Don't stand so close to me: A new view on how species coexist
... how communities of species assemble: they have to give up being good at everything and 'trade off' their life histories. 'Life histories' is ecological jargon for the important measures, shaped by evolution, such as how often you can reproduce; how many children you will have; how long you can live for;...Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...search and Extension Center, Sunday, Oct. 10, will give horse enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire some of the finest horses in the state and support continued research to improve the horse industry. The sale of yearlings begins with inspections at 10 a.m. and the auction begins at 2 p.m. "Our 2004 auct...Amgen investigational therapy, AMG 162, increased bone mineral density with twice yearly injection
... our investigational agent are very compelling and give us great confidence as we actively enroll and initiate our pivotal trial." The effects of AMG 162 (at 60 mg twice yearly) at the total hip BMD were significantly (p<0.001) greater than FOSAMAX® (at 70 mg once weekly) at 12 months. AMG 162 ac...Fungus knocks a frog down but not out, raising questions about amphibian declines
...lic Library of Science, includes findings that may give important new clues concerning this pathogenic org... as normal healthy frogs. Understanding that would give us some insight into how the fungus operates in the wild." The researchers found a steady r...HHMI researchers Richard Axel and Linda Buck win 2004 Nobel Prize
...fferent genes (three per cent of human genes) that give rise to an equivalent number of olfactory receptor types. These receptors are located on the olfactory receptor cells, which occupy a small area in the upper part of the nasal epithelium and detect the inhaled odorant molecules. In 1991 Axel and Buck...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...signed up to be early users of our software and to give us feedback as to whether it's working or not working and what it needs to do." The center also will support creation of new courses in the Bioengineering Department and a newsletter about biomedical computation geared for the public. It will provid...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...t thought. "It's really a major decision, and they give you some time to think about it." The news always comes as a big surprise, since the selection process is confidential and no notification is given to fellows until final selections are made. Koller's research tackles questions of how complex inf...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...s and many others. "Our technology would certainly give athletes a clear competitive edge," Grahn notes. "We've seen that the rapid increases in strength people get when using the device persist after they stop using it. So, whatever physiological benefit you get, you keep. That's the beauty of it." ...New biomaterials improve medical devices
...e Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research will give an after-dinner talk on ethical issues in stem cell research. Educational grants for the Symposium have been provided by the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, the Center for Biomaterials & Advanced Technologies - a Division of Ethicon Inc., t...Brain circuit may permit scientists to eavesdrop on memory formation
...irect behavioral experience." Future studies could give insight into the role of sleep in memory consolidation, which has been suggested by many researchers, said Schuman. Studies by other researchers have shown that there is distinctive coordinated brain activity between the hippocampus and neocortex dur...... fundamental research on particle physics does not give CERN any role or responsibility in studies on environment, environmental protection and sustainable development, the Organization is nonetheless involved with the three main themes of the EnviroInfo 2004 Conference: environment, informatics and shari...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...s and farmers, we are putting knowledge to work to give people greater economic self-sufficiency and a more secure future. A strong Virginia Tech faculty and staff, partners, and collaborating institutions are ready to implement these two projects immediately." "Research results will benefit the cou...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...ics research and learning worldwide. The GGI would give developing countries access to knowledge essential to their reaping the benefits of genomics for development. It would promote actions needed at a global level, strengthen capacity in biotechnology worldwide by increasing the international exchange ...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...physics over the next quarter century. Gross will give that talk. For 10 years the key landmark for arrivals at the principal entrance to the UCSB ocean-side campus has been the flat-topped, orange tower of Kohn Hall. A decade after the opening of Kohn Hall (named for KITP founding director and wi...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...dea is to supply these bacteria with caffeine, and give each bacterium a piece of DNA from coffee plants that may encode the enzyme that will allow the bacterium to convert the caffeine to the theophylline it needs to survive. "At the end of the day, we will know that all of the surviving bacteria have ...Children's Hospital Boston wins $2.5 million in health surveillance grants
... at health promotion and public health protection, give Children's an opportunity to pilot two computer-based health surveillance programs. Under the first grant, focusing on health promotion in the workplace, CHIP will test a scheme for improving control of influenza outbreaks in two populations employ...Researchers provide road map for generating B cells from stem cells
...s work with hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which give rise to the different types of blood cells. Unlike embryonic stem cells, HSCs have already taken some steps in differentiation and are committed to producing various types of blood cells. "This is a wonderful model system," Singh said. "We know mor...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
... decision very quickly, our technology will really give you the quick decision." Analyzing a possible bioterrorist agent by traditional means could take days and would involve sealing off the entire area during that time, he said. "Instead, we can come back in 20 minutes and say either this is safe or the...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...g Wartzok of Florida International University will give a tutorial lecture on ocean noise and its effects on marine mammals, a subject that many ASA members are vigorously investigating. D'Spain and Wartzok will present the scientific issues pertaining to this subject. They will discuss basic physics of ...Technique for genetically modifying blood stem cells brings cure for blood diseases closer
...ell. HSCs are parent cells in the bone marrow that give rise to blood cells. The St. Jude team successfully treated beta-thalassemia in mice by using a newly developed vector--or biological ferry composed of DNA housed within a harmless virus--to shuttle a therapeutic gene into the defectiv...