New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...or years to come as populations move to areas that struggle to achieve sustainability. "DCDC is a model of our commitment to research with a purpose, which in this case is ensuring a sustainable future for our desert regions," said Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow. "ASU's expertise in cli...Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...ead serious to them. But to observers, the scented struggle ranks among the more odd, even comical sights at the Duke University Primate Center — already renowned for the biological eccentricities of its exotic denizens http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/FlashFiles/dukeNew19.html . Preparations for battle...Germans must research the history of reproductive medicine during the Nazi era
...ed the behaviour of doctors in the past, they will struggle to make decisions about ethical issues that confront doctors and scientists working in gynaecology, embryology and reproduction today, he will say. Rolf Winau, Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Humanities and Health ...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...ain said: "Stonehenge is the centre of an on-going struggle between travellers, pagans, 'Druids', members of the 'alternative' community, English Heritage, landowners and the police. The situation there spotlights differences between, on one hand, heritage concerns about preservation for future generations, a...Choice of food helps hungry caterpillar
...urns out to have unusual benefits in the three-way struggle between herbivores, their predatory wasps and the plants. "We know that many plants produce volatile chemicals when chewed on by herbivores and that some of these chemicals attract wasps that parasitize the caterpillars," says Dr. Cons...Floods, bugs and Hollywood disasters
...y." Scientists across the globe, including Skole, struggle to better quantify and understand local impacts of changes in global climate patterns. Skole has been a member of the Academies of Science committee to review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. www.nap.edu/books/0309088658/html/ "We must not...Study shows that genes can protect kids against poverty
...asoned that they might help poor children in their struggle to overcome their lack of economic advantages." Results from the study show that genetic makeup does play a part in resilience. According to the statistical analysis, genes explained 70 percent of the variability in children's behavioral resilience a...... intricate and complicated dynamics as competitors struggle to adapt and gain an advantage. Researchers at the Christian-Albrechts University in Germany now find that it's not only beneficial for competitors to adapt, but it can also be helpful for them to adjust the rate at which they adapt. The researchers ......s often both a direct cause and consequence of the struggle to meet basic needs on a daily basis, as when poor... typically face the greatest burdens of this daily struggle for survival, and often suffer the added hardships of legal and social discrimination. In the rich...Scripps scientists describe dangerous cocktail of alcohol, brain peptides, and neurotransmitters
...be a potential new therapeutic for alcoholics, who struggle to stop drinking. Drugs that block CRF receptors are already being looked at by scientists as potential treatments for other psychiatric conditions such as depression, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder--conditions that also ...New DVD 'virtual' microscope at UNC-Chapel Hill
... DVD is cost-effective. Typically, medical schools struggle to maintain their teaching microscopes. UNC has hundreds of microscopes that are at least 30 years old, difficult to maintain and ripe for replacement. Replacement costs may approach $1 million, even without taking into account support personnel. "T...Breast cancer follow-ups 'no longer guess-work' thanks to new physics research
...ber of breast cancer patients rises, and hospitals struggle to meet the growing cost of healthcare provision, new research by physicists could help divert funds into frontline treatment such as chemotherapy drugs and better imaging technology. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in England and Wa...Intelligent design: The new 'big tent' for evolution's critics
... But for Ron Numbers, the leading historian of the struggle between Darwinism and the anti-evolution movements of the past 140 years, intelligent design is simply the latest effort to create a "big tent for all people critical of evolution." As he views it, there are significant differences between scientific...Aged roaches experience perils of stiff joints, find Case researchers
...oracic) leg, which causes the roach to trip and to struggle to regain its tripod-like stance and gait. Ridgel noted that this catch increased from 35 percent of the 60-week-old adults to 95 percent for 65-week-old adult roaches. Changes in the sticky pads that help roaches climb walls or on inclined surface...Six reporters reach the 'pinnacle of excellence'
...oth human and animal populations. She compared the struggle in Kazakhstan to the much lighter burden borne by ranchers in the United States, who fear only for the wellbeing of their cattle. Magazines David Ewing Duncan of Wired earned the AAAS Science Journalism Award for magazine entries with his story on...LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...er and growth equation Nationwide, municipalities struggle to maintain the balance between managing growth and preserving natural resources. In King County, Wash., home to the expansive Seattle metropolitan area, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers are assisting the county's Department of Natur...City-grown air pollution is tougher on country trees
...from fossil-fuel combustion bombard plants as they struggle to grow in heavy metal-laden soils. The fast-growing poplars were to serve as a kind of "phytometer" to gauge the net effect of urban and industrial pollutants on urban and rural ecosystems. For three consecutive growing seasons Gregg returned to ...Society for Conservation Biology to hold 17th Annual Meeting in Duluth June 28-July 2
... PAUL--Coastal pollution, loss of coral reefs, the struggle to maintain biodiversity these challenging natural resource issues and many others faced across the world today are strongly linked to the interactions between land and water. The management and understanding of land, freshwater, and marine systems ...Americans deeply divided about use of genetic technologies in reproduction
...ight knowledge questions. "As decision-makers struggle with how to guide the development and use of these powerful technologies, the options they consider must reflect society's values and priorities," said Hudson, who is former assistant director of the Human Genome Project of the National Institutes of...New theory explains economic growth in terms of evolutionary biology
...r Moav of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "The struggle for survival that had characterized most of human existence stimulated a process of natural selection and generated an evolutionary advantage to human traits that were complementary to the growth process, triggering the takeoff from an epoch of stagn...