Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...tural virtual environment, where users can see and hear one another, projected on a large display wall. More than just videoconferencing, the Access Grid enables participants to share and interact with files and applications. The open nature of the Access Grid software has attracted thousands of users f...Pregnant mothers join search for causes of autism
...aren Finney Call-in participants will be able to hear speakers and ask questions. The teleconference operator will provide instructions. Why: Autism is a pervasive, lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that causes poor verbal and communication skills, repetitive behaviors and impaired social abilit...... and Green, and Led Zepplins Kasmir. They may also hear songs about the winged life like Marching Jaybird by Etta Baker, Birds by Neil Young, and Im a Cuckoo by Belle and Sebastian. If were going to give birds music, we might as well give them what we consider to be our masterpieces. But the only gauge ...Extracting eggs from pre-pubertal cancer patients brings hope for future fertility
... Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology will hear on Tuesday (3 July). Dr. Ariel Revel, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, said that the growing number of survivors of childhood cancers meant that such techniques would become increasi...University of Arizona launches major scientific research initiative at Biosphere 2
... public. When people go on a tour, they won't just hear a wonderful description of the Biosphere 2s history. They will be able to watch research in action and learn what is going on moment-to-moment." ...Exploring the dark matter of the genome
...tructure of genomes affects cellular processes. We hear too much about the 'post-genomic era' -- it's underappreciated that we don't understand the genome yet." Celniker agrees. "What we would like to see is a complete sequence of the fruit fly from telomere to telomere" -- that is, from one end of the...2007 Image of the Year: Molecular imaging relates human brain chemistry to aggressive behavior
...e. After a publicized case of violence, we see and hear many stories about the aggressors behavior prior to the incident and his way of life and the relationships he had with other people. However, scientists agree that there are many reasons why and how people move from aggression to violence, which most...Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows
...irst phase occurs in their first summer, when they hear and memorize songs sung by adult birds. The following spring, when the young birds are establishing their own territory, they modify and prune their repertoire so their songs are more similar to their neighbors. A song sparrows repertoire crystalli...Babies able to tell through visual cues when speakers switch languages: UBC study
...ge need to maintain this ability. Babies who only hear and see one language don't need this ability, and their sensitivity to visual language information from other languages declines." ...Essential tones of music rooted in human speech
...arch in Neurobiology. It's not something one can hear directly, but when the sounds of speech are looked at with a spectrum analyzer, the relationships between the various frequencies that a speaker uses to make vowel sounds correspond neatly with the relationships between notes of the 12-tone chromatic...Alcohol use during pregnancy leads to greater risk of extreme preterm delivery
...AM radio that has a lot of static; it is easier to hear whats being said with less noise in the background." Sokol and his colleagues collected data on exposure to alcohol, cocaine and cigarettes, as well as corresponding outcomes, from 3,130 pregnant women and their infants. As noted above, the resea...2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium to be held in Louisville, KY
...ulting, agribusiness, and others will collectively hear results, determine progress, and share perspectives on soybean rust in the 2007 growing season. "The 2007 symposium will examine Asian soybean rust from virtually every angle," said Schneider. "In addition to opportunities to network and explore n...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...htweight species with a short basilar membrane can hear higher frequencies than larger species with a long...earchers suggest that large dinosaurs could mainly hear low frequencies, with a high frequency hearing limit below 3 kHz. For comparison, this is around th...UCLA molecular biologists convert protein sequences into classical music
...cause every protein has a unique sequence. You can hear the sequence of the protein." "We assigned a cho...ly trained piano player. "We want to see if we can hear patterns within the music, as opposed to looking at the letters of an amino acid or protein sequence...University of Arizona neurobiologist John Hildebrand elected to the National Academy of Sciences
...iochemistry and neurobiology. "I was thrilled to hear that John has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences," said Leslie Tolbert, UA's vice president of research, graduate studies and economic development and a UA Regents' Professor of neurobiology. "He is a world leader in chemosensory neur...Chinese medicinal compound stops formation of cysts in polycystic kidney disease in lab
...t is as if the phone is ringing but the cell can't hear it. So, never sensing a signal to stop, the cells lining the fully-formed kidney tubules keep right on subdividing and growing. The result of this hyperproliferative, unregulated growth: uncontrolled growth of cells lining the tubules and the forma...Army research mission focused on autism
...ocess where scientists researching the disease can hear the issues of those persons affected by the disease, the scientific community and the advocacy community can partner to find and fund the best research." The process of translating Congressionally appropriated dollars into meaningful and productive ...AAAS, National School Boards Asso. join in historic effort to improve science, math & tech education
...uthorities and community engagement strategists to hear the preliminary results of Public Agendas research on the Missouri and Kansas school districts surrounding Kansas City and to identify and discuss issues facing school boards nationwide. Workshops in Kansas City on two consecutive SaturdaysJune 23...Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss
...pecialized neuroepithelial cells that enable us to hear a violin or a whisper. These hair cells differ in...et in motion by specific frequencies of sound. We hear this sound because this motion induces the hair cell to release an electrical impulse which passes a...Preventing and treating lung cancer -- ESMO explores collaboration to fight cancer on all fronts
... Geneva Palexpo, reporters will have the chance to hear senior scientists, clinicians and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) brief them on the latest approaches to targeted therapies, chemotherapy and, most crucially, the prevention of lung cancer. The press conference marks the openin...