Improving livestock health, trade and human livelihoods in Africa
...t trade. An earlier paper by Catley and colleagues addresses the underlying issue of improving health care services for livestock, a challenge in parts of Africa where a dearth of veterinary services hinders efforts. "Increasing international trade of livestock is a potentially useful poverty reduction strat...Top researcher-educators receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
...ons into a comprehensive and innovative model that addresses the influence of individual disposition, environment and short-term goals on behaviors and outcomes. Specifically, she examines how the motives that partners bring to their relationships influence the way everyday events are noticed, interpreted and ...... of Homeland Security's Ready.gov, ReallyReady.org addresses the inaccuracies and incomplete information on the DHS site. ReallyReady.org launches just after recent updates to Ready.gov that changed the site's look and feel, but did little to improve the information contained within. The Department of Homela...New Queen's study offers environmentally friendly solution to oil industry needs
...l journal Science on Friday August 18. The study addresses the recurring problem of separating oil and water mixtures, and targets diverse applications including cleaning up oil spills, and extracting oil deposits from tar sands and reservoirs. Other potential beneficiaries are plastics manufacturers, chemic...Sugar metabolism tracked in living plant tissues, in real time
...ight miss the right time point. Our new technology addresses all of these problems by measuring sugar flux in real time in individual cells, with subcellular resolution." Frommer and his colleagues have used similar imaging tags, called fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensors, to track sugars an...University of Pittsburgh to host Global Health Conference
... by the year 2015. Among those providing keynote addresses at the conference will be Carol Welch, U.S. coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Campaign; Paul O'Neill, former U.S. Treasury secretary and former chairman and CEO of Alcoa; Sister Candace Introcaso, president of La Roche Co...Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage
...personal tensions" between crew members. Risk 29 addresses the fact that Mars astronauts will be bombarded by high-energy cosmic radiation shielded on Earth by the atmosphere and the Van Allen Radiation Belts that few medical scientists have studied. "These are very obscure kinds of radiation that on Ear...UCR-led research team receives $5 million grant to study interaction of ecology and evolution
...'s FIBR program supports integrative research that addresses major questions in the biological sciences. It encourages investigators to identify major understudied or unanswered questions in biology and to use innovative approaches to address them by integrating the scientific concepts and research tools from ...UCR's Xuemei Chen receives the 2006 Charles Albert Shull Award
...0 years from receiving their Ph.D. The winner also addresses ASPB members at its annual meeting the following year. Chen's specialty is analysis of developmental mechanisms in plants with an emphasis on the role of RNA-based gene regulation. Her research is responsible for much of the current understanding o...Conference supports minority students to pursue biomedical careers
... Marriott in Anaheim, California. "This conference addresses a critical need in this country to cultivate the scientific potential and talent in groups (women and under-represented minorities) that were historically and are currently under-utilized in careers within the biomedical sciences," says Clifford Hous...Space radiation threats to astronauts addressed in federal research study
...oon at that time," said Baker. The report also addresses the issue of "storm shelters" to protect astronauts from harmful radiation, which can be built both inside spacecraft or on the surface of the moon and Mars, Baker said. Such shelters could include cylindrical "cocoons" of thick shielding material ...New text focuses on microbes in the mouth
...ystem and its response to oral microorganisms, and addresses genetics and applied molecular biology of oral microorganisms. The second section examines specific oral diseases, from caries and fungal infections to periodontal and systemic disease. The final section of the book discusses disease treatment and i...Reduced body temperature extends lifespan in study from the Scripps Research Institute
... temperature, according to the paper. "Our model addresses something more basic than the amount of food," said Tamas Bartfai, who is chair of the Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, director of the Harold L. Dorris Neurological Research Center at Scripps Research, and an author of the paper. ...ESSP launches new Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study
... is expected to peak at 1.6 billion by 2030. MAIRS addresses the interaction between humans and the environment in Monsoon Asia in order to support strategies for sustainable development. Key research questions include: Is the Asian monsoon system resilient to this human transformation of land, water and ai...Scientists urge collaborative action to address effects of global environmental change
...tegies. The Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study addresses the interaction between humans and the environment in Monsoon Asia in order to support strategies for sustainable development in the region. The four-day Open Science Conference has focused on how regions can cope with the consequences of natural a...Doing it right: New book helps biologists conduct rigorous and reliable research
...bor Laboratory Press. Engaging and accessible, it addresses important issues biologists must consider when designing research projects, filling the often overlooked "pre-statistical analysis" gap. "In graduate schools throughout the United States, Ph.D. candidates receive almost no formal instruction in the...Education -- the best pill of all for preventing Alzheimer's
A study published in PLoS ONE today addresses the impact of neuroprotection on Alzheimer's disease. Remarkably, the study shows that even very modest neuroprotective effects at the cellular level can lead to dramatic reductions in the number of cases of Alzheimer's. Based on data derived from 26...Antarctic research within the International Polar Year IPY 2007/08
... a gradient along the Western Antarctic PENinsula) addresses the impact of climate induced glacial melting on coastal species communities of the western Antarctic Peninsula. Detailed information about all German research projects associated with the 3rd International Polar Year 2007/2008 can be found on the ...Imaging techniques permit scientists to follow a day -- or 4 -- in the life of a cell
... Spring Harbor Protocols ( www.cshprotocols.org ) addresses these concerns with two freely accessible protocols: one for inserting 'reporter' proteins into cells to monitor what's going on inside, and another for maintaining the cells under a microscope for long-term observation. The first protocol, availab......ents. The meeting will include a series of keynote addresses by leaders in the field of biodefense and poster sessions presenting up-to-the-minute cutting-edge research on biothreat agents, vaccines, detection and diagnostic procedures, animal and plant pathogens, global surveillance, and other vital topics. ...