Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
...also provide important information on the temporal evolution of slope movements, which is very difficult to obtain ordinarily. "The final results are now undergoing a process of implementation within land planning and risk prevention policies of the Arno Basin National Authority for its PAI. The proposed meth...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...gnificant differences were found in terms of graft evolution (i.e. liver function) when compared to those who did not resume alcohol consumption. Survival rates for 1 and 5 years were similar between the two groups, but differed significantly at the ten year mark: 45.1 percent in the relapse group versus 85.5 ...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...y may help explain the remarkable adaptability and evolution of animal nervous systems--including the human brain. The work appears in the March 17 issue of Nature. DNA sequences spell out the instructions for making protein but they aren't always followed to the letter. Sometimes, the genetic recipe gets edit......umentation of sounds and sound patterns, and their evolution over the past 7000-8000 years allows linguists to ...and Darwin, of course, Blevins shows that parallel evolution is the primary source of shared sound patterns. As language is naturally transmitted from one genera...'EuroVacc 02' HIV vaccine trial begins in February 2005
...non profit organization, was created in 2002 as an evolution of the network. The EuroVacc Foundation aims at facilitating European collaboration in vaccine development, coordinating European efforts and raising funds for fundamental and clinical research so as to accelerate the development of a safe and effect...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...ged from chromatin structure, to the structure and evolution of defective viruses, to enzymes that work on DNA and its complementary molecule, RNA. In the early 1960s, she investigated the genetic code with her NIH colleague, Marshall Nirenberg. More recently, she has studied a large family of repeated DNA seq...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...scientific understanding of the universe, from its evolution to its component black holes, neutron stars, galaxy clusters and quasars. More than 40 years ago, Giacconi led the team that discovered the faint, uniform phenomenon known as the cosmic X-ray background. Since then, his work has helped define that b...Monkey 'pay-per-view' study could aid understanding of autism
...f social conditions have been important in primate evolution for both nonhuman primates and humans. So, in further experiments, we also want to try to establish in the same way how people attribute value to acquiring visual information about other individuals." If such parallels exist, said Platt, electrophysi...A global treatment for iron deficiency
...ds, at treating anemia). "Each stage in the evolution of the Sprinkles intervention has been evaluated in a controlled manner," say the authors. "We determined that the use of encapsulated iron did not appreciably change the taste or color of the food to which it was added, we showed that the haemoglob...Institute of Medicine advisory: Jan. 12 Briefing on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...ght, as well as the impact of new therapies on the evolution of health care. The report will be discussed at a one-hour public briefing. DETAILS: 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 12, in the auditorium of the National Academies' building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Those who cannot attend may listen to a...Mayo Clinic researchers find PDAs okay with pacemakers
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- With the dynamic evolution of wireless technology, Mayo Clinic researchers have been concerned about the potential effects of electromagnetic interference on heart pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. In the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, research...Dec. 10-12 Japanese-American Frontiers of Science Meeting in Irvine, Calif.
... this year include carbon nanotubes and nanowires, evolution of the universe, Mars, stem cells and genetic reprogramming, and algorithmic approaches to music composition....NIAID launches influenza genome sequencing project
...prove their understanding of the overall molecular evolution of influenza viruses and the genetic factors that determine their virulence." "This project is the influenza-virus equivalent of the human genome project," says Robert G. Webster, Ph.D., professor of virology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital....Combination treatment helps thyroid cancer patients live longer
...blem with this type of thyroid cancer is the rapid evolution in the neck," said Renaud de Crevoisier, M.D., a radiation oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the lead author of the study. "However, since the tumors grow so quickly, we're hopeful that aggressive radiation therapy combined wit...Stanford study reveals that cells linked to asthma and eczema also help cure deadly illness in mice
...those cells were eliminated. "It's reassuring that evolution has produced cells that under some circumstances have significant benefit, even though when they are activated inappropriately, such as in asthma, they produce harm," Galli said. Interestingly, he said, a component of a particular snake venom, that o...Brookhaven Lab and BioSET develop a synthetic peptide that enhances the effect of BMP-2
...t positions us at the leading edge of an important evolution in orthopedic medicine." ...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
... time researchers are able to study the growth and evolution of plasma instabilities during the z-pinch implosion. Z pinches begin as a cylindrical array of wires, each thinner than a human hair, that are vaporized into plasma by 20 million Amperes of current. This plasma is then is "pinched" to the axis of th...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
... time researchers are able to study the growth and evolution of plasma instabilities during the z-pinch implosion. Z pinches begin as a cylindrical array of wires, each thinner than a human hair, that are vaporized into plasma by 20 million Amperes of current. This plasma is then is "pinched" to the axis of th...... clinical data that proves its efficacy, continued evolution of technology, the fact that the procedure is not reimbursable by insurance and the continued need for bowel preparation. Researchers: Bowel Preparation Unnecessary with Virtual Colonoscopy (CT Colonography Without Cathartic Preparation,...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...elebrate this seminal invention and the subsequent evolution of electronic components based on vacuum devices. Fred Dylla of Jefferson Lab in Virginia ( dylla@jlab.gov ) will open the session by describing Fleming's invention and its connection to Thomson's late-19th century discovery of the electro...