DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...gle chip. "Every year bandwidth increases, and it shot up tremendously with the advent of the Internet," she said. "It's caused us to take a 90-degree change in perspective in how we view traditional telecommunications applications. This work represents new applications and a whole new arena for photon...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...lect a 12-foot, 15-pound two-by-four piece of wood shot out of a cannon at 100 miles per hour. This represents the speed at which a 250-miles-per-hour wind would propel the timber. The DuPont TM StormRoom TM with Kevlar will be available initially in Florida this month through authorized construction...Casanova or caveman: Scientists isolate nerve cells that choreograph male fly's courtship behavior
...time." As an example, Baker pointed to a videotape shot during the experiment in which a female fly is frantically pursued by a half-dozen out-of-control mutants. "Our study shows that there is an identifiable set of cells, a place in the central nervous system, that serves to coordinate each of the subro...New framework for biodiversity conservation
...how landowners make decisions - will have a better shot at protecting biodiversity over time. "If it is possible to conserve exactly the sites you want and do it immediately - a conservation blueprint makes sense," says Andelman. "In marine environments, where there is public ownership, this may be pos...Leading scientists design new framework for biodiversity conservation
...how landowners make decisions - will have a better shot at protecting biodiversity over time. "If it is possible to conserve exactly the sites you want and do it immediately - a conservation blueprint makes sense," says Andelman. "In marine environments, where there is public ownership, this may be poss...ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities
... forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL's nanoprobe, which is based on a light scattering technique, can detect and analyze chemicals, explosives, drugs and more at a theoret...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...re required with which electrons, for example, are shot at atomic nuclei. The electron beam assumes the function of a light beam in an ordinary microscope. An important accelerator, the Electron Stretcher Accelerator (ELSA), is located at the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn and constitutes the...New highways drive accelerating deforestation in Amazonia
... more easily burned. "Since 2002, forest loss has shot up by nearly 50% in the states of Par, Rondnia, Mato Grosso, and Acre," said co-author Ana Albernaz of the Goeldi Museum in Belm, Brazil. "Plant and wildlife species indigenous to these areas are being severely threatened." The rising deforestatio...First time in the U.S.: Saint Louis University tests third-generation vaccine against smallpox
...ted will be administered intramuscularly, as a flu shot is given, or subcutaneously between the skin and muscle, as an insulin shot is given. The study will enroll 90 adult volunteers into six different groups. MVA-BN will be given...Researchers begin study to protect against anthrax
... routine six shots over 18 months, with a booster shot every year thereafter for the vaccine to confer p...tional team of scientists looking at how a booster shot affects the protection of people who have previously been vaccinated against smallpox. Results from ...Computer scientists develop tool for mining genomic data
...ening in the cell: ''a snapshot from this angle, a shot from another angle, data from a third, and so on.'' Her computational scheme creates ''the best picture we can construct from putting all of these snapshots together.'' The proof of concept for Koller's targeted hypotheses came in a June 2003 Nature ...Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
...ommon are becoming rare as they are being trapped, shot or snared and sent to the marketplace. The result is loss of wildlife across the region. "In many parts of Asia, it is easier to see animals in the markets than in the forest," said COP-7 delegate Dr Kent Redford, Director of WCS's Conservation Inst...New evidence suggests that monkey thought extinct still exists
...colobus monkey. Ironically, the hunter said he had shot the animal only a week after McGraw had left the country in 2000. McGraw has not been to Ivory Coast since the winter of 2002. While the country's nine-month civil war was declared over last July, tensions remain high as the country remains political...The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-eaters
...ng and involved story than "Ghost" and "Darkness," shot by Col. John Patterson (no relation to Dr. Patterson) more than a century ago. "Their story offers an opportunity to synthesize the disciplines that comprise natural history and make them accessible and intelligible to the public," Dr. Patterson sai...Changes in shape of single protein plays key role in the spread of cancer cells
...lin in its inactive and active forms. Izard's team shot X-rays at crystalline forms of human vinculin and collected the patterns formed when the X-rays diffracted off the different parts of the protein. The researchers created these patterns using the X-ray crystallography facility at the Argonne National...Sport hunting hits evolutionary traits in bighorn sheep
...on at Ram Mountain, Alberta. Fifty-seven rams were shot since 1975, most before reaching eight years of age and nine were shot as early as the age of four. Mating success increases in bighorn sheep by six years of age when rams...Naked mole-rats bare pain relief clues
...They only feel some aches. But when the rats get a shot of Substance P, pain signaling resumes working as in other mammals. "It was a complete surprise when we discovered that the skin of naked mole-rats is missing one of the most basic chemicals that's found in the skin of all other mammals," said Thoma...HIV protein attacks body's innate protection system that could prevent virus' replication
...w the body's built-in defense system works, it's a shot in the arm for the search for more targeted, effective anti-HIV drugs. "This is definitely relevant to drug development and pharmacology in the fight against AIDS," Kabat said. Kabat's team found that the HIV-encoded protein viral infectivity factor...New findings in yeast may reveal why growing older is the greatest carcinogen in humans
...he presence of genes gone awry. "At first it was a shot in the dark to see if we'd see anything this way. We didn't have any expectations that it would work, but it was definitely worth it to go through the whole process," said McMurray, who had to repeat the experiment multiple times on various strains o......eal possibility. Processing the Nightly News: How shot and story length affect effort, arousal, and encoding -- Samuel D. Bradley, Mija Shin, Zheng Wang, Seungjo Lee, & Annie Lang Television networks looking to secure future viewers for their nightly newscasts ought to start paying attention to what co...