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UC Riverside psychologist explores human perception, finds 'wow factor'

... but real-world considerations are important. "We discuss practical applications in papers so engineers can use them in the work they do, whether it's designing computer software or rehabilitation programs for the blind or the deaf." Rosenblum has taught at UCR since 1989. In addition to his scientific wor...

BioMed Central launches Biology Direct

...review process gives the author the opportunity to discuss points raised directly with the reviewers, and to revise their manuscript as much or as little as they wish, according to the suggestions or criticisms of the reviewers. Ultimately, reviewers can express reservations about the manuscript but publicat...

Science finds new fix for UV-damaged skin in arthritis treatment

...e Beauty scientists convened in Rome to review and discuss the glucosamine data. The panel determined that n-acetyl glucosamine, a more stable form of glucosamine, reduced the amount of melanin in skin cells, meaning there was less excess pigment in the skin to cause age spots. Additionally, the panel conc...

A more powerful and efficient engine for rice: the C3-C4 challenge

...nome is allowing researchers for the first time to discuss how they might work together to completely reconfigure what's known as the engine of rice production, the plant's photosynthetic system. "If you think of the rice plant as a car, what we were talking about is really supercharging the engine," said...

It's all in the genes

...issue of Evolution, Whitham and fellow researchers discuss how this phenotype is heritable on an ecosystem level. That is, the progeny of a tree are likely to support the same communities of organisms and ecosystem processes that their parents supported. It's a premise with far-reaching implications. Consi...

Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon

...ill join with colleagues from around the nation to discuss exactly how flu invades the body, how the body responds, and how mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists are working to help understand the pathogenesis of flu infection. The group will also talk about the potential of flu to be intent...

Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda

... Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, discuss five facts about world hunger, children and wasting, a condition that represents severe malnutrition. Wasting is defined by a low weight-to-height ratio; it is visible in the form of skeletally thin children usually found in the middle of a famine....

Case Western Reserve University researchers find protein associated with brain cell death

...sis in Monocytes and Microglia." The researchers discuss the role that the multi-domain protein Vav plays in the intercellular signaling of microglia, the brain's primary immune cell, when it produces an inflammatory response when coming into contact with beta-amyloid fibrils that form the harmful brain pl...

Ten years later, Dolly is still making headlines

...wo-thousand of the world's leading scientists will discuss a variety of critical issues affecting pharmaceuti....m. to 5:15 p.m. in the Hynes Convention Center to discuss the various regulatory, scientific and ethical issues surrounding generic biopharmaceuticals, as wel...

Ecosystem services and invasive species

...n might occur in the threatened areas. Heard will discuss the results and the eleven sites established in th...udy to urban forests throughout Memphis. She will discuss her work during a poster session on landscape and ecosystem ecology. Assessing economic and ecolog...

Report focuses on the role good microbes play in future medicine

...erican Academy of Microbiology in November 2005 to discuss the current state of knowledge regarding probiotic...nce, immunology, nutrition and other fields met to discuss a variety of issues associated with the field of probiotics. In addition to providing an overview o...

Diabetes research takes wing thanks to long-lived fruit fly

...ly the team created. Later this month Bohmann will discuss the fly's implications for aging and health at a symposium in Sweden sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundations and also at the exclusive International Workshop on the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, sponsored by the European Molecul...

Coffee makes us more likely to say 'yes'

... reading a film review or in a business meeting to discuss work-related issues." ...

Oldest animal fossils may have been bacteria

...ntuo Formation," he added. "The structures that we discuss were the first Doushantuo fossils to be interpreted as embryos, and they've been widely accepted as such." Regardless of the evidence for animal life in the Doushantuo, Bailey's study elevates Thiomargarita to the role of Great Preserver, since wit...

China's environmental challenges

...i, Shuqing Zhao (Peking University) and colleagues discuss the major challenges faced by Chinese policy makers in managing the tradeoffs between urbanization and environmental protection. Meanwhile, the country's mountainous regions still host a surprising number of plant and animals species. Zhiyao Tang (...

Public Library of Science to launch new, open access journal on neglected tropical diseases

...o turn back the tide of neglect." Dr. Hotez will discuss the journal during a panel discussion on neglected diseases on September 21 at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in New York. The panel will also feature former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who has helped to lead the successful global c...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

..., Stanford engineering Professor James Swartz will discuss advances in such "cell-free" protein synthesis, including production of versatile, nanoscale viral spheres that can act as delivery trucks for a new class of potentially more effective vaccines. "We want to make proteins that are important as pharm...

From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea

...s of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will discuss the effect of temperature and chemistry on archaea...d former Stanford graduate student Mike Beman will discuss the role of marine archaea in Mexico's Gulf of California, where nitrifying Crenarchaeota appear to ...

Life in the extreme

...erent countries came together in Bologna, Italy to discuss future cross-discipline, pan-European and pan-World research following in the footsteps of this four year programme as EUROMARGINS is coming to an end. Collaboration in the 'cold' As ocean sediments compact in cold seeps, fluids ooze out of the s...

Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say

...raphy. In their PLoS Medicine paper, Hay and Snow discuss details and goals of the project, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest biomedical research charity. The map will be constructed using information from sources such as satellites and population censuses. Statistical approaches wi...

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