Time running out for South Asian vultures, ecologists warn
... symptoms of diclofenac poisoning is close to that expected if this was the sole cause of the declines. Dr Rhys Green of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the University of Cambridge, the lead author of the new paper, said: "Our study indicates that diclofenac poisoning is the main cause - pos...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
... year, whose theme is Nature's Wisdom. The Expo is expected to attract 15 million visitors, and other UK science projects will be the Eden Project and the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew. The smart garments will consist of a top layer of tiny spikes of water-absorbent material, possibly wool, each only 1/200th...Internet data-mining of natural history
...ent of Computer Science. The four-year project is expected to produce new techniques for interactive exploration and analysis of massive, spatio-temporal data collections. Natural history collections represent one of the largest, longest-running -- and virtually untapped -- data sets in existence. "These da...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
... year, whose theme is Nature's Wisdom. The Expo is expected to attract 15 million visitors, and other UK science projects will be the Eden Project and the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew. The smart garments will consist of a top layer of tiny spikes of water-absorbent material, possibly wool, each only 1/200th of...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...ring exercise, Proctor said. "We expected the blood vessels in the older men to constrict less (relative to younger men) during cold stimulation, based on previous research in older animals and humans under resting conditions," Proctor said. But leg vessels of the older men constricted more,...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
...ago, the cost was $10 per genotype, and prices are expected to drop further as technology improves. A portion of the center's annual budget will be used to partially support compelling genotyping research projects, to be selected by a steering committee. The first genotyping studies within the NCRR-funded ...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ccept, considering what treatment providers can be expected to implement, assessing the setting's capacity to accommodate intervention research, and collecting and using emerging unanticipated data. Linking Ruth to Her Past By Renate G. Justin, M.D. A family physician shares the story of her 30-year rela...Low dose radiation evades cancer cells' protective 'radar'
...-blocking drugs to the cells. Tests in animals are expected to begin soon. In the current study, colon and prostate cancer cells lines were treated with either high levels of radiation or small amounts spread over many days. Low-level radiation is approximately 10 times more powerful than normal exposure, whi...Does a time delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and start of radiation treatment matter?
...ng to the start of treatment. Often if a delay is expected hormone therapy is prescribed. "The time delay is a real concern for the patient, and physicians have limited data to guide them regarding the urgency of treatment. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment delay on the outco...NIH awards Emory and Georgia Tech $10 million for partnerships in cancer nanotechnology
...arkers, the Bioengineering Research Partnership is expected to produce a database linking molecular signatures with clinical outcome; a new class of nanoparticles for molecular profiling of cancer; and imaging microscopes and software that are integrated with the new discoveries in nanotechnology. The explora......g the genome 3.3 times. The final target, which is expected to sequence the genome six times, should be completed sometime in 2005. The initiative also plans to sequence part of the genomes of additional cattle breeds including the Holstein, Angus, Jersey, Limousin, Norwegian Red and Brahman. That informatio...Society for Psychophysiology Research
... be represented. Approximately 400 scientists are expected to attend. The hallmark of this highly international, interdisciplinary meeting is research aimed at increasing our scientific understanding of such issues as: the physical symptoms of stress; gender differences; parent-child relationships; the origi...MIT: Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
...ilities. But the electronics recycling business is expected to grow quickly. Regulations on handling large-scale electronics waste streams are becoming more stringent, and public concern is growing about the shipping of electronics to countries not equipped to handle toxic and hazardous materials. Kirch...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...cations the 10 new technologies have today and are expected to produce in future. Examples include sequencing the genomes of parasites responsible for most of the world's human malaria, as well as the mosquito that carries it. Knowledge of these genomes, paired with the knowledge of the human genome, can be ...New technique targets pesticide-resistant insects
...stance, will be available for use on cotton. It is expected subsequent formulations will be developed for other agricultural applications....Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2004
...ion. Further home testing this fall and winter is expected to confirm that the gained efficiency results in lower electric bills. The residential testing of the frostless heat pump is enabled through collaboration with Modern Supply, a Knoxville-based heat pump distributor, which is providing the frostless h...Genetic link to risky pregnancy
...tory of preeclampsia. This protein combination is expected to deliver a signal that suppresses the NK cells, robbing them of the ability to help stimulate vessel remodeling. This is a seemingly unusual role for NK cells, whose traditional job in the circulation is to recognize and destroy infected cells and ...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...a lack of selective forces that would otherwise be expected to maintain high level of variation. Contact: Dr Jennifer Seddon, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia Quantitative evolutionary genomics: differential gene expression and male reproductive success in ...Health, food, new technologies featured during ACS meeting Oct. 17-20 in Peoria, Ill.
...ers will be presented and about 800 scientists are expected to attend the meeting, held at the Hotel Pre Marquette and Illinois Central College. Highlights of the meeting, which also features a wide range of topics related to medicine, environment and education, include the following: Honey offers healthy a......ar term" technologies that, within five years, are expected to provide the power to sequence a mammalian-sized genome for about $100,000. In the second set, seven groups will take on the longer-term challenge of developing revolutionary technologies to realize the vision of sequencing a human genome for $1,00...