Understanding biological foundation of human behavior critical to improving laws
... of the severest penalties to kill in reaction to threats to their status. "What we're learning about development of the mind and the biology of thinking is growing at a tremendous rate," Jones said. "The main significance of this article is that it demonstrates how the legal system can be more effective i...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
...-care team. UF researchers are continuing to study threats to patients' sense of well-being and are evaluating their data further to better characterize factors associated with positive health outcomes. Eventually they hope to identify and test ways to help them cope after cancer, boosting quality of life fo...Marine researchers deliver blueprint for rescuing America's troubled coral reefs
..."But only combined actions addressing all of these threats will achieve the ultimate goal of reversing the trajectory of decline. We need to act now to curtail processes adversely affecting reefs." Stopping overfishing will require integrated systems of "no take" areas as well as quotas on harvests, they sai...Leslie Roberts of Science wins ASM Public Communications Award
...us diseases, both old foes like polio and emerging threats like avian influenza. She also coordinates the magazine's coverage of biomedicine and environment/ecology. In a previous stint at Science in the 1980s and 1990s, Roberts was a senior writer specializing in genetics and the environment. Roberts has al...Tufts University's Andrew Camilli named Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
...i. "Diarrheal diseases and pneumonia are worldwide threats and these two bacterial pathogens are emblematic of numerous other pathogens. Unraveling these mysteries may help to understand other pathogens in addition to bringing us closer to controlling cholera and pneumonia." "One of the biggest challenges f...Mitsubishi offsets carbon footprint through investment in Madagascar's rain forest
...) which are found only in Madagascar. The primary threats to Makira are from slash and burn agriculture, uncontrolled bush fires, and mining. The island of Madagascar itself is classified by scientists as one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. A preponderance of species diversity is...South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn
...r, global climate change poses great environmental threats to wetlands," according to the analysis, "fundamen...use and climate change," the analysis says. Local threats to the Pantanal "Traditional Pantanal commodities mainly cattle and fishing cannot compete in tod...'You can't buy conservation,' suggests survey of Africa's rain forest parks
...rcement strategies that must adapt to the specific threats to each park," said Struhsaker. Thus, they may range from meetings with local communities for information exchange and dialog to military-style operations against well-armed poachers who are also murderers. "While we found that law enforcement was on...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner registers 'strong concerns' over suppression of science films
...ng now to express strong concerns about increasing threats to science that endanger our shared missions and to offer our support and partnership in dealing with them. A March 19, 2005 New York Times article-"A New Test for Imax: The Bible vs. the Volcano," by Cornelia Dean-raised serious issues about the fut...National Academies news: Spent nuclear fuel storage
...e consequences of such attacks. Because potential threats may differ according to a specific plant's design, the committee recommended that plant-by-plant vulnerability analyses be performed. These conclusions were based on a detailed review of security analyses performed by the USNRC, U.S. Department of H......agascar, and four from South America, showing that threats to monkeys, lemurs, great apes and other non-human primates exist wherever they live. All 25 primates on the 2004-2006 list are found in the world's biodiversity hotspots-34 regions identified by Conservation International that cover just 2.3 p...The Academy of Natural Sciences investigates effects of climate change on Delaware tidal marshes
...nts. A rise in sea level is one of the most severe threats to coastal environments such as the Delaware. Current estimates indicate that as the sea rises, saltwater will move upstream by between 6 and 12 miles. Vile and Velinsky will study the potential consequences of this increased salinity on tidal marshe...Brown wins major award to improve environment, protect RI health
...5-million grant to help scientists identify health threats posed by hazardous waste and come up with new tools to remove it. The grant is one of Brown's largest research awards in the last five years. It establishes Brown as one of 18 universities funded under the Superfund Basic Research Program administere...African-Americans and Caucasians have similar emotional brain activity when seeing African-Americans
...of their brain involved in responding to potential threats responds more to African Americans than Caucasians," Lieberman said. "Even people who believe to their core that they do not have prejudices may still have negative associations that are not conscious." Why do African Americans have this amygdala re...Satellites monitoring dust storms linked to health risk
...help epidemiologists study, understand and predict threats to human health....DOE JGI announces 2006 Community Sequencing Program portfolio
...oka--currently regarded as one of the most serious threats to world banana production; Mytilus californianus, the edible pacific mussel that is a sentinel species for environmental pollution; Triphysaria versicolor, a parasitic plant that releases chemicals into the soil that affect the growth and develo...Comprehensive biodefense text published
...of bioterrorism, medical countermeasures, emerging threats and future preparation, and development of diagnostic tests for identifying biological warfare pathogens. Intended for researchers, physicians, and policy makers, Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism offers a detail...New scientific and conservation institute launched in Florida
...ased independent reports detailing the significant threats the oceans currently face. Admiral James D. Watki...er management solutions can be implemented against threats to healthy marine ecosystems, such as red tides. Ocean Research & Conservation Association will lau...Detecting biological threats top goal of UH project
...e detection systems, efficiently detect engineered threats and to reduce the frequency of false positives. While false positives do not occur often, the UH research team agrees that taking precautions are necessary to avoid the chaos, mass anxiety and economic disruption that come with this type of misinfor...K-State professor studies how landscape dynamics affect extinction risk for migratory songbirds
...nd fragmentation are considered to be the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. "This is an issue that affects many different types of systems, not just here in the United States, but globally as well," With said. "Migratory songbirds are a group of particular concern, especially in North America." Wit...