An in-depth review of emerging trends in China's energy sector and how these trends will impact future energy security in Asia is the focus of a year-long study to be released by Rice's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in April.
Coral reefs will become a casualty of the industrialized world's growing carbon dioxide emissions by the middle of the next century, according to a study published in the April 2 issue of the journal Science.
Tropical coral reefs could be harmed by atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the oceans; some reefs may already be declining.
From the orderly flow of sand through an hourglass to the unpredictable nature of an avalanche, the behavior of flowing solids -- or granular flows -- remains, in part, a mystery.
African American men are only one-third as likely to own their own businesses as are white men, according to an analysis by an economist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Scientists will describe initial results from a program to catch Leonids meteoroids in flight at the NASA/Ames Leonids Workshop April 12-15, 1999.
Malnutrition slows recovery from rotaviral infection, scientists say. Their new research, which challenges the long-accepted approach of withholding food to rest the bowels of infants and animals infected with the virus, documents what happens during recovery.
A batch of often angry, but sometimes tender, newly found poems has been found and published, adding to the current revival of interest in the poet of the people, Carl Sandburg.
For the first time, scientists have developed a reliable estimate of the number of "sprites" spawned by a single thunderstorm.
The amount of fat in the bloodstream after a meal is increased when sugars (at levels commonly consumed) are eaten together with fat according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
Using a tool known as the Child Behavior Checklist, researchers were able to compare the parent-reported problems of more than 13,000 children from Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Thailand, and U.S.
Better diagnosis, newer treatments for mental illnesses, psychiatric researchers are successfully using knowledge from the past to determine patient outcomes and future trends. Four studies* show research, historical observation can refine diagnosis, treatment.
University of Michigan scientists have solved the mystery behind folic acid's ability to reduce amounts of a compound called homocysteine, which is associated with an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and birth defects in humans.
Like teenage boys hanging out on a street corner, animals behave differently when they're in a large group than when they're by themselves. The mechanics and patterns of nature's aggregations - schooling fish, flocking birds or swarming insects - help understand how such groups behave in, and survive, trying conditions, says a University of Washington zoologist.
1) Effort to Decode Rice Genome Is Planned, 2) NSF Accelerates Move from Paper to Electronic, 3) Small Business Is Big Source of Jobs for S&E Bachelor's Degree Holders, 4) NSF Beats Y2K Deadline
Arsenic concentrations that exceed current recommended federal levels for drinking water are 10 times more likely to be found in domestic wells than in municipal water sources in New Hampshire, according to a study by researchers at Dartmouth College.
Researchers say they have confirmed, for the first time, that blue-green algae taken as a nutritional supplement can significantly lower cholesterol in animals.
A new protein-like polymer that supports the growth of endothelial cells and could be used for blood vessel replacement has been designed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology
New chemicals that, if successful, could become the first osteoporosis treatment to stimulate new bone growth -- rather than merely retard bone loss.
Creighton University scientists are part of a team that has developed a possible therapy for breast and prostate cancer. Tested in mice, the peptide-based drug kills breast cancer cells in tumors. The drug also kills other cancer cells, such as prostate cancer, in culture.
Most coffee drinkers feel they function better after that morning cup of java, and many researchers agree. But is it addictive? A French medical researcher presented new data that says it isn't addictive for most people.
New evidence has been reported that a popular nutritional and dietary supplement, called chromium picolinate, may be a cancer risk.
Scientists are developing a test that, for the first time, is allowing them to monitor urine for chemical indicators of cancer.
New materials that may extend the wear of contact lenses and lessen the risk of eye infection were described by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.
They look more like stray computer parts than precision medical tools, but Amit Lal's research creations could give surgeons an incomparable new edge in medicine.
A new study by Ohio State researchers suggests it may be difficult to teach teenagers in post-communist societies to develop strong support for democratic and free market principles.
Clothes may soon be able to protect agricultural workers, or even weekend gardeners, from more than the sun. Scientists at the University of California in Davis say they have made cotton fabrics with built-in pesticide detoxifiers.
The negative effects of environmental tobacco smoke on a child who lives with parents who smoke continue to linger long after that child has left home, a new Ohio State University study suggests.
Research into new polymers targeted for aircraft safety shows that they are much more fire-resistant than current materials and, when heated, actually produce water vapor and leave a nearly nonflammable residue.
Most home-based workers don't fit the popular image of a woman who provides child care or who sells crafts out of her house, new research co-authored at Ohio State suggests. In fact, a study of 899 home-based workers in 9 states found that 59 percent were male.
Researchers have removed up to 99 percent of trichloroethylene from contaminated soil during the first field tests of an innovative remediation method called Lasagna(tm) technology, which uses electrical current fed to electrodes buried in the ground.
Urban residents who move from a central city to the suburbs are different in several noticeable ways from those who choose to move within the city limits, a new Ohio State study shows.
Wrinkle-free cotton clothing made with a new and environmentally friendly method will soon be on the market.
Findings at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory may lead to new advanced materials. The discovery lies in a technique involving micro-droplets of an evaporating solution. The process allows chemists to work at the molecular level with a variety of chemical compounds called polymers, which make upmany of the products we use every day.
A new more effective form of the drug Ritalin(tm) (methylphenidate) that produces fewer side effects and has the potential to be used in anticocaine therapy could soon be available.
Kentucky researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that a class of common chemical contaminants known as butyltins disrupt the function of critical human immune cells.
An engineering scholar and a medical researcher have turned to an unlikely source in an effort to develop a process that could selectively destroy cancer cells -- electricity.
Children of alcoholics have an altered brain chemistry that appears to make them more likely to become alcoholics themselves, according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins scientists.
University of Utah chemists have developed a potential new weapon in the fight against cancer using a "Trojan Horse" to deliver drugs.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center say physicians and other health care providers play valuable roles in violence prevention in their communities.
Bounty hunters, sometimes depicted as reckless criminals themselves, provide an essential public service and ought not to be outlawed, a scholar argues in the current issue of the University of Illinois Law Review.
Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have made an important discovery in understanding how we pay attention to things, thereby laying the ground work for understanding brain-related disorders of attention.
A low-calorie diet slows the progress of prostate cancer in animals, new research at Ohio State shows. The slowing of tumor progression occurred whether the calories were reduced by cutting fat, carbohydrates, or the overall diet.
A University of Iowa research team has developed a way to isolate replicating deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules that scientists then can use to examine the replication process under controlled conditions.
An Ichthyologist from The Academy of Natural Sciences has discovered a fish that is new to science from the coastal waters off New Zealand. This exciting new find is a species of Chimaera, an ancient deep-sea relative of sharks found in all the world's oceans. These fishes evolved 400 million years ago and are one of the oldest fish species alive today.
Indiana's economy is not creating professional positions in higher-skilled fields that have bolstered the nation's economy in recent years, warns a Ball State University study.
1. Septic shock breakthrough; 2. GenRISK; 3. Brain surgeon motivates students; 4. Prenatal diagnosis pushed into first trimester; 5. Nip allergies in the bud; 6. Pain Management; 7. "Coasters" member making a comeback after aneurysm; 8. Pediatric ER; 9. World Health
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center scientists have for the first time identified in human cells a "receptor" that may be a key component of the process that leads to septic shock. Bacterial infections and endotoxin-associated septic shock claims thousands of lives each year.
Women who smoke menthol cigarettes may be more likely to inhale deeper with each drag on their cigarette and potentially take in more nicotine than do smokers of non-menthol cigarettes, new research at Ohio State shows.
With the imminent creation of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), Georgia will be taking a bold leadership role in addressing one of the nation's most pressing problems -- suburban sprawl. An expert at Atlanta's Agnes Scott College believes that the solution to suburban sprawl lies in long-range planning and community involvement.
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