Sentences with phrase «most of the leading scientists»

The author, Justin Gillis, researched the piece for months, visited Greenland and talked to most of the leading scientists in the field — many of which he cites in the article.

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«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

This second point means that openness to what sciences can teach us does not lead to acceptance of the way most scientists present their findings.

There are many who refuse to accept the conclusions of the world's leading, most eminent scientists and scholars.

Leading contemporary paleontologists such as David Raup and Niles Eldredge say that the fossil problem is as serious now as it was then, despite the most determined efforts of scientists to find the missing links.

Carter's fascination with the West leads him on to learned discussion of Frederick Jackson Turner's «frontier thesis» (which, despite flaws, Carter holds to be the most influential statement ever by an historian of America), along with the views of Russian ecologists, American social scientists, and a wide variety of conservationists.

Curiously, though the discoveries of subatomic physics signal to some a breakdown of modern dualism, the implications of such discoveries have been slow to penetrate most people's consciousness (including that of many scientists), and they may in fact merely lead to another sort of dualism.

Most recently at Campbell's, Hsu was responsible for leading and managing an external network of flavor scientists and chefs to develop flavor solutions to fill culinary gaps in the brand's flavor toolbox.

But Mars claims: «Most of the excitement and energy in this field today stems from the findings of Mars» scientists and their university partners that certain cocoa polyphenol - rich preparations have the potential to prevent and / or treat health conditions that are leading causes of death and disability around much of the world».

A team of scientists, jointly led by Caltech postdoctoral scholar Vikram Ravi and Curtin University research fellow Ryan Shannon, has now observed the most luminous FRB to date, called FRB 150807.

In 2008, TRIUMF recruited her to lead its accelerator program, making her one of the most senior scientists in Canada.

«This could lead to the most stupendous discovery in the history of human existence,» Schopf says, speaking with the practiced patience of a scientist.

Meetings such as these are critical «to establish and maintain personal contacts» with some of the most brilliant Japanese scientists in the field, leading not just to «the exchange of scientific ideas, [but] also reagents,» he highlights.

«The goal of the BCS was to understand better the distribution and conservation needs of Bornean cats and small carnivores and subsequently, to enable targeted conservation efforts to those carnivores which are most threatened,» said Dr. Andreas Wilting, scientist at the IZW and lead editor of this supplement.

«It is about 3 - 4 times harder than most steels,» said Emilia Morosan, the lead scientist on a new study in Science Advances that describes the properties of a 3 - to - 1 mixture of titanium and gold with a specific atomic structure that imparts hardness.

«Some of the most interesting sites will be those that offer fresh material — perhaps exposed by an impact, a crack or plume activity like comets have — and those with diverse material,» said Keiko Nakamura - Messenger, OSIRIS - REx sample site scientist and the deputy lead for curation at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

«Lead titanate likely would not have been the first choice of most materials scientists because its structure is so dissimilar to nickel oxide,» Isayev said.

A handful of tiny teeth have led scientists to identify the most distant ancestor of today's kangaroos.

He also wants more inclusion of scientists from the continent: While most American - and European - led expeditions include team members from the host country, for example, few include researchers from elsewhere in Africa.

Before the 1990s, this phenomenon led scientists to believe that more than 90 percent of all species were monogamous, but thanks to improved genetic testing, we now know most birds actually stray from their partners.

In doing so, the scientists made a surprising observation: «One and the same active ingredient caused most of the tumor facets to die,» reports lead author Roman Reinartz of Professor Scheffler's Team.

From the leading scientists at Bologna, Cassini learned the importance of using high - quality instruments to make the most precise measurements possible.

«Findings from our study can help managers determine the most viable ways to enhance valuable recreational fisheries in Lake Michigan, especially when the open waters of the lake are declining in productivity,» said Yu - Chun Kao, an MSU post-doctoral scientist and the lead author of the report.

«Our top goal is to find genetic signatures that will predict what early stages of HPV infection are most likely to become cancerous, and what stages we need to worry less about,» says den Boon, of the Morgridge Virology team led by University of Wisconsin - Madison and Morgridge scientist Paul Ahlquist.

The highest resolution GFDL model, CM2.6, matched the Northwest Atlantic circulation and water mass distribution most accurately,» said Vincent Saba, a NOAA fisheries scientist and lead author of the study.

In response, Holdren said, scientists are already an interest group, one that happens to be devoted to its interest in scientific inquiry; science is already politicized because federal funding decisions governing research programs take place in a political arena in which Congress, the executive branch and stakeholders from all sides play leading roles; and, finally, scientists are most worried about the results of their work being lost, not their jobs.

A collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium - ion batteries — the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars.

I think most scientists expect that the way Bt crops are being deployed will eventually lead to the evolution of resistance in the target pests, which means that the Bt cotton won't work anymore.

Also joining the party are two of Mongolia's top scientists — Bolortsetseg Minjin, Bolor for short, the country's leading paleontologist, and her father, Bodonguud Chuluun Minjin, Mongolia's most respected geologist.

According to the scientist, most European countries have legislation that limits or prohibits the use of lead shot.

«Micro-scale 3D models are an important tool for many areas of science, but for most micro or nano - scale objects only a portion of the object can be seen in the field of view,» says Gopala Mulukutla, a research scientist in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at UNH and the study's lead author.

It would not be unusual for the lead author to perform most of the work for the papers, says Martin Pera, a stem cell scientist at University of Melbourne in Australia.

Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (Harper Perennial, $ 13.95), John Brockman, founder of Edge, an online salon, asks 108 thinkers and scientists to describe their «most dangerous idea.»

«Many of the fungi most commonly detected in stool samples are also present in food or in the mouth,» said lead study author Thomas A. Auchtung, Ph.D., a senior scientist at the Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

«Gamblers Anonymous is one of the most cost - effective and easily accessible resources for individuals living with problem gambling issues,» said Dr. Flora Matheson, lead scientist of the study and medical sociologist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health of St. Michael's Hospital.

Research led by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes has identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most of the immune system's CD4 T cells as an HIV infection leads to AIDS.

«Fibropapillomatosis is the most common infectious disease affecting endangered green turtles,» said Thierry Work, a USGS scientist and the lead author of the study.

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is giving researchers a first look at the early stages of brain development in patients with Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that causes mild to severe intellectual disability and is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder.

The initiative brings together leading ocean, climate and marine scientists to develop a list of the 50 most critical coral reefs to protect, while leading conservation practitioners are working together to establish the best practices to protect these reefs.

Scientists leading the new study will also look for biomarkers in patients that could help determine which of them are most likely to benefit from guadecitabine and irinotecan.

This fuzzy warmth from the galactic center has puzzled scientists for 30 years and clearer observation of it has led Ghez and her collaborators to conclude that it is most likely superheated interstellar dust on the verge of falling into the black hole in the paper presenting their findings in the current issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.

On Monday, a team of American and British scientists led by Thompson reported on their chemical analysis of a sample core bored out of coral on the most populated atoll of Kiribati, a postcard - worthy Pacific Ocean country comprising many small islands.

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science uncovered a previously unknown magma chamber deep below the most active volcano in the world — Kilauea.

Most scientists remain skeptical of whether iron fertilization will lead to greater carbon sequestration.

The research, led by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is the largest study to date of the genetics of testicular germ cell tumours — the most common cancer in young men.

«In Lofar's new extremely sharp image we're seeing a collection of bright spots, which are most likely supernova remnants, explains Eskil Varenius at Chalmers University of Technology,» who led the international team of scientists behind the new image.

Scientists have identified for the first time the «cell of origin» — in other words, the first cell from which the cancer grows — in basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, and followed the chain of events that lead to the growth of these invasive tumours.

First published in the leading science journal Nature, these 900 - word tales come from scientists, journalists and many of the most famous SF writers in the world.

Inspired by a grandfather who had Alzheimer's disease, Dr. Mucke founded Gladstone's neurological research program 15 years ago and today leads more than 100 students, postdocs, research scientists and principal investigators in the search for new understanding of and therapies for some of the world's most devastating illnesses — including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and multiple sclerosis.

With the new report, published by the non-profit organization maribus gGmbH, again with support from the magazine mare, the International Ocean Institute and the Cluster of Excellence «The Future Ocean», scientists from Kiel together with other leading international fisheries experts have produced one of the most comprehensive investigations into the state of worldwide fisheries.