Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...nd labor are also being monitored. "We want to be aware of microclimate variances," says Pate. "We want to know how feed grows from changes in temperature and location and time of watering. That will help...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...omic reasons trees are one group of plants that we want to be able to breed more scientifically, and we're now getting closer to the day we can really do that."...As informatics grows, Indiana University helps set 'research agenda'
... that some of the best informaticians in the world want to be at IU," Dunn said. "I believe our attractiveness can be credited to the excellence of our core faculty as well as the enthusiasm university and state leaders have for informatics in Indiana." Among the notable new faculty are: * Larry Yaeger,...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...luctuations in height across thousands of years "I want to go much further back in time and look at more diverse populations to see if this general relationship holds over 10,000 years," he said....Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
...pen so it doesn't shut," explained Higgs. "And we want to make sure that wedge doesn't prop any other doors open that should stay closed."...Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...s it fulfills a deep desire to hunt. But if folks want to continue recreational fishing, we all need to support management of both commercial and recreational fisheries that will allow fish populations to recover and protect the structure and function of marine systems."...Sensors at Watts Bar being evaluated by ORNL
...' that will make Tennessee a place terrorists will want to avoid," said John Sterling of the Tennessee Office of Homeland Security. Installation of the sensors at Watts Bar is an extension of a project that began in 2002 with the placement of radiation detectors at weigh and inspection stations along Inte...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
...rge quantities of water re-actives in it, you dont want to spray water at the fire, because thats just going to make the situation worse, Rappaport adds. Thats why many times in these situations, emergency personnel wont enter a lab until they have a good idea what they are dealing with. Basically, this...New compound could give some types of cancer the one-two punch
...bility to absorb a drug and also side effects. "We want to find a drug with a dual purpose," he continued. "Angiogenesis is very prominent in many cancers, particularly prostate cancer. Pure anti-angiogenic compounds haven't been that successful; somehow cancer cells still find a way to form blood vessels...Genetic clues found for common congenital brain disorder
...d," said Dr. Millen. "We still don't know all we want to know about this disorder," added Dobyns, "but now we have a foot in the door for understanding this and other cerebellar defects." A genetic test could improve prenatal diagnosis. Currently, detecting Dandy-Walker with ultrasound images is diffi...Sweet success in targeting sugar molecules to cells in living animals
...ls, said Bertozzi. "All the interesting biology we want to study takes place at the level of whole organisms. This is a general feature of glycobiology; polysaccharides exert their function largely at the systems level," she said. This is in contrast to many proteins, such as enzymes, whose function can b...New model can aid in understanding immune system diseases
...they first must create models of the problems they want to study. Such is the case with Epstein-Barr, a common virus that is often harmless but likely contributes to malignancies and autoimmnune disease in people with compromised immunity. A University of Iowa team has engineered a mouse that provides new...Using statistics to decipher secrets of natural mutation
...nd other functionally important sequences. "If you want to get an unvarnished picture of the mutation process itself, uncorrupted by natural selection, you want to look at neutrally evolving DNA," said Green. "Mutations in DNA that is not functional should bett...Stem cell research targets cerebral palsy
...nd they are not produced long enough to do what we want to do. So we are working on ways to get additional factor into the brain to promote the integration of new cells long after the injury has occurred." When he began his studies several years ago, Dr. Carroll was putting stem cells from donor mice into...Possible new cure for psoriasis
...lanted the skin tissue of psoriasis patients. They want to apply the active ingredients locally as an ointment. In addition, the first tests on human beings are planned for the immediate future....Jefferson Lab detector technology aids development of cystic fibrosis therapy
...struments with different imaging capabilities, you want to spin-off that technology in ways that can do th...s of gene function after inhaled gene therapy. "We want to introduce a third imaging modality, bioluminescence, which can be measured with an optical camera...Carnegie Mellon researchers to demonstrate autonomous robotthat will seek life in Atacama Desert
...ions that could harbor life." "Ultimately, we want to create an astrobiologist without a space suit," said Nathalie Cabrol, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames and the SETI Institute, who will lead the science team for the Atacama investigation. The Life in the Atacama project is funded with a ...Fundamental change to Immunology 101
...when this part of hematopoiesis goes awry. "If you want to understand where T cells come from and what goes wrong when you stop making T cells, we need to know exactly what this cell type is," says Bhandoola. As humans age, the thymus makes fewer T cells. "To understand that you have to know what cell act...Transcriptional gene silencing in nucleus shown by UCSD/VA medical researchers
...ns in most biological processes in which one would want to down regulate the expression of a gene, such as those genes involved in virus infections such as HIV, as well as human cancers and certain genetic disorders." In continuing studies, the Looney lab and others in the country will investigate thi...MSU group reviews Berkeley venture into brave new science funding world
... academe: Credibility. "I can understand why many want to see products from universities turned into prof...aptive of the funding agency," Busch said. "If you want to find out what's going on in the biotech industry would you go to department that is the recipien...