Study finds wide attitude gap on wolves
... in northern Wisconsin revealed that deeply rooted social identities and occupations are more powerful predictors of their attitudes toward wolves than individual encounters, or losses of pets and livestock. Using a mail-back survey with a pool of 535 respondents, scientists found that bear hunters were t...Sex in the brain: How do male monkeys evaluate mates?
...that we can control and know the developmental and social histories of our study subjects, to carry out studies not possible in humans," Snowdon says. Joining Snowdon in working with the marmosets were Toni Ziegler, Nancy Schultz-Darken and Pam Tannenbaum of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center at...Rare ant may help solve some mysteries of social evolution
...biology at Ohio State. L. minutissimus is a unique social parasite in that it lives entirely within the colo...ve researchers insight into some of the riddles of social evolution. While L. minutissimus is a parasite, it doesn't appear to stage the bloodthirsty coups co...Gene predisposes infants to neurologic injury after heart surgery
...es in the MDI, which assesses memory, language and social skills. Importantly, the larger sample (329 patients, compared to 244 in the journal article) also showed a link between APOE ε2 and a smaller head circumference at one year of age, a finding consistent with poor brain growth. Dr. Gaynor present...European Virtual Institute for Genome Annotation receives 12 million Euro
...ion of biological information to address important social objectives, including improved health-care, better drugs, new vaccines, personalized medicine, and improved understanding of diet and health. By understanding how the normal human organism functions and develops we can improve diet, behaviour and env...Spruce bark beetle outbreaks examined at Alaska Symposium
...nagement; fire ecology and changing fuels; and the social and economic impacts of the epidemic. Keynote presentations will be given by Dr. Thomas Quigley, Director of the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Dr.Glen Juday, a research climatologist at the University of Alaska/Fairbanks. T...Reward mechanism involved in addiction likely regulates pair bonds between monogamous animals
...involved in addiction appears to regulate lifelong social or pair bonds between monogamous mating animals, a...romantic love and disorders of the ability to form social attachments, such as autism and schizophrenia. In their research, funded by the National Institute ...Bridging the gap between genetics and motivations to drink alcohol
... important motivations involve drinking to relieve social anxiety and improve mood. Alcohol researchers alr...t positive results from drinking a better mood or social ease are more likely than other drinkers to develop alcohol problems. Conversely, those who have n...Adolescent rodents experience milder hangover effects than do adult rodents
...s, and even show an increase in a specific form of social activity called "play fighting." "We already know... as a "hangover." "[Scientists have used] the social interaction test in rodents [as] a standard test of anxiety for many years," said Sandra J. Kelly, p...Researchers show evolutionary theory adds up
... Antonelli uses differential equations to explain social interactions and biological behaviours, and he laments that more biologists aren't attuned to this type of research. "What we do is new and not a lot of people understand it yet," he said. "I've published in biology journals before, but most biologis...Research reveals brain has biological mechanism to block unwanted memories
...researchers including graduate student Brice Kuhl; social science research assistants Jeffrey Cooper and Elaine Robertson; science and engineering associate Susan W. Gabrieli; and radiology Professor Gary H. Glover. The research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health....Social stress adversely affects digestive function in subordinate cichlid fish
... Behavioral Neuroscience study has determined that social stress adversely affects digestive function in sub...chies, providing excellent models for the study of social stress. Previous cichlid studies have determined that the chronic stress of social subordination has...... Biologists also are interested in the honey bee's social instincts and behavioral traits. In addition, researchers want to compare the honey bee's genome with the genomes of other organisms to find genes and regulatory regions within DNA. Scientists are particularly interested in comparing the honey bee...Ten Chinese reporters receive AAAS Fellowships
...rnational Science Writers Association. "This rapid social development underlines the need for a cadre of trained, informed and independent journalists who can interpret the results of research, track the impact of new technologies and represent the public interest," said ISWA's Cornell, an advisor to the pr...Dr. Walter Reich, Ph.D., receives prestigious AAAS 2003 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
...ished important new precedents in carrying out the social responsibilities or in defending the professional freedom of scientists and engineers. This annual award was established in 1980 and consists of a prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, complimentary registration, and reimbursement for travel and...International HapMap Consortium publishes scientific strategy
... detail how the project is addressing the ethical, social and cultural concerns raised by this type of genomics research....Dec. 17 JAMA study shows new 'biologic' drug reduces psoriasis symptoms, improves quality of life
...perspective. "Psoriasis can compromise physical, social and emotional well-being," said Gordon. Results of the study shows that the patients who received the biologic therapy achieve significant improvement vs. placebo. "The efalizumab treatment reduced the frequency and severity of psoriasis symptoms, ...A first glance at global genetic networks
...roperties were originally identified in studies of social networks and the World Wide Web, but they aptly describe the real-world challenges of the cell. Studies of dynamically evolving networks show that nodes (i.e., genes and proteins) added at an early stage (much like highly conserved genes) are more li...Scripps Research receives $3 million anonymous donation
...he brain that occur when a person transitions from social drinking to alcohol abuse and dependence. By furth...g laboratory models that mimic the transition from social drinking to dependence and that are useful for pre-clinical studies on the efficacy of a potential t...Call for Entries: The 2004 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award
...ge in the world today, with important economic and social implications for the future. Intelligent, percepti... science of vaccines and some of the political and social issues attending their distribution and use. Submit entries to: Wistar Institute Science Journalism...