• Now accepting nominations for the $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
• Innovation attracts new research funding
• Experimental Biology 2004 - Translating the Genome
• Ancient desert markings imaged from orbit
• DFG establishes 14 new research units
• Stroke news tips for Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004
• Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
• Media Advisory 1: 2004 Joint Assembly
• AGI publishes 42nd edition of Directory of Geoscience Departments
• Preventive Medicine 2004 to feature research findings on disease prevention and health promotion
• Preventive Medicine 2004 Annual Meeting
• AACR hosts 95th Annual Meeting
• Brookhaven Lab expects $30 million to support life sciences
• Adolescent survival rates for osteosarcoma have not improved for 20 years
• Stevens works with Lucent in $11.5 million contract from DARPA
• New insights into the evolution of the hindbrain
• UW study: Baby's face lights up emotional center of new mom's brain
• Drugs limit deadly side effects of graft-versus-host disease
• The Academy of Electronic Media earns NSF grant and engineering award for multimedia courseware
• Breakthrough cancer treatment Avastin receives first approval in the US
• Ice sheets caused massive sea level change during late Cretaceous
• Breakthrough mine-detection turns ocean floor 'transparent'
• The fastest stopwatch in the world
• Louisiana Tech students research, showcase alum's exercise invention
• Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
• New ORNL complex wins award for green construction
• Workshop for new synchrotron light source at Brookhaven
• Using soils as filters to prevent 'crypto' from moving to the groundwater
• Earlier diagnosis of schizophrenia improves results of treatment
• New findings on memory could enhance learning
• New map predicts where wolves will attack
• Smoking cessation study at Penn open to volunteers
• New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
• Astronomers find nearest, youngest star with dusty debris disk. But are there planets?
• Depression can lead to back pain
• System to measure carbon dioxide flux from soil patented
• Using water as a lens to shrink chip dimensions
• Tagging faulty genes with fluorescent nanodots
• Standardizing disaster models to help first responders
• Quantum dots deliver photons one at a time
• Current smoke alarms pass life-saving tests
• Unemployment rate for electrical engineers and computer scientists reaches all-time high in 2003
• Oklahoma students win IEEE-USA national award
• Major agreement reached at heart health conference
• Rosetta launch delayed
• Mix of chemicals plus stress damages brain, liver in animals and likely in humans
• Sandia Cooperative Monitoring Center and Arab foundation to identify Iraqi scientific needs
• Researchers decode genome of rabbit fever pathogen
• Astrophysicists use laser guide star adaptive optics
• Astrophysicists observe anomalies in makeup of interplanetary dust particle
• Jefferson Lab nuclear theorist earns Virginia Outstanding Scientist of 2004 Award
• Fermilab hosts virtual Ask-a-Scientist on March 31, 2004
• World's first databank for all living systems
• Risks of HRT could have been revealed much earlier
• Drinking extra fluids during a cold may not be beneficial
• Concerns over the value of animal experiments
• Antisocial behaviour schemes may fail to deliver
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004 (first issue)
• Cough and cold care kits reduce antibiotic use
• AGU journal highlights - 26 February 2004
• Embryonic pig cell transplants halt rat diabetes
• Carbon found to be older than the Solar System
• Science, policy forum focuses on 'mad cow' and related diseases
• Researchers receive NIH grant to open pediatric pharmacology research center
• Marine sponges provide model for nanoscale materials production
• Experts to lecture in US cities this spring about new human origins research
• Purdue chemists 'put the twist' on protein building block
• See Rosetta's launch from your desktop
• Evidence of a 'lost world': Antarctica yields two unknown dinosaur species
• Superflu is being brewed in the lab
• First robot moved by muscle power
• Batteryless implants to monitor heart
• Marsupial among model organisms next in line for sequencing
• Astonishing discovery over the Amazonian rain forest
• Seeking a mechanical solution to nation's number-one children's illness
• Lower social class linked to increased risk of postoperative MRSA infection
• Int'l surveillance system suggests 2002 gastroenteritis outbreaks from new variant norovirus
• Combination drug therapy could substantially improve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
• New tool measures children's own health perceptions
• Texas nonprofit corporation launches vaccine information service
• Capturing cell protein production in action could help fight antibiotic resistance
• Documenting a paradox: Smoke decreases rainfall but ultimately increases its intensity
• ISS to receive experimental figurehead during spacewalk
• Contraception study supports convenience, simplicity
• Converting research into commercial reality
• Large diamonds made from gas are the hardest yet
• Turtles indeed in danger
• Faster carbon turnover in basal food-chain levels in aquatic than terrestrial ecosystems
• New study seeks to establish mechanism between areas of the brain and continence
• Carbohydrates offer some help in muscle protein synthesis, but not enough for the desired effect
• The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners to host 19th Annual Conference
• WHOI chosen one of top 10 places for postdocs to work
• Cell cycle research earns biologist Virginia's top scientist award
• Common epilepsy treatment to be used for bulimia nervosa
• Insights gained from molecular modeling may lead to better insecticides
• UCSB discovery may accelerate new treatment for global health problem
• Patent for snow-penetrating radar
• Asia's bear-sized catfish are disappearing
• UCL study questions basis for treatment of diseases including cancer and arthritis
• St. Jude/Mayo Clinic study finds direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma
• Sophisticated silencing strategies
• Exploring small RNA function
• Study shows positive results for novel, patient-controlled transdermal system (PCTS)...
• Researchers discover new family of Atlantic corals, upset prior coral classifications
• High blood pressure in the lungs a major risk for death in adults with sickle cell disease
• Scientists find HIV-blocking protein in monkeys
• Icahn invests in the future of medicine
• Study shows drug can heal, reduce recurrence of fistulas in Crohn's disease
• Int'l Assoc for Dental Research holds 83rd General Session
• Atmospheric water clusters provide evidence of global warming
• March/April GSA Bulletin media highlights
• DOE issues Arizona Public Service Alternative Fuel (hydrogen) Pilot Plant Design report
• Dana-Farber scientists discover natural blocker of HIV-1 virus
• Whites, blacks respond similarly to common blood pressure drugs
• New Seascape initiative stretches from Costa Rica to Ecuador and protects key marine habitats
• Antibiotic provides promise in treatment of spinal cord injuries
• Smoking in movies returns to 1950s levels
• The ecological equivalent of Ellis Island: from ancestry to biodiversity
• Can we keep the cap on transgene escape?
• Coexistence of identical competitors: an old doctrine challenged
• Japanese patients want more involvement in making treatment decisions
• International critical care doctors release first-ever guidelines for sepsis
• Just how much water do we really need? The answer may depend on our age
• Thawing subarctic permafrost increases greenhouse gas emissions
• First ever legal challenge filed against the patenting of an animal
• New genomics tool boosts diabetes research
• Despite confinement, crop genes can spread fast to wild
• Antibiotics may not be necessary when treating children with a simple skin abscess
• Scientists watch 'movie' of neutron star explosion in real-time
• USC researchers produce a hairier mouse
• Depression on College Campuses conference
• U of M researchers a step further in Type 1 diabetes treatment
• University of Delaware lays keel for new research vessel
• Study moves in on why astronauts suffer bone loss
• Laser guide star teams with adaptive optics to shed light on massive star formation
• Home on the RangeView
• Heart disease associated with oral health
• Purdue scientists: Genetically modified fish could damage ecology
• MCOs shortchange minority Medicaid patients
• Microbial fuel cell cleans, generates electricity from domestic wastewater
• Kidney transplant patients who develop diabetes show poor short-term outcomes
• Computer method identifies potentially active enzymes
• Fuel-cell microbes' double duty: treat water, make energy
• Adolescent brains show reduced reward anticipation
• Women who were sexually abused as children more likely to smoke
• Mayo Clinic discovers important clue to new treatments for lymphoma, breast and colon cancers
• Ethical review of research in developing countries needed
• Who Will Care for Us?
• UC Santa Barbara donates discovery to OneWorld Health that may speed disease treatment
• March Geology and GSA Today media highlights
• Once a myth, now an object of study
• ESA prepares mission to search for life on Mars
• Number of children linked to obesity for mom and dad
• Argonne licenses Anti-Jet-Lag-Diet software to online company
• Inhibition of insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 as promising anticancer therapeutic
• Specialists: Laparoscopy can help infertile women avoid months of unnecessary treatments
• Pacific leatherback turtle could go extinct in 10 years
• A lost world: Two previously unknown dinosaurs discovered in Antarctica
• UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
• OHSU researchers discover way to grow silicon nanowires
• Seamless circular 'nanorings' could be nanoscale sensors, resonators & transducers
• Preventative bed rest during pregnancy may be more harmful than helpful
• Secondary complications and restoration of function in SCI
• A new step in spintronics
• New systems biology center positions UT Southwestern in vanguard of scientific research
• Green Foundation, Trust gives $12.8 million for UT Southwestern comprehensive research center
• Scientists raise caution about effects of HRT on hearing
• UNC study may improve gene therapy safety
• Laws designed to prevent too-short hospital stays allow mothers more time, study shows
• Study predicts conditions for sustainable lion trophy hunting
• UF team builds rough-and-tumble robot car for LA-to-Vegas race
• Well-stocked, staffed school libraries boost FCAT scores, UCF research shows
• Researchers discover new family of Atlantic corals in groundbreaking study
• Antireflection coating for solar collectors patented and undergoing practical tests in California
• Jefferson scientists unlocking secrets of cholesterol transport in body
• Symposium relates long-term ecological research to ecosystem management
• MayoClinic.com recognized as best overall consumer portal
• Lehigh researchers hone radiation source for THz devices
• Panel of experts to host Fred Friendly seminar
• Researchers receive $9.2 million for heart failure studies
• Blue collar workers more apt to smoke, less able to quit
• Study provides new insights about brain organization
• Veterinarians, wildlife experts applaud China's ban of wild bird trade
• Congo plans to safeguard biodiversity with new protected areas
• Oxidation processes basis of interdisciplinary research, graduate training
• Protein helps immune system mount 'instant strike' against deadly flu viruses
• URI oceanographer awarded NSF grant to study function of jellyfish in coastal ecosystems
• Evolution caught in the act
• UF professor: Living choices need new terms for aging baby boomers
• Orange juice fortified with plant sterols found to lower 'bad' cholesterol in healthy volunteers
• Empathy for pain activates pain-sensitive regions of the brain, says UCL study
• Postpartum weight loss classes work
• Women's group seeking nominations for annual media awards
• Rice University's Connexions project pioneers open-source academic publishing
• UK scientists countdown to launch of Europe's comet chaser mission
• System can predict disease spread
• Research adds health benefit to tomatoes
• NASA's SORCE satellite celebrates one year of operations
• Protein inhibits cell growth, may contribute to breast cancer
• Risk of infection higher for piercing ear cartilage than lobe piercing
• Home blood pressure monitoring helps patients manage hypertensive drug treatments
• Combination therapy does not appear to benefit cardiac patients before heart catheter procedure
• Anti-epilepsy drug, topiramate, effective at preventing migraine headaches
• European Summer University on Innovation and Business Intelligence
• Energy organizations urge restored funding to prevent blackouts
• Final media advisory for the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-4)
• ESC in partnership with EU to strive for European consensus on CVD treatment and prevention
• Predators and human health
• Giant black hole rips star apart
• EMBL researchers discover key molecular 'switch' in eye development of medaka fish
• Michelin joins BMW, IBM and Microsoft in Clemson's $90 million-plus research campus
• One in five asthmatics are highly sensitive to aspirin
• NHS reforms have left no time to train surgeons
• Coeliac disease may predict schizophrenia
• Mastectomy dramatically reduces breast cancer risk among women with BRCA1/2 mutations
• Slow-moving ground water slows down water-quality improvements in Chesapeake Bay
• Exposure to low-level magnetic fields causes DNA damage in rat brain cells, researchers find
• Shark guide probes uncharted waters
• University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center studying promising new imaging technology
• Study shows women's medication use higher than expected
• Fair to showcase innovations in natural resources, forestry
• Teamwork done right: New study sheds light on how to avoid destructive conflict
• Study in worms shows how genes linked to complexity in animals
• Demographics not key to adoption of banking technology
• Chips to ease Microsoft's security nightmare
• Robotic, fast fix as effective as full surgery for post-hysterectomy sagging vagina
• Vaccine shows promise for kidney cancer
• Vaccine development against influenza A (h5n1) virus 'should be made a priority'
• Blood test could avoid inappropriate use of antibiotics for respiratory infections (pp 600)
• Celiac disease is a risk factor for schizophrenia
• Study compares clinical diagnoses and autopsy diagnoses in ICU deaths
• Postmenopausal hormone therapy associated with increased risk for developing asthma
• Fiber intake from fruits and cereals may reduce risk of coronary heart disease
• Report finds inactivated influenza virus vaccines effective in children
• Research examines treatment goals for acromegaly patients
• Making a quantum leap in information processing
• Citizens, scientists and policymakers debate ways to restore ocean health at AAAS Town Hall Meeting
• Sandia's miniSAR offers great promise for reconnaissance and precision-guided weapons
• Same-sex couples plan differently for retirement
• Phone fibbing is the most common method for untruths
• New method for converting nitrogen to ammonia
• UK needs more seafarers
• GM nation? Public debate: a valuable experiment
• Protein abundant in human tumors confers resistance to anticancer drugs
• New discovery may lead to therapy for incurable blood cancer
• Biochemical clues to long lifespan revealed
• What are your odds of surviving into your hundreds?
• Food tastes stronger when you're hungry
• Life in the universe takes orders from space
• Chemical turns stem cells into beating heart cells
• AACR and The V Foundation form Translational Cancer Research Alliance
• Brain scans show how placebo eases pain
• Stem cells found in adults may repair nerves
• Imaging technique reveals new structure in retinal cells
• DHEA boosts growth rate of human neural stem cells
• Astrophysicists listen to loops shivering on the sun
• Sepsis drug also protects brain cells
• Increased temperature may prevent winter flounder from rebounding in east coast estuaries
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center acquires biotechnology firm Rheogene Inc.
• UCSF finding advances insight into adult stem cells in human brain
• Insulin decreases inflammation, aids clot-busting drugs in heart attack patients, UB study shows
• Now accepting nominations for the $2,500 M. Powell Lawton Award
• Chemical that turns mouse stem cells into heart muscles discovered by Scripps researchers
• Critical lessons from September 11th
• Cancer cells can compress blood vessels, block entry of drugs
• Targeting cell fusion as possible way to repair organs, deliver cancer vaccines
• Food-borne pathogen traced to lettuce
• Media invitation - European Society of Cardiology Congress 2004
• Traditional Inuit ice treks guided from space
• Hi-tech in space - Rosetta - a space sophisticate
• A fully automatic system for managing e-commerce orders
• Drug addiction, learning share common brain protein
• Save The Tiger Fund announces alliance with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
• Federal grant supports advances in infant heart disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Insulin-producing cells found in a variety of tissues in diabetes
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• Point well taken
• Plant pathologists: Rust disease impacting ornamental plant production
• AGU Journal Highlights - 17 February 2004
• Clinical trial of new TB vaccine begins
• Tip sheet for the February 24, 2004 Neurology
• ESA's Rosetta comet chaser ready for lift-off
• Young people prone to type 2 diabetes exhibit alterations in mitochondrial activity
• Hair dye use increases risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Experimental drug used to treat recurrent ovarian cancer shows promising results
• Studies offer new insight into HIV vaccine development
• Women pleased with preventative mastectomy decision
• Virtual play boosts disabled children's self-image
• Arbour raised bar for prosecuting war crimes, book says
• Double mastectomies significantly lower risk of breast cancer in women who are genetically at risk
• UMHS study finds surgery safer at teaching hospitals
• Jefferson researchers uncover biochemical clues to how cells migrate in embryos
• New, non-radioactive screen for antimalarial compounds
• Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
• Hubble and Keck find farthest known galaxy in the Universe
• Entrepreneurs lift off with ESA's business incubator
• The EMBC agrees to six-year budget for EMBO
• Final of the 2003/04 Research Councils' Business Plan Competition
• £48M for fusion research
• Duke physicians predict risks of deadly infections after cord blood transplants
• CHF publishes biography of Fritz Haber
• Chemical Heritage Foundation names Jon M. Huntsman to receive 2004 Othmer Gold Medal
• Key advance reported in regenerating nerve fibers
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2004 (second issue)
• Pioneer in the genetics of programmed cell death honored
• Optically recording millisecond brain nerve impulses
• Report identifies design principles for success in educating scientists and engineers
• Virginia Tech offers one-stop engineering research showcase
• Recession's silver lining? More top students head to grad school
• Neurologists create a font of human nerve cells
• University of Pittsburgh and French National Institute begin scientific collaboration
• Pitt receives $14.5 million from NIH to improve pediatric heart transplantation outcomes
• Cheap four-drug combo saves heart patients' lives
• UCL study establishes common biological ground for maternal and romantic love in humans
• Update: Third International Conference on Cancer and the Adolescent
• Passwords to guard entry aren't enough to protect complex data
• Structure solved by Scripps scientists shows one way that body controls gene expression
• Immerge reports PERVs most infectious to human cells not part of germ-line DNA of mini-swine
• New data suggests Seroquel improves quality of life in first episode schizophrenia
• Schering-Plough scientists identify protein essential for cholesterol absorption from intestine
• OHSU programs for teen athletes are national models, reflect Bush's steroid-free sports initiative
• Testing sticky stuff with a 'fly's eye'
• Researchers offer tips for longer lived CD, DVDs
• Laser method identifies, counts toxic molecules
• Federal standard issued for improving IT security
• Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
• ATP opens new competition for R&D projects
• NHLBI awards $68 million to fund clinical centers in pediatric heart disease
• Seeing the forest for the trees: The future of environmental policy lies in interaction
• Risk and food are on the same plate: World food safety experts offer new methods to assess risk
• Major U.S. environmental policy bears scrutiny in midlife
• Feeling good about placebos
• Molecular mechanisms that trigger flowering in spring
• Possible mechanism for link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease discovered
• Mice cloned from olfactory cells
• Vaccine risk acceptance depends on what you do and don't know
• Surveillance and containment would be effective intervention against deliberate smallpox attack
• Stressed at work? How taking a coffee break might make things worse
• Asylum applications: Why the role of interpreters is confusing and unfair
• Weather eye on Europe
• PNNL envisions smart energy approach projected to save billions
• Highway to hydrogen: A long and winding road
• AAAS hosts 'Battle of the Brains' to choose area student for international competition
• Undisclosed results of clinical trials
• The link between funding and the disclosure of clinical trial results
• Question about fundamental chemistry of water answered
• ASM Biodefense Research Meeting
• Latest research in allergic disease to be presented at the 2004 AAAAI Annual Meeting
• 'Dynamic pricing' in retail can boost bottom line, research shows
• Symposium explores 'Scientific Integrity in Policy Contexts'
• Research into love letters reveals that Spaniards are traditionally more romantic
• Lake restrictions make lakeshore property more valuable
• Intelligent design: The new 'big tent' for evolution's critics
• From a hole in the ceiling to Kitt Peak
• UVA researchers make cellular model of Parkinson's disease
• Hormone released by bone marrow cells may hasten recovery from brain injury
• Smart software gives surveillance eyes a 'brain'
• Media-fueled bias distorts validity of recovered memories
• Diabetes patients skip medications to save money
• Improved medical treatment of serious heart problems focus of UH-led group
• Discovery could lead to better treatment for cryptosporidum infections
• UCI study reveals why some people may be 'born to smoke'
• Symposium examines the growing influence of aerosols on climate
• Geology goes virtual
• USAMRIID scientist Peter B. Jahrling elected fellow by AAAS
• Jefferson researchers find immune response, dosing keys to vaccine's success against melanoma
• Targeting hard-to-kill fungal infections
• Role of gas hydrates in carbon cycling and environmental change noted
• Rutgers researcher offers a new perspective on human evolution
• Radioactive and toxic waste site plans are a recipe for disaster, says Rutgers sociologist
• Engineers create chip-size version of widely used detector
• OHSU researchers hope to prevent childhood asthma with new eczema drug
• At AAAS: Biocomplexity panel on human-nature interactions
• Database on blood and marrow stem cell transplants now available online
• Penguin bones from 'land of fire' rewrite bird's evolution
• Cutting-edge oceanography helps scientists understand climate change on Earth (and other planets)
• Data shows FUZEON does not increase lipodystrophy in pre-treated HIV patients
• Revised guidelines published for testing for hereditary type of colorectal cancer
• Other highlights in the February 18 issue of JNCI
• HPV testing helps identify potential cases of cervical cancer, meta-analysis suggests
• Widespread nerve fiber damage in brains of patients with multiple sclerosis associated with fatigue
• Sun exposure behaviors matched to dose of UV radiation received
• Modified surgical procedure appears effective for treating obstructive sleep apnea
• More patients protect themselves from the sun after skin cancer surgery
• Long-term use of antibiotics possibly linked with increased risk of breast cancer
• Effectiveness of chickenpox vaccine decreases after one year
• Cardiovascular disease risk factors may also predict development of kidney disease
• Parkinson's disease genetic study progresses with $8 million grant
• Scientists in Germany and Hebrew University illuminate process in control of flowering in plants
• International, interplanetary and no interference! Mars Express calls up Spirit
• European researchers launch 10 million euro collaborative technology project
• Clinical research key in advance to prospective health care
• Wearable air-conditioners: Hot, new microtechnology keeps GI's cool
• Department of Energy's Office of Science unveils 20-year vision for the future of basic research
• Carnegie Mellon scientist says new technologies boost bio-terrorism surveillance
• Ratings of teen-rated video games do not always fully describe content
• Why don't women run for office? Less confidence and encouragement
• What are the benefits and harms of HRT?
• Patients should be allowed to pay for statins
• Diabetes doubles risk of liver disease and liver cancer
• ACP Annual Session April 22-24, 2004
• Human proof that Cod Liver Oil really can slow the onset of osteoarthritis
• Small amounts of alcohol or anesthetics may damage the developing brain
• Immune system's attack dogs kept on genetic leash
• Research on tiniest particles could have far-reaching effects
• Steroid-coated DNA represents new approach to gene delivery
• Religion guides views of fertility treatment in Middle East
• From football conferences to food webs: U-M researcher uncovers patterns in complicated networks
• Human evolution at the crossroads: Integrating genetics and paleontology
• Exercise sharpens focus, decision-making among aging adults
• Controlling material structure at nanoscale makes better thermal insulator
• Equine cloning's triple play sheds light on calcium, cell signaling, human disease
• Approved drug blocks deadly anthrax toxin
• U. of Colorado professor pioneering tissue engineering from knees to hearts to brains
• Bighorn sheep threatened by climate change
• Copper may play role in 'starving' cancer to standstill
• Sweet science: Common candies yield physics discovery
• NASA predicts more tropical rain in a warmer world
• Cities built on fertile lands
• NSF puts priority on attracting and educating a skilled, diverse science and engineering workforce
• Life could be tough on acid Europa
• Lies and phone conversations
• National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
• No systemic racial profiling by N.C. troopers
• Report details growing climate change threat to coral reefs
• Study findings offer new hope for the estimated 300,000 Americans infected with HIV and Hepatitis C
• Mind Science Foundation announces Rare Consciousness Research Awards
• Unnecessary hospital stay after heart attack common in European countries
• Keeping ideology and bureaucracy out of science
• HIV treatment as a human right - learning from Thailand's experience
• 'Ageing gene' could be passed on via X chromosome
• Anti-interferon beta antibodies in MS care: A consensus
• Nevirapine plus zidovudine to prevent perinatal HIV in Thailand
• Gates Foundation commits $82.9 million to develop new tuberculosis vaccines
• UK and ESA announce Beagle 2 inquiry
• Olympus Mons - the caldera in close-up
• Study shows sponsors moving non-sedating antihistamines to a third tier realized greatest savings
• Cord blood cells proven to differentiate into heart muscle and brain cells
• Pacific Northwest National Lab unveils most complete human blood-plasma proteome map to date
• Los Alamos leading fast-paced reactor research
• Where to start to launch the 'butterfly effect'
• Tools to guide and switch light for photonic microchips
• Traditional Iroquois methods work for today's farmers
• Small resource changes might reduce Kenya poverty
• New X-ray sources speed protein crystallography
• Nobel laureate discusses muse for Lavoisier
• Malnutrition and misery will be 'unimaginable' by 2054
• Carnegie Mellon to introduce one of world's first roboreceptionists
• New travel guide highlights eco-friendly options in Ecuador
• Hormone found to protect bones
• 'We are the champions' – the new birdie song
• SAT measures more than student performance, research shows it is also a reliable measure of IQ
• Regrets, we've really had a few
• Research casts doubt on voice-stress lie detection technology
• Heart foundation in New Jersey benefits from court-ordered funding during National Heart Month
• Woodpeckers: There's a fungus among us
• Research points in new direction for cancer clues
• Safer visual and auditory cues for elderly drivers is research goal
• Local, regional governments could take lead in curbing global air pollution
• Disease-fighters in our mouths provide clues to enhancing the immune system
• Dirty air from Asia can push U.S. air pollution to unhealthy levels
• Breakthroughs in capacity, power consumption set to revolutionize photonics
• University of Minnesota professors to speak at symposium on international trade
• Professor to describe 'uncanny physics of comic book superheroes'
• Out-of-balance ecosystems play role in demise of amphibian populations
• Hidden order found in cuprates may help explain superconductivity
• Etching holes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers creates better beam
• UC San Diego scientists unveil pilot project for automated monitoring of animal behavior
• Titan is ideal lab for oceanography, meteorology
• It's a stirring tale of bacteria
• Distant quasars probe end of cosmic dark ages
• Hudson River Estuary enters middle age
• Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers
• Team excavating mammoth on gulf coast
• Parenting ethics panel explores thorny issues posed by technology
• New flu vaccine provides insight into immunity development
• Mouth microbes may help shape immune system, says Stanford research team
• Link between sleep, cancer progression explored by Stanford researcher
• Imaging technique discovered at Stanford monitors cancer cell proliferation
• Would you like a receipt with that election?
• Models help estimate children's exposure to toxins
• Nano-origami
• Two new sets of guidelines intended to improve patient safety
• Destructive wizardry of Ozz-E3 ligase appears key to building skeletal muscles in embryos and adults
• New technologies reveal mysteries of marine megafauna
• National ocean commissioners & scientists call for overhaul of ocean policies & management
• Breakthroughs in acoustic tracking shine new light on the lives of fish
• 1,136 scientists call for protection of deep-sea corals
• Findings of novel nanoproperties in selenium produced by bacteria open new area of exploration
• Risperdal(R) Consta(R) significantly reduces the need for institutional psychiatric care
• New study demonstrates key benefits of RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) in young adults with schizophrenia
• Climara Pro (TM) helps alleviate menopausal hot flashes and night sweats
• The future of drug development
• Tumor cell-specific therapy shows preclinical promise
• HIV exhausts the immune system through chronic non-specific activation
• Ohio State designs robotic truck that will race across the desert -- with no driver
• New hereditary cancer mutation found -- arrived with a German immigrant almost three centuries ago
• Even small businesses should create computer security teams
• Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients
• Scientists find ozone-destroying molecule
• The sensor revolution
• Cyberinfrastructure poised to revolutionize environmental sciences and other disciplines
• Aromatase inhibitors: A promising new treatment for endometriosis
• Neurons so excited that they just can't hide it
• Lactating mammary glands sense calcium
• JCI table of contents, 16 February 2004
• How much is too much VEGF?
• Comets spread Earth-life around galaxy, say scientists
• MPRI opens its doors to cancer patients
• Now website data can be harnessed to make better sales forecasts
• Finland to join ESO
• Global warming to squeeze western mountains dry by 2050
• Sandia helps DOE take first steps in control, tracking of potential 'dirty bomb' sources
• Nanotech, new burn therapy featured at chemists' meeting in Anaheim, March 28 - April 1
• Broad range of nanotech issues highlight chemists' meeting in Anaheim, March 28-April 1
• Flies offer clues to anesthesia-resistant memory
• A new protective protein against Parkinson's disease
• Chemistry puts new sparkle in diamonds
• Studies suggest brain injury results from developmental exposure to alcohol, anesthesia, and lead
• Public Science Day brings new experiences to Seattle students
• New study suggests brains of autistic children can be trained to recognize faces
• New study may explain how fats damage neurons in Alzheimer's patients
• Applying results of women's health initiative study to individual patients
• Scientists making advances in cancer prevention, detection and treatment to receive awards
• Combining surgery with novel treatment may improve survival rates
• Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
• USGS February science picks
• Special training may help people with autism recognize faces
• It all adds up: Mathematical model shows which couples will divorce
• Dyslexics not doomed to life of reading difficulties
• Making of mouse marks move toward 'mitochondrial medicine'
• Metabolic syndrome predicts heart risk in women with coronary artery disease, study finds
• Metabolic syndrome, not BMI, predicts future cardiovascular risk in obese women, study finds
• Blood protein may be important predictor of future cardiovascular attack
• Breast cancer vaccine study
• Rectal cancer treatment gaps, especially for African Americans, seen in new study
• Study uncovers how stress and hormones lead to smoking relapse
• New reactor puts hydrogen from renewable fuels within reach
• Nuclear waste dumps need better stewardship, says expert
• Training for science teachers should focus on learning, not teaching strategies
• Most clones doomed from the start, according to Temple University embryologist
• RNA inner workings partly unveiled in Stanford study
• U.S. push for diesel poses risk to public health, scientists say
• Computer scientists develop tool for mining genomic data
• Scripps scientists say genetic mutation doesn't protect against HIV and plague
• Significant disparities still exist in screening mammography rates; minorities underestimated
• Prejudice from thin air
• Major boost for European zebrafish research
• A common cleanser is cheaper and faster way to separate DNA for genetic analysis
• AERA invites you to the most significant meeting of research in education
• Relearning to hear
• Landowners' pursuit of different land-use strategies may confound policymakers
• 'Evo-devo' biology tackles evolutionary history's unanswered questions
• New evidence points to pollution as main cause of much coral reef destruction
• Exploring Mars with balloons
• FIRST fellowship program proves worthy model for training faculty in biological sciences
• Goal of ocean 'iron fertilization' said still unproved
• Duke open-air experiment results could deflate hopes that forests can alleviate global warming
• Advanced sensors, computing systems tracking sea animals worldwide
• Contract awarded for SNS inner plug assembly
• DuPont products go to Mars and beyond
• How well do scientists communicate with the public about vaccine safety?
• Symposium focuses on unique challenges of environmental pathogens
• Researchers-again-pinpoint why stress kills
• Research clarifies how Alzheimer's medicines may reduce interference with learning and memory
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, February 17, 2004
• Chronic cough significantly impacts life quality in women
• Promising new treatment options for people with co-existing alcohol-use and psychiatric disorders
• Proteomics and alcoholism research
• Genetics, alcohol sensitivity, and behavior
• Brief mail- and computer-generated interventions work best for problem drinking among young people
• European Society for Medical Oncology Cancer Conference
• Researchers pinpoint brain areas that process reality, illusion
• 'Heavy metal' snow on blazing Venus is lead sulfide
• Dinosaur fossil record compiled, analyzed
• Statistical technique helps researchers gain more information from a single data run
• Kidney injury's harmful effects on bones blocked in mice
• HUPO scientists tackle human blood plasma proteome
• Anthrax spores can germinate, grow and reproduce in soil
• International grant supports study related to preventing organ rejection
• Babies tune into others' intentions early in the first year
• Adults and children develop gestures that mimic language
• Temple mathematician John Allen Paulos honored by AAAS for promoting understanding of science
• Protected wheat varieties
• New data show botulinum toxin type A to be highly effective treatment for excessive sweating
• Early fevers associated with lower allergy risk later in childhood
• Reverse-direction movement of a molecular motor
• Lunch workshop at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
• Patients give nod to kidney dialysis at home
• Women faculty of color: Numbers are low, but new strategies offer hope for improvement
• ENDO 2004, The 86th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society
• Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2004
• Fermilab education and computing experts help bring the grid to classrooms
• Algorithms help diagnose cancer
• Laser technology to map industrial plant gases available through Alberta Research Council
• Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep
• Clozapine effective for controlling dyskinesias in people with severe Parkinson's
• Anthropologist proposes link between per capita energy use and fertility rate
• UT Southwestern researchers find leptin turns fat-storing cells into fat-burning cells
• URI oceanographers share the exploration of volcanic environments via virtual reality
• World famous rock paintings three-times older than previously thought
• UCF research could help e-mailers find valentine, impress employees
• UCI receives major grant to study how acupuncture can treat cardiovascular ailments
• Scientists, lawyers discuss decision-making amid uncertainty
• International science team tracks ocean predators around the globe
• The scoop on poop: Insect feces, dead leaves may provide clues to health of world
• Natural killer cellers are made, not born
• Unlocking the secrets of the universe
• UK Rosetta press briefing
• Warm water vibrates for longer
• Two centres for infectious diseases established
• Patients are less satisfied with better company doctor
• Lots of low-fat food is better than small portions of high-fat food
• Etching of deep trenches in silicon explained
• European chemists unite
• National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshop on Nano-electronics, -photonics, and -magnetics
• Newborn brain injuries stem from infections, not delivery
• Manual techniques may ease tough deliveries without need for episiotomy
• Storing too much iron may put healthy women at increased risk for type 2 diabetes
• Study examines inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly patients
• Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
• Patients needing dialysis prefer 'peritoneal' method rather than hemodialysis
• EUREKA Treasures: Making technology happen
• 'Dry eye' in women may be linked to sex hormones
• Death rates for certain complex surgeries lower at teaching hospitals
• Depression may be a risk factor for heart disease, death in older women
• Carbon dioxide fertilization is neither boon nor bust
• Grant expands Indiana University-Kenya AIDS program
• Seeing how plants split water could provide key to our future energy needs
• Researchers determine reason for deadly spread of 1918 influenza
• Institutional transformation: Environments can help or hinder women's success in academia
• Century may bring unprecedented climate change to southern hemisphere
• Pesticide exposure among agricultural workers varies by job task
• Unlocking the secrets of the universe: Rosetta lander named Philae
• ESA to select new Earth Explorer missions
• Europe set to fly higher still
• House dust mite project aims to reduce asthma
• A precision metal-cutting tool for use in automated high volume manufacturing
• Popular drug for chest pain may promote blood vessel damage
• A shocking surprise: High voltage + rats = ozone, reopens power-line debate
• World's largest-ever sea turtle symposium to address plummeting populations of sea turtles
• Social life-history response to individual immune challenge of workers of Bombus terrestris
• Looking beyond biodiversity to explain community invasibility
• Ecosystem consequences of a single, genetically based plant trait
• Declining sharks
• Sociological study examines the importance of hair
• Unlocking the genetics and evolution of the dog could prove beneficial for humans
• U.S. commission makes dramatic recommendations for ocean health
• Three personal ads for physics
• Study of dyslexic brain finds three word forms responsible for reading success
• Powerful machines are coming in small packages
• Planning effective bioterror responses
• Human embryonic stem cells may promise medical advances
• Digging for truth in Guatemala
• A shrinking sink? Carbon fertilization may be flimsy weapon against warming
• AAAS survey: 80 percent of adults say we're hurting oceans
• Advances in equine cloning may aid insight into human diseases
• Athletics, genetic enhancement and ethics
• 2004 AAAS annual meeting spotlights world health, oceans and family science
• Free, public events at the 2004 AAAS Annual Meeting
• Yeast mutations offer window into human disease
• Gene therapy technique could aid islet transplants for diabetes, says Pittsburgh study
• UCSF physicians publish groundbreaking book on medical mistakes
• The poetics of babytalk
• No harm in extended internet use
• Scientists at Scripps Research Institute describe structure of receptor on surface of 1918 flu virus
• Houston scientist named as rising star in chemistry
• Rensselaer researcher receives $2.1 million grant to develop treatment for anthrax
• Purdue researchers create device that detects mass of a single virus particle
• Study provides answers for childbirth after C-section
• Book challenges media influence on trial verdicts
• Instant switching keeps calls secret
• Do we perceive using 'mindsight'?
• Can nanopulses heal?
• Baby and coated aspirin equally effective in thinning of blood when taken in combination with Plavix
• Statement from Barbara Alving of NHLBI on guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women
• New MS research shows remarkable findings
• MIT team discovers memory mechanism
• MIT student dances with robots
• Unsafe injections rejected as major source of HIV infection in Africa
• Blood transfusion poses CJD risk
• Puffer fish biotoxin provides promising relief in cancer pain
• Learn how electric power systems work, and how they fail
• Researchers adapt RNA interference to study gene function on a large scale
• HHMI international programs build science capacity in developing countries
• 3D fabrication technique uses light-activated molecules to create complex microstructures
• Nanoparticle probes are destined for major new role in medical diagnostics and drug delivery
• Landslide warnings from satellites may save lives
• Endocrine Society hosts thyroid disease audioconference
• Making new muscle: Researchers in Rome produce a mouse that can regenerate its tissues
• A joint effort against the Oriental boil
• Severn Estuary success in Europe
• Large-scale analysis of women with androgen excess: thorough treatment can reduce symptoms
• School sports don't keep kids away from tobacco
• Newport cigarettes gain popularity among teens
• More sex partners means more trouble for teenage girls
• Some screening tests should not be advocated
• Should compulsory screening of immigrants be part of UK public health policy?
• Retention scheme could offset GP recruitment crisis
• NHS set for 'airline style' transformation
• Companies flout law on tobacco in tooth care products
• Scientists' findings may lead to better understanding of how that sleep develops, matures
• New findings bring mixed blessings to those looking to combat jet lag
• New findings are a window into the late stages of 'Lou Gehrig's' disease
• Examining cardiac performance of tunas at the cellular level
• Could memory performance and spatial learning be genetically based?
• Call for Entries: 2004 Acoustics Writing Awards
• Avian flu: Shut down wild bird markets, experts say
• Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
• Researchers reveal calcium transport protein function that regulates heartbeat frequency, strength
• Does the sleeping brain 'wake up' – if only just a little – with every snore?
• University of Colorado archaeologist, colleagues hot on the trail of ancient Persian warships
• Twenty-five per cent of teenage girls face depression
• New study shows how black holes get their 'kicks'
• Scientists develop plant that produces potential anti-carcinogen
• Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
• Clouds shield pollutants going out to sea
• Substances found in blood may predict development of preeclampsia
• Trouble sleeping in the hospital? Maybe it's that jackhammer
• New 'bumpy' jelly found in deep sea
• Study questions premise of impending US physician shortage
• Asian rubies come always with marble and salt
• How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Framework 6
• Study shows how African-American Ph.D. chemists overcame discrimination to build careers
• The Rosetta space probe's long trek to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
• Oxygen and carbon discovered in exoplanet atmosphere 'blow-off'
• EGNOS improves safety for maritime navigation in China
• Distance to hospital affects heart attack survival
• Astronomers unravel a mystery of the Dark Ages
• Study demonstrates altered angiogenic proteins in preeclampsia patients
• Scientists find ozone-destroying molecule
• Genes influence memory in families with Alzheimer's disease
• The President's FY 2005 budget for USGS highlights
• UT Southwestern researchers study benefit of exercise, medication on depression
• Two-drug approach might shorten painful labor, reduce Caesarean sections
• UCSF launches comprehensive HIV website in South Africa
• Editorial in journal Sleep cites evidence of longer life with 6 to 7 hours sleep
• Advancing Biotechnology Breakthroughs
• Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: February 2004
• Most men over 40 take steps to try to prevent prostate cancer, Jefferson survey shows
• New book addresses need for racial diversity in elderly research
• NAFTA arbitrators in environmental case agree to formal public input, a first for trade hearings
• Cool brain opens stroke treatment window, say Stanford researchers
• Bacteria lingering in body may pose future food poisoning risks, Stanford study finds
• Keeping populations of cerulean warbler healthy
• Primate testes grafted into mice rapidly produce fertile sperm
• Mad cow has confidence stirred, but not shaken
• 'Rule-breaking' molecule could lead to non-metal magnets
• Portable kidney dialysis machine developed
• New evidence suggests that monkey thought extinct still exists
• Cohabiting couples not likely to marry, study finds
• A little stress may go a long way toward boosting skin's immunity
• Increasing greenhouse gases lead to dramatic thinning of the upper atmosphere
• Bacterial DNA reduces inflammation in mice
• A link between thimerosal and the brain: Can vaccines affect central nervous system function?
• MIT's Nanoruler could impact space physics, more
• The physics of films, butterflies, banknotes and rainbows
• Physicists use fractals to help Parkinson's sufferers
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome? Sometimes it's not severe
• Gender barriers: New book looks at roadblocks impeding women scientists and engineers
• Communicating with machines: What the next generation of speech recognizers will do
• Sandia-developed foam likely would stop SARS virus quickly, Sandia/Kansas State team shows
• Livermore scientists team with Russia to discover elements 113 and 115
• The long view: Understanding why cancer strikes late
• Carnegie Mellon students design new product
• ASPB Plant Biology 2004 in Walt Disney World
• Weakest link: New study quantifies financial fallout from supply-chain malfunctions
• HRT trial stopped early after 'unacceptable risks' for women with previous breast cancer
• Scientists report first sequencing of environmental genome
• Change in social policies could reduce high rate of depression in men who have sex with men
• New technique for opening blocked carotid arteries significantly lowers complication risk
• More data needed on link between inflammation and colon cancer risk
• Microbial biofilm yields community genomes, metabolic clues
• Gene transfer allows mammals to produce heart-healthy fats
• HRT trial stopped early after 'unacceptable risks' for women with previous breast cancer
• Inflammation marker predicts colon cancer
• Experimental treatment yields new hope for children battling cerebral palsy
• New report shows stomach cancer rates declining fast in Europe
• Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
• Cystic fibrosis gene linked to fatty acid defects
• Vitamins do little to prevent recurrent stroke
• 'Bat saliva' drug and new MRI techniques offer hope for acute stroke treatment
• Optoelectronic technique controls fluid flow in microdevices
• Other highlights in the February 4 issue of JNCI
• Computer-aided detection system for mammography does not change recall, detection rates
• Taking vitamins to lower amino acid level in blood does not reduce the risk of recurrent stroke
• High levels of certain protein in blood associated with development of colon cancer
• Behavior patterns of some nursing home residents may provoke other residents, resulting in injuries
• Scientists identify a human antibody that blocks SARS virus infection
• Risk of stillbirth on weekends
• Adverse events among patients following discharge from hospital
• Optic nerve disease may cause sleep disorders
• U of MN research indicates why radiation therapy reduces bone cancer pain
• Inherent mistrust of research institutions limits minority representation
• Study supports role of aspirin in reducing risk of colorectal cancer
• Young men with conduct disorders are more likely to carry guns
• Researchers find weaknesses in Arkansas public health system
• Public awareness programs can reduce the duration of untreated psychosis
• Low testosterone levels associated with depression in older men
• Intervention program helps reduce television viewing in preschool children
• Eye disease may cause sleep disorders
• Activation of receptor ups development of precancerous intestinal polyps
• Pacifying bacteria prevents lethal post-op infections
• How meals become bones
• Stroke news tips for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004
• Study in children challenges primary theory for 'stroke belt'
• Metabolic syndrome may be an important link to stroke
• Lifetime stroke risk higher for women, those with high blood pressure
• Lucky number? Seven factors may increase clot buster use for stroke
• Cooling helmets may provide innovative stroke treatment
• Corkscrew device retrieves clots, quickly reverses stroke damage
• Cholesterol drugs may lower risk for mental impairment after stroke
• Blood-diverting catheter holds promise for stroke treatment
• Angioplasty clears clogged brain arteries
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet February 3, 2004
• New risk factors for retinal disorder identified
• Probiotics beneficial even when inactive, according to UCSD study
• Understanding the autoimmune response in type 1 diabetes
• Skin regeneration not isolated to epidermal stem cells
• JCI table of contents, February 2, 2004
• Cancer vaccine using low affinity epitopes proves successful in mice
• UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
• K-State science education professor to give symposium
• K-State professor to give paper on potential impact of ag bioterrorism
• The American Heart Association's new guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
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