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Asking the Boss for a Raise.(Television program review)
October 1, 2007... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Waiting until your boss is in a good mood to ask for a raise may be a popular strategy, but what if the boss knows you know she is in a good mood?...

Purdue Researcher Looks at Racial Role in Breast Cancer Tumors.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University researcher is going to the root of cells to find out how breast cancer manifests itself in different ethnic groups. Breast cancer is among...

Nanotube Forests Grown on Silicon Chips for Future Computers, Electronics.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers have shown how to grow forests of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical...

University of Virginia Researchers Know More About How Our Cells Respond to UV Rays That Can Cause Damage.
October 1, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's well known that overexposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun can cause major skin problems, ranging from skin cancer to sunburns and...

Joslin Researchers Uncover Potential Role of Leptin in Diabetes.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Joslin-led study has shown that leptin, a hormone known mainly for regulating appetite control and energy metabolism, plays a major role in islet cell growth and...

Coming to America: University of Arizona Study Examines Impact of Foreign-Trained Physicians.
October 1, 2007... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For many international medical graduates (IMGs), coming to America to train and practice is no easy task. Yet, in spite of the many financial and political obstacles...

Titan's Icy Climate Mimics Earth's Tropics.
October 2, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- If space travelers ever visit Saturn's largest moon, they will find a tropical world where temperatures plunge to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, methane rains from the sky...

Thumb-Size Microsystem Enables Cell Culture and Incubation; Device Draws on Microelectronic, Microfluidic Technologies to Advance Biology Research.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Integrating silicon microchip technology with a network of tiny fluid channels, some thinner than a human hair, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have...

The Benefits of 'Not Checking the Box': Default Options Should Be Used to Improve Health Care; Opinion Piece in New England Journal of Medicine Urges Greater Use of Automatic Decisions.
October 2, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anyone who has ever tried to set up an Internet account, or wants to make a purchase on a company's website, has experienced the "default option,"...

New Evidence Links Breast Cancer to Pesticide DDT.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- At a time when the pesticide DDT is once again being promoted to combat malaria, researchers have found new evidence linking DDT to breast cancer, according to a...

Cilia: Small Organelles, Big Decisions.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have figured out how human and all animal cells tune in to a key signal, one that literally transmits the instructions...

Researchers: No Faking It, Crocodile Tears Are Real.
October 3, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- When someone feigns sadness they "cry crocodile tears," a phrase that comes from an old myth that the animals cry while eating. Now, a University of Florida...

Nation's First Cancer Trial Combining Multiple Drugs to Attack Blood Vessel Formation in Patients With Kidney Cancer: New Imaging Technology to Track Effectiveness of Treatment.
October 3, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first clinical trial of its kind, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center will lead a...

The Molecular Cause of Emotional Memory.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Both extensive psychological research and our own personal experiences can attest that heightened states of emotion (fear, anger, joy) enhance our ability to...

Fungus Genome Yielding Answers to Protect Grains, People, Animals.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why a pathogen is a pathogen may be answered as scientists study the recently mapped genetic makeup of a fungus that spawns the worst cereal grains disease known...

Researchers Identify Key Step Bird Flu Virus Takes to Spread Readily in Humans.
October 4, 2007... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The...

Seismology News Tips: Focus on Santa Rosa, Calif., and Mexico City; New, Cheap Tool for Evaluating Risk.
October 5, 2007... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Seismological Society of America today released the following news tips. - - - - SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA: SEVERE SHAKING PROBABLE FROM...

Developing a Modular, Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System.
October 5, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- There are two aspects to creating an effective drug: finding a chemical compound that has the desired biological effect and minimal side-effects and then...

AIDS-Related Virus Reveals More Ways to Cause Cancer, Penn Researchers Find.
October 8, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shed new light on how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) subverts...

Researchers Find Evidence of Warming Climate in Ohio.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Summer nights in Ohio aren't cooling off as much as they used to -- and it's likely a sign of climatic warming across the state, researchers say. Jeffrey...

Potent Peptides Inhibit HIV Entry Into Cells; Protein Analysis at Brookhaven Lab's Light Source Helps Researchers in Design of New AIDS Drugs.
October 8, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Based in part on protein structures determined at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National...

Inside Job: New Radioactive Agents for Colon Cancer Work Inside Cells.
October 9, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a potentially novel way to fight colorectal cancer using tiny molecules to deliver potent barrages of radiation...

'Network' Approach Identifies Potential Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene.
October 9, 2007... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like a crossword-puzzle solver who uses the letters in some answers to figure out others, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an international group of...

Model to Study Age-Related Macular Degeneration Could Pave Way for Better Treatment.
October 9, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have created the first animal model of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...

Microgrid Allows Simultaneous Study of Multiple Variables; Could Improve Understanding, Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Other Diseases.(Disease/Disorder overview)
October 10, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging...

University of Missouri-Rolla Biologist David J. Westenberg Named National Microbiology Scholar-in-Residence.
October 10, 2007... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. David J. Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected for the American Society for...

Biometric Sensors No Dirtier Than Doorknobs, Study Finds.
October 10, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- While biometric equipment is gaining popularity in a variety of applications, such as ensuring secure access to buildings, industries are finding that many users...

Offer of Chocolate Changes the Way Students See a Professor, Study Finds.
October 11, 2007... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can the simple offer of chocolate from a stranger change the way students view their professors, particularly at evaluation time? The answer...

Tiny Pinch From 'Z-Ring' Helps Bacteria Cells Divide: New Mathematical Model Unravels Mechanics of Microbe Reproduction.
October 11, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a process that is shrouded in mystery, rod-shaped bacteria reproduce by splitting themselves in two. By applying advanced mathematics to laboratory data, a team...

Genome Update Defines Landscape of Breast and Colon Cancers; Represents Next Major Step in Cancer Genome Sequencing.
October 11, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- One year after completing the first large-scale report sequencing breast and colon cancer genes, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have studied...

LSU Health Sciences Center Study Reports First Successful Treatment for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
October 11, 2007... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Dr. Paul Harch, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans and Director of...

Leading Rheumatologist Available to Comment on Centers for Disease Control Arthritis in the Workplace Study.(Report)
October 12, 2007... Byline: Hospital for Special Surgery NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 33 percent of U.S. workers with arthritis suffered work limitations in 2003. A...

A Best-Kept Secret of Your Teen: They Really Do Care What You Think, Simmons College Study Shows; Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts Foundation Sponsors 'Family Matters' Study.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- It could be one of the best-kept secrets of surly adolescents: it may look as if they're turning away from their family in favor of their friends, but what their family thinks...

Simple Eye Scan Opens Window to Multiple Sclerosis; Potential to Track the Disease at a Fraction of the Cost of Current Test.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A five-minute eye exam might prove to be an inexpensive and effective way to gauge and track the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis,...

Swarthmore College Students Use Mice Stem Cells in New Biology Class Course Believed to Be Only One of Its Kind in Country.
October 15, 2007... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a new biology class at Swarthmore College this fall, students are able to conduct research using embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from mice. Taught by Visiting...

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Researchers Discover Antibody Used to Detect Diabetes.
October 15, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's School of...

Report to ID California Companies With Highest/Lowest Percentage of Women Leaders.
October 15, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Davis, today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Despite its image as a progressive, trend-setting...

Gold Nanorods Shed Light on New Approach to Fighting Cancer.
October 16, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have shown how tiny "nanorods" of gold can be triggered by a laser beam to blast holes in the membranes of tumor cells, setting in motion a complex...

Nearly One Third of California's Largest Public Companies Have No Women at the Top, UC Davis Study Shows.
October 16, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly one in three of the 400 largest public companies headquartered in California -- including household names Apple, Callaway Golf and Skechers USA...

Nationwide Study Grades and Ranks Campaign Disclosure in the 50 States; 36 States Pass, 14 Fail, 21 Earn Higher Grades.
October 17, 2007... Byline: California Voter Foundation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Access to state-level candidate campaign disclosure data continued to improve in states across the country, according to Grading State Disclosure 2007, a...

Massive microRNA Scan Uncovers Leads to Treating Muscle Degeneration.
October 17, 2007... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered the first microRNAs - tiny bits of code that regulate gene activity - linked to each of 10 major degenerative muscular disorders, opening...

Policymakers Urged to Address Concerns About U.S. Science and Technology Workforce; Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Authors Report on Workforce Policy.
October 17, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Amid growing uneasiness around the United States' ability to compete with India, China and other nations, the Commission on Professionals in Science...

Researchers Examine World's Potential to Produce Biodiesel.
October 17, 2007... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- What do the countries of Thailand, Uruguay and Ghana have in common? They all could become leading producers of the emerging renewable fuel known as...

Professor: Young Toddlers Think in Terms of the Whole Object, Not Just Parts.
October 17, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Seeing through a child's eyes can help parents better introduce new words to young toddlers, according to research from Purdue University. "This new research...

Investors Fear Doing Poorly Among Peers More Than They Risk Fear, According to Stanford Business School Research.
October 17, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do people herd around risky investments, causing "bubbles" that inevitably burst and leave most investors losers in the game? Couldn't the...

Scientists Find How Amber Becomes Death Trap for Watery Creatures.
October 18, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million...

When Less Is More: Too Much Happiness May Be Too Much of a Good Thing.
October 18, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Are you happy? Well don't try to be happier; you might become less happy. That is the gist of a multi-cultural study published this month in the Journal of...

Journal of the American Dental Association Spotlights Poverty, Its Effect on Oral Health as Part of International Journal Theme Issue.
October 22, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) joins 234 other international scientific journals today in publishing a global theme issue on poverty and human...

Can You Feel the Heat? Your Cilia Can.
October 22, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our...

Broccoli Sprout-Derived Extract Protects Against Ultraviolet Radiation.
October 22, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that humans can be protected against...

Hopkins Researchers Release Genome Data on Autism; Most Detailed Look at Genetic Contributions to Date.
October 22, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins' McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine today are releasing newly generated genetic data to help speed autism research....

British Professor Elegantly Questions Validity of Cold Dark Matter Hypothesis.
October 23, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The September-October 2007 issue, Volume 95, of the American Scientist magazine, published a remarkable article by Michael J. Disney, an emeritus...

Video Game Shown to Cut Cortisol; Playing Social-Intelligence Game Reduces Stress Hormone by 17 Percent.
October 23, 2007... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown...

Massive Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Predicted Years Ago.
October 23, 2007... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and...

'Twinkle After-Effect' Can Help Retinal Patients Detect Vision Loss Quickly and Cheaply; Scientists Hope to Make It Available Online.
October 23, 2007... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have discovered a simple and inexpensive way for patients with retinal and other eye disease to keep track of...

Everglades Phosphorus Limits on the Right Track, But More Is Needed.
October 24, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- State and federal standards for phosphorus releases into the Everglades seem sufficient to protect the huge wetland's resident plants and animals from damage, but...

When the Connections No Longer Work: Nerve Regeneration -- Prestigious $4.8 Million Grant Advances Neuroscience Research at Wright State University.
October 24, 2007... Byline: Wright State University School of Medicine DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wright State University announced today that is has received a prestigious Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Institute of...

Food Restriction Increases Dopamine Receptor Levels in Obese Rats; Evidence for Interplay of Brain's 'Reward' Chemical With Availability of Food in Obesity.
October 25, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A brain-imaging study of genetically obese rats conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provides more evidence that...

Baseball Teams in Florida, Texas and Washington Benefit from No State Income Tax, Study Says.
October 25, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Businesses have long made decisions on where to locate partly based on taxes and a new study by three university economists now says free agent baseball...

New Insights Into How Lasers Cut Flesh.
October 25, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lasers are at the cutting edge of surgery. From cosmetic to brain surgery, intense beams of coherent light are gradually replacing the steel scalpel for many...

Agricultural Soil Erosion Not Adding to Global Warming.
October 25, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Agricultural soil erosion is not a source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to research published online today (October 25) in the journal...

Quality-of-Life Yardstick Needed for Children With Serious Urologic Conditions.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small but revealing study from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center suggests that a widely used tool to measure physical, emotional and psychological...

Men With Bladder Exstrophy Report Robust Sex Lives, but Women Fare Worse, Hopkins Study Shows.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Adult men born with a severe urological anomaly in which the bladder forms outside of the abdomen report much more robust sexual lives than women born with...

Vaginal Reconstruction Not Needed for Most Inter-Sex Females, Hopkins Study Shows.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dispelling a common myth, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say vaginal reconstruction should be a matter of preference for most teens or...

Survival of Newborns With Abdominal Holes Differs According to Hospital, Hopkins Study Shows.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newborn's chance for surviving a low-risk version of a condition called gastroschisis varies greatly by hospital, according to a study by Johns Hopkins...

What Is a Critical Lab Value? It Depends, Hopkins Research Shows.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to lab tests, interpreting the clinical importance of an out-of-range result depends on how much experience a physician has, suggests research...

Dead Clams Tell Many Tales; Comparison With Living Shellfish Provides Time-Lapse View of Ecosystems.
October 29, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Inventories of living and dead organisms could serve as a relatively fast, simple and inexpensive preliminary means of assessing human impact on ecosystems. The...

New System Would Use Rotating Magnetic Field to Detect Pathogens.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue and Duke universities have developed a technique that uses a magnetic field to selectively separate tiny magnetic particles, representing a...

Oh Brother: Family Ties Determine Who Gets Heart Disease; Hereditary Link to Heart Disease Puts Male Sibs at Higher Risk, But Sisters Not Off The Hook.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The genetic family ties that bind brothers and sisters also link their risk for developing clogged arteries and having potentially fatal heart attacks,...

Scripps Research Team Blocks Bacterial Communication System to Prevent Deadly Staph Infections; Findings Could Lead to Much-Needed Development of Vaccines Against 'Superbugs'.
October 30, 2007... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In hopes of combating the growing scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in particular drug-resistant staph bacteria, a team of scientists from The...

'Nature-Made' Computers: University of Maryland Engineers Teach Nature to 'Grow' High-Tech Components.
October 30, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Computers don't grow on trees, but with a little prodding from engineers, nature can produce computer components. At the University of...

Purdue Creating Wireless Sensors to Monitor Bearings in Jet Engines.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside...

Sound Training Rewires Dyslexic Children's Brains for Reading; Follow-Up Studies Will Seek to Remediate Dyslexia Even in Pre-Readers.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some children with dyslexia struggle to read because their brains aren't properly wired to process fast-changing sounds, according to a brain-imaging study published...

Ears Ringing? Johns Hopkins Scientists Identify the Brain's Own Clarion.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Brain scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around...

Make Way for the Real Nanopod: Berkeley Researchers Create First Fully Functional Nanotube Radio.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. A team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence...

How One Virus Uses Mimicry to Replicate Successfully Related Mechanisms May Trigger Some Cancers.
October 31, 2007... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Both viruses and cancers subvert the growth-control machinery in a cell to serve their own needs. According to a new study, at least one virus uses mimicry to gain...

Rochester Institute of Technology Study Confirms Supermassive Black Holes Produce Powerful Galaxy-Shaping Winds; Findings Reported in Nature.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Supermassive black holes can produce powerful winds that shape a galaxy and determine their own growth, confirms a group of scientists from Rochester...

Heart Attack/Pneumonia Treatment Falls Short of National Goals; An Estimated 22,000 Preventable Deaths Result.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Emergency departments across the nation are failing to meet national goals in treating many heart attack and pneumonia patients, according to a study by...

Researchers Find Novel Mechanism to Predict Survival in Older Women With Early Stage Lung Cancer; Estrogen Appears to Play Critical Role in Development, Progression of Tumors.
October 31, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A novel mechanism to predict survival in older women with early stage lung cancer has been uncovered by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a discovery that may...