Weevils Wipe Out Killer Weeds In Papua New Guinea
...en human lives, CSIRO scientists have wiped out 20 square kilometres of a noxious water weed infesting the ... 450,000 weevils and reduced infestations from 27 square kilometres to just seven," Mr Julien says. The Sepik River system is a major waterway in PNG. Wa...Purdue Golf Course Serves Double Duty As Research Lab
...y will no doubt notice what appear to be gigantic square putting greens next to the course. Those are the turf research plots of the new William Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostics Center, which is adjacent to the course. Construction will begin in July on a new building for the center. "The w...The Biology Of Antarctic Sea Ice Explored In New Volume
...information about a vast area covering millions of square kilometers that isamong the most difficult environments on Earth to study. Two distinct types of ice, pack ice and land-fast ice, are found aroundAntarctica, the former constituting more than 90 per cent of the total. The twotypes differ grea...DOE Joint Human Genome Effort Exceeds Sequencing Goal
...ity(PSF), in November. The PSF will provide 56,600 square feet of laboratory andoffice space, accommodating at its capacity 200 researchers working in threeshifts around the clock. The genomic technologies being developed by the JGI andother efforts around the world, he said, will provide the basic informat...Montana State University Scientist Contributes To Latest Dinosaur Discovery
... sitecovered with thousands of eggs over about one square mile. Jackson helpedconfirm that the fossilized embryos belong to sauropods--huge plant-eatingdinosaurs like Apatosaurus, which used to be called Brontosaurus. "I think this is a very exciting discovery. Extremely important," saidMuseum of t...Oldest Ice Core From The Tropics Recovered, New Ice Age Evidence
...t plateau that covers79,151 square miles (205,000 square kilometers) of Boliviandesert. They used a solar-powe...Oil Spill Cleanup Product Made From Sugar Byproduct
...ctor and pumps up the pressure to 1,000 pounds per square inch. The highpressure drives the ammonia into the fibers and produces nitrogen compounds themicrobes use to convert the hydrocarbons into humic material. "The ammonia also acts as an oxidizing agent to help form more siteswhere the hydroc...Growing Up On Their Own: Smart Plastics Organize Themselves Into Useful Optical Devices
.... The team's devices are typically about a square centimeter and 30millionths of a meter thick, less than the thickness of a human hair. By usingchemical techniques to vary the size of the spheres, the width of the framework,and the structure of the shapes they create, the team is able to preciselym...Protein Adultery Revealed!: Mechanism Of Protein Folding Captured In Computer Simulation
...he other back. Even at the start of this molecular square dance, the researchers found that thewater-loving molecules form little pockets of protection around neighboringwater-hating molecules. These pockets require another protein to have exactlythe right shape to inject a corresponding amino acid into the...LSU Ag Center Brucellosis Specialist May Help Stem Bison Controversy
...pertise has cometo the forefront as opposing sides square off over the question of brucellosisinfection in the Yellowstone bison herd. "Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are certified brucellosis free, but thatcould change if wild animals contaminate the cattle herds," Elzer says. Brucellosis is a ...Invading Pests Harm People, Plants And Animals
...ekly rate of 125,000 to 200,000 flies per week per square mileover a 2,155-square-mile area of urban Southern California to prevent medfliesfrom reproducing. CDFA scientists report that this areawide approach reduced theannual number of infestations found from 1994 to 1998 in the treated area by93.3%, compa...The Largest Bacterium: Scientist Discovers New Bacterial Life Form Off The African Coast
...nisms. They occur in highbiomass of up to 47 g per square meter, thus playing an important role in theoxidation of the toxic sulfide in Namibian sediments. By coupling the oxidationof sulfide with the reduction of nitrate these bacteria use an energy sourcewhich is not accessible for most bacteria in the ab...In Logged Forests, Hunting of Wildlife Becomes Deadly 'Second Harvest'
...ild game by providing access into more than 23,000 square miles of formerlyinaccessible areas each year through new logging roads. In Congo for example,hunting of wild game was 3-6 times higher in communities adjacent to loggingroads than in roadless areas. Even recent policies that seek to protect rainfo...New Carbon Monoxide Sensor Developed For Occupational Use
...QGI Occupational CO Dosimeter (LOCD) consists of a square polystyrenevial less than two inches long. The dev...During the set-up of shows in the Center's 442,000 square feet of exhibitionspaces, some 40 propane-powered forklifts are active almost continuouslythroughout...USGS Finds Palila Population Remaining Stable
...t of thetotal population is found in only about 10 square miles of forest there. According to Banko, most palila live on the western slope instead of the northern slope because the forest there provides high-quality habitat. Thewestern slope forest covers a relatively large area, extending from about ...New Key To Saving African Elephants
...l the human population reaches about 28 people per square mile. After thisthreshold, elephants effectively disappear. The sharpness of this declinesuggests that elephants can coexist with people up to a certain point but once thatthreshold is reached they go elsewhere, presumably to less disturbed areas. "...Massive pollution documented over Indian Ocean
...ted widespread pollutioncovering about 100 million square kilometers of the tropical Indian Ocean --roughly the same area as the continental United States. This finding byscientists participating in the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) raises seriousquestions about what impact the extensive pollution is ha...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...io-X will be a new building of about 220,000 gross square feetthat will house about 50 faculty, along with classrooms, an auditorium and acafeteria. Researchers envision that it would sit between the Medical School andthe Gates Computer Science and Mudd Chemistry buildings. Researchers want the architectura...Do wildlife corridors work? Studying butterflies and fragments of open space
...fly movement within 27 patches of open space.Each square patch measured 128 meters (about 140 yards) on a side. Severalpatches were connected by open habitat corridors of varying length, measuringabout 32 meters (about 35 yards) across. The others remained isolated andunconnected to open areas. Once the...Biomedical engineers working to help kids with special needs
...built 4-inch tall, modular boxes a foot-and-a-half square thatchildren can get to light up, vibrate or play music by pushing on them with somestrength. A third project relating to speech therapy and language instructioninvolved developing a digital version of a card reader that enables bothteachers and stud...