- 29-02-2008 - Top Science News Stories from Firstscience.com

March GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
29 Feb 2008
Boulder, CO, USA - Topics include: imaging of impact strata on Mars' Holden Crater; Eocene-Oligocene conditions leading to the freezing of Antarctica; evidence that liquid water is not responsible for recent changes observed in Martian...

ABILIFY approved for acute treatment of bipolar I disorder in patients 10 to 17 years old
29 Feb 2008
Otsuka-sponsored study evaluated use of ABILIFY for the acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in pediatric patients 10 to 17 years of age TOKYO, JAPAN & PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, FEBRUARY 29 -- Otsuka...

2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting -- media advisory 2
29 Feb 2008
Press conference schedule, dial in for press conferences, press room information 1. Press Conference Schedule The following schedule of press conferences is subject to change, before or during the Ocean Sciences Meeting. Press conferences may...

Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests
29 Feb 2008
Data recorded on a test sample comprising 1 ìg of iron per square mm, illustrating the sensitivity (ca. 10 ng per square mm) and spatial resolution (ca. 1 mm) of... Click here for more information. A team...

NYU College of Nursing researcher awarded $4.1M grant to study nurses' work decisions
29 Feb 2008
8-year grant to study career changes among newly licensed nurses New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN), has received an eight-year, $4.1 million year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study newly licensed registered...

Learning how to say 'no' to alcohol advertising and peer pressure works for inner-city adolescents
29 Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Feb. 29, 2008) -- Teens who can recognize and resist the persuasive tactics used in alcohol ads are less likely to succumb to alcohol advertising and peer pressure to drink. The results of a three-year study of inner-city middle...

Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
29 Feb 2008
The image on the left is a portion of a High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment image showing a bright streak in a gully on the side of a crater in... Click here for more information. Liquid water has not been...

WPI professor receives NSF CAREER Award for Research at frontiers of wireless networking
29 Feb 2008
5-year, $450,000 award will fund a comprehensive study of opportunistic routing, a relatively new concept in multihop wireless networking that takes better advantage of the broadcast nature of wireless communications Wenjing...

From 2-D pictures to 3 dimensions
29 Feb 2008
UC-San Diego computer scientists win award for algorithms for 3-D reconstructions from 2-D images Your pictures of the Grand Canyon, Times Square or other destinations may be pretty good, but wouldn't it be nice to show them off...

A screening strategy using zebrafish targets genes that protect against hearing loss
29 Feb 2008
A small striped fish is helping scientists understand what makes people susceptible to a common form of hearing loss, although, in this case, it’s not the fish’s ears that are of interest. In a study published on February 29 in the...

New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer -- model for global clinical trials
29 Feb 2008
Two targeted medications designed to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer are being tested in a new study involving 8,000 participants in 50 countries across six continents -- a clinical trial that investigators hope will provide a new...

Lumping different countries together -- why the 2008 EPI is of limited use
29 Feb 2008
New Environmental Performance Index -- not a model for all This release is available in German. Acing mining lakes like "No. 117 " are a serious environmental problem in Germany. Click here for more...

Large source of nitrate, a potential water contaminant, found in near-surface desert soils
29 Feb 2008
Disruption of desert soil surface could result in wind erosion of nitrate-rich soil, UCR-led study warns Desert pavement overlying soil. Click here for more information. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A UC Riverside-led...

UD's Bobev receives NSF Early Career Award for research on novel compounds of rare Earth metals
29 Feb 2008
Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, works with compounds containing rare-earth metals in his lab at the University of Delaware. The metals and their compounds are handled inside... Click here for...

Bart De Strooper receives prestigious $200,000 Alzheimer Prize
29 Feb 2008
Leuven, Belgium – Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia in the Western world. Due to its growing significance in a graying society, some people are calling it the disease of the century. Bart De Strooper (VIB,...

Cancer theory stands the test of time -- rediscovering Boveri a century later
29 Feb 2008
The cover of a new and authoritative translation of Theodor Boveri's 1914 monograph "Concerning the Origin of Malignant Tumors " includes one of Boveri's original diagrams related to chromosomal segregation during... Click...

Howe School conference: The Rebirth of Location-Based Services -- the Next Great Idea, May 12
29 Feb 2008
Expo will be presented jointly by Stevens and Kaufman Brothers HOBOKEN, N.J. ― The Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and the investment bank of Kaufman Brothers will host the May 12 conference,...

Novel mechanism found that may boost impaired function of leukemia protein
29 Feb 2008
NEW YORK, February 29, 2008 – A new study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reports on a novel mechanism that can enhance the function of a protein that is frequently impaired in patients with acute...

Customized treatments for sepsis lower treatment time and reduce length of ICU stays
29 Feb 2008
Using a blood test and a decision algorithm, rather than standard hospital protocols, to determine the appropriate length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock can reduce duration of treatments, shorten ICU...

New whitepaper offers options for university implementation of NIH policy
29 Feb 2008
SPARC, Science Commons and ARL sponsor leading copyright scholar to help grantees prepare for April start of NIH requirement Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA – February 29, 2008 – SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic...

New commission on health-care disparities lauded by American College of Physicians
29 Feb 2008
ACP calls elimination of disparities a 'strategic priority' for the organization Washington (Feb. 29) – Noting that its Board of Regents last month added “health care disparities” as one of its strategic priorities, the...

Story ideas from the Journal of Biological Chemistry
29 Feb 2008
Nicotine's Effects are Receptor Specific Following chronic nicotine exposure, nicotine receptors increase in number, an upregulation that contributes to nicotine's addictive properties. While a current belief is that this process is...

Children with autism may learn from 'virtual peers'
29 Feb 2008
Virtual peer Sam, designed to look around eight-years-old and is gender ambiguous, is projected on a large screen. A dollhouse with moveable furniture and figurines sits between the child with... Click here for more...

TU Delft tests windmill for seawater desalination
29 Feb 2008
A traditional windmill which drives a pump: that is the simple concept behind the combination of windmill/reverse osmosis developed by the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Click here for more...

Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins
29 Feb 2008
Purdue researcher Pratik Banerjee, at left, measures fluid as he and professor of food science Arun Bhunia work in the lab. Their technology uses common lab materials to quickly screen... Click here for more...

Kaiser Permanente study shows 1 in 3 women has pelvic floor disorder
29 Feb 2008
Widest study to date shows age has no significant bearing on disorders Feb. 29, 2008 (Oakland, Calif.) – A new study by Kaiser Permanente found that one-third of women suffer from one or more pelvic floor disorders, which include symptoms...

APA co-sponsors conference on work, stress and health
29 Feb 2008
WHAT: Experts from around the globe will present findings on the impact of work on employee stress, health and productivity and family relationships. Identifying and coping with stress among workers in a broad range of industries and across...