Wendell Berry to give 'Renewing Husbandry' lecture during scientific meetings in Seattle
... and small-scale farming, Berry will be one of the featured speakers during the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America. The event is free and open to the public with limited seating available. The Sheraton Hotel is located at 1400 Si...Yerkes researchers to present array of new data at Society for Neuroscience Meeting
...gender. (5 p.m. 8 p.m.) (Note: This abstract is featured in the Annual Meeting Press Book.) October 27, 2...entical. (5 p.m. 8 p.m.) (Note: This abstract is featured in the Annual Meeting Press Book.) Dr. Preuss and his research team: studied the distribution patt...U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
...ith post-doctoral fellow Takahiro Shintani that is featured on the cover of the Nov. 5 edition of Science magazine. Klionsky also recently edited the authoritative book on autophagy. A cell undergoing autophagy assembles tiny capsules called vesicles that surround and chew up parts of the cellular machinery......sity anthropologist Daniel Lieberman. The study is featured on Nature's cover. Bramble and Lieberman argue that our genus, Homo, evolved from more ape-like human ancestors, Australopithecus, 2 million or more years ago because natural selection favored the survival of australopithecines that could run and, ...Ubiquitination in real-time: A world first at the Universit de Montral
...ct. As explained in their article, which was also featured in a News and Views article sponsored by the journal, Perroy and Pontier succeeded in demonstrating that the ubiquitination process of a given protein can be monitored dynamically, in real time, on living cells. The study was made possible throug...Chromosome 16 publication fulfills DOE's human genome commitment
...long with DOE's other contributions to genomics is featured in the publication. "The success of the Human Genome Project was enabled by the selfless dedication and creativity of thousands of scientists around the world," said Aristides Patrinos, Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental R...Weill Cornell team develops fast-acting anthrax vaccine
...nthrax in just 12 hours, according to new research featured in the February 2005 issue of Molecular Therapy, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT). In any bioterror attack, vaccines that provide a rapid, effective defense against the pathogen will be key to savin...Thinking small: Texas A&M team creates lab-on-a-chip
...s recently published in Applied Physics Letter and featured in several science journals. Their research is funded by The Robert A. Welch Foundation and National Science Foundation grants. "It might be possible to do the same thing with a large number of fluids, chemicals or even a virus," Naugle explains. "Th...Quantum dots research leads to new knowledge about protein binding in plants
...the January 2005 issue of Nanotechnology, and is a featured article at http://nanotechweb.org . Journal Nanotechnology has an international readership among academic, government and corporate sectors, and is dedicated to coverage of all aspects of nanoscale science and technology from a multidisciplinary per......ollowing myocardial infarction. In their study, featured in the February 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation the authors isolated these human cells at the single cell level and were able to differentiate them into all different cell types. When single human bone marrowderived stem cells were ...Single stem cells from bone heal a broken heart
...ollowing myocardial infarction. In their study, featured in the February 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation the authors isolated these human cells at the single cell level and were able to differentiate them into all different cell types. When single human bone marrowderived stem cells wer...Physics team puts new twist on spin hall effect
...serve the spin Hall effect. Their findings will be featured the February issue of Physics Today along with an independent and parallel observation of the effect in conventional bulk semiconductors. Team members say the more than 10 times larger signal detected in the Hitachi device can be attributed to the sp...APS, PMN launch online soybean rust center
...ite offers breaking news on soybean rust; links to featured soybean rust sites, including government, national, international, and university sites; and a soybean rust database that visitors can use to find information on the identification and management of soybean rust as well as links to university and ext...From Mars to Maryland: 2005 AAAS Annual Meeting spotlights
... in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Past meetings have featured such notables U.S. Presidents George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton; Microsoft's Bill Gates; author Michael Crichton; the science ministers of the European Commission, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Hungary; Nobelists Ralph Cicerone, Sherwood Rowland, L...Genomics champion Eric Lander receives 2004 AAAS Public Understanding of Science & Technology Award
... understandable terms, AAAS noted. In 2001, he was featured in a NOVA special on the human genome, which educated the television audience on the complexities of the project. Lander was cited by AAAS "for his excellence in communicating complex scientific ideas, and their implications for society, to the gener...Teams build robots that walk like humans
... Tan, and Andrew Baines. The version of the robot featured in Science was designed and built by Tedrake and Teresa Weirui Zhang, an alumni of the MIT mechanical engineering department. ENERGY-EFFICIENT The three robots are quite energy-efficient. Cornell's "seems to be at least 10 times more efficient tha...Symposium explores opportunities presented by US re-entry into UNESCO
...ngagement and influence in UNESCO programs will be featured at a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC. UNESCO promotes international cooperation among its 190 Member States and six Associate Members in the fields of education, scie...New dinosaur raptor found; First in Southern Hemisphere
...geologic theory, the Earth of 90 million years ago featured two giant supercontinents -- one called Laurasia that eventually split into Europe, Asia, and North America, and another called Gondwana that became Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and South America. Because Neuquenraptor was found in Patagonia, it mu...FSU anthropologist leads incredible journey through 'hobbit' brain
...online version of the journal Science, and will be featured in a March 13 special edition of Explorer on the National Geographic Channel at 8 p.m. EST/PST. "The discovery of this species has flummoxed the field of anthropology," said Falk. "I believe it equals or surpasses the identificati......e field, has two new papers on the subject: one is featured on the March cover of the prestigious Trends in Neurosciences, and another is due out in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Neurosciences. "There are enormous health, safety and economic benefits to figuring out how the circadian clock works," An...