21-22 April AAAS forum to discuss Pentagon R&D spending, other policy issues
...tinue to grab the lion's share of the nation's R&D investment --about 53 percent-- much of that money goes to de... Budget and Policy Program at AAAS. The Pentagon's investment in science and technology research would be cut by 21 percent, according to Koizumi. That would be a...Society of Nuclear Medicine offers program to meet patients' current, future needs for radionuclides
...ograms be facilitated to the private sector and an investment be made in research and development to improve radionuclide production, processing and utilization. "Radionuclides are part of the foundation supporting today's applied molecular/nuclear technology. The very duality of purpose of molecular imaging/nu......ps propagate the PDGF- signal to direct mural cell investment in the microvasculature. MT1-MMP-null mice have severely compromised vascular architecture, with irregularly sized vessels and weakened vessel walls. Dr. Weiss explains that "These findings, coupled with complementary reports from our group that canc...'You can't buy conservation,' suggests survey of Africa's rain forest parks
...ed by such organizations as the World Bank -- that investment in economic development around parks aids in their... survey findings indicate that over the long-term, investment in ecological monitoring programs and in permanent trust funds are critical to park success, said St...ICPB locks in license to improve plastics with corn
... its tasks under the CRADA with Iowa corn checkoff investment funds while PNNL's tasks were funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. "The grower will benefit by creating new uses for corn and new jobs for rural economies. Isosorbide could consume an...Mitsubishi offsets carbon footprint through investment in Madagascar's rain forest
...ng on behalf of the Government of Madagascar. The investment will help fund the Makira Forest Project which is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This initiative was developed by WCS in partnership with the Government of Madagascar and CI to reduce the deforestation rate of Makira, prevent sp...Marine researchers deliver blueprint for rescuing America's troubled coral reefs
...successful business, managing coral reefs requires investment in infrastructure, according to the authors. However, such investment will produce long-term benefits for the economy and the environment. "Short-lived species, like lobs...World's largest scientific society backs green chemistry bill
...ll improve federal coordination, dissemination and investment in green chemistry research and development. "Green chemistry technologies have eliminated waste, improved safety and saved industry money," according to ACS President William F. Carroll, Ph.D. "From redesigning pharmaceutical synthesis to reducing w...Urgent measures needed to retain our lead in pharmaceuticals
...sts of new drugs are climbing steadily, associated investment risk is rising and fewer innovative products are e... Challenges and opportunities for Big Pharma R&D investment made by pharmaceutical companies accounts for 39% of all industry spending in the UK, according to R...... the PSI, and it shows an impressive return on the investment in the technology and methods for rapid structure determination," said Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D., director of NIGMS. "These structures are interesting in their own right and provide the basis for modeling many important proteins." Some of the newly dete...Mapping the underwater world in 3-D
...the sea bed in incredible 3-D detail following new investment and collaboration in the School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Science at Cardiff University, UK. The new CodaOctopus laboratory will map extensive areas of the sea bed to create a virtual reality image, allowing scientists to walk the sea bed from th...UCLA researchers detail the evolution of quantum dot imaging in the journal Science
...ogy Partnership signals a long-term commitment and investment into nanotechnology and its applications in cancer research, said Judith C. Gasson, cancer center director. "The environment at UCLA makes it possible for researchers from diverse disciplines physicists, cell biologists, chemists, immunologists - t...First x-ray laser gets funding
...e policy at Stanford. "LCLS will represent a major investment in scientific infrastructure at [SLAC], making yet another innovative use of the SLAC linac to deliver a scientific tool of unprecedented capabilities," said SLAC Director Jonathan Dorfan. "Together with our SPEAR3 facility, SLAC will be among the pr...An invasion of cheats: The evolution of worthless nuptial gifts
... by males who are "cheating" on their reproductive investment by presenting easily obtainable token gifts. Gift-giving during courtship and copulation occurs across the animal kingdom, including in humans. Nuptial gifts can range from valuable nutritious food items to inedible tokens such as leaves or silk ball...NSTI announces schedule for 8th Annual Nanotech 2005 Conference
...logy, including research and business initiatives, investment and venture capital topics. This year the confere...ro and nanotechnologies. Also to be showcased are investment strategies by large institutional investors, private equity opportunities, venture capital and angel...NIH provides $32.8 million to enhance biomedical informatics research network
...ale and even across species. With this additional investment in the BIRN consortium, we hope to provide researchers with networked analytical tools that will greatly advance our knowledge of neurological disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease." BIRN's charter is to create an envir...Study reveals developing countries with recipe for thriving health biotech industries
...urope and Asia. Cuba's long-standing investment in education and science, Fidel Castro's keen inte...gh Cuba has had success, limited access to foreign investment in the capitalistic world of biotechnology, the U.S. trade embargo and the inability of Cuban scient...Impulsive behavior may be relict of hunter-gatherer past
...ecisions about delayed benefits such as education, investment and marriage; the impulsive rules that work well for foragers do more harm than good when applied in these situations. "Impulsiveness is considered a big behavior problem for humans," said Stephens. "Some humans do better at binary decisions l...Wolfgang Heckl awarded Descartes Prize for Science Communication
... understanding of and enthusiasm for science as an investment in the future. In the summer of 2004 Wolfgang Heckl agreed to act as chairman for the next pan-European EuroScience Open Forum, scheduled to take place in Munich in 2006........ "This far-reaching research is a result of NSF's investment in the use of genetics as a way of understanding how organisms adapt to their environments." Some hearts, it turns out, use glucose (sugar) better than others. Some use fatty acids (fats) better. In general, if an individual is good at using or meta...