Herrington to discuss coastal hazards at planning workshop
...Mitigation Techniques," will cover various ways to prepare locally for natural disasters to mitigate consequences. "Each year in the United States, natural and technological disasters are responsible for the loss of hundreds of lives and dollar losses that average more than $50 billion," said Herrington. "No...Richard Zare named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...approach to solving problems that should hopefully prepare future researchers who can contribute to the field at the highest level," he added. "It is my deep conviction that exciting problems transcend the boundaries of departments. By introducing students as early as possible to the research process, it is ...Rice tapped for model programs merging teaching, research
...researchers to continue studying their enzymes and prepare peer-reviewed research publications. West's program, "Educating Interdisciplinary Scientists for Bionanotechnology: A Bottom-up Approach," includes four components: a high school summer academy, a new seminar-style course to introduce freshman to the...Tufts' David Walt named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...thods for analyzing complex biological data and to prepare them for continued studies and work in the bio-informatics area." Putting K-12 Students at the Cutting Edge of Chemistry & Biology Almost 20 years ago, Walt started conducting chemistry demonstrations in his children's schools. He gradually tra...Next phase reached in definition of Mars Sample Return mission
...ilds on a first study step initiated in 2003, will prepare the way for Europe to play a key role in an intern...teraction with international partners, in order to prepare for future cooperation on the MSR mission. Additional work will also be performed to assess the impa...State agency funds stem cell grants, UCLA institute gets largest amount
...oved general obligation bonds. The money will help prepare the best and brightest UCLA scientists who will be conducting this leading-edge research. "Our program's aim is to train basic scientists, engineers and physicians to become leaders in stem cell research and this grant will help us do that," said Dr....For some young fish, early gene expression is a clear harbinger of fated lifestyle
...ogical, physiological, and behavioral changes that prepare them for adulthood in open fresh and salty waters. In their innovative work, which is based on studying the gene expression profiles of hundreds of genes at a time in different fish populations, the researchers studied gene expression in two species-...Elderly cancer survivors face increased functional limitations, study finds
...included, "Can you walk half a mile?" and "Can you prepare most of your own meals?" Sweeney and colleagues found that five-year survivors more frequently reported functional limitations than women who had never had cancer, including inability to do heavy household work (43% vs. 31%), inability to walk a half...Researchers solve mystery of how nuclear pores duplicate before cell division
...n and out of a cell's nucleus double in number to prepare for the split to come when a cell divides. Now, for the first time, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies watched as new funnel-like pore structures formed from scratch, and inserted themselves into the nuclear membrane. This disco...Georgia Tech computer program designed to halt pandemics installed in Georgia
...ill take to treat patients. RealOpt can be used to prepare for a possible outbreak, as well as for emergency re-assignment of health care workers within the clinic and between clinics during an actual outbreak. By being able to assess preparedness, health departments will have more a precise estimate of the ...Marmots, microbes and geopolitical uses of disease
FAIRBANKS, Alaska --As Alaskans prepare for a potential avian influenza pandemic the story of how marmots and microbes led to the Japanese takeover of Manchuria will provide an unsettling look at what happens when plague and politics combine with a lack of communication. William Summers, a...Biodesign Institute participates in first-of-its-kind 'coyote' disaster preparedness drill
...orated into national emergency response efforts to prepare for the next natural disaster or man-made terrorism incident. It is our hope, that by our efforts, we can contribute to better preparedness planning in order to save lives in the event of a future disaster. Next year, our team will plan a possible si...New bridges for the next generation
...ill decide whether it should continue. In order to prepare and execute the new programme, the Max Planck Society is holding marketing, consulting, and information presentations in Peking and Shanghai in June 2006....Space technology to help hospitals contain spread of avian flu infection
In response to concerns from hospitals to prepare for eventual pandemic flu outbreaks, the French company AirInSpace, with support from ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, has successfully adapted technology developed to protect astronauts for use in critical care centres to protect immune-deficien...Discovery may speed forest biotechnology
...climates shut down growth earlier in the summer to prepare for long, harsh winters. The genetic mechanisms that adapt trees to these conditions and control it are so strong that trees will behave about the same even if they are transplanted to warmer regions, the scientists say. For applied research, Strauss...HHMI awards $86.4 million for undergraduate science education
...re providing hands-on research experiences to help prepare undergraduates, including women and minorities und... the high schools and middle schools to engage and prepare future science majors. Science literacy -- preparing non-science majors to understand the complex sc...Lehigh receives $1.8 million from Howard Hughes Medical Institute for bioscience education
... said the HHMI grant would enable Lehigh to better prepare students for "the increasingly complex questions facing contemporary biology and medicine." Lehigh recently received a $400,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop an undergraduate program in Applied Life Sciences. Sands said HHMI's grant...US gov't approves multi-million $ wild bird avian flu surveillance network
...so that we can prevent the spread of avian flu and prepare those communities in its wake," said Senator Josep... help us learn how the virus is changing to better prepare populations at risk in the wild bird flight path. With instances of this virus increasing in Asia, t...HHMI professor's phage-hunters strike pay dirt
...earch opportunities broadly available if we are to prepare them for science in the future. Phage isolation and genomic analysis provides an engaging way to do that." Phages are ubiquitous in nature. There are an estimated 10 to the 31st power different phages--that's 10 with 30 zeroes after it--more than any...Neurologists developing first standardized measurement scale for dyskinesia in Parkinson's patients
...tructions for using it. The physicians will then prepare a teaching tape for widespread distribution to clinicians. The teaching tape will include segments featuring at least four patients at each level of dyskinesia severity. The teaching tape will have an "answer key" -- ratings made by three internati...