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Hubble to receive high-tech James Webb Space Telescope technology
8 May 2009
IMAGE: The Teledyne SIDECAR ASIC, shown here in its HST packaging before it was lidded, will be installed in the Advanced Camera for Surveys during SM4. Click here for more...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: The Teledyne SIDECAR ASIC, shown here in its HST packaging before it was lidded, will be installed in the Advanced Camera for Surveys during SM4. Click here for more...
New nanotube coating enables novel laser power meter
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Carbon nanotubes enable the copper instrument to withstand the intensity of military lasers while precisely measuring their power. Laser light is distributed evenly inside the water-cooled cavity by a...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Carbon nanotubes enable the copper instrument to withstand the intensity of military lasers while precisely measuring their power. Laser light is distributed evenly inside the water-cooled cavity by a...
House Appropriations chairman honored for science, engineering, technology leadership
8 May 2009
WASHINGTON (8 May 2008) -- Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was honored last week for his leadership and commitment toward the United States remaining a global leader in science and innovation. Obey...
8 May 2009
WASHINGTON (8 May 2008) -- Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was honored last week for his leadership and commitment toward the United States remaining a global leader in science and innovation. Obey...
High rise fire study provides insight into deadly wind-driven fires
8 May 2009
IMAGE: An abandoned apartment building on Governor's Island, New York, provided a real-life laboratory for fire researchers studying wind-driven fires and tactics to combat them. The Statue of Liberty can...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: An abandoned apartment building on Governor's Island, New York, provided a real-life laboratory for fire researchers studying wind-driven fires and tactics to combat them. The Statue of Liberty can...
Case Western Reserve to receive more than $3M from NIDA
8 May 2009
Grant is a collaborative venture between the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics and the Case Center for AIDS Research to support effective prevention, treatment and service strategies for drug abusing youth and adults CLEVELAND –...
8 May 2009
Grant is a collaborative venture between the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics and the Case Center for AIDS Research to support effective prevention, treatment and service strategies for drug abusing youth and adults CLEVELAND –...
A nimbus rises in the world of cloud computing
8 May 2009
Cloud computing infrastructure developed by Argonne National Lab shows that cloud computing's potential is being realized now IMAGE: Nimbus shows that cloud computing's potential is being realized today. Click...
8 May 2009
Cloud computing infrastructure developed by Argonne National Lab shows that cloud computing's potential is being realized now IMAGE: Nimbus shows that cloud computing's potential is being realized today. Click...
Job loss can make you sick, new study finds
8 May 2009
BOSTON—In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new health...
8 May 2009
BOSTON—In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new health...
Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
8 May 2009
Study demonstrates modest reduction in HIV disease progression, leads to new insights about HIV transmission A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective...
8 May 2009
Study demonstrates modest reduction in HIV disease progression, leads to new insights about HIV transmission A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective...
Study: Vibration plate machines may aid weight loss and trim abdominal fat
8 May 2009
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: New research suggests that, if used properly, vibration plate exercise machines may help you lose weight and trim the particularly harmful belly fat between the organs. In a study presented on Friday at the...
8 May 2009
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: New research suggests that, if used properly, vibration plate exercise machines may help you lose weight and trim the particularly harmful belly fat between the organs. In a study presented on Friday at the...
The day the universe froze
8 May 2009
New dark energy model includes cosmological phase transition IMAGE: This photo shows research associate Sourish Dutta, left, and physics professor Robert Scherrer. Click here for more...
8 May 2009
New dark energy model includes cosmological phase transition IMAGE: This photo shows research associate Sourish Dutta, left, and physics professor Robert Scherrer. Click here for more...
Grant supports Boston College physicists in 1 of country's new energy frontier research centers
8 May 2009
Professors Ren and Opeil partner with MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory IMAGE: Boston College Physics Professor Zhifeng Ren and Assistant Professor Cyril Opeil, SJ, will partner with colleagues from MIT and...
8 May 2009
Professors Ren and Opeil partner with MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory IMAGE: Boston College Physics Professor Zhifeng Ren and Assistant Professor Cyril Opeil, SJ, will partner with colleagues from MIT and...
Vise squad: Putting the squeeze on a crystal leads to novel electronics
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This schematic has been written into a film of strontium titanate and the single crystal of silicon on which it was made utilizing the ability of a ferroelectric to store... Click here for more...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This schematic has been written into a film of strontium titanate and the single crystal of silicon on which it was made utilizing the ability of a ferroelectric to store... Click here for more...
UAB professor receives HudsonAlpha Innovation Prize
8 May 2009
Award recognizes T cell studies Huntsville, Ala. – Dr. Casey Weaver, University of Alabama at Birmingham professor of pathology, has been awarded the 2009 HudsonAlpha Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Life Sciences. The prize, which...
8 May 2009
Award recognizes T cell studies Huntsville, Ala. – Dr. Casey Weaver, University of Alabama at Birmingham professor of pathology, has been awarded the 2009 HudsonAlpha Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Life Sciences. The prize, which...
Personalized nutritional information sent through mail helps improve diets
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Brown University researchers have determined that customized nutrition education materials sent through the mail can help people eat healthier. Click here for more...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Brown University researchers have determined that customized nutrition education materials sent through the mail can help people eat healthier. Click here for more...
Aerosol: A key piece of the climate change puzzle
8 May 2009
Fitting all the different pieces of the climate change puzzle together is one of the major challenges of our age. Aerosol is a key piece of this puzzle, but the size and shape of its effect is still unclear – a fact that jeopardises the...
8 May 2009
Fitting all the different pieces of the climate change puzzle together is one of the major challenges of our age. Aerosol is a key piece of this puzzle, but the size and shape of its effect is still unclear – a fact that jeopardises the...
Will the economic crisis lead to major societal changes?
8 May 2009
Professor's theory describes how values, behavior are shaped by societies Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from...
8 May 2009
Professor's theory describes how values, behavior are shaped by societies Why are former business executives and attorneys volunteering more time to help their communities? Why do the children of immigrants assume values very different from...
NIST issues first reference material for tissue engineering
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is an X-ray microcomputed tomograph image of the new NIST reference materials for tissue engineering scaffolds. From left to right, they are RM 8395, RM 8396 and RM... Click here for more...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is an X-ray microcomputed tomograph image of the new NIST reference materials for tissue engineering scaffolds. From left to right, they are RM 8395, RM 8396 and RM... Click here for more...
NSF director Arden Bement awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. Click here for more information. Today in Tokyo, the government of Japan awarded Arden L. Bement, Jr., director...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. Click here for more information. Today in Tokyo, the government of Japan awarded Arden L. Bement, Jr., director...
MiP Consortium awarded €11 million by EDCTP
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is the logo for MiP Consortium. Click here for more information. The global Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Consortium, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: This is the logo for MiP Consortium. Click here for more information. The global Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Consortium, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,...
No insurance? No colonoscopy
8 May 2009
John M Inadomi highlights the disparity in colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) among different socioeconomic and ethnic groups in US society in a recent review published by F1000 Medicine Reports (www.f1000medicine.com/reports). Colorectal...
8 May 2009
John M Inadomi highlights the disparity in colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) among different socioeconomic and ethnic groups in US society in a recent review published by F1000 Medicine Reports (www.f1000medicine.com/reports). Colorectal...
Caltech physicists detect entanglement of one photon shared among four locations
8 May 2009
Technique relies upon uncertainty principle PASADENA, Calif.—Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They...
8 May 2009
Technique relies upon uncertainty principle PASADENA, Calif.—Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an efficient method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system. They...
More evidence for the benefit of exercise in cardiovascular disease -- and even in heart failure
8 May 2009
In one study, exercise is associated with better survival rates than PCI Exercise is one of eight preventive measures identified by the European Heart Health Charter and features prominently in the scientific programme of EuroPRevent 2009, the...
8 May 2009
In one study, exercise is associated with better survival rates than PCI Exercise is one of eight preventive measures identified by the European Heart Health Charter and features prominently in the scientific programme of EuroPRevent 2009, the...
Managing Douglas-fir forests for diversity
8 May 2009
May provide multiple uses including wildlife, timber production PORTLAND, Ore. May 8, 2009. Creating diverse forests for multiple uses is important to natural resource managers and landowners. A study conducted in southwestern Oregon provides...
8 May 2009
May provide multiple uses including wildlife, timber production PORTLAND, Ore. May 8, 2009. Creating diverse forests for multiple uses is important to natural resource managers and landowners. A study conducted in southwestern Oregon provides...
New study: Home energy savings are made in the shade
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Shade trees positioned near houses in Sacramento, Calif., such as those in this photo, can significantly affect electricity use. Tree cover on the west and south sides of Sacramento homes... Click here...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Shade trees positioned near houses in Sacramento, Calif., such as those in this photo, can significantly affect electricity use. Tree cover on the west and south sides of Sacramento homes... Click here...
Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in the United States
8 May 2009
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in...
8 May 2009
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in...
Researchers identify the gene responsible for a rare form of congenital anemia
8 May 2009
Clinical research team identified three families from Canada’s Maritime provinces, each with a child suffering from this disease This press release is available in French. Montreal, May 8, 2009 – The latest electronic edition of...
8 May 2009
Clinical research team identified three families from Canada’s Maritime provinces, each with a child suffering from this disease This press release is available in French. Montreal, May 8, 2009 – The latest electronic edition of...
Skin color clue to nicotine dependence
8 May 2009
Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, according to...
8 May 2009
Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, according to...
Study examines novel PFO closure system
8 May 2009
COHEREX-EU study indicates PFO closure system is safe and effective at 90 days LAS VEGAS, NV (May 8, 2009) — A new device designed to close a common heart defect known as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is safe and effective at 90-days...
8 May 2009
COHEREX-EU study indicates PFO closure system is safe and effective at 90 days LAS VEGAS, NV (May 8, 2009) — A new device designed to close a common heart defect known as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is safe and effective at 90-days...
Bacteria play role in preventing spread of malaria
8 May 2009
Microbes in mosquito's gut stimulate immune response against malaria parasite Bacteria in the gut of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito inhibit infection of the insect with Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans,...
8 May 2009
Microbes in mosquito's gut stimulate immune response against malaria parasite Bacteria in the gut of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito inhibit infection of the insect with Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria in humans,...
High-pressure compound could be key to hydrogen-powered vehicles
8 May 2009
A hydrogen-rich compound discovered by Stanford researchers is packed with promise of helping overcome one of the biggest hurdles to using hydrogen for fuel--namely, how do you stuff enough hydrogen into a volume that is small enough to be...
8 May 2009
A hydrogen-rich compound discovered by Stanford researchers is packed with promise of helping overcome one of the biggest hurdles to using hydrogen for fuel--namely, how do you stuff enough hydrogen into a volume that is small enough to be...
30-year follow-up study: 'Tremendous' impact of smoking on mortality and cardiovascular disease
8 May 2009
Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular morbidity and...
8 May 2009
Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular morbidity and...
UCLA scientists discover ultrasonic communication among frogs
8 May 2009
Research could have implications for addressing hearing loss in humans UCLA scientists report for the first time on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to be heard by...
8 May 2009
Research could have implications for addressing hearing loss in humans UCLA scientists report for the first time on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to be heard by...
In-depth change needed to meet future Internet demands
8 May 2009
Future of the Internet to be discussed in Prague May 11-13 To meet the future needs in the growth of the Internet infrastructure, an in-depth change is required. A total of one billion euros is being invested in the development of the future's...
8 May 2009
Future of the Internet to be discussed in Prague May 11-13 To meet the future needs in the growth of the Internet infrastructure, an in-depth change is required. A total of one billion euros is being invested in the development of the future's...
Demmler-Harrison honored for devoted work with pediatric society
8 May 2009
HOUSTON – (May 7, 2009) – Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison has been awarded the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) 2009 Thomas Hazinski, M.D. Distinguished Service Award. Demmler-Harrison, director of the Virology Laboratory at Texas...
8 May 2009
HOUSTON – (May 7, 2009) – Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison has been awarded the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) 2009 Thomas Hazinski, M.D. Distinguished Service Award. Demmler-Harrison, director of the Virology Laboratory at Texas...
Study finds African Americans at greater risk after PCI
8 May 2009
Combined rates of heart attack, death and repeat procedures significantly higher LAS VEGAS, NV (May 8, 2009) — A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced...
8 May 2009
Combined rates of heart attack, death and repeat procedures significantly higher LAS VEGAS, NV (May 8, 2009) — A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced...
Massive decline in rates of coronary death in Iceland are largely attributed to risk factor...
8 May 2009
Decline attributable to lower levels of cholesterol, blood pressure and reduced smoking In the 25 years between 1981 and 2006 mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Iceland decreased by a remarkable 80% in men and women aged...
8 May 2009
Decline attributable to lower levels of cholesterol, blood pressure and reduced smoking In the 25 years between 1981 and 2006 mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Iceland decreased by a remarkable 80% in men and women aged...
The cardiovascular benefits of daily exercise in school children are evident even after 1 year
8 May 2009
Prevalence of obesity and overweight decreases significantly School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise programme in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which...
8 May 2009
Prevalence of obesity and overweight decreases significantly School children as young as 11 can benefit from a daily exercise programme in reducing their levels of several known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. An ongoing study, which...
System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Matthew Diamond is a nephrology fellow in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. Click here for more information. AUGUSTA, Ga. – When stress...
8 May 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Matthew Diamond is a nephrology fellow in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. Click here for more information. AUGUSTA, Ga. – When stress...
Rep. Dan Lipinski to speak on stem education
8 May 2009
To address AIAA's Inside Aerospace conference May 8, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that Congressman Dan Lipinski (Il.-3rd), chair of the U.S. House of...
8 May 2009
To address AIAA's Inside Aerospace conference May 8, 2009 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that Congressman Dan Lipinski (Il.-3rd), chair of the U.S. House of...
Graves' disease: Quality of life and occupational disability
8 May 2009
One in 2 patients with Graves' disease suffers impairments to their everyday lives. In the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Katharina Ponto and coauthors, from Mainz University, describe affected patients'...
8 May 2009
One in 2 patients with Graves' disease suffers impairments to their everyday lives. In the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Katharina Ponto and coauthors, from Mainz University, describe affected patients'...
Terahertz waves are effective probes for IC heat barriers
8 May 2009
By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an efficient new approach to measure key...
8 May 2009
By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an efficient new approach to measure key...
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