Energy conservation targets hit by notions of 'comfort'
...layers of clothing in winter or taking a siesta in summer has become almost obsolete. The 'Future Comforts' project, which was part of ESRC's Environment and Human Behaviour Programme, set out to examine changing conventions and technologies of indoor environmental management. The researchers were especial...Next best thing: wood chip bedding for cattle
...house gas emissions. The work was conducted in the summer of 2001 at the AAFC Research Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. Their findings, published in the January-February 2004 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality, show that overall the emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...ll for mass public celebrations, especially at the summer solstice. The study points out that archaeologists investigating the religious significance of sites rarely consider rituals of the present day, dismissing them as invalid. Some heritage managers speak directly with pagan and other groups, and may e...New research shows that the seasons may be involved in onset of menopause
... For example, hot flushes occur more frequently in summer (for obvious reasons). But, not all women have hot flushes. "No one has ever looked into whether the time of first missed bleeding shows any correlation with the severity or the frequency of hot flushes, or with the proportion of women who have them....Need sex? It's probably something about stress
...ill with water in the spring and slowly dry out as summer progresses. In addition to the outer cells...ays when conditions are good. As the summer progresses and ponds start heating up and drying out, the colonies become sexual. The sexual colonie...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
... said the study is expected to be complete by late summer 2005. "This study will have profound and lasting effects on food supply veterinary medicine and it is hoped that it will serve as a framework for planning for the future," said Dr. Rod Sydenham, chair of the Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition....Continents played key role in collapse and regeneration of Earth's early greenhouse, geologists say
...Lowe, a field geologist, has spent virtually every summer since 1977 in South Africa or Western Australia collecting rocks that are, literally, older than the hills. Some of the Earth's oldest rocks, they are about 3.2 to 3.5 billion years old. ''The further back you go, generally, the harder it is to ...Mite transmits viruses damaging to wheat
... a continuing problem," Michels said. In late summer and early fall, mites easily move from maturing grasses to newly-sown wheat. The best course for the future will be varieties resistant to both the mite and the viruses, he said. Plants infected by either virus will show similar symptoms with sub...Study helps satellites measure Great Lakes' water quality
...often have to ban swimming and water skiing in the summer when the algae blooms. Computer models enable scie... lake has experienced a microcystis outbreak every summer since 1995. The warmer the temperature, the bigger the outbreak, Merry said. Though lakeside towns r...Pancreatic cancer blood test & gene studies show promise
... validation trial of the biomarker will begin this summer via a multi-center network of investigators. She hopes that some day, patients may be able to have a blood test for a "panel" of proteins, especially if they are at high risk for the disease because of family history, age or smoking history. Tobacco ......nd writing workshops. The colleges also will offer summer workshops for Philadelphia area teacher In the lo...y black institution, will develop after-school and summer science and technology programs to attract the mostly African-American students of the Leon County S...... the brain to control the maneuvers of UUVs. This summer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI, a mobile autonomous research vehicle (MARV) fitted with an agile "brain-based" controller will attempt to smoothly and quietly maneuver itself in and out of a docking tube. This tricky feat could b...Earth, sky tapped in unique global climate change study
...warming, wet spring/dry summer; and wet spring/dry summer plus warming. Tjoelker said the experiment will go to about 40 percent drier in the summer, but the overall annual total rainfall will be about the same. Briske said the temperatures will be raised to as much as 2-3 F more than normal, added throu...Adaptation, niche conservatism, and convergence
...ze during the cool wet winters and survive the hot summer dry season. This paper presents the first comparat...ently promoting the success of these lineages when summer drought conditions arose in the past few million years? Twelve independent plant lineages of the Cal...Using science to restore habitat for declining species
...na bats to study the possible relationship between summer maternity locations and the decline of the species, which has continued despite the gating of major hibernation caves. In 2003, researchers published the first detailed description of the new maternity sites (full story and link to article at http:/...Tropical legume could be alternative hay/forage crop for Texas
OVERTON Lablab, a drought-tolerant, summer annual legume native to the tropics, could be a va...reeding and evaluation program will start for this summer to provide improved cultivars for both livestock and wildlife management systems in Texas," said Dr....From biodefense to prostate cancer offense
...o test a new gene-silencing method, developed last summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Gumerlock will use the new method to silence certain DNA repair genes in prostate cancer cells. By doing so, he hopes to make the cancer cells more vulnerable to radiation therapy. Philip Mack, a research ge...John Alderete honored with 2004 William A. Hinton Award
...cluding weekend laboratory tours, career days, and summer institutes. Particularly successful are the Saturday morning science programs he has conducted in Texas for nearly 15 years for minority students and their parents and teachers. In addition to introducing these young students to science as a highly s...New research finds summer-born women have fewer children
Women born in the summer have fewer children on average than women born at ...Canada, which found that women born in mid to late summer and early autumn had below average numbers of live-born children, although that also found that wome...Researchers find evidence that sea turtles navigate with magnetic maps
...rsity of Central Florida. Working and living for a summer on the coast near Cape Canaveral, Fla., the team built a special cube-shaped magnetic coil system almost the height of a two-story house. They used the coil to reproduce the magnetic fields that exist in different areas along the southeastern U.S. co...