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...Wildlife Conservation Society's Deadly Dozen wildlife-diseases list, winnowing A. aegypti's numbers has become a bit more urgent. Since this study offers proof that females are not promiscuous - they won't mate for a day or so following an act of copulation - scientists can try using lab-sterilized males to edge out their fertile competitors. But because mosquitoes are sterilized using radiation, it's unclear whether they function exactly like untouched mosquitoes, so Hoy hopes that his team's findings can someday be used to acoustically test these lab-reared males to ensure they're as willing...
Oenology 101. Try an educational vacation with some kick. San Francisco's Bruce Cass Wine Lab is offering a three-session weekend wine class starting Jan. 16, at the Kimpton Harbor Court hotel, meeting two hours each day, Friday through Sunday. Couples can get two nights at the hotel, plus the class, for $695; if you're traveling solo, the rate is $545. Normally, the courses cost $229 without accommodations. If you can't make this weekend, the Wine Lab is working on five to eight more dates in 2009. E-mail the school at classes@brucecasswinelab.com for information...
...Norman Augustine, a former president and CEO of security firm Lockheed Martin, who attended Monday's meeting in Princeton. But today, he says, that research has paved the way for work in manufacturing, maintenance, marketing and sales - a clear sign that the benefits of basic science extend beyond the lab. "This is about jobs, and it's about jobs for everyone," Augustine said...
...spare. But what really counts is the way he has chosen to use it over the past several years. As head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, part of the Department of Energy's network of research centers, Chu put his own research on hold to marshal the lab's efforts on climate change. In Chu, Obama will have an Energy Secretary who understands the existential threat posed by climate change - and who knows that we'll need technological leaps in the way we use energy to save our species. It's a myth "that we have all the technology...
...administrative effort to resuscitate the endowment that did not fully consider the impact on staff. “To me, this place always had the feel of an investment bank as opposed to an institution of higher education,” said Robert E. Holt, a lab administrator for the chemistry department. “The rub is that when times turn bad, we’re the first people targeted.” Since the freeze, the number of open FAS staff positions has dropped precipitously from over 100 at the time of the announcement to 32, according...