UCSB professor and director receives two national awards
...re.) Two national awards are being presented this summer to Jim Reichman, director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology. The 2004 D...Lehmann lovegrass won't succumb to fire
...he soil helps the grass recover. In contrast, summer fires burn much hotter because the grasses are dry. To test current land management practices against other options, Geiger set up fifty-four experimental 2.5 acre (one hectare) plots at various locations on the Fort Huachuca Military Reservat...AGU journal highlights - 29 July 2004
...04 7. Blackout reveals power plant pollution The summer 2003 electrical power blackout in the northeastern United States andeastern Canada brought to light the amount of pollution produced by power plantsin the region. Marufu et al. show that the unexpected power plant shutdown inAugust 2003 allowed resea...Satellites are tracing Europe's forest fire scars
Last year's long hot summer was a bumper year for forest fires, with more than half a million hectares of woodland destroyed across Mediterranean Europe. So far this year fresh fires have occurred across Portugal, Spain and southern France, with 2500 people evacuated from blaze...Carnegie Mellon University hosts ACS-PRF summer school on green chemistry
... Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) is sponsoring a summer school on green chemistry at Carnegie Mellon Unive...centers offering curricula in green chemistry, the summer school provides a unique opportunity for junior chemists from across the Americas to practice in thi...It's a no-brainer: Prepare for West Nile virus
... Nile virus is expected to be prominent again this summer - especially on the West Coast - University of Tor...s important to keep West Nile virus in mind in the summer and early fall when faced with unexplained neurological presentations such as encephalitis and paral...West Nile takes its toll on rare bird
...e to the virus in 2003, had a 25% decrease in late summer survival of females. West Nile virus was confirmed to have killed 18 individuals whose carcases could be relocated. Serum from 112 sage-grouse collected after the outbreak show that none had antibodies, suggesting that they lack resistance. ......ested it against adult mosquitoes. Besides being a summer nuisance, mosquitoes pose some major public health problems, carrying such deadly agents as malaria, yellow fever and West Nile virus. While conventional pesticide application is often effective in controlling mosquito larvae before they hatch, repea...New textbook introduces students to the foundations, applications of nanotechnology
...said. "We had the green light for the book in the summer of 2002 and we had all the chapters in hand by summer 2003," Heflin said. The book was released in early July 2004. "The next challenge is the rapid evolu...When sun's too strong, plankton make clouds
...ia, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The study finds that in summer when the Sun beats down on the top layer of ocean ...und that the cloud producing compound peaks in the summer in the ocean, when UV rays are high, but plankton numbers are at their lowest. "Plankton levels are ...Article series aims to educate on the truth of anti-aging claims
As part of a summer effort to present peer-reviewed research on the tr... The Gerontological Society of America's series of summer events designed to discuss the topic of anti-aging medicine. The subject is addressed in an article ...UCSD undergraduates participate in collaborative studies abroad on cyberinfrastructure
...rogram, the students will work for nine weeks this summer at host research institutions in Osaka, Japan; Hsi... engineering in June of 2005, is also spending the summer in Taiwan. Bell's research centers on Internet-based virtual laboratory testing for earthquake resis...$1.6 million grant to Williams College
... at the college and local field sites. Two student summer research programs at Williams College, previously funded by HHMI, will be continued student summer research at Williams and the Marine Biological Laboratory summer program. These programs will be ex...Mosquito researchers track dengue fever in Sonora, Mexico
...zona, is seasonal and peaks mid-October, after the summer rainy season. The UA team will travel to Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora, July 15 and 16 to give public health officials a workshop on trapping and identifying various species of mosquitoes. The team will collect mosquitoes in Hermosillo, Guaymas a...Gerontology researchers urge scrutiny of anti-aging treatments
... The Gerontological Society of America's series of summer events designed to confront the hope and hype of anti-aging medicine. The subject is addressed in special sections of the June and July issues of The Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, as well as a recently released edition of the Public Po...Design competition for new Antarctic Research Station
...shelf that is accessible only during the Antarctic summer by ship, requires innovation and creativity in design, engineering and technology. BAS hopes this international design competition, will attract the best ideas from architects and engineers worldwide. Director of BAS, Professor Chris Rapley says,'T...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...he chance to conduct genetic research during their summer breaks, and will also work to add a genomics component to the summer classes offered by the Center for Talented Youth, a Johns Hopkins program with sites across the nati...Hopkins to found first center for comprehensive study of epigenetics
...onduct genetics and genomics research during their summer breaks, and Feinberg will work with staff at the C...ntry, to add a genomics component to the program's summer classes. Starting in 2005, the Epigenetics Center will fund four minority students each year to atte...APS awards more than $200,000 to middle and high school science teachers
...olunteer to host and mentor winning teachers for a summer of in-depth scientific research. Each teacher is ...ience into classroom labs. "For many teachers this summer experience marks the first time they have ever participated in scientific research," stated Dr. Mars...New public policy & aging report highlights facts and fiction about anti-aging medicine
...ath." This publication is the first in a series of summer events designed to confront the hope and hype of anti-aging medicine. On June 23, The American Federation for Aging Research and The Gerontological Society of America are co-hosting a press briefing in New York City to coincide with the release of sp...