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Dual Action Anthrax Vaccine More Effective Than Current Vaccine in Early Tests; New Vaccine Could Also Act as Therapy to Help Those Infected Keep Bacteria in Check Over Time.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Sep. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital have created a vaccine that delivers a one-two punch to anthrax and could become a...

More American University Students Choosing to Study in Canada.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of British Columbia VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of American students applying to the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, has increased significantly since...

Brain: University of Hawaii Researcher Uses Simple 'Pencil and Paper' Method to Determine Hemisphericity Distributions in Large Groups.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of Hawaii HONOLULU, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A simple two-handed, line-bisection test known as the "Best Hand Test" can be used to evaluate hemisphericity distributions in large groups, according to a paper...

Cells' Ability to Live Without Oxygen Give Clues for Treating Major Diseases.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some cells in the kidney can not only survive without sufficient oxygen, but actually begin stretching and multiplying to make up for their fallen brethren,...

University of Georgia Research Shows Deforestation Is Not the Only Threat to Bottomland Songbird Populations; Water Also Plays Vital Role.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bottomland forests in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley are threatened by agricultural conversion, and much of the remaining forest is actively managed by timber...

Study Raises Prospect of Practical Vaccine for Metastatic Melanoma.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a step toward a practical vaccine for advanced melanoma, a notoriously difficult-to-treat form of cancer, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have...

Fulbright to Support Research in Vietnam for Bates College Art Professor.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Trian Nguyen, assistant professor of art and Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies at Bates College, has received a $28,000 Fulbright Award to support a year of research...

'Hindsight Bias' Could Hide Real Lessons of Columbia Accident Report, Expert Says.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A psychological effect known as "hindsight bias" might cause people to misinterpret the conclusions of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), according...

Research: Alligator Is Animal Kingdom's Champion Chomper.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The lion has its roar, the cheetah its speed. But the beast with the most powerful bite? The alligator. So say three researchers who recently completed a...

Chicken Embryo Research Tunes Into Inner Ear.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University biologists have learned how to control the development of stem cells in the inner ears of embryonic chickens, a discovery which could...

University of North Carolina Researchers Identify Protein Crucial to Gene Silencing.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A cellular protein identified by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may be the crucial molecular element for...

Molecule Identified Essential to Cell Functioning.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a cellular enzyme that helps regulate the synthesis of...

Eye in the Sea: Fishing for Photos of Rare, Unknown Deep-Sea Creatures With Electronic Jellyfish Lure.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution MONTEREY, Calif., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a new lighted jellyfish lure and a unique camera system, researchers from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution are working to reveal...

Star Trak: Mars Still Dominates in September.
September 2, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mars will continue to dominate the southern sky during September, after passing closest to Earth on Aug. 27. The flaming orange planet will still be an impressive...

The Death of Representative Democracy? New Book Shows Growing Power of the Rich.
September 3, 2003... Byline: Georgetown University Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the just-released book, "Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy," renowned political scientist and scholar Walter Williams documents how Reagan's...

Online Learning Is As Good As Being There.
September 3, 2003... Byline: Babson College WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- From the Ivy League to tiny community colleges, a majority of institutes of higher education say online learning is just as good as traditional, face-to-face classroom...

University of Arizona Research Reveals Non-Drug Combination Effective in Improving Bone Mineral Density in Women; Weights, Calcium Citrate Provide New Path to Osteoporosis Prevention.
September 3, 2003... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers in the Departments of Physiology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona has uncovered evidence...

Welfare Alone Does Not Protect Those Below Poverty Line, Duke University Professor Says.
September 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 3 (AScribe News) -- The latest figures showing an increase in the number of Americans living below the poverty line should come as no surprise, says a Duke University professor. A Census...

Scientists Discover Deep Sea Nurseries.
September 4, 2003... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MOSS LANDING, Calif., Sept. 4 (AScribe News) -- Exploring a deep-sea ridge off Northern California, scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have discovered a unique...

'A Fierce Discontent': New Book Traces Origins of Today's Political Climate.
September 4, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The roots of the current political malaise in the United States are deeper in the past than you might expect. In his new book released Sept. 1, "A Fierce...

University of Colorado at Boulder Study Shows Increase in Fungal Metabolism Under Tundra Snow.
September 4, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 4 (AScribe News) -- A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that microbes living under the tundra snow pack ramp up their populations in late winter, a finding...

Wright State University Begins Five-Year Study on Reducing Barriers to Drug Abuse Treatment.
September 4, 2003... Byline: Wright State University School of Medicine DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research partners led by Wright State University School of Medicine's Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research have begun a...

University of Arkansas Study Finds Success in Basketball Linked to Lower Graduation Rates.
September 5, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Arkansas researchers report that universities with highly successful basketball programs experience reduced graduation rates as a direct result...

UC San Diego Engineering Team Wins Student Chip-Design Prize for Techniques to Reduce Power Consumption in Third-Generation Cell Phones.
September 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering is one of three winners in the premier international student...

Study Aims to Prevent Heart Disease in Pediatric Lupus Patients.
September 5, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Duke University Medical Center will study the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease in pediatric patients with lupus erythematosus....

Justice for Terrorists: Inside Story of 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Trial Provides Chilling Lesson on September 11th Anniversary.
September 5, 2003... Byline: Cornell University Press ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can a known terrorist receive a fair trial? Should we care about fairness, knowing that the accused person or group may have injured or killed many people? As...

September Culture & Living News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
September 5, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

September Science & Technology News Tips Service From Washington University in St. Louis.
September 5, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- September News Tips: Science & Technology The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any...

September Medical Science & Health News Tips Service from Washington University in St. Louis.
September 5, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

Brookhaven Researchers Develop Counterterror.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory Technologies NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are developing counterterrorism technologies to help protect the...

Early Nicotine Use May Lead to Lasting Addiction, Study Finds.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 8 (AScribe News) -- People who begin smoking in their teens may be particularly vulnerable to long-term nicotine addiction, according to an animal study conducted by Duke University Medical...

Michigan State University Study: Many Americans Remain Willing to Trade Civil Liberties for Personal Security.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich, Sept. 8 (AScribe News) -- Many Americans are not ready to bury their fears of terrorism and still remain willing to trade civil liberties for safety and security since the terrorist...

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Key Player in Fight Against West Nile Virus.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Cook College, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 8 (AScribe News) -- August and September are peak West Nile Virus months. So far, there have been three cases of the virus in New Jersey this year....

College Students: Many Don't Get an 'A' on Food Hygiene; As More of Them Ditch the Cafeteria for In-Room Cooking, Risk of Food Poisoning Increases.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- As more and more college students bring refrigerators and microwaves into their dorm rooms to trade cafeteria food for their own creative concoctions, there is an increased risk...

Finding of Heart Drug Interaction Suggests Path to More Effective Treatment.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 8 (AScribe News) -- Key cellular receptors that regulate the heart's response to stress interact much more closely than previously suspected - a finding that suggests some heart patients could be...

Exercise, Weight Loss Reduces Excess Insulin, Lowers Blood Pressure in Syndrome X.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Exercising and losing weight can significantly reduce the overproduction of insulin and lower the blood pressure of patients with Syndrome X -- which is an array of...

UC San Diego Researchers Identify Peptides That Bind to Alzheimer's Plaques.
September 8, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two short protein segments, called peptides, have been identified by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of...

Is the Food Industry Ready for the Bioterrorism Act of 2002?
September 8, 2003... Byline: Cook College, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Responding to the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and...

Telltale Prostate-Cancer Protein Is Crucial to Breast Cancer, Too; Test Reveals How Aggressive - and Deadly - Breast Tumors Will Be.
September 8, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like a killer charged with more than one murder, a tiny protein that has already been linked to deadly prostate cancer is now being implicated in...

Reverse Reactions Help Isolate Important 'Intermediate,' Key in Manufacture of Organic Molecules.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have used a new way to isolate and study an important intermediate in the...

New Pollutant Cleanup Technique Puzzles, Please Chemists.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists looking for ways to clean up a common, persistent type of organic pollutant have developed an approach that not only restores the power of a naturally...

Researchers Develop System to Detect Biowarfare Agents on Navy Ships.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Ohio State University professor is part of a team that developed a new protocol that the U.S. Navy now uses to detect biowarfare (BW) agents, such as anthrax, aboard...

September Business, Law & Economics News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis batterson@olin.wustl.edu ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the...

Restaurant Failure Rate Much Lower Than Commonly Assumed, Study Finds.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 9 (AScribe News) -- The common business wisdom is that restaurants fail at an alarmingly high rate - maybe as high as 90 to 95 percent in the first year. In fact, the alleged 90...

Exercise and Breast-Cancer Prevention: Study Finds It's Never Too Late to Start, Activity Need Not Be Strenuous.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast-cancer risk by 20 percent among women at all levels of risk for the...

Fruit Fly Pheromone Receptor First Ever Discovered Linked to Specific Sexual Behavior.
September 10, 2003... Byline: Pending DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time in any animal, Duke University Medical Center researchers have linked a single pheromone receptor in the fruit fly to a specific sexual behavior. ...

Male Baboons Recognize and Care for Their Own Offspring.
September 10, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a discovery that suggests the fathering instinct might be more fundamental to primate evolution than previously believed, researchers have shown that male baboons give...

Colorado Deaths From Cancer Decline.
September 10, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to the nation's annual report on cancer released by the National Cancer Institute in September, death rates from the four most common...

Study Finds Simple Way to Reduce HIV Transmission From Mom to Baby.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the Sept. 13 issue of The Lancet, Johns Hopkins and Ugandan researchers report final results of a study showing that a safe, simple and inexpensive...

Bracing Is Less Effective in Overweight Teens With Scoliosis.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In teenagers, being overweight appears to threaten the success of wearing a back brace, the most commonly prescribed and only proven non-surgical treatment...

Researchers at UCLA and Brandeis Monitor Brains Cells Using a Video Game to Discover How Humans Navigate.
September 11, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a video game featuring a yellow taxi, virtual city and human players with electrodes embedded in their memory banks, neuroscientists at UCLA and Brandeis University have...

Stronger Link Found Between ATM Gene, Breast Cancer; Finding May Offer Added Tool for Early Detection, Treatment.
September 11, 2003... Byline: City of Hope National Medical Center DUARTE, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at City of Hope Cancer Center and Georgetown University Medical Center, in identifying mutations in the gene that can cause a rare but...

Jefferson, Brigham and Women's Hospital Researchers Find Blue Light Important for Setting Biological Clock.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston and Jefferson Medical College have found that the body's natural biological clock is more...

Using Ions to Probe Ionic Liquids, Researchers Explore Safer Solvents.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are using a very small and light ion, the electron, to study the structure and...

Smoking Causes Nearly 5 Million Deaths Annually Worldwide; Deaths in Developing, Industrialized Countries Nearly Equal.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Globally, nearly 5 million premature deaths were caused in 2000 as a result of cigarette smoking. Comparing the number of deaths in developing and industrialized...

Media Bribery Study Identifies Potential Problem Countries.
September 11, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A communication study shows that bribery of the media is most likely to occur in China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan, says a Purdue University...

CSU Stanislaus Professor Addresses Election Issues in New Textbook, 'Governing California'.
September 12, 2003... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., Sept. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Californians are much more involved in their government than residents of other states, says Lawrence L. Giventer, a professor of politics at...

Illinois Wesleyan Surveys Compare Student, Parent Views on College Rankings.
September 12, 2003... Byline: Illinois Wesleyan University BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Who pays more attention to the college rankings - prospective students or their parents? Just how much attention do they pay? What do parents and...

University of Missouri-Rolla, Motorola Work to Improve Performance of Wireless Communications.
September 12, 2003... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., Sept. 12 (AScribe News) -- Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla and Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Technology Center in Schaumburg, Ill., are developing three-dimensional switches and...

Fourth Annual 'E-Government' Survey: Readability is Problem for State, Federal Government Web Sites.
September 12, 2003... Byline: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 12 (AScribe News) -- Most state and federal government Web sites are not fully accessible to American citizens because they are written at too high a grade level, according to the fourth...

Sensory Cells for Hearing, Balance Are Fast-Developing, University of Virginia Researchers Find.
September 14, 2003... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The functional development of hair cells in the inner ear that mediate hearing and balance takes place over a period of just one day in mouse...

Diabetes Drug May Be Tool in Treating Breast Cancer.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have decoded the step-by-step process by which a class of popular...

'Shifty-Eyed' Monkeys Offer Window Into Brain's Social Reflexes.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center have found the strongest evidence yet that monkeys show the same keen "social reflexes" that humans do -- shifting their...

Powerful New Method Helps Reveal Genetic Basis of Cancer, Plus Surprising Differences in 'Normal' DNA.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have developed one of the most sensitive, comprehensive, and robust methods that now exists for...

Experimental Cancer Drugs May Halt Events That Lead to Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure.
September 15, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The events that lead to cardiac hypertrophy, the enlargement of heart muscle cells, may be stopped by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, a...

Carnegie Mellon Technology Will Reshape Curriculum of New Jersey's Centenary College.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A liberal arts college in New Jersey is using educational technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University as a platform for revising much of its curriculum in...

Conventional Anorexia Treatments Challenged by Indiana University Professor in New Book; Procedures Can Reinforce What They Try to Remedy.
September 16, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In her new book "Feeding Anorexia: Gender and Power at a Treatment Center," Helen Gremillion, the Peg Zeglin Brand Chair in Gender Studies at Indiana University...

Virginia Universities Combine Forces for the National LambdaRail; Mid-Atlantic Terascale Partnership Is Formed.
September 16, 2003... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- With heated global competition, the United States is in a marathon race to maintain an edge in fundamental areas of research and innovation. The National LambdaRail...

High Blood Pressure, Fatty Deposits Are 'Bit Players' in Bulging Arteries; Age, Gender, Body Size Are Better Predictors of Aortic Aneurysm; Genetics Are Likely Important.
September 16, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Contrary to long-accepted conventional wisdom and to current theories, high blood pressure and other risk factors for plaque buildup are not major factors in the...

Religion Helps Shape Wealth of Americans, Study Finds.
September 17, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 17 (AScribe News) -- A new national study shows that religious affiliation plays a powerful role in how much wealth Americans accumulate, with Jews amassing the most wealth and...

Blood Test Could Detect Lung Cancer in Its Earliest Stages.
September 17, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lung cancer is often deadly by the time doctors have detected it, but scientists at Duke University Medical Center are developing a non-invasive test that could detect...

Here Comes the Sun: Engineers Develop Solar Desalinization System.
September 18, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 18 (AScribe News) -- A solution to the growing need for fresh water in many parts of the world may come from a natural source: the sun. Engineers at the University of Florida have...

Zebrafish Studies Provide Insight into Blood-Cell Formation.
September 18, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 18 (AScribe News) -- Researchers tracking down the cause of anemia in mutant zebrafish embryos have discovered a protein that guides the creation of new blood cells. The...

University of Georgia Research Team Shows Streamside Management Zones Are Effective for Filtering Some Pollution.
September 18, 2003... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Geor., Sept. 18 (AScribe News) -- A new study by University of Georgia forestry researchers shows streamside management zones, a swath of trees left alongside streams to filter runoff from adjacent...

Discovery May Be First Plant Cell Surface Molecule That Halts Cell Proliferation; Protein Contains Both 'On' and 'Off' switches.
September 19, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 19 (AScribe News) -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have discovered a unique protein on the surface membrane of plant cells, one that...

Cellular Problem Discovered Behind Syndrome of Obesity, Learning Disabilities.
September 21, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has discovered a potential new contributor to obesity -- faulty cilia. Many a high school biology...

Duke University Engineer's Latest Book Focuses on Design of Everyday Things.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- What do paper cups, toothbrushes, supermarket layouts, grocery bags, kitchen faucets, door knobs and automobile cup holders have in common? They all are the imperfect...

Study of Stingless Bees in Brazil by UC San Diego Biologist Provides Insight Into Evolution of Bee Communication.
September 22, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of biologists working in Brazil may have found the clues to resolving the longstanding mystery of why some species of bees, such as honey...

Indiana University Bloomington Biologist Gets $2.6 Million to Study Soybean Disease Resistance.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Science Foundation has approved funding for a new three-year, $2.6 million Indiana University Bloomington study of genes that make soybean plants...

Sandia Laboratories Nanolaser May Help Extend Life-Spans by Rapidly Analyzing Possible Neuroprotectant Drugs; Preventing Mitochondria From Turning Ugly May Postpone Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's Diseases.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anyone visiting a nursing home has seen the horror of humans surviving beyond their brains' ability to make sense of their surroundings. That loss...

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Wins Funding for New Weather Forecasting Tools to Aid Scientists, Public.
September 23, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and seven other institutions have won a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF)...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Devise Treatment for People Who Experience Dizziness Upon Suddenly Rising From Prone Position.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a drug treatment to stop the dizziness, light-headedness and fainting that patients experience who suffer from a common form of...

Yale School of Management Established Fair Value Pricing of Mutual Funds.
September 24, 2003... Byline: Yale University School of Management NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched an investigation into fraudulent practices in the mutual fund industry, more and more...

Study on Foul Language on Television Raises False Alarm, Says Swarthmore College Language Expert.
September 24, 2003... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- People need not worry that an increase in foul language on primetime television signals a decline in morals, says a Swarthmore College expert on language use,...