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Scientific poster abstracts from the 24th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
14 Feb 2008
ORLANDO – Pain medicine investigators will present preliminary research findings on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at poster sessions held during the 24th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine at the Gaylord Palms,...
14 Feb 2008
ORLANDO – Pain medicine investigators will present preliminary research findings on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at poster sessions held during the 24th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine at the Gaylord Palms,...
JCI online early table of contents: Feb. 14, 2008
14 Feb 2008
EDITOR'S PICK: HOXA11 shows its strength in the pelvis The quality of life of millions of women is negatively affected by pelvic organ prolapse (POP) — the downward descent of the pelvic organs that causes symptoms such as urinary...
14 Feb 2008
EDITOR'S PICK: HOXA11 shows its strength in the pelvis The quality of life of millions of women is negatively affected by pelvic organ prolapse (POP) — the downward descent of the pelvic organs that causes symptoms such as urinary...
NOAA science story tips -- AAAS 2008 edition
14 Feb 2008
How Marine Mammals React to Underwater Sound Connie Barclay, NOAA Fisheries, (301) 713-2370 x 144 NOAA Fisheries Service is looking at how marine mammals react to underwater sound. Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to intense...
14 Feb 2008
How Marine Mammals React to Underwater Sound Connie Barclay, NOAA Fisheries, (301) 713-2370 x 144 NOAA Fisheries Service is looking at how marine mammals react to underwater sound. Increasing evidence suggests that exposure to intense...
Optical fiber and the future of communication
14 Feb 2008
Major research conference to be held in San Diego, Feb. 24-28 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—The world’s largest international conference on optical communications begins later this month and continues from Feb. 24-28 at the San Diego...
14 Feb 2008
Major research conference to be held in San Diego, Feb. 24-28 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—The world’s largest international conference on optical communications begins later this month and continues from Feb. 24-28 at the San Diego...
IAEA helps recover stray radioactive sources in Nigeria
14 Feb 2008
At the request of the Nigerian government, the IAEA deployed a team of nuclear safety experts to secure and transport several potentially hazardous radioactive sources in the country. Staff from the Agency´s Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste...
14 Feb 2008
At the request of the Nigerian government, the IAEA deployed a team of nuclear safety experts to secure and transport several potentially hazardous radioactive sources in the country. Staff from the Agency´s Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste...
National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2008 inductees
14 Feb 2008
Inventors' work includes LED, the solar cell, acoustics technology Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2008)—Continuing its commitment to honor invention and innovation, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has recognized the next group of...
14 Feb 2008
Inventors' work includes LED, the solar cell, acoustics technology Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2008)—Continuing its commitment to honor invention and innovation, the National Inventors Hall of Fame has recognized the next group of...
National Nanotechnology Initiative releases its fiscal year 2009 budget and highlights
14 Feb 2008
Budget and highlights to accompany the president's 2009 budget February 14, 2008, 10 a.m.—A summary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Fiscal Year 2009 Budget was released today by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and...
14 Feb 2008
Budget and highlights to accompany the president's 2009 budget February 14, 2008, 10 a.m.—A summary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Fiscal Year 2009 Budget was released today by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and...
Map is first to track global human influences on ocean ecosystems
14 Feb 2008
For a bird's-eye view of human impacts on the Earth, scientists can study satellite images showing the continents in mottled colors that correspond to vegetation, desertification or human habitation. But those photos cannot tell them much...
14 Feb 2008
For a bird's-eye view of human impacts on the Earth, scientists can study satellite images showing the continents in mottled colors that correspond to vegetation, desertification or human habitation. But those photos cannot tell them much...
Protein's strength lies in h-bond cooperation
14 Feb 2008
Geometric confinement in clusters enhances robustness of materials like spider silk This figure shows the structure of a beta-sheet protein, Z1-Z2 telethonin complex, in the giant muscle protein titin. The inset shows the...
14 Feb 2008
Geometric confinement in clusters enhances robustness of materials like spider silk This figure shows the structure of a beta-sheet protein, Z1-Z2 telethonin complex, in the giant muscle protein titin. The inset shows the...
World's largest marine protected area created in Pacific Ocean
14 Feb 2008
Vast ocean reserve conserves vital resources for human well-being Arlington, Virginia (Feb. 14, 2008) – The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world’s largest marine...
14 Feb 2008
Vast ocean reserve conserves vital resources for human well-being Arlington, Virginia (Feb. 14, 2008) – The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world’s largest marine...
Is hybridoma production about to take a quantum leap forward?
14 Feb 2008
Two cultures derived from the same culture of a stable hybridoma clone were grown, one in NPD and the other in DI based medium supplemented with 3 percent FCS. Before... Click here for more information. Recently...
14 Feb 2008
Two cultures derived from the same culture of a stable hybridoma clone were grown, one in NPD and the other in DI based medium supplemented with 3 percent FCS. Before... Click here for more information. Recently...
Scientists reveal first-ever global map of total human effects on oceans
14 Feb 2008
A global map of the overall impact that 17 different human activities are having on marine ecosystems. Insets show three of the most heavily impacted areas in the world [left],... Click here for more...
14 Feb 2008
A global map of the overall impact that 17 different human activities are having on marine ecosystems. Insets show three of the most heavily impacted areas in the world [left],... Click here for more...
Global trade in tiger shrimp threatens environment
14 Feb 2008
Shrimp cultivator in Sri Lanka. Click here for more information. The cultivation of shrimp and fish in tropical coastal areas is often described as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty, but in fact...
14 Feb 2008
Shrimp cultivator in Sri Lanka. Click here for more information. The cultivation of shrimp and fish in tropical coastal areas is often described as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty, but in fact...
Immune system protein starves 'staph' bacteria
14 Feb 2008
Findings point to new way to treat infections One of the ways we defend ourselves against bacterial foes is to “hide” their food, particularly the metals they crave. A multi-disciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University...
14 Feb 2008
Findings point to new way to treat infections One of the ways we defend ourselves against bacterial foes is to “hide” their food, particularly the metals they crave. A multi-disciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University...
COUPP experiment tightens limits on dark matter
14 Feb 2008
Physicists revive bubble chamber technology to search for WIMPs Physicist Mike Crisler inspects the bubble chamber of the Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics experiment. Click here for more...
14 Feb 2008
Physicists revive bubble chamber technology to search for WIMPs Physicist Mike Crisler inspects the bubble chamber of the Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics experiment. Click here for more...
From launch to splashdown
14 Feb 2008
The fascinating story of how Apollo flew to the Moon just published At the start of the twenty-first century, there is a new exodus to the Moon as many of the world's most powerful countries bring their gaze to our natural satellite. India,...
14 Feb 2008
The fascinating story of how Apollo flew to the Moon just published At the start of the twenty-first century, there is a new exodus to the Moon as many of the world's most powerful countries bring their gaze to our natural satellite. India,...
A newly discovered solar system contains scaled-down versions of Saturn and Jupiter
14 Feb 2008
Finding means solar systems like ours may be common throughout the galaxy Microlensing works by using the gravity of the near star (shown in the bottom left), and its orbiting planets as a lens, magnifying light from a...
14 Feb 2008
Finding means solar systems like ours may be common throughout the galaxy Microlensing works by using the gravity of the near star (shown in the bottom left), and its orbiting planets as a lens, magnifying light from a...
Pacific Northwest hypoxic events unprecedented
14 Feb 2008
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A review of all available ocean data records concludes that the low-oxygen events which have plagued the Pacific Northwest coast since 2002 are unprecedented in the five decades prior to that, and may well be linked to...
14 Feb 2008
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A review of all available ocean data records concludes that the low-oxygen events which have plagued the Pacific Northwest coast since 2002 are unprecedented in the five decades prior to that, and may well be linked to...
New approach may render disease-causing staph harmless
14 Feb 2008
University of Illinois chemistry professor Eric Oldfield realized that the chemical precursors of the Staph carotenoid were identical to those that led to production of cholesterol in humans. "I thought... Click here for more...
14 Feb 2008
University of Illinois chemistry professor Eric Oldfield realized that the chemical precursors of the Staph carotenoid were identical to those that led to production of cholesterol in humans. "I thought... Click here for more...
New study shows extent of harmful human influences on global ecosystems
14 Feb 2008
NOAA's Ken Casey reports surprise at impacts More than 40 percent of the world’s oceans are heavily impacted by human activities, including overfishing and pollution, according to a new study that will appear in tomorrow’s...
14 Feb 2008
NOAA's Ken Casey reports surprise at impacts More than 40 percent of the world’s oceans are heavily impacted by human activities, including overfishing and pollution, according to a new study that will appear in tomorrow’s...
Collaboration helps make JILA strontium atomic clock 'best in class'
14 Feb 2008
'Crystal of light' clock surpasses accuracy of NIST-F1 fountain clock JILA's strontium atomic clock is now the world's most accurate clock based on neutral atoms. Click here for more information. BOULDER, Colo.- A...
14 Feb 2008
'Crystal of light' clock surpasses accuracy of NIST-F1 fountain clock JILA's strontium atomic clock is now the world's most accurate clock based on neutral atoms. Click here for more information. BOULDER, Colo.- A...
Novel approach strips staph of virulence
14 Feb 2008
An international team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has blocked staph infections in mice using a drug previously tested in clinical trials as a cholesterol-lowering agent. The novel approach, described in...
14 Feb 2008
An international team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has blocked staph infections in mice using a drug previously tested in clinical trials as a cholesterol-lowering agent. The novel approach, described in...
Astronomers discover scaled-down Jupiter and Saturn in a faraway solar system like our own
14 Feb 2008
An international team of astronomers has discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away. Scott Gaudi (left), assistant... Click here for more...
14 Feb 2008
An international team of astronomers has discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away. Scott Gaudi (left), assistant... Click here for more...
Project focuses on production of hydrogen from bacteria and sunlight
14 Feb 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. -- If we wanted to create the ideal environmentally friendly energy source, it would be a fuel that is easy and economical to produce, and one that does not pollute our air when burned. That is exactly what researchers at Arizona...
14 Feb 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. -- If we wanted to create the ideal environmentally friendly energy source, it would be a fuel that is easy and economical to produce, and one that does not pollute our air when burned. That is exactly what researchers at Arizona...
Researchers unveil landscape of human-pathogen protein interactions
14 Feb 2008
Blacksburg, Va., February 14, 2008 – Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech have provided the first global analysis of human proteins interacting with viral...
14 Feb 2008
Blacksburg, Va., February 14, 2008 – Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech have provided the first global analysis of human proteins interacting with viral...
Queensland technology licensed by billion-dollar US company
14 Feb 2008
University of Queensland scientists have developed a proprietary technology that will help other researchers in understanding fundamental aspects of growth, development, and disease, which has been licensed to one of the world's largest life...
14 Feb 2008
University of Queensland scientists have developed a proprietary technology that will help other researchers in understanding fundamental aspects of growth, development, and disease, which has been licensed to one of the world's largest life...
Giant planets do not come as lonely hearts
14 Feb 2008
Scaled versions of Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star 5000 light-years away, half as massive as the Sun, have been revealed from an effort involving a world-wide net of telescopes, including the UK's Liverpool Telescope on the Canary Islands....
14 Feb 2008
Scaled versions of Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star 5000 light-years away, half as massive as the Sun, have been revealed from an effort involving a world-wide net of telescopes, including the UK's Liverpool Telescope on the Canary Islands....
First datasets for national biomass and carbon dataset now available
14 Feb 2008
Map illustrating progress toward completion of the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset for the year 2000. Click here for more information. Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center working to produce the...
14 Feb 2008
Map illustrating progress toward completion of the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset for the year 2000. Click here for more information. Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center working to produce the...
Early warning: PSA testing can predict advanced prostate cancer
14 Feb 2008
Researchers who showed that a single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test at age 50 or under could predict the presence of prostate cancer up to 25 years later, (regardless of clinical significance) have now found that a single PSA can be used...
14 Feb 2008
Researchers who showed that a single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test at age 50 or under could predict the presence of prostate cancer up to 25 years later, (regardless of clinical significance) have now found that a single PSA can be used...
Heavy rainfall on the increase
14 Feb 2008
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found that winter precipitation – such as rain and snow - became more intense in the UK during the last 100 years. Similar increases in heavy rainfall have now also become evident...
14 Feb 2008
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found that winter precipitation – such as rain and snow - became more intense in the UK during the last 100 years. Similar increases in heavy rainfall have now also become evident...
Researchers discover new way to reverse poor circulation and heal wounds
14 Feb 2008
How do flexing muscles call for more blood? Researchers have solved a longstanding mystery about how flexing muscles “tell” nearby blood vessels that they need more blood to perform, according to a study published Feb. 15 in the...
14 Feb 2008
How do flexing muscles call for more blood? Researchers have solved a longstanding mystery about how flexing muscles “tell” nearby blood vessels that they need more blood to perform, according to a study published Feb. 15 in the...
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