MERIS/AATSR Workshop looks at twin sensors with many uses
...while AATSR's main task is to maintain a long-term record of sea surface temperature (SST) commenced by predecessor sensors (ATSR-1 and -2) from 1991 onwards. The Workshop heard that both MERIS and AATSR are still functioning nominally and are projected to continue working well for another five years. For ...Chemical Biology & Drug Design. A new face, a new title, a new vision
...i has an outstanding academic and industrial track record of small-molecule drug discovery exemplifying receptor, protease and signal transduction therapeutic targets. Professionally, he is employed as Senior Vice-President of Drug Discovery with ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, a global organization dedicated to the...Marine conservation organizations team up to conduct Indonesia coral reefs assessment
...w involves towing a diver behind a boat while they record observations regarding ecological condition on an underwater slate. The Reef Check survey is the only standard method used to survey the world's reefs. Initial surveys in the region conducted by Reef Check and other marine conservation organizations ...Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function
...e Cleveland FES Center at Case Western has a track record in the implementation of upper-extremity FES systems covering more than 25 years with more than 300 users. Investigators from both teams have extensive experience in decoding cortical signals into multidimensional movement commands for real-time cont...MBL scientist John Hobbie to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
...an outstanding scientist who has had a sustained a record of important contributions to our understanding of...William H. Odum III. It honors an individual whose record of sustained accomplishments has madeimportant contributions to our understanding of estuaries and c...U. of Colorado researcher identifies tracks of swimming dinosaur in Wyoming
...overall size. "Further research into the geologic record and depositional history of the region supports our conclusion that the dinosaurs were intentionally swimming out to sea, perhaps to feed," she said....Javits Award funds neurology of animal movement study
... potential for continual progress given his track record as a highly innovative and productive investigator." The award is for more than $3 million over seven years. A member of the Cornell faculty since 1980, Harris-Warrick studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the activity of small neu...Reify Corporation's Visible Discovery(tm) technology showcased at ICSB conference
...s develop externally so that you can visualize and record organ physiology with ordinary microscopes. Zebrafish are also an emerging model for assessing toxicities of drug candidates. Traditional quantification of cardiac function is a laborious and time-consuming process. Reify's Visible Discovery technolo...Trained wasps may be used to detect bombs, bugs, bodies and more
...ains a tiny camera that is linked to a computer to record the movement of the wasps. In a controlled test, the device was exposed to batches of dried feed corn containing either the target chemical, myrcene (a compound of neutral interest to the wasps) or corn alone. In comparison to a group of untrained wa...Ossur one of Europe's 500 fastest growing companies
...e without limitations, Ossur allocates an industry record of approximately eight percent of its revenue on medical technology research and development, and provides extensive education programs through the Ossur Academy. The company also sponsors a variety of community outreach programs and non-profit orga......ignificant, the accumulated mutations might hold a record of the history of cell divisions. These findings were published today in PLoS Computational Biology. Together with Prof. Uriel Feige of the Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department and research student Shai Kaplan, they proved that these ...Lippman recognized for discoveries in cancer prevention
.... Dr. Lippman is also recognized for his long record of discoveries in oral carcinogenesis. Currently, he heads an NCI program project, "Molecular-based Therapy for Oral Cancer Prevention," which promises to delay the development of oral cancer in patients with aneuploid oral leukoplakia--white patches......ns as song because they are unusually difficult to record and analyze. Only with the advent of improved technology for recording and analyzing the sounds and more powerful computers did it become possible to finally subject the vocalizations to careful analysis. "We started recording the vocalizations to a...Vaginal gel may provide a new approach to HIV prevention
...safe. Compounds similar to them have a good safety record in humans, at least so far," Veazey says. "This study demonstrates that combination microbicides are feasible," says NIAID Director Anthony Fauci. "We need to build on these promising animal studies and move toward establishing the safety and effect...Microfossils show promise in prospecting climate history
...n 100 years? What we need is a much more extensive record -- maybe about 5,000 years worth of data." There i...es, the results had disturbing implications. "The record indicates that big storms have been less frequent in the last 1000 years than in the previous 2000 y...New discoveries about neuron plasticity linked to learning and memory
...throughout the dendritic tree," says Johnston. To record the changes during learning, cells from the rat hippocampus (an important area of the brain for short-term memory) were electrically stimulated using a high frequency pattern called theta-bursts. Theta-bursts mimic the electrical stimulus that shoots...'Good' bacteria could save patients from infection infection by deadlier ones
...pigelman points to a recent BBC report on the poor record of bacterial infections in patients (the worst in Europe) in British public hospitals, especially involving the deadly MRSA (methacillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) bacteria. Despite being around for 40 years, these bacteria are still basically...Recreating 'Flowers for Algernon' with a happy ending
...delicate cell communication needed by the brain to record learned information." The UCLA team began searching for a safe drug that would zero in on Ras and overcome its hyperactivity without causing harmful side effects over long-term use. "It became something of a Quixotic quest -- an impossible dream," Si...Winners of 2005 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...n Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. A record 386 entries were received this year. They included 69 entries in the new children's category, 32 of them from international reporters. The awards will be presented to the winners in a 17 February 2006 ceremony at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis during ...Stanford scientists' discovery of hormone offers hope for obesity drug
...ied GPCRs, they started with what the evolutionary record told them was the most likely candidate. Their hunch was that the receptor for obestatin would be closely related to the receptor for ghrelin. A whirl through their database showed them that GPR39 was closely related to the receptor for ghrelin. Sure...