ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
...fall and vegetation condition for FAO's global and national food security early warning programmes on which ESA and FAO cooperate closely," FAOs Dr. John Latham explained. "It will also significantly contribute to the monitoring and assessment of global land cover and as such will support the contribution ...Lawyers and ethicists debate ashley treatment in open forum
...with_severe_disabilities.asp#register WHY: This national symposium will provide a thoughtful discussion on the issue of restricting growth in children with profound cognitive disabilities, focusing on the role and limits of parental decision-making, the response of health-care providers to such requests, a...Climate policy: It's good to be in the 'RED'
...otocol because they felt that it intruded on their national sovereignty," said Christopher Field, director of Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology and a co-author on the policy article. "Now, they are ready and willing to address forestry strategies in a constructive manner, on their own terms. It is very ...Book explores history, causes of allergy and asthma epidemic
... hospitalization rates for asthma are 10 times the national average. Close to 25 percent of children there suffer from the disease. It is a product of the ecology of injustice that structures urban life - a disproportionate share of bus depots and polluting industries are in inner city neighborhoods. In addit...Carnegie Mellon's David Sholl identifies new materials
...ons annually. That's about two-thirds of the total national oil consumption, half of which is imported from overseas. "Hydrogen can potentially be produced from domestic resources without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is an attractive vision for a future fuel source," said Sholl, whose ...WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu
...vir of influenza viruses randomly submitted to the national WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Researc...demic. Roche has been working closely with WHO and national governments to ensure governments are aware of the importance of stockpiling antivirals in the event...2 UCSD physician-scientists named to Association of American Physicians
... This year, 67 inductees were announced at the AAP national meeting in April. Finn was recognized for her pioneering research regarding the mechanisms behind the development of asthma and other inflammatory lung diseases. Finn is especially interested in understanding how asthma develops early in life and ...March of Dimes awards $250K prize to stem cell research, reproductive biology pioneers
...tscaster Greg Gumbel, a member of the Foundation's national Board of Trustees, will host the ceremony. Also on May 7, Prof. Rossant and Prof. McLaren will deliver the Twelfth Annual March of Dimes Prize Lectures at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre during the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic...Nearly 28,000 US infants died in 2004
...l Statistics report released today. Although the national infant mortality rate is the lowest it's been since the U.S. started collecting data a century ago, there's been little change recently 6.78 deaths for every 1,000 live births in 2004 compared to 6.89 in 2000, the National Center for Health Statisti...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
... the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will die. But among health experts, a bigger concern than the seasonal flu is an outright flu pandemic, such a...US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
... the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will die. But among health experts, a bigger concern than the seasonal flu is an outright flu pandemic, such a...National Academy of Sciences elects 2 Rutgers professors
...ith my newfound colleagues in the NAS to serve our national science needs. On a personal level, I will continue to work on understanding the evolution of biogeochemical cycles, and their role in making the world habitable for humans." Falkowski is an internationally renowned biological oceanographer whose r...New study suggests beverage patterns may 'make or break' your diet
...tterns, examining all of the liquids consumed by a national sample of 10,000 adults, teenagers and children. The data were from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) coordinated by the federal government. The study revealed that among most age groups, the largest proportio...Migraines during pregnancy linked to stroke and other vascular diseases
..., April 28 May 5, 2007. Researchers looked at a national database of nearly 17 million women discharged for pregnancy deliveries from 2000-2003. A total of 33,956 of the women were treated for migraines. The study found women treated for migraines during pregnancy were 19 times more likely to suffer a st...Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger
...ies." "The proposed rule would have allowed our national symbol, the bald eagle, to become extinct in the lower 48 states, surviving only in Alaska, and it would have allowed the gray whale to become extinct in U.S. waters," Vucetich went on to say. Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson, associate professor of ...Smallpox outbreak: How long would it take for vaccines to protect people? Would it work?
...long would it take for a vaccinSLU scientist leads national studye to start protecting Americans by stimulating an immune response? A new national study led by Saint Louis University School of Medicine will attempt to answer this question. Gener...BCM, Rice make major advance in structural biology
... years, having who won a gold medal in the Chinese national competition of the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) while still in high school. "The process requires a deep understanding of proteins and an intuitive sense about how they behave at the atomic level," Ma said. "Xiaorui mastered this art at a v...Penn leads $4 million grant to study gene-environment interactions in lung cancer
...funds were awarded from Pennsylvanias share of the national tobacco settlement for 2006-2007. The award, which was announced by Governor Rendell last month, will fund the establishment of a Center for Gene-Environment Interactions in Lung Cancer directed by Steve Whitehead, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology. ...Yale biophysicist Thomas Steitz receives Gairdner Award for medical research
...CDN 30,000 (about $26,700). Since 2003, the lead national sponsor of the Gairdner awards has been the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada that supports the work of 10,000 researchers in universities, teaching hospitals and...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
...sier Than You Think. Summarizing proceedings at a national American Chemical Society symposium and four workshops held in 2006, the new report was authored by science writer Karen Schmidt for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, an initiative of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and T...