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New book further supports controversial theory of 'Man the Hunted'
20 Aug 2008
Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators and Human Evolution. Click here for more information. Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many...
20 Aug 2008
Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators and Human Evolution. Click here for more information. Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 13, 2008
19 Aug 2008
"Bad hair days " may become a less frequent occurrence, researchers say. Magnified image (inset) shows crossed hair fibers, which make combing difficult. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 Heads-up study...
19 Aug 2008
"Bad hair days " may become a less frequent occurrence, researchers say. Magnified image (inset) shows crossed hair fibers, which make combing difficult. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 Heads-up study...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 20, 2008
21 Aug 2008
Childhood ear infections may contribute to obesity later in life, researchers say. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life EMBARGOED FOR...
21 Aug 2008
Childhood ear infections may contribute to obesity later in life, researchers say. Click here for more information. ARTICLE #1 Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life EMBARGOED FOR...
USGS news: August science picks
18 Aug 2008
Arctic's oil and gas resources, earthquake rattles Los Angeles area, explosive eruption of Alaska volcanoes, carbon farming, plague vaccine for ferrets, Chinese culture in Olympic medals, and more! In this edition of Science Picks, discover new...
18 Aug 2008
Arctic's oil and gas resources, earthquake rattles Los Angeles area, explosive eruption of Alaska volcanoes, carbon farming, plague vaccine for ferrets, Chinese culture in Olympic medals, and more! In this edition of Science Picks, discover new...
September Geology and GSA Today media highlights
21 Aug 2008
Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY topics reach deep into Earth and far into space—from magma and plate tectonics to cosmic dust and asteroids—and touch on the intricate details of our planet, including a 1200-year record of corals and...
21 Aug 2008
Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY topics reach deep into Earth and far into space—from magma and plate tectonics to cosmic dust and asteroids—and touch on the intricate details of our planet, including a 1200-year record of corals and...
Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotech
21 Aug 2008
Agency lacks budget, authority and expertise to ensure nanoproducts are safe Washington, DC — The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as...
21 Aug 2008
Agency lacks budget, authority and expertise to ensure nanoproducts are safe Washington, DC — The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as...
Kalyon wins Society of Plastics Engineers' 2008 Research Award
22 Aug 2008
Kalyon is a professor and director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Dr. Dilhan M. Kalyon, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens Institute of...
22 Aug 2008
Kalyon is a professor and director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Dr. Dilhan M. Kalyon, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens Institute of...
Earthquakes may endanger New York more than thought, says study
21 Aug 2008
Indian Point nuclear power plant seen as particular risk All known quakes, greater New York-Philadelphia area, 1677-2004, graded by magnitude (M). Peekskill, NY, near Indian Point nuclear power plant, is denoted as Pe. Click...
21 Aug 2008
Indian Point nuclear power plant seen as particular risk All known quakes, greater New York-Philadelphia area, 1677-2004, graded by magnitude (M). Peekskill, NY, near Indian Point nuclear power plant, is denoted as Pe. Click...
Rice computer engineer named to MIT Technology Review's TR35
19 Aug 2008
Koushanfar recognized for innovations to protect microchips Rice University's Farinaz Koushanfar was named to MIT Technology Review's TR35 in 2008 for innovations that stop computer chip piracy. Click here for more...
19 Aug 2008
Koushanfar recognized for innovations to protect microchips Rice University's Farinaz Koushanfar was named to MIT Technology Review's TR35 in 2008 for innovations that stop computer chip piracy. Click here for more...
Forward planning release from the BA
21 Aug 2008
Binge-drinking teens, food concerns and the nature of attractiveness The BA Festival of Science will be in Liverpool from 6-11 September, bringing over 350 of the UK's top scientists and engineers to discuss the latest developments in science...
21 Aug 2008
Binge-drinking teens, food concerns and the nature of attractiveness The BA Festival of Science will be in Liverpool from 6-11 September, bringing over 350 of the UK's top scientists and engineers to discuss the latest developments in science...
High-tech innovations needed to help prevent economic crisis in health care and improve quality
22 Aug 2008
WASHINGTON (22 August 2008) -- The United States should develop a comprehensive strategy on the growing need for technological innovations to help prevent the impending economic crisis in health care and to improve the quality and convenience...
22 Aug 2008
WASHINGTON (22 August 2008) -- The United States should develop a comprehensive strategy on the growing need for technological innovations to help prevent the impending economic crisis in health care and to improve the quality and convenience...
Researchers study facial structures, brain abnormalities to reveal formula for detection of autism
18 Aug 2008
Top row -- three views of brain MRI images with the extracted brain structures highlighted. Bottom row -- MRI image with extracted brain structures (bottom left), two different close-up views... Click here for more...
18 Aug 2008
Top row -- three views of brain MRI images with the extracted brain structures highlighted. Bottom row -- MRI image with extracted brain structures (bottom left), two different close-up views... Click here for more...
New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers
18 Aug 2008
Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them. The problem is well...
18 Aug 2008
Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them. The problem is well...
NHGRI seeks DNA sequencing technologies fit for routine laboratory and medical use
20 Aug 2008
New grants drive development of rapid, cost-effective sequencing technologies The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today awarded more than $20 million in grants to develop...
20 Aug 2008
New grants drive development of rapid, cost-effective sequencing technologies The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today awarded more than $20 million in grants to develop...
Northeast Greenland detailed by specialists
19 Aug 2008
The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA - This most recent volume in The Geological Society of America's Memoir series presents an...
19 Aug 2008
The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA - This most recent volume in The Geological Society of America's Memoir series presents an...
Agile approach slashes software development time
19 Aug 2008
Results of the EUREKA ITEA software Cluster AGILE project make it possible for European manufacturers to develop high quality embedded software in markedly shorter times and at much lower costs than possible with traditional techniques....
19 Aug 2008
Results of the EUREKA ITEA software Cluster AGILE project make it possible for European manufacturers to develop high quality embedded software in markedly shorter times and at much lower costs than possible with traditional techniques....
Montana State University picked as home for Wind Applications Center
22 Aug 2008
Designation means more wind coursework and education for MSU students BOZEMAN -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has named Montana State University as the home for the state's new Wind Applications...
22 Aug 2008
Designation means more wind coursework and education for MSU students BOZEMAN -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has named Montana State University as the home for the state's new Wind Applications...
RV Polarstern on its way to East Siberian Sea
21 Aug 2008
First transit through Northwest Passage This release is available in German. Sediment core onboard Polarstern. Click here for more information. Bremerhaven, August 19th 2008. German research vessel Polarstern,...
21 Aug 2008
First transit through Northwest Passage This release is available in German. Sediment core onboard Polarstern. Click here for more information. Bremerhaven, August 19th 2008. German research vessel Polarstern,...
Studies of dynamic past Ice Age may help prepare society for future changes
18 Aug 2008
Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA – This new Special Paper from the Geological Society of America brings together a wealth of recent work...
18 Aug 2008
Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space. Click here for more information. Boulder, CO, USA – This new Special Paper from the Geological Society of America brings together a wealth of recent work...
Iowa State University experts can discuss new FDA produce irradiation rule
22 Aug 2008
AMES, Iowa – The Food and Drug Administration's new (Aug. 22) regulation that will allow irradiation pasteurization to be used on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill illness-causing bacteria is a step that two Iowa State University...
22 Aug 2008
AMES, Iowa – The Food and Drug Administration's new (Aug. 22) regulation that will allow irradiation pasteurization to be used on fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill illness-causing bacteria is a step that two Iowa State University...
Health journalists face translation challenge, MU researchers find
22 Aug 2008
Majority of health journalists lack specialized training, nearly half not familiar with health literacy COLUMBIA, Mo. – The media constantly inform the public of new health information, but many Americans have difficulty recognizing what...
22 Aug 2008
Majority of health journalists lack specialized training, nearly half not familiar with health literacy COLUMBIA, Mo. – The media constantly inform the public of new health information, but many Americans have difficulty recognizing what...
79 million US adults have medical bill problems or are paying off medical debt
20 Aug 2008
High cost of care and inadequate insurance leading more adults to delay or avoid getting treatment; working-age Americans spending more of income on out-of-pocket costs New York, NY, August 20, 2008—The proportion of working-age Americans...
20 Aug 2008
High cost of care and inadequate insurance leading more adults to delay or avoid getting treatment; working-age Americans spending more of income on out-of-pocket costs New York, NY, August 20, 2008—The proportion of working-age Americans...
GOCE Earth explorer satellite to look at the Earth's surface and core
22 Aug 2008
The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. The...
22 Aug 2008
The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. The...
Satellite images show continued breakup of 2 of Greenland's largest glaciers
20 Aug 2008
If the Petermann glacier breaks up back to the upstream rift, the loss would be as much as and additional 160 sq. km (60 sq. mi); a loss of one... Click here for more information. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers...
20 Aug 2008
If the Petermann glacier breaks up back to the upstream rift, the loss would be as much as and additional 160 sq. km (60 sq. mi); a loss of one... Click here for more information. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers...
Drugs to inhibit blood vessel growth show promise in rat model of deadly brain tumor
21 Aug 2008
Glioblastoma tumor size reduced by 50 to 70 percent In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced...
21 Aug 2008
Glioblastoma tumor size reduced by 50 to 70 percent In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced...
Smithsonian works with Embera community to offset carbon emissions
21 Aug 2008
Thanks to a collaborative agreement signed between the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Organization for Unity and Development of the Community Ipeti-Embera, the Institute in Panama will offset its estimated carbon emissions for...
21 Aug 2008
Thanks to a collaborative agreement signed between the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Organization for Unity and Development of the Community Ipeti-Embera, the Institute in Panama will offset its estimated carbon emissions for...
Piling on the homework -- Does it work for everyone?
18 Aug 2008
Researchers study the impact of homework on student achievement BINGHAMTON, NY - While U.S students continue to lag behind many countries academically, national statistics show that teachers have responded by assigning more homework. But...
18 Aug 2008
Researchers study the impact of homework on student achievement BINGHAMTON, NY - While U.S students continue to lag behind many countries academically, national statistics show that teachers have responded by assigning more homework. But...
Queen's chemist designs new 'catch-and-tell' molecules
19 Aug 2008
Professor A.P. De Silva from Queen's University Belfast. Click here for more information. A Queen's University Belfast scientist, whose research is now used worldwide in blood analysing equipment, has made another...
19 Aug 2008
Professor A.P. De Silva from Queen's University Belfast. Click here for more information. A Queen's University Belfast scientist, whose research is now used worldwide in blood analysing equipment, has made another...
Researchers study link between E. coli and distillers' grains
21 Aug 2008
MANHATTAN, KAN. -- A research team headed by Kansas State University E. coli O157:H7 expert T.G. Nagaraja has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study both the connection between feeding distillers' grains and E. coli 0157:H7...
21 Aug 2008
MANHATTAN, KAN. -- A research team headed by Kansas State University E. coli O157:H7 expert T.G. Nagaraja has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study both the connection between feeding distillers' grains and E. coli 0157:H7...
UC Davis researchers define characteristics, treatment options for XXYY syndrome
22 Aug 2008
Impetus to develop complete description of syndrome driven by parents' frustration over lack of information (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and The Children's Hospital in Denver have conducted the...
22 Aug 2008
Impetus to develop complete description of syndrome driven by parents' frustration over lack of information (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and The Children's Hospital in Denver have conducted the...
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