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Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of 'natural' animal sizes, abundance
24 May 2009
Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today's imagination This release is available in Chinese. IMAGE: This Byzantine image from the 11th century shows night fishing...
24 May 2009
Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today's imagination This release is available in Chinese. IMAGE: This Byzantine image from the 11th century shows night fishing...
FDA grants approval for use of RISPERDAL CONSTA as both a monotherapy and adjunctive therapy in...
18 May 2009
RISPERDAL® CONSTA® is the first and only long-acting antipsychotic therapy available for Bipolar I Disorder Titusville, N.J., May 18, 2009 – Janssen®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced...
18 May 2009
RISPERDAL® CONSTA® is the first and only long-acting antipsychotic therapy available for Bipolar I Disorder Titusville, N.J., May 18, 2009 – Janssen®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced...
Novel approach estimates nanoparticles in environment
20 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Christine Robichaud from Duke University. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.C. – Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being...
20 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Christine Robichaud from Duke University. Click here for more information. DURHAM, N.C. – Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being...
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 13, 2009
18 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...
18 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...
RISPERDAL CONSTA (risperidone) long-acting treatment delayed the time to relapse in patients with...
19 May 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2009 – New data demonstrate that maintenance therapy with RISPERDAL® CONSTA® (risperidone) Long-Acting Treatment (RLAT) significantly delayed the time to relapse compared to placebo in patients with Bipolar...
19 May 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2009 – New data demonstrate that maintenance therapy with RISPERDAL® CONSTA® (risperidone) Long-Acting Treatment (RLAT) significantly delayed the time to relapse compared to placebo in patients with Bipolar...
Hunt for 'climate-ready' crops accelerates as organizations search seed collections worldwide
21 May 2009
Amid Predictions that Climate Change Will Create Hostile Growing Conditions, partners Look to Crop Collections for future varieties ROME, ITALY (22 May 2009)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today numerous new grant awards to...
21 May 2009
Amid Predictions that Climate Change Will Create Hostile Growing Conditions, partners Look to Crop Collections for future varieties ROME, ITALY (22 May 2009)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today numerous new grant awards to...
World largest telescope at NJIT's Big Bear captures sun's magnetic field better
19 May 2009
IMAGE: This image was degraded by the researchers to show what the old telescope would have seen. Click here for more information. NJIT's new 1.6-meter clear aperture solar...
19 May 2009
IMAGE: This image was degraded by the researchers to show what the old telescope would have seen. Click here for more information. NJIT's new 1.6-meter clear aperture solar...
DFG establishes 14 new research training groups
20 May 2009
Doctoral researchers to earn doctorates in topics such as globalization, nanostructures and civil security applications in structured programs To further promote young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German...
20 May 2009
Doctoral researchers to earn doctorates in topics such as globalization, nanostructures and civil security applications in structured programs To further promote young researchers in Germany, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German...
Multiferroics -- making a switch the electric way
22 May 2009
IMAGE: Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Chan-Ho Yang of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division successfully demonstrated that electric fields can be used as ON/OFF switches in doped multiferroic films, a development...
22 May 2009
IMAGE: Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Chan-Ho Yang of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division successfully demonstrated that electric fields can be used as ON/OFF switches in doped multiferroic films, a development...
Cosmology's best standard candles get even better
18 May 2009
A simple new method standardizes the brightness of Type Ia supernovae IMAGE: The SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) was designed and integrated by SNfactory collaborators based at the University...
18 May 2009
A simple new method standardizes the brightness of Type Ia supernovae IMAGE: The SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) was designed and integrated by SNfactory collaborators based at the University...
Tumor growth and chemo response may be predicted by mathematical model
18 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Hermann Frieboes, Ph.D., from the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston. Click here for more information. The aggressiveness of...
18 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Hermann Frieboes, Ph.D., from the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston. Click here for more information. The aggressiveness of...
Thieving whale caught on video gives rare clues about hunting strategy, sound production
21 May 2009
Marine mammal videotaped stealing fish provides information about animal’s physical features IMAGE: These are snapshots from the unique May 31, 2006, sperm whale video off Sitka, Alaska. Click here for...
21 May 2009
Marine mammal videotaped stealing fish provides information about animal’s physical features IMAGE: These are snapshots from the unique May 31, 2006, sperm whale video off Sitka, Alaska. Click here for...
AGU Joint Assembly: Final Press Conference Schedule, Call-In Instructions
21 May 2009
1. Press Conferences The following schedule of press conferences is subject to change, before or during Joint Assembly. Press conferences may be added or dropped, their titles and emphases may change, and participants may change. This...
21 May 2009
1. Press Conferences The following schedule of press conferences is subject to change, before or during Joint Assembly. Press conferences may be added or dropped, their titles and emphases may change, and participants may change. This...
Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature
20 May 2009
Scripps scientists find unexpected role for proteins: antioxidants IMAGE: Amphioxus fluorescence is only very intense in specific areas of the mouth. The remainder of the body shows less or no fluorescence. ...
20 May 2009
Scripps scientists find unexpected role for proteins: antioxidants IMAGE: Amphioxus fluorescence is only very intense in specific areas of the mouth. The remainder of the body shows less or no fluorescence. ...
Next generation of health care workers train through medical simulation
19 May 2009
Simulation reinforces lessons in safety, communication and teamwork for MU and UMKC students VIDEO: Students are orientated to the medical simulation scenario and then must work together to efficiently treat...
19 May 2009
Simulation reinforces lessons in safety, communication and teamwork for MU and UMKC students VIDEO: Students are orientated to the medical simulation scenario and then must work together to efficiently treat...
NTU students crowned L'Oréal Brandstorm National Champions 2009
22 May 2009
Three students from the Nanyang Business School (NBS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have clinched the title of L'Oréal Brandstorm National Champions 2009. The NBS trio, Magnifique, Ms Britney Cheong Wei Hua, Ms Ng Yi Han and...
22 May 2009
Three students from the Nanyang Business School (NBS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have clinched the title of L'Oréal Brandstorm National Champions 2009. The NBS trio, Magnifique, Ms Britney Cheong Wei Hua, Ms Ng Yi Han and...
Key protein may explain the anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of dietary restriction
21 May 2009
Discovery gives scientists new targets for developing and testing drugs that could extend the healthy years of life A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends...
21 May 2009
Discovery gives scientists new targets for developing and testing drugs that could extend the healthy years of life A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends...
Exposure to 2 languages carries far-reaching benefits
19 May 2009
People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists even when the new...
19 May 2009
People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists even when the new...
Accolade for solar-hydrogen project
18 May 2009
A research project that aims to produce hydrogen on an environmentally friendly and cost-effective basis by using energy from the sun has won a prestigious E.ON research award. The new process of producing 'green' hydrogen uses three abundant...
18 May 2009
A research project that aims to produce hydrogen on an environmentally friendly and cost-effective basis by using energy from the sun has won a prestigious E.ON research award. The new process of producing 'green' hydrogen uses three abundant...
Integrated microbial genomes expert review goes primetime
18 May 2009
Provides expert-driven QC for microbial genome information IMAGE: Isolated from an Antarctic lake and used to study cold adaptation in archaea, M. burtonii cells are imaged with a scanning electronic...
18 May 2009
Provides expert-driven QC for microbial genome information IMAGE: Isolated from an Antarctic lake and used to study cold adaptation in archaea, M. burtonii cells are imaged with a scanning electronic...
There's a sensor in your pocket
19 May 2009
Mobile technologies enable a new generation of citizen scientists Cell phones and other mobile technologies enable a world where people can participate in sensing and analyzing aspects of their lives that were previously invisible....
19 May 2009
Mobile technologies enable a new generation of citizen scientists Cell phones and other mobile technologies enable a world where people can participate in sensing and analyzing aspects of their lives that were previously invisible....
The role of astronomy in antiquity examined in new book
18 May 2009
Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Giza to Easter Island In the new authoritative study of the growing discipline of archaeoastronomy, Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy, Professor Guilio Magli asks, "Was it an...
18 May 2009
Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Giza to Easter Island In the new authoritative study of the growing discipline of archaeoastronomy, Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy, Professor Guilio Magli asks, "Was it an...
Every move you make: Free smart phone app helps you burn calories
18 May 2009
Exercise game devised by UH professor has advantage over treadmills IMAGE: The best way to accurately measure calories expended in physical activity is through a VO2 cardio-pulmonary instrument that determines...
18 May 2009
Exercise game devised by UH professor has advantage over treadmills IMAGE: The best way to accurately measure calories expended in physical activity is through a VO2 cardio-pulmonary instrument that determines...
Accolades for superior program leadership on groundbreaking superconducting degaussing technology
20 May 2009
ONR program officer named a top navy scientist and engineer of the year IMAGE: sSean J. Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition, right, and Dr. Delores M. Etter, former...
20 May 2009
ONR program officer named a top navy scientist and engineer of the year IMAGE: sSean J. Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition, right, and Dr. Delores M. Etter, former...
84 percent of African American and 88 percent of Latino middle class households not financially...
20 May 2009
Millions of families experienced economic decline since 2000; households of color hardest hit New York, NY--As the economic downturn continues, a new report finds that millions of African Americans and Latinos lost economic security between...
20 May 2009
Millions of families experienced economic decline since 2000; households of color hardest hit New York, NY--As the economic downturn continues, a new report finds that millions of African Americans and Latinos lost economic security between...
Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method
19 May 2009
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new way of dating archaeological objects – using fire and water to unlock their 'internal clocks'. The simple method promises to be as significant a technique for dating...
19 May 2009
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new way of dating archaeological objects – using fire and water to unlock their 'internal clocks'. The simple method promises to be as significant a technique for dating...
JCI online early table of contents: May 18, 2009
18 May 2009
EDITOR'S PICK: A molecular link between sleep and weight gain There appears to be a link between sleep and weight control, with some studies indicating that sleep disruption can increase weight gain and others that diet affects sleep. Victor...
18 May 2009
EDITOR'S PICK: A molecular link between sleep and weight gain There appears to be a link between sleep and weight control, with some studies indicating that sleep disruption can increase weight gain and others that diet affects sleep. Victor...
World's largest telescope at NJIT's Big Bear captures sun's magnetic field better
19 May 2009
IMAGE: This image was degraded by the researchers to show what the old telescope would have seen. Click here for more information. NEWARK, May 19, 2009—NJIT’s new...
19 May 2009
IMAGE: This image was degraded by the researchers to show what the old telescope would have seen. Click here for more information. NEWARK, May 19, 2009—NJIT’s new...
Penn Medicine honored for its historic role in the history of microbiology
22 May 2009
(PHILADELPHIA) – The University of Pennsylvania was honored by The American Society for Microbiology last Friday with a plaque dedication ceremony celebrating the designation of its third Milestones in Microbiology site. Formerly known...
22 May 2009
(PHILADELPHIA) – The University of Pennsylvania was honored by The American Society for Microbiology last Friday with a plaque dedication ceremony celebrating the designation of its third Milestones in Microbiology site. Formerly known...
Computer model predicts brain tumor growth and evolution
18 May 2009
IMAGE: Elaine Bearer is a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown University. Click here for more information. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —...
18 May 2009
IMAGE: Elaine Bearer is a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown University. Click here for more information. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —...
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