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'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, reports BC psychologist
15 Apr 2009
Modern focus on competition, drive to win may have contributed to economic woes IMAGE: This is Boston College psychology Professor Peter Gray. Click here for more...
15 Apr 2009
Modern focus on competition, drive to win may have contributed to economic woes IMAGE: This is Boston College psychology Professor Peter Gray. Click here for more...
Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope
16 Apr 2009
University of Leicester team examine potential of new technology to pave way for development of a combined diagnosis/therapeutic strategy IMAGE: This is a transmission electron micrograph of the magnetic...
16 Apr 2009
University of Leicester team examine potential of new technology to pave way for development of a combined diagnosis/therapeutic strategy IMAGE: This is a transmission electron micrograph of the magnetic...
Open access research celebrated
14 Apr 2009
The winners of BioMed Central's 3rd Annual Research Awards were announced at an awards ceremony at London's Barbican Centre last week. The event was attended by shortlisted authors, eminent researchers from around the world, open access...
14 Apr 2009
The winners of BioMed Central's 3rd Annual Research Awards were announced at an awards ceremony at London's Barbican Centre last week. The event was attended by shortlisted authors, eminent researchers from around the world, open access...
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- April 8, 2009
13 Apr 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
13 Apr 2009
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) Weekly PressPac from the Office of Public Affairs. It has news from ACS' 34 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please credit the individual journal or the American...
'Ocean glider' home after two-month voyage
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Electronics engineer Lindsay MacDonald (left) and oceanographer Ken Ridgway stand with the ocean glider, recovered east of the Tasman Peninsula on Tuesday after its two-month sampling the East Australian...
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Electronics engineer Lindsay MacDonald (left) and oceanographer Ken Ridgway stand with the ocean glider, recovered east of the Tasman Peninsula on Tuesday after its two-month sampling the East Australian...
Tijuana injection drug users on collision course for HIV and TB
15 Apr 2009
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mexican researchers and health officials, shows that as many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test positive for...
15 Apr 2009
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mexican researchers and health officials, shows that as many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test positive for...
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...
2009 ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship award announcement
15 Apr 2009
SURF http://www.aspb.org/education/undergrad.cfm fellowships assist promising undergraduate students with meaningful research in plant biology early in their college careers. Ideally, students should conduct their SURF-funded research the...
15 Apr 2009
SURF http://www.aspb.org/education/undergrad.cfm fellowships assist promising undergraduate students with meaningful research in plant biology early in their college careers. Ideally, students should conduct their SURF-funded research the...
Diet secrets of 'the Royals'
13 Apr 2009
Elephant tail hair isotopes show cattle out-munch pachyderms IMAGE: A female African elephant walks in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve. Note the hairs on her tail. Scientists from the University of Utah and...
13 Apr 2009
Elephant tail hair isotopes show cattle out-munch pachyderms IMAGE: A female African elephant walks in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve. Note the hairs on her tail. Scientists from the University of Utah and...
2009 underwater photography contest winners announced
15 Apr 2009
University of Miami's Rosenstiel School Hosts 5th Annual Photo Contest, Entries More Than Double to 918 Images from 23 Countries IMAGE: University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science...
15 Apr 2009
University of Miami's Rosenstiel School Hosts 5th Annual Photo Contest, Entries More Than Double to 918 Images from 23 Countries IMAGE: University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science...
Megadroughts in sub-Saharan Africa normal for the region
16 Apr 2009
Global warming may intensify the age-old pattern of recurring severe droughts IMAGE: Winston Wheeler, a researcher at the University of Arizona, collecting tree cores from a partially submerged tropical tree at...
16 Apr 2009
Global warming may intensify the age-old pattern of recurring severe droughts IMAGE: Winston Wheeler, a researcher at the University of Arizona, collecting tree cores from a partially submerged tropical tree at...
Biosphere 2 experiment shows how fast heat could kill drought-stressed trees
13 Apr 2009
IMAGE: University of Arizona ecologist Henry Adams prepares to move a mature pine tree transported from New Mexico into Biosphere 2, seen in the background, for a climate-controlled experiment on how... Click...
13 Apr 2009
IMAGE: University of Arizona ecologist Henry Adams prepares to move a mature pine tree transported from New Mexico into Biosphere 2, seen in the background, for a climate-controlled experiment on how... Click...
Melatonin is an effective treatment for sleep problems in children with autism
15 Apr 2009
Westchester, Ill. - A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine determined that over-the-counter melatonin medication can shorted the length of time it takes for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD),...
15 Apr 2009
Westchester, Ill. - A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine determined that over-the-counter melatonin medication can shorted the length of time it takes for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD),...
Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Tumor cells treated with nanoparticles plus chlorotoxin were the only ones unable to elongate and slip through the body, as shown in the third column. The other columns show cancer... Click here for...
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Tumor cells treated with nanoparticles plus chlorotoxin were the only ones unable to elongate and slip through the body, as shown in the third column. The other columns show cancer... Click here for...
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...
Biofuels could hasten climate change
14 Apr 2009
Study finds it will take 75+ years for carbon emissions saved through biofuel use to compensate for the carbon lost April 14, 2009 – A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of...
14 Apr 2009
Study finds it will take 75+ years for carbon emissions saved through biofuel use to compensate for the carbon lost April 14, 2009 – A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of...
Brown researchers create novel technique to sequence human genome
15 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Xinsheng Sean Ling is physics professor at Brown University. Click here for more information. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Since the human genome was...
15 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Xinsheng Sean Ling is physics professor at Brown University. Click here for more information. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Since the human genome was...
K-State using Second Life island to help high school students learn earth science
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: TerraWorld, an island in Second Life, is helping students learn geology in an interactive ways. Seeing different life forms, like this dinosaur, indicates which time period their avatars are in. Click...
16 Apr 2009
IMAGE: TerraWorld, an island in Second Life, is helping students learn geology in an interactive ways. Seeing different life forms, like this dinosaur, indicates which time period their avatars are in. Click...
Measuring the immeasurable: New study links heat transfer, bond strength of materials
13 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered there is a strong correlation between the speed at which heat moves between two touching materials and how strongly those materials are...
13 Apr 2009
IMAGE: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered there is a strong correlation between the speed at which heat moves between two touching materials and how strongly those materials are...
Dannie Heineman prizes for 2009
15 Apr 2009
College Park, MD, 15 April 2009 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announces the winners of the 2009 Dannie Heineman Prizes for Mathematical Physics and for Astrophysics. The mathematical prize will be shared by Carlo Becchi of the...
15 Apr 2009
College Park, MD, 15 April 2009 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announces the winners of the 2009 Dannie Heineman Prizes for Mathematical Physics and for Astrophysics. The mathematical prize will be shared by Carlo Becchi of 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...
New study warns damage to forests from climate change could cost the planet its major keeper of...
16 Apr 2009
At UN forum on forests, scientists release analysis showing forests at risk of becoming net sources of carbon instead of net sinks IMAGE: Efforts to manage tropical forests more sustainably must take into...
16 Apr 2009
At UN forum on forests, scientists release analysis showing forests at risk of becoming net sources of carbon instead of net sinks IMAGE: Efforts to manage tropical forests more sustainably must take into...
UC San Diego and UC Davis team to boost solar power in California
15 Apr 2009
The University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with UC Davis will use a two-year, $700,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to expand the development and use of solar energy in the state. The new California Solar Energy...
15 Apr 2009
The University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with UC Davis will use a two-year, $700,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to expand the development and use of solar energy in the state. The new California Solar Energy...
American Association for Cancer Research hosts 100th annual meeting
14 Apr 2009
DENVER – Cutting-edge breakthroughs in molecular targeting, translational cancer research and cancer prevention will take center stage when nearly 17,000 scientists from around the world gather at the Colorado Convention Center, April...
14 Apr 2009
DENVER – Cutting-edge breakthroughs in molecular targeting, translational cancer research and cancer prevention will take center stage when nearly 17,000 scientists from around the world gather at the Colorado Convention Center, April...
Singapore scientists synthesize gold to shed light on cells' inner workings
16 Apr 2009
Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research...
16 Apr 2009
Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research...
CCNY neuroscientists get $2.8M to study multisensory integration deficit, autism link
13 Apr 2009
Grant from NIH/National Institute of Mental Health NEW YORK, April 13, 2009 – Drs. Sophie Molholm and John Foxe, neuroscientists at The City College of New York (CCNY), have been awarded $2.8 million over five years from the National...
13 Apr 2009
Grant from NIH/National Institute of Mental Health NEW YORK, April 13, 2009 – Drs. Sophie Molholm and John Foxe, neuroscientists at The City College of New York (CCNY), have been awarded $2.8 million over five years from the National...
UCSB receives $6.1 million for diamond-based quantum information processing and communication
15 Apr 2009
IMAGE: David Awschalom is a researcher at University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– In the quest for...
15 Apr 2009
IMAGE: David Awschalom is a researcher at University of California - Santa Barbara. Click here for more information. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– In the quest for...
Companion robots will improve elderly people's quality of life in smart homes
15 Apr 2009
The Tecnalia Health and Quality of Life Unit is taking part in the Companionable project, the aim of which is to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of life of elderly and disabled persons using robotised solutions designed to operate...
15 Apr 2009
The Tecnalia Health and Quality of Life Unit is taking part in the Companionable project, the aim of which is to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of life of elderly and disabled persons using robotised solutions designed to operate...
Scientists demonstrate laser with controlled polarization
13 Apr 2009
Innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications IMAGE: Animation of the demonstration of a laser in which the direction of oscillation of the emitted radiation, known as...
13 Apr 2009
Innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications IMAGE: Animation of the demonstration of a laser in which the direction of oscillation of the emitted radiation, known as...
National Science Board recommends comprehensive federal strategy to transform US energy economy
14 Apr 2009
NSB seeks review and public comments through May 1 IMAGE: A promising source: cultured microalgae in deserts produce lipids for conversion to biodiesel fuel. Click here for more...
14 Apr 2009
NSB seeks review and public comments through May 1 IMAGE: A promising source: cultured microalgae in deserts produce lipids for conversion to biodiesel fuel. Click here for more...
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