A 2002 disease threat offers lessons for avian flu preparedness
...ed UW-Madison this fall, has research and teaching interests in performance management, homeland security, citizen participation and public budgeting. In particular, he studies the selection and implementation of public management reforms. He is working on a book entitled "Rethinking Performance Management," t...Ownership of Southern forestland dramatically changing
...partners as we work to make sure Southern forestry interests remain strong in the national and global economy." Individually, state forestry agencies are evaluating how these findings can be considered within existing landowner assistance programs and identifying opportunities for increasing forest management ...UC Davis expert writes key report on controversial UK badger killings
...in cattle can actually make matters worse. Farming interests and badger protectionists have battled for 30 years overthe merits of culling badgers to fight cattle tuberculosis, which in thepast was transmitted through unpasteurized milk to people. The new reportssummarize seven years of study for the British D...Mining biotech's data mother lode
...e vast quantities of raw data on the problems that interests them. Microarrays process thousands of samples to discover what genes are over expressing. These over-expressing genes numbering sometimes in their thousands, too create proteins. The researchers then need to discover what protein interactions are ...Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say
... gear) that is deemed not to be in the longer term interests of fishing communities." Specific actions needed immediately include: Involve impacted communities in development of tsunami rehabilitation plans that consider the sustainable use of fishery resources and alternative employment opportunities, as r...Smithsonian guide to the biodiverse marine environment of Panama's Bocas del Toro
..., sports fishermen, tourists--all of the different interests in Bocas del Toro--realize that they depend upon and benefit from the sustainable management of natural beauty and biodiversity."...NJIT mathematician receives noted math prize
...Prize with three others. Miura's current research interests focus on developing mathematical models in neuroscience for cell dynamics. He works with biologists to help them understand how and why a type of depressed brain activity induced in animals spreads as a slow, pathological wave. A Fellow of the John...Doubling of US science funding announced in State of the Union Address
... I give him great credit for placing the long-term interests of our nation ahead of short-term political gains. Ten years from now, a strongly competitive economy will reflect this choice." Hopfield observed that with strongly supported bipartisan "Innovation" bills awaiting action in the Senate and with the ...Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases
...e NIH and other public/private biomedical research interests have complementary missions greater than the sum of their parts. Our hope is that this public/private initiative will encourage a deeper collective understanding of the genetic factors of disease for major new therapeutic advances." GAIN will be an ...NJIT chemists cook up new strain of carbon nanotubes
...thern Illinois University. Mitra's other research interests include finding analytical techniques and sensors ...eived more than $2 million in federal funding. His interests include the nanotechnology of carbon nanotubes and silicone, fuel cells and Raman-based nanosensors...Stevens professor to speak during Princeton lecture series
...ronting our society. Bruno's research and teaching interests include ocean observation systems, coastal ocean dynamics, maritime security and estuary and ocean water quality. He is the author of more than 80 technical publications in various aspects of the field. Bruno serves as the editor-in-chief of the Jour...Jane Lubchenco receives the 2005 AAAS Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award
... University, both in marine ecology. Her research interests include marine conservation biology, biological diversity, ecosystem services, ecological causes and consequences of global change, and sustainable ecological systems. Her scientific contributions in ecology are widely recognized, and her publication...AAAS honors scientist's commitment to justice for workers and scientific integrity in public policy
...r these individuals, Dr. Michaels took on powerful interests in his own agency and in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to uncover previously secret records documenting exposure to radiation and beryllium at work sites, as well as more than two dozen scientific studies demonstrating the high risk of cancer ...2005 AAAS ISC Award goes to a team of Russian and American scientists
...ndustry. He is a mechanical engineer with research interests in the application of optimization techniques to the design and maintenance of satellite constellations and of parallel processing paradigms to astrodynamical problems. Dr. Hoots is the Group Manager of Space Programs for AT&T. He is an expert in as...High-status monkeys ignore the interests of riff-raff
Where we look often reveals our interests and intentions. Consequently, we often look toward others and follow their gaze to the objects to which they give visual attention. Like humans, monkeys pay attention to the eyes of individuals within their groups; in the laboratory, they respond mor...New predation management methods reduce conflict between humans and carnivores
... of large carnivores, because conflicts with human interests can be fatal to individual predators and may lead to the decline of populations of wolves, lions, leopards, cheetahs, coyotes, and spotted hyenas. New tools allow better management of the edges where carnivores, people, and livestock intersect, accor...Duke biologist/poet is up to 'animal mischief'
...g and art, and this is a way of expanding on those interests a bit." Not that the poetry is an intellectual holiday, he said. "Good poetry looks effortless, but it's not. You might spend an hour on a line and not get it right at the end of that hour. It's hard work," he said. "Animal Mischief" is not his firs...UCSD project takes fish collection into the digital age
...o design an educational model that spurs students' interests and teaches them how to conduct research. It's not just teaching them about fish anatomy or physiology, it's teaching them about magnetic resonance imaging, computation and visualization." Education modules within the Digital Dissection Tool will co...NJIT history prof edits new book focusing on NJ's environmental problems
...ly diverse and faces more than the usual competing interests from environmentalists, citizens, and businesses," said Maher. The book documents the innovations and compromises created on behalf of and in response to growing environmental concerns in New Jersey, which set examples on the local level for nationwi......uggest that female mice may use, or even copy, the interests of other females based on olfactory cues," says Pfaff, who is head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior. "It could also be seen as a female trusting the mate choice of another female." That one female's choice of mate could influence the ch...