Wisconsin lake study shows persistence of acid rain effects
...ound 4.8 today. The improvements are in large part thanks to the Clean Air Act's capping of sulfur dioxide emissions. But that good news is tempered by the evidence from Little Rock that lakes recover slowly from biological changes driven by acidity. Frost says other studies of northeast U.S. lakes have f...The ultimate pocket protector--radiation detection made easy
...tates, getting through Customs is even tougher now thanks to an award-winning, pocket-sized device developed at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Nuclear scientist Rahmat Aryaeinejad designed a device to simultaneously detect two types of radiation-bundles of massless energy cal...Purdue researchers unveil program to track crop traits
...time tracking value-added, genetic traits in crops thanks to a new computer program developed by Purdue University researchers. "With this system, we can track the purity of these products from seeds planted in the field to the grain used to make taco shells, and we can do it at a reasonable cost," says Ri...Defense Department awards Stanford nearly $5.3 million for a 'revolutionary' biosciences project
...sor of electrical engineering. McAdams wrote that, thanks to Bio-X, "faculty positions that cross boundaries that were unheard of a few years ago are now routinely accepted," and added that "there is now institutional support for multidisciplinary research and integration of the biological sciences and engi......egin providing consumers with more than just fuel, thanks to new Louisiana State University research that will study the marine organisms -- such as barnacles, algae and mollusks -- that cling to the legs of the platforms. The $1.1-million study, which will be co-funded by an award from the U.S. Departm...Bio-X awards $3 million in grants for imaginative interdisciplinary research and education projects
...cal breakthroughs may happen sooner than expected, thanks to a decision this week by the Bio-X program awarding members of the Stanford faculty nearly $3.03 million for innovative biological projects. Bio-X, a unique faculty-run program designed to promote interdepartmental bioscience research, became a re...Ringling Bros. announces four Asian elephant pregnancies at Center for Elephant Conservation
...Today, the 1,337-pound pachyderm is alive and well thanks to the CECs highly regarded team of experts.......ing this and similar challenges may soon be easier thanks to Prof. Eytan Domany of the Weizmann Institute's Physics of Complex Systems Department and doctoral students Gad Getz and Erel Levine. The team has designed a unique mathematical system for analyzing genetic data based on a computer algorithm that "......-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, thanks to $50,000 in start-up funding from the Carilion Biomedical Institutes Optical Science Research and Engineering Center. The laboratory will enable clinicians and scientists to investigate the genetic foundations of disease and may ultimately lead to ...Experts to share biotech future world
... spills, and a more "realistic" view of evolution, thanks to the current revolution in applying biotechnology to the flood of new gene sequencing data.Leading experts will discuss what's in store for the 2010 genomic generation at a special symposium, "Advancing the Frontiers of Biotechnology" at the Univer...Helping medical researchers classify genes
...to identifying genes that are linked to illnesses, thanks to a new micro-array software program developed by a University of Toronto scientist. Part of the difficulty in gene research today is properly identifying and classifying genes into categories, says Professor Reza Emami, a lecturer at U of T's Insti...Scientists find gene that fuels 'sexual arms race'
...ifference between mating success and failure. Now, thanks to the lowly fruit fly and a team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Washington University in St. Louis, one genetic circuit that governs sexual dimorphism - the diagnostic differences between the sexes - has been found and c...Hawaiian chemist honored for ocean research at Pacifichem 2000
...ont the science of marine natural products. Today, thanks largely to Scheuer's research during the past 50 years, many leading scientists believe the oceans may produce the next wave of treatments for a variety of incurable diseases. Scheuer will be honored during the International Chemical Congress of Paci...Ancient origins found in arabidopsis genome
...ght have been for many other genomics researchers, thanks to the Cornell Theory Center (CTC). The center maintains a special computing resource in Rhodes Hall on the Cornell campus in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Agricultural Bioinformatics (CAB). The resource, loosely ......es; and that future just got a little bit brighter thanks to the ONR-sponsored technology for tracking the whales on their migrations over thousands of miles of open ocean. The tags are just one indication of the high priority placed on environmental stewardship by all components of the U.S. Navy. "We ha...Scientists uncover break-and-entry strategy of disease-causing bacteria
...s of infection has been difficult in the past. But thanks to improved techniques, Caparons group was able to manipulate the bacteria genetically. The researchers made defined mutants of Streptococcus pyogenes, the Gram-positive, flesh-eating bacterium that also causes strep throat and impetigo. By studying......kthroughs in medical research." Loeb added his thanks to Dr. Mary-Claire King, a professor at University of Washington School of Medicine, who first approached the foundation with the suggestion it support the MST program. Students in the MST program complete an 8-year combined M.D./Ph.D. degree prog...UF study shows all-time high number of shark attacks last year
...ming to the attention of the scientific community, thanks to news on the Internet and victims taking the initiative to report their own attacks via e-mail, Burgess said. "Attacks are basically an odds game based on how many hours you are in the water," he said. "Some of these attacks are beginning to p...Parasite's sperm-encryption keeps species apart
...site can contribute to splitting a species in two, thanks to a phenomenon where a wasps damaged sperm can be rescued or fixed only by mating with particular females. A bacterium called Wolbachia prevents the successful development of embryos in matings between two very closely related wasp species that coul...Community HIV urine testing program proves powerfully effective
...ing to get medical care 1.5 years after diagnosis, thanks to counseling and referrals that are part of community-based efforts. "Our experience underscores the fact that many people do not know that HIV screening is available, free, confidential and anonymous," says Hilton. "Some fear needles, are not aware...