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Pacific Northwest Conservation Tillage Systems Information Source
This publication series and supporting materials provide "the principle source of information on new research developments on conservation farming systems"in the Pacific Northwest. Topics discussed include soil erosion, plant disease management, weed control, fertilizers, and more. From STEEP (Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems), an interdisciplinary team from Washington State University, Oregon State University, and the University of Idaho. DoD Won't Resort to Draft or Sacrifice Quality to Boost Numbers
This June 2005 article from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) discusses why "despite recruiting shortfalls for the active Army and all reserve components except the Air Force Reserve in May [2005], defense officials say they will strive to fill the ranks with the highest-quality recruits possible and have no intention of supporting a draft."Includes link to monthly recruiting/retention numbers. Kids With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Bullied More Than Others, Stud
More than one-quarter of the children with OCD who researchers studied reported chronic bullying as a problem, according to University of Florida researchers. The name-slinging could cause symptoms of OCD to worsen. Fossilized Liquid Assembly: Nanomaterials Research Tool
From a butterfly's iridescent wing to a gecko's sticky foot, nature derives extraordinary properties from ordinary materials like wax and keratin. Its secret is hierarchical topology -- macroscale structures assembled from microscale components of varying sizes. Borrowing a page from nature's playbook, researchers at NIST have developed a novel platform for the self-assembly of experimental hierarchical surfaces in a fluid. Their work offers diverse industries a new way to generate and measure self-assembly at the nanoscale. Haunted by a Nazi Legacy
Genetic research was carried to grotesque extremes during the years of the Third Reich, leading postwar Germany to place all kinds of restrictions on the science. Now, German scientists are asking the government to liberalize these laws so they can keep up with advancing stem-cell research. CT Helps Find Cause Of Puzzling Cough In World Trade Center Rescue Wor
Radiologists are one step closer to solving a mysterious condition affecting World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers. German Court Reverses Ruling, Backs iPhone Exclusivity
T-Mobile can sell the iPhone locked to its own service, a German court rules, reversing a decision last month that required the mobile carrier to sell unlocked versions of the phone in Germany. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Neural Stem Cells Are Long-lived
New studies in mice have shown that immature stem cells that proliferate to form brain tissues can function for at least a year -- most of the life span of a mouse -- and give rise to multiple types of neural cells, not just neurons. The discovery may bode well for the use of these neural stem cells to regenerate brain tissue lost to injury or disease. When It Comes To Cell Entry, Being Average Has Its Advantages
Mid-sized viruses, nanotubes and other bioparticles are more likely to get through receptors, or cellular gates, than smaller or bigger versions. L.B. Freund, a professor of engineering at Brown University, andcolleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research have published a model showing an optimal size for cell entry -- an idea that can be exploited in drug design -- in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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