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American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Feb. 6, 2008
11 Feb 2008
ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Recordable” proteins as next-generation memory storage materials Langmuir Move over, compact discs, DVDs, and hard drives. Researchers in Japan report progress toward developing a new...
11 Feb 2008
ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Recordable” proteins as next-generation memory storage materials Langmuir Move over, compact discs, DVDs, and hard drives. Researchers in Japan report progress toward developing a new...
A world in a grain of sand
11 Feb 2008
Measuring scale is topic of February 21-23 University of Utah symposium Harvard University physicist Lisa Randall. Click here for more information. SALT LAKE CITY – From the vastness of the universe to the...
11 Feb 2008
Measuring scale is topic of February 21-23 University of Utah symposium Harvard University physicist Lisa Randall. Click here for more information. SALT LAKE CITY – From the vastness of the universe to the...
Telecom research leads to solar cell breakthrough
11 Feb 2008
Semiconductor insights gained by engineering physics researchers at McMaster University for the telecommunications industry have led to a research breakthrough in the future development of high-efficiency solar cells. The Ontario Centres of...
11 Feb 2008
Semiconductor insights gained by engineering physics researchers at McMaster University for the telecommunications industry have led to a research breakthrough in the future development of high-efficiency solar cells. The Ontario Centres of...
Some cases of autism may be traced to the immune system of mothers during pregnancy
11 Feb 2008
UC-Davis discovery could lead to prenatal identification and prevention (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and Center for Children’s Environmental Health has found that antibodies in the blood...
11 Feb 2008
UC-Davis discovery could lead to prenatal identification and prevention (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and Center for Children’s Environmental Health has found that antibodies in the blood...
Fossil record suggests insect assaults on foliage may increase with warming globe
11 Feb 2008
With implications for present climate, new data links past spike in temperature with increased voraciousness of plant-eating insects Ellen Currano collecting fossil leaves from a site that is 57 million years old in the Bighorn...
11 Feb 2008
With implications for present climate, new data links past spike in temperature with increased voraciousness of plant-eating insects Ellen Currano collecting fossil leaves from a site that is 57 million years old in the Bighorn...
Prenatal exposure to maternal antibodies linked to autistic behaviors in offspring
11 Feb 2008
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute shows that an interaction between fetal brain cells and maternal antibodies could be linked with the repetitive behavior – also called stereotypies –...
11 Feb 2008
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute shows that an interaction between fetal brain cells and maternal antibodies could be linked with the repetitive behavior – also called stereotypies –...
Fake malaria drugs made in China; how the winter vomiting virus evolves
11 Feb 2008
Study finds evidence of fake malaria drugs being manufactured in China A unique collaborative study between scientists, public health workers and police has led to the arrest of alleged traders of fake anti-malarial drugs in China. The...
11 Feb 2008
Study finds evidence of fake malaria drugs being manufactured in China A unique collaborative study between scientists, public health workers and police has led to the arrest of alleged traders of fake anti-malarial drugs in China. The...
Verizon teams with MCG to test cutting-edge technology
11 Feb 2008
Drs. Max Stachura, Elena V. Khasanshina and Guy Reed are working to determine if a wireless device, similar to a smart phone, can be used by cardiologists in rural areas... Click here for more information. A...
11 Feb 2008
Drs. Max Stachura, Elena V. Khasanshina and Guy Reed are working to determine if a wireless device, similar to a smart phone, can be used by cardiologists in rural areas... Click here for more information. A...
UNH-NOAA ocean mapping expedition yields new insights into arctic depths
11 Feb 2008
Map showing the area north of Alaska surveyed by NOAA and University of New Hampshire researchers during expeditions in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.H. – New Arctic sea floor...
11 Feb 2008
Map showing the area north of Alaska surveyed by NOAA and University of New Hampshire researchers during expeditions in 2003, 2004 and 2007. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.H. – New Arctic sea floor...
Why anyone can make a sandcastle
11 Feb 2008
This release is available in German. X-ray microtomography of a dense fluid cluster consisting of spherical glass beads (0.8 millimeters in diameter). Click here for more information. Anyone trying to build...
11 Feb 2008
This release is available in German. X-ray microtomography of a dense fluid cluster consisting of spherical glass beads (0.8 millimeters in diameter). Click here for more information. Anyone trying to build...
Review of online breast cancer information encourages healthy skepticism for consumers
11 Feb 2008
Quality criteria does not determine accuracy of Web sites HOUSTON - In an extended analysis of Web pages dedicated to disseminating breast cancer information, researchers at two University of Texas institutions in the Houston have determined...
11 Feb 2008
Quality criteria does not determine accuracy of Web sites HOUSTON - In an extended analysis of Web pages dedicated to disseminating breast cancer information, researchers at two University of Texas institutions in the Houston have determined...
Mind, Brain, and Education is recognized as best new journal
11 Feb 2008
Malden, M.A., February 11, 2008 – Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), today announced that Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) was...
11 Feb 2008
Malden, M.A., February 11, 2008 – Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), today announced that Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) was...
Benefit of cancer prevention surgery differs between women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
11 Feb 2008
The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. A new multicenter study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is the...
11 Feb 2008
The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. A new multicenter study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is the...
Carbon capture strategy could lead to emission-free cars
11 Feb 2008
ATLANTA (February 11, 2008) — Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe...
11 Feb 2008
ATLANTA (February 11, 2008) — Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe...
High blood pressure worsening in all states for women; begins to stagnate for men
11 Feb 2008
Uncontrolled hypertension rates in men and women vary across the country, but all states — especially in the south and including the nation’s capital — should boost blood pressure control efforts, researchers report in...
11 Feb 2008
Uncontrolled hypertension rates in men and women vary across the country, but all states — especially in the south and including the nation’s capital — should boost blood pressure control efforts, researchers report in...
New Greenland ice sheet data will impact climate change models
11 Feb 2008
With digital imaging techniques, scientists find new data in old aerial photographs BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics...
11 Feb 2008
With digital imaging techniques, scientists find new data in old aerial photographs BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A comprehensive new study authored by University at Buffalo scientists and their colleagues for the first time documents in detail the dynamics...
Researchers design copper connections for high-speed computing
11 Feb 2008
Connections fabricated between computer chips, external circuitry and processors Graduate student Todd Spencer and Regents' professor Paul Kohl have developed an improved signal transmission line, made of an organic substrate,...
11 Feb 2008
Connections fabricated between computer chips, external circuitry and processors Graduate student Todd Spencer and Regents' professor Paul Kohl have developed an improved signal transmission line, made of an organic substrate,...
Learning disabilities associated with language problems later in life
11 Feb 2008
Individuals with a neurodegenerative condition affecting language appear more likely to have had a history of learning disabilities than those with other types of dementia or with no cognitive problems, according to a report in the February...
11 Feb 2008
Individuals with a neurodegenerative condition affecting language appear more likely to have had a history of learning disabilities than those with other types of dementia or with no cognitive problems, according to a report in the February...
Doctors uncertain about approaches to care for heart failure patients, SLU study finds
11 Feb 2008
Difficulty predicting how close a patient is to death, lack of knowledge regarding treatment options undermine care ST. LOUIS – Less than one fourth of physicians specializing in geriatrics, internal or family medicine or cardiology...
11 Feb 2008
Difficulty predicting how close a patient is to death, lack of knowledge regarding treatment options undermine care ST. LOUIS – Less than one fourth of physicians specializing in geriatrics, internal or family medicine or cardiology...
UCSD research team identifies novel anticancer drug from the sea
11 Feb 2008
ScA causes microvessel death in zebrafish. Click here for more information. A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores...
11 Feb 2008
ScA causes microvessel death in zebrafish. Click here for more information. A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores...
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