Better recovery through better reservoir characterization: overview

Better Chemistry for Better Survival, through Regulation

In this issue of Cell, report on new aspects of the regulation of yeast ribonucleotide reductase, the mechanism by which dNTP levels are increased following DNA damage, and the consequences of the metabolic changes.

Better Living through Monetary

By John B. Taylor Stanford University January 2008 Ten years ago macroeconomists began noticing and studying a remarkable change in the performance of the U.S. economy. The economy had become much more stable than in the past. The change appeared to occur some fifteen years earlier, in the early 1980s. Not only had inflation and interest rates and their volatilities diminished compared with the...

Better learning through fidgeting.

Like nose-picking and a preoccupation with feculence, the inability to sit still is a defining characteristic of childhood. But kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) squirm constantly, even when others can remain quiet. Parents and teachers often respond by trying to get them to stop fidgeting at any cost, assuming that if they just settle down, they’ll be able to focus and ...

Better Rescue Through Sensors

Sensors can provide new and valuable information beyond the human senses: surgeons are provided with vital sign data without attention shift, firefighters may see through smoke, etc. This paper investigates how wearable sensing technology can be applied to alpine avalanche rescue. Sensors worn by mountaineers reveal information about vital functions of the victims in an emergency case. In parti...

Rehabilitation through Better Nutrition