Coral death results from bacteria fed by algae
...'s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is also deputy director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation there.Sala explained that for hundreds of thousands of years there have been natural disturbances, such as hurricanes, and coral reefs have always recovered. But now, because of threats ...Teenage and 60-year-old mums are consequences of evolution
...t they died at or before their menopause. Dr Shaw, deputy medical director, at the Bridge Centre, London, UK, will say: "Homo sapiens has existed for 150,000 years and for all of that time until about 100 to 150 years ago, women had their babies when they were in their late teens and early twenties when the...Science offers 'state of the planet 2006-2007' to explore global challenges
...entral role in assembling the book: Brooks Hanson, deputy editor for physical sciences; Andrew Sugden, international managing editor, Science International; Caroline Ash, senior editor, Science International; Jesse Smith, senior editor; and Colin Norman, news editor. A new volume of " Science Magazine'...Internationally acclaimed soil scientists to receive awards in Philadelphia
...at the Netherlands Soil Survey Institute, becoming deputy director in charge of research in 1983. In 1986, h...th over 900 soil profiles. In 1999, he was elected deputy secretary general of ISSS (which later transformed to IUSS). In 2002, he retired from his post of th...Natural vitamin E tocotrienol reaches blood at protective levels
... Chandan Sen, professor and vice chair of surgery, deputy director of the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute at OSU, and senior author of both studies. "It is a regular dietary ingredient in Asia, so it can safely be a part of a daily diet within prepared foods or as a supplement in the United States ....US clinical researchers resist full financial disclosure, according to Conflicts-of-Interest Study
...in clinical research," said Kevin Weinfurt, Ph.D., deputy director of the Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. "We are hoping that the data we're collecting will benefit officials who are struggling with the best ways of minimizing potential risks to study subje...'1491' wins 2006 Best Book Award from the National Academies
...member, Institute of Medicine), journalist, former deputy editor, Nature, and former news editor, Science Donald Kennedy (committee vice chair and member, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine), editor in chief, Science Deborah Blum, professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communic...Institute of Medicine elects 65 new members, 5 foreign associates
...alif. RAYNARD S. KINGTON, M.D., PH.D., principal deputy director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. H. CLIFFORD LANE, M.D., director, Office of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. MITCHELL A. LAZAR, M.D., PH....Tiny 'housekeeper' crabs help prevent coral death in South Pacific
...rooks, assistant research biologist at the MSI and deputy director of the MCR LTER. Experiments were carried out in the coral reef as well as in the laboratory. The scientists showed the importance of trapeziid crabs by gently removing crabs from sections of the two species of branching corals on a coasta...UTSA hosted international conference on disaster preparation
...earch at East Carolina University and Mike Lowder, deputy director for the Response Division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The second session addressed preparations for an Avian Flu and included Capt. Jim Terbush, NORTHCOM Surgeon General, Dr. Chuck Bauer, director for UT Health Scien......recent ice age," says Professor Malcolm McCulloch, deputy director of CoECRS and an earth scientist at The Australian National University. "The reef lies about 2.5 metres above the current high tide zone, which means that for it to survive and grow, sea levels would have had to be at least 3 to 4 metres hi...Two Pitt researchers make 'Scientific American 50' of leaders in science and technology
... and will be on newsstands Nov. 21. Dr. Wagner, deputy director of the McGowan Institute and associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and of chemical engineering and bioengineering, School of Engineering; and Dr. Sacks, the William Kepler Whiteford Professor in th...Scientists set 'Five Grand Challenges' for nanotechnology risk research
...n of brain tumors. Dr. Tinkle is assistant to the deputy director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). She developed the NIEHS extramural nanotoxicology portfolio, chairs the NIH Nano Task Force Health Implications working group, and parti...Do These Genes Make Me Look Fat?
..., and is on the record. Moderator: Joan Scott, deputy director, Genetics and Public Policy Center Panel: Sally Squires, health and diet columnist, The Washington Post Bruce Blumberg, associate professor, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California-Irvine Michael Christm...Giant Sauropod dinosaur found in Spain
...arge as an adult," said Brooks Hanson, Science 's deputy editor, physical sciences. The claw of the first digit of its pes, or hoof, is the size of an NFL football. In addition to the humerus, researchers also found fragments of skull, scapula, femur, tibia and fibula, as well as teeth, vertebrae, ribs a...Academy honors 18 for major contributions to science
...ty of Virginia, Charlottesville, and ROC M. CUTRI, deputy executive director, infrared processing and analysis center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, "for their monumental work in developing and completing the Two Micron All-Sky Survey, thus enabling a thrilling variety of explorations in ast...Honey bee researcher wins National Research Initiative Discovery Award
...Service administrator, and Dr. Gale Buchanan, USDA deputy undersecretary for research education and economics, presented the award. "Dr. Pankiw's work demonstrates the high-impact science supported by the National Research Initiative, and the Discovery Award illustrates the importance of that science on o...Nonvenomous Asian snakes 'borrow' defensive poison from toxic toads
... is a remarkable finding," said William Zamer, IOS deputy director at NSF. "This finding offers new insights into the complex mechanisms underlying ecological relationships and will lead to important insights about fundamental biological questions." ...Pregnancy news -- Preterm delivery risk reduced by high-dose progesterone treatment
...l-term as possible," said Diane Ashton, M.D., MPH, deputy medical director of the March of Dimes. "It appears that this comparatively simple treatment can help prevent premature birth, which can have truly devastating effects on a baby." The study, Alpha Hydroxy-Progesterone Caproate (17P) Treatment Redu...Individuals with genetic conditions twice as likely to report health insurance denial
...rry," said principal investigator Nancy Kass, ScD, deputy director for public health at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "We learned that there is considerable concern about being denied health insurance because of a gene...