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New tooth enamel dating technique could help identify disaster victims

...ue to federal agencies as part of the Laboratory's scientific and technical assistance in response to Hurricane Katrina. LLNL also is assisting in setting up emergency high-bandwidth communications and wireless networks. The Laboratory's Micropower-Impulse Radar (MIR) technology also is being deployed to assist...

NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation

...l studies in a highly-automated fashion, with both scientific and decision-making utility. ...

New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network

...dition of these two new RCEs expands the network's scientific reach to cover some poorly understood diseases and...reate and maintain supporting resources, including scientific equipment and trained support personnel, for use by other researchers within in the region and netwo...

Women feel more pain than men, research shows

...y averaged." There remains much discussion in the scientific community about why these gender differences in pain exist. "While most explanations concentrate on biological mechanisms, such as genetic and hormonal differences, it is becoming increasingly clear that social and psychological factors are also imp...

Immune system has evolved to prevent autoimmune disease

... light on this immunological puzzle and settle the scientific controversy." The Rice analysis finds the human immune system evolved to minimize the risk of cross-reactivity. For example, each cell in our bodies contains about 100,000 proteins with an average of 500 amino acids apiece. Consequently, there are a...

NHGRI expands effort to revolutionize sequencing technologies

...of sequencing technologies become available in the scientific lab and the medical clinic," said NHGRI Director F...e set of skills and expertise to solving difficult scientific and engineering problems," said Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D., NHGRI's program director for technology deve...

OHSU researchers discover potential mechanism to repair brain damage linked to Multiple Sclerosis

...research is published in the August edition of the scientific journal Nature Medicine. "For many years, scientists have understood that damage to the insulation-like sheath surrounding nerve cells in the brain, called myelin, is part of the disease process for MS and other brain disorders," said Larry Sherman,...

Molecular Partners Required For Appropriate Neuronal Gene Repression

...research is published in the August edition of the scientific journal Nature Medicine. "For many years, scientists have understood that damage to the insulation-like sheath surrounding nerve cells in the brain, called myelin, is part of the disease process for MS and other brain disorders," said Larry Sherman,...

Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative funds Yale project

...e generated would be made available to the broader scientific community in order to meet the charitable objectives of the Grand Challenges Initiative. Flavell will collaborate with the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Switzerland and with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, New York. The team will ...

Fighting malaria by manipulating mosquitoes' sense of smell

...NIH and is a major international effort to achieve scientific breakthroughs against diseases that kill millions of people each year in the world's poorest countries. It is funded with a $450 million commitment from Gates Foundation, $27.1 from the Wellcome Trust, and $4.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of...

DOE's Office of Science sets up program to aid scientists displaced by Hurricane Katrina

...n Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi; professional scientific societies; other government science funding agencies; and DOE National Laboratories. "The Office of Science would like to help in the effort to ensure that faculty and students displaced by the disaster may continue their research and studies at oth...

Does manganese inhaled from the shower represent a public health threat?

...hat foster the diversity and debate upon which the scientific process thrives." Everyone is exposed to small levels of manganese, which is found in food and many types of rocks and enters the air, soil and water. But, at higher levels, manganese is toxic to the central nervous system and can cause learning and...

US/African project deciphers deadly parasite genome

...an partnership has enriched the quality of African scientific research while also helping researchers better und...ch collaborations can be effective and can benefit scientific partners on all sides. "This unique partnership has given a boost to the goal of developing a vaccin...

California computer scientists double volume of data in NIH biotech repository

...research community to use the data depository as a scientific resource. Researchers can use these reference data sets as tools to guide their own studies into the genetic basis of common diseases. To that end, the team's next collaboration with NCBI researchers will be to help design disease-association stud...

U-M scientists say fused genes trigger the development of prostate cancer

...research community to use the data depository as a scientific resource. Researchers can use these reference data sets as tools to guide their own studies into the genetic basis of common diseases. To that end, the team's next collaboration with NCBI researchers will be to help design disease-association stud...

Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports

...the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Catnip sensitivity is inherited, says Ca...ists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy...

UQ scientists break new ground in fight against infection & chronic disease

...in the December 2nd edition of the world's leading scientific journal Science. It involves cells in the front line of defence against infection, called macrophages, releasing messengers to fight and kill disease-causing microbes. IMB researchers Professor Jennifer Stow, Dr Rachael Murray, Mr Jason Kay and M...

Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

... recruitment and coordination of unusually diverse scientific talent. Fourteen senior scientists from 6 major un...o affected Aleut communities as they defined their scientific plan and then included Aleuts on the expedition itself to aid in collection of samples. What is CR...

Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation

...ern thinkers, will feature acclaimed speakers from scientific and contemplative communities, among them, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A pre-event press meeting with the Dalai Lama, Johns Hopkins Medical Dean Edward Miller, and Georgetown University Professor Aviad Haramati will be held 8:00 - 9:00 am on Tuesday...

UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails

...lorida researcher. That may be possible thanks to scientific advances that include the first test quantifying the effectiveness of a DNA identification tool among brightly colored shells. With an error rate as low as 4 percent, two UF scientists have been able to identify cowries collected from around the worl...

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