Nutrition Study Reshapes Strategies For Athletes
...he University of Arizona in Tucson has changed the training regimens of a number of America's elite women athl...ition sciences. Houtkooper has developed this new training program over several years withmany of the women heptathletes. The most important key to an athlete'...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...ngs,who recently helped bring to campus a research training grant in nonlineardynamics in biology from the National Science Foundation. UC Davis is consideredamong the world's leading campuses in quantitatively oriented biology. Some of the general challenges faced by computational biologists includedealing ...Learning From Birds And Bees: Engineers Study Insects For Ideas On Tiny "Micro Air Vehicles"
...ed autonomy so we don't have to spend a lot oftime training people to operate them." Since they may search environments containing toxic chemicals orbiological hazards, the MicroFlyers must also be inexpensive enough tobe thrown away. Designers are aiming at a $1,000 per-unit cost for theexpendable vehicles....'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...rsity together provide an international center for training both amateurs and professionals in the ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation of birds....Blood Test Can Identify Some Children With Strep-Related Behavioral Disorders
...se children." Leonard is professor and director of training for child andadolescent psychiatry in the Depart...own University School of Medicine, and director of training inchild and adolescent psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital. Only a small percentage of strep throa...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...rayan, of Oswego, N.Y., devised a robot wheelchair training car withcamera vision and collision sensors that children can control with a joystick. "It's the kind of control the kids typically have on their poweredwheelchairs," Bohs said. "The child looks at a TV monitor andgets the car's view of driving thro...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...sy animals there andabroad. Its activities include training Malagasy students, researchers andtechnicians. It also assists the government of Madagascar in preservinglemurs and other threatened species through well managed breeding programs. Those programs are underway in distant places like the Duke Primate ...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...omen reap the same physical benefits from physical training as women with higher iron status. "We suspect that iron-deficient women will not benefit from the training as much as women with higher iron status because their metabolic responses to exercise are impaired,...Captive Lemurs To Depart For Madagascar Oct. 17 For First Release Into The Wild
...y animals there and abroad. Its activities include training Malagasy students, researchers and technicians. Italso assists the government of Madagascar in preserving lemurs and other threatened species through well-managedbreeding programs. Those programs are underway in distant places like the Duke Primate ...Long-Time NIH Grantee Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry
... NIGMS funds research and research training in the basic biomedical sciences, including chemistry. It has supported 22 of the 28 Nobel laureates in chemistry funded or employed by NIH since 1954. Please call the NIGMS Public Information Office at (30...UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
... dog trainers have to say about the reliability of training dogs to "detect and alert." Among the questions team members hope to answer are whether the ability to detect seizures, if some dogs do have it, is a spontaneous reaction or a trainable behavior. Eventually, the team hopes to bring dogs into th...AAAS Announces Science Journalism Award Winners
...t organization dedicated tosupporting research and training in biomedical engineering. AAAS is the world's largest federation of scientists, with more than 144,000members. It conducts a variety of meetings and programs in science educationand career development, science policy and international scientific c...IFT Report Describes Challenges Of Food Industry Stepping Up To The P(a)lates Of Consumers
...cessing areas to reduce airborne contaminants, and training personnel to usehygienic food handling practices. Expanding upon GMPs, establishing a HazardAnalysis Critical Control Point system is also important to fully identify andcontrol food safety hazards. Beyond food production, acceptable product storag...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...r medicine, it is their professional education and training in human-system interface technology that qualifie...fessional backgrounds as well as the education and training in the unique technology of human factors/ergonomics. Human factors/ergonomics professionals have ...Life-Saving Dr. Mueller Selected To Get Top Sports Medicine Award
...er co-wrote with Blyth about thecomparatively poor training of coaches and trainers in this country. The award was named in honor of Jokl, an outstanding 400-meter runnerand hurdler for the German Olympic team in 1928. After coming to the UnitedStates in 1952, the physician was named director of the ...Hormone Control Of Rare Leukemia Sheds Light On Molecular Basis Of Cancer
...lth, the primary funder of biomedical research and training inthe nation--$175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition, for the thirdconsecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growth in theseareas--17.6 percent--of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers. News releasesfrom the Univ...Molecular Mechanochemistry: An Emerging Discipline At The Nexus Of Biology And Physics
...lth, the primary funder of biomedical research and training inthe nation--$175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition, for the thirdconsecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growth in theseareas--17.6 percent--of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers. News releasesfrom the Univ...Can The Economic Promise Of Drug Discovery Continue To Preserve The Suriname Forest?
...s to the National Herbarium ofSuriname, and formal training in curation and botanical research. Contributionswere also made by Bristol-Myers Squibb to the Forest Peoples Fund, thatsupported a transport project, agricultural project, leadership and equipmentuse training, the first meeting ever of all the trib...NSF Scientist Receives Award In Research Training Of Minorities In Microbiology
...tanding contributions towardfostering the research training of underrepresented minorities in microbiology,wil...rican-Americans. His commitment to science training and research is evident from thepositions he has held during the past 22 years. In the late 1970's,......tions during delivery through community education, training of health staff and upgrading of health facilities; intensify efforts to raise womens status by increasing school enrollment among girls, removing legal and other barriers to womens economic participation, and halting the practice of female genit...