Sentences with phrase «old scientist during»

However, the prize is bittersweet for all who knew the 68 - year - old scientist during his long career as a researcher and mentor at Rockefeller University in New York City.

Not exact matches

A new study provides what scientists say is the most convincing evidence to date that the Italian adventurer and some of his crew contracted the disease during their voyage to the New World — and unwittingly introduced it to the old one circa 1493.

To find out whether marmosets (Callithrix jacchus, pictured) do something similar, scientists played recordings of parental calls during a daily 30 - minute session to three sets of newborn marmoset twins until they were 2 months old (roughly equivalent to a 2 - year - old human).

In 2007 U.S. Geological Survey scientists analyzing mangrove roots and soil up to 8,000 years old found that during periods of rising sea level, the roots grow faster and bolster the soil, which helps hoist the tree upward.

The authors note that scientists investigating why children wet the bed or why older people get up to urinate during the night should consider circadian clock effects.

«The maintenance of a strong block to HIV - 1 in Old World monkeys implies a selective advantage, presumably imposed by the presence of HIV -1-like viruses during the evolution of this primate lineage,» the scientists write, adding that although humans carry a version of TRIM5 - alpha, it is not as effective in thwarting HIV transmission.

For the first time, the scientists could quantitate two major trajectories of lung function leading to COPD: the fast decline trajectory, where lung function declines very rapidly from a normal level, and the alternative trajectory where suboptimal development of lung function during childhood and adolescence is the major determinant of COPD in older age.

Scientists have unearthed a new bird species from fossils in the Canadian Arctic dating back about 90 million years, making them the oldest records of avian species found so far north and suggesting an intense warming event occurred during the late Cretaceous period.

What the scientists think happened was that the traditionally older, thicker ice around Greenland and the Canadian archipelago «just didn't melt away as much as it usually would» during the cooler summer conditions, «and it kind of just remained over the summer melt season,» Tilling said.

During the week, there will be 25 PHE scientists leading interactive science workshops for pupils aged 13 to 14 years old.

Whether it's the Bunsen burner or the microscope, scientists young and old are being asked to post their nominations along with a photo or picture if available, online www.scientificlaboratoryshow.com The top ten nominated objects will go into the Show's «Hall of Fame» on 25th May, and delegates will be asked to vote for their Number One object during the Show and conference.

Here are some reflections and advice from a senior female scientist (moi) who came up through the academic system during the bad old days of the 1970's and 1980's, and who has mentored many young female scientists as they navigate the professional world of academia.