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Jaws of Clamworm Are Hardened by Zinc Say UC Santa Barbara Scientists.
August 1, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists often look to nature for inspiration in the search for ways to make new materials. A new study of the clamworm, an intertidal...

Marsha A. Chandler Appointed UC San Diego Acting Chancellor.
August 1, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California President Richard C. Atkinson, acting in consultation with President-designate Robert C. Dynes, announced today (Aug.1) his intention...

Purdue Forms New Lab for Research, Teaching in Hybrid-Engine Cars.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University has created a new laboratory dedicated to research and teaching in hybrid-engine automotive technologies. Hybrid technology supplements the...

Study Suggests New Cause for Alzheimer's Disease; Finding Goes Against 'Plaque', 'Tangles' Theories.
August 1, 2003... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The traditional battle lines that have been drawn in the area of Alzheimer's disease (AD) research are between the "b APPtists" and the "Tauists." The b APPtists believe...

Scientists Find Genes for Lethal Kidney Disease That Strikes Infants, Children; May Be Linked to Life-Threatening Polycystic Kidney Disease in Adults.
August 1, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have identified a new gene that, when mutated, causes one type of nephronophthisis or NPHP -...

Electronic Voting Security Flaws: Johns Hopkins Researchers Respond to Diebold Analysis.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Computer security researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and Rice University today responded to an electronic voting system vendor who attacked the credibility...

Back To School Tips From Purdue University Experts.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following experts are available to discuss various back-to-school topics. K-12 ISSUES o Pets Plus Classroom Equals Learning Classroom pets add to...

Experimental Measurements Give New Twist to DNA Studies.
August 1, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a tool kit of lasers, tiny beads and a Lego set, Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have made the first measurement of the torsional, or...

Moot Court 'Sentences' Kobe Bryant to Jail; University of San Francisco Court Rules Four Years in Jail, Eight Years Probation for NBA Star.
August 1, 2003... Byline: University of San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- If National Basketball Association star Kobe Bryant is found guilty of felony sexual assault he can expect to do some jail time. At least that's the finding of...

Reproductive Genetics Advisory Committee Named; Genetics and Public Policy Center Sets Course for Developing Policy Options.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Genetics and Public Policy Center at The Johns Hopkins University has established the Reproductive Genetics Advisory Committee to provide expert...

University of Florida Researchers Combating Fatal Dogwood Epidemic.
August 4, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- There may be hope for that embattled Southern icon, the dogwood tree, say University of Florida researchers. Most dogwoods in the Great Smoky Mountains...

Inside the Glacier Fire: Mobile Radar Tracks Swirling Winds in Montana Blazes.
August 4, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A mobile Doppler radar tracking the twists and turns of air billowing around a wildland fire in Montana has gathered data that will shed light on...

UC Santa Barbara to Establish Nation's First Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program.
August 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California has approved a proposal by UC Santa Barbara to establish the nation's first doctoral program in Chicano...

A Little Bit of Cold Can Kill a Very Big Manatee; Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Reports What it Might Mean for Future of Species.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution FORT PIERCE, Fla., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- While Florida may be warm enough even in the coldest winter months to attract sun-seeking tourists, when the thermometer does dip, it can prove...

Pet Fish Doctor 'On Call' Through New Oregon State University Program.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Pending NEWPORT, Ore., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oregon State University has created one of the nation's very few Extension programs to assist the pet fish industry and hobbyists, a response to a surging interest in tropical and...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Study Shows Retinoids Kill Childhood Brain Tumor Cells.
August 4, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers find that vitamin A derivatives may be highly effective and minimally toxic treatments for medulloblastoma, the most common form of childhood...

TRI/Princeton to Hold Professional Education Courses This Fall.
August 5, 2003... Byline: TRI/Princeton PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- TRI/Princeton is proud to announce that three professional educational short courses that caterer to a wide variety of industries will be offered this fall. First,...

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Archives Donated to UC Santa Barbara Libraries.
August 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) is donating its historical archives and related materials to Special Collections in the UC Santa...

Type Ia Supernovae Shape Up for Cosmology; First Shape Measurement of an Exploding White Dwarf.
August 5, 2003... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working with colleagues at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the University of Texas...

Dr. Robot Tested at Hopkins.
August 5, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- It lacks the warm bedside manner of Marcus Welby or Dr. Kildare, but a high-tech robot being tested at The Johns Hopkins Hospital could be used to link...

Bates Presents First Solo U.S. Exhibition by Renowned Cuban Artist.
August 5, 2003... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Manuel Lopez Oliva: Cuba and the Theatre of Desire," the first solo U.S. exhibition by one of Cuba's most famous and accomplished artists, opens Friday, Aug. 22, at the...

Harvard's Michael Porter Honored by Academy of Management.
August 5, 2003... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor Michael E. Porter, one of the world's leading authorities on competitive strategy and international competitiveness, received the 2003 Scholarly Contributions...

Attitudes Toward Political Parties, Party Leaders Mixed in National Survey; Survey Done by Indiana University's Center on Congress.
August 6, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do people think it is better when the presidency and the majority of Congress are controlled by the different political parties? How do most people view a divided...

ABC News Correspondent Judy Muller Joins USC Annenberg Journalism Faculty.
August 6, 2003... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Judy Muller, an Emmy Award-winning ABC News correspondent and National Public Radio commentator, will join the faculty of the USC Annenberg School for...

Telemedicine Program Allows Ophthalmologists to 'See' People at Risk for Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma; Advanced Retinal Cameras Don't Require Eye to Be Dilated, Can Transmit Images Over the Internet to University of Maryland Specialists.
August 6, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eye specialists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine are using telemedicine technology to help people who may be at risk of glaucoma and...

University of Wisconsin Whitewater Eyes Research-Based Overhaul of Undergraduate Biology.
August 6, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater WHITEWATER, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reform-minded faculty have known for decades that science, much like art or music, is best learned by doing. Yet most of the incentives for doing science,...

Book Tracing History of Racism In Schools Wins Top Award.
August 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision," a powerful and disturbing work chronicling the history of segregated schools in America,...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status.
August 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first in-flight checkouts of the science instruments and engineering cameras on NASA's twin Spirit and Opportunity spacecraft on their way to Mars have...

Some Autistic Children Make Remarkable Progress With Intensive Behavioral Program, Study Suggests.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University TORONTO, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study provides confirmation that some young autistic children can make remarkable progress when they participate in a specially designed intensive behavioral...

Researchers Identify New Cause of Genomic Instability.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers sifting through the indispensable machinery that senses and fixes broken DNA have discovered a new culprit that can induce instability in...

Home Visits From Community Health Workers Spur Blood Pressure Reduction.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As little as one home visit by a community health worker, as part of a community/academic health center program, may be enough to encourage someone with high...

Childhood Obesity: University at Buffalo Experts Describe Research & Recommendations for Combating Epidemic.
August 7, 2003... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 7 (AScribe News) -- The risk for obesity in children doubles for every two hours of television watched each day, and decreases 10 percent for every hour of exercise performed each day,...

Georgia Tech Researchers Create the World's Fastest Detailed Computer Simulations of the Internet; Simulate Network Traffic from.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology over 1 Million Web Browsers in Near Real Time Atlanta, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the fastest detailed computer simulations of...

Center For Blood Researchers Discover Mechanism Behind Genetic Mis-Repairs Leading to Many Cancers.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Center for Blood Research BOSTON, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Center for Blood Research have discovered that a chromosomal component surrounding DNA functions as a suppressor of genomic instabilities that lead to...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Studies Identify Key Genes Involved in Blood Vessel Development.
August 7, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 7 (AScribe News) -- New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified two genes that play key roles in regulating blood vessel...

Geological Tool Helps Scientists Map the Interior of the Ocean.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Aug. 7 (AScribe News) -- A new application of a decades-old technique to study Earth's interior is allowing scientists "see" the layers in the ocean, providing new insight on...

Protein Profile Predicts Prognosis in Lung Cancer Patients; Finding Moves Step Closer to 'Molecular Fingerprinting'.
August 7, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the future, many cancer scientists and physicians believe, a "molecular fingerprint" of an individual's cancer may be used to diagnose that patient's disease and...

Male Athletes Also Suffer From Body Image Problems, Study Shows.
August 8, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University TORONTO, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- While eating disorders among athletes are often seen as a problem mainly for women, some male athletes may also have their own issues regarding body image, new research...

Urban Emissions Focus of NCAR Institute.
August 8, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 8 (AScribe News) -- An international group of young engineers, urban planners, and social and natural scientists has arrived at the National Center for Atmospheric...

Americans' Indifference, Frustration Sets Stage For Political Stars.
August 8, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8 (AScribe News) -- As more Americans continue to lose interest in conventional channels of political expression, the road to political office is more likely to wind its way through the...

Children With Bowel Disease Prone to Emotional Problems.
August 8, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University TORONTO, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new study, more than one-third of children with mild inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) also suffered from psychological problems, such as symptoms of anxiety...

UC San Diego Biologists Discover Key Step for 'Designer Plants' that Could Clean Up Heavy Metals at Hazardous Waste Sites.
August 8, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 8 (AScribe News) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated that a chemical that permits plants to detoxify heavy metals can be transported...

Virtual Chemistry Lab at Carnegie Mellon University Wins Prestigious MERLOT Award.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon's Virtual Chemistry Laboratory, an environment where students can mix chemicals for hours without wearing safety goggles or cleaning the lab...

Whittaker Appointed State Department Science Fellow; Stevens Physicist Will Advise on Military Technology Exports.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Stevens Institute of Technology HOBOKEN, N.J., Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A professor of physics/engineering physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, Dr. Edward A. Whittaker, has received a Fellowship assignment within the US...

Fisher College to Host PrivacyCon 2003, Sept. 30-Oct. 2; Microsoft's New Chief Privacy Strategist One of Three Keynote Presenters; HP Privacy Innovation Award Recipient to Be Announced at Conference.
August 11, 2003... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Microsoft's new chief privacy strategist, Peter Cullen, is one of three keynote speakers scheduled to present at PrivacyCon 2003, the fifth annual...

University of Central Florida Freshman Assignment: Brown vs. Board of Education; 6,000 Students to Study Landmark Decision in Across-Curriculum Project.
August 11, 2003... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- No other university campus in the United States is mounting a freshman assignment quite like it: An in-depth exploration of the landmark Supreme Court...

UC, Eolas Win Verdict Against Microsoft in Web Browser Case; Federal Jury Awards $520.6 Million in Damages.
August 11, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Microsoft Corp. improperly put patented Web browser technology into its Internet Explorer, helping the computer giant to win critical market share from rival...

Study Calls For Major Reforms in Marketing of Ephedra.
August 12, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study published in the August 2003 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers found that some Web sites that advertise dietary herbal supplements containing the...

University of Minnesota Electronic Portfolio Software Now Open to Everyone.
August 12, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- An idea hatched at the University of Minnesota Duluth that lets U of M students continually update their electronic resume for advisors, instructors and prospective...

Infants More Vulnerable to Serious Brain Injury From Falling Than Previously Thought.
August 12, 2003... Byline: The Whitaker Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 12 (AScribe News) -- Babies are more vulnerable to serious head injury during a fall than had been previously thought, according to new research that may also begin to help child abuse...

Graduate Certificate in Professional Communications offered at Stevens.
August 12, 2003... Byline: Stevens Institute of Technology HOBOKEN, N.J., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The rapidly developing global community demands an increasingly refined set of communications skills from its professionals. Clarity of expression has...

Win Donors With Tools of Persuasion, Says Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
August 12, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Building on the extraordinary success of its sold-out inaugural issue, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, published by the Stanford Graduate...

Fossil Teeth May Offer Evidence of Meat Eating in Early Human Ancestors.
August 13, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- An examination of tooth shape in the earliest members of the human genus reveals a change in diet to tougher foods - possibly the first anatomical evidence of...

The French Aren't Poles Apart When Comparing Attitudes Toward Chemotherapy Among the Elderly.
August 13, 2003... Byline: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The French are famously opposed to Americans regarding language, food and politics. But when it comes to having cancer and treating it,...

Dedicated Trauma Program Improves Patient Outcomes.
August 13, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A dedicated trauma service staffed by full-time specialists at hospitals can significantly reduce patient triage times in the emergency department (ED),...

Genomes of Tiny Microbes Yield Clues to Global Climate Change.
August 13, 2003... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- By analyzing the genomes of several microscopic ocean-dwelling organisms sequenced at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute...

Researchers Enter Age of Comparative Genomics With Large-Scale Study of Vertebrate DNA.
August 13, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Arizona State University researcher is part of a group of scientists reporting the first large-scale comparison of the human genome to 12 other vertebrates....

Machines Accurately Infer User Intent, Remember Experiences, Allow Users to Call Upon Simulated Experts; Sandia Team Develops Cognitive Machines.
August 14, 2003... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new type of "smart" machine that could fundamentally change how people interact with computers is on the not-too-distant horizon at the Department of...

Indiana's Foremost Geologist Slides Into National Post.
August 14, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Indiana Geological Survey Director John Steinmetz has been elected president of the Association of American State Geologists, an alliance of the chief geologists...

Stem-Cell Defect Underlies Common Genetic Disorder.
August 14, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have found that Hirschsprung disease, one of the most common genetic disorders, is caused by a defect that...

Groundbreaking Book Resurrects Lost World of American Expressionism, Forgotten Art of 1920s, 30s.
August 14, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- From the 1920's through the end of World War II, a unique form of American Expressionism evolved, depicting the raw emotion and intense strife felt by the...

Purdue Instrument To Fashion Custom-Made Proteomics Chips.
August 14, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University scientists are developing an instrument that can fabricate custom-made biochips for protein analysis, offering a potentially powerful new tool...

Wireless Technology May Help Doctors Treat Patients.
August 15, 2003... Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center HERSHEY, Pa., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wireless technology may put doctors who don't rely on desktop computers and paper charts in a better position to treat their patients. That...

Global Warming Will Further Stress Troubled Coral Reefs.
August 15, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Coral reefs, once the prolific producers of seafood stocks and tourism income, are reeling from the effects of overfishing and pollution. Now comes global...

Earth Attacks Mars! New University of Puget Sound Course on Mars Exploration Begins as Earth Ships Invade Red Planet at Historic Apparition.
August 18, 2003... Byline: University of Puget Sound TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The celestial object of greatest fascination for Earthlings will soon be closer to our planet than it has ever been in recorded history. At the end of August...

$10,000 Grant From SBC for Urban Teacher Program at John F. Kennedy University.
August 18, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from SBC to support its Urban Teacher Program. The grant was conducted...

UC San Diego Scientists Develop Novel Way to Screen Molecules Using Conventional CDs and Compact Disk Players.
August 18, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel method of detecting molecules with a conventional compact disk player...

Babbling Key to Evaluating Speech Development in Babies With Hearing Loss.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parents of deaf toddlers with cochlear implants or hearing aids have a new Internet tool to help them monitor their babies' progress in early speech development...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Advances Power Grid Reliability, Envisions Grid of the Future.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a leader in power grid reliability, from impacts of aging infrastructure,...

Purdue Researchers Expose 'Docking Bay' For Viral Attack.
August 18, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a virus and its cellular target as two spacecraft - the virus sporting a tiny docking bay that allows it to invade its victim. Purdue University...

Ketogenic Diet Raises Cholesterol, Lipid Levels in Children.
August 19, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that the rigorously high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet known as the ketogenic diet, shown to reduce...

Rice University Management Professor Shannon Anderson Wins Top Research Award in Accounting.
August 19, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shannon Anderson, associate professor of management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, and co-author S. Mark Young, KPMG Foundation...

Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations in Sperm Increase With Men's Age; Mutated Sperm May Have Advantage Over Normal Brethren.
August 19, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's a lot said about a woman's ticking biological clock, but male biology doesn't age as gracefully as men might like to think. By analyzing sperm...

Indiana University Bloomington Research Team Explores Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck on Northern California Coast; Team to Be Featured as Part of History Channel Documentary.
August 20, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On a foggy July night in 1850, the Frolic, a majestic Baltimore clipper en route from Hong Kong to San Francisco, collided with a rocky reef off the treacherous...

Stress Test: Long Work Hours Are Not the Culprit.
August 20, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Downsizing and increased productivity goals mean longer work hours and higher stress for many workers. But University of Arkansas researcher Dan Ganster has...

Newly Found Gene Resistant to Economically Crippling Wheat Disease.
August 20, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bread wheat plants carrying a newly discovered gene that is resistant to economically devastating leaf blotch can reduce the amount of grain lost to the...

Nonprofit Theaters Face Grim Financial Future, Survey Finds.
August 21, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As American theaters gear up for the start of their performance season, many face an uncertain financial future despite a dramatic increase in individual contributions...

Insulin Gene Found Central to Type 1 Diabetes Development in Animal Model.
August 21, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have discovered a single insulin...

9/11 Anniversary Expert: Author of New Book on Forgotten New York Steamboat Disaster Can Comment on Future Memory of World Trade Center Attacks.
August 21, 2003... Byline: College of the Holy Cross WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Will New Yorkers ever forget Sept. 11? They did forget June 15, 1904, the day 1,021 of New York's Lower East Side residents perished when a fire on the...

Findings Could Dash Hopes for Past Oceans on Mars.
August 21, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- After a decades-long scientific quest, scientists analyzing data from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft have at...

Depression Doubles Risk of Death After Bypass Surgery.
August 21, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the largest and longest study of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have definitively shown what previous studies have hinted at -- depression is a...

U.S.News' Survey Gives High Marks to Santa Clara University; Santa Clara University Ranked No. 2 Among Universities in the West; Graduation Rates, Freshman Retention Rates Among Highest In U.S.
August 21, 2003... Byline: Santa Clara University SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the 15th year in a row, Santa Clara University was ranked number two among 'masters' universities' in the West, by U.S. News & World Report. U.S....

Study on Effects of 9/11 Attacks Charts Impacts, Effective Coping Mechanisms.
August 22, 2003... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the first studies of the long-term impact of the 2001 terrorist incidents on ordinary Americans who were not direct victims has found that the majority of the...

University of Georgia Research Team Reveals Molecular Key to Cell Division.
August 22, 2003... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anyone who made it to high school biology has learned about mitosis, or cell division. One cell divides into two, two into four and so forth, in a process designed to...