Scientists discover ancient protein and DNA sequences in the same fossil
...re credited to this year's Nobel Prize (Chemistry) winning scientist Koichi Tanaka. Using a variety of approaches, the osteocalcin from the ancient bison bone was fragmented and the information used to construct the amino acid sequence. Remarkably, the primary sequence of the protein was recovered intact, i...Six reporters named to receive 2002 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...e publisher of its journal, Science. "Further, the winning entries then serve as teaching tools as they are disseminated each year to science writing programs at universities and colleges throughout the country." Since their inception nearly six decades ago, the awards have honored more than 300 individuals ...Physics tip sheet #29 October 23, 2002
...eans that there is no efficient way to determine a winning strategy for the game. This happens even if the ga...e authors show how to devise the best strategy for winning even under various modifications of the rules and scoring system. Preprint: http://www.arxiv.org/a...Eavesdropping occurs among animals, finds evolutionary biologist
...the winner of the fight. "We were able to separate winning and losing streaks based on eavesdropping," Dugatkin says. Psychological factors such as simply watching a fight seem to have a drastic effect on animal societies and the levels of aggression within them, he adds. "My own studies indicate that they ...Men are faster than women. but does that mean bets should always be placed on colts?
...(m/s) was computed by dividing the distance by the winning time. The races were split into two categories prior to analysis: less than or equal to one mile ( 1609 m). A total of 330 races were used for this analysis. Standardbred Horse (harness racing): Track records for eight different North Americ...Two plans win Northeastern Universitys business plan competition
...mation now. CSIs technology is patented. The two winning entries were chosen from more than 250 submissions to compete in the final round of the competition. CU Pharmaceuticals, Inc. earned $40,000 and Chemical Signatures, Inc. earned $20,000 from Northeasterns Center for Technology Management and Entrepre...Jonathon Knight receives ASM Communications Award
... for Microbiology Public Communications Award. His winning entry, Meet the Herod Bug, appeared in Nature on July 5, 2001. Knight wrote about Wohlbachia, bacteria that can infect insect species and convert males to females for their own reproductive purposes. Wohlbachia transmit themselves through the ovarie...President Bush names 15 to receive National Medal of Science
.... Harold Varmus is well-known for his Nobel Prize winning discovery, with J. Michael Bishop, chancellor of the University of California in San Francisco, that normal human and animal cells contain genes capable of becoming cancer genes, which led to an aggressive and successful search for genetic origins of...APS announces the winners of its 2002 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics
...rovide funds totaling $73,000 to each of the three winning scientists including stipend and a mini research grant for each year. 2002 Winners of the APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics: Ana Diez-Sampedro, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Topic: Dr. Diez-Samp...EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences
...public and other special initiatives. There is one winning application annually. A prize of Euro 5.000 and a silver medal will be awarded on November 9, 2002 during European Science and Technology Week as part of the EMBL/EMBO joint conference on Science & Society in Heidelberg....Researchers link gene with kidney stones, bone loss in patients who absorb too much calcium
...olved, but we hit a blank. It would have been like winning the lottery to find it that way." Gitomer and her team changed their approach. They turned to families with AH and looked for genetic similarities. That comparison pointed to a particular location in the human genome. Through study of the genes from ...The next generation of scientists recognized at Johns Hopkins
...most talented researchers in training. This year's winning projects have brought a new anti-cancer drug to clinical trial, shown a common diagnostic observation not to be diagnostic at all and turned more than one scientific field on its head. The award recipients will present their study results and accept ...Undergraduate unraveling genetic mysteries in fruit flies
... leader among the nations research universities in winning federal research and development grants. The opportunity to be involved in important research is one of the distinguishing characteristics of an undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins....Mutations may yield clues to heartbreaking childhood disease
... leader among the nations research universities in winning federal research and development grants. The opportunity to be involved in important research is one of the distinguishing characteristics of an undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins. The Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards program provides on...AAAS announces Science Journalism Award winners
...of scientists and science journalists selected the winning entries based on their scientific accuracy, initiative, originality, clarity, and value in fostering a better public understanding of science....A closer look at the genomes black holes
...g centromeres is that it can result in fixation of winning centromeres. This process can be deleterious to the host genome, and so centromeric histones would evolve to restore parity between competing centromeres, Henikoff said. Bringing together incompatible centromeres and histones in hybrids would lead to...APS awards more than $200,000 to its 2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship winners
...rovide funds totaling $69,000 to each of the three winning scientists including stipend and a mini research grant for each year. 2001 Winners of the APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics: Ryan M. Fryer, Ph.D. Medical College of Wisconsin/Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical Scho...ASM receives awards for PR excellence
...the "icon of best public relations practices." The winning programs meet the highest standards of the four components of strategic public relations programming-research, planning, execution, and evaluation. The 2000 Silver Anvil winners were selected by judging panels comprised of 109 senior level public rel...Janet Ginsburg receives microbiology communications award
...crobiology (ASM) Public Communications Award. Her winning entry "Bio Invasion," an article on the potential threats of foreign disease that appeared September 11, 2000, examines the dangers when deadly pathogens, expanded global trade and travel are mixed with limited inspection and surveillance. Halting t......who is European News Editor for Science, wrote his winning story on Lake Vostok for Smithsonian's July 2000 issue. This lake, perhaps the largest on Earth that has never been seen by humans, lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometers) beneath the ice in southeastern Antarctica. Stone outlines the state of ...