Highlights of American Anthropological Assoc. meeting
...of homeland security policies in everyday lives of border residents; another on murders of working class women. (1.45-3.30 p.m.). Building Mesoamerica: The origins of monumental architecture: This session brings together archeologists who study "first generation"monuments. (4-5.45 p.m.) ...Farmers don't need a new superstar toxin to fight bugs
...se those plants in the refuge. So the crops in the border area are susceptible to insect attack. When susceptible insects from the refuge breed with each other or with resistant insects, the high-toxicity genetically protected plants in the main fields still kill most of the bugs' offspring. ...Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population study
...ite Quarry, located on the Virginia-North Carolina border not too far from the museum in Martinsville, Va. and all specimens are currently accessible through the Martinsville museum. The quarry reveals the late Triassic Cow Branch Formation. The location was a rift basin lake, one of a series of lakes fro......acy - gunshots, for example, or diesel engines for border patrol crossings or oil pipeline thieves, or chainsaws (and diesels) to listen for outlaw loggers. This vocabulary is quite manageable." Machine sounds are the only ones in SENTRI's vocabulary. It cannot eavesdrop on conversations, the sc...Say goodbye to Rudolph and other reindeer if global warming continues
... Europe and roughly along the United States-Canada border in North America, although most of the population is in the far north. Prior to global warming at the end of the Pleistocene the animals were found as far south as northern Spain and northern Italy in Europe. In North America they ranged into nor...Hudson's Bay Company fur trapping policies set stage for modern environmental struggles
...from 1821 to 1846 when the Oregon Treaty fixed the border between American and British territory. That influence, although waning, persisted until 1871 when the company closed its last post in the United States. The company gained its foothold on the Pacific Northwest when it absorbed a competitor, the ...... two of these groups were chased for 15 minutes by border collies--known for their herding skills--or by humans making noise. The third group of animals served as a control to measure the responses. It was determined that humans and dogs were both effective in increasing the distance in the elk's flight ...Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities
...already begun looking seriously at the U.S.-Mexico border area," Mittermeier said. "We are trying to identify the best ways to leverage scientific knowledge and the expertise of partner organizations to conserve this region for the benefit of not only its plant and animal species, but also for the millions ...New monkey species name to be auctioned
...of New Jersey. Besides the new monkey, inside its border live healthy populations of jaguars, giant river otters, over 1,000 bird species and many varieties of rare orchids and other unique plants. According to Wallace, very little is known about the new monkey except that it stands about a foot tall, wei...Scientists find both damage and promise for renewal in devastated Iraqi marshlands
...hern Al-Hawizeh Marsh, which straddles the Iranian border and was the least impacted by draining activities. "The high water, low salinity and the presence of permanent lakes and dense vegetation" in surviving parts of Al-Hawizeh "give hope that this area can function both as a refugium and native repopulat...Muon opportunists: Detecting the unseen with natural probes
...X-ray devices, already being deployed at ports and border crossings, cannot readily detect a well-shielded cache of highly enriched uranium, material that could be used in a devastating nuclear bomb. Newer scanning methods, using either dual-beam X-rays or neutrons, can pose radiation hazards to security p...One year after groundbreaking, desert research center takes shape on the Israeli-Jordanian border
...raeli scientists is quietly taking shape along the border between Jordan and Israel. Launched just one year...ael and half in Jordan. A wire fence separates the border from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea, but in February, Israel and Jordan agreed to take down the barrier...Ebola virus: from wildlife to dogs
... large primates over the past several years in the border regions between Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Human infection appears to occur only in a secondary way, through contact with carcasses of dead animals (2). However, the virus's natural cycle is not restricted just to transmission from the reservoi...3-D study of immune cell interactions reveals details of an effective antibody response
...ndergo directed migration near the follicle/T-zone border as they home in on their helper T counterparts, moving more or less along a straight line. The B cells require the chemokine receptor CCR7 to follow directions to the T zone - which contains an abundant supply of CCR7's stimulating protein, CCL21. F...Water quality a major focus of $14 million grant to the University of Arizona
...are sharing with our neighbor with whom we share a border -- a very polluted border, I may add."...Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine
...ublic of Guinea in West Africa. Along the war-torn border with Sierra Leone, disruptions in vaccination and medical services led to a large epidemic in 2000. In collaboration with local health authorities, ter Meulen set up a viral hemorrhagic fever laboratory in Conakry to collect and evaluate blood sample...Landscape corridors promote animal, plant dispersal
...rally protected area on the South Carolina-Georgia border that is mostly dominated by pine tree forests. At the researchers' request, the U.S. Forest Service arranged eight similar sites; each site included five areas cleared of trees. The central patch was connected to one other patch by a 150-meter-long, ...Kentucky Geological Survey involved in global climate change research
...will investigate coals along the Virginia-Kentucky border that might be useful for sequestration and the possibility for enhanced recovery of coalbed methane that would be displaced by the injection of carbon dioxide. This process could eventually become an attractive economic incentive for carbon sequestra...Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu
...enza outbreak in Kovsgol Province near the Russian border from the Mongolian Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which conducted preliminary testing of birds that died at Erkhel Lake. Their finding coincided with confirmations of cases of avian influenza in Russia and Kazakhstan. Karesh and Gilbert immediatel......de covers the colonies, "scouts" move out into the border to look for empty space to occupy. Larger, well-ar...the next high tide. It's not just polyps along the border between two clones that clash. Polyps three or four rows away from the front will reach over their c...