AAAS awards the Philip Abelson Prize to 'Green Revolution' champion Norman Borlaug
...ich leaves more mulch on the ground, as opposed to thorough and repeated plowing, can reduce the turnaround time on land that bears two or three annual crops. The more ecologically sound methods that Borlaug encourages help to reduce soil erosion, increase moisture conservation, and build up organic matter in...AAAS announces Science Journalism Award winners
...nce beat and wrote with an edge. His reporting was thorough and had some of the best explications of the debate to date. Magazines Heather Pringle won for the "Secrets of the Alpaca Mummies" that ran in Discover (April 2001). Her strong narrative drew from a wonderful confluence of agriculture, archeolo...LabNotes -- research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...s time and with greater accuracy, providing a more thorough understanding of an organism. PNNL scientists designed DREAMS to automatically filter out signals from proteins that exist in large numbers from those proteins that appear in fewer numbers. Such low-level proteins often hold clues to important cellul...Aquaporins - the perfect water filters of the cell
...itional bioinformatics, such simulations promise a thorough physical and chemical understanding of the underlying biological functional processes....Earth's 'last edens' receive $20 million boost
...dent human population requirements, coupled with a thorough understanding of the needs of landscape species, the Wildlife Conservation Society can effect successful action. Its conservationists have spent decades establishing the science and trust necessary to make this new approach work. The Wilson gra...Does chromosome 4 hold the secret to human longevity?
... in the normal population." According to Kunkel, a thorough search for such a subtle genetic variation -- called a single nucleotide polymorphism -- in one gene will require performing 200,000-400,000 genetic analyses on some 200 long-lived subjects. The researchers must then compare those results to genetic ...Unleashing GMO's into the environment
...nk? "I suspect that industry would baulk at such a thorough approach," says Peter Kareiva, a senior ecologist at the US National Marine Fisheries Service. It could take up to five years to get enough data on GM salmon strains for the model to work, for example. But Mayer says that firms won't have a choice if...Genes don`t control human behavior, evolutionist says
...llaborate with social scientists to develop a more thorough understanding of how culture evolves. "We comprehend something about the spread of ideas, but almost nothing about their generation," he asserted. "We know that ethics evolve, but know little about how to make them evolve more rapidly. Interestingly,......e doing their science faster, easier and in a more thorough way," said Daphne Preuss, Ph.D., assistant professor of genetics and cell biology at the University of Chicago and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator. An extensive analysis of the whole-genome, including annotation of predicted genes and assignment ...UC Davis research helps state air board set auto-emission rules
...V market studies through the 1990s remain the most thorough investigations of the potential EV market in California -- as witnessed by frequent references to them at air-board workshops held earlier this year. The studies were written by UC Davis researchers Tom Turrentine, Ken Kurani, David Bunch and Dan Spe...Hopkins research shows nature, not nurture, determines gender
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... and thus inhibiting synthesis of the cell wall. A thorough study by the researchers revealed the PBPs in the penicillin-resistant pneumococci had undergone subtle alterations in their DNA blueprints, reducing the ability of PBPs to bind penicillin, thus providing penicillin resistance to the bacteria. By 19...Chromosome centers defined and sequenced for model plant
...is now makes Arabidopsis the leading candidate for thorough sequencing of the entire genome in a higher organism." The Arabidopsis Genome Project hopes to complete sequencing of the first full plant genome by the end of 2000. The sequences of chromosomes 2 and 4 were published in Nature on December 1...Trade, science, risk, precaution: Issues for Seattle
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...nd other common periodontal troubles. Now regular, thorough checkups can become normal operating procedure, saysGordon Baker, professor of equine medicine and surgery at the University ofIllinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Baker is the co-editor of thejust-published textbook "Equine Dentistry," the firs...Endangered Species' Recovery Plans Face Comprehensive Scientific Review
...romulgated underthe act. "Nobody has really done a thorough review to characterize the recovery plans,"Boersma said. What isn't clear, she said, is how the recovery plans differ from each otherbased on factors such as the type of species, how old the plan is, whether itcovers a single species or more than one...'Bugscope' Gives Internet Users Anywhere Chance To Study Insects
...ing-off point formany in-class projects, such as a thorough study of entomology, an understandingof microscopy, and a basicunderstanding of what is involved in scientific research. "Our goal is really to get the students to look beyond their textbooks," Pottersaid. "That is what Bugscope is all about --making...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...tmann could not confirm many of these effects in a thorough review of the literature, he did find evidence of non-auditory effects caused by the application of low-pitched audio above 150 decibels; in addition, very strong blast waves at higher frequencies can cause lung rupture and death. Altmann says that ...Household Fungus Contributes To "Sick Building Syndrome"
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