Researchers explore wood smoke's threat to Great Lakes environment
...O, August 28 The Great Lakes region has long been valued for its recreational opportunities, but there may be a price to be paid for these pleasures: A new study has found that wood smoke, most likely from campfires and residential fireplaces, is toxic to certain aquatic organisms in the lakes and is a sou...American Chemical Society meeting features cutting-edge research August 26-30 in Chicago
...akes region The Great Lakes region has long been valued for its recreational opportunities, but there may be a price to be paid: A new study has found that wood smoke, most likely emanating from campfires and residential fireplaces, is toxic to certain aquatic organisms in the lakes and is a source of air...USDA establishes Honeybee Genetics and IPM Center
... that are responsible for agricultural pollination valued in the billions of dollars. The director is Nicholas W. Calderone, Cornell assistant professor of entomology, assisted by project scientists Walter S. Sheppard of Washington State University in Pullman and Jeff Pettis of the USDA-Agricultural Resea...Virulence molecules found for poultry bursal virus
...ia. The poultry industry in the United States is valued at about 12.2 billion dollars, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture....Military technologies and increased fishing effort leave no place for fish to hide
... islands throughout the Pacific, fishers have long valued the huge and docile bumphead parrotfish. By day, these wary fish would keep their distance from spearfishers, so the take was never very high. In recent years, spearfishers equipped with SCUBA have begun targeting the parrotfish at night when they sl...Scientists battle cold weather mold
...often are responsible for the destruction of other valued plants as well, including winter wheat and evergreen trees. Scientists have recently discovered however, that by pitting one fungus against another, in a kind of under-snow warfare, they may have found a way of controlling the disease. There are m...New witchweed-fighting method, presented by CIMMYT and Weizmann Institute scientist
...by poor farmers and is responsible for lost yields valued at approximately $1 billion annually. An estimate...tern Kenya), causing an estimated annual crop loss valued at $38 million. The weed thrives by attaching itself, hypodermic-like, to the roots of a suitable ho...Rose breeding blooms from backyard to genetics lab
...es a chance. Roses are a high dollar U.S. crop, valued at about $50 million a year in Texas alone.v"It is one of the more important plants because it blooms repeatedly," Byrne said. "That is a trait we got out of China and when we did, the rose really blossomed, quite literally, as a crop." Still, though...German chemist wins ACS Irving Sigal Fellowship
...igal, established the Fellowship that is currently valued at $45,000 per year. Dr. Sigal, herself a biochemist, is employed by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of New York City....Scientists use alfalfa plants to harvest nanoparticles of gold
...rd University. The semiconductor industry has long valued the oxidation resistance and the thermal and electrical conductivity of gold. Now, the relentless and accelerating drive toward ever-smaller wires, connectors and through-holes on ever-smaller semiconductor devices makes those properties even more i...Scientist helps solve peacock problems
Peafowl, historically valued for their iridescent blue-green beauty,have become intolerable nuisances in some parts of California.Francine Bradley, a University of California poultry scientist, getsthe call when people stop being proud of their peacocks. Granted, peacocks and pe...Harry Potter and the Ecuadorian flowers
...rctica in a wide variety of habitats and have been valued as herbal remedies since the dawn of recorded history. One particular genus, Macrocarpaea, is found predominantly in the mountainous rain forests of America, and it was these that in 2001 the two scientists sought in Ecuador. "We drove south throug...The cogs that move the science policy wheel
...ll as a fresh perspective. Indeed, many of my most valued staffers began their careers as AAAS Science Fellows." Speakers include: Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS Richard Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington The Honorable Sam Nunn, Co-Chairman, Nuclear Threat Initi...Eastern Europe urged to prepare now for growing threat of HIV resistance
...nment of scarce resources, cost-effectiveness is a valued and recognised way of evaluating the benefits provided by a medicine. A cost-effectiveness ratio of 30,000 per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) is widely considered to be good value for money. FUZEON when used as part of an optimized regimen is a co...Endangered species listings may backfire
...ikely to have improved the mouse's habitat if they valued nature or had gotten information from conservation organizations. Landowners were more likely to have destroyed the mouse's habitat if they depended economically on agriculture, or thought that landowners should not be responsible for species conserv...Science paper: Overharvesting of Brazil nuts leading to fewer trees
...one, harvesters annually collect about 45,000 tons valued at about $43 million worldwide, according to the Science paper. In parts of the Amazon forest where traditional peoples still live in the forest, the nuts are their primary source of income, Kainer said. Wild trees are the exclusive source of Brazil......culture contributed $750,000. The honey bee is valued by farmers for its ability to produce honey and pollinate crops. Besides its importance in agriculture, the honey bee serves as a model organism for studying human health issues including immunity, allergic reaction, antibiotic resistance, developmen...New Georgia Tech Biosciences Center assists life-science startup companies
...ine, Calif., acquired the company in a stock trade valued at more than $136 million. "Having multiple incubators on campus is more challenging in terms of managing the physical space and providing business services to the companies," says Susan Shows, vice president of the Georgia Research Alliance, which ......ion in the region. The special programme is highly valued by the partners in the Near East: It offers the sole possibility of freely accessible financing for the Palestinians. Although the Israeli universities are financed by the state, they rely on third party funds to a significant degree. Since the progr...