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ONR announces 2009 Young Investigator Award recipients
17 Apr 2009
ONR serves the fleet by funding the brightest young minds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ARLINGTON, VA. — The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced 15 aspiring researchers as award recipients of the U.S. Navy's...
17 Apr 2009
ONR serves the fleet by funding the brightest young minds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ARLINGTON, VA. — The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced 15 aspiring researchers as award recipients of the U.S. Navy's...
Surveillance vehicles take flight using alternative energy
17 Apr 2009
VIDEO: Pursuing energy efficiency and energy independence are core to ONR's Power and Energy Focus Area. ONR's investments in alternative energy sources, like fuel cell research, have application to the...
17 Apr 2009
VIDEO: Pursuing energy efficiency and energy independence are core to ONR's Power and Energy Focus Area. ONR's investments in alternative energy sources, like fuel cell research, have application to the...
Former NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar to speak at NJIT's biomedical engineering seminar
17 Apr 2009
One of the first women astronauts, Bonnie J. Dunbar, now a flight museum president, will speak at NJIT on April 23, 2009. The public is invited to attend this exciting free event during which Dunbar will detail how she made it into the world...
17 Apr 2009
One of the first women astronauts, Bonnie J. Dunbar, now a flight museum president, will speak at NJIT on April 23, 2009. The public is invited to attend this exciting free event during which Dunbar will detail how she made it into the world...
Maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism
17 Apr 2009
Mouse studies with human antibodies at Hopkins Children's add weight to earlier research New studies in pregnant mice using antibodies against fetal brains made by the mothers of autistic children show that immune cells can cross the placenta...
17 Apr 2009
Mouse studies with human antibodies at Hopkins Children's add weight to earlier research New studies in pregnant mice using antibodies against fetal brains made by the mothers of autistic children show that immune cells can cross the placenta...
Joint statement by German science organizations on green genetic engineering
17 Apr 2009
Germany's Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, has banned the cultivation of genetically modified maize. The ban took effect immediately on 14 April. The minister noted that the ban is an isolated...
17 Apr 2009
Germany's Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, has banned the cultivation of genetically modified maize. The ban took effect immediately on 14 April. The minister noted that the ban is an isolated...
Office of Naval Research demonstrates revolutionary new counter-mine technology for ships
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) steams into position for a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). Higgins is... Click...
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) steams into position for a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3). Higgins is... Click...
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to...
17 Apr 2009
MOSS LANDING, CA — New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. These predictions...
17 Apr 2009
MOSS LANDING, CA — New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. These predictions...
International humanities conference slated for April 24-25
17 Apr 2009
'Science, Technology and the Humanities: A New Synthesis' brings together experts from across US and the world HOBOKEN, N.J. – The College of Arts & Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology will host a two-day conference April 24...
17 Apr 2009
'Science, Technology and the Humanities: A New Synthesis' brings together experts from across US and the world HOBOKEN, N.J. – The College of Arts & Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology will host a two-day conference April 24...
Burnham researchers present at 100th AACR Meeting
17 Apr 2009
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 17, 2009 -- Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) is pleased to announce that five of its postdoctoral fellows will present seven papers on their data at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...
17 Apr 2009
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 17, 2009 -- Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) is pleased to announce that five of its postdoctoral fellows will present seven papers on their data at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)...
Smoke from cigarettes, cooking oil, wood, shift male cardiovascular system into overdrive
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS (April 17, 2009) — Secondhand tobacco smoke and smoke from cooking oil and wood smoke affected cardiovascular function of men and women who were exposed to small doses of the smoke for as little as 10 minutes, according to a...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS (April 17, 2009) — Secondhand tobacco smoke and smoke from cooking oil and wood smoke affected cardiovascular function of men and women who were exposed to small doses of the smoke for as little as 10 minutes, according to a...
Computational model examines the pathways of Alzheimer's that strikes at the young
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a tragic disease that robs an individual of their memory and mental capacity. One in eight people over the age of 65 now suffer from the disease and one in two people over 85 are diagnosed with the...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a tragic disease that robs an individual of their memory and mental capacity. One in eight people over the age of 65 now suffer from the disease and one in two people over 85 are diagnosed with the...
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
17 Apr 2009
MOSS LANDING, CA — New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. These predictions...
17 Apr 2009
MOSS LANDING, CA — New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. These predictions...
Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation
17 Apr 2009
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces — ruining scientific...
17 Apr 2009
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces — ruining scientific...
Portland, Ore. to host major conference on acoustics and sound
17 Apr 2009
157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, May 18-22, 2009 April 17, 2009 -- From head-banging termites to laughing hyenas, from noisy rocket launches to silent hybrid cars, and from bacteria that cause heart attacks to the acoustics...
17 Apr 2009
157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, May 18-22, 2009 April 17, 2009 -- From head-banging termites to laughing hyenas, from noisy rocket launches to silent hybrid cars, and from bacteria that cause heart attacks to the acoustics...
Male sex dysfunction drugs show promise in the lab for treating female sexual disorders
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—One needs only turn on the television to understand that significant advances have been made in the cure and treatment of male sexual dysfunction. Less visible progress has been made in understanding and treating female...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—One needs only turn on the television to understand that significant advances have been made in the cure and treatment of male sexual dysfunction. Less visible progress has been made in understanding and treating female...
Effects of maternal exercise on fetal breathing movements
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS— Exercise has many benefits for adults, teens, and youngsters. It is less clear what benefit, if any, exercise may have during fetal growth during gestation. Now that scientists have determined that, generally speaking,...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS— Exercise has many benefits for adults, teens, and youngsters. It is less clear what benefit, if any, exercise may have during fetal growth during gestation. Now that scientists have determined that, generally speaking,...
Unlikely life thriving at Antarctica's Blood Falls
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This blood-red stain at the snout of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica is the by-product of unique microbes thriving in a salty ocean-like reservoir beneath the glacier. Click here for more...
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This blood-red stain at the snout of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica is the by-product of unique microbes thriving in a salty ocean-like reservoir beneath the glacier. Click here for more...
Low lead levels in children can affect cardiovascular responses to stress
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS— Even low levels of lead found in the blood during early childhood can adversely affect how the child's cardiovascular system responds to stress and could possibly lead to hypertension later in life, according to a study from...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS— Even low levels of lead found in the blood during early childhood can adversely affect how the child's cardiovascular system responds to stress and could possibly lead to hypertension later in life, according to a study from...
Inexpensive drug appears to relieve fibromyalgia pain in Stanford pilot study
17 Apr 2009
STANFORD, Calif. — For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and...
17 Apr 2009
STANFORD, Calif. — For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and...
Early isolation linked to enhanced response to cocaine
17 Apr 2009
New study finds males more susceptible to this effect than females in an animal model NEW ORLEANS—Drug addiction affects millions of people around the world, causing numerous problems ranging from emotional and psychological difficulties...
17 Apr 2009
New study finds males more susceptible to this effect than females in an animal model NEW ORLEANS—Drug addiction affects millions of people around the world, causing numerous problems ranging from emotional and psychological difficulties...
Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
17 Apr 2009
Animal model highlights effect of diet and gender NEW ORLEANS—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and...
17 Apr 2009
Animal model highlights effect of diet and gender NEW ORLEANS—Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages key neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes progressive paralysis of voluntary muscles and...
Scripps research team invents first technique for producing promising anti-leukemia agent
17 Apr 2009
Synthesis should boost research stalled for more than a decade by inadequate supplies Kapakahines, marine-derived natural products isolated from a South Pacific sponge in trace quantities, have shown anti-leukemia potential, but studies have...
17 Apr 2009
Synthesis should boost research stalled for more than a decade by inadequate supplies Kapakahines, marine-derived natural products isolated from a South Pacific sponge in trace quantities, have shown anti-leukemia potential, but studies have...
UT Southwestern researchers pinpoint where 'bad' cholesterol levels are controlled
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This Dr. Jay Horton from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Click here for more information. DALLAS – April 17, 2009 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical...
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This Dr. Jay Horton from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Click here for more information. DALLAS – April 17, 2009 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical...
TGen researchers discover possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors
17 Apr 2009
Findings will be presented during the 100th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Denver PHOENIX, Ariz. – April 17, 2009 – Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have...
17 Apr 2009
Findings will be presented during the 100th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Denver PHOENIX, Ariz. – April 17, 2009 – Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have...
Genetic switch potential key to new class of antibiotics
17 Apr 2009
Findings add to the argument that RNA, not DNA, was first genetic material Researchers have determined the structure of a key genetic mechanism at work in bacteria, including some that are deadly to humans, in an important step toward the...
17 Apr 2009
Findings add to the argument that RNA, not DNA, was first genetic material Researchers have determined the structure of a key genetic mechanism at work in bacteria, including some that are deadly to humans, in an important step toward the...
'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift...
17 Apr 2009
NEW ORLEANS—Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift...
Study finds college students better prepared
17 Apr 2009
Freshmen entering California State University, Sacramento, are better prepared to tackle college-level work than they were in 2004, suggesting that a five-year-old statewide program to assess college readiness among high school juniors is...
17 Apr 2009
Freshmen entering California State University, Sacramento, are better prepared to tackle college-level work than they were in 2004, suggesting that a five-year-old statewide program to assess college readiness among high school juniors is...
US Department of Energy's ESnet wins 2009 Excellence.Gov Award for effectively leveraging technology
17 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), a high-speed network linking tens of thousands of researchers around the nation, was honored on April 14, 2009 with an Excellence.Gov award for its...
17 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), a high-speed network linking tens of thousands of researchers around the nation, was honored on April 14, 2009 with an Excellence.Gov award for its...
Oral contraceptives impair muscle gains in young women
17 Apr 2009
New study looks at effect of oral contraceptive use in resistance exercise training NEW ORLEANS—Many active young women use oral contraceptives (OC) yet its effect on their body composition and exercise performance has not been thoroughly...
17 Apr 2009
New study looks at effect of oral contraceptive use in resistance exercise training NEW ORLEANS—Many active young women use oral contraceptives (OC) yet its effect on their body composition and exercise performance has not been thoroughly...
NC State study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff
17 Apr 2009
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found an exponentially better way to protect streams and lakes from the muddy runoff associated with stormwater around road and other construction projects. The alternative is lower or...
17 Apr 2009
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found an exponentially better way to protect streams and lakes from the muddy runoff associated with stormwater around road and other construction projects. The alternative is lower or...
Differences among exercisers and nonexercisers during pregnancy
17 Apr 2009
Results of a continuing study suggest that exercising during pregnancy does not require 'stealing' time from other activities NEW ORLEANS—No one doubts that mothers – especially pregnant mothers – are among the busiest people...
17 Apr 2009
Results of a continuing study suggest that exercising during pregnancy does not require 'stealing' time from other activities NEW ORLEANS—No one doubts that mothers – especially pregnant mothers – are among the busiest people...
Pulitzer Prize-winning series spurs prevention research
17 Apr 2009
Fairbanks, Alaska—Freddie Edmund thought the pond was safe that cold spring day in Alakanuk, until he broke through the ice and sank into the water. He panicked, but then remembered the ice-safety lesson he heard from the community's...
17 Apr 2009
Fairbanks, Alaska—Freddie Edmund thought the pond was safe that cold spring day in Alakanuk, until he broke through the ice and sank into the water. He panicked, but then remembered the ice-safety lesson he heard from the community's...
Male impotence drugs may deserve a second look in women
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: These are Drs. Kyan J. Allahdadi, R. Clinton Webb and Rita C. Tostes of the Medical College of Georgia. Click here for more information. AUGUSTA, Ga. – New studies...
17 Apr 2009
IMAGE: These are Drs. Kyan J. Allahdadi, R. Clinton Webb and Rita C. Tostes of the Medical College of Georgia. Click here for more information. AUGUSTA, Ga. – New studies...
Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell
17 Apr 2009
One cell…one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer. Now, Johns Hopkins experts have tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died...
17 Apr 2009
One cell…one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer. Now, Johns Hopkins experts have tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died...
Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod
17 Apr 2009
DURHAM, N.C. -- New evidence gleaned from CT scans of fossils locked inside rocks may flip the order in which two kinds of four-limbed animals with backbones were known to have moved from fish to landlubber. Both extinct species, known as...
17 Apr 2009
DURHAM, N.C. -- New evidence gleaned from CT scans of fossils locked inside rocks may flip the order in which two kinds of four-limbed animals with backbones were known to have moved from fish to landlubber. Both extinct species, known as...
Laughter remains good medicine
17 Apr 2009
New study reports on the mind-emotion-disease model NEW ORLEANS—The connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal...
17 Apr 2009
New study reports on the mind-emotion-disease model NEW ORLEANS—The connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal...
OptiNose presents new data on highly effective treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis
17 Apr 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA – April 17, 2009. OptiNose today announced important new results from a Phase II trial of its novel nasal drug delivery device with fluticasone for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Patients in the active...
17 Apr 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA – April 17, 2009. OptiNose today announced important new results from a Phase II trial of its novel nasal drug delivery device with fluticasone for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Patients in the active...
Female hormone cycle affects knee joints
17 Apr 2009
New research from the University of Calgary has found a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle VIDEO: Research by the University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology has...
17 Apr 2009
New research from the University of Calgary has found a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle VIDEO: Research by the University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology has...
ASU professor tracks Columbine media discourse from 'school shooting' to 'terrorism'
17 Apr 2009
Research to appear in American Behavioral Scientist's 'Lessons of Columbine' IMAGE: David Altheide, Arizona State University regents’ professor in the School of Social Transformation, writes about "Lessons...
17 Apr 2009
Research to appear in American Behavioral Scientist's 'Lessons of Columbine' IMAGE: David Altheide, Arizona State University regents’ professor in the School of Social Transformation, writes about "Lessons...
Pitt receives $2.8 million to train HIV/AIDS researchers in Mozambique, Brazil and India
17 Apr 2009
PITTSBURGH, April 17 – The University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center to train researchers in regions of the world most hard-hit by the...
17 Apr 2009
PITTSBURGH, April 17 – The University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center to train researchers in regions of the world most hard-hit by the...
Alligators hint at what life may have been like for dinosaurs
17 Apr 2009
During the last 540 million years, the earth's oxygen levels have fluctuated wildly. Knowing that the dinosaurs appeared around the time when oxygen levels were at their lowest at 12%, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Ruth Elsey and James Hicks wondered how...
17 Apr 2009
During the last 540 million years, the earth's oxygen levels have fluctuated wildly. Knowing that the dinosaurs appeared around the time when oxygen levels were at their lowest at 12%, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Ruth Elsey and James Hicks wondered how...
'Instant on' computing
17 Apr 2009
Materials researchers say rebooting soon may be a thing of the past The ferroelectric materials found in today's "smart cards" used in subway, ATM and fuel cards soon may eliminate the time-consuming booting and rebooting of computer operating...
17 Apr 2009
Materials researchers say rebooting soon may be a thing of the past The ferroelectric materials found in today's "smart cards" used in subway, ATM and fuel cards soon may eliminate the time-consuming booting and rebooting of computer operating...
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