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Environment News Tips From University of California, Davis: Coral Reefs, Acorns, Conservation Biology, Birds of Prey.
November 1, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are environmental news tips from University of California, Davis. - - - - CORAL REEFS: EVER CLOSER TO CLIFF'S EDGE Editor's note:...

Research Sheds Light on Carotid Artery Stenting Risk in Elderly.
November 1, 2007... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Hernan Bazan, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans' School of...

Bentley College Political Science Professors Share Latest Findings on 2008 Presidential Candidates' Web Sites; Sites Reveal Striking Party Differences on Issues, Limited Attention to Specific Voting Blocs.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Bentley College WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the presidential election approaches the "one year away" milestone, Bentley College Political Science professors Christine B. Williams and Jeff Gulati continue to...

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering Researcher Works to Develop New Drug Delivery System by Using Adult Neural Stem Cells.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Stefan F. Zappe is using adult neural stem cells to develop a new stem cell-based drug delivery therapy that may ultimately help treat...

High Blood Pressure or Irregular Heartbeat Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Progression; Study Suggests Treatment of Vascular Diseases Might Lessen Memory Loss.(Disease/Disorder overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Alzheimer's disease (AD) may progress more rapidly in people with high blood pressure or a form of irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, according to...

Landmark Study Finds Behavior Therapy Plus Medication May Help Teens With Depression and Substance Use Disorders.(Clinical report)
November 5, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine has found that a common antidepressant is showing promising success...

Vanderbilt Study Links Melatonin Excretion With Sleep Levels in Children With Autism; Children With Deeper Levels of Sleep Have Higher Levels of Melatonin.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt sleep researchers are reporting a relationship between good sleep and how much melatonin the body produces - the first in a series of research...

D-Cycloserine Reduces Cocaine-Seeking Behavior in 'Addicted' Mice; Antibiotic That Appears to Control Phobias May Also Be Useful in Treating Addiction.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provide further evidence that a drug known as D-cycloserine could play a role in...

Physicists See Similarities in Stream of Sand Grains, Exotic Plasma at Birth of Universe.
November 6, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Streams of granular particles bouncing off a target in a simple tabletop experiment produce liquid-like behavior also witnessed in a massive research apparatus that...

Climate Change Could Diminish Drinking Water More Than Expected.
November 7, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As sea levels rise, coastal communities could lose up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously thought, according to a new study from Ohio...

Nearing Age 50 or Retirement? Watch Out for Age Discrimination.
November 7, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The threat of age discrimination against American workers seems to peak about age 50 and then again when workers near retirement age, according to a new study of...

Exceptions Prove Rule of Tropical Importance in Biodiversity.
November 7, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even a group of shellfish that appear to violate the overarching pattern of global biodiversity actually follows the same biological rules as other marine organisms,...

Cocaine Abuse Blunts Sensitivity to Monetary Reward; Brain-Circuitry Impairment May Underlie Difficulty in Modifying Drug-Taking Behavior.
November 7, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- New measurements of brain activity in individuals addicted to cocaine confirm that addicted individuals have compromised sensitivity to monetary rewards. ...

Adult Brain Cells Are Movers and Shakers; Study Reveals a Subset of Mature Neurons That Can Retain a Youthful Form of Plasticity.
November 8, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's a general belief that the circuitry of young brains has robust flexibility but eventually gets "hard-wired" in adulthood. As Johns Hopkins researchers...

Study Finds Heart Health Affected by Past Discrimination, Personality.
November 8, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who previously experienced discrimination -- especially optimistic and trusting people -- suffer larger jumps in blood pressure when performing a stressful task such...

Mysterious Cosmic Rays Linked to Galactic Powerhouse; Sources of High-Energy Particles Spread Unevenly Across the Sky.
November 8, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The sprawling Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in South America has produced its first major discovery while still under construction. The international Auger collaboration...

University of Florida Study: Maya Politics Likely Played Role in Ancient Large-Game Decline.
November 8, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida study is the first to document ancient hunting effects on large-game species in the Maya lowlands of Central America, and shows political...

Developing Kryptonite for Superbug: University of Idaho Scientists' Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterials, and Staphylococcus Aureus Research Efforts Generate New MRSA Detection and Treatment Strategies.
November 8, 2007... Byline: University of Idaho MOSCOW/POST FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Idaho researchers are crossing academic and geographical bounds to develop more effective defenses against Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and...

World's Smallest Double Slit Experiment: Breaking Up the Hydrogen Molecule.
November 8, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The big world of classical physics mostly seems sensible: waves are waves and particles are particles, and the moon rises whether anyone watches or...

Stony Brook University Medical Center Researchers First to Image Biomarker of Neurogenesis; Finding May Impact Treatment of MS, Depression, Other Diseases; Reported in Science, Research Uses Non-Invasive Method in Living Human Brain.(Disease/Disorder overview)
November 9, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory STONY BROOK, N.Y., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, M.D., Ph.D, and co-investigators from Stony Brook University Medical Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring...

University of Virginia Scientists Discover Record-Breaking Hydrogen Storage Materials for Use in Fuel Cells.
November 12, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered a new class of hydrogen storage materials that could make the storage and transportation of energy...

Yellowstone Viruses 'Jump' Between Hot Pools.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Idaho National Laboratory IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A population study of microbes in Yellowstone National Park hot pools suggests viruses might be buoyed by steam to distant pools. The result, to be...

Open Doors 2007 Report on International Educational Exchange: International Student Enrollment in U.S. Rebounds; Total Foreign Student Enrollment Increases by 3 Percent, New Enrollment up 10 Percent; American Students Studying Abroad at Record Levels, up 8.5 Percent.
November 12, 2007... Byline: Halstead Communications WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of international students enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States increased by 3 percent to a total of 582,984 in the 2006/07 academic...

Lear Center/Zogby Survey on Politics and Entertainment Explores Political Beliefs and Entertainment Preferences.
November 12, 2007... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rush Limbaugh touts himself -- mostly in jest -- as having "talent on loan from God" and credits that talent for his huge listenership and dominant...

New Study Names 'Five Best States to Be an Animal Abuser'; Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks Cruelty Laws Across the Nation.(Report)
November 13, 2007... Byline: Animal Legal Defense Fund SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Alaska, Kentucky, North Dakota, and Utah are the five best states in the country to be an animal abuser, according to a new report released today by the Animal...

Telomerase Enzyme Structure Provides Significant New Target for Anti-Cancer Therapies; Findings May Also Provide Insights Into Normal Aging.
November 13, 2007... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Inappropriate activation of a single enzyme, telomerase, is associated with the uncontrollable proliferation of cells seen in as many as 90 percent of all of human...

Together We Stand: Bacteria Organize to Survive Hostile Zones; Microfluidic Device May Reveal Ways to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Biofilms.
November 13, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using an innovative device with microscopic chambers, researchers from four institutions, including Johns Hopkins, have gleaned important new information about how...

Medical College of Wisconsin Study Finds Common Drug May Limit Radiation Kidney Damage in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients.
November 13, 2007... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have found that the risk of radiation injury in normal tissue after exposure may be reduced by a drug...

Citrus Juice, Vitamin C Give Staying Power to Green Tea Antioxidants.
November 13, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- To get more out of your next cup of tea, just add juice. A study found that citrus juices enable more of green tea's unique antioxidants to remain after...

University of Virginia Chemists Create Novel Uranium Molecule.
November 13, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at the University of Virginia have prepared the first uranium methylidyne molecule ever reported, despite the reactivity of uranium atoms with...

Humanizing Products Isn't Always Enough, Says New Marketing Study From University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
November 14, 2007... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A luxury car bursts into a dull party of other cars and "struts" around the room. Will this ad sell more of that luxury car? Depends how you feel about...

Scripps Research Scientists Develop Modeling Method That Increases Understanding of Diseases Like Cystic Fibrosis and Alzheimer's; Approach Could Predict New Intervention Strategies.
November 15, 2007... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has come up with a simple but comprehensive way of probing the parts of our biological machinery...

Evolutionary Biology Research on Plant Shows Significance of Maternal Effects.
November 15, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- When habitat changes, animals migrate. But how do immobile organisms like plants cope when faced with alterations to their environment? This is an...

Virus Used to Create Experimental HIV Vaccines Directly Impairs the Immune Response.
November 15, 2007... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leading efforts to create an HIV vaccine have hinged on the use of viruses as carriers for selected elements of the HIV virus. Recently, however, evidence has emerged...

Purdue Research Finds Similarities in Dog, Human Breast Cancer Pre-Malignant Lesions.
November 15, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pre-malignant mammary lesions in dogs and humans display many of the same characteristics, a discovery that could lead to better understanding of breast cancer...

Penn Researchers Discover a Mechanism to Explain Biological 'Cross-Talk' Between 24-Hour Body Cycle and Metabolism; Research Points to New Pathways for Fighting Diabetes.
November 16, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's well known that the body's energy levels cycle on a 24-hour, or circadian, schedule, and that this metabolic process is fueled by oxygen. Now,...

Auctions May Simplify Internal Resource Allocation, According to Stanford Business School Researchers.
November 16, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- When managers within the same company compete for internal resources such as machines, consultants, and workspace, how does top management figure...

Information Can Help You Get the Right Cell Phone Plan, According to Stanford Business School Research.
November 16, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Choosing a cell phone plan has become one of the great rites of passage in modern life. There are literally thousands of such plans being offered...

Studies of Oiled Birds Should Help Save Others.
November 16, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A week after Unviersity of California, Davis veterinary scientists began treating birds injured in the San Francisco Bay oil spill, they are now...

Marijuana Compound Shows Promise in Fighting Breast Cancer.
November 18, 2007... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body. That's the finding of a new...

Kaiser Permanente/Harvard Medical School Study Links Lack of Sleep to Weight Gain for New Moms; First Study Ever Finds Moms Who Sleep Only Five Hours Have Tripled Risk of Excessive Weight at One Year After Baby's Birth.
November 19, 2007... Byline: Edelman Public Relations OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mothers who reported sleeping five hours or less per day when their babies were six months old had a threefold higher risk for substantial weight retention (11...

Atmospheric Measuring Device for Understanding Smog Formation; Quantitative Assessment Could Lead to More Effective Smog-Control Strategies.
November 19, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new tool for quantitatively measuring elusive atmospheric...

New Antarctica Research Season Kicks Off.
November 19, 2007... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The approach of winter in the northern hemisphere means that summer is coming to Antarctica - still bitterly cold, but just warm enough to let scientists...

Mock Drills Boost Child Resuscitation Skills in 'Failing' Adult Emergency Rooms, Hopkins Study Shows; 'It Doesn't Take Much to Boost Skills,' Researchers Say.
November 19, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following up on a study that found widespread failures in simulated child resuscitation among emergency room staff, a research team from the Johns Hopkins...

Researcher Finds How Rogue Bacteria Sabotage Human Immunity.
November 19, 2007... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Outside the laboratory, Anthony Azenabor is outgoing and talkative, an extrovert who laughs heartily at his own jokes. But engrossed in his research,...

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Physicists on a Universal Hunt for Gravitational Waves.
November 19, 2007... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using new tools to look at the universe, says Patrick Brady, often has led to discoveries that change the course of science. History is full of examples....

Obesity-Linked High Blood Volumes Render PSA Prostate Cancer Test Less Effective, Study Suggests; Findings Could Have Wide-Reaching Effects for Other Blood Tests in the Seriously Overweight.(Report)
November 20, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The extra blood volume produced in the obese may so dilute levels of a telltale protein produced by prostates that the popular PSA test may be essentially...

Researchers Discover Surface Orbital 'Roughness' in Manganites.
November 20, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that in a class of materials called manganites, the electronic...

Bioclocks Work by Controlling Chromosome Coiling.
November 21, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is a new twist on the question of how biological clocks work. In recent years, scientists have discovered that biological clocks help organize a...

Tiny DNA Molecules Show Liquid Crystal Phases, Pointing Up New Scenario for First Life on Earth.
November 22, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA...

The Real Cost of Cigarettes to Smokers: $222 a Pack; Vanderbilt Professors Estimate Economic Effect Smoking Has on Smokers.
November 26, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- How much does a pack of cigarettes really cost a smoker? While past studies have focused on the cost of cigarette smoking to society, a new report by two...

Rochester Institute of Technology's NanoPower Research Labs Receive Nearly $4 Million in New Funding; Combined Research Efforts Will Enhance Development of Sustainable Energy Systems.
November 26, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rochester Institute of Technology is expanding its research and technology transfer efforts in renewable energy development and sustainability thanks...

CT Scans to Determine Heart Disease in Emergency Room; Penn Researcher Suggests That Procedure May Save Time, Money.
November 26, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the future, patients who arrive at a hospital Emergency Department complaining of chest pain may be diagnosed with a sophisticated CT scan. If...

Report Shows New Yorkers Contaminated With Depleted Uranium Over 20 Years After Exposure; Radioactive Uranium Found in Homes After Federal Cleanup of NL Industries Pollution.
November 27, 2007... Byline: Uranium Test Project ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Uranium Test Project today released the following media advisory. - - - - A new report documents depleted uranium (DU) can be detected in people more...

Physicians Sound Warning on Eyelash Enhancers.
November 27, 2007... Byline: Wright State University School of Medicine DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- When and how does a prescription drug become a cosmetic application? In the national spotlight are drugs designed to treat glaucoma which are...

Women Must Work Harder, Study Shows; In Surveys of American and British Employees, Gender Gap Persists.
November 28, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The joke, "Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good," may not be totally off the mark in the workplace. In a recent...

Two Out of Three Middle Class American Families on Shaky Financial Ground, According to New Report; Landmark Study Based on New 'Middle Class Security Index' Developed by Demos, Brandeis University; Findings Announced at Press Tele-Conference Today.
November 28, 2007... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fewer than one in three middle-class families in America is financially secure, and the remaining majority are either borderline or at high risk of falling out of the middle class...

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory Discovers Cosmic Cannonball; Middlebury College Professor of Physics Frank Winkler Co-Authors Research.
November 29, 2007... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the fastest moving stars ever seen has been discovered with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This cosmic cannonball is challenging theories to explain its...

Cancer Patients May Benefit From Reporting Symptoms Online in Real Time.
November 29, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Traditionally, clinicians have relied on information provided by cancer patients during their office visits as the primary means of assessing patients'...

Helium Isotopes Point to New Sources of Geothermal Energy.
November 29, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a survey of the northern Basin and Range province of the western United States, geochemists Mack Kennedy of the Department of Energy's Lawrence...

Voting Can Be a Real Battle for U.S. Troops, Others Overseas in 2008 Primaries; Report From The Century Foundation Explores Problems Facing Military and Overseas Voters, Offers Ideas for Assuring Their Rights.(Report)
November 29, 2007... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. troops in Iraq and other places around the world are center stage in this year's presidential elections. But when it comes to casting votes for the candidates,...

Purdue Researchers Obtain a Snapshot Clarifying How Materials Enter Cells.
November 30, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of Purdue University researchers has captured a key step in the metabolic process that allows materials, such as nutrients and drug treatments, to move...