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New Book: Shifting Attitudes on Surveillance Key to Rise of Reality TV, University of Iowa Professor Says.
January 5, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's college students have none of the fear of "Big Brother" that marked their parents' post-McCarthy Cold War generation. In fact, their fascination with the...

University of Iowa Researcher Studies Students' Drinking Misperceptions, Behavior.
January 5, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- College students' drinking behaviors are influenced more by their perceptions of their friends' drinking behaviors than by social norms marketing campaigns that...

New Light-Emitting Transistor Could Revolutionize Electronics Industry.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Put the inventor of the light-emitting diode and the maker of the world's fastest transistor together in a research laboratory and what kinds of...

Astronomers: Star May Be Biggest, Brightest Yet Observed.
January 5, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida-led team of astronomers may have discovered the brightest star yet observed in the universe, a fiery behemoth that could be as much as...

Changes in Shape of Single Protein Play Key Role in Spread of Cancer Cells; Milestone Discovery of 3-D Structure, Function of Protein Vinculin Explains How It Changes Shape to Perform Different Functions in Health, Disease.
January 5, 2004... Byline: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The discovery of how a protein called vinculin undergoes exquisitely precise changes in its shape is helping to answer some major questions about the...

Worldwide Fires During 1997-98 El Nino Resulted in High Emissions of Greenhouse Gases; Study Suggests El Nino-Related Fires May Be Significant Source of Greenhouse Gases.
January 5, 2004... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1997-98, while California was ravaged by rainfall in one of the strongest El Ninos of the last century, several other regions of the Earth suffered...

Treat the Parents of ADHD Children, Too: University of Maryland Study.
January 6, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Treatment for many young children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) should also include treatment for their parents, according...

Teamwork Brings Egyptian Dig to Web Once Again; Dig Will Be Chronicled Online Starting This Week.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University archaeologists, a photographer and an information technology specialist will once again work together to bring the university's 10th annual...

Study by UC San Diego Researchers Gives New Insight Into How Anthrax Bacteria Can Evade Host's Immune Response.
January 6, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have determined how toxin produced by anthrax bacteria blocks a person's normal immune...

Wright State Research Biologist Studies Birds to Learn How Our Stomachs Convey Thoughts of Hunger.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research biologist at Wright State University is studying rhythmic cycles in birds to learn if we have a physiological clock in our stomach that determines when we...

Keeping Synapses Clean May Hold Key to Fear-Conditioning.
January 7, 2004... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- McLean Hospital researchers have made a discovery that could help explain one of the most powerful paradigms in modern psychology, Pavlovian fear conditioning....

Arm Position Matters in Blood Pressure Readings, Say UC San Diego Medical Researchers.
January 7, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Blood pressure readings taken on arms parallel, or extended in the same direction as the body, are up to 10 percent higher than readings taken when...

Purdue Engineers Develop Quick, Inexpensive Method to Prototype Microchips.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a new method to quickly and inexpensively create microfluidic chips, analytic devices with potential applications in...

Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Transplantation Antigens Among Sioux Indians; First-of-Its-Kind Study Could Facilitate Transplantation in This Population.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Efforts to increase organ donation among Native Americans may get a boost from research by Johns Hopkins scientists that is identifying the specific genetic...

T Cells Take Weekend Crash Course in Protection.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Center for Blood Research BOSTON, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- T cells, powerful weapons in our immune system, are quick learners. The CBR Institute's Uli von Andrian has discovered that it takes roughly 48 hours, in the...

Promising Drug Fails to Thwart Fatal Lung Disease in Large Trial.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A treatment that had shown early promise in alleviating symptoms and preventing the advance of the fatal lung disease pulmonary fibrosis failed to stall the disorder's...

Purdue University Research Suggests 'Nanotubes' Could Make Better Brain Probes.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have shown that extremely thin carbon fibers called "nanotubes" might be used to create brain probes and implants to study and treat...

DNA Registry to Study Links Among Genetics, Environment, Disease.
January 7, 2004... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) are...

New Report Presents Options for Oversight of Genetic Testing of Human Embryos.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report by the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University outlines policy options to address the scientific and ethical challenges...

Rover Airbag to Get Another Tug.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The engineers and scientists for NASA's Spirit are eager to get the rover off its lander and out exploring the terrain that Spirit's pictures are revealing,...

Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Unlock Secrets Showing How Tumors Hide.
January 8, 2004... Byline: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute have unlocked at least part of the mystery of how tumors flourish...

Purdue University Food Expert: Benefits of Farmed Salmon Outweigh Risks.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The health benefits of eating salmon outweigh the risks named in a study published this week in the journal Science, says a Purdue University nutritionist and...

University of Florida Study Suggests Life on Earth Sprang From Borax Minerals.
January 8, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Florida say they have shown that minerals were key to some of the initial processes that formed life on Earth. Specifically,...

Scientists Discover Gene Essential for Development of Normal Brain Connections Resulting From Sensory Input.
January 8, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego and the Johns Hopkins University have discovered a gene that plays a key role in initiating...

New Insight Into Control of Parental Gene Expression in Eggs.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have identified a crucial step in a genetic process required for the development of viable eggs. The process, known as imprinting,...

Research Shows Heartburn Sufferers Follow Directions for Over-the-Counter Prilosec OTC; Consumers Follow OTC Medicine Directions Well in First-of-Its-Kind Study.
January 9, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ever since it was first made available in September 2003, Prilosec OTC has become one of the leading over-the-counter remedies for treating frequent...

Weather Prediction in 2025: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research President to Give Progress Report, Long-Range Warning.
January 9, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A torrent of satellite-based data has pushed weather forecasting to new heights of accuracy, according to Richard Anthes, president of the...

Medical Students Inadequately Prepared for Clinical Rotations, Caring for Chronically Ill.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Limitations in the curricula of American medical schools may be preventing students from getting enough basic skills training to succeed in clinical...

Carnegie Mellon University Technology Will Help Prepare Students for High-Stakes Tests.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with Carnegie Learning Inc. and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.), has received a $1.4 million...

Modest Exercise Can Prevent Weight Gain.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The results of a Duke University Medical Center randomized controlled trial strongly suggests that not only can 30 minutes of daily walking prevent weight gain in most...

Discovery Changes Ideas About Damage From Strokes.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists hunting for culprits that lead to brain damage after strokes have discovered that one likely "bad guy" is actually a "good guy." In...

AMA Alzheimer's Disease Media Briefing.
January 12, 2004... Byline: American Medical Association CHICAGO, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Medical Association today released the following advisory. WHAT: AMA Alzheimer's Disease Media Briefing WHERE: The Millennium Broadway Hotel...

Purdue University Chemist 'Mussels' in on Secrets of Natural Adhesives.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University scientists have found the glue that saltwater mussels use to affix themselves to rocks is a subject worth sticking to, both for its pure...

Earth's 'Extreme Organisms' Make Life on Mars Seem Possible; Experts Available.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even if NASA's twin rovers find water lurking somewhere near their landing sites on Mars, the local environment will still appear rather inhospitable to life as...

Consumers Should Not Be Lulled by Internet Privacy Seals.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers need explicit warnings about the threats of identity theft, spam, and credit card fraud to deter them from innocently surrendering personal...

Are Our Brains Wired for Race or Gender Bias? New Annals Book Suggests Biases Are Widespread.
January 12, 2004... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Men are better suited for math and science than women. Whites have more positive feelings toward other whites than blacks. The young are preferred over older...

Ancient DNA Mutations Permitted Humans to Adapt to Colder Climates, UC Irvine Researchers Find; Changes in Cells' Mitochondria May Explain Current Predispositions to Common Diseases.
January 12, 2004... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- How did early humans who migrated from Africa survive in the colder climates of Europe, Asia and the New World? According to a new UC Irvine study, it...

Gene May Be Key to Evolution of Larger Human Brain.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a gene that appears to have played a role in the expansion of the human brain's cerebral...

Lincoln's Birthday: New Book Sheds Light on Lincoln's Little Known Summer Retreat.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Dickinson College CARLISLE, Pa., Jan. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just as modern presidents have Camp David, Md., Franklin Roosevelt had Warm Springs, Ga., and Harry Truman had Key West, Fl., Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary and son Tad...

Pediatricians, Parents Key to Improving Quality of Children's Health Care, Says University of South Florida/All Children's Professor.
January 14, 2004... Byline: University of South Florida Health Sciences TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Improving the quality of children's health care will require continued commitment by the nation's pediatricians and parents to demand effective...

Skipping Breakfast Ups Tooth Decay Risk for Children, Study Says.
January 14, 2004... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Caregivers should be aware that young children who skip breakfast might be fattening their chances of experiencing tooth decay, according to a study in this month's...

Stanford Business School Study Cautions Innovators to Beware the Ties That Bind.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's good advice for enhancing your creativity in business? Cut the umbilical cord to the folks around the office water cooler. Mix it up. Take a...

Blood Clot Risk Not Treated Preventively, Study Finds.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a nationwide study of hospitalized patients, researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital found that individuals at risk for...

Weblogs Redefining Presidential Campaigning; Report Details History, Impact of 'Blogs'.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Presidential candidate Howard Dean's pioneering use of weblogs, or "blogs," has helped create a vast and loyal grassroots network at the cost of a certain amount of...

Successful, Rapid Protein Crystallization Possible With Technique Developed by UC San Diego Researcher.
January 15, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- An innovative method that allows increased success and speed of protein crystallization - a crucial step in the laborious, often unsuccessful...

Study: Direct Instruction Not Best Way to Teach Reading.
January 15, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A three-year study of methods of teaching reading shows that highly scripted, teacher-directed methods of teaching reading were not as effective as...

Drug Prevents Diabetes Recurrence After Islet Cell Transplantation, University of Virginia Researchers Discover.
January 19, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new anti-inflammatory compound called Lisofylline prevents diabetes from coming back after insulin-manufacturing islet cells are transplanted...

U.S. Nonprofits Stressed But Coping, New Survey Finds.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. non-profit organizations experienced significant fiscal stress over the past year, but still managed to increase services and boost revenue, according to a new...

Fat Cells Fight Disease, Purdue University Researchers Find.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fat cells, commonly blamed for a number of diseases, also may aid in the body's defense against illnesses such as diabetes and cancer, according to Purdue...

Simple Sugars Make Cell Walls Like Steel.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Simple sugars apparently are the biological signals needed to maintain the steel-like strength of plant cell walls, according to Purdue University scientists. ...

Pomona College Professor Uncovers Bizarre Lifestyle of Trilobites.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Elrathia kingii, the world's most familiar trilobite fossil, found in rock shops and museum and university collections worldwide, lived a bizarre lifestyle as possibly...

Study Details Double Lives of Suburban Pumas.
January 20, 2004... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twelve days after a puma killed one person and hurt another in Southern California, researchers at the University of California, Davis, today released the...

Evolutionary Exception Confirmed: Marine Biological Laboratory Researchers Provide Strong Evidence That Ancient Microbe Thrives, Evolves Without Sex.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass., Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have confirmed that...

Swarthmore College Linguist Discovers New Language in Siberia on the Brink of Extinction.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although the exact number of human languages spoken today remains unknown, most estimates put the number at about 6,800. A Swarthmore College linguist has found...

3D Images Reveal Key Step in Viral Entry Into Cells; Findings Could Yield Treatment Approaches for Dengue, West Nile, Hepatitis C, Other Viruses.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Harvard Medical School have detailed visually the final steps by which a...

Scientists Discover Papaya Have Sex Chromosomes.
January 21, 2004... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research has uncovered sex chromosomes, rare in plants, in papaya plants, according to a study that appears in the January 22 issue of Nature. The discovery was a...

Johns Hopkins Researcher Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Gender Reassignment Surgery.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cloacal exstrophy is a severe birth defect that occurs in approximately 1 in 400,000 live births. One of the most pronounced characteristics is severe...

Temple Doctors Using New Patient-Friendly Test to Diagnose Reflux Disease; Patients Avoid Traditional Test Involving Uncomfortable Catheters.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Temple University Health Sciences PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 60 million American adults experience Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and heartburn at least once a month, and about 25 million adults...

Missouri Senator Kit Bond Announces $1 Million EPA Funding for Parasitic Nematode Controls Research Project; Funding Supports Partnership between Danforth Center and Divergence, Inc.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. Senator Kit Bond today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1,000,000 to the Donald Danforth Plant Science...

Bilingual Approaches Produce Higher Reading Achievement.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Calling for an end to ideological debates on teaching English language learners to read, a new report analyzing more than three decades of research finds that...

Rochester Institute of Technology Researchers Develop Next-Generation Image-Resolution Technology; Bruce Smith to Demonstrate New Optical Microlithography Technique.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology has developed the ability to use optical microlithography to produce semiconductor device...

Redheaded Tonsillectomy Patients Can Rest Easy if Surgery is Performed on Friday the 13th or During a Full Moon; Friday the 13th Coming Up in February.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Temple University Health Sciences PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians at Temple University Children's Medical Center have put to rest some strange superstitions surrounding tonsillectomies. Dr. Veena Kumar...

Study Shows Heart Drugs Save Lives, Limbs for Leg-Bypass Patients; But Many Patients Go Without Them.
January 27, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The same drugs that help millions of heart patients can also aid people who have painful blockages in the blood vessels of their legs, new research...

University of Florida Study: World Shark Attacks Sink Again, May Signal Long-Term Trend.
January 27, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of shark attacks worldwide took a dip for the third straight year, in part perhaps because more people are realizing the ocean is a wild place...

Statistics Research Offers New Forecast of El Nino.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A statistical model from Ohio State University is forecasting sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean in a new way. The model gives scientists a...

Berkeley Lab Mathematician James Sethian Receives Prestigious Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- James Sethian, head of the Mathematics Group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of...

Bright Future for Pediatrics: Study Finds Most Pediatric Residents Satisfied With Primary Care Training.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and 35 other institutions nationwide report that two-thirds of current pediatric residents in the United...

Sandia, University of New Mexico Researchers Mimic Photosynthetic Proteins to Manipulate Platinum at Nanoscale; Method Has Potential of Changing the Metal's Properties; Many New Applications Possible.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have developed a new way of mimicking...

Robot-Assisted Heart Surgery for Kids Reduces Hospital Stay, Healing Time; University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center Among First to Use Robot for Kids' Heart Defects.
January 27, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first-ever direct comparison of robot-assisted and traditional surgery for children's heart defects, University of Michigan surgeons report that...

University of Maryland Creates Novel Calendar Application.
January 28, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- DateLens, a unique calendar interface for PCs and Pocket PCs developed at the University of Maryland is now available for free download. The...

NIST/University of Colorado Scientists Create New Form of Matter: a Fermionic Condensate.
January 28, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Color., Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at JILA, a joint laboratory of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of...

Southwestern University's 2004 Brown Symposium Explores Life in the Arctic.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Southwestern University GEORGETOWN, Texas, Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Frozen. Deserted. Barren fields of ice. These images may be conjured when thinking of the Arctic, but in reality, this beautiful region features spectacular...

Findings Could Aid Efforts to Harness Nature for Making Drugs.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemical engineers at Purdue University have shown how to make yeast cells double the activity and boost productivity of a type of enzyme plants need to create...

First Campus Facilities Inventory Survey in 30 Years to be Conducted by Society for College and University Planning; Survey Participants Given Access to Database.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Society for College and University Planning ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time in more than 30 years, campus administrators and planners will have access to a comprehensive database about...

Integrated Animal Model Answers Questions About Environment.
January 29, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Birds were dying on an island off the coast of Florida, and people didn't know why. A group of conservationists wondered if the culprit might be a...

University of Georgia Anthropology Faculty Member Discovers Rare Copy of Now-Lost William Bartram Manuscript.
January 29, 2004... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Generations of nature and history lovers in the Southeast have read and reread a book published in 1791 by naturalist William Bartram and usually called by the...

New Antioxidants Are 100 Times More Effective Than Vitamin E.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of chemists has developed a new family of antioxidants that are up to 100 times more effective than Vitamin E. "Vitamin E is nature's...

Lock to Food-Borne Pathogen Pathway May Be Key to Vaccine.
January 30, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A previously unidentified protein on the surface of intestinal cells is giving Purdue University researchers clues on how to prevent disease. The scientists...

New Swimsuit Technology Developed at University of Buffalo Introduced at World Cup Meet; 'Turbulator' Technology Reduces Drag, Improve Swimmers' Time.
January 30, 2004... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The difference between finishing first and coming in second in competitive swimming is measured in milliseconds, so when a swimmer's technique and fitness is as...

Researchers Discover Virus Can Naturally Target, Kill Tumors; Gene Therapy Techniques Enhance Virus's Effectiveness in Mice.
January 30, 2004... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mosquitoes are notorious for their ability to spread disease, but in some cases they may prove to be a boon instead of a bane. In a recent study, researchers at New York...