Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
...ut peacefulresolution of conflict, one of the many things kids can learn fromgorillas as a result of this partnership," she added. Funding for the project comes from Zoo Atlanta and Georgia Tech's EduTechInstitute. The Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center providedvirtual reality and computer resour...From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
... The result looks like an X-ray, but it can reveal things X-rays cannot. An example: a toy plastic gun sea...x. "Neutron radiography is a new way of looking at things and has proved to be a very useful non-destructive evaluation tool," said Howard Aderhold, reactor s...Nutrition Study Reshapes Strategies For Athletes
...What werecommend to athletes are the same kinds of things we recommend for thegeneral population to eat. "The difference is that if you are less active, you should eat smalleramounts of the same types of foods: fresh fruits and vegetables, breads,grains, pasta, cereal, small amounts of low-fat milk and meat...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...ledSnook, who speaks fluent Spanish. "I asked them things like, 'Is thereany part of the forest where you know something happened in the past? Canyou take me there?'" She also used local people's memories to datethe ages of post-disturbance trees. Like Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective about whom Sn...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...er and faster that researchers will be able to try things that were too painfully slow to even try before, said Frederick Sachs, Ph.D., professor of biophysical sciences at UB and principal investigator. Co-investigators are Anthony L. Auerbach, Ph.D., associate professor of biophysical sciences at UB, and ...Methane Deep In Ocean Crust Could Feed Chemical-Hungry Microorganisms
... of fluids through her microscope. By noting such things as the melting temperature of the ice formed, she can determine the composition of the fluid, the generations of fluids and even calculate the temperature at which those fluids were once circulating through the crust....Moving DNA Molecules With Magnetic Tweezers
... could bedone very easily. Right now, you can move things inside a veinmechanically, but it's very invasive. With magnetic force, it'snon-invasive." Wirtz, who invented the device three years ago as a postdoctoralstudent in Europe, is reconstructing it in a new lab at Hopkins.Here, he hopes to turn the magn...Bog Beetle, Misidentified For 85 Years, Is 'Discovered' At Cornell
...ew York state and the surrounding areas have these things that are unique to our region, and they are worth ...ding us," Liebherr said. "Sometimes finding these things are serendipitous."...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...behavior of the entire system, which ismediated by things happening on smaller and larger scales. When using models, it's important to understand their limits, Levin said.Day-to-day weather forecasts may not be possible, but long-term averagesproduce more reliable predictions. Land managers using models m...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...so -- reported his mom, Janeen. "Theslider changed things for him by allowing him to stop the ball better, movefaster, get the ball more quickly out of the net, cover more area, and 'lookmore like a real goalie,'" Mrs. Delimata said in an e-mail interview. "And the slider will aid him therapeutically, beca...President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...ant to remember that these numbers don't mean that things are getting better for R&D; they're just projected to decline more slowly." According to the AAAS analysis of the President's budget for FY 1998: A total of $75.0 billion is budgeted for R&D, representing an increase of 1.8 percent, or $1.3 billi......uy out," says Humphries, 26. "Justbeing able to do things without someone else's help is a reallygood feeling. It took me a while until I was able to functionnormally, so I know what the guy is going through." For another project, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory inAberdeen posed this challenge to the en...New understanding of crab populations may not bring fishermen's delight
...ternal ways of regulatingtheir numbers by changing things such as natural life expectancy, egg-layingrates and cannibalism, or because of outside forces, such as predators,weather and food. It turns out that both sides may be right. A new paper being publishedin the May 30 issue of Science magazine fingers...Scientists Bridge Gap In Cell Communication
... in communication between cells that promotes such things as bone formation, limb growth, and the development of other critical tissues, has been found by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The discovery, reported today (July 17) in the British scientific journal Nature...Cut Pesticide Use In Half, Urges SFU Biologist
...any less edible? "I'm hoping that one of the things this book does is jolt peopleinto thinking twice the next time they pick up a spray can or go to thegrocery store," says Winston. "If the book achieves even thatmuch, I'll consider it successful."...Premies' Lung Disorder Can Cause Developmental Delays
... professor of pediatrics. "Motor problems included things like balance, holding crayons and pencils, and eye-hand coordination." On the other hand, said Singer, "In terms of their language and mental development, BPD was not related to any additional problems for them at 3 years of age. However, because BP...Human Breast Milk Contains Obesity Hormone
...tes. "Leptin in breast milk could mean lots of things to the infant's development. There are receptors for leptin throughout the gastrointestinal tract of adults. If leptin is important to the neonate, we know there is a mechanism for it to get from the intestine to the bloodstream." No one knows ye...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...aid Melnick. "There are many potential places for things to go wrong, and the places may vary among families and racial groups. We have identified one pathway that accounts for steroid-induced cleft palate in mice, and provides some promising targets to focus on in human population studies." The research...... about their gene studies ona wide range of living things -- from bacteria and yeast to plants, mice andhumans. "In the future, human geneticists will think genomically, rather than one geneat a time," said Juergen Reichardt, USC School of Medicine assistant professorof biochemistry and molecular biology an...Study Reviews Medication Use In Elderly Cardiac Patients After Discharge
...u know you are on a proper schedule.There are many things that can go wrong for cardiac patients when so manymedications are involved." Another aspect of the study found that urban residents receivedsignificantly more medications and had more changes in their drug regimenthroughout the five-month ...