Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...survival. International commercial fishing fleets venture well into the turtles' corridor. It is important to consider not only this species' nesting places and feeding grounds, but perhaps the interconnecting corridors as well. "People might say, 'Oh, at least they have the whole ocean to live in.' With ......re and Food Processing Initiative is not exactly a venture into newterritory. From 1973 to 1981, Pacific Northwest's Food and Agriculture Section employed asmany as 30 staff and operated on an annual budget of up to $1 million. Initially viewed as an "experiment," in many ways the section was visionary andah...Research Aims At Nation's First 'Smart' Ground Water Regulations
... more than five years you can let your imagination venture a bit more," Engel says. "A farmer's application computer might communicate with another computer to determine what's acceptable and what's not acceptable for that area and adjust the application rates without any direct human involvement. "A lot of ...Heart and Soul: The Blood Vessels And Brain Use Common Guide
... inducing thecollapse of outgrowing axon tips that venture into inappropriate brain areas,causing the affected axon to veer in another direction. This finding turns VEGF from a growth factor thought until now to actonly on endothelial cells into one that may have a broader range of action, saysKlagsb...Biotech Firms Develop Where Star Scientists Worked, Study Shows
.... The study also examined whether the existence of venture capital firms inan area spurred the creation of lo...ital. The results showed no relation between local venture capital firmsand biotech growth in their areas, once other factors such as the presenceof star scien......ight Equipment Researchers of the Sandia-Numotech venture make use of much lower pressures,intend to develop accurate, simple, lightweight, inexpensive sensors and pumps,and hope to make the benefits of only mildly oxygen-rich care available to thepublic at far lower costs. Sensors will permit autom...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...ts the environment. Traditionally, Flexsys (ajoint venture of Solutia, formerly part of Monsanto, and Akzo Nobel) has made4-aminodyphenylamine (4-ADPA) by chlorinating benzene, then processing theproduct further in the solvent xylene. Chlorine came back out in a stream ofinorganic salts and organic byproduct...Radio Controlled Aircraft To Sniff Out Biowar Bacteria
...hLaboratory (NRL) in Washington DC, the craft will venture into possible dangerzones and send back data on any biowar bacteria it detects. The biosensor was conceived by a team led by Frances Ligler of the NRL.Its development was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,part of the US...Gene Therapy Incorporates Molecular Rheostat For Controlled, Long-Term Drug Delivery
...ual clinicaltrials is currently under way. A joint venture exists between ARIAD and GenovoInc., Philadelphia, PA, a biotechnology company founded by Wilson and in whichhe holds equity. Xuehai Ye, PhD, at Penn is lead author on the paper. Other Penn-basedcoauthors include Philip Zoltick, MD; Michae...Swimming Proficiency Of Marine Mammals Ranks Them Among The World's Elite Animal Athletes
...t worthwhile forthe ancestors of marine mammals to venture into the aquatic realm. In addition,it is likely that these animals limited the high energetic costs of swimming byjumping in and out of the water, the way modern mink and river otters do,Williams noted. The sea otter is an unusual case because it h...H Pylori Screening To Reduce The Risk Of Gastric Cancer
...d not entirely on thescientific evidence. I would venture to say that the adoption of this or anyunproven cancer screening program is driven by our cancer phobia." H Pylori is usually treated with a two-week regimen consisting of a combinationof two antibiotics and a medication that decreases acid product i...A 'Missing Link' Fossil Adds 'Foliage' To The Early Human Ancestor Family Tree
...ddiet. This adaptation would have allowed them to venture into new habitats andultimately into new continents." According to the discoverers, the new Ethiopian hominid fossils, namedAustralopithecus garhi, help fill a serious void in the east African record ofhuman origins that spans a duration of b...CU-Boulder to send experiments ranging from ladybugs to water quality on NASA shuttle
...2000. Founded by NASA in 1987, BioServe is a joint venture of CU-Boulder's aerospaceengineering department, Kansas State University and industry sponsors. BioServe will fly three bioprocessing payloads on Columbia, which providethermally controlled environments and automated processing of biological samplesi...Study indicates Indian Ocean monsoon similar to El Niño phenomenon in Pacific
...soon InteractionExperiment, or JASMINE, is a joint venture of CU, the University of Washington,the University of Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,the National Science Foundation, NASA and several Australian agencies. Aprincipa; aim of Jasmine was to study the transitions between th...NSF awards large grant for Arabidopsis information resource
...liana Information Resource (TAIR) project, a joint venture of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's (D.C.) Department of Plant Biology located at California's Stanford University and the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico (which is receiving a sub-award). "NSF is committe...Sandia portable chemical sensor system promises new way of detecting underwater explosives
...nt of Defense, Office of Munitions. TheNova Scotia venture was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and hosted bythe Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (part of the Canadian Department ofNational Defence) with help from the Canadian Fleet Diving Unit. Rodacy anticipates that as the sensor research ...Targeted Genetics presents advances in synthetic gene delivery technologies
...o gene therapy and is the foundation of our joint venture with Elan plc (NYSE: ELN), Emerald Gene Systems." ...op advanced gene delivery technologies. The joint venture combines the company's expertise in vector development and manufacturing with Elan's leadership in ...Increased production of antibiotics in space reported by University of Colorado researchers
...gineering and Applied Science, BioServe is a joint venture between NASA, CU-Boulder and Kansas State University that undertakes a variety of industry-driven, life-science experiments on shuttle flights and involves both students and faculty. In a related experiment, samples of E. coli bacteria also grew be...Bees wearing reflectors help scientists track insects training flights
... for about half your adult life and then having to venture outside into a world full of sunshine to find food to bring home," said Beth Capaldi, lead author and a postdoctoral researcher at the U. of I. "That would be a huge change in your sensory environment, and it would probably take time for you to adju...