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Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make...

Kids With Contact Lenses Like Their Looks Better Than Kids With Glasses.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children wearing contact lenses felt better about how they look, their athletic abilities and acceptance by their friends than did children wearing eyeglasses in a...

Simple Device Can Ensure Food Gets to the Store Bacteria Free.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University researcher has found a way to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could eliminate worries...

FDA: Special Clearance for University of Florida-Developed Antimicrobial Wound Dressing.
March 2, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Food and Drug Administration has given its clearance to an innovative wound dressing primarily developed by University of Florida scientists and engineers...

Careful Contest Design Helps Everyone Win, New Study Shows.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- They win some, they lose some. Trial and error is the method most companies use to decide the prize structure for promotional sweepstakes and contests - a...

Two Key Signatures of Drexler's Dark Matter Are Found in the Leo Ring: Is This Meaningful?
March 3, 2009... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers, using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) orbiting space telescope, reported in the journal Nature on February 19 that far-ultraviolet (FUV)...

Women's and Men's Earnings Hurt by Housework; Vanderbilt Research Finds Women's Salaries Negatively Impacted Regardless of Profession.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch found that housework not only reduces the salaries of women, but also affects some men's...

Danger Lurks Underground for Oak Seedlings.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists trying to understand why oaks are starting to disappear from North American forests may need to look just below the surface to find some answers. ...

Half of Americans See Another Country Emerging as World's Technological Leader, According to New National Survey.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Half of all Americans expect another country to emerge this century as the world's leader in addressing technological challenges that range from the economy to global...

Recent Drug Use Masks Cocaine Abusers' Cognitive Impairment.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent cocaine use may hide some of the cognitive deficits commonly experienced by individuals addicted to cocaine, scientists at the U.S. Department of...

Misplaced Metamorphosis: Penn Researchers Identify Source of Cells that Spur Aberrant Bone Growth; Implications for Understanding Range of Bone Diseases.
March 3, 2009... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells...

Researchers Discover a Potential On-Off Switch for Nanoelectronics.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- As electronic circuits shrink from finely etched lines in silicon wafers to nearly elusive proportions, researchers at the U.S. Department of...

CFO Survey: Historic Recession to Last Another 14 Months; Earnings, Capital Spending and Employment Expected to Drop in 2009.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chief financial officers in the United States and around the world say the global recession will last well into 2010. Companies plan dramatic cuts to employment and...

IEEE Computer Society's Flagship Magazine Devotes Special Issue to the Expanding Capabilities of Search.
March 5, 2009... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's Web-based search engines perform well when searchers know what they are looking for, but fall short for learning, decision making, and other complex...

University of Florida Scientist on Team for NASA Planet-Hunting Spacecraft to Launch Friday.
March 5, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida astronomer is part of a team of scientists participating in a NASA mission aimed at finding Earth-size or smaller planets around distant...

'Personalized' Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error in Gene for Inherited Pancreatic Cancer.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an...

A New Way to Assemble Cells Into 3-D Microtissues: Cellular Engineers Make Multicellular Tissues From the Bottom Up.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can now control how cells connect with one another in vitro...

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Urge Development of Low-Carbon Electricity to Power Plug-In Hybrids.
March 6, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Constantine Samaras and Kyle Meisterling report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that...

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find a Win-Win in Small-Capacity Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
March 6, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report in a new study that some plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help drivers save money while addressing...

Patients Being Discharged Against Medical Advice; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Author Reviews the Consequences.
March 9, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- When patients choose to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge, the consequences may involve risk of inadequately treated medical conditions...

The Difference Between Eye Cells Is ... SUMO? Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Critical Switch in Eye Development.
March 9, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine have identified a key to eye development - a...

Iowa Power Fund Advances Iowa State Development of Clean Energy Technologies.
March 9, 2009... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production....

Studies Show That Students Aren't the Only Ones Who Benefit From School-Based Tutoring; Washington University, Johns Hopkins Researchers Find Sustained Improvement in Health in Experience Corps Tutors Over 55.
March 9, 2009... Byline: Experience Corps WASHINGTON, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tutors over 55 who help young students on a regular basis experience positive physical and mental health outcomes, according to studies released by researchers at...

Seaweed and Fireflies Brew May Guide Stem Cell Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease.
March 10, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- An unlikely brew of seaweed and glow-in-the-dark biochemical agents may hold the key to the safe use of transplanted stem cells to treat patients with...

In Today's Economy, Dressing Room Lighting Can Spell Retail Life or Death.
March 10, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dressing room lights may determine how bright the outlook for clothing sales is with the nation's retailers, a new University of Florida study suggests. In...

Diagnostic Errors: The New Focus of Patient Safety Experts; JAMA Commentary Highlights Problem, Suggests Solutions to Reduce Number of Diagnoses That Are Missed, Wrong or Delayed.
March 10, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it's high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as...

Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels: Berkeley Lab Researchers Create a Nano-sized Photocatalyst for Artificial Photosynthesis.
March 10, 2009... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A...

Twelve States Rise Above the Nationwide Dropout Crisis.
March 11, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A dozen states significantly improved their high school graduation rates between 2002 and 2006, while the rest of the nation lagged behind, according to a report by...

Researchers Identify a Process That Regulates Seed Germination.
March 11, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development. Mike Hasegawa,...

Lengthy 'Daisy Chain' Transplants Possible From One Altruistic Donor Kidney; 10-Way Swaps of Donor Kidneys Could Theoretically Give Way to Dozens or Hundreds.
March 12, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new variation in kidney paired donation (KPD) - pioneered and developed at Johns Hopkins - could theoretically generate an endless number of transplants,...

Blue Sky Research Reveals Trends in Air Pollution, Clears Way for New Climate Change Studies.
March 12, 2009... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Maryland-led team has compiled the first decades-long database of aerosol measurements over land, making possible new research...

Carbon- and Oxygen-Rich Stardust Sheds New Light on Origin of Elements of Life.
March 12, 2009... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using NASA's Spitzer Telescope, an international research team has found evidence that some stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy have both...

'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted to Cold.
March 12, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild...

University of Florida Study: Preserved Shark Fossil Adds Evidence to Great White's Origins.
March 13, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark...

New Madrid Fault System May Be Shutting Down.
March 13, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows. A team from...

Genetic Abnormality May Increase Risk of Blood Disorders.
March 15, 2009... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be...

Nanoscopic Probes Can Track Down and Attack Cancer Cells.
March 16, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells. Joseph...

Master Molecular Switch May Prevent the Spread of Cancer Cells to Distant Sites in the Body, According to Penn Study.
March 16, 2009... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a master switch that might prevent cancer cells from...

Glass Tables: an Overlooked Safety Threat; Emergency-Department Review Describes Severe, Preventable Lacerations; Prompts Call for Safety Standards.
March 16, 2009... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many households harbor a threat to young children that safety regulations, surprisingly, have overlooked: glass-topped tables and tables with glass panels. A review...

Survey Finds Low Foreclosure Rates in Community Land Trusts; Key Factors: Support, Avoidance of 'Too Good to Be True' Financing.
March 17, 2009... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Homeowners in community land trusts are much less likely to lose their homes to foreclosure than owners of market-rate homes, according to survey...

Hearing Could Hold Key to Unlocking Schizophrenia Mystery.
March 17, 2009... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Measuring brain waves in response to hearing a variety of tones appears to be a useful way to begin understanding the underlying genetic abnormalities associated with...

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Apply Statistical Tests to Find Sources of Particulate Matter Reaching the Heart of Pittsburgh.
March 17, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Cliff I. Davidson, Joseph B. Kadane and Nanjun Chu have found that polluted air in the highly populated East End areas of Pittsburgh...

Penn Researchers Identify New Protein Important in Breast Cancer Gene's Role in DNA Repair; Better Understanding of Molecular Consequences of BRCA1 Mutations Can Lead to New Therapies.
March 18, 2009... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For years, researchers have known that under normal conditions, the breast cancer protein BRCA1 orchestrates the repair of damaged DNA, but the...

Study Explores Why General Electric's Talent Output Gives It a Competitive Edge; Executive Turnover Is Key to Its Success.
March 18, 2009... Byline: Richard Ivey School of Business LONDON, Ontario, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While senior management attrition is typically thought to be bad for business, in the case of General Electric (GE), losing top talent to competitors is...

6.5 Million More Patients Might Benefit From Statins to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes; Study Expands on Recent Findings Showing Benefits for Patients With Low Cholesterol.(Clinical report)
March 18, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines...

Drexler's Dark Matter Probably Causes the Stunted Mass-Growth of Galaxy Clusters Observed by Harvard.
March 18, 2009... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery was recently reported of the stunted mass-growth of galaxy clusters during the last 5 1/2 billion years, by researchers at the...

Depressed People Have Trouble Learning 'Good Things in Life'.
March 18, 2009... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. ...

Lab-on-a-Chip Homes in on How Cancer Cells Break Free.
March 18, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can...

Engineer: Computer Learning, Electrical Stimulation Offer Hope for Paralyzed.
March 18, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster. But a University of...

Research Yields Potential Target for Cancer, Wound Healing, Fibrosis.
March 18, 2009... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research conducted by Allison Berrier, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Biology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of...

Educators Work to Increase U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World; New Report Examines Challenges, Opportunities.(Report)
March 19, 2009... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reflecting a growing interest in the Arab world, enrollments in Arabic language classes on American college campuses are on the rise, and more U.S. students are...

Cognitive Decline Begins in Late 20s, University of Virginia Study Suggests.
March 19, 2009... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills - such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and...

Living Jumper Cables: Lab-Grown Nerves Promote Nerve Regeneration After Injury, Penn Study Finds.
March 19, 2009... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides...

Study Finds Most Adolescents Placed Into Group Homes Still Involved With Drugs or Crime Seven Years Later.(Report)
March 19, 2009... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most adolescents referred to long-term group homes in Los Angeles County after being charged with a serious offense reported they were still involved with crime...

Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Those Who Have Chronic Pain May Need to Assess Vitamin D Status.(Clinical report)
March 20, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This...

Hopkins Scientists ID 10 Genes Associated With a Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Death.
March 22, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- One minute, he's a strapping 40-year-old with an enviable cholesterol level, working out on his treadmill. The next, he's dead. That an abnormality in...

In Disaster-Prone Areas, Construction Needs a New Approach.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In regions that have been devastated by hurricanes and other natural disasters, public officials should pursue a new direction in infrastructure projects, one that...

Foundation Center Sheds New Light on Nonprofit Funding in U.S. Congressional Districts; One-of-a-Kind Search Tools Illustrate Foundation and Corporate Support at District Level.
March 23, 2009... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center has unveiled unique new search tools that increase transparency of how foundation and corporate support is disbursed in U.S. congressional...

Recession Discouraging People From Moving to Florida.
March 23, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The economic recession has cast a shadow over growth in the Sunshine State, according to the latest population projections from the University of Florida,...

Racial Biases Fade Away Toward Members of Your Own Group.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- White people don't show hints of unconscious bias against blacks who belong to the same group as them, a new study suggests. But this lack of bias only...

Starve a Yeast, Sweeten Its Lifespan: Johns Hopkins Scientists Find Molecular Mechanisms Linking Sugar Production, Longevity.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new energy-making biochemical twist in determining the lifespan of yeast cells, one so valuable to longevity...

Physical Abuse Raises Women's Health Costs Over 40 Percent.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of...

Space Shuttle Experiment to Provide Insights Into Turbulence, Heating.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling...

American Institutes for Research Plays a Major Role in the Digest of Education Statistics, the Nation's Authoritative Source for U.S. Education Statistics.
March 23, 2009... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a significant role in creating the 44th edition of the Digest of Education Statistics, the nation's most...

Preparing American Science and Technology Students to Work and Compete in a Global Economy.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a knowledge-driven global economy, how a nation educates the next generation of science and engineering students has serious implications for its progress and...

Some Cancer Centers Lack Adequate State Funding, Association of American Cancer Institutes Survey Shows.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Pending PITTSBURGH, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- While many of the nation's leading academic cancer centers, most designated by the National Cancer Institute, reap tens of millions of dollars in state funding annually, a recent...

Proteins by Design: Penn Biochemists Create New Protein From Scratch; Approach Could One Day Be Used to Make Artificial Blood.
March 23, 2009... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- No doubt proteins are complex. Most are "large" and full of interdependent branches, pockets and bends in their final folded structure. This...

University of Colorado at Boulder Research Provides New View of the Way Young Children Think.
March 23, 2009... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- For parents who have found themselves repeating the same warnings or directions to their toddler over and over to no avail, new research from the...

Discovery's Edge Spring Issue: Research Features From Mayo Clinic.
March 23, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic today released the following media advisory. - - - - Here are highlights from the spring issue of Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's research magazine....

Mayo Researchers Find Link Between Anesthesia Exposure and Learning Disabilities in Children.
March 24, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia during their first three years of life are at higher risk of developing...

Genetic Changes Outside Nuclear DNA Suspected to Trigger More Than Half of All Cancers.
March 24, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A buildup of chemical bonds on certain cancer-promoting genes, a process known as hypermethylation, is widely known to render cells cancerous by...

Study Finds Federal Program Has Improved Health Agencies' Preparedness for Large-Scale Bioterror or Disease Outbreaks.
March 24, 2009... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federal program designed to help metropolitan public health agencies prepare to deliver essential medicines to the public after a large-scale bioterror attack...

Peer Victimization in Middle and High School Predicts Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents.
March 24, 2009... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Peer victimization during middle and high school may be an important indicator of an individual's sexual behavior later in life. These are the findings of...

National Humanities Center Launches Website Mapping New Frontiers of Human Understanding.
March 24, 2009... Byline: National Humanities Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Functional images of your brain, maps of your genes, evolutionary explanations of your love interests. Almost daily, scientific discoveries and...

Endocyte Announces Positive Interim Results From Phase II Clinical Trial of EC145 in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.(Clinical report)
March 25, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Endocyte Inc. has announced positive interim results from an ongoing Phase II clinical study of EC145 in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer...

Scientists Patent Corrosion-Resistant Nano-Coating for Metals; Thinner, Less Toxic Than Existing Coatings; Efficient and Economical to Produce.
March 25, 2009... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for coating metal surfaces with an ultrathin film...

Mayo Study Shows Simple Finger Device May Help Predict Future Heart Events, Such as Heart Attack.
March 26, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ORLANDO, Fla., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a Mayo Clinic study show that a simple, noninvasive finger sensor test is "highly predictive" of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, for...

Mayo Clinic: Retired National Football League Linemen Have High Incidence of Sleep Apnea.
March 26, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ORLANDO, Fla., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sleep disordered breathing, also known as sleep apnea, is highly prevalent among retired National Football League (NFL) players, and particularly in linemen, according to...

First Live Action Movie of Individual Carbon Atoms in Action.
March 26, 2009... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif. March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on...

Discovery of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way for New TB Drugs.
March 27, 2009... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of University of Maryland scientists has paved the way for the development of new drug therapies to combat active and asymptomatic...

Investigating the 2008 Presidential Primary Polls.
March 30, 2009... Byline: American Association for Public Opinion Research LENEXA, Kan., March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- After an extensive investigation, a committee of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) has identified several...

The TeraGrid Is Transforming Research, Say Physicists at the American Physical Society Meeting in Pittsburgh.
March 30, 2009... Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center PITTSBURGH, March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- "High-performance computing is transforming physics research," said Ralph Roskies, co-scientific director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC),...

Emphasize Time Spent Rather Than Money to Lure Customers According to Stanford Business School Research.
March 30, 2009... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- "It's Miller Time." "Live Richly." What do these vastly different marketing campaigns - one selling beer, the other financial services - have in...

Decisive Action Needed to Address U.S. Oil Dependence, According to Stanford Business School Research.
March 30, 2009... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., March 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reported in this month's Stanford Knowledgebase, Stanford Graduate School of Business researchers examine the strategic, economic, and military...