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Molecular Tailoring of Chemotherapy With Novel Imaging Techniques: Molecular Beacons, Gene Silencing, Reporter Genes Studied to Better Predict Response to Chemotherapy.
December 1, 2004... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania are applying a host of imaging techniques to develop better ways to look...

New Technique Developed at Arizona Cancer Center Offers Early Detection of Treatment Response for Cancer Patients.
December 1, 2004... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson have developed an approach that will allow them to detect if cancer patients are responding within days after they...

Jefferson Medical College Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Rescue Failing Hearts in Animals.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Heart researchers at Jefferson Medical College have used gene therapy to bring failing rat hearts back to normal. Scientists led by Walter Koch, Ph.D.,...

Medical College of Wisconsin Researcher Finds Portrayal of Doctors in Movies Changes Over Time; Serves As Public Opinion Gauge.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Medical College of Wisconsin physician reviews movies with one thing in mind -- how doctors are portrayed. Glenn Flores, M.D., brings his expertise as a...

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Bioinformatics Student Develops Computer Program That Models Spread of Infectious Diseases.
December 2, 2004... Byline: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) bioinformatics student is allowing his fellow classmates and possibly other students...

Common Lineage Suggested for Viruses That Infect Hosts From All Three Domains of Life.
December 2, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute, working in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Helsinki, have discovered structural similarities among viruses that...

Bosons Crystallize in 2-D Traps.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have unveiled a fundamental change in the properties of matter. The theoretical finding, that bosons placed in...

Sacrificial Burial Deepens Mystery at Teotihuacan, But Confirms City's Militarism.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A spectacular new discovery from an ongoing excavation at the Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Moon is revealing a grisly sacrificial burial from a period when the...

NASA Study Links Wind, Current Changes to Indian Ocean Warming.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A NASA study suggests changing winds and currents in the Indian Ocean during the 1990s contributed to the observed warming of the ocean during that period....

Radiological Society of North America Meeting: Johns Hopkins Studies.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following studies were presented at this year's meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3 in Chicago. ---...

A Less Invasive Laser Approach to Prostate Problems.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Older men who suffer from benign prostate enlargement, or BPH, now have a new state-of-the-art treatment option that has them back to feeling better within...

University of Missouri-Rolla Students Ditch Lab for Field Research.
December 3, 2004... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Think of them as a CSI team minus the blood and guts. Armed with GPS devices and hip boot waders, biology students at the University of Missouri-Rolla...

Retired Rochester Institute of Technology Dean Explores Letters Americans Wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt; Paul Bernstein Publishes 'Letters to Eleanor: Voices of the Great Depression'.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ordinary Americans struggling during the Great Depression wrote letters by the thousands to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, seeking money, job leads and...

MIT, Columbia Begin New Energy Experiment.
December 6, 2004... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- MIT and Columbia University students and researchers have begun operation of a novel experiment that confines high-temperature ionized gas, called plasma, using the strong magnetic...

United States Lags in Philanthropic Giving.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- As Americans open their pocketbooks to charities this holiday season, a Johns Hopkins study shows that the United States lags behind other countries in terms of...

Some Tropical Corals Can't Take the Heat; Smith College Study Shows Some Reefs May Disappear If Sea Surface Continues To Warm.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Smith College NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Smith College researchers identified one biochemical mechanism that gives some species of coral an inherent defense against warming sea waters, and leaves others...

National University of Singapore Team Discovers Key Protein That Aids Mosquito-Borne Virus Infection.
December 8, 2004... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is the first in the world to identify the receptor protein which facilitates entry of the...

Singapore Scientists Develop New Synthetic Protein That Targets, Kills Cancer Cells.
December 8, 2004... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new synthetic protein fragment...

The Ecology of Fear: Wolves Gone, Western Ecosystems Suffer.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research about wolves that began in Yellowstone National Park has been replicated in an adjacent area, and a growing body of evidence leads scientists to...

Scientists Find Atomic Clues to Tougher Ceramics.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Advanced ceramics are wonderful materials - they withstand temperatures that would melt steel and resist most corrosive chemicals. If only they...

Gene Variants May Help Fend Off HIV Infection.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers based partly in South Africa has identified a key set of immune system molecules that helps determine how effectively a person...

Military Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Show Lowest Wartime Mortality Rate: 10 Percent of Wounded; Injuries, Not Deaths, Best Measure of War's Scope.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an essay with major implications for military policy, "Casualties of War -- Military Care for the Wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan," Dr. Atul Gawande...

Marlboro Lights Smokers Misinformed; New National Survey Shows Ignorance About Lowered Tar, Nicotine Claim.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Burness Communications WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- How many light or ultra-light cigarettes would someone have to smoke to get the same amount of tar as from one regular cigarette? The correct answer is one, but...

Dream Home: Malaria Parasite Renovates to Suit Its Tastes.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The malaria parasite survives in its host by remodeling the red blood cells in which it dwells. Once ensconced in its newly refurbished home, the...

The Curious Case of the Eiffel Tower Put to Rest by Mathematician.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Michigan Technological University HOUGHTON, Mich., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Debate has simmered among engineers over just why Gustave Eiffel designed his famous tower the way he did. Now it appears that the matter has been put...

Spitzer, Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary Systems.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronomers an unprecedented look at dusty...

CU-Boulder Research Team Discovers First Evidence of Life in Rock Glaciers.
December 13, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered evidence of microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the Rocky...

Researchers Discover New Gene in Colon Cancer: A Naturally Occurring COX-2 Inhibitor.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine CLEVELAND, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer researchers at the Case Western Reserve University (Case) School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) and the...

BotulismToxin Ensnares Its Target.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first detailed structure of a botulism toxin attached to its target protein reveals that the toxin snakes the protein around itself -- a sort of...

American Power and Global Relations Is Topic of New Book by Wellesley College Professor Joel Krieger.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- To shed light on the role of American power in shaping global relations, Wellesley College Professor of Political Science Joel Krieger has written a new book,...

New Imaging Technique Helps Researchers Probe Lung Vessel Changes Linked to Deadly Hypertension.
December 13, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University and the VA Medical Center-Milwaukee has introduced a promising new technique to...

Success of Experimental Herpes Vaccine Builds Momentum for Human Clinical Trials.
December 14, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study provides evidence that a herpes vaccine developed by a Harvard Medical School researcher is a strong candidate for testing in humans. The study,...

University of Florida Study: Bigfoot Myth Persists Because It Depicts Humans' Wild Side.
December 14, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's plenty to debunk about the Bigfoot myth, but people may not listen because they have a love-hate relationship with the gigantic hairy monster, says a...

Study Shows How Mad Cow Prions Hitch a Ride Into Intestine: They Piggyback on Iron-Storing Proteins After Surviving Digestive Juices.
December 14, 2004... Byline: Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine CLEVELAND, Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study from the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine shows that the infectious version of...

UCLA Cancer Researchers Use Saliva to Detect Head and Neck Cancer, Opening Door for New Diagnostic, Detection Tools.
December 14, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In one of the first studies using the RNA in saliva to detect cancer, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center were able to differentiate head and neck cancer patients from a group...

New Clue to Nerve Growth May Help Regeneration Efforts.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered how one family of proteins repels growing nerves and keeps them properly on track during development. The finding,...

NASA Picks Two Indiana University Devices to Go to Mars.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two of the eight instruments selected to go on a Mars rover have Indiana University Bloomington geologists behind them, NASA announced yesterday. One of the...

Serious Internet Shoppers Care About More Than Price, Says MIT Sloan Study; Brand Name, Reliability, Shipping Are Also Deciding Factors.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Sloan School of Management, MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- With Christmas sales about to peak, new research by an MIT Sloan professor has debunked the conventional wisdom that the Internet has triggered a wave...

Loss of Fruit Fly Retina Protein Delays Blinding Light Damage.
December 15, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In experiments with fruit flies, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that blindness induced by constant light results directly from the loss of a key...

A New Twist on an Old Nebula: Image Analysis Shows Helix Nebula Shape Is Surprisingly Complex.
December 16, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a process comparable to that of an artist who turns a two-dimensional canvas into a three-dimensional work of art, astronomers use the two dimensional images...

Catastrophic Flooding From Ancient Lake May Have Triggered Cold Period.
December 16, 2004... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a lake three times the size of the present-day Lake Ontario breaking through a dam and flooding down the Hudson River Valley past New York...

Surprise! Cells Have Second Source of Phosphate; New Source Means New Cellular Communication.
December 16, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- For 50 years, thousands of labs around the world have studied cells' critical internal communications, and scientists had assumed the speakers were known....

Study Resolves Doubt About Origin of Earth's Oldest Rocks, Possibility of Finding Traces of Ancient Life.
December 16, 2004... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiments led by Nicolas Dauphas of the University of Chicago and Chicago's Field Museum have validated some controversial rocks from Greenland as the potential site...

Marine Biotechnology Product Offers Promise as Cystic Fibrosis Treatment.
December 16, 2004... Byline: University of North Carolina at Wilmington WILMINGTON, N.C., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers working with Florida red tide toxin at the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Center for Marine Science have discovered...

Rapid Progress Reported in Emerging Field of Molecular Electronics.
December 16, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The emerging field of molecular electronics - using nanoscale molecules as key components in computers and other electronic devices - is in excellent health and has a bright future,...

Researchers Present Cassini Saturn Findings.
December 16, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- As NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached Saturn last July, it found evidence that lightning on Saturn is roughly one million times stronger than lightning on Earth....

Study Finds Antibody Can Prevent Kidney Damage From Anti-Rejection Drugs in Heart Transplant Animal Model.
December 16, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Center researchers have shown in animals that kidney damage from drugs used to suppress immune reaction in heart...

U.S. Textile Manufacturers Wary of Import Threat; University of North Carolina Professors Offer Comprehensive Assessment of Attitudes Toward Agreement of Textiles and Clothing.
December 17, 2004... Byline: Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent survey of U.S. textile manufacturers reveals majority support for an extension to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing...

Baby Boomers Look to Alma Mater As They Face New Challenges in Retirement Years.
December 17, 2004... Byline: Barnard College NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Baby boomers are looking to their alma mater as an important resource to both recharge and reconnect as they prepare for new challenges during retirement, including mentoring...

Lake Tahoe Is Warming Up; Climate Change Suspected.
December 17, 2004... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by UC Davis scientists shows for the first time that the waters of Lake Tahoe are warming up at almost twice the rate of the world's oceans,...

Scientists Identify Protein Critical to Melanoma Growth; Blocking Gene's Activity May Control Deadly Skin Cancer Without Harming Normal Cells.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston have discovered that malignant melanoma, the potentially lethal skin cancer, can't grow...

UC Davis Study Shows Lake Tahoe Is Warming Up.
December 20, 2004... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The waters of Lake Tahoe are warming up at almost twice the rate of the world's oceans, probably as a consequence of global climate change, according to a...

UCLA Cancer Researchers Can Predict, for the First Time, Which Prostate Cancer Patients Will Respond to Experimental Therapy.
December 20, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have identified for the first time a way to predict which prostate cancer patients will benefit from an experimental therapy that blocks a...

Size of Myocardial Infarct Measured Using MRI.
December 20, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In animal studies, researchers at Johns Hopkins have effectively used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure with 94 percent accuracy the size and...

University of Minnesota Professor Finds That DNA May Hold Key to Compact Information Processing and Data Storage.
December 20, 2004... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The DNA molecule - nature's premier data storage material - may hold the key for the information technology industry as it faces demands for more compact data...

Potent Anticancer Drug Increases Function of Nerve Cells in Mouse Model of Neurodegeneration; Paxceed Shows Therapeutic Promise for Diseases Involving Brain Amyloids.
December 20, 2004... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a preclinical efficacy trial, the cancer drug paclitaxel (Paxceed) - which exerts its effects by binding to and stabilizing microtubules inside...

Hurricanes Bring Temporary Relief to Florida Reefs Smothered by Invasive Seaweed.
December 21, 2004... Byline: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution FORT PIERCE, Fla., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In August, Harbor Branch scientists began a new survey of Florida coral reefs expecting to document the devastating spread of harmful seaweed...

Researchers Discover a Stem-Cell Switch Lurking Within Leukemias.
December 21, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered that specific cancer-causing genes associated with leukemias can transform mature white blood cells into leukemic cells that...

Hospital Epidemiologists Trace Outbreak of Antimicrobial Resistant Organism to Commonly Used Wound Care Equipment; Device Maker Agrees to Change Product Labeling.
December 21, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital say tighter rules governing use of a hand-held, high-pressure, water-pumping tool to wash and clean...

Second Valley Fever Vaccine Candidate Identified.
December 21, 2004... Byline: California State University, Bakersfield BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists with the Valley Fever Vaccine Project, administered by California State University, Bakersfield Foundation announced today that...

Hydrated Electrons Can Take More Than One Guise.
December 21, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) appear to have settled a long-standing...

'Jumping Gene' Helps Explain Immune System's Abilities.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has found the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immune system's remarkable ability to recognize...

U.S. Department of Energy Allocates Massive Supercomputer Resources to Drive Advances in Combustion, Astrophysics and Protein Structure Research.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that 6.5 million hours of supercomputing time have been awarded to three scientific research...

First 'Atlas' of Key Brain Genes Could Speed Research on Cancer, Neurological Diseases; Scientists Link Gene 'Switches' to Specific Brain Locations.
December 23, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have compiled the first atlas showing the locations of crucial gene regulators, or switches that determine how different...

Study: Cumulative Sperm Whale Bone Damage and the Bends.
December 23, 2004... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study published in the December 24, 2004 issue of the journal Science, Michael Moore and Greg Early at the Woods Hole Oceanographic...

Antibiotic Resistant Bacterium Uses Sonar-Like Strategy to 'See' Enemies or Prey; Discovery Could Lead to New Treatment for Antibiotic Resistant Infection.
December 23, 2004... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, scientists have found that bacteria can use a Sonar-like system to spot other cells (either normal body cells or other bacteria) and target...

Scientists Uncover Easily Found Potential Large-Earthquake Precursor.
December 28, 2004... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Dec. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A simple analysis of variations in pressure waves may provide scientists with a new precursor for large earthquakes, according to research in the...

New Technique for Tracking Gene Regulators May Help Decipher Regulator Proteins' Roles in Cell Differentiation, Cancer, and More.
December 28, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Dec. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Finding out where gene-regulator proteins bind to DNA and identifying the genes they regulate just got a step easier thanks to a new technique developed by...

Evidence That Human Brain Evolution Was a Special Event.
December 28, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genes that control the size and complexity of the brain have undergone much more rapid evolution in humans than in non-human primates or other mammals,...

Mayo Clinic Finds Restless Legs Syndrome In Children Linked To Family History, Iron Deficiency.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn., Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Mayo Clinic study has for the first time established rates of restless legs syndrome in children, finding that almost 6 percent of children seen in Mayo's sleep...

Exercise Combats Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have determined that in people age 55 to 75, a moderate program of physical exercise can significantly offset the potentially...

'Clusters' Of Earthquakes Have An Ominous Scenario.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Oregon State University Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The newest studies on the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of the Pacific Northwest have identified a"clustering"of great earthquakes of the type that...