32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...bly mitigate, cognitive decline in older adults by tracking user interaction with computer applications and assessing over time the rate of cognitive impairment, thus facilitating earlier intervention and treatment. STAR Cryoelectronics, LLC (Santa Fe, N.M.) Next-Generation Energy Dispersive Spectromet......vine Genome Sequencing Project will allow detailed tracking of the DNA differences between these breeds to assist discovery of traits for better meat and milk production and to model human disease....Bovine genome sequence available
...t, due for completion in 2005, will allow detailed tracking of the DNA differences between these breeds to assist discovery of traits for better meat and milk production and to model human disease. The initial assembly is based on 3.3-fold coverage of the bovine genome and by 2005, a 6-fold sequence cov...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...ller. As creaks indicate feeding events, acoustic tracking may be used to monitor the health of sperm whales in increasingly human-impacted oceanic ecosystems. Contact: Dr Patrick Miller, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews Sexual selection, natural selection and the evolution of dimorphic c...ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source
... This latter application could be instrumental in tracking environmental perchlorate, finding its source and resolving resulting liability issues, said ORNL scientist Baohua Gu, who headed development of the treatment system. Perchlorate, or ClO4-, disrupts the thyroid gland that regulates metabolism in a...Latest buzz in research: Intoxicated honey bees may clue scientists into drunken human behavior
...ed the bees and then observed them for 40 minutes, tracking the insects' behaviors how much time each bee spent walking, standing still, grooming, flying and upside down on its back. Blood ethanol concentrations increased with time and with the amount of ethanol each bee had consumed. Behavioral differences ...OHSU scientists identify key gene that delays female puberty
... a normal animal. Ojeda and his colleagues now are tracking other genes that might interact with TTF-1 in the brain to control the onset of puberty. "While observational studies are required to determine the role of TTF-1 in humans, we know that children recently described to have mutations of this gene suf...Biodiversity: measuring up to the loss
...s in changes in threat status (extinction risk) by tracking the shift of individual species between the categories developed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List. Species are placed in categories on the Red List ranging from extinct to "least concern," according to criteria that take into account t...Emory study details dolphin brain evolution for the first time
...colleagues spent four years gathering the data and tracking down fossils at The Smithsonian Institution and other museums. A total of 66 fossil crania were scanned and measured. This subset was added to brain and body weight data from 144 modern cetacean specimens for a total sample of 210 specimens represent...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...ish Columbia to southeast Alaska. The tracking array's listening lines also unexpectedly picked up tagged green sturgeon from northern California, rarest of the 26 sturgeon species, having traveled 1,000 km north to Canada's Brook's Peninsula. The finding may prompt new protection strategies for...How city dwellers and living things put the green into our urban open spaces
...ological and social diversity of urban landscapes, tracking some of the flora and fauna of cities. These plants and animals are not only valuable in conservation terms - some of Britain's rarest species, like water vole and Black Redstarts, live in cities - they are also key components of urban life. Whethe...New system reduces risk of burns during interventional X-rays
...rcialization. "Our system provides complete tracking of actual radiation levels on the skin, providing both instantaneous dose rate, as well as cumulative exposure," explained Daniel Bednarek, Ph.D., UB project director, researcher at UB's Toshiba Stroke Research Center, professor of radiology and rese...Study urges caution in contaminant source tracking
...the first to test the accuracy of microbial source tracking methods against samples of known origin, called "c...Scientists compared the accuracy of several source tracking tools in classifying E. coli strains to various sources (humans, dogs, geese, deer, horses, pigs, co...Stanford study links obesity to hormonal changes from lack of sleep
...leep and these hormones in the general population, tracking how hormonal changes are consistent with obesity. The paper by Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and colleagues at Stanford and the University of Wisconsin is published in the Dec. 6 online issue ...Study in Royal Society journal on first evidence for magnetic field detection in sharks
...by homing pigeons, by using recently available GPS tracking technology, which provides details of a bird's route over the landscape with extraordinary precision. We find that birds develop and stick to individually distinctive routes home, which remain surprisingly indirect, repeating these routes precisely....Cells don festive holiday colors
...that if you have a detective who is supposed to be tracking suspects, and that detective has to go around in groups of four and track four suspects at once, the suspects are likely to know something is up," said Tsien. The latest collection of fluorescent proteins builds on the researchers' earlier success in...High sugar levels increase cancer and mortality risk
...rs followed over 1.2 million Koreans for 10 years, tracking new cancer cases and deaths from cancer. Study participants with diabetes, as well as those without diabetes and higher fasting blood sugar levels, were more likely to develop cancer or to die from cancer. For those without diabetes, cancer risk incr...B-15A iceberg's close encounter monitored by Envisat
...e to forage the local sea. ESA's Envisat has been tracking the progress of B-15A for more than two years. An ... the animation shows, ASAR is extremely useful for tracking changes in polar ice. ASAR can peer through the thickest polar clouds and work through local day and...Racial groupings match genetic profiles, Stanford study finds
...genetic differences may be a more precise tool for tracking groups of patients. Risch points out that this genetic analysis is costly. If people fall into the same groups using self-identified race as using genetics, then that could bring down the expanding cost of medical research....Grid expectations for networked computing: From global Earth monitoring to black hole detection
... chlorophyll concentrations on a monthly basis and tracking iceberg movement in polar regions. ESA's Internal University is interested in Grid computing not just as a subject but also a means of enabling staff education across Agency directorates and establishments. As an illustration of what is possible, int...