Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...ignal bigger problems around the corner, scientist warns -- Geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, predicts that world oil production will peak on Thanksgiving Day, 2005, and production rates will subsequently fall. As he argues in his book, "Hubbert's Peak: The ...Common call for action on European Research Council (ERC)
...g gained considerable momentum in 2004, the appeal warns of the danger of complacency and calls for acceleration of the work being done to establish an ERC. The petition also stresses the importance of involvement of the European scientific community in the organisation of an ERC and the need to adhere to ...'Weed from hell' found in Texas
... to contain the weed to the original site. But she warns that since it's a perennial, eradicating it isn't likely to be easy. "We've been trying to eradicate mesquite since before the 1960s, and it's still the subject of brush control programs," she said. Before they spray a suspect infestation, producer...As humans alter land, infectious diseases follow
...th Perspectives , an international team of experts warns that widespread changes in the global landscape are providing new opportunities for dozens of infectious diseases, including scourges like malaria, dengue fever, Lyme disease, yellow fever, cholera, influenza, foot and mouth, and hemorrhagic fevers. ...Researcher issues caution on live virus vaccines
...8, 2004--A New York Medical College microbiologist warns that live virus vaccines to prevent infectious diseases like West Nile virus and yellow fever could have dire consequences. Should one of the vaccine flaviviruses recombine with a wild-type virus, a new microbe with potentially undesirable properties...Nanotechnology pioneer slays 'grey goo' myths
...anotechnology, (CRN) and Dr. K. Eric Drexler, also warns that scaremongering over remote scenarios such as "grey goo" is taking attention away from serious safety concerns, such as a deliberate abuse of the technology. Phoenix said: "Runaway replication would only be the product of a deliberate and difficu...Lowly weeds may hold promise for curing host of common health woes
... as do people in developing countries, although he warns that people shouldn't experiment on their own. In a classroom experiment with 15 undergraduate students in Georgia, Stepp had about half collect plants from weedy fields and half pick them from a forest. Using a database of major plants developed b...Global warming and the onward march of the pine
... catchment from erosion and pollution. However, he warns that the Viennese model is not easily transferable to other tree line systems: "Tree lines may respond quite idiosyncratically to global warming. Our model highlights the complex interactions of temperature rise, species specific traits and resident ...Researchers probe link between nanotechnology and health
... health hazard and should be investigated further, warns a University of Rochester scientist and worldwide expert in the field, who received a $5.5 million grant to conduct such research. Gnter Oberdrster, Ph.D., professor of Toxicology in Environmental Medicine and director of the university's EPA Partic...Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet
...ntries considered at high risk of zinc deficiency, warns a comprehensive new report by an international group of medical researchers. The report, by the International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG), in collaboration with the United Nations University and the International Union of Nutrition Sci...Aquatic scientists divided on role of sea lice from salmon farms in decline of native salmon in B.C.
...e different from those in British Columbia, and he warns against global extrapolations. He said that AquaNET, in collaboration with other national and international scientists, plans to study how native and farmed fish are affected by sea lice and conduct risk analyses of lice treatments. Morton insists th...Pacific leatherback turtle could go extinct in 10 years
... 97 percent. "On land, the canary in the coal mine warns humans of impending environmental danger," said Roderic Mast, Conservation International Vice President and President of the International Sea Turtle Society. "Sea turtles act as our warning mechanism for the health of the ocean, and what they're tel...Asia's bear-sized catfish are disappearing
...s big as a bear, may disappear in the near future, warns a UC Davis conservation biologist from his research base in Cambodia. The giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas), which grows to 10 feet long and 650 pounds, is a migratory species in the rivers of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It has been a mainstay for...Report details growing climate change threat to coral reefs
...tmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist Joan Kleypas, warns that changes in surface ocean temperature and chemistry will continue to damage these biologically vital and economically important ecosystems. The Pew Center on Global Climate Change report, "Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change: Potential Contributi...Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
...ons of high-profile opponents like Prince Charles, warns a new analysis from a leading global medical ethics think-tank. Nanotechnology is the building of working devices, systems and materials molecule by molecule by manipulating matter measured in billionths of a meter. The research seeks to exploit the...Mercury in ocean fish may come from natural sources, not pollution
...gher levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant women against eating large amounts of fish to avoid harming an unborn child's developing nervous system. Mercury enters the environment naturally and through industrial pollution, mostly from coal-fired power plants. Scientists have es...Marine pathogens spread much faster than their terrestrial counterparts
...survival of mobile infectious stages. This result warns that emerging diseases may pose particularly severe threats to marine ecosystems....A bird in a tree for biodiversity
...rds and trees are rarely studied in Africa." Howe warns that findings such as this serve as a warning about the consequences of rapid habitat fragmentation. "I think what we see in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, the spread of intensive agriculture and the fragmentation and elimination of forests,...Ethical guidelines needed before 'nutrigenomic' groceries come to market
...ations for the scientific and medical communities, warns a new consultation paper by a panel of international experts. The paper, "Nutrition and Genes: Science, Society and the Supermarket," a joint project of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) and the University of Guelph philosop...International scientific body calls for ban on human reproductive cloning
...ld apply to research and therapeutic cloning. IAP warns that human cloning poses a serious threat to the health of both the cloned child and the mother. Animal studies on reproductive cloning show a high incidence of fetal disorders and spontaneous abortions, and of malformation and death among newborns. ...