Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
... emissions. Regardless of which candidate wins the presidential election, he said, "the climate change issue is not going to go away. The international community is going to make sure that it doesn't go away. This country is going to have to come up with solutions, and our paper aims to begin to identify some of ...New AAAS report cites 'serious concerns' with electronic voting
...HINGTON DC -- Just days before a closely contested presidential election, AAAS has released a final report on the state of electronic voting systems and the need for extensive research to define problems and possible solutions. "Making Each Vote Count: A Research Agenda For Electronic Voting" is the result of a w...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
...ome particularly as investigators face yet another presidential moratorium endeavoring to limit the number of human stem cell lines that can be used for future research and treatment. TITLE: Dopaminergic neurons generated from monkey embryonic stem cells function in a Parkinson primate model AUTHOR CONTA...Transplantation of monkey embryonic stem cells reverses Parkinson disease in primates
...ome particularly as investigators face yet another presidential moratorium endeavoring to limit the number of human stem cell lines that can be used for future research and treatment....Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
...ce advisors will soon be a necessary part of every presidential and executive office, including the Office of the UN Secretary-General." The report, "Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development," was prepared by the Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation of the UN Millennium Project, commissioned by t...Dartmouth Medical School lab blends DNA and technology to aid in crime-solving
...ad of cases on the justice system. According to a presidential initiative on DNA technology, "One of the biggest ...ad of cases on the justice system. According to a presidential initiative on DNA technology, "One of the biggest problems facing the criminal justice system today ...Shirley Malcom of AAAS named to election reform commission
...ions." The new commission is expected to study the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, as well as the congressional elections of 2002. All of these have been marked by controversy, including charges of voter fraud, unreliable voting technology and systematic efforts to discourage or exclude of some voters. T...University of Utah hydrogel plays critical part in organ 'printing' study
...whole process for organ printing," said Prestwich, presidential professor of medicinal chemistry at the U College of Pharmacy. "I believe in five years we're going to be able to print simple organs, such as a cardiovascular network or a urethra." The five-year study, led by organ-printing pioneer Gabor Forgacs, P...Altering genetic blueprint of receptors in brain could help stroke victims avoid brain damage
... Heart Association, plus other grants from the UCF presidential equipment fund, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Research. Lu's research has potential future applications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurological illnesses. Drug therapies for those diseases also...2006 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction
...te de Biologie du Developpement, INRA, France. The presidential symposium will further pursue the topic of nutritional regulation of reproductive function. Dr. Pushpa S. Kalra, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, will discuss "Energy homeostasis and reproduction: The neuropept...New analysis of networks reveals surprise patterns in politics, the web
...Democrats by endorsing George Bush during the last presidential election. Miller's book, "A National Party No More, The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," was the book most central to the community of conservative book buyers, according to researchers. A network is a system of nodes connected by links and t...AAAS urges US President to sign Embryonic Stem Cell Act
...rt of the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto. The President has stated that he would veto the measure, but AAAS called on him to reconsider, noting that "embryonic stem cell research is an extremely promising approach to developing more effective treatments for devastating conditions like ...Space radiation threats to astronauts addressed in federal research study
...s of extended space journeys and is tied to a 2004 presidential mandate to return to the moon by 2020 and then send human travelers on to Mars, said Baker, director of CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Baker, an internationally known space weather expert, said the report brought togeth...On life support: Future of science focus of lecture at UH
HOUSTON, Nov. 9, 2006 Former presidential adviser for science and technology policy, Neal Lane, is coming to the University of Houston to address the uncertain future of science in the United States. As part of the annual UH Tenneco Distinguished Lecture Series, Lane, who also is the form...Could USA presidential DNA trail reveal Middle-Eastern origins?
...the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The presidential chromosome turns out to belong to a rare class called K2, which is found at its highest frequency in the Middle East and Eastern Africa, including Oman, Somalia and Iraq. Its closest match was in a man from Egypt. Could this mean that the President h...Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...nt of the nations total land area were declared by presidential order to be critical habitats, with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources directed to promulgate guidelines for their management and protection. The new funding is part of an ambitious fund-raising plan for CEPF, with a goal of $150 m...