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Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes
24 Apr 2009
Highlights of the 157th ASA Meeting to be held May 18-22 in Portland, Ore. April 23, 2009 -- Deteriorating screws in bridges, fish that listen in the dark, medical devices that use sound to treat disease, the detected comeback of a long-gone...
24 Apr 2009
Highlights of the 157th ASA Meeting to be held May 18-22 in Portland, Ore. April 23, 2009 -- Deteriorating screws in bridges, fish that listen in the dark, medical devices that use sound to treat disease, the detected comeback of a long-gone...
Active galaxies flare and fade in Fermi telescope all-sky movie
24 Apr 2009
VIDEO: This all-sky movie shows Fermi LAT counts of gamma rays with energies greater than 300 million electron volts from August 4 to October 30, 2008. Brighter colors indicate brighter gamma-ray... Click here...
24 Apr 2009
VIDEO: This all-sky movie shows Fermi LAT counts of gamma rays with energies greater than 300 million electron volts from August 4 to October 30, 2008. Brighter colors indicate brighter gamma-ray... Click here...
Brain music
24 Apr 2009
Putting the brain's soundtracks to work IMAGE: Every brain has a soundtrack -- probably many. Can those soundtracks be made useful? Click here for more information. Every brain...
24 Apr 2009
Putting the brain's soundtracks to work IMAGE: Every brain has a soundtrack -- probably many. Can those soundtracks be made useful? Click here for more information. Every brain...
American Cancer Society awards 143 research grants to investigators at 83 institutions nationwide
24 Apr 2009
Grants total more than $51 million in the second of two cycles for 2009 The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 143 national research and...
24 Apr 2009
Grants total more than $51 million in the second of two cycles for 2009 The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 143 national research and...
NASA's Swift satellite comet tally highlighted
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This is a montage of comets Lulin, Tuttle and SW3. Click here for more information. A montage of comet images made using NASA's Swift spacecraft illustrates just how...
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: This is a montage of comets Lulin, Tuttle and SW3. Click here for more information. A montage of comet images made using NASA's Swift spacecraft illustrates just how...
One hundred days of African-American history
24 Apr 2009
Looking back at President Barack Obama's first 100 days On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the answer to a question that will eventually end up on an African American studies test: Who was the nation's first African American...
24 Apr 2009
Looking back at President Barack Obama's first 100 days On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the answer to a question that will eventually end up on an African American studies test: Who was the nation's first African American...
Tips from the American Journal of Pathology
24 Apr 2009
Notch1 Contributes to Scar Tissue in the Lungs A group led by Dr. Sem Phan at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor identified Notch1 as a mediator of lung fibrosis. They present their data in the May 2009 issue of The American Journal of...
24 Apr 2009
Notch1 Contributes to Scar Tissue in the Lungs A group led by Dr. Sem Phan at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor identified Notch1 as a mediator of lung fibrosis. They present their data in the May 2009 issue of The American Journal of...
Payment reform and solutions to challenges facing primary care addressed in policy papers
24 Apr 2009
Ways to achieve greater value in health care spending and comprehensive strategies to increase primary care offered by American College of Physicians WASHINGTON – New policy papers addressing comprehensive payment reform and solutions to...
24 Apr 2009
Ways to achieve greater value in health care spending and comprehensive strategies to increase primary care offered by American College of Physicians WASHINGTON – New policy papers addressing comprehensive payment reform and solutions to...
Levees cannot fully eliminate risk of flooding to New Orleans
24 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON -- Levees and floodwalls surrounding New Orleans -- no matter how large or sturdy -- cannot provide absolute protection against overtopping or failure in extreme events, says a new report by the National Academy of Engineering and...
24 Apr 2009
WASHINGTON -- Levees and floodwalls surrounding New Orleans -- no matter how large or sturdy -- cannot provide absolute protection against overtopping or failure in extreme events, says a new report by the National Academy of Engineering and...
Weill Cornell and Cornell's Johnson School present first annual business and medicine symposium
24 Apr 2009
Exploring the nexus of business and medicine WHAT: A new yearly intercampus symposium exploring how business and medicine can collaborate to solve today's health care challenges. Panel members will discuss and answer questions regarding the...
24 Apr 2009
Exploring the nexus of business and medicine WHAT: A new yearly intercampus symposium exploring how business and medicine can collaborate to solve today's health care challenges. Panel members will discuss and answer questions regarding the...
Drug therapy reduces neuroblastoma tumor growth in pre-clinical investigation
24 Apr 2009
First-ever trial opened to test the drug combination in children IMAGE: Peter Zage, M.D., Ph.D., specializes in neuroblastoma at the Children's Cancer Hospital. Click here for more...
24 Apr 2009
First-ever trial opened to test the drug combination in children IMAGE: Peter Zage, M.D., Ph.D., specializes in neuroblastoma at the Children's Cancer Hospital. Click here for more...
Biolex presents Locteron US Phase 2a hepatitis C data at EASL
24 Apr 2009
Data shows up to 80 percent reduction in flu-like symptoms vs. PEG-Intron Biolex Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the results from its United States Phase 2a clinical trial (the "PLUS" trial) of Locteron® will be presented today at the...
24 Apr 2009
Data shows up to 80 percent reduction in flu-like symptoms vs. PEG-Intron Biolex Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the results from its United States Phase 2a clinical trial (the "PLUS" trial) of Locteron® will be presented today at the...
Keeping rivers running in the 21st century
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: "Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts, " edited by L. Allan James, Sara L. Rathburn, and G. Richard Whittecar. Click here for more...
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: "Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts, " edited by L. Allan James, Sara L. Rathburn, and G. Richard Whittecar. Click here for more...
Drug inhibits neuroblastoma blood supply in pre-clinical tests
24 Apr 2009
Reduces tumor growth by 75 percent by disrupting blood vessel formation IMAGE: This is Patrick Zweidler-McKay, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor at the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D....
24 Apr 2009
Reduces tumor growth by 75 percent by disrupting blood vessel formation IMAGE: This is Patrick Zweidler-McKay, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor at the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D....
Capitol Hill gathering to examine US export controls and the American entrepreneurial space sector
24 Apr 2009
April 24, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that representatives from Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and Bigelow Aerospace, will come together on April 29 at 1:00...
24 Apr 2009
April 24, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that representatives from Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and Bigelow Aerospace, will come together on April 29 at 1:00...
Hydrogen protects nuclear fuel in final storage
24 Apr 2009
When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not dissolve into the groundwater, according to a new doctoral...
24 Apr 2009
When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not dissolve into the groundwater, according to a new doctoral...
DNA blueprint for healthier and more efficient cows
24 Apr 2009
Latest findings from the Bovine Genome Sequencing Project Ground breaking findings by an international consortium of scientists who sequenced and analysed the bovine genome, could result in more sustainable food production. The findings,...
24 Apr 2009
Latest findings from the Bovine Genome Sequencing Project Ground breaking findings by an international consortium of scientists who sequenced and analysed the bovine genome, could result in more sustainable food production. The findings,...
IVCC and Syngenta start project for novel insecticidal active ingredient for malaria control
24 Apr 2009
IVCC and Syngenta, a leading innovator in insecticidal technology, have launched a project to develop a new insecticidal active ingredient for public health applications, as part of IVCC's strategy to break the impasse in development of...
24 Apr 2009
IVCC and Syngenta, a leading innovator in insecticidal technology, have launched a project to develop a new insecticidal active ingredient for public health applications, as part of IVCC's strategy to break the impasse in development of...
Can middle class families make urban schools better?
24 Apr 2009
Attitude is the final arbiter when it comes to middle class parents and their impact on urban schools, a new study says. Due to the economy, more middle-class families are passing on private schools in favor of the local public...
24 Apr 2009
Attitude is the final arbiter when it comes to middle class parents and their impact on urban schools, a new study says. Due to the economy, more middle-class families are passing on private schools in favor of the local public...
100 days of African-American history
24 Apr 2009
Looking back at President Barack Obama's first 100 days On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the answer to a question that will eventually end up on an African American studies test: Who was the nation's first African American...
24 Apr 2009
Looking back at President Barack Obama's first 100 days On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the answer to a question that will eventually end up on an African American studies test: Who was the nation's first African American...
USC partners with French drug discovery company on computer modeling effort
24 Apr 2009
NIH-funded $2.3M international collaboration will probe L-glutamate neurotransmitter systems A single neurotransmitter, the amino acid L-glutamate, regulates countless biological systems in animals ranging from worms and insects to human...
24 Apr 2009
NIH-funded $2.3M international collaboration will probe L-glutamate neurotransmitter systems A single neurotransmitter, the amino acid L-glutamate, regulates countless biological systems in animals ranging from worms and insects to human...
Run! It's the student council president
24 Apr 2009
What part do extracurricular activities play in school violence? In most movies about high school, the student council president, the so-called "band geek" or the kid who stays after school for math club often fall victim to the teasing and...
24 Apr 2009
What part do extracurricular activities play in school violence? In most movies about high school, the student council president, the so-called "band geek" or the kid who stays after school for math club often fall victim to the teasing and...
New target for maintaining healthy blood pressure discovered
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Here, a prostaglandin F2-alpha receptor expression is depicted in blue in a renal artery. Click here for more information. PHILADELPHIA - In trying to understand the role...
24 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Here, a prostaglandin F2-alpha receptor expression is depicted in blue in a renal artery. Click here for more information. PHILADELPHIA - In trying to understand the role...
Researchers find drug that inhibits acute leukemia cell growth
24 Apr 2009
Pre-clinical study shows 50 percent reduced tumor cell burden SAN DIEGO - Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered how to turn off a certain receptor that promotes...
24 Apr 2009
Pre-clinical study shows 50 percent reduced tumor cell burden SAN DIEGO - Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered how to turn off a certain receptor that promotes...
Survival rates for cancer rise across Ireland
24 Apr 2009
Survival rates for cancer are continuing to rise even though the number of cases being diagnosed is increasing, an all-Ireland report launched today reveals Survival rates for cancer are continuing to rise even though the number of cases being...
24 Apr 2009
Survival rates for cancer are continuing to rise even though the number of cases being diagnosed is increasing, an all-Ireland report launched today reveals Survival rates for cancer are continuing to rise even though the number of cases being...
At the limits of the photoelectric effect
24 Apr 2009
With extremely short wavelengths and very high intensities, light-matter interaction seems to be different than previously accepted This release is available in German. By way of the classical photoeffect, Einstein proved in 1905 that light...
24 Apr 2009
With extremely short wavelengths and very high intensities, light-matter interaction seems to be different than previously accepted This release is available in German. By way of the classical photoeffect, Einstein proved in 1905 that light...
Two-pronged model could help foil tough cystic fibrosis infections
24 Apr 2009
Innovative Dartmouth approach combines approved agents Hanover, NH--Dartmouth Medical School researchers have devised a novel approach for thwarting the relentless bacterial infections that thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis...
24 Apr 2009
Innovative Dartmouth approach combines approved agents Hanover, NH--Dartmouth Medical School researchers have devised a novel approach for thwarting the relentless bacterial infections that thrive in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis...
Future for radioembolisation in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
24 Apr 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 24 April: Radioembolisation with Yttrium-90 (Y-90) glass microspheres is a safe and effective treatment for patients with advanced HCC ± portal vein thrombosis, according to new research presented today at...
24 Apr 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 24 April: Radioembolisation with Yttrium-90 (Y-90) glass microspheres is a safe and effective treatment for patients with advanced HCC ± portal vein thrombosis, according to new research presented today at...
Landmark study demonstrates Gamunex improves health-related quality of life in patients with CIDP
24 Apr 2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 23, 2009) — Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced the publication of the health-related quality of life results from the largest clinical trial ever conducted in patients with chronic...
24 Apr 2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 23, 2009) — Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced the publication of the health-related quality of life results from the largest clinical trial ever conducted in patients with chronic...
New mediator of smoking recruits
24 Apr 2009
Freiburg, Germany — Current research suggests that smoking increases the production of osteopontin in the lungs, which contributes to the development of smoking-related lung disease. The related report by Prasse et al, "Essential role of...
24 Apr 2009
Freiburg, Germany — Current research suggests that smoking increases the production of osteopontin in the lungs, which contributes to the development of smoking-related lung disease. The related report by Prasse et al, "Essential role of...
3-D research model tackles prostate cancer spread
24 Apr 2009
3-D culture system to study CaP skeletal metastatic process Shirly Sieh, a PhD student at IHBI, is studying the way cancer cells escape from the prostate through the bloodstream to form tumour colonies, most often in the spine and long...
24 Apr 2009
3-D culture system to study CaP skeletal metastatic process Shirly Sieh, a PhD student at IHBI, is studying the way cancer cells escape from the prostate through the bloodstream to form tumour colonies, most often in the spine and long...
Mind over muscle
24 Apr 2009
Temple-led study finds positive body image more effective than exercise in helping young women lose weight, quit smoking One in five women between the ages of 18 and 24 are smokers, and most say they keep lighting up for fear of gaining weight....
24 Apr 2009
Temple-led study finds positive body image more effective than exercise in helping young women lose weight, quit smoking One in five women between the ages of 18 and 24 are smokers, and most say they keep lighting up for fear of gaining weight....
Evolution of human sex roles more complex than described by universal theory
24 Apr 2009
A new study challenges long-standing expectations that men are promiscuous and women tend to be more particular when it comes to choosing a mate. The research, published by Cell Press in the April issue of the journal Trends in Ecology and...
24 Apr 2009
A new study challenges long-standing expectations that men are promiscuous and women tend to be more particular when it comes to choosing a mate. The research, published by Cell Press in the April issue of the journal Trends in Ecology and...
Researchers identify a molecule that increases the risk of cardiac insufficiency
24 Apr 2009
This release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists from the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra has identified a key enzyme in the development of cardiac insufficiency. This enzyme is involved in...
24 Apr 2009
This release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists from the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra has identified a key enzyme in the development of cardiac insufficiency. This enzyme is involved in...
Lice can be nice to us
24 Apr 2009
Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the conditioning of a "natural" immune...
24 Apr 2009
Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the conditioning of a "natural" immune...
Global health experts release new guidance on malaria elimination
24 Apr 2009
Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria Elimination Group, a...
24 Apr 2009
Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria Elimination Group, a...
HIV positive and HIV negative patients have similar survival rates following liver transplant
24 Apr 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 24 April: HIV positive and HIV negative patients have comparable survival rates following liver transplant, according to new research presented today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for...
24 Apr 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 24 April: HIV positive and HIV negative patients have comparable survival rates following liver transplant, according to new research presented today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for...
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