The book opens on the first tree genome
...ineering trees so that they would more effectively shuttle and store more carbon below ground in their roots and the soil." Joining Tuskan on the ORNL poplar team are Steve DiFazio, Tongming Yin, Frank Larimer, Lee Gunter, Gwo-Liang Chen, and Phil Locascio. JGI contributors include Daniel Rokhsar, Nik Putma...Popular Science announces Third Annual 'Brilliant 10'
...y is awaiting his findings before recertifying the shuttle for flight....Asian elephant sex pheromone transporter revealed
...in, plays an unexpected and multifaceted role as a shuttle that both protects and transports the pheromone. The authors reveal that elephant serum albumin (ESA) transports the pheromone from serum to urine and it extends the period of time that the pheromone remains available for detection in the environment...Study sheds new light on genetic risk for Parkinson's disease
...rotein particles involved in lipid metabolism that shuttle these fatty acids, including cholesterol, through the body."APOE-4 is a major susceptibility gene for sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease and has been associated with poor clinical outcome in people with acute head injury and stroke," Huang sai...Clemson University researcher reaches for the stars to prevent osteoporosis
...esearch is an extension of an experiment on space shuttle flight STS-108 in Dec. 2001, in which he collaborated with Amgen and the University of Colorado to fly mice treated with osteoprotegerin to examine the protein's ability to prevent spaceflight-induced bone loss in a pre-clinical model. "We're add...Tufts University groundbreaking research on caterpillar locomotion
...h as blood vessels and air tubes, as well as space shuttle operations and building construction." Trimmer's lab is believed to be the only one of its kind to focus on the locomotion of soft-bodied insects, specifically the nervous system and how it works with the biomechanics of the caterpillar. (There are m...Science's breakthrough of the year: Illumination of the dark, expanding universe
...e Year emerged on 1 February 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosp... science mission. The tragedy left seven dead, the shuttle fleet grounded and NASA's future in question. Much of 2004 could be dedicated to a reexamination of ...Innovative shuttle bus debuts in Washington, D.C.
...s a low-emission, cost-effective community/transit shuttle bus of the future. The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is working with the departments of Interior and Transportation, as well as private industry, to roll out the "new" yellow bus. The bus will b...First soybeans grown in space similar to Earth-grown crops
...984, Pioneer corn seeds were on board a Challenger shuttle launch. The seeds, which were not planted while in space, were used in science-based initiatives after returning to Earth. WCSAR makes space available to industry in the interest of development and commercialization of new products and processes. ...Exploring the sights and sounds of a deepwater coral marine protected area off Florida
... place on board the M/V Liberty Star, a NASA space shuttle support ship operated by United Space Alliance and normally used to retrieve spent solid rocket boosters. Last year another cruise on the ship produced the first ever high-resolution three-dimensional color map of the Oculina Banks. The map is at lea...Free shuttles can close the grocery gap
... Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing. A free shuttle program also reduces shopping-cart thefts. Its a ...ows) -- and concluded that a supermarket-sponsored shuttle service would be financially viable in any of the areas. Depending on the area, estimated annual shu...AAAS analyzes federal R&D 2004 budget
...se (to $5.5 billion). In the wake of the Columbia shuttle disaster, NASA's budget would rise to $15.5 billion, however, Koizumi adds that the budget will have to be reallocated or augmented in the coming weeks because non-R&D programs, of which the largest is the Space Shuttle, would have higher priority. ...The human eye can self-correct some optical faults
...bble Space Telescope needed optical doctoring from shuttle astronauts, vision researchers back on Earth were wondering if the human eye was clever enough to fix itself. Now a neurobiology study at Cornell University suggests that internal parts of the eye indeed can compensate for less-than-perfect condition...Puzzle solved on how influenza builds its infectious seeds
...enome, which are needed to form the particles that shuttle the virus from cell to cell. It has long been known that the influenza A virus genome requires eight different segments of RNA or ribonucleic acid to be complete. But how those RNA segments are recruited to form a complete flu genome within a cell an...'Moss in space' project to test how plants grow 'up'
... The study, an extension of work from a previous shuttle mission in 1997, should test ... plants grow in a random fashion. The space shuttle offers us a laboratory to test that hypothesis. Sacks tea...Artificial cell gets light-powered nanopump for calcium ions
...or of the liposome," said Gust. "In lay terms, the shuttle molecule is like a taxicab that transports the calcium ion across town. The artificial reaction center is the engine that powers the taxicab, closing and opening its doors, and the light is the fuel that makes that happen." In essence, light energy i...Bacteria can't do their thing if they don't have cling
...nd holds it open. The chaperone-subunit pair then shuttle to a place at the bacterial membrane where pili are assembling. There, the chaperone slips free of the subunit and is replaced by a tail-like strand projecting from another subunit at the base of the growing fiber. The strand fits into the groove li...First soybeans grown in space return to Earth
...984, Pioneer corn seeds were on board a Challenger shuttle launch. The seeds, which were not planted while in space, were used in science-based initiatives after returning to Earth. "Innovation has been the hallmark of DuPont for more than 200 years," said Chief Science and Technology Officer Dr. Thomas M....From moon rocks to space food: UH research spans 40 years
...h unique and useful properties. In 1994, the space shuttle Discovery carried the 12-foot Wake Shield Facility into orbit, the first of three such flights for the orbiting laboratory. One of the most complex university-sponsored payloads ever delivered by NASA, the Wake Shield was the first experiment to com...Colorado U. to fly hardware, experiments on space shuttle, space station
...dical and agricultural experiments on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis slated for launch Oct. 2, some of which w...ll be returned to Earth at the end of the nine-day shuttle mission, the CGBA will be delivered to the International Space Station during the mission to act as ...