November 1, 1997
News of the Week:
Insulin May Guide Gene Expression
In addition to controlling immediate fuel processing, insulin may also direct the activity of some of the genes that guide energy production.
Gary Ruvkun
Sources:
Department of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02114
Melting driven by particle size
Computer simulations reveal an unusual type of melting that occurs when the ratio of particle radii in a two-component mixture exceeds a certain threshold.
M. Reza Sadr-Lahijany
New wrinkles arise in the U.S. effort to dispose of nuclear waste underground.
Lokesh Chaturvedi
June T. Fabryka-Martin
Robert R. Loux
Donald S. Sweetkind
Clinton's stand on climate
President Clinton unveiled the position that U.S. negotiators will take in deliberations on a new United Nations climate change treaty.
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse
European Union--Delegation to United States
United Nations Convention on Climate Change
X rays reveal black hole dining habits
Researchers begin to measure how rapidly black holes at the centers of galaxies devour their surroundings.
Richard F. Mushotzky
Paul Nandra
Christopher S. Reynolds
New method speeds material discovery
A novel technology allows chemists to synthesize and screen as many as 25,000 different compounds at one time.
Xin Di Wu
Cocaine trips brain appetite suppressor
Cocaine triggers the brain to make a chemical that regulates food intake.
Pastor R. Couceyro
Philip D. Lambert
A government-industry team has demonstrated a way to strip hydrogen atoms from gasoline to generate hydrogen gas and use it in fuel cells to drive electric cars.
Richard W. Varenchik
Robert Weber
Sources:
Department of Physics
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
Relying on geology to jail nuclear waste
Sources:
Environmental Evaluation Group
7007 Wyoming Boulevard, N.E.
Suite F-2
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects
1802 N. Carson Street
Suite 252
Carson City, NV 89701
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center
Mailstop Code 421
Denver, CO 80225
Sources:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
E-mail: cdiac@ornl.gov
Department of Energy
P.O. Box 3048
Merrifield, VA 22116-0121
E-mail: doe.erec@nciinc.com
2300 M St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-862-9500
Haus Carstanjen
Martin-Luther-King Strasse 8
D-53175
Germany
E-mail: secretariat@unfccc.de
Sources:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop Code 662
Greenbelt, MD 20771
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop Code 662
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Department of Physics
JILA, Campus Box 440
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
Sources:
Symyx Technologies
3100 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Sources:
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Emory University
954 Gatewood Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30329-4208
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Emory University
954 Gatewood Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30329-4208
Electric cars. . .fueled by gasoline?
Sources:
California Air Resources Board
9480 Telstar Avenue
El Monte, CA 91731
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
20 Acorn Park
Cambridge, MA 02140
Research Notes:
Nutrition
Getting older -- and a little rounder?
The body's ability to break down and use large quantities of fat declines with age.
Susan B. Roberts
Boning up on fish oil
Fish oil and other omega-3 fats appear to foster bone growth -- a potential boon for persons at risk of osteoporosis.
Bruce A. Watkins Biology
Securing Madagascar's rare wildlife
Two measures -- the creation of a new national park and the imminent release of five zoo-bred black-and-white ruffed lemurs into an imperiled population -- aim to protect Madagascar's unique wildlife.
Crab traps and terrapins
A new design may reduce the number of terrapins that get caught and drown in crab traps.
Willem M. Roosenburg Paleobiology
The search for the oldest animals
Grooves, probably made by worms, in a rock 1.1 billion years old could significantly push back the record of animal life.
Adolf Seilacher
How much air could a dinosaur breathe?
Tyrannosaurus rex had greater endurance than more ancient dinosaurs.
Richard A. Hengst
Sources:
Energy Metabolism Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA Human Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Sources:
Department of Food Science
Lipid Chemistry and Metabolism Laboratory
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Sources:
Department of Biological Sciences
Irvine Hall
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Sources:
Kline Geology Laboratory
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-208109
Sources:
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University North Central
Westville, IN 46391
Articles:
Some animals can regenerate limbs or even most of their bodies. How? Scientists are searching for the genes and molecules that enable certain animals to regrow limbs and other body features.
Susan V. Bryant
Charles E. Dinsmore
Alejandro Sanchez
David L. Stocum
Sources:
Developmental Biology Center
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-2274
Department of Anatomy
Rush Medical College
Rush University
524 Academic Facility
600 S. Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Department of Embryology
115 W. University Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21210
Department of Biology
School of Science
Indiana University-Purdue University
355 N. Lansing Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
C'est la Vie
Searching for life in the solar system The search for organic chemicals and life in the solar system is focusing on Saturn's largest moon, Jupiter's moon Europa, and Mars.
Christopher F. Chyba
David J. Des Marais
James P. Ferris
Jonathan I. Lunine
Christopher P. McKay
Thomas B. McCord
Everett L. Shock
Steven W. Squyres
Sources:
Department of Planetary Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Space Sciences Division
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Department of Chemistry
Troy, NY 12180
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Space Sciences Division
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
Washington University
Campus Box 1169
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Astronomy Department
Cornell University
428 Space Sciences Building
Ithaca, NY 14853
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