Study in Royal Society journal on sense of fairness in chimpanzees
...at prices shifts effort into hunting with the most efficient technology (guns), and unsurprisingly leads to population depletion. But improved agricultural incomes can also have the undesirable side-effect of shifting hunting pressure from snares to guns, and hence may worsen the status of vulnerable animals w...Richard Zare awarded the 2005 Wolf Prize in chemistry
...ry noted that Zare "has pursued the themes of very efficient separation and ultra-sensitive detection to their chemical limit, namely the single molecule. He has also demonstrated that, at sufficiently high levels of power, he could carry out optical trapping of single molecules--once again demonstrating the u...Novel approach yields predictions validated by experiments
... and the Georgia Institute of Technology offers an efficient way of gaining useful knowledge from the massive amounts of complex biological information generated with today's advanced analysis technology. The work represents another step toward modeling complex biological systems accurately enough to make use...Transgenic plants remove more selenium from polluted soil than wild plants, new tests show
... using the Indian mustard plant because it is very efficient at absorbing selenate, the bioavailable form of selenium in the soil. The plant is tricked into absorbing selenate because it is chemically similar to sulfate, an essential nutrient for the plant. Gary S. Banuelos, a soil scientist with the USDA's A...Marsh-dwelling mole gives new meaning to the term 'fast food'
...is to live on larger prey. For example, it is more efficient to kill a 1,000-pound beef cow for food than 125 eight-pound rabbits. That is because it takes substantially more time and energy to kill and consume the rabbits. Ecologists have formalized this relationship with a factor called prey profitability. B...Researchers at UT Southwestern discover new function for old enzyme
...lain a key biological event the development of an efficient energy producer to fuel the evolution of more complex life forms. Because of their supposed microbial origins, mitochondria have their own DNA, which is separate from the DNA in the cell nucleus. Cells that have lost their mitochondrial DN...McGill researcher looks at the genetics behind cheese
...t of what is possible and can look forward to more efficient cheese production and better quality cheese."...Women's health, tissue regeneration is focus of Illinois & Carle Hospital initiative
... could be used by Carle physicians to promote more efficient cell growth in surgically repaired areas and reduce the need for yet more surgery that sometimes becomes necessary when a patient is older. "We want to design devices that will allow us to isolate the adult stem cells from tissue samples taken from f...Circles of DNA might help predict success of stem cell transplantation
...t is that the patient's thymus gland can act as an efficient factory where stem cells become T cells. The thymus is an immune system organ behind the breastbone that processes immature "precursor" immune cells into specialized T cells. T lymphocytes are specialized immune cells carrying proteins called recept...Promising anti-TB compound finally can be synthesized with ease
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An efficient new strategy for synthesizing a natural marine pro...ious research by Davies that resulted in extremely efficient methods of producing Ritalin, the treatment for children with attention-deficit disorders, and sertr...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2005 inductees
...otics, and from identifying DNA to creating a more efficient office, the work of these inventors has had an imp...pier Photocopiers became practical and efficient because of Gundlach's work at Xerox, as he introduced important advances such as the idea of making ...Teams build robots that walk like humans
...ent. Cornell's "seems to be at least 10 times more efficient than anybody else's," said Ruina. Rough calculations suggest that it approaches human efficiency, consuming an amount of energy per unit weight and distance comparable to a human walker. The MIT and Delft robots, though not built deliberately to be e...Robots walk with close-to-human efficiency
...ready our robot seems to be at least 10 times more efficient than anybody else's," says Andy Ruina, Cornell professor of theoretical and applied mechanics. The Cornell robot consumes an amount of energy per unit weight and distance comparable to a human walker. In contrast, they estimate that the Honda Asimo u...Marine seaweed can detoxify organic pollutants
...l engineering at OSU. "Marine seaweeds have a more efficient uptake mechanism than even terrestrial aquatic plants to at least neutralize organic pollutants." The researchers call this process "phycoremediation," derived from phykos, a Greek word for seaweed. The studies, which are supported by the Office of...New study highlights universality of public views toward science and technology
...ic's perception of science could help develop more efficient strategies for mass communication, with the goal of having more and better science." For background information on public perceptions of science: The National Science Foundation 2001 Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science ...Scientists urge outcome-based, watershedwide approach to restore the Chesapeake
..., we know where we want to go, but need to be more efficient and accountable in order to get there," says Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. And this modify-as-you-go approach to restoration should be "watershedwide," panelists say, including upland streams...K-State professor to discuss feeding the world's population without poison
...rface drip irrigation and new crop development are efficient ways to use water. "No-tillage farming involves le...off from entering the water supply. He said a more efficient water irrigation system, subsurface drip irrigation, could help combat loss of water during irrigati...Learning to fight an adversary that won't stay down
...g we can throw at them. Innovations such as highly efficient polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have made it possible to identify and study the many genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in hospitals and the environment. "What has been found is that there are more antibiotic resistance genes around than we ...Tiny particles could solve billion-dollar problem
...e scheme because only a nanoscale catalyst will be efficient enough to provide the throughput needed to make the whole approach effective. Tests in Wong's lab have found that the gold-palladium nano-catalysts break TCE down about 100 times faster than bulk palladium catalysts....Virginia Tech patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more
...oss in Buck Regulators (6,737,842)," provides more efficient methods and circuits for powering microprocessors....the current. "Florescent lamps are 60 percent more efficient than incandescent lamps, but the ballast is energy inefficient," Lee said. "The old technology uses ...