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The ability of the brain to function following sleep deprivation appears to vary with the task at hand, and in some cases the brain attempts to compensate for the adverse effects caused by lack of sleep, according to a team of researchers (Nature, 2-10-00).

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A natural chemical substance the eye calls for when it lacks oxygen is responsible for the blinding blood vessel growth that plagues patients with diabetic retinopathy, report Johns Hopkins and CIBA Vision Corp. researchers (American Journal of Pathology, 2-00).

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Flat-screen, high-definition televisions and flat-panel displays could be more affordable with an emerging ORNL technology that could lower the cost of owning and operating these modern marvels.

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The net worth of the average American household rose by 15 percent in the last 10 years, but the net worth of households headed by those under the age of 60 declined, while that of households headed by those age 60 and older increased.

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Exposures to environmental tobacco smoke may be lower than earlier studies indicated for bartenders, waiters, and waitresses, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers.

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In the midst of an intense pizza war, Pizza Hut and Papa John's are spending millions in marketing to outdo the other, says a Ball State University marketing expert.

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On Valentine's Day, the NEAR spacecraft will attempt to become the first space probe to orbit an asteroid, specifically, the asteroid Eros.

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A powerful new way to probe the molecular universe using infrared light has been refined by chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Physical Review Letters, 2-14-00).

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How successful will neuraminidase inhibitors, the latest class of drugs to attack the influenza virus, be in bolstering a market historically characterized by underperformance?

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Mayo Clinic doctors are experimenting with a colonoscope with a magnifiying zoom lens to look for changes in the cellular pattern of the colon lining that may be the very earliest sign of colon polyps.

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Eating cherry pie on Washington's Birthday is a great way to get a strong dose of cancer-fighting phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals during the winter season, say American Institute for Cancer nutrition experts.

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Paramedics are urged to stop using intubation to resuscitate children after finding that a simple artificial respiration method saves the lives of children who have stopped breathing as well as the more risky intubation procedure (JAMA, 2-9-00).

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"Encouraging" results with a new treatment for women with metastatic breast cancer, report Mayo Clinic researchers (recent issue of Cancer).

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Rheumatoid arthritis patients have not shared in the general improvement in life expectancy over the last four decades, a Mayo Clinic study reports (recent issue of The Journal of Rheumatology).

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Older people who receive general anesthesia during hip fracture surgery have better long-term outcomes than those who have spinal anesthesia, according to doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center (American Journal of Orthopedics, 1-00).

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On Feb. 14, 2000, NASA's NEAR spacecraft will go into orbit around 433 Eros for a year-long closeup look at a 21-mile-long space rock.

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One of the biggest and brightest optical flares of the current sunspot cycle erupted this weekend.

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The detector of an X-ray telescope slated for launch by Japan on Feb. 8 is colder than the chilliest reaches of our universe.

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John P. Holdren of Harvard will be honored with the 2000 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his research and leadership in mobilizing the international community on a wide range of global energy, environmental, and security issues.

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Mayo Clinic has created an interactive tool to help those faced with monitoring high blood pressure or hypertension at home -- a new interactive tracker available on Mayo Clinic Health Oasis at www.mayohealth.org.

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Sexuality is a common undercurrent that shapes a host of social phenomena such as white flight to the suburbs and ethnic and nationalist conflicts around the world, says a University of Kansas professor of sociology who is writing a book on "forbidden frontiers."

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As pundits argue for the free speech rights of Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker, a clear cut employment issue is being lost like a ball in high grass, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham labor expert.

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Top 10 healthy ways to show your pets the affection they deserve this Valentine's Day and every other day are offered by a team of animal experts and alumni from Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

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University of Illinois researchers are saying that responses of brain cells to single isolated tones don't predict how sounds in the real world are processed (Journal of Neurophysiology, 1-00).

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John McCain's presidential chances would improve considerably if he abandoned hopes for the Republican nomination and ran as an Independent -- presumably on the Reform Party ticket, says a Smith College political scientist.

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Clinton's budget request for R&D recognizes both the impressive scientific opportunities and the increasingly important role of science and technology in our society, said David G. Kaufman, president of FASEB.

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A "mega-drought" in the 16th century wreaked havoc for decades in the lives of the early Spanish and English settlers and American Indians throughout Mexico and North America, say researchers who study tree ring records (upcoming issue of EOS).

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The American Society for Microbiology is releasing statements on the Administration's proposed FY 2001 federal budget for biological research programs supported by NIH, CDC, and NSF.

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A University of Illinois building researcher says few homeowners are vigilant when it comes to defending their homes from an insidious, potentially harmful, intruder: mold.

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Buoyed by a stable economy and increased receipts from tobacco, liquor, and gambling, Illinois will enjoy another year of fiscal plentitude.

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"Bee" movie lovers will have a honey of a time Sat., Feb. 26, at the 17th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival at the University of Illinois, where the focus for the entomological film extravaganza will be one of nature's most helpful but frequently feared creatures -- bees.

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Because of the demand for information about the safety and effectiveness of alternative therapies for children and how to incorporate them into pediatric practice, hundreds of pediatric health care professionals from throughout the world are expected at the first Pediatric Integrative Medicine Conference.

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1- Aging patients with disabilities pose new challenges; 2- New measuring device gets to bottom of burns; 3-Why don't more Americans vote? 4- To understand species diversity, just follow the butterfly.

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Living together has gone from being a relatively rare situation to nearly the norm in the U.S., according to a University of Michigan researcher (Annual Review of Sociology, 2000).

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Questions and concerns regarding the effectiveness of "reparative" therapy -- a term used to describe treatment attempts to change a person from a homosexual or bisexual orientation to a heterosexual orientation -- are again being raised.

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1- Adjust pacemaker before exercising; 2- Strides in battling sickle cell; 3- Rethinking minority business; 4- Nursing education goes on line.

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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a new approach to studying how and why engineered systems fail due to the actions or inaction of humans.

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The federal agency that oversees Medicare reimbursement, responding to a two-year campaign waged by the American Liver Foundation, last month reversed a policy that denied coverage of liver transplantation for patients with hepatitis B.

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The National Science Board has adopted a report recommending that NSF spend an additional $1 billion over the next five years to increase its support for environmental research and education.

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The Southwest could be at the beginning of a drought that might last 10 years or longer because we're shifting into a new phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, suspect some climate experts.

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University of Iowa Health Care researchers are beginning to fill in the basic science blanks of how a new alternative treatment for various cancers works, or doesn't work (Photochemistry and Photobiology).

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Government, patient advocacy, cancer research organization and corporate leaders will commit to the eradication of cancer by signing The Charter of Paris Against Cancer at the first World Summit Against Cancer, 3-4 Feb., in Paris, France.

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The sun put on a dynamic show this week with swirling coronal mass ejections that expelled billions of tons of hot gas into interplanetary space.

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A gene previously expressed in the developing brain may have come to be expressed also in the tips of developing limbs, helping to bring about the development of toes and fingers in the first vertebrates, according to Harvard Medical School researchers in the Feb. Development.

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Middle schoolers in Boulder will go head-to-head with a Denver TV meteorologist in an on-line forecasting contest, which is part of a kids' Web site.

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Wayne Abney, who became the first baby in the U.S. to go home from the hospital on a respirator 19 years ago, is the nation's longest-surviving patient to be on a respirator since birth and to live at home.

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Given a chance to exact revenge, 4 out of 5 people will turn the other cheek, but beware the 1 out of 5 who don't -- they want to do more than just settle the score.

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A clinical service unit dedicated to alleviating cancer pain and related symptoms that affect quality of life such as nausea, fatigue, loss of sleep, and depression has been established by the UCSD Cancer Center.

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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers, who discovered why saliva protects against the spread of AIDS through kissing or sneezing, have now solved a related, paradoxical conundrum: if saliva is so protective, how can HIV be spread through breast-feeding and oral sex? (Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2-00).