Bull's-eye -- Programs targeting math, science teacher shortage may get boost
...llege of Education. The teachHOUSTON program is a natural extension of the things we already do so well together. Intensive mentoring is another program feature. The would-be teachers receive mentoring from the beginning at the university from a master teacher and in the school districts from an assig...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 11, 2007
...on, a process for making gaseous fuels, similar to natural gas, from coal. They describe 40 years of failed efforts to tap the potential of shaftless underground coal gasification, the most economical kind of underground gasification, in which laborers are not required to work below the surface to carve ou...Clues to future evolution of HIV come from African green monkeys
...g how emerging infectious diseases evolve in their natural host organism helps us understand the disease's possible trajectory." The team's next steps are figuring out exactly when SIV infected African green monkeys and studying SIVs in other species of monkeys. ...Philadelphia ecologist receives top Mongolia honor
... the U.S. and Mongolia and for helping develop the natural and environmental field of research in Mongolia. O...sia Center at the Academy. The Academy, the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, also has conducted field surveys of fish, aquatic insects and rotife...Gene discovered for type 1 diabetes in children
... Hakonarson. However, a special cell type called a natural killer (NK) cell expresses this gene abundantly, although at different levels based on these gene variants. Our hypothesis is that a special mutation in KIAA0350 may influence the sugar binding of the protein, and trigger an autoimmune response that ...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...l. The SeriACL Graft, a new biomaterial made from natural silk protein, is installed using a standard surgical procedure to repair a torn ACL and is designed to provide a strong yet temporary support structure that replaces the torn ACL and stabilizes the knee joint. This study provides the first eviden...Chitin from lobster shell shows great healing and bio-stimulant properties
...d healing properties and, as they are covered in a natural polymer, with a higher degree of biocompatibility.... week earlier than usual". Chitosan proved to be a natural polymer with great film-generating capacity, apart from other highly interesting properties: chitosa...Researchers witness natural selection at work in dramatic comeback of male butterflies
...researchers has documented a remarkable example of natural selection in a tropical butterfly species that fou...the two sources of the suppressor gene is correct, natural selection is the next step. The suppressor gene allows infected females to produce males, these male...CU researchers discover evidence of very recent human adaptation
...cans, European-Americans and Chinese suggests that natural selection has caused as much as 10 percent of the human genome to change in some populations in the last 15,000 to 100,000 years, when people began migrating from Africa. The study, published in the June 1 issue of PLoS (Public Library of Science) Ge...Changing climate will challenge Northeast agriculture, CU expert warns
...ave profound impacts on tomorrow's agriculture and natural landscapes, he said. In simultaneous press confere...f what the future holds for our farms, gardens and natural landscapes in terms of climate change impacts," said Wolfe, Cornell professor of horticulture and le...Brightly colored birds most affected by Chernobyl radiation
...to Mller and Mousseau: There is large variation in natural levels of radioactivity due to differences in the ...f the biological consequences of such variation in natural levels of radioactivity, but we suggest that some of the consequences can be predicted from the pres...Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...ion of poor countries most precious capital their natural environment. The other CEPF partners are the Wor...ng extreme risk, with at least 70 percent of their natural vegetation already lost. In Indo-Burma, only 5 percent remains in pristine condition. CEPF makes f...QUT's top researchers honored with fellowships
...ater is rapidly becoming Australia's most critical natural resource and there is an urgent need to re-use and recycle water from domestic grey-water and industry waste," he said. Dr Martens said his work aimed to develop photocatalytic water treatment technologies to break down organic chemicals such as pe...Researchers probe risks, benefits of folic acid fortification
...ion might have detrimental effects, as it is not a natural form of the vitamin. At a time when many countries are debating whether or not to institute or enhance folic acid fortification, Mason and colleagues urge caution and debate. We must examine the effects of folic acid fortification on the population...The new wildlife refuge -- Golf courses?
... wetland areas with 150 to 300 meters of forest or natural grassland, and creating a diversity of pond types that mimic natural wetlands. A recent study by Semlitsch, Boone and Cory Mosby, a senior at MU, built on these sugges...Fat horses face health problems
...study suggests that equine obesity may result from natural grazing behavior instead of the overfeeding of grains and other feed supplements, which defies conventional thinking on equine weight matters. The majority of horses examined in the study were fed primarily pasture and hay with very little grain and...A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80 percent slowing down of HIV spread
... Chemistry. Their work shows that maslinic acid a natural product extracted from dry olive-pomace oil in oil mills inhibits serin-protease, an enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment and, consequently, to spread the infection into the whole body. These...Neutral evolution has helped shape our genome
...neutral. I am not at all discounting the role of natural selection, the persistence of genetic changes that confer some advantage, Katsanis adds, because it has been instrumental. What this study does is to reinforce and highlight the equal, and in some cases greater, importance of neutral genetic drift. ...Invisible gases form most organic haze in urban, rural areas
...ng to better understand the relative importance of natural and human sources of VOCs in the production of sec... understand the breakdown between human-caused and natural VOC emissions, and between different human sources, we won't have an answer to that question." ......fternoon. But when the plants were moved to a more natural light/dark cycle, growth shifted several hours to occur just before dawn. In nature, that is the time when water is usually most available. The researchers identified the two genes, PIF 4 and PIF 5, that are connected to plant growth and regulated ...