• Discovery of a new planet in the outer solar system
• Seeing the trees for the forest: WHRC scientists creating National Biomass and Carbon Dataset
• Penn study shows genes may affect response to different quit-smoking medications
• Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle and point to 'hot soup' at the origin of life
• Lessons from 2004 point the way in 2008 election
• National Academies advisory: 'Science and Art Conservation'
• Study of 5700 women finds not enough exercise means serious risk for heart problems, death
• NJIT ranked 9th in the nation for graduating African-American engineers
• Protective and therapeutic HPV vaccine under development at Georgetown
• 'Geology' September 05 cover story: Coral reef decline - not just overfishing
• EURYI award 2005
• Plastic Surgery 2005 showcases span of plastic surgery
• Nicotine exposure can increase motivation to respond for food weeks after the last exposure
• Brain remembers familiar faces when choosing potential mate
• Family businesses perform better
• Bumblebee see, bumblebee do
• National study: New ways to prevent stroke and reduce excess iron in sickle cell anemia
• Groundbreaking research sheds light on ancient mystery
• NYU Child Study Center raises over $165,000 at Picnic for ParentCorps
• Canine coach keeps dieters on a leash
• Prominent geologist to discuss the impending global oil shortage at NJIT
• LSD finds new respectability
• Preliminary study by K-State professor finds war can be hard on relationships of military couples
• Universal software, universal appeal
• A new view of human-chimpanzee genome differences
• XMM-Newton probes formation of galaxy clusters
• GlaxoSmithKline announces FDA approval of Fluarix
• New algorithm for learning languages
• Intensive chemotherapy offers pluses, minuses in advanced endometrial cancer
• MRSA risk doubled in critically ill patients with glucose in their airways
• Memories of terror: Can history make sense of terrorist acts?
• Oral contraceptive effective in controlling premenstrual disorder
• In Iran, camera traps reveal rare Asiatic cheetahs
• Virginia Tech engineer investigates enzyme link to neurological disease
• Researchers discover gene connected to rare muscle disease
• Pitt engineering professor awarded NASA Public Service Medal
• Online test to discover if you were born to be sad
• Scientists get look at genes' defensive playbook
• Bird flu claims critically endangered mammal
• Changes in ozone layer offer hope for improvement, says team of scientists
• Ethical and scientific guidelines for study of captive great apes
• Hebrew U. / Johns Hopkins study provides clues to dealing with human disease
• Cassini findings suggest complex story of venting at the south pole of Enceladus
• RPI President Jackson urges national response to the 'quiet crisis' in science and engineering
• $3.5 million from Homeland Security for lie detection in the 21st century
• International stem cell meeting in Kobe, Japan
• It's electric: Cows show promise as powerplants
• Improving security of handheld IT devices
• IT program hopes to foster better security checklists
• Conference to highlight new biometric technologies
• Consortium seeks comment on gene expression roadmap
• Childhood exposure to second-hand smoke has long-lasting effects: Fruit fiber may help
• Toxicity predicts effective chemotherapy dose
• Further research needed on HIV and aging
• South Polar ozone hole makes big comeback
• Argonne researchers create new diamond-nanotube composite material
• Bioforensics Analysis Research and Development Center created at Los Alamos
• Scientists discover scaramanga gene's bond with breast cancer
• Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees
• Scientists determine structure of enzyme that disrupts bacterial virulence
• Oysters: The natural way to protect our shores
• Partial smokefree policies will leave more than 500 pubs exempt in the North West of England
• Snowball Antarctica – early Drake passage opening led to global change
• National experts to gather for 'groundbreaking' alcohol, drug abuse, chemical intolerance meeting
• Acupuncture versus acid reflux: 40% cut in sphincter relaxations brings hope for relief
• Newly completed chimp genome helps scientists learn more about human DNA
• Human Y chromosome stays intact while chimp Y loses genes
• Certain herbs and supplements can help 'tummy aches'
• VCU research: Magnetic nanoparticles for potential cancer treatment
• VCU researchers investigating outcomes of perineal laceration repair following childbirth
• VNS therapy for treatment-resistant depression proves effective for some patients
• Big differences in duplicated DNA distinguish chimp and human genomes
• USC researchers find drug is tough tumor fighter
• New study suggests mechanism of action for botox in the treatment of enlarged prostate
• Marijuana-derived drug suppresses bladder overactivity and irritation in animal models
• Human muscle-derived stem cells effective in animal models of incontinence
• NIH, UNC scientists find anti-cancer drugs might work in treating deadly aging disease
• U of MN researchers develop tests for devastating cattle disease
• Montreal researchers probe the genetic basis of memory
• Kentucky, China seismic experts
• Quicker, cheaper DNA sequencing goal of UH profs with $4.2 million NIH grant
• Cancer therapies during childhood can damage developing teeth
• UGA pharmacy faculty awarded patent to treat neurodegenerative disorders
• Ozone layer decline leveling off, according to new study
• Study shows humans have ability to track odors, much like bloodhounds
• Caloric restriction won't dramatically extend life span in humans: UCLA research
• Wildfires and home prices: Are they related?
• Anthrax test, developed by army and CDC, receives FDA approval
• Some children facing bone marrow transplant risk
• Unexpected features of anthrax toxin may lead to new types of therapies
• Fungus helps tall fescue choke out native plants
• New tool to study elusive DNA structure could help reveal better understanding of cancer, diabetes
• Teenage drug use can lead to adult addiction and heart attack
• Helping young people come to terms with mental illness
• Garvan Insitute scientists suggest new approach for treating patients with brittle bones
• 'Australian-first' cancer research facility opens at UQ
• Fuel cells might get hydrogen from water, organic material
• Metal-based medicine could treat diseases in the body
• Scientists discover the molecular switch for nerve cells' insulating jelly rolls
• Changing Face of Chemical Engineering Education
• Study reveals genomics of inflammation from severe injury
• New genome comparison finds chimps, humans very similar at DNA level
• Anti-cancer drugs may hold promise for premature aging disorder
• Research sheds new light on cholesterol danger
• Genomic basis of inflammation could lead to improved trauma treatment
• Olive oil contains natural anti-inflammatory agent
• ACTOplus met™ approved by the FDA for type 2 diabetes
• Nanofabrication: Next generation chip manufacture?
• Human Y chromosome preserves itself better than the chimp Y
• Envisat sees whirling Hurricane Katrina from ocean waves to cloud tops
• Finding a way to test for dark energy
• Thyroid hormone, brain development, and behavior
• Expanding complexity of p53
• Benzodiazepines effective against alcohol withdrawal seizures
• SciFinder 2006 launches powerful new substance search capablities
• Hearing loss in older adults may compromise cognitive resources for memory
• Nanotechnology presents possibility of implantable artificial kidney
• Researchers describe new cost-effective method to assess sleep
• Career prospects in Germany
• Bad aftertaste? New sensory on/off switch may 'cure' bane of artificial sweetener search
• American Chemical Society 230th National Meeting press availablity
• AAN Foundation, the ALS Association partner to finance Clinician Scientist Development Award
• AAN Foundation, National MS Society partner for Clinician Scientist Development Award
• First European heart failure awareness survey reveals massive public lack of awareness
• Race and sex disparities in heart attack care, survival not improving
• Inhibitory systems control the pattern of activity in the cortex
• Fewer wrinkles and firmer skin linked to earlier use of estrogen therapy
• New images reveal different magma pools form the ocean's crust
• Virginia water center celebrates 40th year at national symposium at Virginia Tech
• Via College Research Recognition Day features 'father of microbial genetics'
• Researchers seek to discover what really happens when a virus enters the body
• Study: Brain structures contribute to asthma
• Species evolve to the brink of evolution
• University of Oregon physicist gains funding for national effort
• Nobel Prize winner delivers keynote speech at global science conference
• Nanotechnology, biochemical sensors among UH chemical research projects
• UCLA discovery prevents cell abnormality leading to progeria
• Intel helps UCSD teach students about wireless, mobile embedded systems
• Harmless virus may hold key to more effective HIV drug discovery
• Study shows: Unemployment aids extremism
• Designed peptides: Candidates for the treatment of cancer, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders
• Shame, not guilt, related to substance-abuse problems
• Book examines celebrity and serial killers
• American Chemical Society session to focus on T-rays — the next wave in imaging technology
• Major advance in the treatment of severe malaria in our region
• Gene expands malaria's invasion options
• Australian-based research team finds the malaria parasite's 'housebreaking tool'
• Penn State IST researchers to enhance search engine
• Detecting anthrax proteins at ultralow concentrations
• Ways to avoid hazards of heart bypass under study
• New vaccine protects more effectively against tuberculosis
• New defibrillator signals doctor of patient's irregular heartbeat or device malfunction
• Professors present project at American Chemical Society Meeting
• K-State eye researchers focus on stopping spread of damaged eye cells
• Decisions, decisions: Male or female?
• IMEx consortium provides new mechanism for improving access to molecular interaction data
• EBI and Ghent University launch PRIDE: An open source database of protein identifications
• Novel plague virulence factor identified
• A step closer to a malaria vaccine
• Proving Da Vinci right at the atomic level
• Using computers and DNA to count bacteria
• Flipped, expelled, copied, and shrunk
• SPF may not be enough to protect against skin cancer
• Beilstein-Institut publishes first issue of new open access journal in organic chemistry
• Scientists and artists to search for common ground
• Studies find possible drug targets for improving vascular health
• Rate of cellular energy production lower in persons at risk for type 2 diabetes
• African governments unanimously adopt Abuja declaration on sustainable fisheries, aquaculture
• New role for gene that counteracts formation of tumors
• 'Mad cow' proteins successfully detected in blood
• Neurotransmitter orexin associated with pleasure and reward pathways in the brain
• University of Oregon scientists reveal how coral reefs got the blues
• Study identifies protein's role in cell division
• Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness, clinical trial beginning this month
• New techniques study the brain's chemistry, neuron by neuron
• New understanding of human sacrifice in early Peru
• Statin treatment within first 24 hours after heart attack cut mortality by half
• Physicists describe a new mechanism for metallic magnetism
• Estrogen's antioxidant power may play key role in cerebral blood vessel health
• Gold bowties may shed light on molecules and other nano-sized objects
• Tiny rubber balls give plastic bounce
• Top scientific speakers and wide variety of experts gather at Perimeter Institute
• Inaugural meeting of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society highlights RNAi & antisense
• Innovative mapping will increase investment in Canada's north
• NIH conflict of interest regulations
• New dye could offer early test for Alzheimer's
• Mayo Clinic study: Don't stop taking aspirin before heart surgery
• K-State professor developing new strategies for delivery of drugs to fight, treat tuberculosis
• First production of human monoclonal antibodies in chicken eggs published in Nature Biotechnology
• High blood lactate levels may indicate poor prognosis in liver failure
• Modified collagen could yield important medical applications
• Cellular power plants also fend off viruses
• September-October GSA Bulletin media highlights
• September Geology and GSA Today media highlights
• Thumbs up for child trust funds, but 18-year-olds urge controls on how money is spent
• Protein-rich diet boosts benefit of exercise
• Duke researchers uncover genetic link to stroke after heart surgery
• Supersizing the supercomputers: What's next?
• 'Operando' methods for understanding catalysis in hydrogen storage
• Killer microbe may be a lifesaver after all
• High-performance computing may improve combustion efficiency
• Getting down to basics—new technology will make it possible
• Nature paper: Burning asteroids may play 'more important climate role than previously recognized'
• Of friction and 'The Da Vinci Code'
• Video analysis adds evidence for ivory-billed woodpecker
• Locating crucial atoms in superconductors
• Where bonehead investments come from
• The 'been there, done that' memory response
• Caterpillar and Carnegie Mellon strengthen team support to win 2005 Grand Challenge
• Health care providers should cut out painful procedure during birth
• NFCR - Prostate Cancer Foundation unite with Burnham Institute to expedite cancer drug discovery
• Solving the mystery of mutated proteins and the brain
• Improving the potential of cancer vaccines
• Study reveals who is really considering plastic surgery
• Recent earth and space science PhDs finding employment
• Virginia Tech research, graduate program focus on interfaces
• VCU study shows hormone-like molecule kills cells that cause inflammation in allergic disease
• Scientists find that protein controls aging by controlling insulin
• Stem cells with heart bypass surgery trial to begin at University of Pittsburgh
• Cleaning up coal's act
• University of Nevada, Reno research team discovers hormone that causes malaria mosquito to urinate
• TV ads market junk food to kids, new study finds
• U-Iowa researchers will use grant to study fetal alcohol syndrome
• New type of rejection blocker protects kidneys after transplant
• Comparison of cocaine and methamphetamine 'highs' finds differences in onset, pattern and duration
• UA physicists find key to long-lived nanowires
• The right hitchhiker can save an aphid's life
• Immigrant children misdiagnosed as language-impaired
• Fire fighters, managers use new software to estimate fire hazard; air pollution levels
• Dec. 12 meeting on lateral gene transfer
• Brain plays key role in regulating bone density
• IT sourcing: 'Workforce trends and skills development'
• News tips from The Journal of Neuroscience
• UQ leads the nation in innovative e-research
• 'Switchable' solvents make chemical manufacturing more environmentally-friendly
• New method shows mushrooms a top source for one antioxidant
• Most published research findings may be false
• Trauma of war hits troops years later
• More animals join the learning circle
• Climate model links higher temperatures to prehistoric extinction
• Sleeping sickness epidemic spreading in Uganda
• Mental health of UK hospital consultants in decline
• Clinical effects of homoeopathy are placebo effects
• Artesunate should become the treatment of choice for severe malaria
• Scientists listen to brain patterns of tone-deafness
• Developing the case for digital legal security
• Major breakthrough in the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases
• Pinpointing the cause of a neurodegenerative disorder
• Brain activity in youth may presage Alzheimer's pathology
• Georgia Tech chemical discovery could revolutionize polymer fuel cells
• Yerkes to develop first transgenic nonhuman primate model for inherited neurodegenerative diseases
• Pfizer expands SUTENT® (sunitinib malate) access program to patients with kidney cancer
• Sandia researchers to study techniques for arsenic removal from drinking water
• New research suggests heart bypass surgery increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
• Minister Dosanjh announces over $2.8 million for childhood obesity health research projects
• Seasonal weather forecasts plus workshops boost efforts of subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe
• Study continues the debate on the nature of bisexual men
• Opiate drugs increase vulnerability to stress
• Microscopic brain imaging in the palm of your hand
• Novel compounds show promise as safer, more potent insecticides
• New protein vital for immune response is found in surprise location
• 'Out-of-body' experiences may come from within
• Airborne drones, mimicking gulls, alter wing shape for agility
• New target found to fight, treat Parkinson's
• Study reconciles long-standing contradiction of deep-earth dynamics
• Scientists confirm super-rotation of Earth's inner core
• Deep magmatic plumbing of mid-ocean ridges revealed
• Tungsten in the environment: National symposium, Aug. 29
• Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs
• Blood flow to brain may be clue to certain dementias
• Purdue creates new method to drive fuel cells for portable electronics
• Stealth particles to target tumors
• Short-term bio sensors monitor from afar
• NYU dental researchers find link between C-section delivery and higher risk of cavities in newborns
• Tracking the riddle of cosmic gamma rays
• Obese women undertreated for breast cancer
• Transmission of Hepatitis C among family members
• Hepatitis A vaccine not widely used for Hepatitis C patients
• Scientists focus on 'dwarf eye'
• Scientists make first step towards growing human lungs for transplant
• Press conference speakers and topics confirmed for ESC Congress 2005
• Duke chemists find possible reason why redheads have more skin cancer
• Screening for security
• Researchers examine potential for 'refilling' hydrogen storage material
• Inexpensive oxidation catalyst could reduce diesel emissions
• Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule
• Self-assembled DNA buckyballs for drug delivery
• New ivory-billed woodpecker recordings to be released
• Study finds rapid heroin detox procedure under anesthesia does not work, can result in death
• No major disparity found in developmental outcomes w/ prompt v delayed ear tube insertion
• Treatment for rare liver disease increases mortality risk
• Robot-assisted prostate surgery has possible benefits, high cost
• Drugs that improve Parkinson's symptoms may not slow disease progression
• Dietary supplement chitosan not yet proven effective for weight loss
• CCNY, Lehman experts find 'magnetic flames' in molecular magnets exhibit properties akin to fire
• Research on bicycle saddles and sexual health comes of age in The Journal of Sexual Medicine
• Mentoring to meet the national need
• Investors beware: Private equity funds don't always live up to their reputation
• Blackwell publishing to launch new cardiology journal
• Spina bifida & psychology - spina bifida causes psychological distress in parents
• Drug trials & the media
• Presidential sessions focus on face of chemistry in 2015
• Virginia Tech researcher reports nano-particle dispersion technique improves polymers
• Virginia Tech group adds tools to DNA-targeted anti-cancer drugs
• Virginia Tech experts available to speak on the possible discovery of Asian Soybean Rust spores
• Researchers shed more light on conversion of water to hydrogen gas
• Database studies may not accurately estimate risk of MI in naproxen, ibuprofen users
• Earth's core rotates faster than its crust, scientists say
• Gene therapy advance treats hemophilia in mouse models
• Nanomaterials to mimic cells
• Anemone armies battle to a standoff
• Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer within 100 years, scientists say
• Now you see it, now you don't: 'Change blindness' isn't magic
• SINTEL debuts – a new boost to Stevens' security expertise
• Mouse model of Rett Syndrome displays reduced cortical activity
• Second implant of US Pilot Trial achieved
• Project could boost bottom line for business 'blues'
• Toasty oat aroma influenced by presence of health-linked polyphenols
• New look at DNA hints at origin of ultraviolet damage
• Mayo Clinic researchers measuring C-reactive protein is early indicator of stiffened arteries
• Weekly zinc supplements can reduce deaths in young children
• Cell phone users beware: Talking and listening impairs your ability to drive safely
• Civilian helicopter crash-resistant fuel systems could be more effective
• MRI used to map 'silent' heart changes that 'remodel' the heart
• Bat-bot boosts sonar research
• Spiders help scientists discover how muscles relax
• Researchers devise new technique for creating human stem cells
• New research shows no link between stress and chances of IVF success
• Public collections of DNA and RNA sequence reach 100 gigabases
• A double punch for female survival
• Gambling monkeys give insight into neural machinery of risk
• Electronic lab notebooks useful for teaching, but not ready to replace paper
• Writing at the nanoscale
• Scientists describe new way to peer inside bacteria
• Case researchers find exercise, eating right and maintaining weight benefit oral health
• Beetle-inspired switch uses water for bonding
• Emotions continue to influence Americans' reaction to 9/11 and the risk of terrorism
• Carnegie Mellon University research reveals how cells process large genes
• Allergy-busting worms, cold water corals and the science of Irishness
• 'Greener' stain-resistant coatings developed; avoid PFOA
• 'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for improving health, environment
• ACS Scholars Program for minorities reaches 10-year milestone
• Antibiotics may not be enough to stop recurrent gastric lymphoma caused by Helicobacter pylori
• VCU Massey Cancer Center study shows enzyme linked to spread of breast cancer cells
• New chemistry method uses 'test tubes' far smaller than the width of a hair
• Study shows Phase I cancer findings under-reported
• Penn study finds a new role for RNA in human immune response
• Less extensive biopsy method helps diagnose cancer progression of large breast tumors
• Koshland Science Museum Public Programs For Fall 2005
• Jefferson researchers find potential biomarker for heart failure
• First detailed picture of migraine attack
• Slipping past the blood brain barrier: Research shows potential treatment for brain cancer
• Young children at risk for impaired reading skills following medulloblastoma irradiation
• Nano coalition unveils environmental, health and safety database
• Rensselaer researchers develop approach that predicts protein separation behavior
• RIT study benchmarks quality of digital archiving in American museums
• What Kylie faces: Motherhood after breast cancer?
• More women receive Ph.D.'s, but female senior faculty are still rare
• Newly published workplace safety models help business safety professionals tell 'safety pays' story
• Solar technology system to be launched
• Finalists in young scholars competition announced
• Birth order does not affect risk of multiple sclerosis
• Satellite keeps railway safety and efficiency on track
• Hide and seek: Researchers discover a new way for infectious bacteria to enter cells
• Gene expands malaria's invasion options
• Blocking a premature aging syndrome with anticancer drugs
• Experimental immunusuppressant drug preserves transplanted kidneys, avoids toxic side effects
• Cultural norms not unique to human societies
• History's greatest comet hunter discovers 1000th comet
• Light that travels… faster than light!
• 'Cold linac' commissioning major step for ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source
• The Future of Chemical Plant Security — one-day symposium, Monday, Aug. 29
• The link between fasting and acute attacks of porphyria
• A better screening test for infant iron deficiency?
• Proctor Medal goes to research team
• Unusual antibiotics show promise against deadly 'superbugs'
• Tobacco-related cancer: How does it happen?
• Skokie, Ill., chemist Thomas Kucera honored for work with disabled
• Sports doping explored during half-day symposium, Aug. 30
• Nanotechnology goes glam: Cosmetics advances, challenges discussed at ACS meeting
• New findings help to unravel skin cancer's secrets
• Nanocoating could eliminate foggy windows and lenses
• ESA at MAKS 2005
• Controlling the spread of invasive plants: a national effort — one-day symposium, Aug. 30
• Coffee is number one source of antioxidants
• Chemical compound inhibits tumor growth, size in new mouse study
• Biosensor reveals new information about suspected cause of Alzheimer's disease
• A picture of progress: PET imaging and biomarkers explored at ACS meeting
• Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu
• Bacteria recognize antimicrobials, respond with counter-defenses
• Immune system finding paves way for vaccine use in some leukemia, lymphoma cancers
• Monkey wrench in solar system evolution
• Otter adaptations: How do otters remain sleek and warm
• Thinking the pain away? Study shows the brain's painkillers may cause 'placebo effect'
• New therapy recommendations for spinal complications of cancer
• International move to train more forensic medicine and science experts
• Past droughts geographically widespread in the West, according to tree-ring data
• President signs transportation bill
• Snapin: A protein with therapy potential for autism
• New method for trapping light may improve communications technologies
• New microprinting technique improves nanoscale fabrication
• Microbe has huge role in ocean life, carbon cycle
• Energy-efficient retrofits: Two Quebec companies to receive financial incentives
• Gene discovery sheds light on causes of rare disease, cancer
• Long-term aspirin use reduces risk for colorectal cancer
• Heat stress and injury among young athletes can be prevented
• Simple sea sponge helps scientists understand tissue rejection
• Neuroscientist's work helping opiate-addicted babies
• Extracts from Butterbur are an effective non-drowsy treatment for 'hay fever'
• JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
• Insulin sensitivity gets a kick out of SOCS-7
• Found! First gene associated with myeloproliferative diseases
• Study does not support use of anesthesia as heroin withdrawal method
• Long-term, regular aspirin use associated with significant reduction in colorectal cancer risk
• Diagnostic strategy may help determine stage of lung cancer more accurately
• Scientists link genetic pathway to development of hearing
• Energy management in cells may hold key to cancer defense
• Book 'Asbestos and Fire' explores risk trade-offs
• Team of international scientists departs today to discover the unknown in China's Himalayan region
• Study shows some types of military interventions can slow or stop genocide
• Malfunctioning bone marrow cells sabotage nerve cells in diabetes
• Chimpanzees are social conformists
• Protein that regulates aging may provide key to new diabetes therapies
• Early humans wore 'shoes' 30,000 years ago
• Alteration of brain protein regulates learning
• Study finds that school-funding loopholes leave poor children behind
• Potential ovarian cancer oncogene offers possibility of predictive test and a novel therapy
• Fighting breast cancer
• $10 million grant to support research on inflammation's role in heart disease
• Reversal of role for a viral protein associated with the development of lymphoma
• New research backs reform of EU farming subsidies
• Brightly-coloured fruit and veg may protect against arthritis
• Shop environment influences women's attitude to body size
• Report reveals high rate of heart attack amongst ethnic minorities in Scotland
• U. of Colorado researchers hunting down, studying new microorganisms
• UC to study why minorities with mood disorders face dangerous misdiagnosis
• U. of Chicago receives $48 million to manage National TeraGrid scientific computing network
• UC Riverside researchers discover model organism for studying viruses that affect humans
• UCR chemists prepare molecules that accelerate chemical reactions for manufacturing drugs
• One bacteria stops another on contact
• A national plan for the R&D needed to protect U.S. critical infrastructure is released
• Textile piecework system called 'new slavery'
• Black joblessness blamed on multilayered segregation
• New gene associated with Fanconi anemia 'explains' hallmark chromosomal instability
• Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria
• Purdue research shows added calcium benefits women on the pill
• Researchers discover ancient origins of tuberculosis-causing bacteria
• Possible new compound for treatment of cerebral malaria
• New research challenges assumptions about dementia incidence
• Measuring hidden parasites in falciparum malaria
• Hundreds of identified genes involved in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease
• A novel virus for croup
• Pall systems play key role in landmark NIH study on cord blood
• $150 million Teragrid award heralds new era for scientific computing
• Long sought-after flowering signal found
• Newborn screening for childhood hearing impairment leads to early detection
• Contracting NGOs to provide health care in developing countries improves services
• Results of new cancer drug trials remain underreported
• Early clinical signs of ovarian cancer
• New imaging technology shown to detect pancreatic inflammation in type 1 diabetes
• Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication
• IU gets $4.4 million from NSF for national Internet-based science tool
• Microwavable chips for wireless communication
• Still shellfish after 425 million years: Clam-like creature preserved perfectly in ancient fossil
• New global bird map suggests 'hotspots' not a simple key to conservation
• Researchers discover new route to hemoglobin synthesis
• Encouraging more women in science & technology
• Saturn's rings have own atmosphere
• Nanostructured Materials: Environmental, Energy and Sensing Applications
• Supernova 1987A: Fast forward to the past
• Overbearing colored light may reveal a second mechanism by which birds interpret magnetic signals
• Gap-climbing fruit flies reveal components of goal-driven behaviors
• Chickens orient using a magnetic compass
• Analysis of flower genes reveals the fate of an ancient gene duplication
• A picture does not automatically activate a thousand words
• Pubs in poorest areas of England most likely to be exempt from smoking ban
• Obesity linked to graffiti in the local neighbourhood
• Today's baby boomers are heavier and more likely to have arthritis
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• Presidential Recognition Awards presented at the 2005 AIUM Annual Convention
• New Investigator Award presented at the 2005 AIUM Annual Convention
• AIUM announced Endowment for Education and Research grant recipients
• Why Earth Science? in Spanish
• Genetics links whale to two different ocean basins
• UT Southwestern researchers test experimental drug to help tiniest heart patients
• Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way
• Gene's discovery could help prevent a leading cause of blindness in the elderly
• U of M researchers show that increasing sugar processing in the liver can lower blood sugar
• Black revolutionary is icon of modern times, say researchers
• Heart-failure patients show brain injury linked to depression
• Waging a high-tech war against sinusitis
• Purdue simulation to help merge molecules with silicon electronics
• Patents for protein biomarker Discovery
• New hope for patients with rare genetic diseases
• Genomics reveals mechanism of heat resistance in bacteria
• Sea ice may be on increase in the Antarctic: A phenomenon due to a lot of 'hot air'?
• Four-legged family members must be included in emergency plans
• Public collections of DNA & RNA sequence data reach 100 gigabases
• Scientists discover gene that controls speed of tuberculosis development
• Gene expression levels may reveal stage of Huntington's disease
• Mayo researchers explore reasons for complications with kidney failure patients
• Tissue engineered from fetal skin cells could treat paediatric burns
• Dual-drug therapy targets one colon cancer gene
• Universal codec to set sound free
• HSPH's Walter Willett wins Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Freedom to Discover Award
• New analytical tool helps detect cancer
• CERN neutrino project on target
• Long working hours boost risk of illness and injury, irrespective of job type
• 80 year olds should be given heart bypass surgery
• Bush sneaks in vetoes under a veil of formality
• Weight loss decreases risk of breast cancer in susceptible women
• Twice as many adverts for unhealthy foods, cigarettes and alcohol in black and Latino magazines
• Antidepressant paroxetine linked to higher rate of suicide attempts in adults
• New title from SSSA: Chemical Processes in Soils
• New heart failure guidelines stress early diagnosis and treatment
• Heart failure worsens with anemia, increases risk of death
• Common painkillers linked to high blood pressure in women
• Children with sudden onset of continuous seizures benefit from propofol treatment
• Simple explanation for complex pattern of feather development
• Soft body fossils of extinct 'lamp shell' digitally reconstructed
• New drug reverses effects of sleep deprivation on brain
• Emotional, not factual, ads win skeptical consumers, study shows
• Despite gains, women still face bias in science careers
• Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood
• U. T. Dallas-led research team produces strong, transparent carbon nanotube sheets
• No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved
• New lab research may help those deafened by immune system attack
• More is better, at least in angioplasty
• Many choose more aggressive breast cancer surgery despite breast-sparing option
• Leptin-signaling protein maintains normal body weight and energy balance in mice
• U of M researchers find anxiety disorders can compromise success of alcohol-dependence treatment
• Researchers propose measures to curb lion attacks in Tanzania
• As congregations shrink, half of children with two religious parents reject church
• Young athletes ignore skin cancer risk
• UCI receives $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to research electronic waste
• UCLA professor awarded major DOE grant to apply mathematics to plasma physics
• Live demonstration of 21st century national-scale team science
• Effects of pediatric brain tumors and their treatment haunt survivors for years, study finds
• New study reports on score-celebration injuries among soccer players
• Rockefeller researchers show evidence of asymmetric cell division in mammalian skin
• Non-Protestant second-generation Asian-Americans more likely to make personal choice about religion
• NSF center aims to bolster security and trust in e-voting
• TPA and ATRA a potential one-two punch for cancer of the pancreas
• Rensselaer researchers awarded NIH grant to develop virtual patient models
• Fat kids can bounce back to normal blood pressure
• Children's health in southern Italy is in crisis
• Women who cohabit have daughters who do the same, study shows
• Oral meds good for controlling Type II diabetes in children
• NSF awards $36 million toward securing cyberspace
• Carbon nanotubes made to stick like a gecko's foot
• Recovering alcoholic smokers can quit second addiction
• Mayo Clinic study finds acupuncture relieves symptoms of fibromyalgia
• Proportion of high-risk HPV infections preventable by a HPV16/18 vaccine may vary by region
• Johns Hopkins-led center will study voting technologies
• Type 2 diabetes: Problems in the furnace
• Is that lizard a basilisk? How Harry Potter sparks interest in the reptile house
• How losing the plot makes watching 'Lord of the Rings' more pleasurable
• Global warming to boost Scots farmers
• Families at prayer? Half of children with two religious parents reject church
• e-Science methods reveal new insights into antibiotic resistance
• Two designer drugs hit same lung cancer target, but only one is effective
• After overeating, we don't compensate by eating less
• Temperature sensing by the circadian clock
• Tumor suppressor activity of PTEN
• Gene loss accelerates aging
• Driving metastasis
• Nutrition, education improve the well-being of cancer survivors
• Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University
• Carnegie Mellon CyLab researchers work to develop new red tide monitoring
• Adalimumab plus methotrexate effective for long-standing rheumatoid arthritis
• Time and money make a difference in endangered species recovery
• Walking to school encourages more physical activity
• Tobacco control and healthier diets are key to cutting heart deaths
• Scientific societies support teaching evolution
• Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders
• Illegal destruction of coral reefs worsened impact of tsunami
• American Chemical Society supports teaching evolution in K-12
• Ships bring alien jellyfish invaders to our shores
• Yale Public Health Professor elected fellow of the American Statistical Association
• Slower care for heart attack patients treated off hours and weekends
• Lyme disease prevention program launched in Connecticut
• Gerber funds Yale study on dietary calcium insufficiency in inner city infants
• Early estrogen therapy to prevent heart disease focus of Yale study
• Drinking alcohol may lower risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Animals warn of human health hazards in new 'Canary Database'
• A powerful new tool for decoding gene functions in mammals and Man
• WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets
• Tadpole soon to help in the fight against cancer and lymphedema
• Roots of epilepsy may lie in oft-ignored brain cells
• Kidney failure a significant cause of ICU deaths worldwide
• The doctor is in: UH engineering students find medical mentors
• Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space
• Robotic technique shows promise in weight-loss surgery, Stanford study finds
• MRI cardiac catheterization poised for success in children with congenital heart disease
• EBCT best for evaluating adults with congenital defects in the heart arteries
• Global malaria experts meet at Menzies
• Study suggests protein may be early warning for ovarian cancer
• Alice falls into a black hole
• Parents can help teens choose 'good' friends, study finds
• Psychiatric disorders delay cancer diagnosis
• New Accutane controls praised by March of Dimes
• Powerful mineral mapper heads to Mars
• Scientists harness the power of pee
• Race and gender disparities persist in heart attack care and mortality
• Infusion nurses examine need for standards of practice in immunoglobulin therapy
• Action of nitroglycerin for chest pain may place some patients at risk
• DOE outlines research needed to improve solar energy technologies
• Proposal would allow wild animals to roam North America
• More proof of woodpecker revealed in audio recordings
• Babies detect unfamiliar music rhythms easier than adults
• Nose odors and mouth odors: The brain distinguishes
• Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for August 2005 (second issue)
• Review of research shows that playing violent video games can heighten aggression
• New research extends understanding of the positive health effects of expressive writing
• Health and consumer groups call for an integrated health care system
• Episode of minor depression found to increase the risk for developing major depression
• APA gives media recognition award to CBS News' The Early Show
• Protein prevents tissue injury but encourages tumor growth
• NOAH Sandstrom wins grants from National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation
• Erotic images, gore cause temporary 'blindness'
• Enzyme action creates protein linked to Alzheimer's disease
• Brain tumors may originate with neural stem cells, researchers say
• Researchers find evidence for 'tanning addiction'
• Breast cancer detected through mammography has survival advantage
• No strong link seen between violent video games and aggression
• Environmental lessons from tsunami as world's coastal population doubles
• Virtual animal shelters – How the Internet is transforming the experience of pet adoptions
• UC sociologist traces the evolution of the execution
• New UC study examines both black and white attitudes surrounding race and choosing a doctor
• New study examines disadvantaged people and medical care
• Why aren't more girls 'geeks'?
• Folates more effective in limiting Alzheimer's disease risk than antioxidants, other nutrients
• Bird Society to meet at UC Santa Barbara, focus on ivory-billed woodpecker and California condor
• Locusts' built-in 'surface analysis' ability directs them to fly overland
• Hebrew University scientist first Israeli to receive American forensic science award
• Hebrew U. professor sharing $17.5-million Hughes research grant
• Disparate mole-rats
• Global Climate and Energy Project awards five research grants totaling more than $11 million
• Natural scientists are less likely to believe in God than are social scientists
• 'Gadonanotubes' greatly outperform existing MRI contrast agents
• Rutgers College of Nursing Dean's award winning book updated and released
• Researchers take 'fantastic voyage' through the human body
• Global scientific research project launched to improve understanding of the human brain
• Technology holds promise for infrared camera
• Volcanic blast location influences climate reaction
• NASA announces breakthrough in space weather forecasting
• Inka textile devices served as business ledgers
• Study reveals body's defense mechanism worsens asthma symptoms
• Treatments have same target, different responses for lung cancer patients with genetic mutation
• Other highlights in the August 17 JNCI
• Looking at autoimmune diabetes, literally
• JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
• Boosting the BCG vaccine to beat tuberculosis
• State regulations associated with decreased youth access to indoor tanning facilities
• Study examines global prevalence of kidney failure among critically ill patients
• Receiving treatment for heart attack at hospital during off-hours associated with poorer outcomes
• Robotic gastric bypass surgery shows promise
• 'High protection' sunscreen does not appear to influence longer duration of sunbathing
• Parents find useful information on the internet about their child's surgery
• Hospitalizations because of chicken pox down dramatically since implementation of vaccine
• U.S. IT infrastructure highly vulnerable to attack
• Congress adopts IEEE-USA recommendations for reliability, security of U.S. electric power supply
• New technique could alter field of mouse genetics
• Field Museum book profiles Illinois insects
• Prominent ecologists to discuss results of world's largest international ecological meeting
• Ecologists unite to address global challenges
• From 'macro' to 'micro' – turbulence seen by Cluster
• ERS-2 successfully targets China's Typhoon Matsa
• Ariane 5 lifts record payload into space
• Study points the way to more nutritious animal feed
• Research suggests fitness of Florida panthers improved by limited breeding with Texas animals
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2005
• Technological advances could reduce effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention
• New observations and climate model data confirm recent warming of the tropical atmosphere
• Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
• Fluorescence spectroscopy proves capable of detecting inflammatory cells in blood vessels
• The risk of waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery
• Childhood predictors of smoking in adolescence
• Vibrio bacteria could be a risk to fish as well as humans
• Specialist counselling does not help pregnant smokers quit
• Medical scandals may have a negative impact on scientific research
• How easy is it for young people in the UK to obtain tobacco, alcohol and other drugs?
• Family environment is a significant predictor of adolescent obesity
• Stem cells bring fast direct improvement, without differentiation, in acute renal failure
• New name for ARVO Foundation
• Researchers outline possible drug targets for treating metabolic syndrome
• Warming most evident at high latitudes, but greatest impact will be in tropics
• Molecular mechanism of feather formation found
• $3.4 million directed to key UW-Madison MS study
• Ethanol treatment may be instrumental in fighting IV-based infections
• Nitrogen in the air feeds the oceans
• Scientists link vascular gene to Alzheimer's disease
• Death and the working class
• 'Cookbook recipes' would cure disease with nontoxic DNA delivery systems
• Cells direct membrane traffic by channel width, scientists say
• Exercise aside, genes may ultimately dictate seniors' mobility
• Retail utopia
• Home away from home
• Consumer study explores the continued popularity of 'Reality' TV
• Are consumers receiving the information they need to choose stocks?
• Customized Y-shaped carbon nanotubes can compute
• Some really are better with names than faces, study shows
• Mount Sinai receives NIH funding for stem cell research
• West-Eberhard elected to the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
• Long-sought flower-inducing molecule found
• New insights into the early development of diabetes and the link to obesity
• A novel method to propagate stem cells
• Role of microRNA identified in breast cancer
• Worm studies give researchers new perspective on embryo formation
• Is jiggling vacuum the origin of mass?
• Wanted: Companies to license life-saving breath test developed at NJIT
• NIST demonstrates better memory with quantum computer bits
• First large-scale evaluation of iris recognition under way
• Chemical link indicated between drinking and certain cancers
• Comprehensive database of computer vulnerabilities now available
• Radiotherapy after surgery best option for prostate cancer patients
• New approach has potential to treat latent HIV infection
• Liquid detergent tablets pose eye injury risk to children
• Additional drug should be part of contingency plan for avian influenza pandemic
• Inter-vehicle communications may save lives
• Are hurricanes increasing? Ask a Georgia pine tree
• Venus Express arrives in Baikonur
• Diabetics fare worse after ankle fracture surgery
• Weight control protein may yield antiobesity drugs
• Life-extending protein keeps blood sugar in check
• Carnegie Mellon rover heads to Atacama Desert for final mission in 3-year search for life
• Ecology must be part of research on renewable energy
• Sticky mutant proteins implicated in Lou Gehrig's disease
• Researchers discover new tumor defense system
• NIST workshop to help industry meet new EU regulations
• The AIUM releases new statement regarding keepsake imaging
• Smart wristband designed to prevent wrong-site surgery
• Penn physician urges revision of HIV-testing policies
• On the horizon: A 'rinse' for washing machines that dries clothes
• Standardized guidelines improve outcomes in stroke care
• Lifestyle and diet may stop or reverse prostate cancer progression
• Revelations of rice
• Clear view of the clouds will bring better weather forecasts
• Taking a break from fractures: A closer look at vitamin D
• Nutrition scientists take a look at cataract prevention
• Water: Researchers seek ways to make the most of a limited resource
• Reclaimed wastewater
• Brain's opioid receptors—or endorphin system—may hold key to treatment possibilities for bulimia
• Getting to the TOPP of Houston's air pollution
• Rethinking anti-oxidants
• Promising therapies for haemophilia & heart disease
• Immune system discovery offers hope for cancer, AIDS patients
• Harry: The wizard of DVT
• Gene therapy to treat haemophilia
• Cocoa is the new red wine
• Aspirin treatment failure warning
• Volcanoes inner workings disclosed when the Earth moved
• Plants discriminate between self and non self
• Researchers find how some antibiotics kill bacteria
• Latest advances on post-traumatic stress disorder highlighted at conference held on September 11
• Tough new probe developed for nanotechnologists
• A 'smart' bio-nanotube
• $15.6 million awarded for nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis
• NJIT entrepreneurs demonstrate their inventions for science commission
• NIGMS funds new stem cell centers
• Scientists find cell surface enzyme matriptase causes cancer
• Scientists discover genetic pathway responsible for breast cancer cell growth
• Mayo Clinic says open nephron-sparing surgery remains the 'gold standard'
• How the brain understands pictures
• Cause of diabetes-related erectile dysfunction is clarified by Johns Hopkins researchers
• Peru's ancient bureaucrats used knotted-string devices as ledgers
• New window into ancient ozone holes
• India's smoking gun: Dino-killing eruptions
• Rubble-pile minor planet Sylvia and her twins
• New survey: Recent rise in whooping cough among teens great concern for school nurses
• Researchers find that combined gene therapy eliminates glioblastoma multiforme in lab studies
• Cancer link with hormone therapy known since 1930s, say researchers
• Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life
• Around one in 25 dads could unknowingly be raising another man's child
• Anxious and nervous men run nine-fold risk of attempted suicide
• NIH selects Burnham Institute for Exploratory Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• Building resliency into society could mean greater reliance on dual use technologies
• AGU Journal highlights - 9 August 2005
• Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Aug. 16, 2005
• Mandelbrot receives multiple honors in Poland and Italy
• Errors in the measurement of global warming corrected
• Firefly protein lets researchers monitor molecule linked to cancer
• Model gives clearer idea of how oxygen came to dominate Earth's atmosphere
• Key process in gene regulation occurs in blood platelets, Univeristy of Utah researchers find
• New method for quantum cooling discovered by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin
• University of Oregon study says sunnier Oregon summers reflect global warming
• Gradient guides nerve growth down spinal cord
• UCLA researchers identify key enzyme linked to childhood blindness
• UCSD discovery suggests 'protosun' was shining during formation of first matter in solar system
• New discovery blurs distinction between human cells and those of bacteria
• Back-to-back use of two drugs shows strong osteoporosis benefit
• Corn grain mould used as pesticide
• US high school science lab experiences often poor, but research points way to improvements
• New advance in prostate cancer management
• International research team announces finished rice genome
• NIH awards $4.2 million grant to scientists at Scripps Research to speed DNA sequencing technologies
• How do morals, race, and ethnicity affect voting?
• Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak
• Nation's six most threatened national wildlife refuges named in 2005 State of the System Report
• Survey uncovers surprising attitudes towards HIV vaccine research
• NHGRI expands effort to revolutionize sequencing technologies
• Hopkins researchers use diffusion MRI technique to monitor ultrasound uterine fibroid treatment
• Clinical practice guidelines may not apply to older patients with several chronic illnesses
• Joslin researchers discover new gene for type 2 diabetes using DNA chips
• Nanotechnology to provide portable genetic risk detection
• Activated Stat5 protein in prostate cancer can predict outcome
• Meteor impacts: Life's jump starter?
• Restoring Mesopotamian marshes
• Bon Appétit Management Company
• Study yields mixed results on potential for pine trees to store extra carbon dioxide
• High carbon dioxide levels spur Southern pines to grow more needles
• Research may lead to optimization of radiation treatment
• Failure to dispose of unneeded cells during development linked to cancer
• ICTP Dirac Medal 2005
• Money can buy you happiness but only relative to your peer's income
• Disasters do not necessarily affect minorities disproportionately
• APS physics tip sheet #51
• Grizzlies and salmon: Too much of a good thing?
• Protein linked to growth of organs and cancer
• The body's biological clock: alcohol may lead to physiological anarchy
• Personality traits and craving among pathological gamblers and alcoholics
• Prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to lasting changes in cognitive processing
• Anxiety disorders can compromise success of alcohol-dependence treatment
• VIB signs cooperation agreement for the development of a new, universal flu vaccine
• Medical leaders meet to commemorate National Biocontainment Lab construction start
• Discarded placentas deliver researchers promising cells similar to embryonic stem cells
• UNC scientists discover new role for protein as fundamental inhibitor of cell movement
• Eye on the prize: UH optometry students set record with fellowships
• First triple asteroid system found
• Assisted living and in-home care increase as nursing home beds decline
• National Academies news: DOE should consider enhancing cleanup and stabilization
• National Academies advisory: NASA's future space and science programs
• Veg out to live longer?
• New study examines impact of nurse-patient ratios law
• Tiny roundworm's telomeres help scientists to tease apart different types of aging
• Voracious black holes hide their appetite in dusty galaxies
• OHSU researchers discover potential mechanism to repair brain damage linked to MS
• Tiny infrared laser holds promise as weapon against terror
• Micro RNAs play role in egg making
• New Northwestern Memorial study demonstrates significant burden staph infections place on hospitals
• Breastfeeding: Soothes baby and mom
• New research offers clues to prevent brain damage in premature babies
• LSUHSC innovation in patient safety training to improve surgical outcomes
• New technology shows our ancestors ate…everything!
• Infectious disease expert warns of spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Researchers find BRCA1 tumor suppression nullified by cyclin D1
• Mars Express radar collects first surface data
• Luxembourg becomes ESA's 17th Member State
• Earth from Space: unique Arctic landscape surveyed by Proba
• Global warming's effects extend to world's smallest butterfly
• Creating and supporting family therapists of color
• Patient's genes can predict response to chemotherapy for breast cancer
• Cassini flies by Saturn's tortured moon Mimas
• MRI is better than SPECT in assessing heart damage in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Changes in technique can reduce radiation dose in CT examination
• Which it is it?
• Say again?
• Key research findings show family therapy is an effective treatment tool for children
• Despite belief, age at first period has little or no influence on adult weight
• Genetics may affect how older adults respond to exercise
• Treatment for recurrent depression available through study at UT Southwestern
• USGS Science at Ecological Society of America
• New Cassini images show 'Northern Lights' of Saturn
• Freeze-dried mats of microbes awaken in Antarctic streambed, says U. of Colorado study
• DDT-resistant insects have additional genetic advantage that helps resistance spread
• Breakthrough: Structure of membrane protein described by Hebrew University, German researchers
• Researchers find ways to turn manure into power
• Complete sequence of rice genome announced
• Smoking gun for Alzheimer's disease
• New hope for schizophrenia sufferers
• Climate change over the last 2000 years -- what do we (really) know?
• Your tap water: Will that be leaded or unleaded?
• NRL measures record wave during Hurricane Ivan
• More than half the US population is sensitive to one or more allergens
• New agreement will speed research efforts on microbicides for women
• Defective gene linked to two inherited immune deficiencies
• Skin cancers growing in young people – A case for prevention
• MBL researchers probe how an ancient microbe thrives and evolves without sex
• Tissue regeneration operates differently than expected
• LSU researchers say 2005 Hurricane Season could be historic
• Nobel Laureates solve 72 year old, dietary cholesterol puzzle
• JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
• Effective Alzheimer treatment: The nose knows
• High insulin levels increase inflammatory markers and beta-amyloids, may contribute to Alzheimer's
• Hospital characteristics play a role in use of do-not-resuscitate orders
• Dutch physicians' responses to requests for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
• Cosmic radiation associated with risk of cataract in airline pilots
• Intelligent system offers safer tunnel traffic for Europe
• Quantum cascade lasers key to handheld gas and liquid sensors
• Spanish forest fire aftermath surveyed by Envisat
• New DOE program funds $20 million for multiscale mathematics research
• Mothers face disadvantages in getting hired, study shows
• Spliceosomal fidelity
• Study identifies which patients will not respond to treatment with targeted cancer drug
• New initiative gives patients easier access to AJR articles
• MDCT arthrography good for assessing hip dysplasia
• Contrast agent allows quicker, more thorough MRI screening of living liver donors before surgery
• Trapped genes show how flower development is controlled
• Alligator egg development at prehistoric oxygen levels
• Study yields insights into pathogenic fungi—and beer
• A giant sucking sound for sea turtles
• Virginia Tech electrical engineers invent wireless Internet connection
• Link between Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain damage clarified
• America's public forests landlocked by sea of development
• Roundup(r) kills frogs as well as tadpoles, Pitt biologist finds
• Folic acid link with low birth weight, shows pioneering study
• Revised classification system is effective for predicting breast cancer outcome in some patients
• UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women director to receive national justice award
• Study shows big game hunters, not climate change, killed off sloths
• Fossil fuel emissions can overwhelm planet's ability to absorb carbon
• Research casts doubt on circulating stem cells
• Nerve cells' power plants caught in a traffic jam
• Molecular partners required for appropriate neuronal gene repression
• Malnutrition and obesity increasingly co-exist in global community
• Livelihoods under siege in Darfur
• TGen and NAU awarded multi-million dollar grant to identify genetic signatures of pathogens
• Study finds obesity has effect on disability, not life expectancy, for adults 70+
• San Andreas earthquake observatory achieves milestone as drillers penetrate the active fault zone
• No trouble removing oil from water
• As good as chocolate and better than ice-cream: Study asks Aussie tots about breastfeeding
• Ice shelf disintegration threatens environment, Queen's study
• Novel technique offers new look at ancient diet dogma
• Why we all need pornography
• Drought bumps up global thermostat
• Finding may explain link between alcohol and certain cancers
• Study confirms treatment switch is beneficial for women with early breast cancer
• Rise in drug-resistant TB in Botswana suggests need for strengthening disease control
• Institutional support for prisoner abuse is a stain on medical ethics
• Blood stem cell transplant from a relative better option for children with leukaemia
• Study finds depression and fatigue not associated with cancer risk
• Improved breast cancer survival rates linked to smaller tumors
• No link between multiple childhood vaccinations and hospitalization for nontargeted diseases
• Incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer on the rise among young adults
• Clinical practice guidelines for adults with several illnesses could have undesirable effects
• Certain gene variation associated with better mobility for older individuals who exercise
• Optoelectronics to increase the broadband flow
• Optoelectronic integration overcoming processor bottlenecks
• A step toward the $1,000 personal genome using readily available lab equipment
• Collapse of Antarctic Ice shelf unprecedented
• Venus Express launch campaign starts
• Scientists weather a space storm to find its origin
• Envisat monitoring China floods as part of Dragon Programme
• Obesity lowers likelihood of receiving preventive health care
• NREL wind turbine design codes certified
• New cost tool helps fleet managers evaluate hybrid vehicles
• Feeding the world
• More than aiding balance, vestibular organs provide an on-line movement guidance system
• In some cases, genetic resistance takes on a life of its own
• DNA traces evolution of extinct sabertooths and the American cheetah-like cat
• Wet combing four times more effective than chemical treatments for head lice
• Risk of breast cancer with HRT may be lower than we think
• New patient safety website launched
• Multi-million pound IT investment for the NHS at risk without staff backing
• Multivitamins don't prevent infections in older people
• Is melanoma being overdiagnosed in the United States?
• Cocaine residue in Italian water reveals more users than official estimates
• Report recommends renewed focus on food and agriculture research
• First intensive marine finfish larviculture research & training workshop underway
• Smoking women married to smoking men have higher stroke risk
• Prehypertension triples heart attack risk
• High levels of leisure-time physical activity cut stroke risk
• History of Earth Sciences Society joins AGI
• News briefs from the journal CHEST August 2005
• Movie villains smoke more than heroes
• First guidelines to focus on postoperative atrial fibrillation
• UT Southwestern researchers find differences in a predictor of heart disease among sexes, races
• Researcher warns space weather hole blocks manned Mars mission
• Largest study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark
• 'I'm a Kid Too' project completes first phase
• Highway improvements drive UH engineering efforts in bridge design
• Gene therapy works in mice to prevent blindness that strikes boys
• Weapon performance determines mating success in the collared lizard
• Studies of Amazonian languages challenge linguistic theories
• Oldest dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa found
• New theory tests sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition among parasitoid wasps
• New research into the Mafia, Antimafia, and the plural cultures of Sicily
• Mechanistic analytical models for long-distance seed dispersal by wind
• Ecological specialization of mixotrophic plankton in a mixed water column
• Evolution of morphological integration
• Environment, area and diversification in the Iridaceae plant family
• Divergent mating systems and parental conflict as a barrier to hybridization in flowering plants
• Nighttime dying linked to sleep apnea from brain cell loss
• Biologist discovers what may be world's 'pickiest' mates
• 'Smart' bio-nanotubes developed; may help in drug delivery
• On a wing and a prayer
• National Academies news: Emissions-free, petroleum-free vehicles
• The relationship between lawns and allergies and asthma
• Happy and passive means more productive animals
• Penn State to host US DOE regional climate center
• Solar energy project at the Weizmann Institute promises to advance the use of hydrogen fuel
• Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria
• Field tested: Grasslands won't help buffer climate change as carbon dioxide levels rise
• Genetically modified maize not found in southern Mexico
• NYU biologists map out early stages of embryo formation
• Mayo Clinic study demonstrates patients' multiple sclerosis lesion type dictates effective treatment
• K-State professors discover enzyme responsible for creation of a beetle's hard shell
• Will urbanization in developing countries in 2030 be less pronounced than model projections?
• Visceral leishmaniasis: Successful vaccine trial in dogs
• Computer model could help prevent flu pandemic
• Two new lemur species discovered
• Galileo satellite arrives at ESA-ESTEC for testing
• Electrical exercise system gives paralysis sufferers power to recover strength
• X-ray technology sheds light on ancient stone inscriptions
• Men overcompensate when masculinity is threatened
• Hope for Alzheimer's blossoms
• Preschoolers who take responsibility do better later on
• Applying ecological laws to bacteria
• Plastic surgery to restore facial defects
• ASTRO selects National Cancer Institute doctor as honorary member
• People are fairly good at judging health risks—but only when they stick to personal experience
• Unemployment is down, salaries are up for US chemists, C&EN reports
• Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports
• Using simple forms can improve stroke care
• Independent researchers confirm the existence of ivory-billed woodpecker
• 'License to kill' enables powerful immune attack cells in mice
• UW-Madison scientists zero in on drugs' sweet spots
• Study may expand applied benefits of super-hard ceramics
• Geriatic pyschiatry grant recognizes growing mental health needs of seniors
• Penn researchers discover key to how SARS virus infects cells
• Master regulatory gene found that guides fate of blood-producing stem cells
• Why don't some patients take their medicines?
• Are there national patterns of teaching?
• New, simpler treatment guidelines could save heart attack patients
• Via Internet, Australian-based researchers perform real-time cell surgery in California
• UCSF study finds English proficiency a major hurdle in patient comprehension
• UCLA/Weizmann neuroscientists first to correlate actual brain activity with fMRI signals
• Omega-6 fatty acids cause prostate tumor cell growth in culture
• Once-dreaded leprosy 'replaced' by tuberculosis, say researchers
• How butterflies fly thousands of miles without getting lost revealed by researchers
• A new spin on silicon
• Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo
• Review & outlook 2005: Research at Stevens hits new highs
• 'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease
• Ed admin council chooses open-access curricula
• Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now
• Rutgers College of Nursing hosts emerging infectious diseases conference
• East meets West in effort to prevent diabetes
• Sensor could detect concealed weapons without X-rays
• Women can gauge what their fitness level should be at a given age to reduce risk of death
• Researchers model avian flu outbreak, impact of interventions
• Many discharged patients do not know diagnoses, medications, side effects
• Ovarian cancer risk and consumption of milk products and lactose
• Internet technology for rail operations and maintenance
• Advancing the role of science and the critical connections with applied energy programs
• Cracking the perception code
• Underneath it all
• Forests in the clouds
• Moving closer to the grand spiral
• Disaster Charter brings satellites to bear on Romanian flooding
• Researcher uncovers details of how cancer spreads
• Insight into JAK/STAT
• 8th World Wilderness Congress begins next month
• Behavioural ecologists elucidated how peahens choose their mates, and why
• Radiation helps eye cancer patients beat the disease, retain vision
• Women's preference for female colonoscopists presents a barrier to colon cancer screening
• Scientists characterize proteome of human cornea
• New molecule may aid in production of biofuels and fungi-resistant plants
• Most new graduates in Earth and space sciences find satisfying work in their field
• Gragoudas to receive ARVO's Weisenfeld Award
• Beach pollution is worst during new and full moon
• Women missing out in heart treatment – more needed in clinical trials
• UT Southwestern researchers unravel control of growing blood vessels
• New analysis of pottery stirs Olmec trade controversy
• Rats' response to 'stop snacking' signal diminished by high fat diet
• Building a better mouse model of lung cancer: FHIT counts
• Scientists discover anti-cancer mechanism that arrests early prostate cancer
• Babies born at night have greater risk of death, study finds
• Older Americans with new-onset diabetes have high risk of pancreatic cancer
• Mayo Clinic collaboration invents 'virus in stealth' to help kill cancer cells
• Amphetamines reverse Parkinson's disease symptoms in mice
• Case/UHC/EXACT sciences researchers show positive impact of gene marker on DNA stool test
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for August 2005 (first issue)
• Pancreatic cancer risk higher in newly diagnosed diabetes patients 50 and older
• Preventing a pandemic: Study suggests strategies for containing a flu outbreak
• Power of suggestion may help dieters avoid specific foods
• Common C-section method leads to unnecessary scars, Stanford study finds
• Cognitive therapy reduces repeat suicide attempts by 50 percent
• Surgery gives fresh start to patients with thickened hearts
• Study evaluates averted costs of neuroblastoma screening
• Other highlights in the August 3 JNCI
• Few benefits, many costs associated with changing definition of 'abnormal' PSA level
• Waist size is associated with the metabolic syndrome in children
• Study examines criminal records of homicide offenders
• Refugee mental health influenced by social and political factors
• Practical screening tools for severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa
• Prenatal exposure to famine increases risk of schizophrenia
• Mental health of war survivors
• Individuals with severe mental illness at high risk to be victims of crime
• Home videos suggest regression occurs in some autistic children
• Girls who were victims of violence more likely to commit violent acts
• Cambodian war refugees experience psychiatric disorders many years after resettlement
• Cognitive therapy effective in preventing repeat suicide attempts
• Human cerebellum and cortex age in very different ways
• Restoring the 'Garden of Eden'
• Complex gene interactions account for autism risk
• Understanding Fragile X syndrome with the blink of an eye
• Grasshopper love songs give insight into sensory tuning
• Customized gene chip provides rapid detection of genetic changes in children's cancer
• Injuries sustained at home remain a leading cause of death for children, teens in the US
• New factor implicated in allergy and asthma attacks
• Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
• Coyotes in the suburbs, bears in the backyard
• Gene expression in the aging brain
• Amphetamine-related drugs ameliorate symptoms of Parkinson's
• Wolves' top-down effect
• New anti-blood-thinning drug not as safe as protamine
• Many body-conscious teens use supplements to improve physique
• Highlights of August 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
• BRCA1 tumor suppression nullified by cyclin D1 at the estrogen receptor
• Polypharmacy in children on the rise in the US
• Dialysis treatment choice affects risk of death in patients with end-stage kidney disease
• A bug's life: Exceptional genomic stability yet rapid protein evolution in a carpenter ant mutualist
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, August 2, 2005
• Severely mentally ill more likely victims than perpetrators of violence
• PTSD, depression epidemic among Cambodian immigrants
• JCI Table of contents August 1, 2005
• Insulin spares intensive care patients from organ failure and death
• 3 papers present fresh paths to ponder Akt1 in the heart
• New amphibian species result from exploration, not from rule changes
• Our effect on the world
• The ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster
• If oxytocin eating role doesn't mature at birth, what other situations affect its impact?

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
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