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Neighborhoods May Influence Whether Residents Have Asthma.
June 1, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Along with the usual risk factors for asthma such as smoking and poverty, researchers have added another factor that may contribute: a neighborhood where people...

Study: Business People Win When They Apologize, Take Personal Blame for Mistakes.
June 1, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Supposedly, love means never having to say you're sorry - but a new study suggests that attitude won't fly in the business world. Researchers found that people...

New Theory Finds Middle Ground Between Conflicting Evidence for First Stars.
June 1, 2004... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The very first stars that formed early in the history of the universe were smaller than the massive giants implied by the results of a NASA research satellite, but still...

Stem Cells Can Convert to Liver Tissue, Help Restore Damaged Organ.
June 1, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bone marrow stem cells, when exposed to damaged liver tissue, can quickly convert into healthy liver cells and help repair the damaged organ, according to...

COX-2 Inhibitors Reduce Complications After Laparoscopic Surgery.
June 1, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patients given a class of anti-inflammatory drugs before and after minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery experienced less pain with fewer postoperative complications and...

Junk DNA Yields New Kind of Gene; Regulates Neighboring Gene Simply By Being Switched On.
June 2, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a region of DNA long considered a genetic wasteland, Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a new class of gene. Most genes carry out their tasks...

UC San Diego Study Shows How We Perceive World Depends on Precise Division of Labor Among Cells in Brain.
June 2, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, San Diego neurobiologists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on the long-standing mystery of how the brain makes...

Fluid 'Stripes' May Be Essential for High-Temperature Superconductivity.
June 2, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the...

UC San Diego Biologists Discover That Nerve Activity, Not Just Genetics Controls Kinds of Neurotransmitters Produced.
June 2, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Neurobiologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that altering electrical activity in nerve cells can change the chemical...

Drug That Cuts off Tumor's Blood Supply Extends Lives of Colorectal Cancer Patients When Paired With Chemotherapy, Jonsson Cancer Center Study Finds.
June 2, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A drug designed to cut off a tumor's blood supply, when paired with a chemotherapy combination, resulted in significant improvement in survival in patients with metastatic colorectal...

Researchers Report Major Advance in Gene Therapy Technique.
June 3, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs during the past 15 years, gene therapy has continued to attract many of the world's brightest scientists....

Children With ADHD Experience Greater Reduction of Symptoms With Higher Doses of Concerta, Study Shows; Greater Symptom Response, Remission Rates Seen With Higher Doses of Concerta vs. Immediate Release Methylphenidate Three Times a Day.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Fleishman Hillard PHOENIX, Ariz., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who take 36- or 54-mg doses of once-daily CONCERTA (methylphenidate HCl) CII are more likely to achieve...

When Blood Can't Get to Brain, Special CT Scan Helps Guide Treatment, University of Michigan Team Reports; Perfusion CT Useful for Strokes, Clogged Carotid Arteries, Some Brain Tumors.
June 3, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's a no-brainer that the brain needs a constant supply of blood to keep it going. But some medical conditions can block or reduce that life-giving...

Fuse Pierces the Veil: Satellite Pins Down Distance to Important Exploded Star.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Veil Nebula, a delicate network of glowing gaseous filaments in the northern constellation of Cygnus the Swan, has long been a favorite of both amateur and...

NCAR Scientist to View Venus's Atmosphere During Transit, Search for Water Vapor on Distant Planet.
June 3, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On June 8 Earth-based solar telescopes will follow a tiny black orb as it appears to travel effortlessly across a wrinkled, brilliant sea. Timothy...

Meteorite Crash Turned Earth Inside Out: Study.
June 3, 2004... Byline: University of Toronto TORONTO, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A devastating meteorite collision caused part of the Earth's crust to flip inside out billions of years ago and left a dusting of a rare metal scattered on the top of the...

Former Smokers Can Regain Health and Improve Quality of Life.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new analysis of data on smoking and health finds that smokers who quit before the age of 35 have a reasonable chance to regain their health over time and to live as long...

Protein Engineered To Detect Nerve Gas.
June 3, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center biochemists have used computational design to engineer and construct a protein that could sense the nerve agent soman. They said their...

Wooster Scientists Receive $320,300 NSF Grant; Focus Will Be on Enzyme That Releases Sudden Burst of Energy in the Cell.
June 3, 2004... Byline: The College of Wooster WOOSTER, Ohio, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A sudden burst of energy. For world-class athletes headed to the Olympic Games in Athens this summer, it could be the difference between Gold and Silver. For...

Proteins Transform DNA into 'Molecular Velcro'.
June 4, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Proteins critical for compacting DNA in preparation for cell division actually interact with the double helix to fashion it into a kind of "molecular...

Cancer Patients' Genes May Influence How They Experience Fatigue, Quality of Life: First Evidence of Possible Link Between Genetic Makeup and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients, Findings May Aid in Further Individualizing Treatment.
June 5, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Is there a relationship between a cancer patient's genetic makeup and quality of life? A team of American and Canadian cancer researchers, led by Jeff Sloan, Ph.D., at...

Nation's Plant Database Falling Behind, Survey Shows.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stopping to smell the roses may be laudable, but more people need to be picking, preserving and cataloging them. Smelling doesn't build and maintain a...

USC/Norris Cancer Researchers Show Potential of Fighting Angiogenesis; Phase I Trial Shows Experimental Drug Is Safe and Lowers Level of Key Blood Protein.
June 7, 2004... Byline: USC Health Sciences NEW ORLEANS, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have reported that the antiangiogenesis drug they developed-called Veglin-not only is safe for patients with a wide variety of...

University of Illinois at Chicago Tests Diabetes Drug in Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.
June 7, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are launching a clinical trial to determine whether a drug commonly used for diabetes might be effective in...

Susceptibility of Mice to Mousepox Offers Promise of Smallpox Protection.
June 7, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of scientists led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar has discovered the immune system mechanism that...

Stanford Business School Study Finds No-Fault Divorce Laws May Have Increased Women's Physical Well-Being.
June 8, 2004... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Divorce has traditionally left women financially worse off than men, but women may derive a life-preserving benefit from divorce, according to...

Study Finds No Link Between Marijuana Use and Oral Cancer.
June 8, 2004... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oral cancer probably hasn't been high on the average pot smoker's list of concerns - despite the fact that marijuana smoke contains known...

U.Va. Sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox Studies Impact of Religion on Fatherhood; Book Shines Light on 'Soft Patriarchs'.
June 8, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even though they favor a traditional, patriarchal family structure, Evangelical Protestant men make some of the best husbands and fathers, according to a...

A Calculated Risk: New Way for Doctors to Tell Which Heart Attack Patients to Reassure, and Which to Warn.
June 8, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- When patients go home from the hospital after a heart attack or sudden chest pain episode, they often face an uncertain future and a lot of worry....

20-Year Study Shows No Single Outcome for Children of Divorce; Some Children Do Better After Divorce, Some Do Worse - Even in the Same Family.
June 8, 2004... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families NEW YORK, June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Council on Contemporary Families today announced the publication of a 20-year study of families after divorce, conducted by CCF's founding co-chair...

Study Suggests Means to Control Chemotherapy's Side Effects.
June 8, 2004... Byline: University of Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since the mid-1990s, a drug called olanzapine has been used to treat schizophrenia and other psychoses. Now, a team of scientists led by a University of...

Patient Privacy at Risk in Hospital's Hallways, Lobbies and Cafeterias.
June 8, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- New health communication research shows that casual conversations in hospital hallways and waiting rooms poses a threat to the confidentiality of patients'...

Low-Cost Robot Could Locate Land Mines in Rugged Terrain; Engineering Students Devise Remote-Controlled Vehicle With Camera, Paint Marker.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four Johns Hopkins undergraduate engineering students have designed and built a remote-controlled robotic vehicle to find deadly land mines in rugged terrain and mark...

Economic Resources, Supportive Relationships Linked to Marriage Among Unwed Parents.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Population Reference Bureau NEW YORK, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Both economic and interpersonal factors play a role in the likelihood that unwed parents will marry by their child's first birthday, according to an article...

How Brain Gives Special Resonance to Emotional Memories.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- If the emotional memory of a traumatic car accident or the thrill of first love are remembered with a special resonance, it is because they engage different brain...

Astronomers Detect Molecular Nitrogen Outside Our Solar System for the First Time; Discovery Promises to Provide Insight Into Formation Of Planets.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite, researchers have for the first time detected molecular nitrogen in interstellar space, giving...

New Genetic Risk Factor for Colon Cancer Identified; Discovery of Mutant Gene Improves Possibility of Early Screening and Treatment for the Disease.
June 9, 2004... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international research team has identified a virulent, new genetic risk factor for colon cancer - a discovery that could lead to early screening and...

New Results Change Higgs Mass Estimate.
June 9, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a case of the plot thickening as the mystery unfolds, the Higgs boson has just gotten heavier, even though the subatomic particle has yet to be...

New Ice Core Record Will Help Understanding of Ice Ages, Global Warming, CU-Boulder Professor Says.
June 9, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recovery of a new ice core in Antarctica that extends back 740,000 years -- nearly twice as long as any other ice core record -- is extremely important and...

Researchers Use Massive Lake Cleanup Project to Measure Economics of Clean Water.
June 9, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater WHITEWATER, Wis., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's the economic value of a clean, clear Wisconsin lake? And how does that value change when pollution, nuisance weeds and exotic species take...

Religious Studies Professor Publishes Book on Parables of Christ.
June 10, 2004... Byline: Southwest Missouri State University SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Charles W. Hedrick, distinguished professor of religious studies at Southwest Missouri State University, has recently published a book with...

Chemists Retrieve Clues to Ancient Ocean Chemistry and Global Greenhouse From Cretaceous Sediments.
June 10, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global warming. Rising sea levels. Massive volcanic activity around the world. Widespread erosion. It's not a scene from the latest Hollywood...

Jefferson Scientists Show Rabies Has Potential Use in Vaccines Against Other Infectious Diseases; Rabies May Hold Key To Developing Vaccine Against Anthrax.
June 11, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have literally "fused" a part of a rabies virus protein to another foreign protein, resulting in a more robust immune...

Bio-Refinery Developed by University of Georgia Scientists Reduces Build-Up of Greenhouse Gases.
June 14, 2004... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The abrupt and cataclysmic weather portrayed in the new movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is pure Hollywood drama, but the overwhelming consensus among scientists who...

NASA Schedules Mars Rover Media Briefing.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA will update the news media on the Mars Exploration Rover mission on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1 p.m. EDT) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,...

Phoebe's Surface Reveals Clues to Its Origin.
June 14, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Images collected during Cassini's close flyby of Saturn's moon, Phoebe, have yielded strong evidence that the tiny object may contain ice-rich material,...

Aquarius Aquanauts Dive Deep and Long to Study Coral Reefs in Florida.
June 15, 2004... Byline: University of North Carolina at Wilmington KEY LARGO, Fla., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A mix of veteran and first-time aquanauts began their 10-day underwater mission on Monday June 14 to study economically important coral reefs...

Home Visiting Program Falls Short of Goal to Prevent Child Maltreatment; Study Calls for Better Training for Home Visitors, More Coordination With Community Resources.
June 15, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A highly lauded and widely adopted program that relies on home visits by paraprofessionals to promote effective parenting in families at risk of child abuse...

CU-Boulder to Receive About $20 Million From NASA to Study Noctilucent Clouds.
June 15, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to build two of the three instruments for a...

Mars Rovers Going the Extra Mile.
June 15, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars rovers are delighting scientists with their extra credit assignments. Both rovers successfully completed their primary three-month missions in...

Espionage May Have Driven Evolution of Bee Language According to UC San Diego-Led Study in Brazil.
June 16, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery by a University of California, San Diego biologist that some species of bees exploit chemical clues left by other bee species to guide...

New Treatment Stops Nasty Side Effects of Thyroid Cancer Surgery, International Study Shows.
June 16, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new approach to therapy can avoid most of the debilitating effects of preparing for critical, postsurgical treatment for patients with thyroid cancer,...

Influential Scholars Examine 'Bush Doctrine' in Essay Collection Edited by Barnard College Political Scientist Demetrios James Caraley.
June 16, 2004... Byline: Barnard College NEW YORK, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Barnard College political scientist Demetrios James Caraley has edited a collection of essays by nine influential scholars that examines the "Bush Doctrine," the Iraq war, and...

University of Chicago Instrument Ready to Begin Four-Year Study of Saturn's Rings.
June 17, 2004... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- After a quiet, six-and-a-half year, 2.2-billion mile journey to Saturn aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the University of Chicago's dust detector will soon begin its...

NASA Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Anatomy of a Comet.
June 17, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Findings from a historic encounter between NASA's Stardust spacecraft and a comet have revealed a much stranger world than previously believed. The comet's...

University of Central Florida Research Aimed at Protecting Pilots, Soldiers From Blinding Lasers.
June 17, 2004... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- An enemy laser beam can reach and blind a pilot or soldier in about a billionth of a second. University of Central Florida researchers are trying to develop an...

Jefferson Nuclear Medicine Specialist Finds Field's Role in Medicine Expanding, Future Bright; Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease Are Among Areas Potentially Benefiting From New Techniques.
June 18, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the Society of Nuclear Medicine convenes its 50th annual meeting June 19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Mathew Thakur, Ph.D., is...

New Thermodynamic Theory Will Help Engineers 'Go With the Flow'.
June 18, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A scientific paper that provides tools based on a new principle of thermodynamics, called "Constructal Law," may enable the designers of automobiles, jet planes, air...

UCSD Chemists Bring Use of Designer Molecules To Treat Common Diseases Closer To Reality.
June 21, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- By making use of model compounds in drug design, chemists at the University of California, San Diego identified a class of molecules that could lead...

Stem Cells Commit to a Future of Fat With One Signal.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Johns Hopkins researchers report finding a key signal in mice that tells stem cells...

University of Colorado - Boulder Satellite Instrument To Provide New Details on Ozone.
June 21, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just after 3 a.m. on July 10, University of Colorado at Boulder researcher John Gille expects to watch a new NASA satellite blast into orbit from the dark...

Purdue Engineers, Indiana University Physicians, West Lafayette Firm Work to Improve Radiation Therapy.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Radiation therapy for treating cancer could be improved through the collaborative efforts of a Purdue Research Park high-tech company with Indiana and Purdue...

Jefferson Researchers Develop Microchip to Track Genetic Signature of Cancer, Normal Tissue.
June 21, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- MicroRNAs (miRNAs), tiny pieces of genetic material that can serve as stop signs for gene expression and protein synthesis, are thought to be important in the...

Longitudinal Study Validates Instructional Effectiveness of Holt Science & Technology; Independent Research Organization Finds Consistent Increase in Assessment Scores.
June 22, 2004... Byline: J Harrison Public Relations AUSTIN, Texas, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study released today by Holt, Rinehart and Winston - a leading publisher of textbooks and educational materials for grades six through 12 - found that...

University of Colorado - Boulder Instruments Approach Saturn Aboard International Cassini Spacecraft.
June 22, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft carrying a $12.5 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package is expected to enter Saturn's orbit June...

Common 'Signature' Found for Different Cancers; Discovery Yields Hope for Universal Treatment.
June 22, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins and the Institute of Bioinformatics in India have discovered a gene-expression "signature" common...

National Center for Atmospheric Research Releases New Version of Premier Global Climate Model.
June 22, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on June 23 is unveiling a powerful new version of a supercomputer-based system to model...

Common Chemicals Morphing Into Potential Toxins in Arctic.
June 23, 2004... Byline: University of Toronto TORONTO, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Compounds used to protect carpets and fabrics may be travelling to remote regions of the planet and undergoing chemical reactions before building up in the food chain,...

Pictures, Drawings and Photographs Impact Famous Texts.
June 23, 2004... Byline: University of Toronto TORONTO, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- How would a novel or autobiography end up if the writer hadn't doodled, painted, photographed or clipped pictures from other books or magazines to help shape the finished...

Joslin Researchers Identify Key Molecule in Type 1 Diabetes Progression.
June 23, 2004... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do some people seem to develop type 1 diabetes rapidly while in others it may take years to develop? A new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers reveals one of...

'Mighty Mouse' Gene Works Same Way in People.
June 23, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- By studying the genes of a German child born with unusually well developed muscles, an international research team has discovered the first evidence that...

Conferences Tackle Key Issues in Air Conditioning, Refrigeration.
June 23, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hundreds of researchers from around the world will meet at Purdue University July 12-15 to discuss the hottest new air conditioning and refrigeration...

In Hawaii, a Revolutionary Supernova Spectrograph Sees First Light: SNIFS, the Supernova Integral Field Spectrograph.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Nearby Supernova Factory, an international collaboration of astronomers and astrophysicists, has announced that SNIFS, the Supernova Integral...

'Search and Destroy' Protein Turns Tables on HIV; May Be Factor in Resisting HIV Infection.
June 24, 2004... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A human protein that mutates the AIDS virus (HIV) and holds potential for keeping the disease at bay has been discovered and its function described by a team led by...

High Schools Producing the Most Dropouts Identified.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Graduation is hardly a given for freshmen in 2,000 of America's public high schools, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Social Organization of...

Researchers Discover Channel for Protein Waste.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered a type of channel within cells that is responsible for funneling misfolded proteins and other cellular garbage to the...

Learning How a Virus Evades the First Line of Immune Defense.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute xo CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered the first evidence that a virus can mutate to evade the body's first line of immune defense. The discovery may help...

Mars Rover Briefing Scheduled for Friday.
June 24, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA will update the news media on the Mars Exploration Rover mission on Friday, June 25, at 10:00 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,...

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Neurosurgical Team Discovers Novel Therapy for Intractable Hiccups.
June 24, 2004... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Bryan R. Payne and Dr. Robert Tiel, neurosurgeons at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans have discovered a new approach to...

Mars Rover Surprises Continue: Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home. ...

How Fireworks Work: the 'Bang' Behind the Beauty.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- They inspire awe and admiration. They create fear and excitement. Fireworks light up the night sky on Independence Day and have become as much a part of the July...

New Software on NASA Spacecraft Monitors Active Volcano.
June 25, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Software on a NASA spacecraft recently made a scientific observation on its own without human interaction. The Space Technology 6 Autonomous Sciencecraft...

Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is a Puzzle.
June 28, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists studying the rotational modulation of radio emissions from Saturn with the Cassini spacecraft are puzzled by apparent long-term variations in the radio...

Purdue Yeast Makes Ethanol From Agricultural Waste More Effectively.
June 28, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A strain of yeast developed at Purdue University more effectively makes ethanol from agricultural residues that would otherwise be discarded or used as animal...