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UIC Developing Drug For SARS
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 10, 2005A prototype drug created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago shows promise in slowing replication of the virus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. 'Molecular Zipper' Holds Clues To Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Mad Cow Disease 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2005An international team of chemists and molecular biologists has discovered a fundamental molecular mechanism that seems to play an important role in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, mad cow disease and two-dozen other degenerative and fatal diseases. Researchers Demonstrate Use Of Gold Nanoparticles For Cancer Detection 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2005Binding gold nanoparticles to a specific antibody for cancer cells could make cancer detection much easier, say medical researchers from the University of California, San Francisco and Georgia Institute of Technology. |
Ozone Levels Drop When Hurricanes Are Strengthening
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2005Scientists are continually exploring different aspects of hurricanes to increase the understanding of how they behave. Recently, NASA-funded scientists from Florida State University looked at ozone around hurricanes and found that ozone levels drop as a hurricane is intensifying. China To Boost Scientific Observatory Networks 
Lanzhou (XNA) Jun10, 2005The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will hasten to build scientific observatory networks throughout the country and collect data on Earth and its ecological systems. Scientists Seek Sprite Light Source 
Durham NC (SPX) Jun 08, 2005Giant red blobs, picket fences, upward branching carrots, and tentacled octopi - these are just a few of the phrases used to describe sprites - spectacular, eerie flashes of colored light high above the tops of powerful thunderstorms that can travel up to 50 miles high in the atmosphere |
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Clear Rules Needed To Govern Deep Sea Bioprospecting: UNU
Japan (SPX) Jun 10, 2005Vast genetic resources � "blue gold" on the international deep sea floor � need protection from unfettered commercial exploitation, warns a new report from the Japan-based United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). Russia To Tackle Growing Threat To Its Forests 
Moscow (AFP) Jun 10, 2005Illegal logging has doubled since 1992 in Russia, which contains a quarter of the world's forest land, according to new official figures. The country must take the offensive in the fight against the loss of the forests, a government official said Thursday. Timor Sea Exploration Breakthrough 
Darwin, Australia (SPX) Jun 10, 2005A team of scientists at CSIRO has developed a new exploration tool which could save oil and gas companies hundreds of millions of dollars. |
Sumatra Menaced By Two Quake Threats, Possible Tsunami: Seismologists
Paris (AFP) Jun 08, 2005The Indonesian island of Sumatra, smashed by a tsunami and shaken by an enormous earthquake in the past six months, is now at risk from two potentially major quakes, one of which could generate waves 10 metres high, seismologists warn on Thursday. UCSD Computer Scientists Develop Video Application For 3D Environments 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2005Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have taken the wraps off a new technique for mixing images and video feeds from mobile cameras in the field to provide remote viewers with a virtual window into a physical environment. Bush Says Global Climate Change 'Serious' Problem 
Washington (AFP) Jun 07, 2005US President George W. Bush said Tuesday that global climate change is a "serious long term" problem and insisted that the United States, which rejected the Kyoto protocol, was leading research into finding solutions. |
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