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International meeting for autism research reports latest on autism causes and treatments
6 May 2009
900 research and educational presentations, lectures and panel discussions including 30 presentations/demonstrations on innovative technologies for autism CHICAGO, IL – The 8th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) will...
6 May 2009
900 research and educational presentations, lectures and panel discussions including 30 presentations/demonstrations on innovative technologies for autism CHICAGO, IL – The 8th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) will...
American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- April 29, 2009
4 May 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...
4 May 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...
Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
4 May 2009
Data is conclusive, says Keller, who hopes to move on from decades-old controversy IMAGE: Much of the new data comes from a trench dug out of low-lying hills in northeastern Mexico at a site called El...
4 May 2009
Data is conclusive, says Keller, who hopes to move on from decades-old controversy IMAGE: Much of the new data comes from a trench dug out of low-lying hills in northeastern Mexico at a site called El...
May 2009 Geology media highlights
4 May 2009
Boulder, CO, USA - Hot topics include (1) opposition to the idea that chevron-shaped dunes are indicative of mega-tsunamis; (2) discovery of a complex microbial community that extends the fossil record of cavity-dwelling life by more than 1.5...
4 May 2009
Boulder, CO, USA - Hot topics include (1) opposition to the idea that chevron-shaped dunes are indicative of mega-tsunamis; (2) discovery of a complex microbial community that extends the fossil record of cavity-dwelling life by more than 1.5...
AGU Journal highlights -- May 6, 2009
6 May 2009
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published or are "in press" (accepted, but not yet published) in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) or the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (JGR-D). 1....
6 May 2009
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published or are "in press" (accepted, but not yet published) in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) or the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (JGR-D). 1....
EU to conclude deal to stop illegal timber extraction from Republic of Congo
9 May 2009
First bilateral pact with Congo Basin nation uses power of European Market to curb rise of illegal timber harvests in Africa IMAGE: This is timber in different stages of the export process in the Republic of...
9 May 2009
First bilateral pact with Congo Basin nation uses power of European Market to curb rise of illegal timber harvests in Africa IMAGE: This is timber in different stages of the export process in the Republic of...
Ocean carbon: A dent in the iron hypothesis
6 May 2009
Plankton blooms do not send atmospheric carbon to the deep ocean IMAGE: This is Jim Bishop and Todd Wood with a recent version of the Carbon Explorer float, which can descend to a kilometer beneath the surface,...
6 May 2009
Plankton blooms do not send atmospheric carbon to the deep ocean IMAGE: This is Jim Bishop and Todd Wood with a recent version of the Carbon Explorer float, which can descend to a kilometer beneath the surface,...
ALMA telescope passes major milestone with successful antenna link
6 May 2009
IMAGE: In this image, we see a screenshot of the full correlator output for a single one-second integration. The top two windows are the spectral shapes of the signals from the... Click here for more...
6 May 2009
IMAGE: In this image, we see a screenshot of the full correlator output for a single one-second integration. The top two windows are the spectral shapes of the signals from the... Click here for more...
Searching for pollution in the Caribbean
5 May 2009
IAEA-supported project delivers know-how and insight into an environmental problem The hot Caribbean sun bore down on a Honduran naval boat as it criss-crossed the waters of Puerto Cortes, Honduras´ main port and one of Central...
5 May 2009
IAEA-supported project delivers know-how and insight into an environmental problem The hot Caribbean sun bore down on a Honduran naval boat as it criss-crossed the waters of Puerto Cortes, Honduras´ main port and one of Central...
Faster computers, electronic devices possible after scientists create large-area graphene on copper
7 May 2009
IMAGE: This is a scanning electron microscope image of copper foil fully covered with graphene. Click here for more information. AUSTIN, Texas—The creation of large-area...
7 May 2009
IMAGE: This is a scanning electron microscope image of copper foil fully covered with graphene. Click here for more information. AUSTIN, Texas—The creation of large-area...
Scientists determine the structure of highly efficient light-harvesting molecules in green bacteria
4 May 2009
IMAGE: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) results enabled the scientists to determine that the chlorophyll molecules (shown in green and orange) in green bacteria are arranged in helical spirals, and...
4 May 2009
IMAGE: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) results enabled the scientists to determine that the chlorophyll molecules (shown in green and orange) in green bacteria are arranged in helical spirals, and...
Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots
4 May 2009
IMAGE: Research team, left to right, Xiao Cheng Zeng, UNL, Kenji Yasuoka, Keio University, Takahiro Koishi, University of Fukui. Click here for more information. Self-cleaning...
4 May 2009
IMAGE: Research team, left to right, Xiao Cheng Zeng, UNL, Kenji Yasuoka, Keio University, Takahiro Koishi, University of Fukui. Click here for more information. Self-cleaning...
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 research study reveals origin of volcano's carbon-based lavas
6 May 2009
Researchers analyze gas samples collected from Tasmanian volcano to determine processes at work in Earth's upper mantle IMAGE: Researchers from the University of New Mexico camped inside the active crater of...
6 May 2009
Researchers analyze gas samples collected from Tasmanian volcano to determine processes at work in Earth's upper mantle IMAGE: Researchers from the University of New Mexico camped inside the active crater of...
UW will be prominent in space shuttle mission to service Hubble telescope
6 May 2009
IMAGE: Gregory C. Johnson, an alumnus of the UW's aeronautics and astronautics program, will pilot the shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Click here for more...
6 May 2009
IMAGE: Gregory C. Johnson, an alumnus of the UW's aeronautics and astronautics program, will pilot the shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Click here for more...
Current level of oyster farming unlikely to have substantial impact on Drakes Estero ecosystem
5 May 2009
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of Drakes...
5 May 2009
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of Drakes...
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...
NASA's THEMIS: 'singing' electrons help create and destroy 'killer' electrons
7 May 2009
IMAGE: This is an artist's concept of the THEMIS main orbits, represented by red ovals. Blue lines represent Earth's magnetic field over the night side. The white flash represents energy released... Click here...
7 May 2009
IMAGE: This is an artist's concept of the THEMIS main orbits, represented by red ovals. Blue lines represent Earth's magnetic field over the night side. The white flash represents energy released... Click here...
First jaguar photo taken at Smithsonian Research Station in Panama
4 May 2009
IMAGE: The first photo taken of a jaguar, Panthera onca, on the Barro Colorado Island, in Panama. Click here for more information. Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the...
4 May 2009
IMAGE: The first photo taken of a jaguar, Panthera onca, on the Barro Colorado Island, in Panama. Click here for more information. Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the...
Academic Pediatric Association recognizes Children's National Medical Center with national award
4 May 2009
Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health recognized as a national leader in improving health care to underserved children WASHINGTON—Children's National Medical Center is the recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association's (APA)...
4 May 2009
Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health recognized as a national leader in improving health care to underserved children WASHINGTON—Children's National Medical Center is the recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association's (APA)...
Study plunges standard theory of cosmology into crisis
5 May 2009
New insights into Milky Way satellite galaxies raise awkward questions for cosmologists This release is available in German. As modern cosmologists rely more and more on the ominous "dark matter" to explain otherwise inexplicable observations,...
5 May 2009
New insights into Milky Way satellite galaxies raise awkward questions for cosmologists This release is available in German. As modern cosmologists rely more and more on the ominous "dark matter" to explain otherwise inexplicable observations,...
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...
Research shows wide age gap between possible and actual autism diagnosis
4 May 2009
VIDEO: Research from Paul Shattuck at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis finds that the average age for children being diagnosed with autism... Click here for...
4 May 2009
VIDEO: Research from Paul Shattuck at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis finds that the average age for children being diagnosed with autism... Click here for...
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...
Study shows benefits of anti-clotting medications reduced by common heartburn drugs
6 May 2009
Proton pump inhibitors interfere with anti-clotting protection of clopidogrel LAS VEGAS, NV (May 6, 2009) — The anti-clotting action of the medication clopidogrel (Plavix) can be compromised by common drugs for the treatment of heartburn...
6 May 2009
Proton pump inhibitors interfere with anti-clotting protection of clopidogrel LAS VEGAS, NV (May 6, 2009) — The anti-clotting action of the medication clopidogrel (Plavix) can be compromised by common drugs for the treatment of heartburn...
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 –...
New Antarctic seabed sonar images reveal clues to sea-level rise
5 May 2009
Most comprehensive seabed image of Amundsen Sea Embayment IMAGE: British Antarctic Survey ship RRS James Clark Ross is equipped with sonar technology to map the seabed. Click here for more...
5 May 2009
Most comprehensive seabed image of Amundsen Sea Embayment IMAGE: British Antarctic Survey ship RRS James Clark Ross is equipped with sonar technology to map the seabed. Click here for more...
eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaelogist finds
4 May 2009
Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ago. "My greatest fear was that the Internet would...
4 May 2009
Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ago. "My greatest fear was that the Internet would...
Study of arsenic in drinking water and cancer risk
6 May 2009
Among 71 new grants announced by Canadian Cancer Society Toronto – A cancer prevention study, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society's new Prevention Initiative, will investigate the risk of bladder and kidney cancer associated with...
6 May 2009
Among 71 new grants announced by Canadian Cancer Society Toronto – A cancer prevention study, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society's new Prevention Initiative, will investigate the risk of bladder and kidney cancer associated with...
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