Green nanochemistry featured at American Chemical Society symposium, March 26-29
...bon nanotubes, they also are more functional for a wider variety of potential applications, including thin films, composites, faster computer chips and improved drug delivery, according to study leader Somenath Mitra, Ph.D., a professor at NJIT. ( I&EC 183 , Monday, March 27, 9:00 a.m., Room B313A) Tues...New DNA 'fingerprinting' technique separates hemp from marijuana
...l Minnesota agriculture. Weiblen seeks to screen a wider range of Cannabis cultivars to refine the technique. He is also working to identify regions of the Cannabis genome responsible for drug content in marijuana. If enough can be learned about the genome, it may one day be possible to produce an entirely...NSLS student-researcher talks at the March APS Meeting
...ophysicist Elaine DiMasi. His project is part of a wider research effort on the study of biomineralization, the process by which living organisms produce minerals, such as shell and bone. He is studying diatoms -- single-celled algae with outer shells composed of biosilica, a type of biomineral. DiBiccari ...UCSD project takes fish collection into the digital age
... effort to make the collection more available to a wider audience." Project director Lawrence Frank, Ph.D., professor of radiology at the UCSD School of Medicine--who leads the biomedical applications program at the Keck fMRI Center--said that the project will further push development of MRI technology for...Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean
...it, despite speculation of its usefulness from the wider oceanographic community. Although it took over a decade for its full impact to be realised, its accomplishments have been so great that it is credited with having revolutionised the field of physical oceanography. In honour of altimetry, oceanograp...Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits
...-governmental organizations (NGOs) must facilitate wider collaboration among a broad range of stakeholders to raise awareness and develop cooperative programs, tours and initiatives; contribute to sustainability through local training and capacity building; and help organize local communities to capture re...Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation
...inability of ecosystem services--may contribute to wider acceptance of ecosystem-based management. "The parks and marine reserves in the Bahamas are enormously thoughtful and successful, but when you visit there it seems natural, because so much of it is submerged," Palumbi said. "They realize there is a s...Ethiopian water programme raises birth rate; viral encephalitis study
...ly hailed as a success but it is unusual for their wider impact on the population to be studied. The research involved nearly 2000 households in both villages with and without access to improved water supply. The death rate of children in the villages where tapped water had been introduced was found to be...Medieval diaries aid scientists ascertain increase in hot spots due to global warming
...patterns of wide and narrow tree rings over time C wider rings relating to warmer temperatures. Ice from cores drilled in the Greenland ice sheets revealed which years were warmer than others by the chemical composition of the ice. They also used a record developed from diaries of people living in the Net...Georgia Tech develops technology for more compact, inexpensive spectrometers
...tions -- analyze substances using fewer parts in a wider variety of environments, regardless of lighting. The technology can improve the portability while reducing the size, complexity, and cost of many sensing and diagnostics systems that use spectrometers. The technology has appeared in Applied Optics, O...Satellites support businesses working for sustainable development
...ing tourism, recreation, and biomass burning. On a wider scale we are all stakeholders in forests, due to their role in moderating the human-caused increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases. Aon, a major UK based re-insurance company, is the prime contractor working with companies exploiting forest product...Olfactory nerve cells expressing same receptor display a varied set of reactions
...lfactory neurons may be able to respond to an even wider range of odor concentrations than we realized," she says. The heterogeneity in odor sensitivity and the wide response range in single cells provides new insights into why mammals, including humans, perceive odors with unchanged quality over a broad c...Mutation in brain cells of descendants of Abraham Lincoln suggest he suffered from movement disorder
...ive disease," Rothstein said. The finding also has wider implications because similar mutations might also be associated with other neurodegenerative diseases, the Hopkins researcher said. The researchers discovered that SCA5 is caused by a mutation of the -III spectrin gene SPTBN2, which disrupts the abil...Call for nominations for 2006 National Academies Communication Awards
...hese fields as well as between researchers and the wider public....Bones from blood: Scientists aim to break new ground on fractures
...ic questions of MSC isolation and expansion to the wider environment and define potential barriers and areas of weakness in their use. They will consider questions such as safety and standards, commercial viability, potential investment, consensus amongst scientists and clinical distribution. Dr Stephen Ho...Bird flu poses threat to international security, Illinois scholar says
...mber of human deaths tallied would likely be "on a wider scale than any attack by humans on humans other than nuclear war." "People think of international security as things people do or don't do," Palmore said. But, he noted, the consequences of infectious-disease outbreaks and natural disasters can be eq...ACS Chemistry Enterprise 2015 report predicts strong growth, expanding markets
...ry, although perhaps in smaller companies and in a wider variety of careers rather than just in the field of chemistry. Government Research Funding. Investment in science, technology and education will need to compete with spending on national security and social programs. To maintain strong suppo...Poll reveals half British public support nuclear future
...es than many decision makers like to believe. This wider context is something which the government should take very seriously during its own review."...Where 'jumping genes' fear to tread
...ion that operate in higher organisms, suggesting a wider role for noncoding sequences than has hitherto been appreciated." The work was conducted under Mattick's guidance by graduate students Cas Simons and Michael Pheasant, as well as by Dr. Igor Makunin, a postdoctoral researcher....Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food
...onducting additional studies using feathers from a wider range of seabirds and from a greater selection of time periods to get a clearer picture of impacts of oceanic conditions and fishing pressure throughout the past century....