Jack Hess, Executive Director... prominent researchers discussing the state of the science and its future directions. The interviews provide in depth information on particularly interesting w...CSIRO research in greatest biotech show on earth
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is mounting a major display of tech...irsch added. "It is important that our world class science leads to commercial outcomes for global benefit". Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, The ...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...sting these teams to deliver major new findings to science and make a significant contribution to the priorities set by the international conservation community. " The BP Conservation Programme is a partnership between BP, BirdLife International, Fauna & Flora International, Conservation International and t...Lung cancer patients in Japan, United States react differently to the same chemotherapy regimen
...genetic differences in drug metabolism, an area of science known as pharmacogenomics. Recent research has identified specific genes involved in paclitaxel metabolism, and these genes may prove different from one ethnic group to another. "These findings underscore both the importance of global clinical trials...Continents played key role in collapse and regeneration of Earth's early greenhouse, geologists say
... Lowe, a professor of geological and environmental science who wrote the paper with Michael M. Tice, a graduate student investigating early life. NASA's Exobiology Program funded their work. ''In the geologic past, climate and atmosphere were really profoundly influenced by development of continents.'' ...Albany high school student adds to understanding of breast cancer gene
...my own time, I read literature and did independent science research at my school to learn all I could about h... Congress at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her science was deemed worthy of advancing to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May 2004 i...EMBL Director-General receives high German honour: the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
... Health in the US (FNIH), aims to use cutting-edge science to overcome roadblocks and foster rapid progress against the major neglected diseases that affect the developing world....$5.5 million awarded to tree-ring research and climate studies
...mate system. This five-year study will apply the science of tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) and its a...eoclimate Program, which funded the project. "The science questions being asked are important, the region being studied is vital to understanding fundamental ...Ecological science for a crowded planet
Ecologists must take their science in bold new directions if humans and the natural s...ort (web link) calls for greater use of ecological science in decision-making, research targeted at sustainability of a human-dominated Earth, and cultural cha...Published research contains 'high level of statistical errors'
...y shows that a large proportion of articles in top science and medical journals contain statistical errors, 4% of which may have caused non-significant findings to be misrepresented as being significant. Thirty-eight percent of the Nature papers and a quarter of the BMJ articles studied contained at least on...Brain disease research, particle physics meet in the middle (ware)
...ment that promotes the growth of interdisciplinary science as well as an advanced biomedical cyberinfrastructure, said BIRN Coordinating Center Director Mark Ellisman. The NMI middleware layer is essential to providing many of the underlying mechanisms critical to achieving this integrated environment. By e...