World renowned social evolution theorist Robert Trivers to be honored
... in the body and a variety of social behaviors. In tracking these children, Trivers has become specifically interested in the health of the children, their long-term growth and development, and the social behavior they display. Recently, with Rutgers anthropologist Lee Cronk, he showed that symmetrical Jamaic...Waggle dance controversy resolved by radar records of bee flight paths
... dance at all, but found the food source simply by tracking down the smell that they had picked up from the dancing bee. Another suggestion was that recruits simply followed the dancer when she flew back to the food, and then other bees joined in. The controversy has persisted because prior to the advent of h...Birth factors associated with risk for autism
...e sizes, but that Denmark's extensive database for tracking the health of residents makes large population studies easier to complete. Perinatal risk factors, such as mode of delivery, fetal presentation, preeclampsia and number of antenatal visits, were also investigated. Parental psychiatric history was ran...New collision looks imminent for B-15A iceberg
...ration (NOAA) National Ice Centre, responsible for tracking icebergs worldwide. ASAR imagery is also being used operationally to track icebergs in the Arctic by the Northern View and ICEMON consortia, which provide ice monitoring services as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) i...Highlights of the June 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...girls skipped breakfast on each day of a three-day tracking period. But by age 19, more than 19 percent of white girls and 24 percent of African-American girls skipped breakfast all three days. Girls who consistently ate breakfast had a lower body mass index than those who skipped breakfast. Girls who consi...World Ocean Day: How satellites safeguard our waters
...s on two important applications: the detection and tracking of oil spills both chemically and physically hazardous to the marine environment - and forecasting toxic algae blooms, which threaten costly contamination of Europe's growing aquaculture fish or shellfish farming - industry. Ocean colour satellite...Highlights in the June 2005 issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
...ay Watershed. The group makes recommendations for tracking the progress of these projects and better coordination and monitoring of tidal and non-tidal restoration efforts. Community Recovery While communities are expected to undergo several series of succession after a major disturbance, a recent review b...Promiscuous catalytic activity possessed by novel enzyme structure
...tentially life-saving - biological molecules. But tracking down and harvesting those chemicals in their natural form can be time-consuming, expensive and unreliable. Now Salk scientists have discovered a new way of bringing "bio-prospecting" out of the rainforest and into the lab. Their findings are publish...Hurricane hazard briefing on Capitol Hill
..., engineers and first responders have learned from tracking storm movements, responding to emergencies, and su...l Institute. Speakers will discuss ways to enhance tracking and warnings, mitigate losses, improve building safety and prepare for hurricane emergencies. Below ...Fundamental discovery -- bone fracture
...sciplinary group of scientists spent several years tracking down where the glue was located in bone, and how it worked. "Before this research, it was well known that the mechanical properties of bone depended on mineral particles and on collagen fibrils," said Hansma. "The picture of bone was that it con...New technique rapidly detects illness-causing bacteria
...earchers and companies that are in the business of tracking food-borne pathogens, allowing technicians to determine a source quickly. It may also help to analyze a throat culture swab, to tell if someone has an illness like strep throat. "We hope to see this technique commercialized, because it is very rapid...Plankton can run, but can't hide from basking sharks
... in deep waters exhibited normal diving behaviour, tracking the zooplankton Calanus up to the surface at dusk and then downward at dawn, sharks in the western English Channel did the reverse. This is the first time this behaviour has been observed among plankton-eating sharks, the authors say, and shows that ...Coral reef fish larvae settle close to home
...sh species by employing a combination of inventive tracking techniques. In addition to providing ecological information about one particular fish species, the work suggests ways that the ecology of other fish can be studied and applied to strategies for the maintenance of stable populations. Most marine fishe...PET can identify effectiveness of chemotherapy early in high-risk breast cancer patients
...PET scan shows where the radiopharmaceutical is by tracking the gamma ray signals given off by the radionuclides. Avril co-wrote "Early Prediction of Response to Chemotherapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer Using Sequential 18F-FDG PET" with Joerg Dose Schwarz, M.D., Michael Bader, M.D., Gabriele Hemminger, M.D.,...Happy and passive means more productive animals
...ing this system work for increased productivity is tracking the pedigree of plants and animals to know which ones are most likely to be passive." Muir also is director of the Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Graduate Training Program....The relationship between lawns and allergies and asthma
...rfgrass types under test plot conditions. They are tracking maintenance items such as fertility, mowing height, mowing frequency and irrigation, all of which affect the number of fungal spores within the turfgrass. They are also monitoring daily weather patterns to understand the influences of rain, dry weat...Carnegie Mellon CyLab researchers work to develop new red tide monitoring
...n (NOAA) to develop new software for detecting and tracking toxic algae plaguing North American waters. "We a...e might range from studying cancer tumor growth to tracking serial killers. "The other very important part of this research is to adapt our findings to homeland...Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region
...I and Disney to document the expedition's journey, tracking scientists searching for signs of new species, exploring the Himalayan landscapes and interviewing local officials, scientists and residents about their experiences and sightings of the region's unusual creatures. Renowned for compelling, real-world ...Study shows humans have ability to track odors, much like bloodhounds
Berkeley - Though humans may never match the tracking ability of dogs, we apparently have the ability to sniff out and locate odors, according to a new study by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley. Student volunteers presented with odors to one nostril or the other could reliably disc...Virginia Tech engineer investigates enzyme link to neurological disease
...ove and Burguera track particle sedimentation. The tracking method, called Z-axis Translating Laser Light Scattering (ZATLLS), is unique to Virginia Tech and based on key concepts in transport phenomena. It has been used to gauge how other complex fluids, such as paints and sealants, are dispersed. Now Love a...