• Woods Hole Research Center poster addresses land use change in Southeastern Massachusetts
• Study finds 60 new genes controlled by DNA snippet
• UC Riverside researchers release new variety of asparagus
• SNM awards $15,000 for 2006 fellowships in support of clinical, basic research
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Medicines are key to preventing poor health
• Nanostructures in 3D
• Scientists model 900 cell receptors, drug targets
• Oceans are 70 percent shark free
• FDA Centennial, 1906-2006
• Binge drinkers have highest risk of alcohol-related injury
• STN AnaVist 1.1 offers new options for sharing
• Binghamton University receives $1.7 million NYSTAR award to enhance flexible electronics research 
• One in 14 men having a heart attack drive themselves to hospital
• First ARVO/Alcon Early Career Clinician-Scientist Research awardees announced
• Tissue engineering technique does not cause tumor growth
• Secrets of success in the rapid treatment of heart attacks
• Study of early estrogen's effect on heart disease similar to WHI findings
• Frailty in elderly may be prevented or reversed if addressed early
• Elders' stereotypes predict hearing decline
• Bioengineers create stable networks of blood vessels
• Medical staff shortages threaten planned expansion of nation's community health centers
• Rochester researchers delve into concussions
• Study of dinosaurs part of Pitt Medical School plan to graduate better doctors
• Preserving hearing with ear tumor removal
• Sperm banking gives teenage cancer patients hope for the future
• Scientists gain new understanding of age-related depression and dementia
• The evolution of right- and left-handedness
• Joining the hunt: New study investigates role of 'showoff hypothesis' in social decisions
• UCI researcher identifies brain activity that 'sets the stage' for retaining memories
• MRSA use amoeba to spread, new research shows
• Surgery for child apnea leads to weight gain
• Higher speed on Internet a drag on journalism
• Stem cell researchers, advocates to share lessons learned
• Software promises more efficient design process
• New research forecasts better weather forecasts
• Scientists confirm historic massive flood in climate change
• Depression model leaves mice with molecular scar
• US Surgeon General urges Spanish-speaking Americans to know their family health history
• MIT method reveals how radiation damages the body
• Pfizer renews migrant farmworker initiative grant
• Study suggests MPA is effective treatment for hot flashes
• 'Adventure Therapy' effective in maintaining weight-loss in older teens
• Honorary doctorates awarded by Karolinska Institutet 2006
• Second annual Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships awarded to 12 noted journalists
• Tom Morris to address joint dental research and education meeting
• Keynoters, symposia, workshops highlight joint dental research and education meeting
• First joint meeting, dental research and education associations
• Eminent scientists headline distinguished lecture series
• Did you know...?
• Science Seminar on benefits of biomedical research for patients
• Cepheids and their 'cocoons'
• 'Deep Impact' of pulsar around companion star
• Four years on, Envisat hailed for its contribution to Earth science
• Obesity increases the risk of contracting cancer
• New class of compounds promise better drugs, clean energy
• Boston University scientists develop new application to characterize structure of DNA molecules
• Early-career researchers earn American Physiological Society tum Suden/Hellebrandt awards
• Robert A. Weinberg and Angela M. Hartley Brodie awarded 2006 Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research
• Folk remedies widely used by older adults in North Carolina
• New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness
• International award honors M. D. Anderson President for pioneering research
• Penn study finds no increased cardiovascular risk if mildly underactive thyroid left untreated
• Enhanced external counterpulsation reduces angina, says University of Pittsburgh study
• Record bonefish
• Ancient DNA helps UF researchers unearth potential hemophilia therapy
• New study shows that professional football coaches tend toward conservative decision-making behavior
• Seminar examines biology of pain and nerve repair in peripheral nerve disease
• Scripps research oceanographer receives Munk Award
• Researchers unlock how cells determine their functions
• HIV/AIDS rates in Tijuana, Mexico increasing at alarming rate
• Primates harvest bee nests in Ugandan reserve
• Senate RadCARE Bill would improve quality of patient care, says SNMTS
• SNMTS provides $58,000 in 2006 scholarships, grants for nuclear medicine technologists
• SNM awards $30,000 for 2006 visiting physician/scientist grants
• CQ health research projects get $44,000 boost
• Researchers use embryonic model to reprogram malignant melanoma
• NASA technology 'shoots' for crime scene investigations
• Scientific study of recovery process sheds new light on role of spirituality
• Marijuana compound may help stop diabetic retinopathy
• Scientists uncover genes for virulence in strain of community-acquired MRSA
• Protein patterns can be used to identify bladder cancer
• Helicobacter-pylori status might predict prognosis after surgery for gastric cancer
• Potential link between aluminum salts in deodorants and breast cancer warrants further research
• Widening the scope of emergency communications
• Study shows AIDS drugs cost-effective, care underfunded
• Globalization: Children and working parents pay too high a price
• Porcine islets offer promise for human diabetic patients
• Romania becomes third ESA European Cooperating State
• Message from space for Olympic athletes
• Largest ever galaxy portrait — stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy
• Predators keep the world green, ecologists find
• Nanoscale tubing assembles itself instantly
• Attosecond pump-probe proposed to explore the dance of electrons
• Mailman school researchers studying link between obesity and the urban environment
• Treatment of severe coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents a viable alternative to CABG
• Study ties 'new' cell-death mechanism to developmental and degenerative brain disorders
• Cincinnati Children's applauds EU approval of rotavirus vaccine
• Risk for low sexual desire increases in women after surgical menopause
• Erection pill associated with normalization of relationships
• Faulty immune-priming cells start autoimmunity
• Chemotherapy given directly to the liver improves survival for patients with colorectal cancer
• The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life
• US chemical companies' earnings dip in late 2005; hurricanes to blame, C&EN reports
• Northwest Branch Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, March 10-12 in Seattle
• Devices tease out individual sounds from underwater racket
• Common osteoporosis treatment may help men with prostate cancer suffering from bone loss
• Scientific study finds meetings at work decrease employee well-being, but not for everyone
• Supercomputer study of water
• Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara
• Life, the remake
• Low-tech garment holds promise in preventing maternal death related to childbirth
• Hydrology, Politics, and Katrina: Looking Backward, and Going Forward
• Addicted to energy?
• Annual meeting of the US National Academy of Sciences April 22-25
• New technology likely to facilitate independence for older Americans
• Surprising genetic differences id-ed in southern house mosquito
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Free access to a digital library for developing countries
• Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
• Some benign breast lesions could be dangerous
• MRI rules out acute appendicitis in pregnancy
• Drug reverses bone loss in men with prostate cancer during the first year of treatment
• Androgen deprivation therapy does not keep localized prostate cancer from spreading, new study says
• NASA scientist looks at Olympic ice in a frozen light
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group — finding ways to make treatment easier
• Infection 'alarm' yields clues to immune system behavior
• Delayed prostate cancer surgery poses no increased risk for some patients
• Joslin Diabetes Center partners with Fremont Medical Center in Las Vegas
• Higher rates of infection may explain why women have higher risk of death after bypass surgery
• Higher optimism levels associated with lower risk of cardiovascular death in elderly men
• Cocoa intake linked to lower blood pressure, reduced risk of death
• Mini robots to undertake major tasks?
• New study shows xenon gas safe in surgery and could help stop nerve damaging illnesses
• Mystery solved: Gold's power against autoimmune diseases defined
• A case of mistaken molecular identity
• Software helps military aircraft techncians centralize maintenance
• ESA confirms CryoSat recovery mission
• Ausonia Mensa remnant massif
• Stopping smad
• Masterminding muscle development
• Man-made heart tissue improves cardiac performance
• Policy changes in poultry industry could reduce worker injuries, report suggests
• New evidence that natural selection is a general driving force behind the origin of species
• Taste gene may play role in smoking
• Rochester scientists develop fast-working biosensor
• NIH grant to support research on new treatment for severe OCD
• Penn researchers awarded $1.1 million for Pulmonary Hypertension Center
• Inside the ozone layer
• Women's high heart-surgery death rate may be due to infection
• Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
• A better tool to study role of iron in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
• Prof makes case for 'precious' metals
• Diabetes researchers pioneer islet cell xenotransplantation in primate studies
• Disasters, death, and destruction: Accounting for recent calamities
• Jefferson Pancreatic Cancer Conference Feb. 24 highlights treatments, trials, vaccine research
• Lee M. Silver to discuss new book, Challenging Nature, at Stevens
• Remote pools boost Aboriginal child health
• Man-made prostate created by women
• Fighting sound with sound, new modeling technique could quiet aircraft
• Clinical trial Buddy Program among innovative support offerings from the Colon Cancer Alliance
• When seeing is misleading: Clutter leads to high-confidence errors
• Shift in feeding behavior of mosquitoes sheds light on West Nile virus outbreaks
• Radical proposal to speed development of stem cell therapies
• Legal and ethical questions about stem cell research
• Classic illusion sheds new light on the neural site of tactile perception
• New journal article urges use of animal serum-free media for growing live cells
• Benefits of eating seafood outweigh risks
• Fossil wood gives vital clues to ancient climates
• Living taste cells produced outside the body
• What is the lifetime of positronium ions?
• Origin of galactic X-rays explained
• Neural transplants provide persistent benefit in patients with Huntington's disease
• The critical role of the meniscus in osteoarthritis of the knee
• New insights into the link between rheumatoid arthritis and cancer
• From psychopaths to behaving responsibly: Waking up the inner sleeping beauty of companies
• Other highlights in the March 1 JNCI
• HPV infection a top risk factor for cervical adenocarcinoma worldwide, study says
• Delayed intervention may combat overtreatment of prostate cancer, study suggests
• Venerable ultraviolet satellite returns to operations
• Stem cell mobilization therapy appears to be ineffective in repairing damage caused by heart attack
• Overactive thyroid associated with abnormal heart rhythm, but not other cardiovascular problems
• Combat duty in Iraq linked with high use of mental health services
• Atomic bomb survivors who had higher radiation exposure show increased incidence of thyroid diseases
• ICSU expresses grave concern over visa policies and practices for scientists visiting the USA
• Newly identified mechanism helps explain why people of African descent are more vulnerable to TB
• Most Americans do not expect widespread human cases of avian flu in US in the next year
• Ginkgo biloba extract: More than just for memory?
• March Geology and GSA TODAY media highlights
• Man-made star shines in the southern sky
• A blast to chase
• MetOp launch set for June 2006
• First long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut onboard the ISS
• New study evaluates impact of smoking cessation aids and mass media
• Early diagnosis and melanoma
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• At Berkeley: Intelligently designed molecular evolution
• Carnegie Mellon scientists show brain uses optimal code for sound
• Bush record on human rights in 2005
• Defining the beginning and end of life
• 2006 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
• SAT gauges more than collegiate success
• Diabetes epidemic could erase reductions in deaths & hospitalizations due to heart disease
• Microbes convert 'Styrofoam™' into biodegradable plastic
• Chemical Society Atlanta meeting March 26 – 30 covers health, environment
• Yale early stage ovarian cancer detection technology licensed by LabCorp®
• Proteins are key to cell death in heart disease, stroke and degenerative conditions
• Learning and memory stimulated by gut hormone
• New instrumentation may help scientists understand earthquake mechanics
• Genetic test accurate for salt-related high blood pressure
• Universities diffused Internet technology in mid-1990s
• Hackers beware - new technique uses photons, physics to foil codebreakers
• Broad Foundation donates $25 million to create new stem cell institute at USC
• Obesity may affect response to asthma medications
• Researcher looks for more targeted way to deliver cancer drugs
• Manchester develops wireless 'wear and tear' sensor
• Hens' teeth not so rare after all
• University of Leicester announces world first forensic technique
• Tool helps doctors tailor infertility treatments for couples
• Genes involved in cell growth and cell division identified
• UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton
• You will remember this
• First diagnostic indicator for Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) identified
• Biovest International submits amendment request to FDA for use of molecular remission data
• Mobile lab expands capacity of animal disease diagnostics
• New study shows antibody-interleukin complexes stimulate immune responses
• Dr. Wei Jiang honored with an NSF CAREER award
• Providence health system shows investigational osteoporosis therapy increases bone mineral density
• Investigational therapy denosumab increased bone mineral density with twice-yearly dosing
• Dr. Peter Worcester to receive the Walter Munk Award
• Study implicates potassium channel mutations in neurodegeneration and mental retardation
• Two papers win the Lancet's Paper of The Year 2005
• Seasonal intermittent treatment highly effective for preventing malaria in children under five
• Scientists find variants of blood clotting genes increase risk of coronary disease
• New insight into cause of Crohn's disease
• Children's self-esteem can affect their response to asthma
• Brazil's juvenile detention centres failing to meet basic standards of health and hygiene
• Disclosing study outcomes to participants may backfire
• Combination therapy improves AIDS-related lymphoma outcome
• Researchers describe discovery of Pluto's new moons
• The European Institute of Technology
• Changes in reef latitude
• ESA joins forces with Japan on new infrared sky surveyor
• Innovative PhD program receives $850,000 grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Study shows relationship between oral and cardiovascular health
• Proteomics symposium looks at pediatric applications
• Scientists discover Mars' atmosphere altered by solar flares
• Snakes poisoned at birth
• Parents of children with rare diseases benefit from intensive support programmes
• Warning over unfair terms for patients in clinical trials
• Resuscitation policies in long-term care settings should be reviewed
• New treatments based on human behaviour could reduce drug prescribing
• Concern over institutional care for children in Europe
• Childhood depression may encourage ecstasy use
• Blood pressure guidelines for stroke may not be relevant to many patients
• Isolated female rats subjected to a 30-minute stressor heal faster than males
• International policy workshop on nitrogen in Paris March 8 –10, 2006
• Monitoring baleen whales with autonomous underwater vehicles
• Wildlife researchers identify impacts of contamination in amphibians
• Researchers to develop technology to extend benefits of National Science Digital Library
• Horseshoe crab decline threatens shorebird species
• Great (taste) expectations: Study shows brain anticipates taste, shifts gears
• A rare alliance forged to protect Wisconsin waters
• UVa scientists hot on trail of therapies for deadly lung failure
• Use of statins shows improvement in erectile performance of some men
• Physicists step closer to understanding origin of the universe
• Quantum computer solves problem, without running
• Detection of DNA on nanotubes offers new sensing, sequencing technologies
• Approach to school affects how girls compare with boys in math
• Accomplishments at UH earn spot in French Academy of Sciences for professor
• Study finds key distinction between outbreaks that die out and epidemics
• Hermaphroditic plants have genetic advantage in areas where extinctions are frequent
• Seven UCR entomologists honored by professional society
• 'Virus chip' detects new virus in prostate tumors
• A link is found between morphine addiction and the tendency to explore
• Texas A&M to participate in applied wheat genome research
• Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits
• NJTC to hold wireless evolution expo at Stevens' Babbio Center
• Rutgers College of Nursing professor authors updated edition of 'The Nursing Experience'
• Levee modeling study to provide technical data for rebuilding New Orleans
• Male gene may explain higher incidence of Parkinson’s in men
• China partners with international expertise to improve road safety
• Ebola DNA vaccine produces immune responses in all fully vaccinated volunteers in Phase 1 trial
• New survey shows cardiologists aware of life-saving diet, yet failing to recommend it
• Nanoscience study shows that quantum dots 'talk'
• Northwestern researchers launch Avastin trial for pancreatic tumors
• Efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may depend on level of osteoarthritis pain
• MIT thinks small to find safer metals
• Largest study of human 'interactome' reveals a novel way
• Tiny devices to feed advances in food safety and quality
• Researchers find molecule that may hold key to learning and memory
• Science class experiment reveals vitamin B12 secret
• Florida Tech to host 25th Anniversary Indian River Lagoon Symposium
• Faculty member earns $360,000 grant for high energy physics research
• Future of Welsh language depends on parents
• Rivers, water and sediments
• Study shows that soda consumption increases among adolescent girls as they get older
• New gallium nitride film method beats the heat
• New rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule
• Evidence lacking for 'inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy
• Researchers develop alternate method to dispose nuclear liquid waste
• Mixed conductor ceria proven as excellent catalyst for fuel cell anodes
• Food experts say public has inadequate understanding of food risk issues
• Over 50 percent of patients with circulatory disorders still smoke – lack of counselling to blame
• Methotrexate treatment for rheumatoid arthritis effective the second time
• Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• Animal models show that anabolic steroids flip the adolescent brain's switch for aggression
• For some with partial spinal cord injury, two different therapies show positive results
• Brenner Children's Hospital researcher says PSA campaign about risky sexual behaviors a success
• Professor's research with hand-held device brings speech to impaired and disabled individuals
• Experts: Expanding biotechnology research in developing countries key to countering bioterrorism
• Pitt announces $5 million gift to advance nanoscale science and engineering research
• The Arctic and global warming
• Subtropic challenges
• Oceanic acidity
• Listening for the fish
• Stressed-out women more likely to miscarry early
• Comet dust from NASA mission under analysis
• Study indicates speed cameras could curb US road deaths
• UQ researchers help lead the way in bird flu research
• Undersea microbes active but living on the slow side
• Well-dressed women get better service at clothing stores
• Mayo Clinic noninvasive test for heart disease risk
• Loyola study: Telemetry captures stroke patients’ cardiac problems
• Teen sexual encounters not only a result of unsupervised afternoons
• Older men with early prostate cancer survived longer with treatment vs. observation
• Successful Venus Express main engine test
• New treatment for back pain
• High-speed locomotive
• Large-scale study demonstrates celecoxib safe and effective osteoarthritis treatment
• MRI offers new hope for severe epilepsy sufferers
• Men in their 50s have more satisfying sex lives than men in their 30s
• Cigarette smoking nearly doubles risk for root canal treatment
• Westmead leads Australian bird flu research
• Grants put ANU in bird flu fight frontline
• European Union's €169 billion bill for cardiovascular disease
• MBL scientists to present research at 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting
• Warmer than a hot tub: Atlantic Ocean temperatures much higher in the past
• Researchers say criterion for diagnosing child abuse not always accurate
• Unique exhibit provides glimpse of robotic future
• Efficacy of glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate may depend on level of osteoarthritis pain
• Mechanism for memory revealed in neurons of electric fish
• USF College of Public Health one of 12 institutions named to Kellogg Foundation initiative
• Drug use linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
• HUP welcomes a Swedish invasion
• U of M researcher simluate characteristics of planetary cores
• Bridging the gap between basic science and medical practice
• Pregnancy, not high-risk behavior, predictor of STD testing among newly homeless youth
• High-tech tags on marine animals yield valuable data for biologists and oceanographers
• Anabolic steroid use increases heart attack risk and causes liver damage
• Problems at World Anti-Doping Agency will 'drive innocent athletes out of sport'
• Arctic marine mammals: The new canaries?
• Doctors develop new measures for bone disease
• First wolverine radio-collared in Pacific Northwest
• Rare gamma-ray flare from a distant star disturbs Earth's daytime ionosphere
• Computer interface design starts with respecting the real world
• Too much sugar not good for coral reefs
• Professor Wright co-authors new ACM report on voter privacy
• Astronomer announces shortlist of stellar candidates for habitable worlds
• Virtual playmates help real children with language
• Study finds teen bloggers at risk for cyberstalking
• Online time may foster youngster's social involvement
• There's something fishy about human brain evolution
• The math of deadly waves
• The dawn of deep ocean mining
• Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist
• Humans making wildlife sick
• Born with a love of speech
• Former smoker-led intervention program helps women quit
• New 'active cookie' helps protect Internet users from cyber crooks
• New material means 'x-ray specs' no longer required
• German Microarray Excellence Center integrates Genomatix Chip Analysis Pipeline
• New research from magnet lab, Scripps Florida gives scientists powerful tool for drug discovery
• Apple trees resistant to fire blight and apple scab
• Disturbing former farmlands can rouse old pesticides, says Dartmouth research
• Scientist uses dragonflies to better understand flight
• Oceans may soon be more corrosive than when the dinosaurs died
• Progeria progress: Studies show how mutant protein hurts hearts
• New theory resolves mystery of anomalous cosmic rays
• Three new species of lemurs identified
• Sexual differences in immune response appear at puberty
• ASPB supports the President's research initiatives
• Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel to discuss the 'New Science of the Mind'
• AAAS denounces anti-evolution laws as hundreds of K-12 teachers convene for 'Front Line' event
• Preventive Medicine 2006 conference to feature quality improvement and patient safety
• Pain medicine scientific research highlights
• Obesity is a significant predictor of periodontal disease
• Future of pain therapies at forefront of physician meeting
• Study finds no safe level for ozone
• Oncologists could gain therapeutic advantage by targeting telomere protein
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center studies effects of cancer treatment among children of survivors
• Virginia Tech helping to develop higher quality, disease-resistant wheat varieties
• Captain Kirk's clone and the eavesdropper
• Steps made toward overcoming biological obstacles to cell therapy for cancer
• Scientists discuss evolutionary roots of social behavior
• Experts question prevalent stereotypes about autism
• Engineering nerve jumper cables for spinal cord repair in animal model
• Rural economy 'failed' by UK Government, says Foot and Mouth five-year anniversary report
• Buyer beware: Online shopping hazards detailed by UMass Amherst computer scientist
• U of M reaches milestone in diabetes research using pig islets
• Report from U of M Humphrey Institute urges coordinated and integrated oversight of nanotechnology
• Marine ecologists to help rebuild decreasing fish stocks
• Training benefits brains in older people, counters aging factors
• New memory storage devices on horizon with UH student's award-winning work
• Over-the-counter decongestant equals prescription drug in relieving hay fever symptoms
• UCLA scientists find male gene in brain area targeted by Parkinson's
• UCI researchers discover key factor for survival of human embryonic stem cells
• The future of mobile phone technology to be tested in historic Georgian Bath, England
• Not every stutterer is a problem case
• Macroeconomic policy in the Franc Zone
• Beaming pain relief
• Meeting on WIPO 'Webcasting Treaty'
• New, expensive, widely-used drugs continue to cause liver problems, says Jefferson liver specialist
• Painting a Clear Picture – What Do The New Women's Health Initiative Findings Mean for Women?
• Statins, beta-blockers lessen heart attack risk, says Stanford-Kaiser study
• Most effective anthrax treatment: VA-Stanford study finds
• Study suggests that publicly available genome data may contain small but significant errors
• NYU'S Childress demonstrates tool for studying hovering flight at international science meeting
• Let patients use their own terms to describe ethnicity
• Workshop: Canada's Leadership in International Innovation
• EnerGuide: Government of Canada presents vehicle awards
• Telecom meeting to focus on emerging networks
• NIST SRM aids efforts to reduce cigarette fire risk
• NIST method may help optimize light-emitting semiconductors
• NIH seeks strategies to preserve brain health
• MIT powers up new battery for hybrid cars
• Brain researchers discover the evolutionary traces of grammar
• JCI table of contents, February 23, 2006
• Drawing a crowd: How progenitor cells are recruited to tumor blood vessels from the bone marrow
• Lower doses of clot-busting drug safer for stroke patients
• Johns Hopkins scientists map brain area that may aid hunt for human brain stem cells
• No difference between over-the-counter and prescription drug in relieving seasonal allergies
• Most hospitals surveyed do not initially require board certification of pediatricians
• Korean breast cancer patterns reflect those of Western countries
• Helmet use associated with reduced risk of head injury for skiers and snowboarders
• Gum-chewing may speed recovery after colon surgery
• Comparison of drug-releasing coronary stents show similar effectiveness
• Corticosteroids associated with poor outcomes, death in the trauma intensive care unit
• What's the link between astronauts and osteoporosis?
• Vital organs in the Earth system: What is the prognosis?
• Deep-spied fish
• Overseas NOx could be boosting ozone levels in US
• ALOS sends its first image
• PNNL recognized for commercializing technology
• Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy
• Dartmouth study finds how the brain interprets the intent of others
• Amazonian terra preta can transform poor soil into fertile
• American opinions are split on genetically engineered food
• Columbia receives up to $15 million from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
• Canadian researchers discover a natural defence mechanism for Alzheimer's disease
• Strokes in children need to be recognized quickly
• Study shows MRI can detect breast disease missed by mammography
• New biodiversity hotspots identified underground
• Gender practices inhibit men from being better dads
• Gone but not forgotten
• Boys face greater burns risk than girls, says new research
• Preventive Medicine conference to feature disaster, pandemic, and terror preparedness
• New study says heart health and lifestyle are associated with maintaining brain health as we age
• Grant will promote Yale-India environmental ties
• Stardust in the laboratory
• Student group develops grassroots effort to create science policy dialogue
• Penn bioethics researcher gives talk on the neuroscience of ethics at AAAS Meeting
• 'Kelp highway' may have helped peopling of the Americas
• The oceans as carbon dioxide sinks: Increasing our understanding
• The SIXS instrument by Finnish astronomers goes to Mercury
• Search for alien life challenges current concepts, says U. of Colorado prof.
• Drug-ultrasound combination increases reopening of blocked arteries after stroke
• Study suggests 'noise' in gene expression could aid bacterial pathogenicity
• Tree of Life project grows more leaves and branches
• Crossing the Valley of Death: Moving science into practice and policy
• Can science-based resource management work?
• Daily diet of grapefruit minimizes risk factor for heart disease
• Farmworkers' paradox: Stanford study shows field laborers not eating what they grow
• Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation
• Combination of PET, MR imaging shows white matter degeneration in Huntington's disease patients
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Study finds drug may cut down involuntary movements
• Rice, M. D. Anderson win funds for bench to bed training
• Princeton professor foresees computer science revolution
• Large European study finds gene variant is no strong risk factor for osteoporosis
• Commonly used drug may prevent fetal alcohol syndrome
• Controlling algal blooms
• Ovarian cancer responds to aspirin derivative with chemo
• A cancer promoting protein shows up in an unexpected place in the cell
• NASA satellite technology helps fight invasive plant species
• Electronic braille tutor teaches independence
• Settlement wars in Turkish Kurdistan
• More market less poverty, but also more sustainable land use?
• History of Berlin: Three versions of the past
• First Dutch success in European chemistry network
• Clay for cleaner production of solvent
• Antarctic snow inaccurate temperature archive
• Modeling shows containment could delay, not prevent, pandemic flu
• NCCAM and NIAMS to hold telephone briefing to release final GAIT results
• The cosmos glows unevenly
• Stroke patients regain ability to communicate through use of speech generating device
• Unexpected high rates of tobacco use
• UK addresses funding gap created by US anti-abortion stance
• Male breast cancer patients need better information and support services
• India could be facing alarming rise in tobacco use
• Bush's health care initiatives will make America's system worse
• Wiley forms book publishing partnership with The American Ceramic Society
• New compound protects against liver cancer
• Scientists exploring inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis make unexpected discovery
• Technology cooks up a recipe to beat nasty kitchen bugs
• HHMI awards $10 million to graduate programs that combine science and medicine
• Florida Tech receives $119,000-plus National Science Foundation grant
• Plant enzyme efficiency may hold key to global warming
• Education systems have little impact on social mobility
• The invisible galaxies that could not hide
• Bringing the zoos to the zebras
• How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing
• Clearest video of lightning-generated 'sprites' high above thunderstorms captured
• SensorNet prototype system in boot camp at Fort Bragg
• World's pledge to halve hunger by 2015 looks like empty promise
• Stars evolve rapidly, violently in ultra-luminous infrared galaxies
• Microsoft funds new high-performance computing institute at CU
• Employ more science and technology to reduce world hunger, expert says
• CU will create a plan to manage mass casualties in disasters
• CU, USDA team to curb two invasive, poisonous vines
• Candy on the desk is candy in the mouth, study finds
• 'Nano-keys' bind cell receptors and trigger allergic reactions
• A neutron star spins toward intergalactic space
• Sexual reproduction delays aging in a mammalian species
• Male-specific gene SRY directly controls neuronal function in the brain
• High-status monkeys ignore the interests of riff-raff
• Humans ignore motion and other cues in favor of a fictional stable world
• Genetic links among men who share surnames
• Birds that make teeth
• Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury
• Chromosome rearrangements not as random as believed
• Landmark study of bipolar disorder in children, teens released
• Boston University and Boston Medical Center partner with CIMIT
• A surprising pair of proteins help make healthy eggs
• A fresh spin in quantum physics: The 'spin triplet' supercurrent
• Risk takers may have lower rates of Parkinson's disease
• Prescriptions for headache almost twice as likely in middle aged women as men of same age
• Global toll of glaucoma set to reach 80 million by 2020
• Alzheimer's disease progresses more rapidly in highly educated people
• Livers from non-heart beating donors would boost organ supply
• Have targets improved performance in the English NHS?
• Concern over fast tracking of new drugs
• Acupressure relieves low back pain
• Early human ancestors walked on the wild side
• ASU and Mayo lead 'MAC Attack' to accelerate cancer research
• Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Feb. 21, 2006 issue
• What constitutes acceptable earthquake risk in the Central United States?
• Making school-university partnerships a success
• Intellectual property law and the protection of traditional knowledge
• Early humans on the menu
• Determining curriculum effectiveness
• A comparative institutional analysis of intellectual property
• VCU study shows Levitra may protect the heart
• UT Southwestern doctors test robotic surgeon for laparoscopy
• Shopping list gets longer – not less choosy– in some of world's largest fisheries
• New sensor to provide early warning of oxygen loss to unborn children
• Second low-oxygen pathway hints at cancer, cardiovascular disease physiology
• Clock molecule's sensitivity to lithium sheds light on bipolar disorder
• The changing nature of proof
• Protein level predicts who will develop deadly complication after marrow transplant
• Unique equine cataract surgery offered on routine basis
• UI researchers, colleagues find giant lightning storm at Saturn
• Navy, UH team up to detect biological agents, land mines
• Children in the South face higher health risks
• UCI researcher receives MetLife award for Alzheimer's research
• UCSF research pinpoints brain molecule's role in developing addiction
• UCLA finds cancer drug may improve progeria; genetic disease causes accelerated aging in children
• Understanding and nourishing the roots of food quality
• Organic Center symposium examines children's pesticide risks
• SinuNase™ IND on track
• Ticks, flukes, and genomics: Emerging pathogens revealed
• Stanford researcher says new data confirms they help women avoid hip fractures
• Cassini cameras spot powerful new lightning storm on Saturn
• Recreating lost masterpieces
• Technology helps disabled kids find their voice
• Shining a light on deep-sea vents: Science meets policy
• NASA presents at AAAS Annual Meeting
• New compound may protect against liver cancer
• Spouse's hospitalization increases partner's risk of death, new study shows
• New targeted treatment for brain tumors shows promise in pre-clinical models
• Interplanetary dust particles: Reproducing GEMS-like structure in the laboratory
• Semi-automatic multimedia monitor tracks sponsorship
• NOGLSTP to honor GLBT Scientist, Engineer, Educator of Year
• IEEE-USA President encourages bipartisan efforts to pass innovation legislation
• High school AP courses do not predict college success in science
• Spousal illness can trigger partner death
• Theft of a million stars
• Double views from ERS tandem mission adding depth to Canadian wilderness maps
• Waking a sleeping virus
• ORNL sees bright future for new manufacturing technique
• Carnegie mellon professor to lead conference on crisis readiness
• Carnegie Mellon joins national energy experts to find solutions to aging electricity grids
• Women need female role models
• Reduce bloating and excess gas with a common antibiotic
• Early intervention with ICDs: Saving lives and money
• MRSA in Sweden: A quarter of cases infected abroad
• High risk of breast cancer associated with genetic variation in leptin and its receptor
• Estrogen-progestin menopausal hormone therapy and risk of lobular and tubular breast cancer
• West Antarctic ice sheet: Waking the sleeping giant?
• Earth Rx: A microbial biotechnology prescription for global environmental health
• ACPM conference to feature research findings, practice innovations in preventive medicine
• Genetic and environmental influences on alcohol consumption among rhesus monkeys
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders among children living in Russian 'Baby Homes'
• Cholesterol levels discounted as a biological marker for suicide risk among alcoholics
• Alcoholism, smoking and genetics among Plains American Indians
• Botox could help target resistant tumors for treatment
• Yale statistics professor identifies flaws in IOC figure skating scoring system
• $4.5 million CDC grant funds Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
• Electroconvulsive therapy improves quality of life for at least six months
• Counseling children about skin cancer important, but rarely done
• Wisconsin scientists find a way to make human collagen in the lab
• Scientists seek to unwrap the sweet mystery of the sugar coat on bacteria
• Morphine and topical anaesthesia effective in treating procedural pain in newborn infants
• Researcher tackles complexities of obesity, diabetes and their age-related complications
• Drug aimed at Huntington's eases chorea, the disease's hallmark feature
• U of MN researchers identify new cord blood stem cell
• Less is more, gene study shows
• 'High efficiency' vacuum cleaners no better at protecting against dust mites
• Autistic intelligence measured inaccurately, Universitée Montré study
• Wrinkled membranes create novel drug-delivery system
• Thin tough skin, slow-growing gills protect larval Antarctic fish
• Americans prefer to leave child's sex to chance, survey finds
• UF study: World shark attacks dipped in 2005, part of long-term trend
• UCLA researches heart disease-glucose connection
• UCLA engineering and Mattel Children's Hospital collaborate to develop children's heart valve
• Simple system predicts mortality of older Americans with 81 percent accuracy
• Flesh-eating bacteria escape body's safety net
• New infectious agents pose new risks for people with bleeding disorders, Jefferson hematologist says
• Genomics-based vaccine could prevent deadly cattle disease
• Stanford Q&A: Neuroethicist on growing demand for ethical oversight
• Stanford ethics consulting helps researchers navigate sensitive issues
• World faces challenge as life expectancies lengthen, scientist says
• Computer interface design starts with respecting the real world
• SAGE launches research journal in the field of game studies
• Barrow Neurological Institute Neuroimmunology Fellow receives $50,000 award
• Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone
• 'Double crystal fusion' could pave the way for portable device
• New technology enhances quality and safety of military aircraft
• Acrux acquires rights to commercialise world's first contraceptive spray
• A little household help may reduce health-care costs among elderly
• Pennsylvania tackles nano engineering education
• Phytoplankton bounce back from abrupt climate change
• Kereos presents at AAAS, discusses nanotech-based disease diagnosis and treatment
• Snows of Kilimanjaro disappearing, glacial ice loss increasing
• Calcium plus vitamin-D supplementation does an older body good
• New research shows reactivating single memory does not affect associated memories
• Michigan State research sheds new light on health dangers of nanoparticles
• Local involvement in national lands management: Can it work nationwide?
• Climate change, terrorism two big risks of 21st century
• Worldwide study looks to find causes of type 1 diabetes
• Basic research leads to a novel cancer therapy
• Sex, cleaner of genomes
• Teleconference on largest-ever study examining caregiver burden and widower effect
• New partnership focuses on prostate cancer diagnostics
• Reversible microlenses to speed chemical detection
• Spain to join ESO
• Baby got math
• New nano-canary in the nanotoxicology coalmine: The body itself
• Grand challenges, national lab-style
• Sandia researchers develop low-density, environmentally friendly foam
• DFG funds new research vessel
• Novel function of APC
• Expedition discovers marine treasures
• Diuretics reduce risk of death from congestive heart failure
• New book addresses coal region's decline
• Research links coverage by top current affairs programme to rise in adverse drug reports
• Herbal supplements, a smoking gun in plastic surgery
• Vinegar increases killing power of bleach
• New influenza vaccine takes weeks to mass produce
• Gene patterns in white blood cells quickly diagnose disease
• Experimental TB drug effective against resistant and latent mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Anthrax spores may survive water treatment
• Mathematics in fact and fiction discussed at AAAS Annual Meeting
• Ancient greenhouse emissions—possible lessons for modern climate
• Most cave art the work of teens, not shamans
• The rising tide of ocean plagues: How humans are changing the dynamics of disease
• Marine mammals are on the frontline of failing ocean health
• Dutch study finds four in 10 heart attacks go unrecognised
• Mad cow protein aids creation of brain cells
• Early California: A killing field
• When good DNA goes bad
• Hormone linked to good hearing as we age
• Parental conflict produces more than fleeting distress for children
• PITT research integrity panel finds that Dr. Gerald Schatten committed no scientific misconduct
• Study sets treatment standard for elderly with colon cancer
• Study finds room for improvement in angioplasty, shows what can be done to cut risks
• Facial characteristics indicative of personality traits, say experts
• 'Big Science': Top funding for EU lung research project PULMOTENSION
• UF researchers develop ways to keep the bloom on the rose
• Which holds more: A tall, thin glass or a short, fat one?
• Moderately heavy models may actually lower women's self-esteem
• Guilt and fear motivate better than hope
• Another failed New Year's resolution? New study shows how self-prophecies may help
• Studies of ancient climates suggest Earth is now on a fast track to global warming
• No pacemakers in the brain may explain cot death
• Ethiopian development raises birth rate
• Unearthing explanations for New Madrid earthquakes
• Stanford scholar, aka NPR's 'Math Guy,' explains changing nature of mathematical proof
• Stevens professor to speak during Princeton lecture series
• Breakthrough computer chip lithography method developed at RIT
• Media briefing on NASA's new technology mission scheduled
• Calcium and vitamin D supplements offer modest bone improvements, no benefits for colorectal cancer
• Next good dinosaur news likely to come from small packages
• Besides food, farming can provide wildlife habitat and reduce global warming
• Study finds some people in pain unlikely to seek treatment
• Controlled corrosion
• Drug treatment before angioplasty or stent placement not beneficial for heart attack patients
• Large prospective study examines colon cancer risk in women
• First RAVE data release offers clues to Milky Way evolution
• Skiing toward the future of mobile services
• Thinking out of the box: How to challenge conventional space systems
• Pits and tectonic grabens in Phlegethon Catena
• Frontiers in boundary layer lubrication films
• Hydrogen bonds shown to play 'conserved' role in protein folding
• How the brain learns to become addicted
• Engineered mouse mimics cognitive aspects of schizophrenia
• Whooping cough - making a comeback?
• Predicting the risk of death in patients with known coronary artery disease
• Are medical tests accurate?
• Team discovers possible 'universal strategy' to combat addiction
• Civil partnerships likely to boost health of gay and lesbian people
• Costs of 'polypill' could drain global health budgets
• A bulging midriff roughly doubles women's chances of gallstone surgery
• Spring migration of pink-footed geese under threat
• Skin cancer prevention needs to begin in early childhood
• Escapee farmed salmon infiltrate fitter wild populations
• X chromosome dosage compensation proven in germ cells
• Loud music worsens effects of taking ecstasy
• Indoor pollution from cooking on wood stoves affects women in developing countries
• Healthy pre-term infants show reduced lung function
• Dan Vergano, Michelle Nijhuis, Times-Picayune win AGU journalism awards
• AGU journal highlights - 10 February 2006
• Greenland glaciers dumping ice into Atlantic at faster pace
• New analysis shows three human migrations out of Africa
• Study shows media coverage on flu influences parents to vaccinate their children
• One of the nation's first 7-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging devices for human studies planned at UT Southwestern Medical Center
• U of MN researchers develop way to visualize synchronized interactions of nerve cells in the brain
• Many new immigrants to US change diet -- and not for the better
• UF engineer develops tiny, easily mass-produced motion sensor
• Medieval diaries aid scientists ascertain increase in hot spots due to global warming
• UCLA biochemistry professor Sabeeha Merchant wins prestigious research award
• The future of nutritional genomics is collaboration
• Sound nutrition for children is an unmet human right
• Rutgers researchers 'rewrite the book' in quantum statistical physics
• Australian first to save sight
• Biologists visualize protein interaction that may initiate viral infection
• Event news from Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada
• Study with smokers shows vitamins combine for benefits
• How traumatized children survive: Academy meeting focuses on the resilience of children
• NJIT professor discovers better way to desalinate water
• Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging study launched nationwide by National Institutes of Health
• Researchers assemble second non-human primate genome
• Blood test can predict long-term risk of death in patients with shortness of breath
• Bradley Hospital responds to FDA report on ADHD drugs
• New position stand issued on the female athlete triad
• JCI table of contents, February 16, 2006
• Drawing a crowd: Understanding the signals that bring inflammatory cells into the lung
• Tumor size related to lung cancer spread
• Study examines violations of prescription drugs' black box warnings in outpatient settings
• Study examines treatment to maintain blood pressure in those with disorder causing postural drops
• Poor physical fitness associated with lower socioeconomic status and higher rate of death
• Medication shows modest benefit in reducing weight, improving HDL, triglyceride levels
• Morphine and topical anesthesia found effective in treating pain in newborn infants
• Low-carbohydrate diets appear effective, but may raise cholesterol levels
• Glaucoma patients appear to have increased eye pressure during sleep
• Estrogen therapy does not appear to protect postmenopausal women from heart disease
• IU School of Medicine scientists testing stem cells for peripheral artery disease
• Biology inspires perceptive machines
• Climate change may affect length of respiratory infection season
• A new way of looking at molecular motors
• Veggies contain chemicals that boost DNA repair and protect against cancer
• Neuronal receptor response may help explain Alzheimer's memory loss
• New Georgia Tech probe revolutionizes nano imaging
• It's in the genes: Study opens door to new treatment of the blues
• FSU biologist says new dinosaur is oldest cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex
• The nanoworld of corrosion
• Accumulator ring commissioning latest step for spallation neutron source
• Volcanic signatures persist in oceans
• Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers hosts webcast
• Targeting pancreatic cancer
• Culture shapes the winner
• Worst off will be most at risk under partial smoking ban
• Paternalism not to blame for failure to implement resuscitation policies
• No evidence that melatonin is effective in treating jet lag
• Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers
• Concerns over influence of tobacco firms in low income countries
• Radiologic signs more than double sensitivity of MRIs
• Internet television, e-science, smart optics for detecting structural failures
• Air ambulance research identifies best intubation method
• Brain images show individual dyslexic children respond to spelling treatment
• Vitamin D inhibits progression of some prostate cancers
• University of Kentucky author captures national attention with 'Lost Mountain'
• HIV risks reduced when mothers teach daughters about disease
• Antipsychotic drug may block addiction, UIC researchers find
• Preventing toxic side effects of inflammatory disease therapy
• Feb. 13 Program for African-American History Month
• Scientists re-engineer a well-known antibiotic to counter drug resistance
• High resolution 'snapshots' detail dynamics of a cocaine antibody
• News tips from The Journal of Neuroscience
• Adding nanotubes makes ordinary materials absorb vibration
• Disks encircling hypergiant stars may spawn planets in inhospitable environment
• 50th implant of VentrAssist
• Ethiopian water programme raises birth rate; viral encephalitis study
• Kaboom! Ancient impacts scarred moon to its core, may have created 'man in the moon'
• Removing DNA repair gene causes metabolic syndrome
• Gap widens between black/white kids' asthma hospitalizations and death
• Doctors fail to recommend colon cancer tests for low-income patients
• Uganda pulls plug on Lake Victoria
• NJIT chemists cook up new strain of carbon nanotubes
• Common reflux treatment linked to life threatening bowel infection in premature infants
• National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2006 inductees
• Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases
• Sex: It's costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe
• Cutting middle management kills productivity
• New images capture virus in extraordinary detail
• MIT researchers fired up about battery alternative
• Children fare better at pediatric trauma centers
• Naps key to surviving the hospital night shift
• Excisional treatments for pre-cancerous cervical cells could lead to problems in pregnancy
• Children with severe epilepsy need special precautions at home to prevent accidents
• Wiley wins two 2005 PSP awards and three honorable mentions
• Poverty trumps race to explain poor prostate cancer outcomes
• Non-BRCA hereditary breast cancer linked to new cancers
• Other highlights in the February 15 JNCI
• MRI drug may improve cancer-killing ability of chemotherapy, study says
• Antioxidant supplementation not associated with decreased risk of prostate cancer
• Robot assisted surgery more accurate than conventional surgery
• First disease-specific (breast cancer) protein library opens new drug paths
• How sperm crack the whip
• Georgia Tech develops technology for more compact, inexpensive spectrometers
• Georgia Tech accelerates drug discovery with new IBM supercomputing cluster
• Biosense Webster receives FDA approval for technology to treat patients with heart rhythm disease
• Sweeping under control
• Elsevier congratulates its award winning authors and editors
• Constructal theory predicts global climate patterns in simple way
• Diabetes can lead to gum disease in childhood; onset is younger than previously recognized
• Capturing the electrical activity of sperm
• The Valentine's Day candy dish
• Medical research must put public interests before commercial decisions, warns pharmaceutical faculty
• Coalition applauds bill to repeal cosmetic surgery tax
• The American Physiological Society publishes resource book for animal exercise protocols
• Red grapefruit appears to lower cholesterol, fight heart disease
• New sonar method offers way to assess health of squid fisheries
• Social stress in mice is controlled by genetic pathway, researchers find
• Three Pitt 'teacher-scholars' honored by NSF with CAREER awards
• GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership
• UMaine teams with fishermen to study affects of trawling on seafloor ecology
• Scientists develop malaria forecasting tool to predict disease risk
• Food talks at Ultrasound 2006 International Conference
• Cancer researchers found a new mechanism potentially explaining evolution of signalling pathways
• Bush-appointed judges most conservative on record, new UH study finds
• Survey links altruism and romantic love
• UCI to study mitochondrial role in diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease
• Saw palmetto no better than placebo for enlarged prostate
• Scientists force viruses to evolve as better delivery vehicles for gene therapy
• Environmental impact statement planned for USAMRIID facilities at Fort Detrick
• National Academies advisory: Safety of transporting spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste
• University presidents: NY must act on stem cell research
• Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected, Stanford researcher says
• The Gambia is first country to establish citizen forum for achieving 2010 biodiversity target
• SNM opposes new payment caps on imaging services detailed in Federal Deficit Reduction Act
• Sydney scientists discover and license breakthrough anti-inflammatory treatment
• Rockabye baby: Research shows gentle singing soothes sick infants
• First simultaneous cochlear implant operation for WA
• Take meds as directed, reduce overall healthcare costs
• Persistent fatigue may be the best way to predict onset of postpartum depression
• New survey sheds light on MS Therapy
• Student-friendly GIS leads to real-world science inquiry and fulfills NRC report's recommendations
• A clue to core problem of neurodegenerative disease and cell death
• East Africa's rapid development presents complex push and pull
• Biometric science seeks to avert identity crisis
• Older women at highest risk for hip fractures, least likely to get bone density screening
• Mayo Clinic researchers challenge sepsis theory
• Climate change and human health: Present and future risks
• Anti-HIV drug has potential to prevent transmission in women
• Gene design program from Johns Hopkins simplifies, automates and speeds design of 'artificial' genes
• Language barrier just one roadblock to diabetes control for Chinese-speaking immigrants
• Tracking food products from farm to the fork
• Landmark FSU study of hepatitis C virus solves mystery that has stymied quest for cure
• Depression may be lifelong parent trap, FSU study says
• Florida Tech funding increases for Alzheimer's care technology
• Not just the birds
• How to steal a million stars?
• Satellites support businesses working for sustainable development
• ESA's XMM reduces cost, extends science value
• Berkeley researchers lay groundwork for cell version of DNA chip
• Case biologists show that what a neuron can do is a function of mechanical context
• microRNA-mediated metabolism
• Genetics of muscular dystophy
• Small molecules overcome drug resistance in cancers associated with high-risk viruses
• Aggressive subtype of breast cancer displays 'misbehavior' of X chromosomes
• Ronald Breslow to receive 2006 Othmer Gold Medal
• International Conference on the History of Alchemy and Chymistry
• Metabolic acidosis associated with an increased mortality rate
• Anti-malarials most effective in lupus patients genetically at risk of high levels of TNF-alpha
• ASU professor details weather extremes in new book
• 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Press Conference Schedule
• Science, business leaders support American Competitiveness Initiative
• ACC Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit 2006
• 55th Annual ACC Scientific Session ushers in breakthroughs in cardiology research
• Few stroke patients get to hospital in time for treatment
• Growing evidence of sex-based differences in lung cancer highlighted at roundtable meeting
• Nearly half of people who need cholesterol treatment don't get it
• JRRD special issue on hearing and hearing loss
• Study explains unexpected conductivity of nanoscale silicon
• Scientists find ability for grammar hardwired into humans
• Course of bipolar disorder in youths described for the first time
• Exotic crab poised for widespread UK invasion
• A bathroom that cleans itself
• Kidney cancer patients may be overtreated, U-M study finds
• Transistor laser functions as non-linear electronic switch, processor
• From pills to bills: Pharmacist turned senator to speak at UH event
• UF scientists trace origin of shark's electric sense
• Study finds significant reduction in respiratory illnesses in babies breastfed six months vs. four
• 'Roof of the world' tells tale of colliding continents, Earth's interior
• New brain hormone puts brakes on reproduction
• Thousands of barges could save Europe from deep freeze
• Long-term poverty affects mental health of children
• Tufts expert examines the cardiovascular benefits of a Mediterranean-style diet
• Research into soy will continue but soy is not a solution for heart disease
• Older adults may reduce risk of metabolic syndrome by eating more whole grains
• Barrow Neurological Institute neuroimmunology fellow receives $135,000 fellowship award
• Rutgers College of Nursing professor to study N.J. nurses' work environment
• 'Freshman Fifteen' is a myth, but weight gain is still a problem
• Heparin prepared synthetically could replace animal-derived drug
• Aussie of the Year announces new vaccine trial
• Titania nanotubes create potentially efficient solar cells
• Frozen methane chunks not responsible for abrupt increases in atmospheric methane
• Early Americans faced rapid late Pleistocene climate change and chaotic environments
• Deep X-ray surveys reveal black hole population, glimpse at the universe
• Caregivers hide actions to enhance careers
• Home paper shredders pose serious injury risk to toddlers
• Scientists call for Hepatitis treatment of young injection drug users
• Preemies defy odds and overcome difficulties by adulthood: Study
• March of Dimes commits additional $2.4 million to prematurity research
• Tobacco industry developed product strategy to conceal toxicity of cigarettes
• Elsevier launches High Energy Density Physics
• Proteins' subtle 'backrub' motion could have important implications
• Medical centers vary in disclosing conflicts of interest
• New research has implications for California's future water supply and flood risk
• Ames Laboratory innovation key to a 'lead-free' Europe
• Brain changes significantly after age 18, says Dartmouth research
• High blood pressure and kidney disease increase risk for heart disease and stroke in older Americans
• Bank of America grant to expand community-based childhood immunization program in northern Manhattan
• Inflammatory reaction drives hormone resistance in cancer, study suggests
• Gene behind rare but important pregnancy disorder found
• Scientists discover dozens of new species in 'Lost World' of western New Guinea
• New 'Lemurs of Madagascar' book released
• Tropical fires add injury to biodiversity insult
• Antarctic krill provide carbon sink in Southern Ocean
• Biodesign and TGen form joint Center for Systems and Computational Biology
• Older asthmatics have increased cancer risk
• Researchers make elusive discovery and capture prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
• Prestigious 2005 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Norman R. Augustine
• Merck and AAAS announce 2006 winners for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
• Jane Lubchenco receives the 2005 AAAS Public Understanding of Science and Technology Award
• Educators in Texas and Massachusetts earn top 2005 mentoring awards from AAAS
• Authors, illustrator win AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
• AAAS honors scientist's commitment to justice for workers and scientific integrity in public policy
• 2005 AAAS ISC Award goes to a team of Russian and American scientists
• Disposable catheter breakthrough, a world first
• Better funding needed for chronic disease
• Protein translation in sperm
• Flights reveal intriguing information about ice particles in clouds
• Obesity may be factor in accelerated type I diabetes in some patients
• National study finds no effect from reducing total dietary fat
• Lung cancer survival rates may be linked to access to care
• Gut protein found to protect against infection and intestinal breakdown
• Pitt professor's article considers nature as a service provider
• Awards totaling $6.2 million to create major genetic testing lab at University of Iowa
• Declining snowpack cools off CO2 emissions from winter soils, says U. of Colorado study
• Macrophage signaling may affect hormone resistance in prostate tumors
• The long research road to a new vaccine
• Link discovered between depression and changes in the brain in Alzheimer's disease
• Understanding the tsunami
• Science and the end of poverty
• Global natural hazard risk identification and international development
• Premature babies and SIDS: Doctors should make special effort to talk to parents About Risk
• Gene thwarts some pathogens, gives access to others, could save crops
• Gap widens between optimal versus actual cholesterol levels
• NASA post-hurricane Katrina images available on Google Earth
• High-tech sieve sifts for hydrogen
• 'Visible Proofs' exhibition on forensic medicine opens at NIH
• Mice lacking social memory molecule take bullying in stride
• The National Institutes of Health will announce a major, new public-private research initiative
• High-risk black men are screened less for prostate cancer
• Review shows male circumcision protects female partners from HIV and other STDs
• HIV subtype predicts likelihood of early death from AIDS
• Pritzker gift to fund possible solutions for child obesity including testing YMCA programs
• Journal article validates the coming of age of hair replacement surgery
• Eating less fat may lower breast-cancer risk, have little impact on colon-cancer, heart-disease risk
• Citizen consumers? Using public services is not like shopping
• Listen to the radio from an ISS spacesuit
• Engineered heart tissue offers insights into irregular heartbeats, defibrillator failure
• Unique vascular dysfunction in women's heart disease described in major journal supplement
• Study shows minimally invasive lung surgery has low risk with same results as open surgery
• Researchers break chain of biochemical events that brain cancer cells use to evade therapy
• Does alcohol labelling encourage sensible drinking?
• Conscientious objection in medicine should not be tolerated
• Concern over Britain's refugee detention policy
• Can Islam help Muslim smokers to quit?
• Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing
• ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics presentation available online
• Periodontitis is associated with pregnancy complications
• Turkish scientist's discovery of how proteins work
• Women pregnant with girls experience more severe asthma symptoms
• Receptor critical in neurodegeneration reduces Alzheimer's plaque
• Novel diagnosis of preeclampsia with proteomic analysis
• $5.4 million grant to Yale EPH to study parasitic disease spread by female sand flies
• Illegal trade is propelling rare turtle toward extinction, new report
• Diabetic hearts make unhealthy switch to high-fat diet
• Autonomous underwater vehicle maps ancient Greek shipwreck
• New method enables gene disruption in destructive fungal pathogen
• Spyware poses a significant threat on the Net
• Researchers provide dose of education to lower blood pressure
• New material brings hydrogen fuel, cheaper petrochemicals closer to reality
• USC computer engine orchestrates character gestures
• Alzheimer's found to be mostly genetic
• Memory problems at menopause: Nothing to forget about
• Olfactory nerve cells expressing same receptor display a varied set of reactions
• Minimally invasive procedure OK for wide range of aorta problems, study shows
• UK researcher finds 'switching' compound for angiogenesis
• Thousands of Scots families to help scientists improve nation's health
• Scripps marine ecologist named Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation
• Study demonstrates rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infections with biosensor technology
• Pesticide combinations imperil frogs, probably contribute to amphibian decline
• Brain scans may predict cognitive decline in normal people
• Teens' healthy food choices foiled by early lunch, soft drink machine income and parents who cater
• Search engines return similar results for e-commerce comparison shopping
• How to find the orbital needle in the celestial haystack
• OHSU research reveals the complexities of obesity/cortisol interactions
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital named Bariatric Surgery Society 'Center of Excellence'
• Stable polymer nanotubes may have a biotech future
• New design for transistors powered by single electrons
• Fire panel changes offer real-time fire status data
• Enhanced LIDAR improves range, vibration measures
• MIT: Deep-sea robot photographs ancient Greek shipwreck
• New tool could portend Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment
• Hepatitis C recurs rapidly after liver transplant
• The smoking gun: Elastin fragments drive emphysema
• JCI table of contents, February 9, 2006
• Mutation in brain cells of descendants of Abraham Lincoln suggest he suffered from movement disorder
• Risk of cardiovascular disease or stroke not significantly decreased with low-fat diet
• Physician counseling, at-home follow-up may improve teen health behaviors
• More training needed to ensure accuracy of urine drug tests
• Large study shows low-fat diet has little effect on reducing risk of breast cancer
• Low-fat diet does not reduce risk of colorectal cancer
• History of depression linked to more brain plaques and tangles, rapid decline in Alzheimer's disease
• Genetic factors important in development and timing of Alzheimer's disease
• Exposure to military trauma related to post-war disease and death in Civil War veterans
• ELBW infants appear to be reaching functional outcomes as young adults similar to NBW infants
• Antidepressant use during pregnancy appears associated with withdrawal symptoms in newborns
• Ironing out new details of tuberculosis infection
• Radar teledetection for estimating the superficial humidity of soil
• Studies show case-based online CME effective
• Elsevier to publish Journal of Clinical Densitometry
• New technologies enhance quantum cryptography
• Detection of hot halo gets theory out of hot water
• Resveratrol prolongs lifespan and delays onset of aging-related traits in a short-lived vertebrate
• Parachuting allows krill to eat and run
• Fruit fly reveals a potential connection between dementia and cancer
• Experimental evolution of yeast in the lab may illuminate early events in speciation
• Chance, music, and the ear of the beholder
• Many foreign-born women in Miami are not vaccinated for rubella
• Kegel exercises reduce urinary incontinence in women, study confirms
• The Emotional First Aid + Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery
• Post-pregnancy events promote breast tumor metastasis
• Prescription painkillers effective in patients with dormant inflammatory bowel disease
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Feb. 7, 2006
• WOWing the crowds
• Triple code
• Preserved in crystal
• Breaking news
• Preterm birth risk quickly and accurately detected with proteomic profiling
• Partnering with community groups improves K-12 science education
• Report lists top 20 most-vulnerable African carnivores
• A step forward in the fight against bacterial infections
• UW-Madison business professor launches corporate reporting study
• Researchers study multi-purpose drug
• Children with asthma more likely to have behavior difficulties
• Children's asthma care improves on state health insurance program
• New study: Inequality in recreational resources decreases physical activities, boosts weight gain
• Flow technique could simplify targeting cancer therapy
• Increased role for PET imaging could improve cancer care
• Reducing prices at gas pump goal of UH engineers
• Molecular force field helps cancer cells defend against attack
• UCSD/Boston University find antidepressants may affect fetus
• UCI researchers prove a single memory is processed in three separate parts of the brain
• UCI joins international effort to model influenza outbreaks
• Historic records shed light on soldiers' lifelong war scars
• International Journal of Epidemiology – obesity special
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine launches a phase II clinical trial for new gene transfer drug study
• Are dancers genetically different than the rest of us? Yes, says Hebrew University researcher
• SNM provides $75,000 in 2005 grants, awards for molecular imaging/nuclear medicine researchers
• SNM awards $25,000 Mallinckrodt Seed Grant in Molecular Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Research
• Social first graders more likely to become good readers
• Reading and behavior problems intertwined in boys
• Parents who fight may harm children's future emotional development
• Parental conflict may affect children's behavior and learning by disrupting their sleep
• Children's distress over parental conflict continues over time
• Can snoring ruin a marriage?
• Rutgers College of Nursing hosts end-of-life conference
• Avantogen and Innovate merge key oncology program, RP101, RP101
• Principals' and foodservice directors' perceptions differ on food policy
• Medicinal herbs popular choice for babies and kids among WIC clinic clients
• OHSU scientists dispel late-night eating/weight gain myth
• Outbreak: Rapid appearance of fungus devastates frogs, salamanders in Panama
• Good worms can secure computers
• New teams join network to model pandemic flu, other infectious outbreaks
• Landmark hypertension study launches extensive physician and patient education program
• MNI researchers find that sense of smell is dependent on body position
• Researchers show the 'BEST' way to reduce osteoporosis risk
• Evolution mystery: Spider venom and bacteria share same toxin
• Radiologists have a duty to communicate their reports effectively to clinicians
• Patients capable of self-monitoring their anticoagulation therapy have survival benefit
• Doctors need to be able to recognise smallpox
• Preventive treatment helps avoid Hepatitis B relapse during chemotherapy
• Finding life on Mars and outer space begins by examining Earth's inner space
• Call not to use certain type of anti-viral drugs for influenza a virus for 2006 flu season
• Research books its place in the library of the future
• IEEE-USA applauds President's American Competitiveness Initiative
• Mathematics and statistics combat epidemics & bioterror
• Groovy protein essential for promoting cancer development
• Georgia Tech, Oak Ridge and UT-Battelle collaborate on high-performance computing
• Press registration open for ESC Congress/World Congress of Cardiology 2006 joint meeting
• Workshop on telemedicine for Africa
• SeaSAR 2006: Satellite radar reveals ever-changing face of the ocean
• 18 million hours of supercomputing time awarded to 15 teams for large-scale scientific computing
• NASA's 'Deep Impact' team reports first evidence of cometary ice
• Medical debt draining Kansans' resources, threatening health care access
• Study of first-time mums provides reassurance for pregnant women with bladder problems
• BioMed Central launches Biology Direct
• New mouthwash helps with pain linked to head and neck cancer
• Kengo Hirachi receives 2006 Bergman Prize
• Data security: A problem in search of a mathematical theory
• The American Evaluation Association: The Consequences of Evaluation
• Forum to address global shortage of health professionals
• European particle physics sets course for the future
• Two-drug treatment may block source of asthma and chronic bronchitis
• Summer research programs for undergraduates evaluated nationally
• Science education lacks a good narrative
• Modern mathematical proofs changing due to collaborations, computers
• Grand challenge seeks carbon sequestration, hydrogen production solutions
• Ernst Mayr's theory illustrated in genetic epidemiology studies
• Some masks used in children's asthma treatment not effective, research shows
• New measurements prove myosin VI can act as molecular transporter
• Protein found to control tumor growth in certain breast cancers
• Brain derived neurotrophic factor alleviates disease symptoms in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome
• New licensing agreement to maximize AIDS drug development
• University of Queensland and Harvard Medical International to nourish the health workforce
• Methadone therapy - one dose does not fit all
• Partner proteins may help estrogen foster breast cancer
• Scientists discover genetic profile of an often-misdiagnosed chronic allergic disease of children
• Scientists develop potential pandemic influenza vaccine in mice
• K-State's Culbertson receives $530,000 National Science Foundation award
• HIV decline in Zimbabwe linked to behavioural change
• All placebos not created alike
• Biofuels can replace about 30 percent of fuel needs with significant research and policy effort
• The little beam that could
• Studies of obese children reveal body-weight control hormone
• Aging cells, aging body: Fresh evidence for a connection
• Text messaging speeds up treatment for Chlamydia infection
• Soaring UK rates of Chlamydia infection partly caused by more sensitive tests
• Sexual health clinics will need to more than triple capacity to meet 48 hour access target
• 48 hour access target for UK sexual health clinics impossible
• New faster screening test for MRSA
• Doubling of US science funding announced in State of the Union Address
• Highlights from the February 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
• Study supports limiting television time for children
• New testing method developed to assess safety, health risks of nanomaterials
• Binary asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may be icy comets from solar system's infancy
• One fish, two fish: New MIT sensor improves fish counts
• New 'planet' is larger than Pluto
• Study: Hospitals rated top 5 percent have mortality rates 27 percent lower
• Any national childhood flu-vaccine program should include evaluation component
• Unraveling the viral mechanism
• Older adults more vulnerable to distraction from irrelevant information
• Researchers alleviate symptoms of Rett syndrome in mice
• DNA end caps may lead to cancer treatments, UT Southwestern researchers report
• Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
• UC Riverside researchers identify clay as major contributor to oxygen that enabled early animal life
• Omega-6 fats cause prostate tumors to grow twice as fast
• A fork in memory lane: UCSD research indicates hippocampus supports two aspects of recognition
• Obese women suffer more pregnancy complications
• Researchers evolve a complex genetic trait in the laboratory
• New route to therapy for Rett syndrome?
• Carnegie Mellon researcher leads team working to create methanol fuel cell
• Malaria early-warning system shows promise in tackling epidemics
• Biologists build better software, beat path to viral knowledge
• Profiling amniotic fluid yields faster test for infection and preterm birth risk, researchers find
• Researchers discover link between high levels of HtrA1 protein
• JCI table of contents, February 1, 2006
• Genetic cause of sudden infant death in African Americans
• Gene discovery linked to increasingly diagnosed gastrointestinal disease
• Hydrocortisone supplementation improves ventilator weaning
• Asthmatic children in multi-family housing hit by indoor nitrogen dioxide
• Vital ocean prey play active role in environment
• Organic diets lower children's exposure to two common pesticides
• Nanotech to improve health care delivery – at the molecular scale
• UCSD Research Center to host scientific symposium on celiac disease
• Anti-evolutionism in America—What's ahead?
• Toxic waves
• Study reveals dramatic metabolic differences in how adults, infants and children process drugs

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