First-ever UN University diploma offered to grads of online water-management course
...e fundamentally important than water management to serve as the subject for the first-ever UN University Diploma Program." The course complements UNU's Global Virtual University, an online environmental educational initiative based in Norway, and represents a very concrete follow-up to the 2002 World Sum...Six reporters reach the 'pinnacle of excellence'
...urnal, Science. "Further, the winning entries then serve as teaching tools as they are disseminated each year to science writing programs at universities and colleges throughout the country." Since their inception nearly six decades ago, the awards have honored more than 300 individuals for their achieveme...Nanotech instruments allow first direct observations of RNA 'proofreading'
...ies genes from DNA onto strands of RNA, which then serve as templates for all of the proteins that make life possible. Emerson's comment notwithstanding, RNAP makes plenty of mistakes but also proofreads and corrects them before they have a chance to create abnormal proteins. The error-prone nature of RNAP...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...hat are normally found in the small intestine (and serve a beneficial function to the host) produce a compound that causes a specific protein to redistribute on the surface of the cells lining the intestine. This makes the cells more susceptible to infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the bacte...Social mothers appear to be better mothers
Primping and passing time with peers may serve a serious purpose, suggests a new study by a UCLA-led team of primate researchers. The more time wild female baboons spend in the company of other adult baboons, particularly while occupied with grooming activities, the more likely their offspring ar...A sweet tooth may be a 'marker' for the genetic risk for developing alcoholism
...dividuals with a family history of alcoholism, may serve as a "marker" for the genetic risk for developing ...ing for sweets precedes alcoholism and may in fact serve as a "marker" for the genetic risk for developing alcoholism. "Previous research has established tha...Small-molecule inhibitors of botulinum neurotoxin identified
...herapeutics can be built. This pharmacophore will serve as a basis for directing future efforts to develop BoNT/A LC inhibitors with enhanced potency. Testing in cell culture will be followed by animal modeling once the most promising candidates have been identified. Study collaborators were Sina Bavari,...Major mutations, not many small changes, might lead way to new species
...appeals to bees with forward-thrusting petals that serve as a landing platform and yellow nectar guides that contrast with the pale pink flowers. The closely related M. cardinalis, on the other hand, has a deep, tubular shape that excludes bees but is easily probed by the slender beaks of hummingbirds, and...High heart risk for lupus patients linked to death of cells lining blood vessels
...ny ways, says Rajagopalan, since endothelial cells serve an important barrier function, and make nitric oxide that regulates blood vessel dilation and contraction and blood flow. Rajagopalan and Kaplan, along with a team of U-M colleagues, suspected something must be damaging the endothelial cell layer in...A bird in a tree for biodiversity
... birds that distribute the seed. The findings may serve as a warning of more widespread environmental dang...in Africa." Howe warns that findings such as this serve as a warning about the consequences of rapid habitat fragmentation. "I think what we see in the wak...UT Southwestern scientist receives international award for lipid research
...n the mechanisms of nuclear receptor proteins that serve as sensors in protecting human cells against unusually high and possibly toxic levels of lipids, such as cholesterol and fatty acids. These lipid-sensing proteins play a central role in the maintenance of physiological levels of lipids consumed with ...DuPont to locate Asia Pacific R&D center in Shanghai
... products in the region. The Shanghai center will serve as a haven for developing new technology solutions through application development, knowledge transfer, technical collaboration and new products development all contributing to DuPont's growth in China and across the Asia Pacific region." The facili...Plans finalised for satellites to help safeguard gorilla habitats
...BeGO will create new maps on a 1 to 50000 scale to serve as a more accurate GIS basis. "Great stress has been placed on the importance of more accurate maps for the conservation effort," explained Mario Hernandez of UNESCO. "Using GPS technology local users can collect co-ordinates of places where gorillas...Study reveals patterns of gene activity in the mouse nervous system
...' project officer for the effort. GENSAT also may serve as a model for future gene expression projects, she adds....LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...increase the yield of many industrial products, or serve as a separations platform to filter hazardous chemicals, like mercury, from the environment. Genetic sleight-of-wing Gnat-like flies called midges thrive in a healthy stream; in polluted water, their numbers diminish. Ecologists have come to rely o...Michigan receives NCRR grant for tomorrow's proteomics technology
...s, and how cells change as they age. Proteins also serve as traffic cops directing complex biochemical signaling pathways in the body." Detecting trace amounts of a protein, which may exist in cells only for fractions of a second, requires extremely sensitive and expensive equipment to rapidly separate, an...Annual bibliography of significant advances in dietary supplement research 2002
...disease". "We envision that this bibliography will serve as a useful reference source for students, nutrition and health professionals, educators, and health communicators, as well as the scientists who conduct the research," said Rebecca B. Costello, Ph.D., Deputy Director of ODS. This year's issue was la...World's largest forest birds may produce world's deepest bird calls
... They speculate that the cassowaries' casque might serve a function in both, most likely sound reception. "These investigations are exciting because many dinosaur fossils exhibit casques at least superficially similar to those of living cassowaries," said Mack. "No one knows for sure what purpose these se...Scientists, physicians discuss latest discoveries for stopping cancer before it starts
...drugs. Changes in the nucleus of some cells can serve as predictors of cancer susceptibility. More than 650 scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Phoenix next week to share these and many other novel findings at the second annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
...rocesses that drive these isolated ecosystems that serve as nurseries for new species. Three of the Census' seven initial field studies are based in North America, three in Europe and one in Japan. New upcoming field projects (including examinations of microbes, plankton, reefs, the Arctic, and seamount...