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American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- August 12, 2009
18 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
18 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 19, 2009
19 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
19 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 12, 2009
18 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
18 Aug 2009
This issue of the American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly Press Package (PressPac) is a special edition with selections from scientific presentations scheduled for the ACS' 238th National Meeting in Washington D.C. Our regular...
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
23 Aug 2009
Growing community of citizen scientists donate over 30,000 images; Now 150,000+ pages with expert-vetted content IMAGE: Logo of the Encyclopedia of Life Click here for more...
23 Aug 2009
Growing community of citizen scientists donate over 30,000 images; Now 150,000+ pages with expert-vetted content IMAGE: Logo of the Encyclopedia of Life Click here for more...
Learning how to cope with burn injuries
20 Aug 2009
NYC Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta opens the 21st Annual Phoenix Society's World Burn Congress for Burn Survivors NEW YORK (Aug. 27-29, 2009) -- More than half a million Americans are treated for burn injuries every year, but many do not...
20 Aug 2009
NYC Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta opens the 21st Annual Phoenix Society's World Burn Congress for Burn Survivors NEW YORK (Aug. 27-29, 2009) -- More than half a million Americans are treated for burn injuries every year, but many do not...
UGA, UPR grant license for long-persistence glow materials, in any color
17 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The late Professor William Yen, Graham Perdue Chair in Physics at the University of Georgia, was a pioneer in the field of long-persistence phosphorescence. Click here for more...
17 Aug 2009
IMAGE: The late Professor William Yen, Graham Perdue Chair in Physics at the University of Georgia, was a pioneer in the field of long-persistence phosphorescence. Click here for more...
IU discovers stone tools, rare animal bones -- clues to Caribbean's earliest inhabitants
18 Aug 2009
This release is also available in Spanish. IMAGE: Jessica Keller holds the primate skull found in the Padre Nuestro Cavern. Click here for more information. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. --...
18 Aug 2009
This release is also available in Spanish. IMAGE: Jessica Keller holds the primate skull found in the Padre Nuestro Cavern. Click here for more information. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. --...
Ghostwriting documents now fully available on PLoS Medicine Web site
21 Aug 2009
Press release from PLoS Medicine Today, PLoS Medicine (http://www.plosmedicine.org) places in the public domain all documents – around 1500 - released after the journal and The New York Times intervention in the Prempro case. The...
21 Aug 2009
Press release from PLoS Medicine Today, PLoS Medicine (http://www.plosmedicine.org) places in the public domain all documents – around 1500 - released after the journal and The New York Times intervention in the Prempro case. The...
Nuclear fusion research key to advancing computer chips
18 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Nuclear engineer Ahmed Hassanein works at his Purdue lab, where researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to develop a new type of "nanolithography " for creating...
18 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Nuclear engineer Ahmed Hassanein works at his Purdue lab, where researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to develop a new type of "nanolithography " for creating...
Asia faces food shortage by 2050 without water reform
17 Aug 2009
Water experts warn that the region must either improve management of currently irrigated lands or rely on costly importation of cereals from other regions IMAGE: This is an example of the irrigation in...
17 Aug 2009
Water experts warn that the region must either improve management of currently irrigated lands or rely on costly importation of cereals from other regions IMAGE: This is an example of the irrigation in...
Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries, study finds
20 Aug 2009
IMAGE: These maps show projected changes in frequency and magnitude of climate extremes. A Purdue team found that the occurrence and magnitude of what are currently the 30-year-maximum values for wet,... Click...
20 Aug 2009
IMAGE: These maps show projected changes in frequency and magnitude of climate extremes. A Purdue team found that the occurrence and magnitude of what are currently the 30-year-maximum values for wet,... Click...
NASA, AFOSR test environmentally friendly rocket propellant
21 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a photograph of the ALICE flight-vehicle assembled on the launch rail. It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum diameter high power rocketry kit. Click here for more...
21 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a photograph of the ALICE flight-vehicle assembled on the launch rail. It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum diameter high power rocketry kit. Click here for more...
Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea
20 Aug 2009
Orbs lobbed by mysterious worms burst into brilliant light, thought to be a defensive measure IMAGE: The transparent body of the worm Swima bombiviridisallows examination of internal anatomy without dissection....
20 Aug 2009
Orbs lobbed by mysterious worms burst into brilliant light, thought to be a defensive measure IMAGE: The transparent body of the worm Swima bombiviridisallows examination of internal anatomy without dissection....
Scrubbing sulfur
18 Aug 2009
New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions VIDEO: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist David Heldebrant demonstrates how a new process called reversible acid gas capture...
18 Aug 2009
New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions VIDEO: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist David Heldebrant demonstrates how a new process called reversible acid gas capture...
Study of 16 developing countries shows climate change could deepen poverty
20 Aug 2009
IMAGE: These maps show projected changes in frequency and magnitude of climate extremes. A Purdue team found that the occurrence and magnitude of what are currently the 30-year-maximum values for wet,... Click...
20 Aug 2009
IMAGE: These maps show projected changes in frequency and magnitude of climate extremes. A Purdue team found that the occurrence and magnitude of what are currently the 30-year-maximum values for wet,... Click...
Marshfield Clinic saves Medicare millions while improving quality of care
18 Aug 2009
MARSHFIELD, WI –Marshfield Clinic has improved the quality of health care it delivers to patients while decreasing health care costs in the third performance year of a five-year Medicare demonstration project, the Centers for Medicare...
18 Aug 2009
MARSHFIELD, WI –Marshfield Clinic has improved the quality of health care it delivers to patients while decreasing health care costs in the third performance year of a five-year Medicare demonstration project, the Centers for Medicare...
Iowa State faculty attract $4.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants
21 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Emily Smith, an Iowa State University assistant professor of chemistry, has won a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant that's supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant...
21 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Emily Smith, an Iowa State University assistant professor of chemistry, has won a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant that's supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant...
Millionths of a second can cost millions of dollars: A new way to track network delays
20 Aug 2009
University of California, San Diego, and Purdue University computer scientists present their network monitoring invention on August 20, 2009, at SIGCOMM IMAGE: Computer scientists have developed an inexpensive...
20 Aug 2009
University of California, San Diego, and Purdue University computer scientists present their network monitoring invention on August 20, 2009, at SIGCOMM IMAGE: Computer scientists have developed an inexpensive...
Case Western Reserve University receives $4M from the NIBIB
19 Aug 2009
Funding to support the Center for Synchrotron Biosciences CLEVELAND – August 19, 2009 –The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and...
19 Aug 2009
Funding to support the Center for Synchrotron Biosciences CLEVELAND – August 19, 2009 –The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and...
General tumor marker test now offered by GenWay clinical laboratory
21 Aug 2009
General tumor test validated and now available through physician (San Diego, CA) August 21, 2009 – GenWay Clinical Laboratory, a US-based diagnostic company with CLIA certification, has validated a general tumor marker test in their...
21 Aug 2009
General tumor test validated and now available through physician (San Diego, CA) August 21, 2009 – GenWay Clinical Laboratory, a US-based diagnostic company with CLIA certification, has validated a general tumor marker test in their...
Novel polymer could improve protein-based drugs
19 Aug 2009
DURHAM, N.C. – A new method for attaching a large protective polymer molecule to a protein appears to improve protein drugs significantly. Bioengineers at Duke University developed the new approach and demonstrated in an animal model...
19 Aug 2009
DURHAM, N.C. – A new method for attaching a large protective polymer molecule to a protein appears to improve protein drugs significantly. Bioengineers at Duke University developed the new approach and demonstrated in an animal model...
NSF Emerging Frontiers' program supports development of smart materials based on study of fish
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Virginia Tech Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Michael Philen is the principal investigator in an interdisciplinary, three-university, National Science Foundation study to create...
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Virginia Tech Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Michael Philen is the principal investigator in an interdisciplinary, three-university, National Science Foundation study to create...
Technology Review names Carnegie Mellon's Treuille as a top young innovator
18 Aug 2009
PITTSBURGH—Adrien Treuille, an assistant professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University who specializes in real-time computer simulation techniques, has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of...
18 Aug 2009
PITTSBURGH—Adrien Treuille, an assistant professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University who specializes in real-time computer simulation techniques, has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of...
Less than 50 percent of women with abnormal paps receive follow-up care: study
20 Aug 2009
Researchers find gap in cancer screening in Ontario based on income TORONTO, Ont., August 20, 2009 — Less than half of Ontario women with abnormal Pap tests receive recommended and potentially life-saving follow-up care, according to a...
20 Aug 2009
Researchers find gap in cancer screening in Ontario based on income TORONTO, Ont., August 20, 2009 — Less than half of Ontario women with abnormal Pap tests receive recommended and potentially life-saving follow-up care, according to a...
Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests
17 Aug 2009
Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that appears online Aug....
17 Aug 2009
Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that appears online Aug....
Those dog days of August: 3 times the heat by 2050?
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Scientists at Climate Central have analyzed climate change projections made with global climate models. Scientific literature based on these models anticipates much more frequent occurrences of hot...
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: Scientists at Climate Central have analyzed climate change projections made with global climate models. Scientific literature based on these models anticipates much more frequent occurrences of hot...
Sydney climate partnership wins top prize
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a map of areas in Sydney which could be vulnerable to climate change. Click here for more information. A team of CSIRO, University of the Sunshine Coast, WWF and...
19 Aug 2009
IMAGE: This is a map of areas in Sydney which could be vulnerable to climate change. Click here for more information. A team of CSIRO, University of the Sunshine Coast, WWF and...
Syracuse University researcher to present 'Shipwrecks as Fossils' at AAAS Pacific Division meeting
17 Aug 2009
Mariners call the continental margin off the North Carolina coast the "graveyard of the Atlantic." Syracuse University's first Professor of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Cathryn R. Newton, sees the area as rich with fossils for paleontologists,...
17 Aug 2009
Mariners call the continental margin off the North Carolina coast the "graveyard of the Atlantic." Syracuse University's first Professor of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Cathryn R. Newton, sees the area as rich with fossils for paleontologists,...
Ocean-drilling expedition cites new evidence related to origin and evolution of seismogenic faults
17 Aug 2009
NanTroSEIZE science party IMAGE: Dr. Michael Strasser (center, MARUM at Bremen University, Germany) and science party observe core sample recovered from Nankai Trough at the laboratory on the Chikyu during IODP...
17 Aug 2009
NanTroSEIZE science party IMAGE: Dr. Michael Strasser (center, MARUM at Bremen University, Germany) and science party observe core sample recovered from Nankai Trough at the laboratory on the Chikyu during IODP...
10th Functional Genomics: Chemical Biology 2009
21 Aug 2009
A cure for cystic fibrosis, HIV-fighting 'Trojan horses', new pharmaceuticals from the ocean. Chemical biologists use new and innovative approaches to discover medications of the future. On 24 August, some of the field's most prominent...
21 Aug 2009
A cure for cystic fibrosis, HIV-fighting 'Trojan horses', new pharmaceuticals from the ocean. Chemical biologists use new and innovative approaches to discover medications of the future. On 24 August, some of the field's most prominent...
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