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Nanopore method could revolutionize genome sequencing

...ute at the National Institutes of Health. The NIH funds are from a program launched in 2004 to encourage researchers to pursue a wide range of ideas to sequence a mammal-sized genome for $1,000. The researchers say that as physicists they take a unique approach to the problem. "We don't think of it ...

Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits

...lar cruise destinations including: Philanthropic funds created by the cruise lines invest in local communities' efforts to establish cultural attractions and fund conservation groups working to protect sensitive destinations. Grupo Xcaret, a private company, purchased and leased lands from the Mexican ...

NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward

...ssion on Spinal Cord Research, a state agency that funds spinal cord research. She will use the grant to build a laboratory to test if stem cells taken from adult bone marrow can be made to turn into neurons. If her research shows that the cells can turn into neurons -- the nerve cells in the body that con...

Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound

...n processes auditory information," he added. With funds from the National Institutes of Health, Winkowski and Knudsen used electrodes to stimulate the area of the brain responsible for controlling the direction of gaze in barn owls, and then studied how that affected the neural responses in regions of the...

Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue

...s ready to put up US$2 million of its own research funds as part of an effort to raise $20?5 million for a major five-year project to mitigate the effects of climate change on rice production. "We need to start developing rice varieties that can tolerate higher temperatures and other aspects of climate cha...

Missing fossil link 'Dallasaurus' found

...e Museum along with the computer simulation. When funds become available for reconstructing a suitable exhibit, the bones of Dallasaurus will be displayed at the Dallas Museum of Natural History. The work, however, will take several more years of additional efforts and substantial funding. A nearly 30-foo...

Clinical trial to test stem cell approach for children with brain injury

...the Memorial Hermann Foundation, internal research funds from The Office of the President at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. ...

Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say

...ed now and the priorities for expenditure of donor funds must be reexamined and more coherently targeted to secure a long-term future for the affected communities. Above all, long-term vision must guide short-term rehabilitation." The Government of Indonesia is leading the co-ordination and guiding all ef...

The shape of things to come: Morphology database going global

...e next few years. The NSF grant also will provide funds for the FSU team to protect the database by setting up a network of MorphBank "mirrors" around the world. Distributing the images on several machines ensures there are backup copies and can reduce both the amount of disk space on each machine and the...

Center releases new public survey on stem cells

...ept in frozen storage; a ban on the use of Federal funds to create new stem cells using these embryos currently is in effect, and various pieces of legislation pending in Congress would either extend this ban or relax it. A survey of 2,212 Americans conducted September 9-19, reveals a public opinion land...

Embryonic stem cells accrue genetic changes

...stem cell lines not available for use with federal funds will also be needed, the team members say. ...

Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative funds Yale project

...nges in Global Health Initiative for providing the funds to develop a predictive model system for vaccine testing." Yale School of Medicine Dean Robert Alpern, M.D., said, "This generous grant from the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative provides a boost to Yale's ongoing initiatives in basic sci...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...ant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at marchofdimes.com or its Spanish language Web site at nacersano.org. ...

Time and money make a difference in endangered species recovery

...in which agencies administer and the U.S. Congress funds the Endangered Species Act in judging whether the law is a success or failure in recovering biodiversity. This issue has become a major focus of political battles over this controversial environmental law. ...

Use of high hydrostatic pressure to inactivate Hepatitis A virus in oysters studied

...nd ocean and coastal resources. Virginia Sea Grant funds marine science research in aquaculture, seafood safety and quality, marine resources, coastal ecosystems through a competitive, peer-reviewed grant proposal process. In addition to its core programs, Virginia Sea Grant coordinates research in oyster ...

Device traps, disables harmful bacteria

...Management Association. The study was supported by funds and equipment provided by Honeywell, Inc., UlraViolet Devices, Inc., and the National Science Foundation. Angenent's collaborators are: Elmira Kujundicz, David A. Zander, and Mark Hernandez, of the University of Colorado Department of Civil, Environ...

Marine bacterium suspected to play role in global carbon and nitrogen cycles

...lecular and genome-enabled studies, the MO program funds new developments in the laboratory cultivation of novel microorganisms--a worthy endeavor considering that less than 1 percent of Earth's microorganisms have been cultured in the lab. Matt Kane, NSF program manager for this research said, "This is a...

Laboratory professionals in Africa receive training under AIDS Relief Plan

...will receive approximately $1.5 million in federal funds to continue to provide laboratory training and quality improvement programs in African countries severely affected by AIDS. The training programs are for medical laboratory professionals in Africa and will continue in 2006 through the President's Em...

Researchers Discover That Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical Wires

...s Patrinos of the U.S. Department of Energy, which funds the Geobacter research. “The remarkable and unexpected discovery of microbial structures comprising microbial nanowires that may enable a microbial community in a contaminated waste site to form mini-power grids could provide new approaches to using ...

Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures

... the far north coincides with announcement of seed funds for a matching effort in the Antarctic. The 30-day "Hidden Ocean" expedition (http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov), funded and coordinated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, an agency of the US Department of Commerce) sai...

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