Academy honors 18 for major contributions to science
...for extraordinary contributions to progress in the fields of neuroscience goes to JEAN-PIERRE CHANGEUX, emeritus professor, Institut Pasteur and Collge de France, Paris, "for the pioneering discovery that fast-acting neurotransmitters mediate their effects through allosteric regulation of the neurotransmit...Dangerous wheat disease jumps Red Sea
...d in Yemen, it took just four years to reach wheat fields of South Asia. On its way, this new strain of yell... growing new, rust-resistant varieties in farmers' fields on millions of hectares takes time and a massive effort. "If we fail to contain Ug99 it could brin...Research advances on nanotech workplace health and safety
...ard is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of aerosol characterization and the implications of nanotechnology to human health and the environment. Before he joined the Wilson Center in 2005, Dr. Maynard worked at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the U...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 10, 2007
...e PressPac is your access point for discoveries in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, which are reported in the 35 peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society. With more than 158,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Chemistry is the science that transforms lives, an...Public shares views on environmental, health and safety research needs for nanoscale materials
... benefits to be achieved through nanotechnology in fields ranging from medicine, to energy and environmental remediation. "We're funding this research to ensure that when we introduce a new nanomaterial into the marketplace...that we have a good fix on what are the risks of that material" and if restrictio...Science's breakthrough of the year -- The Poincar Theorem
...o Watch: This year, Sciences predictions for hot fields and topics in the upcoming year include whole-genome association studies, optical lattices, the search for Earthlike planets around other stars, and comparisons of primate genomes....WHSRN awarded major grant to foster shorebird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere
...onserve migratory shorebird populations using rice fields during the non-reproductive season, through information exchange and inter-sector cooperation. In the second year of research, the Manomet WHSRN program and its partners accomplished the following: Protected 7,900 acres of key habitat fo...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Dec. 13, 2006
...mistry is an interdisciplinary science that covers fields ranging from astronomy to zoology. On the 2006 list are discoveries in organic chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, structural biology, nanotechnology, space chemistry and other fields. One of C&EN's picks in organic chemistry, for instance, was the ...Nano-devices hold promise for early-stage cancer detection
...search already underway at McMaster in the related fields of biomedical engineering, manufacturing and materials, information technology, and nanotechnology," said Elbestawi. "Funding support from government is seeding a nanotechnology cluster in Canada that can compete internationally."...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- December 6, 2006
...e PressPac is your access point for discoveries in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, which are reported in the 35 peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society. With more than 158,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Chemistry is the science that transforms lives, an...Breakthrough for future exploration unrecoverable gas reserves
... reserves, remain unused. The natural gas in these fields is too contaminated for exploitation. With existing technology, cleaning these fields is much too costly. As a result of research done by Ralph van Wissen MSc these fields may in the fut...A window on the environment from Tahoe to the ocean
...l advances mean that researchers in many different fields are now generating very large amounts of data. That makes this a great time for developing collaborations between computer science and other fields, Gertz said, and the computer scientists value those multidisciplinary efforts. "It's currently stil...Self-assembling nano-ice discovered at UNL -- Structure resembles DNA
...ld have major implications for scientists in other fields who study the protein structures that cause diseases such as Alzheimer's and bovine spongiform ecephalitis (mad cow disease). It could also help guide those searching for ways to target or direct self-assembly in nanomaterials and predict the kind of...LSU professor discovers new species
... organisms has implications for basic and applied fields of science. "We can't conserve what we don't know we have. It is imperative that we know what species exist in order to preserve them for future generations," said Austin. He used the cutting-edge molecular genetics lab at the LSUMNS to decipher t...Research highlights how farmers' agri-environment schemes could do more for wildlife
...er winter, and leaving uncultivated margins around fields to provide habitats for flowers and insects....Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
... will enable key nanotechnology innovations in the fields of energy, biotechnology, arts, and medicine." A...nd to enable key nanotechnology innovations in the fields of energy, biotechnology, arts, and medicine. Learn more at the CCNI Web site: http://rpi.edu/resea...Intensified research effort yields climate-resilient agriculture to blunt impact of global warming
...percent of man-made emissionsby clearing trees for fields and pastures, transforming soil into cultivated land, and burning crop residues. To reduce the incidence of devastating slash-and-burn agriculture in the humid tropics, scientists from a number of the international centers are working with farmers t...Springer launches new journal, Cognitive Neurodynamics
...lem-based discussions, focusing on the overlapping fields of cognitive science and nonlinear dynamics. It will also cover other related areas in neuroscience, mathematics, physics, computer science, informatics, and intelligent robotics. The peer-reviewed journal will be international and interdisciplinar...Yale scientist honored with Keio University Medical Science Prize
...cognition of their outstanding achievements in the fields of medical or life sciences, is the only prize of its kind awarded by a Japanese University. It included an honorarium of 20 million yen, a certificate of merit in recognition of his outstanding achievement on the structural basis of the large riboso......e PressPac is your access point for discoveries in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, which are reported in the 35 peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society. With more than 158,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Chemistry is the science that transforms lives, an...