Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...open-ended nature of cricket rules, which place no restrictions on the bat handle's shape or material composition. Exploiting their knowledge of mechanical vibrations, the researchers will present tests of various shapes and materials for the bat handle. Exploring the world of different vibrations that exist in g......erent cultures and religions, a variety of dietary restrictions exist. The origin of these rules is often debated....food taboos led to an investigation of the dietary restrictions among fishers in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest. The researchers interviewed fishers in 18 coastal c...Agrobiosecurity and You: Topic of scientific meeting in Seattle
...nformation exchange, and even their impact on visa restrictions for foreign scientists. The symposium "Agrobiosecurity and You," will be held Monday, Nov. 1, from 12:55 to 3:10 pm in Grand Ballroom C of the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle as part of the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science ...Military hazards are greater for Native Americans, according to sociological research
...us military activities." Because national security restrictions make it difficult to gain information about bases that are functioning currently, the study examined publicly released documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer relating to closed military bases in the approximately 3,100 counties in the contigu...Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines?
...ng stem cell research if the U.S. government lifts restrictions on such studies. Among the speakers will be Thomas Okarma, CEO and president of Geron Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed human embryonic stem cell technology for therapeutic and diagnostic products for cancer, and Suzi Leath...UNC Lineberger researchers identify molecular markers of aging
...will not reverse the aging process; only long-term restrictions appeared to have an effect on p16INK4a and ARF expression. Therefore, our results would not be consistent with the idea that short-term caloric restriction prior to surgery would improve post-operative wound healing," Sharpless said. The work has str...Study gives US a 'C' for lagging support of international reproductive health and population efforts
... majorities now in both houses of Congress, policy restrictions and uncertainties about funding are expected to continue at least through mid-term congressional elections in 2006. Progress and Promises notes that most donors have stepped up their financial support for the fight against HIV/AIDS. The United States...International HapMap consortium widens data access
...t it is ending computer-based "click wrap" license restrictions on data generated by its effort to create a map of human genetic variation. As a result, all of the consortium's data are now completely available to the public, a move that will provide researchers with even easier access to tools for identifying ge...Europe's fishermen should have marine 'stewardship' role, says study
... techniques e.g. nets with larger mesh and spatial restrictions of bottom trawls During the development of the FEP, stakeholders were asked what they thought were the main threats to the North Sea ecosystem, and its fisheries, as well as their preferred management tools. Scientific researchers used this informa...Encouraging results of gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency
... in normal family and social environments, without restrictions on activities or exposure." An accompanying commentary (p 2155) by Marina Cavazzana-Calvo and Alain Fischer (Hpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France) discusses all clinical research done in this field: 'Remarkably, 17 of these 18 patients had th...New findings lead researchers to question basic assumptions of fisheries management
...ther bottom-dwelling fish--to be overfished. Tight restrictions were imposed to allow the overfished populations to recover, causing economic hardship for many in the West Coast fishing industry. Recovery of some stocks is expected to take decades. One way to prevent such problems may be to establish marine rese...Celebrex provides a two pronged attack against prostate cancer
...n anti-inflammatory mechanism that imposes further restrictions on the proliferation of prostate cancer cells. The results provide potentially important insights into our understanding of the overall anti-tumor activity of selective COX-2 inhibitors." Dannenberg and a team of investigators discovered this new mec...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner welcomes proposed Washington state legislation on stem cell research
...ote this session on a proposal to ease the federal restrictions and allow study of newer stem cell lines derived from embryos discarded by fertility clinics. [For more information, read the full letter . ]...Migration study finds that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
...f Atlantic bluefin tuna and concluded that tighter restrictions should be placed on commercial fishing to protect the feeding and breeding grounds of this top migratory predator--one of the most commercially valuable fish in the sea. Researchers from Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium say that thei...Live vaccines more effective against horse herpes virus
... Racing Association (NYRA) on May 18 issued travel restrictions for all horses that might have been exposed to equine herpes virus, with special attention paid to those stabled at Churchill Downs since May 1. In some 90 percent of infected horses, equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) leads to a mild upper respirat...Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research
... variety of debilitating health problems." Federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research funding and lagging state funds have limited available government support for this emerging and promising research, prompting CUMC to reach out to the private sector with this crucial stem cell initiative. CUMC...FSU food scientist is lead scholar in trade
...wards, China announced the lifting of bans, though restrictions on ruminant animal materials in MBM feeds remain. Since then, detection of contamination from ruminant protein in non-ruminant exports has become critically important. Progress toward adoption of optimal testing methods that allow free-flowing non-ru...Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident
...and Sweden. The concerned governments imposed some restrictions on hunting, including scheduling hunting season wh... fish will remain high for decades and, therefore, restrictions on fishing there should be maintained. What environmental countermeasures and remediation have bee...Tobacco industry weakened pesticide regulations, UCSF study shows
...est aimed at convincing regulators that no further restrictions were needed to control an especially deadly pesticide, among other actions. The authors point to the need for broader reform of the regulatory process to prevent abuses such as these in the future. "This shows that the tobacco industry's influence on...... the Oculina Experimental Closed Area, has further restrictions including prohibition of bottom fishing for snapper and grouper species. However, surface trolling for species such as dolphin, tuna, and sailfish is still allowed in the Experimental Closed Area and the larger HAPC since it poses no threat to the re...