University of Chicago scientist wins prestigious Balzan Prize
...o as the "Italian Nobel." Li is one of four people worldwide to receive a Balzan Prize this year for contributions to science and humanities. The three other 2003 prizewinners were British historian Eric Hobsbawm, French psychologist Serge Moscovici and German astronomer Reinhard Genzel. "The past awardees in ...Tufts scientist named 'one of world's 100 top young innovators' by Technology Review Magazine
...novation and technological change are essential to worldwide economic growth," said Robert Buderi, editor-in-chief of Technology Review. "Now, more than ever, it's important to recognize that there is no one technology driving the next wave of success, but rather several that, when fused together, will create...Old drug works new tricks for iron overload heart disease
...pen an entirely new door to treatment for patients worldwide suffering from iron overload. This is particularly important for patients in many countries who currently could not afford any treatment at all for this deadly condition because of the cost," says Dr. Peter Liu, director of the Heart & Stroke/Richard...OHSU scientists uncover key protein for Fanconi anemia, cancer susceptibility
...sceptibility pathway. Scientists estimate that the worldwide carrier frequency for Fanconi anemia is between 1 ...ozens, but millions of people. "This discovery has worldwide significance," said Frohnmayer, president of the University of Oregon in Eugene. "From day one, Oreg...New research finds garlic kills slugs
...found the pungent herb garlic could win the costly worldwide war against slugs and snails as an environmentally friendly pesticide. The findings are published in the current edition of the academic journal, Crop Protection*. Lead researcher Dr Gordon Port will speak about the effective alternatives to chemi...More than 700 threatened species remain completely unprotected, new study shows
...s should be regarded as a useful tool to guide the worldwide allocation of conservation spending, but cannot be regarded as the final word," said Ana Rodrigues, Research Fellow with CABS at CI. "More detailed analyses using more comprehensive data will reveal numerous additional areas and species groups not hi...New study begins to unravel fate of toxic pollutants harbored in Arctic waters
... sorts chemicals used in industry and agriculture worldwide slowly migrate to and settle there in sizeable quantities in water, snow, ice, soil and vegetation. In a new study, researchers found that the pollutant breakdown process depends largely on the type of dissolved organic matter residing in a body of...Critical Therapeutics announces issuance of US patent for novel anti-inflammatory technology
...issuance of this patent enables us to leverage our worldwide exclusive license to develop treatment methods based one or more approaches."...Progeria: Facing old age is hard facing it during childhood is unthinkable
...e Fleur was one in approximately 30 to 40 children worldwide currently diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Progeria. Children with Progeria are, in spirit, just the same as any other child, but physically, they look like very old men and women and live an average lifespan of only 13 years. Discovery H...Chemists at four pharmaceutical companies named Heroes for treating childhood conditions
...note speaker at the joint event. Carson has gained worldwide recognition as the principal surgeon in the separation of the conjoined Binder twins in Germany and, most recently, for his role in the separation of the Bijani twins from Iran. The Heroes program, started in 1996 by the ACS, honors industrial chemis...NIEHS study identifies gene for hydrocephalus in mice
...ses the skull to swell. About one child in 2,000 worldwide is afflicted by hydrocephalus. Identification of the mouse gene provides a means for researchers to study the possible genetic origins of this common birth defect in humans. The gene was discovered when researchers noticed that pups in one line o...Smallpox vaccination grinds to halt
...ns University in Baltimore, who led the successful worldwide smallpox eradication campaign in the 1970s and helped devise the US plan. "State health officers counted 420,000 people they would want to vaccinate to provide some reasonable standard of emergency care." But doctors and nurses stayed away in droves....Newly found gene resistant to economically crippling wheat disease
...ccurring gene. The fungus causes wheat crop damage worldwide with yield losses of 50 percent or more in some places. In the United States the disease is widespread in the Pacific Northwest, the northern Great Plains and the eastern Midwest soft wheat region, and experts estimate annual losses at $275 million. ...Research: Coral reefs' decline actually began centuries ago
...esearch published in 2001 that tied overfishing to worldwide declines of coastal ecosystems. That paper argued that overfishing disturbs the ecological balance of marine environments, with the killing of green sea turtles, for example, ultimately contributing to the die-off of sea grasses. The authors of the c...Another global warming surprise: Grasslands may become wetter as temperatures rise
...roduce a global greenhouse effect that would raise worldwide temperatures by 2 degrees Fahrenheit or more. To observe the long-term effects of global warming, the research team fenced off 32 circular plots of grassland, each 6 feet in diameter, inside Stanford's 1,200-acre Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Eac...Salk news: Understanding gene function
...imple search of the database now allows scientists worldwide to identify a plant mutant in virtually any gene, thus dramatically increasing the way plant biologists study a particular gene. "The information you get from Arabidopsis is very likely to be immediately applicable to all plants," said Ecker. "The i...Anthony Hyman receives EMBO Gold Medal 2003
...of young European scientists to the attention of a worldwide audience. In this way the EMBO Gold Medal acts as an indicator of standards achieved by European scientists. The awardee is also honoured as being a role model for scientists in Europe.(German release: http://www.embo.org/press/gold_medal2003_d.html...SARS information for antiviral drug design released by Protein Data Bank
...e enzyme. Its availability to medical researchers worldwide is crucial because this enzyme is considered the primary target for new antiviral drugs being developed to combat the virus. "The PDB was able to process and release this information so quickly because of the leading-edge technology it employs," sai...Whale populations are too low to resume commercial hunting, geneticists find
..." Using these results, Palumbi estimated that the worldwide humpback population could have been as high as 1.5...aling wiped them out." In 1986, the IWC declared a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling a position respected by all 51 IWC member-nations except Norway, w......e among the greatest biodiversity of any ecosystem worldwide and provide key services to people, from food to coastal protection to tourism. Reef-building corals depend on symbiotic algae to photosynthesize much of their food, and surface waters that are warmer than normal can "bleach" corals by depleting thei...