Putting ecology back into river restoration
...tive process where small improvements build up and lessons are learned from any failures. The third criteria for successful river restoration is to create hydrological, geomorphological and ecological conditions that allow the river to be a resilient, self-sustaining system. The fourth criteria is to do no ...$3 million donation accelerates TGen breast cancer research
...Thurston in molecular biology, including mandatory lessons in laboratory safety. He also takes an active role in monthly lab meetings, where TGen researchers discuss scientific progress and review budgets and timelines. By understanding the research Mr. Thurston will be better equipped to identify process im...Scientists seek answers on what activates deadly anthrax spores
... of California, San Diego. The research stems from lessons learned from studying the bacteria that cause Staphylococcus infections and two other bacteria in the same group as anthrax. Claiborne said the group proposes that a vitamin B5 derivative known as Coenzyme A plays a crucial role in the germination of...Researchers go into action after Tsunami
...nched urgent research programmes in order to learn lessons from the recent Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster. Such knowledge is relevant to both UK, and overseas disaster assessment and prevention programmes. Funded by grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), teams from the Uni...Brain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
...onal Institutes of Health (NIH) will present short lessons on brain health and neuroscience on March 16th and 17th. Participating institutes include the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and Nationa...Urgent measures needed to retain our lead in pharmaceuticals
...coe, University of Sussex finds that "Learning the lessons of previous controversies such as GMOs, discussion of pharmaco-genomics by academic and industry scientists has been keen to spell out what they see as the ethical problems associated with this technology and to propose possible solutions." Lest we a...Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication
... sequenced and there is the potential for valuable lessons as it is compared with the pathogenic species. I was particularly pleased when my graduate student, Marie Faini, and I were given the opportunity to be members of the team that annotated the sequence." Annotation is a complex process that assigns fun...Bayou blues: Working to save the US from the worst potential oil, gas and fishing crisis
... wetlands, they are exposed." With environmental lessons from Asia's tsunami disaster lingering weeks later and the vigorous 2004 summer of hurricanes, Louisiana's coastal wetlands are one of the most protective barriers against such disasters and account for over 40 percent of the total salt marshlands in...Stanford biologist working to restore native forests to Hawaii
...but also provide a renewable source of profit. The lessons learned here-about quantifying the benefits supplied by nature and creating incentives to protect them-are likely to be relevant in many other parts of the world, Daily said. She is working with an interdisciplinary team of Stanford scholars, includi...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
..., and international importance." Fenn will discuss lessons learned from eight years of adaptive management. Three Dams and Three Different Solutions to Restoring Salmon Populations , Noah S. Adams, USGS, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA, 11:45-12:00, Location Great Hall Center. Man-made barri......insight into modern conservation problems from the lessons of the past. Contact: Dr Neil Gemmell, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, PB 4800, CHRISTCHURCH 8008, New Zealand The social implications of winner and loser effects by Dr LA Dugatkin and Dr M Druen More and more evidence from...