"The Polar Express" Would Creep Out Monkeys Too? Nov 4, 2009
Findings published October 12 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. LATEST NEWS VIDEOS. (National Geographic)
Human Biological Complexity Mechanism Found Nov 4, 2009
Fernandez said the study drew from previous findings by his own research group and from seminal work of Michael Lynch, Distinguished Professor of Biology at Indiana University and a recently elected a fellow of the National Academy of Science. Lynch's work has shown that natural selection is less efficient in humans as compared with simpler creatures like bacteria. (Science Daily)
Cardoza bill targets water delivery Nov 4, 2009
In a nod to Central Valley residents and their increasingly angry congressional allies, the administration agreed to seek an independent review by the National Academy of Sciences ... In a nod to Central Valley residents and their increasingly angry congressional allies, the administration agreed to seek an independent review by the National Academy of Sciences ... In addition to the proposed National Academy of Sciences study, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and... (Fresno Bee)
Kilimanjaro seeing glaciers vanish Nov 4, 2009
Findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ... Thompson is co-author of a study on Kilimanjaro published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (CNN)
Sights And Sounds Of Emotion Trigger Big Brain Responses Nov 4, 2009
The research is published in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Test participants were shown photographs of people with fearful and neutral facial expressions, and were played fearful and neutral vocal sounds, separately and together. (Science Daily)
Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change Nov 4, 2009
Based on long-term studies of two such areas, a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows that animal communities on the abyssal seafloor are affected in a variety of ways by climate change ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2009. (Science Daily)
Snowcap disappearingfromMount Kilimanjaro Nov 3, 2009
Some 85 percent of the ice that made up the mountaintop glaciers in 1912 was gone by 2007, researchers led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
Valley study: Hispanics lag in financial literacy Nov 3, 2009
The disparity occurs because of differing formulas the Census Bureau and the National Academy of Science use for calculating the poverty rate. The NAS formula shows the poverty rate to be at 15. (Fresno Bee)
Nov Program Highlights Nov 3, 2009
NOVEMBER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The National Academy Museum l of Fine Arts presents an exciting line-up of fall public programs. All events are free with admission to the Museum. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Kilimanjaro's Famous Icy Peaks Are Thawing Fast Nov 3, 2009
-- Climate change could cause the legendary snow and ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro to disappear within the next 25 years, scientists report today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For the first time in almost 12,000 years, based on ice-core analysis, Africa's highest peak probably will be ice-free as early as 2022 or as late as 2033, says glaciologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University, who led the study. (W-USA News, DC)
Kilimanjaro's ice to disappear by 2033 Nov 3, 2009
"There is a strong likelihood that the ice fields will disappear within a decade or two if current conditions persist," said the study, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. The research blames warmer temperatures due to climate change and drier, less cloudy conditions than in the past. (India Times)
Good night's sleep boosts long-term memory Nov 3, 2009
During a good night's rest, memories of recent events are shifted from one part of the brain to another, a process that is crucial for developing long-term memories, according to a report published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers, lead by Dr Philippe Peigneux at the University of Liege in Belgium, gave two teams the task of learning their way around a virtual 3D town by training them on a computer. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
Study: Kilimanjaro may become snowless by 2022 Nov 3, 2009
BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- The snows of Kilimanjaro, famous for an Ernest Hemingway's short story of the same name, could disappear by 2022, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For the first time in almost 12,000 years, based on ice-core analysis, Africa's highest peak probably will be ice-free as early as 2022 or as late as 2033, said glaciologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University, who led the study. (Xinhuanet, China)
Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systems Nov 3, 2009
Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory. The findings could have a major impact on improving speech disorders. (EurekAlert!)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Nov 3, 2009
Wendy White, an official with the National Academy of Sciences, said targeting scientists based merely on their areas of expertise could make it harder to spot real threats. "If you are looking for the needle in the haystack, you have made the haystack bigger," she said. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
WCMC-Q biomedical research program builds scientific knowledge, technical workforce in Qatar Nov 3, 2009
New research on the molecular mechanisms of cellular signalling performed in the laboratory of Khaled Machaca, PhD, professor of physiology and physics, was published in the Oct. 14 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world's most cited multidisciplinary scientific journals ... Laith Abu Raddad, PhD, assistant professor of public health and physics, collaborated on a study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and published in the Proceedings of... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Snow Cap Vanishing Off Mt. Kilimanjaro Nov 3, 2009
Some 85 percent of the ice that made up the mountaintop glaciers in 1912 was gone by 2007, researchers led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ... You rabid DENIALISTS continue your attacks without any scientific knowledge or research, since this is an Associated Press story reporting findings by researchers led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University report in... (CBS News)
Kilimanjaro's Snows Gone by 2022? Nov 3, 2009
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Dysfunctional Protein Dynamics Behind Neurological Disease? Nov 3, 2009
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Speed Limit To The Pace Of Evolution? Nov 3, 2009
The study, appearing in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was performed by Plotkin and Kryazhimskiy along with Ga;per Tkacik of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Penn. The study was funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant and the National Science Foundation. (Science Daily)
The New Science of Temptation Nov 3, 2009
A new by Josh Greene and Joe Paxton at Harvard University published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that what separates the well-behaved from the poorly-behaved might not be the ability to control your temptations but rather what kind of temptations you have. For example, foregoing the opportunity for short-term gain and satisfaction, whether it is a delicious slice of tiramisu or that wallet stuffed with cash you stumbled across in the empty parking lot, will... (Scientific American)
Lions' taste for human flesh dissected Nov 3, 2009
The team reports its findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Takeaway food. (Scientific American)
Snows Of Kilimanjaro Likely To Be Lost Nov 3, 2009
These predictions, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are among the latest dramatic physical evidence of global climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University, and his colleagues amassed a trail of data showing the rapid loss of ice atop Africa's highest mountain. (Science Daily)
'Snows of Kilimanjaro could vanish in 20 years' Nov 2, 2009
"If you look at the percentage of volume lost since 2000 versus the percentage of area lost as the ice fields shrink, the numbers are very close," he said in the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While the yearly loss of the mountain glaciers is most apparent from the retreat of their margins, Thompson said an equally troubling effect is the thinning of the ice fields from the surface. (India Times, India)
Experts put their heads together Nov 2, 2009
The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences recently ranked UCSD's neuroscience graduate program first in the country. But Floyd Bloom, a veteran neuroscientist and professor emeritus at Scripps, said older brains are venerated here, too. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Tips to encourage kids into math- and science-related careers Nov 2, 2009
Speaking to the National Academy of Sciences in April, President Barack Obama announced "a renewed commitment to education in mathematics and science," fulfilling a campaign promise to train 100,000 scientists and engineers during his presidency. Math and science are subjects that provide critical problem solving and thinking skills crucial not only to engineering, but to the 21st century workforce in general. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Nov 2, 2009
He is also a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ENVIRONMENT. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hard Times for Restaurants, Good Times for Diners Nov 2, 2009
The IOM is one of the most prestigious scientific authorities in the U.S. and part of the National Academy of Sciences. Virginia, on December 1, will implement a new law that restricts smoking, but allows restaurants to have separately ventilated smoking rooms. (Saint Louis Front Page)
Public broadcasters to be honored Nov 2, 2009
The National Academy of Television Arts ces said this week that it will honor Northern California Public Broadcasting's Linda O'Bryon and PBS commentator Paul Kangas with its life achievement award in business and financial reporting for their work on the public broadcasting network's "Nightly Business Report.". More News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Stress-induced Changes In Brain Circuitry Linked To Cocaine Relapse Nov 1, 2009
31, 2009) Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. See also. (Science Daily)
It is time to unleash federal R&D Nov 1, 2009
He is the only president ever awarded a patent, he approved the congressional charter for the National Academies of Science, and he signed the nation s first technology transfer statute creating the state university system of service to regional economies. That initiative helped the U.S. agriculture industry to feed the world by having university researchers work closely with farmers and firms to improve food productivity. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Astonishing Images From Nazi Funeral in London Revealed Nov 1, 2009
The Carlton House Terrace building currently occupied by the Royal Society, the National Academy of Science, was the former home of the German Embassy. Royal Society Executive Secretary, Stephen Cox said: "It must have been a striking sight to see the Grenadier Guards and Nazi soldiers march together down The Mall with a coffin with a swastika on it."This picture is incredible as the soldiers who are side by side could easily have been facing each other on the battlefield just three years later. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
School buses proven safe for students, environment Nov 1, 2009
According to the Transportation Research Board, a part of the National Academy of Science, a child is 13 times safer in a school bus than in other modes of travel. Teens driving to school or riding with other teenage drivers are 44 times more likely to be fatally injured than if they were riding in a school bus. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Slain mosque leader's followers deny FBI claims Oct 31, 2009
"It's kind of a double whammy to be African-American and Muslim," said Jackson, who studies the Navy at the National Academy of Science in Washington ... "It's kind of a double whammy to be African-American and Muslim," said Jackson, who studies the Navy at the National Academy of Science in Washington. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Blacks still drawn to Islam despite FBI raids Oct 31, 2009
"It's kind of a double whammy to be African-American and Muslim," said Jackson, who studies the Navy at the National Academy of Science in Washington. "You're going to be judged.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Road salt contaminates many urban streams, study shows Oct 31, 2009
And a 2005 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said chloride concentrations were increasing in many surface waters in the northeastern states at a rate that threatened to render them undrinkable and toxic to freshwater life. Eric Novotny, a researcher who worked on both the Minnesota studies, said certain species, mostly bugs at the beginning of the food chain, are typically the first affected by rising chloride levels. (Anchorage Daily News)
Hold the salt Oct 31, 2009
The Institute of Medicine, one of the U.S. National Academies, says 1,500 milligrams a day is enough for most healthy adults. Too little salt can be a problem, especially for those who are athletic. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Inconspicuous leaf beetles reveal environment's role in formation of new species Oct 31, 2009
At Vanderbilt University, graduate student Scott Egan and his adviser Daniel Funk, associate professor of biological sciences, obtained this new evidence from an experimental study published online this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Funk has investigated this odd group of leaf beetles (which resemble unappetizing caterpillar pellets) for 15 years. (EurekAlert!)
Feds ready for sterile moth release Oct 30, 2009
"* Page 3-20: "No direct crop damages have been experienced to date in areas subject to existing infestation"* Page #3-21: "no crop damages have been experienced to date"The damage Larry Hawkins of USDA claims to cane berry and blackberry crops is totally false. CDFA with the assistance of USDA fabricated the danger of LBAM. LBAM is not an insect of economic significance anywhere in the world.Jerry Powell, retired UC Berkeley entomologist noticed the moth in his back yard in July 2006. It may... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Tuskegee Univ. mourns loss of former dean Oct 30, 2009
He was recognized by the State of Alabama House of Representatives; Office of the Mayor, Baton Rouge, LA; Meharry Medical College; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; American Veterinary Epidemiology Society; American Society for Biological Research; National Academy of Practice in Veterinary Medicine; Association of Minority Health Professions Schools; Tuskegee Veterinary Medical Alumni Association; American Veterinary Medical Association; and the Alabama Veterinary Medical Alumni... (WSJA.com, AL)
Shunning science for higher-paying careers Oct 29, 2009
In an April speech at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), President Obama seconded years of concern over the U.S. scientific workforce, particularly a 2005 NAS report, by calling for more engineering and science graduates from U.S. colleges. However, the supply of technically-capable students has remained level over the last three decades, find the researchers, producing "many more" science graduates than are hired by industry. (USA Today -- Tech)
First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds Oct 29, 2009
Rohwer is lead author of a paper describing the findings, published the week of Oct. 26 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Coauthors are Keith Hobson of Environment Canada, a national agency charged with preserving environmental quality, and Vanya Rohwer, a graduate student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. (Science Daily)
Neuroscience: Shooting pain Oct 29, 2009
The team reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that patients with chronic pain reported on average a 64% reduction in pain on one scale. The study showed that fMRI could be used not only as a diagnostic, but as the means to therapy itself, and that people can exert conscious control over specific brain regions much as it is known that some people can consciously alter their heart rate. (Scientific American)
Green living makes a difference Oct 29, 2009
The answer is yes, according to research published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the study, scientists found that even small actions around the house can reduce U.S. carbon emissions by more than 7% over the next decade, even before low-carbon energy technologies are developed and national cap-and-trade regimes for emissions are enacted. (USA Today -- Tech)
Opinion: Foer on eating animals Oct 29, 2009
Today, institutions as diverse as the American Medical Association; the Centers for Disease Control; the Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academy of Sciences; and the World Health Organization have linked nontherapeutic antibiotic use on factory farms with increased antimicrobial resistance and called for a ban. Still, the factory farm industry has effectively opposed such a ban in the United States. (CNN)
Good night's sleep boosts long-term memory Oct 28, 2009
During a good night's rest, memories of recent events are shifted from one part of the brain to another, a process that is crucial for developing long-term memories, according to a report published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers, lead by Dr Philippe Peigneux at the University of Liege in Belgium, gave two teams the task of learning their way around a virtual 3D town by training them on a computer. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
Arctic Lake Sediments Show Warming, Unique Ecological Changes In Recent Decades Oct 28, 2009
The study was published Oct. 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study included researchers from CU-Boulder, the State University of New York's University at Buffalo, the University of Alberta, the University of Massachusetts and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. (Science Daily)
Vampiric spiders use blood as perfume Oct 28, 2009
In this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Fiona Cross of New Zealand's University of Canterbury report unusual mating behavior in the East African jumping spider. Evarcha culicivora is best known for feeding on mosquitoes who have consumed the blood of other animals, including humans. (USA Today -- Tech)
Two Gates pump plan gets mixed reaction Oct 28, 2009
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will shortly decide whether to request a National Academy of Sciences review of the biological opinions that restrict water flows from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. I believe a National Academy review is an important step, and last week I placed $750,000 in the 2010 fiscal year Interior Appropriations bill to pay for it ... The National Academy is the most highly respected scientific body in the nation, and a review would... (Fresno Bee)
Irene K. Fischer; measured earth; at 102 Oct 28, 2009
Among her accolades, she was inducted into the National Imaging and Mapping Hall of Fame and was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 1931, she married Eric Fischer, a geographer and historian, whose family founded the Vienna Kinderbewahranstallt, the first professional kindergarten and school for kindergarten teacher training in the city. (Boston Globe)
Hidden Costs Of Energy Production And Use Oct 28, 2009
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. The report, "," is available. (Science Daily)
No senior should go cold or hungry Oct 27, 2009
According to a National Academy of Sciences formula, the poverty rate among Americans 65 and older is an astounding 18. 7 percent, nearly double the official poverty rate. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Simple measures can yield big greenhouse gas cuts, scientists say Oct 27, 2009
Dietz and collaborators, writing in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, didn't base their estimates on a best-case consumer behavior scenario. Instead, they used the best available information to calculate how many families could reasonably be expected to take such measures if they were provided information, offered financial assistance and could interact with others doing so. (EurekAlert!)
For jumping spiders, blood perfume is sexy Oct 27, 2009
Cross, Pollard and their colleague Robert Jackson detailed their findings online Oct. 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. More on. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Alternatively spliced tissue factor identified as promising new biomarker for aggressive cancers Oct 27, 2009
They report their findings in an early edition of Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This is the first study to report the specific mechanisms of action that lead to increased angiogenesis when alternatively spliced Tissue Factor is present. (EurekAlert!)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Oct 27, 2009
Wendy White, an official with the National Academy of Sciences, said targeting scientists based merely on their areas of expertise could make it harder to spot real threats. "If you are looking for the needle in the haystack, you have made the haystack bigger," she said. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Review of NASA's pilot safety survey Oct 27, 2009
Reporters may obtain copies of the report by contacting the National Academies' Office of News and Public Information, tel. 202-334-2138 or e-mail. (EurekAlert!)
Gene 'Cancer-proofs' Naked Mole Rat's Cells Oct 27, 2009
The findings, presented in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that the mole rat's cells express a gene called p16 that makes the cells "claustrophobic," stopping the cells' proliferation when too many of them crowd together, cutting off runaway growth before it can start. The effect of p16 is so pronounced that when researchers mutated the cells to induce a tumor, the cells' growth barely changed, whereas regular mouse cells became fully cancerous. (Science Daily)
Climate Change Begins at Home: Small Steps to Cut Greenhouse Emissions Can Lead to Big Results Oct 27, 2009
"We did a careful analysis of the potential to from changes in energy use by households. We did this by considering not only the hypothetical reduction that would occur if everyone undertook each action but by looking at what is behaviorally realistic," explains ecologist and sociologist Thomas Dietz of Michigan State University, one of the authors of the study laying out the possibilities in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "A substantial amount of energy use in U.S.... (Scientific American)
Geologists Studying Groundwater Arsenic Levels In India Empower Bengali Women, Children Oct 27, 2009
Results of studies by Datta and Columbia University researchers in the Meghna River in Bangladesh appeared Oct. 6 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Neal presented their research at the Geological Society of America meeting Oct. 18-21 in Portland, Ore. (Science Daily)
Promising New Path For Treating Traumas Discovered Oct 27, 2009
"When a patient is suffering from severe bleeds, these antibodies could prevent multi-organ failure," said Esmon, who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers have already tested the antibodies in pre-clinical trials, where they showed promising results and no adverse effects. (Science Daily)
Modified crops reveal hidden cost of resistance Oct 27, 2009
26) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "That could impact the biodiversity of plant communities where wild squash are native.". (EurekAlert!)
UC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans Oct 27, 2009
The groundbreaking research, published this week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, explains why mosquitoes shifted hosts from birds to humans and paves the way for key developments in mosquito and disease control. Entomology professor Walter Leal and postdoctoral researcher Zain Syed found that nonanal (sounds like NAWN-uh-nawl) is the powerful semiochemical that triggers the mosquitoes' keen sense of smell, directing them toward a blood meal. (EurekAlert!)
Evolution continues, Framingham Heart Study says Oct 26, 2009
As an evolutionary biologist, I ve been aware for some time that people in the medical community have the misapprehension that evolution is not occurring in humans, said Stephen C. Stearns, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale and the senior author of the paper published last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found that a number of traits were associated with having more children - being shorter and chubbier, having a first... (Boston Globe)
A Woman of Influence Oct 26, 2009
Beales understands the industry and how it works, said Louise Mooney, principal of public relations firm JLM Partners and a longtime friend who worked closely with Beales at the National Academy of Cable Programming ... While at NCTA, she helped form the National Academy of Cable Programming and served as its executive director. (Multichannel News)
