2006 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award goes to Arizona State U. landscape ecologist
...slands research, train local conservationists, and teach university students how to undertake scientific research and write successful grant proposals. He serves as an adviser on China issues to Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University. He is editor-in-chief of Landscape Ecology, a leading inter...Fighting to keep Darwin in the classroom
...ic schools. We are committed to helping educators teach Darwin's theory to students at all levels. Outreach and Education in Evolution will provide them with the tools they need." Outreach and Education in Evolution, a traditional peer-reviewed journal with non-traditional features, will address these...... cells that were attacked by reovirus. "If you can teach the immune system to recognize cancer cells," says Coffey, "it may be possible to fight off the disease for much longer than we originally anticipated." Late in 2006, another collaborator, Dr. Alan Melcher of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre ...IP for value creation in biotechnology
...rtance of industry versus patents. SIMS intends to teach students basic skills including how to build a pipeline for creative value, how to sell and buy IP and how to choose the right IP strategy as well as exposing participating scientists and companies to new research and business opportunities, giving t...First time ever: Witness the fitting of a POWER KNEE on the first VA patient to receive one
...e world over for his groundbreaking workshops that teach amputees how to increase their mobility and make the most of their prosthesis When: Wednesday, January 17 between 1:00pm to 2:30pm West Patio Where: Miami VA Medical Center, 1201 NW 16th Street 33125...Maxine Singer awarded 2007 NAS Public Welfare Medal
... science, while providing them with new methods to teach their students about science. In 1989, she introduced Carnegie's "First Light" project, an imaginative Saturday science school for D.C. public school students. Both programs continue to this day. Singer has spoken out authoritatively on the issue of...Koshland Science Museum announces winter program
...Robert Sherman, a national Reebok instructor, will teach you yoga techniques to relax your body and mind. The event is held in collaboration with NRTA: AARP's Educator Community. Admission is free. Virtually You: Internet Art and Culture Thursday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join Jonathan Harris, creato...Tracing the formation of long-term memory
... Davis and his colleagues used spaced training to teach the flies to associate an odor with a mild electric shock. This method gives the fly a training trial, then a rest and then another trial. The rest is critical in inducing long-term memory that can last days. In this study, the five spaced trials pro...Brown and OTS will jointly manage new ILTER network secretariat
...l research funding. Such sites have some things to teach and some things to learn from networks in developing countries, which are often more closely tied to economic, resource and social development goals. Most of the developing countries are located in the tropics, said Jimnez. Long-term data in this r...Highlights from the December 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ry intake, interventions among young adults should teach skills for preparing quick and healthful meals." Effects of Increased Beverage Size on Calories Consumed at a Meal People who are served large portions of drinks at meals tend to drink more of the beverage, and drinking a large sweetened beverage s...Ancient predator had strongest bite of any fish, rivaling bite of large alligators and T. rex
...ve been the first king of the beasts. And it could teach scientists a lot about humans, because it is in the sister group of all jawed vertebrates. Dunkleosteus terrelli lived 400 million years ago, grew up to 33 feet long and weighed up to four tons. Scientist have known for years that it was a dominant...New cost-benefit model will aid efforts to conserve wilderness: UBC researcher
.... Prof. Chan, who came from Stanford University to teach at UBC's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. "But this framework overlooks the fact that ecosystems also provide great benefits to people, in the form of ecosystem services." [Chan's study will be featured at the Oct. 31 launch...New behavior may use old genes
TEMPE, Ariz. Though you may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, ASU researchers have found that evolution may have taught old genes new tricks in the development of social behavior in honeybees. The genetic basis of social behavior is being deciphered through the efforts of ASU researchers...JCI table of contents: Oct. 12, 2006
...y's own tissues. During evolution, several ways to teach the immune system to tolerate the body's own tissues have developed. For example, as T cells develop in the thymus, those cells that easily recognize proteins that belong to the body's own tissues [the expression of which are controlled by a protein ...UAF professor awarded polar science education grant
...ering and service lessons around a single topic to teach science as an integrated whole to diverse student populations. He and his collaborators plan to offer the course, "Environmental Radioactivity, Stewardship and People in the North," for the first time at UAF next spring. "Education research at NSF...Rutgers-led group lands $2.55 million to advance high school biology and math
...t math was irrelevant or too difficult. We need to teach it in a way that engages aspiring biologists." Roberts, also a professor of mathematics, added that by bringing more biology into the mathematics classroom, the project team expects to get students more excited about the usefulness of mathematics. H...Video games: Medicine for the body
...enaged prodigy with a unique immunodeficiency must teach his immune system how to function properly, or die trying. Using a nanobot and aided by a helpful professor, the teenager explores biologically accurate and visually detailed settings in pursuit of this goal. "The video game experience is a wonderf...$1 million Myers Fellowship brings US research techniques to Melbourne
... to share his knowledge with Florey scientists and teach them his specialised research techniques, which he is using to develop earlydiagnostic tools for brain disorders. "Developing ways to diagnose brain diseases before symptoms appear are urgently needed so the onset and progression of symptoms can be...Study provides insight into how the brain loses plasticity of youth
...icity. In the immune system, MHC Class I proteins teach immune cells which cells to attack. They do this by interacting with a large number of receptors found on the surface of immune cells. Syken, Shatz and colleagues wondered whether such receptors might also be expressed in neurons and involved in MHC ...New textbook uses real disease outbreaks to teach undergraduate microbiology
...06 A new textbook uses real-world case studies to teach basic foundations of microbiology to students while simultaneously demonstrating how microbiology affects their lives. Outbreak: Cases in Real-World Microbiology, from ASM Press uses 96 classroom-tested case studies that cover the core topics of mic...