Maynard Olson receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize
...brosis. And hes continuing to fight for the public ownership of genome information. For his contribution to genome science Olson, professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, will receive the 2007 Gruber Prize for Genetics on October 24, 2007, at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual M...Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations
...l jobs in industry and tourism, for example; Yield ownership and decision making to communities: empower them to take charge of land on which they depend and end the pattern of individuals chasing environmentally-detrimental short-term gains; Promote greater transparency and accountability, the participation o...Manchester to spearhead 8.3 million particle physics project
...of such machines should all lead to lower costs of ownership while delivering more effective therapies." Professor Barlow adds that beams of protons or heavier particles such as carbon ions can deposit much more radiation directly in the cancer, while losing much less energy in the surrounding healthy tissue...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...laxed price controls for drugs, removal of foreign ownership limits, subsidies on capital expenses and tax holidays for R&D spending. Other lessons learned Many start-up firms entered via vaccine markets for which significant local expertise existed and competition from abroad was limited. Many resourc...Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed
...s genetic resources by simply gathering and taking ownership over almost everything in their path," says Aroha Mead, Senior Lecturer at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, and co-editor of the book, Pacific Genes and Life Patents, launched at the university March 20. An absence of regulation and wi...Lizards shout against a noisy background to get points across
Male Anole lizards signal ownership of their territory by sitting up on a tree trunk, bobbing their heads up and down and extending a colorful throat pouch. They can spot a rival lizard up to 25 meters away, says National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded biologist Terry Ord of the Uni...Lizards 'shout' against a noisy background
...esearchers have found. Male anole lizards signal ownership of their territory by sitting up on a tree trunk, bobbing their heads up and down and extending a colorful throat pouch. They can spot a rival lizard up to 25 meters away, said Terry Ord, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis who is working with Judy...Paleontologists to discuss 'gap' fossils that link fish and land animals
...'s Nunavut Territory. The people of Nunavut retain ownership of the fossil. At the time Tiktaalik lived in the Late Devonian, 385-365 million years ago, the Canadian Arctic region was part of a landmass that straddled the equator and had a subtropical climate. The deposits that produced the Tiktaalik fossil w...Pet owners are sick more often and exercise less than other working-aged people
...ty is different, however. The association of pet ownership and health of working aged Finns (20-54 years of a...y of Science. At the total population level, pet ownership was most common among those 40 years of age or older, those whose lives are established and who are ......anging values also affect these spaces; from legal ownership to shifting social and economic values as well as changes in spiritual and religious values. Bhagwat and Rutte emphasize the need for integration of sacred sites into conservation practices. Other reviews in the December issue of Frontiers in Ecolo...Infants wheeze less in homes with multiple dogs
...ot associated independently with either dog or cat ownership or high levels of indoor endotoxins; however, high...eezing. "Our research presents evidence that pet ownership offers a protective effect against development of lower respiratory symptoms in young children," add...New fossils fill the evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
.... They turned to the people of Nunavut, who retain ownership of the fossils, for help in naming the new creature. The Nunavut Elders Council suggested the name "Tiktaalik" (tic-TA-lick), their word for a large, shallow-water fish. At the time Tiktaalik lived, the Canadian Arctic region was part of a landmass t...Manomet report studies impact of massive turnover of timberland in New England's Northern Forest
... the impact of the dramatic turnover of timberland ownership of the Northeast's 26-million-acre forest region. ...tists in the Spring of 2004 to study the impact of ownership changes on biodiversity and implications for sustainable forestry across Northern New York, New Hamp...Ownership of Southern forestland dramatically changing
... research studies document dramatic changes in the ownership of Southern forestland and declining markets for its forest products. The Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF), with the help of scientists from the USDA Forest Service and their university cooperators, recently reviewed the findings of two year-...Advances in Forest Threat Assessment: Applications to Forest and Rangeland Management
...t often act in concert and with no regard for land ownership and administrative boundaries. As such, they are difficult to identify and anticipate, much less manage or control. The Conference A conference will be held July 18-20, 2006, in Boulder, Colorado, to explore the latest information on environmental ...Sustainable agriculture: Canadian institute offers definition, recommends path
... well, government policies should foster: Local ownership of farms, regardless of farm structure and size, t...ing viable; Programs to facilitate partial farm ownership or share cropping to re-engage non-farmers in agriculture and, therefore, rural communities. The dis......vel commitment to malaria control: Leadership and ownership are essential if malaria is to become no longer "a fact of life". Insecticide treated bed nets: Scientists know they're effective but research reveals a surprising ambivalence toward using them, even when cost is not a factor. Malaria vaccine ...IMEx consortium provides new mechanism for improving access to molecular interaction data
...ess the data submission process, data exchange and ownership issues, and IMEx implementation and organization. Under the agreement, IMEx partners will provide data that meet the Human Proteome Organization's Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) Molecular Interaction Format, and these data will be freely avai...New NSF-AAAS report highlights 'learning communities,' other STEM educational strategies
... the college, and with each other. "We're big into ownership and identity," added Ulseth, a 1984 Itasca graduate whose grandparents worked in the local iron and paper industries. "The way I see it, my students are coming from home -- my home. And, when you are a part of a community like that, you don't want to...Panel discusses effect of individualized diets on chronic disease risk
...and, individual preferences, the need for personal ownership of health, readiness for change, reducing chronic disease and optimizing health. In his presentation, symposium speaker Dr. Bruce German, University of California Davis, reminded the audience, " it is possible and necessary to apply our emerging un...