Field in Biological News

AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009

... Dust storms on Earth build up an electric field as dust particles collide, and then emit lightning as the electric field discharges. Some previous evidence suggested that ... satellite mission (which measures Earth's gravity field and can sense mass movement) and estimates of ...

International conference on CO2 sequestration processes

... Dioxide to Stone: Plant Startup, Conference & field Trips WHERE: Reykjavik, Iceland WHEN: Sept. ... of world scientific experts, and make related field trips to spectacular natural sites. The CarbFix ... a half-dozen other nations. A optional Sept. 9-11 field trip will explore natural sites related to carbon ...

Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system

... The M3 demonstrated its effectiveness in a recent field study in the San Joaquin Valley in which it ... reverse osmosis (RO) stage. "In this specific field study by our team, in the first part of the ... that was also developed here at UCLA. This first field study with the M3 was a major achievement and the ...

International team of students and scientists on month-long field course in Siberian Arctic

... and Russia are departing July 2 for a month-long field course in the Russian Arctic. The program, known ... This is the second year of the Polaris Project field course. The focus of the students' and ... barge that will serve as a mobile base for field trips up and down the river. Boyd Zapatka, an ...

Study of agricultural watersheds and carbon losses

... (1998-2004) at Purdue University's Water Quality field Station, which was designed specifically to ... drainage lysimeters were established at the field site in 1992. Twelve field treatments included a restored prairie grass, ...

CU-Boulder study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago

... Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was ... 1,400 years ago. Evidence shows the manioc field -- at least one-third the size of a football field -- was harvested just days before the eruption of ...

Wildlife Conservation Society supports world's first study of egg-laying mammal

... Guinea has successfully completed what many other field biologists considered "mission impossible"the ... consisted of thousands of hours of grueling field work in Papua New Guinea's Crater Mountain ... of the species represented a real challenge for field research, with some experts declaring the species ...

Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2009

... could one day have a new tool that advances the field to a level previously only imagined. The digital ... . . . An independent analysis of the field of high-temperature superconductors conducted by ... analysis, which encompassed only citations in the field of high temperature superconductors research, ...

Five outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Foundation 2009 Research Scholars Award

... who promise to make significant strides in the field of gastrointestinal research. "With the ... scientists devote their careers to advancing the field of digestive health through research. Awards are ... have made important contributions to the field of gastroenterology and many former award ...

The challenges of avian influenza virus: Mechanism, epidemiology and control

... recent progress in the H5N1-related research field with seven reviews and one manuscript of original ... virus research is a scientifically fascinating field and a much-needed field for life-saving. In the future we ought to know ...

Searching for pollution in the Caribbean

... The IAEA has furthermore provided substantial field and laboratory equipment to the participating ... far and plotted next steps ahead. With its recent field sampling in Puerto Cortes, Honduras became the ... in coastal ecosystems. This included more field and laboratory instruments to support sediment ...

Geoscientists meet to discuss Rocky Mountain geology

... field TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Utah Valley is located on the ... feature, forms the eastern margin of the valley. field trips will include destinations to one of the ... fees for paid luncheons and any short courses or field trips in which they participate. Representatives ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

... But Guarino hopes to eventually take it into the field to check for bolts that are vibrating loose or ... not laugh when it is having a good time. Rather, field biologists have noticed that hyenas make the ... and localizing pipe changes via matched field processing" (4aSP7) by Alex Tolstoy et al is at ...

Canadian biomedical engineering pioneer receives international award

... academia and industry, continuing to advance the field and carrying with them a passion ignited during ... a significant influence on the evolution of the field of biomaterials," said Stuart Cooper, professor ... medical devices by merging the biopharmaceutical field and medical device sector to deliver implant ...

Field Museum paleontologist leads study on two new dinosaurs from China

... in reference to a dramatic landform in the field area known as the "white ghost castle." ... Makovicky, PhD, Curator of Dinosaurs at Chicago's field Museum, and corresponding author on the study of ... largest known T. rex specimen, housed at The field Museum and popularly known as SUE, was nearly 14 ...

Remembrance of things past influences how female field crickets select mates

... Riverside biologists researching the behavior of field crickets have found for the first time that ... behavior, and in non-social insects like field crickets it is truly a surprise to find that ... species ranging from insects to humans." Among field crickets, males use song as a long-range signal ...

Nine Additional Virginia Law Enforcement Agencies Deploy BIO-key(R) and DaPro Systems Solution

... messaging solution and DaProSystems' Mobile FR field reporting tool on laptops in their patrol ... and the ability to complete reports in the field improves officer productivity. Under these ... (JMS), Mobile Data Terminals (MDT/MDC), Mobile field Reporting, Data Sharing, Crime Analysis, ...

Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences

... North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of ... the value of the data and specimens held at field stations--until an event such as a disease ... of our greatest treasures--America's biological field stations," said William Michener, a biologist at ...

Nine Additional Virginia Law Enforcement Agencies Deploy BIO-key(R) and DaPro Systems Solution

... messaging solution and DaProSystems' Mobile FR field reporting tool on laptops in their patrol ... and the ability to complete reports in the field improves officer productivity. Under these ... (JMS), Mobile Data Terminals (MDT/MDC), Mobile field Reporting, Data Sharing, Crime Analysis, ...

Pest management specialist Charles Summers wins prestigious Woodworth Award

... career spans 39 years in the pest management of field and vegetable crops, is the winner of the ... California agriculture. He has conducted field studies in the Central Valley from Chico to Bakersfield, working with 15 different field and vegetable crops, more than 20 different ...

Stanford scientists find new solutions for the arsenic-poisoning crisis in Asia

... the Environment. To find out, he launched a field study in Asia in 2004 with two Stanford ... we could really track the entire water flow." field results The new field site was located just south of Cambodia's ...

Fifth annual Templeton-Cambridge fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists

... journalists examine key areas in the broad field of science and religion through independent ... in a rigorous and wide-ranging examination of the field of science and religion," says TempletonCambridge ... 2009 fellows represent a broad sweep from the field of journalism, a reflection, the program's ...

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes 2009: Six young researchers recognized for outstanding achievements

... of 26 has made a substantial contribution to the field of human speech processing, which has also ... of the best young researchers in the world in the field of probability theory and statistical physics. In ... as an exceptionally original scientist in the field of molecular biology. She has made a name for ...

SNM Symposium on Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging

... an advanced understanding of the emerging field of cardiovascular molecular imaging. This ... the basis for the first textbook dedicated to the field of cardiovascular molecular imaging. The 2009 ... is designed to stimulate further growth in the field by attracting individuals from both the basic ...

Special issue 'Comparative Cognition in Context' now published

... reviews by leading researchers in the field of comparative cognition, demonstrating how ... of the field's multidisciplinary analyses, a field that truly is a realization of Darwin's argument ... an issue documenting latest discoveries in the field of comparative cognition, and by doing so to mark ...

Portable kit may 1 day detect plant disease before disastrous outbreak

... the box: A briefcase-sized kit is carried to a field where thousands of tons of food are growing. The ... pathology colleague Dr. Dennis Gross will then do field testing for accuracy. Next, a team of Texas ... to the ornamental crops in the northeast and the field crops in the west. Shim acknowledges that the ...

Iowa Power Fund advances researcher’s long quest for efficient solar power

... The project includes work in the maturing field of thin film silicon-based photovoltaic technology. And it includes work in the emerging field of organic semiconductors. Dalal said Iowa ... I'm hoping Iowa State can become a leader in this field and help make a smooth transition from our ...

Cells with double vision

... input region from only a narrow area of the fly's field of vision. Yet, thanks to their linking with ... output regions to movements from a much wider field of vision. This results in a robust processing of ... are arranged parallel to each other, the fly's field of vision is completely covered by the vertical ...

Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness

... to social behavior is part of an emerging field examining brain mechanismsan approach to ... Chicago. Decety and Cacioppo discussed the new field of brain mechanism in a paper in the current ... Which Psychological Processes are Based?" The new field extends the work of Charles Darwin, who "regarded ...

Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert

... in Chicago. The IPCC Fourth Assessment, for which field was a coordinating author, was published in 2007. As co-chair, field will oversee the Working Group 2 Report on the ... convert current carbon sinks into carbon sources. field points to tropical forests as a prime example. ...

March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

... mid-February. The five metre-long GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) ... use of new technology to map the Earth's gravity field as never before. The satellite has been ... of nature. Improved knowledge of the gravity field is one of the most important building blocks for ...

Researchers to use K-State's BSL-3 Lab for $1 million study of fungus threatening wheat crops

... experience in food safety and security in the field of plant health. "This is what K-State as a ... help in the creation of diagnostic tools that field specialists can use in the field to identify wheat blast. "The disease looks a ...

January GEOLOGY media highlights

... ultradeep Australian diamonds, Earth's magnetic field and the cosmic-ray-climate theory, fresh-water ... one aspect of the controversial hypothesis at a field site in Virginia: that current bank erosion rates ... Is there a link between Earth's magnetic field and low-latitude precipitation? Mads ...

Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text

... fighters have the largest heads. In nature, male field crickets fight one another over territories and ... smaller-headed rivals. They also show that male field crickets have larger heads and mouthparts than ... crickets don't fight over mates," says Judge. field crickets, a diverse group of insects distributed ...

Low level herbicide use can damage potato reproduction

... economic and ecological effects. Therefore, field trials were conducted to determine if potato ... were affected by herbicides at below recommended field rates. Potato plants were exposed to one of ... herbicides at various concentrations below normal field application rates. Results from this study were ...

13 UCR faculty members recognized by American Association for the Advancement of Science

... "For distinguished contributions to the field of the sociology of education, particularly for ... "For distinguished contributions to the field of systems and control, particularly for ... biology: "For distinguished contributions to the field of evolutionary biology, particularly for ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science honors four Iowa Staters

... of chemical and biological engineering and field work proposal leader for Bioinspired Materials at ... Mallapragada was honored for "research in the field of biomaterials and biomolecular engineering, ... Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, professor of chemistry and a field work proposal leader for the Solid State Nuclear ...

Synthetic biology key in the 21st century

... The promise of this burgeoning scientific field lies in the potential to apply engineering ... of the Project. But just how much about this field is covered in the media? And while these ... Synthetic Biology, which examines coverage of the field in recent years, as well as a quiz that tests ...

Ship-in-a-bottle kit on a microchip

... the channels on the chip. A rotating magnetic field is used to link the components into larger ... field. The scientists construct the magnetic field with four coils so that the microparticles are ... then remain in this shape as long as the magnetic field is switched on. The geometry also determines ...

No place like home: New theory for how salmon, sea turtles find their birthplace

... salmon and sea turtles may read the magnetic field of their home area and "imprint" on it, according ... Academy of Sciences . The Earth's magnetic field varies predictably across the globe, with every ... and sea turtles can detect the Earth's magnetic field and use it to sense direction during their first ...