Nagyvary's violin research to be celebrated Feb. 12
...and kept a large inventory of them, and would only sell one when he was ready to part with it. Today, there are only about 600 Stradivarius violins remaining, each worth millions, depending on several factors, among them who the previous owners were. "I have enjoyed very much the past 25 years of this res...Conservation battle faces long odds in Brazilian Amazon
...lved. The Brazilian Amazon offers an ideal site to sell such carbon credits, which might provide up to $2 billion per year to Brazil while keeping the Amazon forests intact. Besides the cash they might provide through this mechanism, the researchers said, Brazil must also consider the benefits of intact f...Researcher proves fetuses hears at 30 weeks
...entrepreneurs talk about "fetal universities," and sell devices that adhere to the abdomen and transmit music and information to the fetus. But is this trend based on good science? "We don't know if women should be using these devices," says Dr. Kisilevsky. "We don't know what they should be playing, ...UC Davis research helps state air board set auto-emission rules
...e that by 2003 a fixed percentage of the cars they sell in California will have to be emission-free. (The only technology currently available that meets that standard is the battery electric vehicle, or EV. Fuel-cell vehicles also will meet it but are not expected to be available until about 2005 or later...Artificial chromosomes could cure diseases
... into host DNA. Because the company is about to sell shares on the Canadian stock market, it is barred from talking to the media. But in a prospectus available to the public, Chromos says it plans to insert the chromosomes into cells which will be grown in fermenters to produce beneficial proteins and ......the sound of rocket launches. Guyana has agreed to sell a large tract of pristine swampy rainforest to a T...n 2 million palm stems from the basin annually and sell them to a French canning company for sale in Europe. Spoede responds to these concerns by saying ...GM seed may be more widespread than we think
...ompanies that pool seed from many farmers and then sell it on for distribution and export. A survey of almost 1200 elevators by Pioneer shows few are willing to test their deliveries and segregate GM from non-GM crops this autumn (see Table). However, Smith is confident that the companies are already taki...Shark cancers cast more doubt on cartilage pills
Businesses that sell shark cartilage as a cancer cure or preventative have claimed for years that sharks never get cancer, but this week scientists from The Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University presented a detailed history of benign and malignant tum...... coat batches of seed for individual farmers, and sell the service to the local growers. The McGill plant scientists' work was carried out under the auspices of the People, Land and Water program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The program focuses on soil productivity and...El Niño triggers tropical forest reproduction
...rs collect baskets of seeds called illipe nuts to sell as a cash crop. Because so much seed is produced simultaneously over such a large area, however, there is still enough leftover to germinate and produce a carpet of new seedlings on the forest floor. In the Science article, Curran and her co-...Eastern U.S. benefits from emissions trading by power plants
...C. Emissions tradingallows power plants to trade, sell and bank allowances for sulfur dioxideemissions as a way for plants to hold down the cost of pollution reduction. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a primary cause of "acid rain." The research report is in the Oct. 15 print issue of the peer-reviewed journalEn...Symposium by ISPRS and the U-M College of Engineering
...n emissions beyond defined levels would be able to sell or trade theircredits to parties that were not able to achieve CO2 emission reduction limits. But measurement and verifying compliance are unresolved technical problems forsuch a system. Measuring compliance and figuring out where carbon comes from a......uclearscientists who might otherwise be tempted to sell their expertise to countriesthe United States would prefer not have it. In an odd twist, "We will havecreated the world's biggest research center for lower-limb prosthesis in aRussian laboratory," says Lieberman. The first collaboration, on an artifi...Two-for-one special: industrial enzymes and food
...e process is a boon tofarmers who would be able to sell two crops for the cost of growing one.Pacific Northwest researchers estimate that by selling the potatotubers for food and vines for enzymes, ...Antibody Revolution Targets STDs, Stomach Viruses, Common Cold
... At the moment, MABs produced in cell cultures sell for $200 to $1,000 agram. However, Whaley said, since scientists have discovered that MABs can alsobe derived from ordinary agricultural fields, it now seems likely that theso-called "plantibodies" could reasonably be produced by the boatload at a c......s is like "converting an entiredepartment store to sell only one kind of hairpin," Dr. Roizman says. The virustotally changes the machinery of the host cell, while also ensuring that thehost will be unable to mount any resistance (for example, it blocks signals thatwould cause the cell to respond to the ...Clean Air Act Reduces Acid Rain In Eastern U.S.
...oney by increasing their reduction because theycan sell their excess emission permits to other sulfur dioxide producers." Reduction of nitrogen oxides began in 1996, but a reduction of onlytwo-tenths of a million tons was expected and realized. Because of the widervariety of sources of nitrogen, n...New Analytical Methods Indicate Higher Folic Acid Concentration In Beans And Peas
...asurement techniques, could help legume growers to sell more of theirproduct in the U. S. , said Early. A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists andchemical engineers as its members, the American Chemical Society publishesscientific journals and databases, convenes major re...University Of Georgia Researchers Help Design Decision Support System For Forest Managers And Owners
...nt the land to stay beautiful, but you alsowant to sell some of the timber to put your kids through college. Years ago,your best bet would be to cut and pray, but not any more. A new decision support system that researchers from the University ofGeorgia have helped design could make your job vastl...New Airway's 'Smarts' Ensure That Patients Get Plenty Of Oxygen
...Heanticipates that transducer-equipped tubes could sell forslightly more than the $7 now charged. The system's battery unitwould represent an additional one-time expense of $50 to $100 foran ambulance squad or hospital. The research was funded by the departments of electricalengineering and emergency...