The wonders of science on display at June 21 congressional exhibition
... CNSF supports the goal of increasing the national investment in the National Science Foundation's research and education programs in response to the unprecedented scientific, technological, and economic opportunities facing the United States....Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action
...ated in the report as among the top priorities for investment of resources are: Irrawaddy dolphins in the crab net/trap fishery in Malampaya Sound, Philippines Irrawaddy dolphins in gillnets in the Mekong, Mahakam and Ayeyarwady rivers and in Chilka and Songkhla lakes, Southeast Asia Indo-Pacific hump...Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU
...lobally-agreed rules deters important research and investment decisions." "The legal and policy framework is not even close to keeping pace with the fast-evolving science and technology of deep seabed bioprospecting," says report contributor Sam Johnston, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-IAS. "The international de...Public release of pig genomic sequences
... pig sequence data have been obtained thanks to an investment of app. 10 million US$ by CAS and DCPBP together with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Natural Science Foundation of China. The research indicates that pig is genetically closer to man than normally used laboratory animals. This has im...DOE JGI sequences DNA from extinct cave bear
...other of the many advances enabled by the original investment made by DOE in the Human Genome Project." First author on the Science paper was Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory postdoctoral fellow James Noonan, who joined DOE JGI's Chris Detter and Doug Smith, and collaborators at the Max Planck Institute fo......the animal may be made up of one compound -- a big investment of energy and resources. Chemical ecology is the field of research that explores how natural products serve the organisms that produce or harbor them. The compounds could be chemical defenses to deter predators. For example, some fish "taste" food it...Employee with sleeping disorder has to work extra hard
...remains relatively high. As a result of this extra investment they seem to get on reasonably well at work but in the long term this has a detrimental effect on their physical well-being. Their mood worsens and they become excessively tired. This results in an increased chance of work absenteeism. About 20 perc...Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
...ners. Another 32 percent was owned by industry and investment groups, and the remainder was publicly owned. In 2000, approximately 160,000 acres were being replanted each year. Non-industrial private landowners accounted for about half of the replantings Taylor's test show that fall-planted containerized seedl...HHMI awards first Gilliam Graduate Fellowships
... was chief counsel at Knickerbocker LLC, a private investment firm. A longtime resident of Wilmington, Delaware, he served as Secretary of Community Affairs and Economic Development to Delaware Governor Pierre S. du Pont IV. He was executive vice president and general counsel at Beneficial Finance Corporation b...STN AnaVist is powerful new analysis & visualization software
...is heading--receive a much greater return on their investment in information." Key features of STN AnaVist include: Analysis of information from three leading scientific resources: CAS' CAplusSM database of scientific literature and patent information and the USPATFULL and PCTFULL patent databases containin...Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems
...ical applications and in financial applications by investment banks. "We have shown by analyzing this data with these methods that there is a limit as to what our understanding of the physical and biological interactions is going to be," say the researchers. "It appears we will never be able to explain these pr...NIMH research showcased at APA meeting
...l Care," this research track will spotlight NIMH's investment in research relevant to understanding and treating disorders like schizophrenia and depression, which rank among the top ten causes of disability worldwide. "We need to translate basic science discoveries into biomarkers, diagnostic tests, and new t...DuPont announces additional $25 million funding for DuPont MIT alliance
...commitment makes the DMA the largest corporate R&D investment at MIT. "The successes and experiences of the Alliance warrant our continued funding," Connelly said. "In 2000, we asked MIT scientists to give us their best ideas on science that could enhance our everyday lives. The response and resulting researc...Scientists team up for multiyear studies of microbial mysteries
...e in the three- to- five-year studies, with a PNNL investment of $2 million a year for each grand challenge, or around $10 million for the life of the projects. Investigators anticipate that the grand challenges will yield new information on issues ranging from how energy and nutrient transport occurs between m...Understanding how bacteria communicate may help scientists prevent disease
...in the first two years of their tenure track as an investment in promising achievements in an important area. The institution matches the award. Much like a legislative body, some bacteria need a quorum, the presence of a critical number of individuals, before they can engage in particular activities. Typically......t occur. As selection on life-history traits (e.g. investment in fecundity vs. survival) is likely to have population dynamical consequences, models investigating the evolution of dynamics should be undertaken in a life-history framework. In this study, to appear in the July 2005 issue of The American Naturali...World renowned social evolution theorist Robert Trivers to be honored
...extensively on the evolution of altruism, parental investment and sexual selection, the sex ratio, deceit and self-deception. Trivers may be best known for his theory of reciprocal altruism, whereby an apparently altruistic behavior is performed with the understanding that the recipient will reciprocate at some...Mount Sinai School of Medicine establishes Stem Cell Institute
...ily Seminar Series.Mr. Black is the founder of the investment managing firms Apollo Advisors, L. P. and Lion Advisors, L. P., and co-founder of Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L. P. From 1977 to 1990, he was associated with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., where he served variously as managing director, head of the me...Why is Scotland's population shrinking and ageing? - A new research initiative
...with the Scottish Executive, this 300,000 research investment will investigate three key aspects of Scotland's demography: migration, fertility and the impact of an ageing population. Scotland's population is changing and this poses critical challenges for policymakers. The key demographic trend is that Scotlan......lar biology, biochemistry approach. It required an investment of effort to learn each other's languages and persuade our labs to communicate." She said the payoff from those investments has begun. "This paper is the first step in what will become a series of discoveries." Fanning's HHMI professorship and Chazi...