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Organic Research Advocacy Bears Fruit.
October 1, 2004... Byline: Organic Farming Research Foundation SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent announcement of $4.5 million in competitive grant awards for organic farming research culminates a...

Teaching Skills, Instilling Confidence Best Ways to Prevent Child Abduction; 'Stranger Danger' Lessons Alone Don't Protect Children.
October 3, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parents and pediatricians could be doing more to prevent child abductions, says a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Daniel Broughton, M.D., a...

Black Students Not Culturally Biased Against Academic Achievement, Duke University Researcher Says.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Contrary to popular belief, most black students do not carry a cultural bias against high achievement into the classroom. Instead, new research shows that an...

Arctic Sea Ice Declines Again in 2004, According to CU-Boulder Researchers.
October 4, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that the extent of Arctic sea ice, the floating mass of ice that covers the Arctic Ocean,...

Sibling History Predicts Early Heart Disease Better Than Parental History.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that sibling history -- whether or not a brother or sister had early heart disease -- is a better predictor of a...

Odor Receptor That Guides Human Sperm Toward Egg Is Also Found in Nose, University of Maryland Researcher Says; Receptors in Nose, Sperm Respond to Same Scents.
October 4, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BATIMORE, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by a scientist now at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found for the first time that a chemical sensor or receptor...

Mayo Clinic Awarded Major NIH Contract for Smallpox Genomics Research.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vaccine researchers at Mayo Clinic have been awarded a $10 million federal contract to study genetic susceptibility to smallpox and genomic-based risks to the smallpox...

Cat Disease Gene One Key to Healthy Blood in Humans, University of Virginia Study Suggests.
October 4, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A gene linked to feline leukemia virus, a fatal cat disease, plays a role in human blood health, according to a study in the journal Cell by...

Earthquake Forecast Program Has Amazing Success Rate.
October 4, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A NASA-funded earthquake forecast program has an amazing track record. Published in 2002, the Rundle-Tiampo Forecast has accurately forecast the locations of...

Mayo Clinic Finds Effective Remedy for Blood Pressure Drop When Standing Up.
October 5, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic neurologists have discovered a drug application smart enough to alleviate orthostatic hypotension -- problems with sinking blood pressure when standing up from...

Fixing Anemia Doesn't Improve Survival for Head and Neck Cancer Patients.
October 5, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Boosting the blood count -- in effect, curing anemia -- in conjunction with radiation therapy won't help patients with head and neck cancer fare any better than...

Top Robotics Experts Gathering in Pittsburgh to Participate in 25th Anniversary of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
October 5, 2004... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 40 experts in the field of robotics will be gathering at Carnegie Mellon University Oct. 11-14 to participate in the 25th-anniversary celebration of the...

Astronomers Tackle 400-Year-Old Heavenly Mystery; Johns Hopkins Team Examines Kepler's Supernova Using NASA's Three Great Observatories.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the night of October 9, 1604, sky watchers - including Johannes Kepler, an astronomer best known for discovering the laws of planetary motion - were startled by the...

One in Six Older Adults With Chronic Ailments Skip Prescription Drugs Because of Cost, Study Finds; Skimping Most Common Among Those Who Pay Most Out-of-Pocket, Earn Least, or Don't Have Prescription Drug Coverage.
October 6, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent nationally representative survey of older adults finds that 18 percent of those with chronic conditions such as heart disease and...

New 'Shock and Awe' Book Explores Political Meaning of Words Through Essays, Photographs, Poems; First Book Published by New Pacific Press in Collaboration With UC Santa Cruz.
October 6, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Democracy, patriotism, family -- these are words spoken with overwhelming fervor these days in the aftermath of 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, and...

Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year-Old Supernova Mystery.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, best known as the discoverer of the laws of planetary motion, were...

Lipids Vary by Race, Gender.
October 6, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to lipid profiles -- a key measure of heart disease risk -- it appears that African-Americans and women have it better than whites and men, according to a new...

Sopping Salts Could Reveal History of Water on Mars.
October 7, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Epsom-like salts believed to be common on Mars may be a major source of water there, say geologists at Indiana University Bloomington and Los Alamos National...

University of Florida Researchers Shine Light on New Explosives Detection Method.
October 7, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of University of Florida researchers has invented a way to rapidly detect traces of TNT or other hidden explosives simply by shining a light on any...

Biochemistry Professor at Cal State Long Beach Studying Umbilical Cords in Search for Non-Controversial Stem Cell Source for Medical Science Research.
October 7, 2004... Byline: Calif. State University, Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stem cells, which can potentially turn into many types of human tissue and could lead to new treatments for a range of illnesses, are one of the...

Study Suggests Component of Volcanic Gas May Have Played Significant Role in Origins of Life on Earth; Carbonyl Sulfide Forms Peptide Bonds.
October 7, 2004... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer to a longstanding question in...

Mars Rovers Probing Water History at Two Sites.
October 7, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid...

McGill Professor: How to Use Math, CT Scanner to See How Trees Intercept Light.
October 8, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- What do trees and statistics have in common? Pierre Dutilleul, a statistician and professor in McGill's Department of Plant Science, will tell you that many natural systems...

Arctic Mystery No Longer: Dinosaurs Walked Canada's Great North.
October 8, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hans Larsson, a McGill University palaeontologist, has found physical proof that Canada's Arctic regions once had a Jurassic era. Scientists have suspected that dinosaurs...

Bioaerosols: New Element in Climate Mystery.
October 8, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parisa Ariya's accidental discovery of the power of bioaerosols to generate rapid and dramatic chemical reactions may change -- at the very least alter -- the course of...

ProLiteracy Worldwide Releases Annual 'State of Literacy' Report, Urges U.S. to Fund Programs for Adults.
October 8, 2004... Byline: ProLiteracy Worldwide SYRACUSE, N.Y., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The president of the world's largest community-based adult literacy organization today called on Congress to adopt an omnibus literacy bill to authorize programs...

Senator Bond and NSF Director Announce Multi-Agency Plant Genome Research Program in St. Louis.
October 8, 2004... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Acting Director of the National Science Foundation, will appear with Senator Kit Bond at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center...

A Matter of Gravity: Bowdoin Astrophysicist Searches for Cosmic Waves.
October 11, 2004... Byline: Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, Maine, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Somewhere in the universe, two black holes are orbiting each other. In their cosmic binary dance, scientists believe they emit gravitational radiation - small waves,...

CU-Boulder Researchers to Analyze Meteorite That Fell Outside Berthoud, Colo.
October 11, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder researchers will scientifically analyze a meteorite that fell outside Berthoud, Colo., last week, only the fifth to ever...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Can Measure Early Benefits of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and Plaque Reduction, Study Shows.
October 11, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using modified magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, researchers at Johns Hopkins have been able to detect the early benefits of a...

University of Florida Scientists Have Bionanotechnology Recipe to Find Elusive Bacteria.
October 11, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of University of Florida researchers has created tiny hybrid particles that can speedily root out even one isolated E. coli bacterium lurking in ground...

Partial Eclipse of Sun Visible in Hawaii.
October 12, 2004... Byline: Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hawaiians will be able to see a partial eclipse of the sun on Wednesday evening, Oct. 13. The moon will start to take apparent bites out of the sun, when viewed...

Johns Hopkins Sociologist Discusses Future of Marriage in America.
October 12, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- More couples are living together, but they don't see cohabitation as a replacement for marriage, according to Andrew Cherlin, a Johns Hopkins University sociologist...

Newfound Star Cluster May Be Final Milky Way 'Fossil'.
October 12, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just when astronomers thought they might have dug up the last of our galaxy's "fossils," they've discovered a new one in the galactic equivalent of our own...

University of Virginia Researchers Unravel a Central Mystery of How Hearing Happens.
October 13, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Virginia Health System have helped solve the mystery of how the human ear converts sound vibrations and balance...

Long-Sought Key to Hearing May Be Found in Protein Discovery.
October 13, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Harvard Medical School and their colleagues report in the Oct. 13 Nature advanced online edition that they have identified a protein deep in the...

Mayo Clinic Study Supports New Approach to Treating Debilitating Inflammation of the Arteries; No Cure Yet for Giant Cell Arteritis, But Quality of Life Can Be Improved.
October 13, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered an effective new way to treat giant cell arteritis (GCA), a debilitating cause of headaches, fatigue, muscle pain and even...

Blacks Report Better Sexual, Urinary Function After Prostate Surgery Than Whites; Keck School Study Shows They Still Feel Sexual Function Is Problem.
October 13, 2004... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five years after surgery for prostate cancer, African-American men reported better sexual and urinary function than non-Latino white men -- yet they were also more...

Gastric Bypass, Stomach-Stapling Patients Should Recognize Risk of Nerve Injury Post-Surgery; Following Nutritional Guidelines, Not Losing Weight Too Fast Key to Prevention.
October 14, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found a significant number of patients who undergo "stomach stapling" or gastric bypass surgery for weight reduction develop peripheral...

Study Shows Internet Use Leads to More Civic Activism.
October 14, 2004... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Civic activists who use the Internet become even more active. That's one finding of a study coauthored by Dr. Debbie Denise Reese, an educational...

Scientists Identify Major Molecular Pathway That Leads to Diabetes; Research Explains How Excess Body Fat Causes Insulin Resistance, Inflammation.
October 14, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have discovered what they believe is the fundamental mechanism within cells that links two fast-rising public...

Flies Have Morning and Evening Clocks.
October 14, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two groups of researchers have independently discovered the long sought dual body clocks in the brain of fruit flies that separately govern bursts of...

'Energy Blocker' Kills Big Tumors in Rats.
October 14, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Building on their earlier work, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that an apparently nontoxic cellular "energy blocker" can eradicate large liver...

Virginia Mountain Streams Topic of Public Symposium Hosted By University of Virginia on October 30th.
October 15, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thirteen states in the Southeast and Midwest contribute to acidic rain in Virginia. This pollution, primarily from coal-burning power plants, causes...

Malaria Vaccine Study Results Good News: The Long Road to a Promising Vaccine Started at NYU School of Medicine.
October 15, 2004... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The malaria vaccine reported today to reduce life-threatening cases of the parasitic disease among children in Mozambique is based on the pioneering research of Drs. Ruth...

Novel Drug-Antidote Strategy Provides Greater Control of Drug Action.
October 17, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a discovery that could give physicians more control over the actions of medications, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a novel drug pair -- a...

Manipulation of Epigenome Turns Off As Many Genes As It Turns On; Comprehensive Study Raises Questions About 'Demethylation' Agents.
October 18, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Agents believed to selectively "restart" genes that limit cancer's growth -- a potential treatment option already in early clinical studies -- instead turn...

Nanowire With a Surprise: New Research May Advance Nanoelectronics Field.
October 18, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have discovered that a short, organic chain molecule with...

Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big Mess.
October 18, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Planets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges, astronomers announced today. New observations...

Zebrafish May Offer Researchers Powerful New Tool For Studying Innate Immunity.
October 18, 2004... Byline: University of South Florida Health Sciences TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, researchers have sequenced all 36 genes of novel receptors that appear to play a critical role in the innate immune...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's John Berges Helps Complete Genome for Microscopic Alga With Huge Potential.
October 18, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's almost as if the microscopic alga Thalassiosira pseudonana wants to be examined. The saltwater microbe, a common specimen in marine biology...

Gene Linked to Greater Risk of Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- New studies by an international team of scientists led by Joslin Diabetes Center have found variations in a gene that help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are at...

Study: Outmoded Voting Machines More Likely to Be Found in Wealthier Counties.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Brigham Young University PROVO, Utah, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a comment that reflects the conventional wisdom still held today, then-Vice President Al Gore told reporters at a Nov. 28 press conference during the disputed...

Geologists to Gather at Johns Hopkins to Plan Antarctic Trek; Scientists to Join Forces for Study of Earth's Crust.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of 27 geologists will gather this weekend at The Johns Hopkins University to plan its January 2005 expedition to the windswept, arid Dry Valleys...

Mayo Clinic Finds Ketogenic Diet May Be Started as an Outpatient Treatment for Children With Epilepsy.
October 19, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results from a Mayo Clinic study that analyzed medical records of epilepsy patients suggest a ketogenic diet, which mimics the effects of starvation, can be successfully...

Lear Center Study Reveals Local TV News Ignores Local, State Election Campaigns.
October 21, 2004... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the campaign season entered its most intense period, nearly eight out of ten election stories on local television news were about the presidential...

University of Florida Scientist: 'Brain' in a Dish Acts as Autopilot, Living Computer.
October 21, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida scientist has grown a living "brain" that can fly a simulated plane, giving scientists a novel way to observe how brain cells function...

Accelerated Heartbeat Mystery: Is Odd Electrical Wave the Key? Multiarm Spiral Moving Across Cardiac Cells Could Be the Culprit.
October 22, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- For people who suffer from a rapid heartbeat condition called tachycardia, an implanted device can usually nudge the racing blood pump back into a normal rhythm by...

Human Spinal Cord Cells Help Rats With Lou Gehrig's Disease.
October 23, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Human primitive spinal cord cells delayed symptoms and paralysis by a week when implanted in the spinal cord of rats destined to develop amyotrophic lateral...

Infection, Not Lack of Oxygen, Plays Larger Role in Premature Infant Brain Injury.
October 24, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have dispelled the widespread belief among obstetricians that, in premature infants, brain injury results from a lack of...

Olfactory Bulb Stem Cells and Lou Gehrig's Disease.
October 24, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have found that transplants of mouse stem cells taken from the adult brain's olfactory bulb can delay symptoms and death in a...

Jefferson Scientists Find New Way to Convert Adult Human Stem Cells to Longer-Lasting Dopamine Neurons.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have found a new way to coax bone marrow stem cells into becoming dopamine-producing neurons. If the method proves...

University of Georgia Tracking Research Seeks to Find Out Why Georgia's Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests Are at Record Low in 2004.
October 25, 2004... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A red glow appears down the beach and is soon followed by the muffled sound of a four-stroke engine. Mark Dodd stops the ATV near the small group and turns off the...

Clues to Puzzle of 'Talking' Root Cells.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists studying the development of plant roots, a general basic model for tissue development, are uncovering new pieces of the puzzle of how one root cell sends its...

Jefferson Neuroscientists Find Evidence of Lead Exposure Affecting Recovery From Brain Injury.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lead exposure at a young age can hurt the brain's development and cause learning and behavioral problems. It may also interfere with recovery from a brain...

Snapshot Yields Inside Look at Molecular Movement.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The secret lives of molecules are now less secret. Using the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National...

Cars, Not Crops, Should Be Chief Targets in Reducing Greenhouse Gases.
October 25, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Retiring croplands and switching to no-till agriculture can contribute in a modest way to reducing the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but doubling fuel...

Wright State University Scientists Convert Baby Powder Chemical for Use as Light Emitting Source.
October 27, 2004... Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Zinc oxide, a product used for decades in baby powder, has a bright future as a light source, according to David Look, Ph.D., a senior research physicist and...

Genetically Endowed Worm May Substitute for Rodents in Some Toxicology Testing.
October 27, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A primitive roundworm called Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is being evaluated in a Duke University laboratory as a cheaper and quicker alternative to rats and mice...

Research on 'Holes' May Unearth Causes of Superconductivity.
October 27, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered another possible clue to the causes of high-temperature...

California's Topography Shaped by Sierra Nevada Uplift, CU-Boulder Geologists Say.
October 27, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- California's varied landscape, once attributed mostly to plate tectonics, is better explained as a chain reaction that began when the Sierra Nevada...

Stellar Survivor From 1572 A.D. Explosion Supports Supernova Theory.
October 27, 2004... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of astronomers is announcing today that they have identified the probable surviving companion star to a titanic supernova...

University of Virginia Health System Adds New Cancer Treatment System.
October 27, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virginia residents and those from throughout the mid-Atlantic region will soon have access to one of the worlds' most advanced cancer treatment...

Iowa State University Agronomy Researcher Controls Erosion to Save African Sahel.
October 28, 2004... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Iowa State University agronomy professor is using erosion control methods to restore the Sahel and Niger River in West Africa. Andrew Manu, associate professor...

University of Georgia Scientists Believe Sleeping Plant's 'Breath' Can Indicate Its Health.
October 28, 2004... Byline: University of Georgia GRIFFIN, Ga., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- By measuring the nighttime respiration rate of plants, University of Georgia scientists hope to develop a way farmers can detect environmental stresses in their...

UCLA Chemists Report New Nano Phenomenon: Welding in Response to an Ordinary Camera Flash.
October 28, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- UCLA chemists report the discovery of a remarkable new nanoscale phenomenon: An ordinary camera flash causes the instantaneous welding together of nanofibers made of polyaniline, a...

Cassini's Radar Shows Titan's Young Active Surface.
October 29, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first radar images of Saturn's moon Titan show a very complex geological surface that may be relatively young. Previously, Titan's surface was hidden...

Gene-Silencing Technique Offers New Way to Fight Drug-Resistant Leukemia.
October 29, 2004... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ever since the approval of Gleevec in 2001, a cancer-cell-specific drug used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), the field of cancer...

Wistar Study Demonstrates Heritability of Non-Genomic Information.
October 31, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's one of the defining tenets of modern biology: The characteristics of a living organism are coded into the organism's DNA, and only information in the DNA can be...