Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...is challenge represent some of the brightest young scientists in Canada and the federal government is a strong s...rom Ottawa by teleconference with eminent national scientists serving as judges. The competition mirrors the real world of scientific research by: ...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...ever, humans were certainly on the scene, and some scientists think that fires set by humans had as much to do with extinction as direct hunting. Over a few thousand years, Barnosky said, an extended sitzkrieg may have led to the extinction of large mammals such as kangaroos, wombats, the marsupial lion (Thylac...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...us nutans). The drug currently is being studied by scientists around the world because of its potential to force... medicines," Keasling said. Keasling and a team of scientists led by Cox traveled to Samoa in early August to meet with leaders in three Samoan villages where the...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...us nutans). The drug currently is being studied by scientists around the world because of its potential to force... medicines," Keasling said. Keasling and a team of scientists led by Cox traveled to Samoa in early August to meet with leaders in three Samoan villages where the...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
UPTON, N.Y. -- A new study by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven Nati...ned toluene vapors. On the final day of the study, scientists randomly administered either saline or GVG to the rats one hour before the testing. They then gave t...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
.... Tragically, the first child died quickly, so the scientists were unable to explore the effects of the disease in that patient. "At that point, we only knew we were dealing with a severe arrhythmia of a type we had not seen before," said Keating. "But as we were able to treat these children more succes...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...o, CA, Sept. 30, 2004 Oceanographers and computer scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research institutions on land with several existing or planned ocean observatories off the west coasts of the United States, Canada and Mexico. That infrastructure will be a prototype for the use and automation...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
...exas A&M University and Louisiana State University scientists conducted a research cruise in late August to the ...us theories as to the cause of the dead zone. Many scientists believe it is caused by fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River, while other theories point to ...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...rked with pores in patterns distinctive enough for scientists to tell the species apart. Another new finding rep... heterotroph, a single-cell microbe, engulfed what scientists say was likely a kind of red alga. The two became one organism, an arrangement called endosymbiosis,...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...years of age, the prize brings the very best young scientists in Europe to the attention of a global audience. Presented for the first time in 1986, the EMBO Gold Medal has had many notable recipients. On hearing the news of her selection, the 2004 winner, Mara Blasco, commented: "I'm honoured to accept this pr...Researchers find color sensitive atomic switch in bacteria
...ss, the rapid advance publication page of Science, scientists from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the University of California, Irvine, describe the versatile light-sensing protein at levels of resolution smaller than a nanometer--one billionth of a meter. "High-resolution X-ray crystal...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
...rch through these new Exploratory Centers, we hope scientists can make progress on some of the more complex biomedical issues we face," said Lawrence Tabak, DDS., PhD, Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and Co-chair, NIH Roadmap Interdisciplinary Research Teams of the Future Workin...DNA lends scientists a hand, revealing new chemical reactions
... mainstay can be applied. In the current work, the scientists coupled DNA-templated synthesis with in vitro selection and DNA microarray analysis to scan for pairs of reactants that are able to undergo chemical reaction under a chosen set of reaction conditions. Liu's team first applied DNA-templated synthesis ...Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
...th them and were dubbed Pack-MULEs. No one can say scientists don't have a bit of poet in them. Genome sequence... the genome sequence for rice so most of the time scientists examine them in chunks. Since the examination of genomes is a fairly new study (rice, for example, w...New molecular link key to cellular proteins involved in cancer progression, other diseases
...led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists has discovered the molecular mechanism used by cel...xtract into smaller and smaller fractions, the UNC scientists were able to isolate and identify the proteins involved in H2A ubiquitination. "To our surprise, it ...Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...vones and estrogen receptors." While most food scientists stress the importance of consuming soy as part of a whole-foods approach, there has been a prolifera...Cancer vaccine based on pathogenic listeria bacteria shows promise targeting metastases
...roceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Cerus Corp. in Concord, Calif., employs a genet...ed by the success of the new cancer vaccine, Cerus scientists now are aiming for human trials. Cerus ultimately hopes to use the genetically engineered listeria v...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
Geneva, Switzerland: An international team of scientists and cancer specialists has identified which patients with the deadly form of brain tumours called glioblastomas are likely to live longer if they are treated with temozolomide, and which patients are likely to get only marginal, if any, benefit. The ...Genetic differences might help distinguish thyroid cancers
...different treatment. The research should also help scientists better understand the origins of the two diseases. The study is published in the a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. "This finding suggests a potentially very useful diagnostic aid in those rare instances where the pathologist cann...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
..."Our theme is the creation of partnerships between scientists and decision makers to study and understand the co...rees in the past 50 years." "Our team of scientists from geography, anthropology, sociology, management, psychology, math, computer science and public a...