Scientists re-evaluating the meaning of 'desertification,' Duke ecologist says
...igms for global desertification." Reynolds, who is serving as principal investigator, said, "We're getting international support to market these ideas throughout the world. "If this is really going to have an impact, we need input from different disciplines and different stakeholders, getting people really i...National vision experts converge for research symposium
...he University Eye Institute, a full-service clinic serving more than 30,000 patients each year. The institute provides UH's optometry students and residents with comprehensive in-house clinical training, as well as diverse clinical experience during externships in some of the 95 affiliated hospitals and heal...Science champion William T. Golden makes historic $5.25 million gift to AAAS
...and technological developments and his devotion to serving the public." Indeed, as an active duty officer in the U.S. Navy throughout World War II, Mr. Golden's curiosity and skill as an inventor resulted in a new firing device for anti-aircraft machine guns. His lengthy and distinguished career also include...Soft drinks, teens and cavities
...f teeth Learn How to Avoid Decay Drink only one serving size (8 ounces = 1 cup = the size of a fist) Drink only with meals Drink with a straw Brush teeth after drinking No toothbrush? Try rinsing with water or chew sugarless gum Consume a balanced diet with more dairy products How Cavities Form To...Cat parasite killing otters; Michigan's perch pressured; HACCP for medicine
...nal Sea Grant Seafood HACCP Alliance and currently serving as Chairman of the Medical HACCP Alliance that has established itself as a public interest organization and includes representatives from major healthcare product manufacturing firms. Contact: George Flick, Virginia Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Servi...New mouse model sheds light on lipoatrophic diabetes
... feature of lipoatrophic diabetes. In addition to serving as a novel model of lipoatrophic diabetes, the IRS-1/3 double knock-out mice also reveal that IRS-1 and IRS-3 have partially redundant roles in mouse adipogenesis (fat development). Since humans do not have a functional copy of the IRS-3 gene, the au...URI biologists study predator-prey relationship between sand shrimp and flounder
...nd is an important component of estuarine systems, serving as both predator and prey. Elevated winter water temperature possibly increases the number of sand shrimp simply because warmer temperatures allow greater numbers to survive the winter. Another factor concerns the migratory pattern of the sand shri...Lab engineers develop microelectronics for artificial retina project
...universities and a private company, with Oak Ridge serving as the lead laboratory. An epiretinal prosthesis could restore vision to millions of people suffering from eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration or those who are legally blind due to the loss of photoreceptor function. In m...Scientists find new way to assess where cotton-killing pests develop
...then die - seem to be wrong. "Corn is most likely serving as the predominant alternate C4 host for H. zea," the paper asserts. "Currently, less than 25 percent of U.S. corn produces Bt toxin. If, in the future, most field corn planted in the northern and southern United States remains in non-Bt producing va...Cellular pathway includes a 'clock' that steers gene activity
...luded that the signaling pathway inside a cell was serving as much more than a simple wire. "It was not just carrying the information, it was processing it," he said. "The pathway was operating like a clock with a pendulum, delivering the signal at particular intervals of time in a way that could resonate wi...AAAS urges opposition to 'intelligent design theory' within U.S. science classes
...p for more than 130,000 members and 272 affiliates serving 10 million individuals. Its Board resolved to oppose claims that intelligent design theory is scientifically based in response to a number of recent ID-related threats to public science education. In Georgia, for example, the Cobb County District Sc...Rutgers anthropologist, Fossey Fund official, announces plan to save Rwanda's mountain gorillas
...Steklis, who has spent extensive time at Karisoke, serving as the director of the fund's activities in Rwanda...ossey Gorilla Fund International since 1991, first serving as director of the Karisoke Research Center for the fund in Rwanda from 1991-1993, then serving in v...Genes, neurons, and the Internet found to have some identical organizing principles
...eloping the technique, Alon surmised that patterns serving an important function in nature might recur more often than in randomized networks. This in mind, he devised an algorithm that enabled him to analyze the plentiful scientific findings examining key networks in some well-researched organisms. Alon not...Another job discovered for a master metabolic off-switch
...ing that the beta arrestins are master regulators, serving not just as molecules to turn off a vast array of receptors, but to turn them on and to link them as adapters and scaffolds to other metabolically important enzyme systems. "The receptors that we study were originally named G-protein-coupled receptor...Transforming textbooks: AAAS and partners target K-12 science materials for improvement
...xtbooks that most materials available today aren't serving the needs of students or teachers," he added. In a series of standards-based evaluations, AAAS's Project 2061 educational reform initiative put educators and parents on notice that textbooks were fatally flawed. Project 2061 rated all popular middle...Foxd3 gene allows stem cells to remain stem cells
...findings implicate Foxd3 as one of the few genes serving as a 'master switch' of the developing embryo," said Labosky. "These genes determine the fate of cells by turning on or off other genes in response to signals in the embryo." Foxd3 joins previously identified genes, such as Oct4 , Fgf4 , and Sox...Scientists decipher genetic code of malaria parasite
...ole in coordinating the analysis of the genome and serving as the central repository for the data from the three sequencing centers. "It's one of the most difficult genome projects we have ever tackled," said Malcolm J. Gardner, the TIGR Associate Investigator who is the first author of the main P. falciparu...UT Southwestern and U.T. Dallas win NIH grant to establish first sickle cell center in Southwest
...ical programs for adults with sickle cell disease, serving patients at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Zale Lipshy University Hospital and St. Paul University Hospital. Dr. Cynthia Rutherford, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern, will direct the adult program with the assistance of a full-time nurs...Enzyme discovery to benefit homeland security, industry
...o inactivate certain chemicals or bioweapons, thus serving as a protective barrier in air filtration systems," said Ackerman. Fabrication of a more stable and active enzyme delivery method could potentially benefit other industries as well. For example, food processing companies use natural enzymes to prod......ratories, researchers have discovered that signals serving as "mental pointers" are produced in the brains of zebra finches while they sing, and also while they dream about, or "rehearse," their song during sleep. This long-term, fundamental neural research is helping scientists understand brain mechanisms ...