UF study: World shark attacks sink again, may signal long-term trend
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The number of shark attacks worldwide took a dip for the third straight year, in part pe...ment." Last year's total of 55 unprovoked attacks worldwide dropped nearly 13 percent from the 63 reported in 2002, and was down considerably from the 68 in 200...Protein data bank opens new era with broader support
...nounced an international partnership toestablish a worldwide PDB, coordinating with similar efforts atthe Institute for Protein Research at Osaka University in Japanand at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in the UnitedKingdom. The expansion of federal agency partnerships and internationalparticipat...Pew report finds GM insects may offer benefits, but clear regulatory oversight is lacking
...lly and kills between one and three million people worldwide each year. Honeybees genetically engineere...ion people annually and kills nearly 50,000 people worldwide each year. However, there is uncertainty about the lasting effects these insects could hav...Thailand dengue hemorrhagic fever epidemics spread in waves emanating from Bangkok
...ness that infects 50 million to 100 million people worldwide each year, many of them children. Epidemics of the most serious and life-threatening form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever, place a heavy burden on public health systems. The number of cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand varies wid...Carnegie Mellon enhances Quantum Dot Corp. technology for long-term, live-animal imaging
...tumor is responding to therapy. MBIC is recognized worldwide for its work in revolutionizing light microscopy and fluorescent probes for live cell imaging. The center's current focus involves the development of instrumentation and chemistry systems for biological research and medicine....Census finds mountain gorillas increasing
...penetrable National Park, which brings the current worldwide total of mountain gorillas to 700 individuals.......sing ruminant feed" said Krull. Nearly 140 people worldwide have contracted the untreatable and fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a variant of mad cow, after eating contaminated beef. And, because the disease has a very long incubation period, more are diagnosed each year. "I don't believe we will see change u...Science's breakthrough of the year: Illumination of the dark, expanding universe
...t of people to choke national economies. Thanks to worldwide collaboration, scientists definitively nailed the agent, a member of the coronavirus family, only five weeks after the World Health Organization sounded a global alarm. In the end, low-tech public health measures, such as strict isolation of patients...Venom hunt finds 'harmless' snakes a potential danger
...es and venom evolution. Last year he set off on a worldwide herpetological adventure to track down when and in...e many different snake lineages collected from his worldwide hunt and elsewhere, some of these were common pet-store snakes. He discovered that their venoms are...Extreme 2003 takes students worldwide to the oceans depth
... More than 45,000 students from nearly 600 schools worldwide are participating in the project. Students represent all but one of the 50 states, as well as the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Uzbekistan....How lice and bird feathers stick together
...ute respiratory syndrome), which killed 916 people worldwide in a 2003 outbreak, is caused by a coronavirus that is believed to have jumped to humans from civets, which are nocturnal, cat-shaped creatures. The West Nile virus is spread from birds and mosquitoes to humans. While the new study is not immediatel...Easily paralyzed flies provide clues to neurodegeneration
...ular fibrillation and sudden death. Dozens of labs worldwide are now investigating Herg and the potassium channel protein it encodes. Such discoveries have engendered significant interest on the part of the pharmaceutical industry. For instance, in the United States all drugs now headed to market must b...NYAS and Nature Publishing Group join forces
...eminating high-quality scientific information to a worldwide community of scientists. The common goal of the collaboration is to enhance the capacity of scientists from around the world to share new knowledge. Both organizations share common characteristics: commitment to a multidisciplinary focus and servin......ure makes the more than 1,300 species of mistletoe worldwide -- more than 20 of which are endangered -- happy to know that you're thinking about their welfare. Mistletoes are rather strange plants that grow on the branches of trees and shrubs. In fact, according to USGS biologists, the American mistletoe's sci...First-ever UN University diploma offered to grads of online water-management course
...in tutorial format. The WVLC collaborating centers worldwide will create regional case studies and other regional content, mark individual course tests and proctor a final examination. Leading water scholars and practitioners vetted the course materials, which were tested on 28 graduate students from around th...By the year 2050, human population could add 2.6 billion people, reports Rockefeller scientist
...etime in 1950 to 2.7 children in 2000, a result of worldwide efforts to make contraception and reproductive health services available, as well as other cultural changes. Encouraging as this is, if fertility remains at present levels instead of continuing to decline, the population would grow to 12.8 billion by......license from PNRI to develop a commercial test for worldwide distribution. According to Hellstrom, mesothelioma cells release distinctive molecular markers, SMR (soluble mesothelin-related proteins), into the blood stream. Hellstrom and her colleagues have identified this group of markers and have developed a...U. of Colorado team developing 'Flu Chip' for fast, accurate diagnosis
...impact on humans, with an estimated 500,000 deaths worldwide each year and significant economic impact resultin...equate information for managing local epidemics or worldwide pandemics." DNA microarrays, which are the basis for the Flu Chip, represent a promising technolog...Department of Energy 20-Year science facility plan announced
...t facilities are shared with the science community worldwide and contain technologies and instruments that are available nowhere else. Each year, these facilities are used by more than 18,000 researchers from universities, other government agencies, private industry and foreign nations. The Spallation Neu...Press briefings at The Gerontological Society of Americas 56th Annual Scientific Meeting
... hard, baseline information about current U.S. and worldwide trends in life expectancy and life span, as well as a synopsis of recent developments and/or breakthroughs in the biology of aging. Second, to discuss from two disciplinary vantage points, the conventional wisdom regarding the future of human life ex...