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Star Trak: September Is Season for Auroras.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you're in the right place at the right time on a clear September night, you may see a spectacular display called an aurora ("northern lights"). These silent,...

Convulsions in Worms Mimic Epileptic Seizures.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Alabama have found a way to mimic epileptic seizures in the tiny roundworm C. elegans. The finding could make the worm...

Knight Commission to Unveil New Study Debunking Link Between Winning College Athletics Programs, Increases in Donations, Quality of Applicants; Teleconference Press Briefing Sept. 7.
September 1, 2004... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Sports examines the link between success in college sports and increases in the quality of...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status: Opportunity's Rock Abrasion Tool Is Working Again.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has resumed using its rock abrasion tool after a pebble fell out that had jammed the tool's rotors two weeks ago....

Guiding Light on Nanoscale at Berkeley.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Another important step towards realizing the promise of lightning-fast photonic technology has been taken by scientists with the U.S. Department...

Computer Scientists Release Study on Venezuelan Referendum.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An analysis of data from the Aug. 15 referendum in Venezuela to recall President Hugo Chavez indicates that certain forms of computer fraud were unlikely to have...

Survey of Protesters in New York Details Anti-Bush Sentiment.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The throngs of political protesters demonstrating in New York City this week opposed the policies of President George Bush. While protesters were motivated...

New University of Missouri-St. Louis and Danforth Center Plant Scientist to Aid in Search for Plant-Based Petroleum Replacement; Dr. Xuemin 'Sam' Wang Will Study Plant Lipid Production.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the Earth's finite supply of petroleum being depleted, plant scientists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and the Donald Danforth Plant Science...

Molecular Staples Shape a Cancer Killer.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have successfully designed and improved a new type of cancer-killing compound by performing molecular...

Battle Between Bubbles Might Have Started Evolution.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are proposing that the first battle for survival-of-the-fittest might have played out as a simple physical...

The Birth of a Beak: USC Researchers Detail Process of Beak Formation in Journal Science.
September 2, 2004... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The shapes of avian beaks are determined by areas of active growth amidst areas of slow growth in a developing embryo, and are associated with activity levels of a...

Cassini Reveals Saturn's Cool Rings.
September 2, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cassini spacecraft has taken the most detailed temperature measurements to date of Saturn's rings. Data taken by the composite infrared spectrometer...

Heart Gene Yields Insights Into Evolution, Disease Risk.
September 6, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Analyzing the frequency among human populations of a variant in a gene that influences vulnerability to heart disease, biologists have found evidence that the gene has...

Common Cold Virus Can Cause Polio in Mice When Injected Into Muscles.
September 6, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virologists at Duke University Medical Center have discovered that, under the right conditions, a common cold virus closely related to poliovirus can cause polio in mice....

Chicken Pox Vaccine for Kids Saves Society Big Bucks, Also May Be Protecting Adults, University of Michigan Study Finds; Hospital Costs for Severe Cases Down $100 Million Per Year Since Shot Introduced.
September 6, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The chicken pox vaccine has saved America hundreds of millions of dollars since its introduction in 1995 by preventing the kinds of severe cases...

Study Debunks Link Between Winning College Athletic Programs and Increases in Donations, Quality of Applicants; Study Commissioned by Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding Policy.
September 7, 2004... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Success in big-time athletics has little if any effect on a college's alumni donations or on the academic quality of its applicants, a leading economist concludes in a new...

A Swiss Fix for U.S. Health Care Problems: Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger Finds Lessons in Switzerland's Consumer-Driven System.
September 7, 2004... Byline: Harvard Business School BOSTON, Sept. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. health care system is ailing. The solution, says Harvard Business School professor and health care expert Regina Herzlinger, is a universal, consumer-driven,...

University of Colorado Study: Mars May Have Had Large Sea Near NASA Rover Landing Site.
September 8, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Spacecraft observations of the landing area for one of NASA's two Mars rovers now indicate there likely was an enormous sea or lake covering the region...

North Greenland Ice Core Reveals Gradual, Abrupt Climate Swings.
September 8, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new, undisturbed Greenland ice deep-core record going back 123,000 years shows the Eemian period prior to the last glacial period was slightly warmer...

New Protein Is Discovered to Play Key Role in Cancer Progression.
September 8, 2004... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many cancers, including colon, prostate, and leukemia, continue to grow unchecked because they do not respond to a signal to die and stop proliferating...

Researchers Seek Kinder, Gentler Chemotherapy.
September 9, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Painful and damaging chemotherapy may one day be a thing of the past. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have developed...

Cassini Discovers Ring and One, Possibly Two, Objects at Saturn.
September 9, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists examining Saturn's contorted F ring, which has baffled them since its discovery, have found one small body, possibly two, orbiting in the F ring...

NASA's Grace Gravity Mission Weighs in on Earth's Changing Climate.
September 9, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that precise measurements of Earth's changing gravity field can effectively monitor changes in the planet's...

Unusual Molecule Helps Reduce Greenhouse Gas, University of Kansas Researcher Finds.
September 10, 2004... Byline: University of Kansas LAWRENCE, Kan., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists know a lot about plant photosynthesis, which reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They know far less about how microbes that live in soil and...

Genesis Scientists Bouncing Back From Hard Landing.
September 10, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists who conducted the preliminary assessment of the Genesis canister are encouraged by what they see. They believe it may be possible to achieve the...

New Approach to Assessing Glaucoma Risk May Help Physicians Decide Who Needs Treatment, When to Initiate It.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Edelman Public Relations NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new approach for assessing glaucoma risk factors could be the first step in helping ophthalmologists determine the risk of progression from ocular hypertension...

'Hedgehog' Signal Distinguishes Lethal From Localized Prostate Cancers.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a possible way to distinguish lethal metastatic prostate cancers from those restricted to the walnut-size organ....

First Glimpse of DNA Binding to Viral Enzyme: May Serve As New Target for Antiviral Drugs.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have produced the first...

Heat-Controlled Drug Implants Offer Hope for Future.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a material that may one day allow patients to forgo daily injections and pills and receive...

News Tip: Hurricanes Bring Benefits to Barrier Islands, Beaches, Even As They Devastate Communities Located There, Duke Researchers Say.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHMAN, N.C., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hurricanes Charley, Frances and now Ivan have brought flooding and widespread destruction to communities in their paths, as well as misery to many of the residents...

Researchers Discover New Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa; Study Published in Two Papers in Archives of Ophthalmology September 2004 Issue.
September 13, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of hereditary retinal diseases that affect about 100,000 people in the United States and 2 million people worldwide....

University of Minnesota Kicks Off Largest-Ever Study of Links Between Educational Leadership, Student Achievement.
September 14, 2004... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Does school leadership make a direct difference in students' achievement levels? If so, how and how much? What patterns of leadership--distributed across states,...

Researchers Identify Distinctive Signature for Metastatic Prostate Cancer.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a telltale change in cellular machinery that could help physicians predict whether prostate...

Protein Is Key to Fatal Childhood Disorder, Normal Cell Function.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The aberrant protein that causes juvenile Batten disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder of childhood, also plays a key role in normal cell function, Duke University...

Residents of States Reporting Most West Nile Virus Cases Are Less Likely to Take Precautions Against Mosquitoes; California, Arizona Lead Nation With More Than 50 Percent of All Reported Cases; Many Americans Unsure What DEET Mosquito Repellent Is.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new national study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security finds that California and Arizona residents...

One-Two Punch for Tumors: Double Drug Combo Attacks Tumor, Blood Vessel Development.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer researchers have long suggested that new targeted drugs may work best when paired with other therapies. In a new study published today in Cancer...

Hurricane-Proof Radars to Intercept Ivan.
September 15, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two DOW (Doppler on Wheels) mobile radars have arrived near Mobile, Ala., and are being readied to intercept the eye of Hurricane Ivan as it...

Experts to Warn There May Be More Climate Shocks, Surprises From Global Warming: Sept. 20 Hill-Sponsored Briefing.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Harvard University Medical School WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experts warn there may be more climate "shocks and surprises" associated with global warming, causing more impacts for human health and welfare. The...

Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Development Linked to Ocean Temperatures, Carbon Dioxide.
September 16, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research published in the September 17 issue of the journal Science sheds light on the evolution of Earth's climate system by...

Karen Shepard's New Book, 'The Bad Boy's Wife,' Is 'Domestic Fiction Done With Edge and Attitude'.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Williams College WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Novelist Karen Shepard tackles the confusing entanglements of marriage and divorce in her new work, "The Bad Boy's Wife," published by St. Martin's Press. ...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Define Link Between Eosinophils and Asthma.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have used a comparative genomic strategy to demonstrate a causative link between eosinophils, a rare type of white blood cell, and asthma. Their...

Strings of Shadowy Rings Drape Saturn.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's ring shadows appear wrapped in a harmonious symphony with the planet in this color view from the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn and its rings would...

Joslin Diabetes Center Researchers Clarify Mechanisms for Beta-Cell Formation in Response to Insulin Resistance.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center sheds light on the key mechanisms by which new pancreatic beta cells normally form in response to insulin resistance....

Genesis Mission Status Report: Scientists Contiune to Extract Materials From Sample Return Capsule.
September 16, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genesis team scientists and engineers continue their work on the mission's sample return canister in a specially constructed clean room at the U.S. Army...

University of Mississippi Medical Center Toxicologist Helps Draft Herbal Medicine Standards.
September 17, 2004... Byline: University of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Health and nutrition stores have sprouted up across America like mushrooms after a spring rain, offering "all-natural" dietary supplements...

New Model Finds That Current Strategies May Not Contain Multidrug-Resistant TB; Peril in Exclusive Focus on Drug-Sensitive Strains.
September 19, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Challenging the notion that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a low threat to populations, epidemiologists at the Harvard School of Public Health...

New Laboratory Brings Shipwreck Relics From California Coast to Indiana University.
September 20, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Charles Beeker's new laboratory isn't fancy, but it's functional. Located in the basement of Indiana University Bloomington's School of Health, Physical...

Researchers Eliminate Leukemia in Mice, Demonstrating Potential New Approach to Cancer Drug Therapy; New Drugs May Target Molecule Blocking Normal Self-Destruction in Cancer Cells.
September 20, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have corrected a flaw in cancer cells that lets them evade the normal cell-death process, and as a result they eliminated...

'A Nation Deceived' Report Argues Gifted Children Often Kept Behind.
September 20, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- When a high-school student graduates with the reading skills of a sixth-grader, it is called a failure of the education system. But what do you call it when a...

Antarctic Glaciers Accelerating in Response to 2002 Ice Sheet Collapse.
September 21, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Glaciers in Antarctica's most rapidly warming region have quickened their pace following the collapse of a Delaware-sized ice shelf in March 2002,...

Experimental Drug Shown to Block Mutant Protein Causing Blood Disease; 'Targeted' Drug Might Treat Skeletal Disorders, Cancers.
September 21, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have prolonged the lives of mice with a rare blood disorder by using an experimental...

Researchers Find Global Warming Not As Severe in Central U.S.
September 21, 2004... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory at Iowa State University have discovered global warming might not be as severe in the central United States as...

Glaciers Surge When Ice Shelf Breaks Up.
September 21, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since 2002, when the Larsen B ice shelf broke away from the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists have witnessed profound increases in the flow of...

New Insights Into Hydrated Electrons Will Aid Biologists, Chemists.
September 22, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sometimes, it pays to think small. By observing how a single electron behaves amid a cluster of water molecules, a team of scientists has gained...

AIDS Prevention Programs Can Be Transferred to Developing Countries Using Distance Learning Technology, Medical College of Wisconsin Researchers Show.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Wisconsin, led by Jeffrey Kelly, Ph.D., have shown that, given the right kind of support, an AIDS prevention program...

Pollutant Causes Delayed Flowering in Plants.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists have discovered that the air pollutant nitric oxide acts as a plant hormone to delay flowering in plants. The scientists discovered that while plants produce...

No Role for Simian Virus 40 in Human Pleural Mesotheliomas; Assays for SV40 DNA May Be Prone to False-Positive Results.
September 23, 2004... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer of the chest cavity that kills about 2000 people a year in the United States. Seventy to eighty percent of patients...

Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells Given Intravenously Reduce Stroke Damage.
September 24, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood, then given intravenously along with a drug known to temporarily breach the brain's protective barrier, can...

Scientists Report Increased Thinning of West Antarctic Glaciers.
September 24, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Glaciers in West Antarctica are shrinking at a rate substantially higher than was observed in the 1990s. They are losing 60 percent more ice into the...

Indiana University Research Team to Study Whether Cleaning Teeth Reduces Risk of Heart Disease.
September 24, 2004... Byline: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Indiana University School of Dentistry researcher will study whether dental patients whose teeth are cleaned regularly may be getting far more than a sparkling...

A Fishy Change in Diet: McGill Research Shows Fish Eating Junk Food.
September 24, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The junk food phenomena has hit bottom -- the bottom of the St. Lawrence River. According to McGill University researchers, some freshwater fish are opting out of their...

PNNL- USC Team Discovers How Protein in Teeth Controls Bone-Like Crystals To Form Steely Enamel.
September 27, 2004... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bone and enamel start with the same calcium-phosphate crystal building material but end up quite different in structure and physical properties....

3D Movies: New Approach to Old Idea; Scientists at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University Can Deliver HDTV-Quality Stereo Viewing at Reasonable Cost.
September 27, 2004... Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you're a baby boomer, you may remember watching horror movies with "3D glasses." This novelty approach to creating a visual sensation of depth was one...

Midwest Thunderstorm Study Points Toward Better Forecasts.
September 27, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A set of newly documented small-scale circulations embedded in thunderstorm squall lines not only spew destructive straight-line winds, but may...

Large Asteroid Will Zoom Safely Past Earth Wednesday.
September 28, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A mountain-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 6:35 a.m. Pacific Time (9:35 a.m. Eastern Time) tomorrow. Although asteroid 4179...

Laser Wakefield Acceleration: Channeling the Best Beams Ever.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have taken a giant step toward realizing the promise of laser...

Plants Will Not Save Us From Greenhouse Gases; McGill Research Shows Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels Decrease Algae Growth.
September 29, 2004... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The doomsayers may be right: our children may not inherit a bountiful and green world. According to researchers at McGill University, we have been overestimating the...

Study Identifies Trilogy Necessary to Increase Student Success in Science, Math; Report Ties Rigorous Academic Preparation, Museum-Based Engagement, Continuum of Supports.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Science Museum of Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report suggests ways to increase the number and diversity of those pursuing education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics...

JPL Software Links Pediatric Doctors With New Research.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Conjoined twins from Guatemala and the Philippines were recently separated after marathon surgeries in the United States, since their small communities...

Columbia University Presents First-Ever Study Exploring Muslim Political, Social and Religious Identity in New York City; Results of Six-Year "Muslims in New York City Project" Subject of Two-Day Conference at Columbia.
September 30, 2004... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- New York City's large Muslim population has increasingly attached more importance to their religious rather than ethnic identity since 9/11, according to one of 14...

Researchers Determine Genetic Cause of Timothy Syndrome; Disorder Causes Severe Cardiac Arrhythmias and Syndromic Autism.
September 30, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have pinpointed the genetic cause of a devastating but rare childhood disorder, called Timothy syndrome,...

Evidence Shaky for Sun's Major Role in Past Climate Changes.
September 30, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Computer models of Earth's climate have consistently linked long-term, high-magnitude variations in solar output to past climate changes. Now a...

University of Southern California Researchers Awarded NIH Grant Encouraging Interdisciplinary Research; Team Will Work to Explore Stroke Neurorehabilitation.
September 30, 2004... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Viterbi School of Engineering...

NIH Awards $18.2 Million to The Burnham Institute to Develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways.
September 30, 2004... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected The Burnham Institute to develop a national resource for medical researchers to be known as the "Center on...

20-year Bates College Study of Optional SATs Finds No Difference in Student Performance.
September 30, 2004... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a milestone 20-year study of its well-known policy for optional SATs for admission, Bates College has found no differences in academic performance or graduation rates...