Baboon studies suggest strategies for coping with stress
... strike first. Baboons who cannot tell if they are winning or losing a fight have much higher stress-hormone levels than those who know whether their lots are improving or worsening. Lastly, rank matters. Top baboons in a stable dominance hierarchy have lower stress-hormone levels than do subordinates. Bu...New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs
...the current study. Both British Olympic gold-medal winning rowers and novice oarsmen are now set to benefit from a novel scientific research programme into rowing technique based at Imperial College that will follow the development of this system. Some researchers have speculated that the introduction of a m......ted with certain cancers, Agrawal explained in her winning essay, which appears in the 1 December 2000 issue of Science . It is unclear whether RAG1 and RAG2 cause translocations in systems such as T-cells and B-cells within the human body's immune system. But, the possibility underscores the importance...An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...dent/advisor teams for their innovative work. Each winning inventor or team will receive $20,000 in cash monies with each advisor receiving a $10,000 honorarium. Each winner will receive their cash prize on Friday, September 8, 2000 at an awards ceremony featuring Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer...Researchers at four universities develop most comprehensive CD to identify North American trees
... and Edward C. Jensen (Oregon State) are all award winning educators and software developers. Both Seiler and Jensen have won the Society of American Foresters' Carl Alwin Schenck Award for excellence in forestry education. Their software has been tested on college students in controlled studies and shown to...AAAS seeks entries for online category in Science Journalism Awards
...d of scientists and science journalists select the winning entries, which are published each year and used as teaching tools in science writing programs at universities and colleges throughout the country. AAAS is the world's largest general science organization with more than 138,000 members and 275 affilia...NLM exhibit features Nobelist Joshua Lederberg
...al can be manipulated by bacterial viruses. After winning the Nobel Prize, Lederberg became an increasingly public scientist, as the documents in the exhibit show. A letter from President John F. Kennedy thanks Lederberg for his participation on Kennedy's White House transition team. Lederberg also wrote ov...NHLBI study shows large blood pressure benefit from reduced dietary sodium
...ur eating plan," added Obarzanek. "But for a true winning combination, follow the DASH diet and lower your intake of sodium."...Susan Okie receives microbiology communcations award
...crobiology (ASM) Public Communications Award. Her winning entry "Science Races to Stem TB's Threat" and "TB Fights Back," a two-part series on tuberculosis that appeared August 10 and August 17, 1999, examines the advances made toward eliminating tuberculosis and the current worldwide resurgence of the dise...Science in the news: public choices, science & salmon
...rector for Communications, Oregon Sea Grant, award winning producer of four videos, two books and a quarterly newsletter about salmon in the Pacific Northwest. 9:00 A.M. -- KNITTING NETS: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND SALMON Restoring Pacific Northwest salmon stocks requires better links between science ...Creatine may improve performance during short bursts of activity
... time could mean the difference between winning a competition and failing to qualify for that competition, Leenders said. Neither the male nor the female swimmers showed improvement in the 25-y...Science and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech award Young Scientist Prize
... that will be sequenced in this global effort. His winning essay will appear in the 19 November issue of Science . Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, a leading biotechniques company, and Science established the Young Scientists Prize together in 1995 to provide support to molecular biology scientists at the beg...Günter Blobel wins 1999 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine
...ic Wieschaus (who became an HHMIinvestigator after winning the prize). Edwin Krebs, now retired, also receivedthe prize. Founded in 1953, HHMI is one of the world's largest philanthropies. It is amedical research organization whose own scientists work in HHMI laboratories atmedical schools, universities and...NIH grantee Günter Blobel wins Nobel Prize for protein signaling discovery
...ither had worked at or were supported by NIHbefore winning the prize. During the same period, 119 scientists worldwide havereceived the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, more than half ofwhom--67--had prior support from or worked at NIH before the honor. NIGMS funds research and research training in th...Pacific Northwest developments earn spots in top 100 list
...hwestNational Laboratory aren't in the business of winning awards, but theircommitment to solving some of the...ence and Industry in Chicago on September 23. The winning technologies are: MicroHeater. This palm-sized combustion unit weighs less than .2kg (5oz....Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
... the program they conceived, likely will depend on winning thesupport of their respective departments. "Our strength and our weakness is the departmental structure," says Nobellaureate Steve Chu, professor of physics and applied physics and one of theinitiative's most enthusiastic supporters. "The department...Antbird capable of increasing testosterone level when threatened
...ch testosterone levels rose among die-hard fans of winning basketball andsoccer teams. Researchers also have been looking at the effect of testosteroneon aggression and sexual desire. Another study involving birds found that maledark-eyed juncos -- a temperate, migrating species -- stray from their mates and...Purdue Students Win $4,500 For Vegetarian Gelatin Dessert
...lsofortified with calcium and vitamin C. Other winning entries: "Pete's Sweet Delite," a soy-based, vegetarian, fat-free dessert toppingmeant to replace whipped cream, won the second-place prize of $2,400.Agricultural and biological engineering majors Doug Allen of Red Oak, Iowa, andDennis Kim of Evansv...More Research Needed To Reach Green Goals
...nce Swedish researchers havebeen verysuccessful in winning EU-projects. "We suggest that Universities and Colleges of Higher Education take on the mainresponsibility fortheir researchers, even when they are funded by EU grants. Swedish EPA and otherauthoritiesshould be able to provide the supplementary fundi......d converted it into a marketableproduct. Miller's winning technology, marketed as the Retro-X System, is a retroviralgene-transfer kit used by gene-therapy researchers at academic medical centersand biotechnology firms worldwide. It is used to introduce genetic material intocell culture and animals, specifi...