American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...alth, nutrition, energy, the environment and other fields that span sciences horizons from astronomy to zool...rying to keep pace with chemistry and the multiple fields of science that involve chemistry. The report features a series of commentaries by chemists, includi...Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...l be launched this summer. Among KAUSTs four fields of research, ocean research is critical because the coastal campus includes 19 million square meters of protected marine sanctuary. The Memorandum of Understanding signed by WHOI and KAUST creates three initial areas of research at KAUST: coral r...Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too
...iplines need to know what researchers in companion fields are studying, according to the science foundation. In bridging gaps between different fields of study, the science foundation notes, students also are better prepared to be broadly inclusive in...New textbook illuminates the close links between evolutionary and molecular biology
...a new book, Evolution , combines the contemporary fields of genetics and molecular biology with traditional... of one another. But with recent breakthroughs in fields such as genomics, developmental biology, human genetics, and biochemistry, it has become yet more ev...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...ss-disciplinary work among scientists in different fields with the long term goal of developing more precisely targeted molecular medicines for a variety of diseases involving disruption to normal cellular functions and not just cancer. Dekkers work has already shown great promise, and she has been able to...European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
...their disciplines to spot challenges and rewarding fields ahead, and on the other hand it supports research ...y which scientific challenges and opportunities in fields of basic and translational science are explored and which aims to identify needs and opportunities f...Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
...r decade only in steep alpine terrain, and plowed fields erode at about the same pace as the Himalayas, hom..., which often involves stripping crop stubble from fields before deeply turning the soil. Often a plowed field will be disked to remove stubble and weeds. No-...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...alth, nutrition, energy, the environment and other fields that span sciences horizons from astronomy to zool...rying to keep pace with chemistry and the multiple fields of science that involve chemistry. The report features a series of commentaries by chemists, includi......used on sweet corn production and included whether fields with a highly vigorous cover crop would reduce impacts. Sunn hemp planted during uncultivated summer periods was the most focused upon. Crops such as these can be effective in reducing weeds and leaching while enriching soil. Sunn hemp can be grown t...Universe's stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
...and mass are enormous, creating huge gravitational fields that currently can only be dealt with by general relativity. One of the problems of string field theory lies in conducting experiments that test predictions or help inspire new theoretical developments. The theory predicts that the universe has 10 di...ESA announces 2007 award recipients
...s given to honor an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession, or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients. Fines co-authors are Italo Mesones, an expert in Neotropical plant distributions, and Phyllis D. Coley, a distinguished ecologist who ...Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy
...lled nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic effect. Although the research, done in cell cultures, is in early stages, it may represent a new method for delivering gene therapy to benefit blood vessel...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 25, 2007
...rying to keep pace with chemistry and the multiple fields of science that involve chemistry. The report feat...alth, nutrition, energy, the environment and other fields that span sciences horizons from astronomy to zoology. Podcaster for Science Elements is Steve Showa...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ge 42/43) to stage 49, when tectal field receptive fields become more refined. Measured sodium current amplitudes increased slightly between stage 42/43 and 4446 and then declined by stage 49. The depolarization required to reach spike threshold was also lower at stage 4446 than at stage 49. This period was...Seawater intrusion is the first cause of contamination of coastal aquifers
...ation can be used for irrigation of crops and golf fields as well as to create a hydraulic barrier against seawater intrusion. Some regions in the world including Spain are already implementing these measures. Prof. Benavente highlights Los Angeles, USA, and river Llobregat delta, Spain, where sewage wa...Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...icus, which has revolutionized forensics and other fields by making the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) a routine procedure. Remarkably, the new genus and species Cab. thermophilum also belongs to a new phylum, Acidobacteria. The discovery marks only the third time in the past 100 years that a new bact...Innovative research technique reveals another natural wonder in Yellowstone Park
...quaticus, which revolutionized forensics and other fields by making the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) a routine procedure. ...$9 million EPSCoR grant to foster integrated research
...oing so by inviting researchers from all different fields to the table, said Peter Schweitzer, Alaska EPSCoR director and UAF anthropology professor. The projects primary emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration is what makes it different from previous phases of the EPSCoR program. In order to unders...Call for EU to launch major project to map out all our proteins
...ening up new directions in research to explore new fields with a potential impact on developments in science......electromagnetic radiation, extremely weak magnetic fields and in superconducting quantum computing bits. Now, experimental physicist Alexei Marchenkov and theoretician Uzi Landman at Georgia Tech have discovered that the AC Josephson effect can be used to detect mechanical motion of atoms placed in ...