Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...abled" course came to the rescue. The new course, taught by assistant biomedical engineering research professorLaurence Bohs, challenges biomedical engineering seniors and graduate studentsto apply their knowledge and innovation to a "real world" projectaddressing unmet needs of the handicapped. In this c......trights. The Engineering Design Project course is taught by Andrew F.Conn, a Hopkins graduate with more than 25 years of experience inpublic and private research and development. In past years, hisstudents have developed a "safer" handgun that does not fire inthe hands of an unauthorized user; an infrared ...Chlamydia Vaccine Developed At UMass
...ral work at Illinois Medical School in Chicago. He taught at the Harvard School of Public Health before joining the UMass faculty in 1978. He was head of the department from 1978 to 1984, and continued teaching until his death....Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...arine and Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. The seminar taught the basic principles of ergonomics and provided th...ram, Pro-Back, was adopted, and every employee was taught how to bend and lift safely. Finally, management attitude and priorities about safety were conveyed ...Williams Biology Prof. Receives NSF Grant For Work On dUTPase
...recursor for DNA replication. Roseman, who has taught at Williams since 1991, teaches courses on immunology,biochemistry, introductory biology, virology, and the molecular biology of HIV. Her papers have been published by the American Society of Virology, theProceedings of the National Academy of Scienc......In some cases, they found that after children were taught basicprinciples for designing good tests with specific devices, they were capable ofdesigning experiments with other devices, and making appropriate evaluations ofother people's experiments. Less than 30 minutes of direct instruction wassufficient to...U.S. Scientists Honored For Lifetime Contributions In Hepatitis Research
... "Our studies have taught us," said Dr. Purcell, "that while cultures may differ from region to region, diseases and the suffering they cause often are universal and, furthermore, almost always very difficult to conq...Learning About Evolution Critical For Understanding Science
... Moreover, some are advocating that creationism be taught in public schools -- even though the Supreme Court... "Biology simply cannot be taught well without covering evolution," said Donald Kennedy, a co-author of the guidebook and Bing Profess...Human Genome Researchers Receive Biotech Award
...n mathematics from Oxford University, England. He taught mathematics,statistics, and economics courses at Harvard's Graduate School of Business. During this time, he studied molecular biology and genetics in the laboratoriesof Peter Cherbas and William Gelbart at Harvard, and H. Robert Horvitz, DavidBotste...Clusters, Computers And The Human Brain
...er things that are alike, even when not explicitly taught to do this. The algorithm has already proved itself in solving a variety of clustering problems. In a recent study conducted in collaboration with Yoram Gdalyahu and Dr. Daphna Weinshall of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it successfully sorted......ioenergetics and disease control. The classwill be taught by Dr. Daniel Benetti, July 13-26, with a tuition cost of $1,995. For additional information or to register for this course, please contact theACTED program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at (561) 465-2400,extension 416. Harbor Branch Oce...Severity Of Classic Heat Stroke Recognized
...ents with more severe disease thanis customary. It taught us that classic heat stroke is a deadly disorder, morecomplex, more often fatal and more permanently disabling than the literature onthis disorder would predict. And it drove home the crucial importance ofprevention and rapid diagnosis and treatment....Frog Pond Picnic To Launch National 'Frog Force'
...atic Gardens and otherarea students. They will be taught to look and listen for frogs and toadsin nearby ponds, to use the Internet to record their findings, and beintroduced to a new Internet site, "Frogweb.gov" for students and familiesnationwide to learn about frog and toad populations and to record loc...Monkeys Have Numerical Abilities, Two Columbia Psychologists Report
... Two Columbia University psychologists have taught monkeys todiscriminate computer-generated images c...at monkeys know thingsabout number that we haven't taught them," Ms. Brannon said. Ms. Brannon and Prof. Terrace believe that arithmetic and languagee...Montana State University Scientist Contributes To Latest Dinosaur Discovery
...olution of dinosaur reproductive traits.She's also taught geology and paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies fieldschool near Choteau, Mont., for 10 years. "It's mostly my experience at Egg Mountain that got me involved in theexpedition to South America this spring," Jackson said. She fi...Staring And Squirming Help Babies Explore
...ornell in biology and society. "Dr. Robertson has taught me how to workthrough a research project from start to completion and to become a much morecritical thinker. I have learned to think with a healthy scientificskepticism." Scott Weiss, a junior and a human development and pre-med major, says, "Thise...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
...an language and literature as well as ethnologyand taught at a grammar school before he obtained his Ph.D. in Essen in 1985 andseven years later qualified for a professorship. From 1992 to 1995 he was thedirector of the Forschungsstelle für die Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus(Research Centre for the ...Life Among Dead Brain Cells: Discovery Could Help Improve Memory Capacity Of Stroke Victims
...ng you learnedin the eighth grade, but if you were taught a new way through town, you'd beunable to learn the new route." In the future, say researchers, it may be possible that these stem cellscan be stimulated to grow even more, perhaps helping to rewire the brain andhelp stroke survivors recover ...A Real Smart Asp: Snakes Show Surprising Ability To Learn
... a nudge inthe right direction, snakes are readily taught to find the exits-- and then recall how to use cues to find them in successivetrials. Simply stumbling into a hole isn't the only proof that thesnakes are learning something, though. "Speed to find that goalis one of the measures which shows the......a mathematically gifted chimpcalled Sheba has been taught to count to nine (see "It All Adds Up," NewScientist, 7 March 1998, p 42). But it took heroic efforts on the part of atrainer to get Sheba to a stage that most children reach fairly easily by agethree. De Waal is concerned that arguing for be...