UGA scientist Moran receives $2.6 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for marine research
...he Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Web site, the field of marine microbiology has grown rapidly because of advances in technology and techniques for studying the genetic diversity of ocean microbes. Among these advances is the ability to study these microbes through DNA sequencing, DNA probes and cloni...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...Institute. In order to receive approval for the field component of this clinical trial, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and Loyola's IRB required evidence that broad public notification has been made to ensure members of the public have an opportunity to share their concerns. In addition ...Stanford environmental molecular science institute will study pollutants, one molecule at a time
...l ions in solution, to the very complex, including field studies at polluted sites, such as the Hanford Nuclear Facility in Washington, and Bangladesh, where about 25 million people drink arsenic-contaminated water,'' Brown said. ''We'll take a very complex natural setting that contains heavy metal polluta...U-M researcher examines the cell's housekeeping habits
...written a review article on the latest work in the field with post-doctoral fellow Takahiro Shintani that i...genes for autophagy were found in yeast, the whole field was sort of stumped," Klionsky said. Now researchers are able to identify autophagy genes in humans ...Tiny paddle oscillator senses the mass of a virus
...ted or even counted. Ilic speculates that a simple field detector for pathogens -- the much-heralded "laboratory on a chip" -- could be built by combining a paddle oscillator detector with a nanofluidic system that would bathe the paddles in a suspect sample, then automatically evacuate the chamber to a va...Scientists find acid rain an unlikely ally in the battle against a greenhouse gas
... "When we used all the field data with the NASA computer models and applied it to a global scale, it shows that the effect of acid rain from 1960 to 2030 actually reduces methane emissions to below pre-industrial levels," said Gauci. The effect more than compensates for the incr...NASA & partners create new worldwide coral reef library
... at a scale never before considered by traditional field studies. Other partners include the United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the World Fish Center's ReefBase Project. "Estimates of the extent, health and even the location of the world's coral ...NJIT stem cell researcher to receive research award from biomedical group
...o be doing stem cell research," Arinzeh said. "The field is wide open and has the potential to influence how physicians treat patients with severely damaged or diseased tissues."...Stowers Institute scientist named American Cancer Society research professor
...search. Scott Hawley has been a true leader in his field and will continue to make significant contributions over the next five to 10 years," said David Ringer, scientific program director of the Research Department for the American Cancer Society. The awards are made through a highly competitive peer...Head movements by warblers could reveal basis for birds' geomagnetic sense
... performing a head scan. When the Earth's magnetic field is experimentally removed, birds move in a random ...n. In addition, birds experiencing a zero magnetic field appear to more diligently search for the non-existing reference direction by tripling their head-sca......structure of horses with analysis of horses in the field to develop mathematical and computer models of horse movement. Using the models the research team can then build 'theoretical limbs' on a computer and use them to test answers to questions on not only why Eclipse was so fast but also why horses can r...First Max Planck Partner Institute in China
...perimental activities of both organizations in the field of molecular biology and deal primarily with theoretical aspects in the biosciences that come under the term "Computational Biology". The development of theoretical methods and the modeling of systems in molecular biology make major contributions to ...Research effort seeks A's to gene expression Q's
...dation and quality control for the rapidly growing field of gene expression profiling. Enormous quantities of gene-sequence data are pouring out of labs thanks to dramatic gains in DNA sequencing technology, but that's only a start. The real question is how genetic information translates into biological ac...US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
...the studies. Five rapid immunoassay-based anthrax field tests have undergone comprehensive validation through the AOAC harmonized Performance Tested MethodsSM program, which provides an independent third-party review of test kit performance claims. RAMP has the exclusive designation of being the only comm...Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes being studied
...gree. It's going to take people going out into the field and learning more about the mosquitoes: the biology of the mosquito and how to control it." The resistance project is part of a larger program investigating the frequency of mosquito-borne diseases and other possible control methods for ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...o-step . . . A prototype energy system now being field tested in Austin, Texas, may revolutionize how bus...ing computer simulations and data from 12 years of field measurements, Patrick Mulholland of Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that biological organisms in...Yale environmental journal translated into Chinese
... JIE is the premier journal in the rapidly growing field of industrial ecology, which systematically examines local, regional and global uses and flows of materials and energy in products, processes, industrial sectors and economies. Industrial ecology focuses on the potential role of industry in reducing ...GlaxoSmithKline awards $250,000 in research grants for research on drug therapies for HIV/AIDS
... of independent researchers who are leaders in the field of HIV/AIDS. Members of the Board that judged and selected this year's winners, are: John A. Bartlett, M.D., professor of medicine, Duke University Medical Center; David D. Ho, M.D., professor, Rockefeller University and scientific director, Aaron Di...A $2 Million NSF grant brings technology and biology together at UC Riverside
...ing the environment. For instance, studying actual field conditions will help determine the best management practices to keep nitrates from fertilizers out of the ground water supply, and to reduce concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. "Sensor technology will change the way we do env......n how societies change and grow. "Whether our field is natural history, human history, evolutionary biology or economics, we grapple with similar phenomena, with growth and decline, competition and cooperation, economic inequality and the disproportionate influence of the rich and powerful," he writes...