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ScienceChannels:Space/Astronomy |
Starlit Memories Lead Scientist Back to His Roots
Thanasis Economou's early fascination with the heavens led to a vital role in the study of the solar system at the University of Chicago. But his memories tugged at him again during a trip to Greece two years ago, and led him to propose building an astronomical observatory near his childhood home. |
Released: 2/8/2010 9:00 AM EST
University of Chicago |
ScienceChannels:Space/Astronomy
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Pluto's White, Dark-Orange, and Charcoal-Black Terrain Captured by NASA's Hubble
NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world undergoing seasonal surface color and brightness changes. |
Released: 2/4/2010 1:00 PM EST
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) |
ScienceChannels:Environment, Climate Change
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Oceans Reveal Further Impacts of Climate Change
The increasing acidity of the world’s oceans – and that acidity’s growing threat to marine species – are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also negatively affecting the marine environment, says world-renowned Antarctic marine biologist Jim McClintock, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Biology. |
Released: 2/4/2010 12:40 PM EST
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
MedicineChannels:Cardiovascular Health, Story Ideas: Medicine, Surgery
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Tiny Constraints in Heart Blood Flow: A Better Sign of Blood Vessel Narrowing and Early Coronary Artery DiseaseCardiologists and heart imaging specialists at 15 medical centers in eight countries, and led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, have enrolled the first dozen patients in a year-long investigation to learn whether the subtle squeezing of blood flow through the inner layers of the heart is better than traditional SPECT nuclear imaging tests and other diagnostic radiology procedures for accurately tracking the earliest signs of coronary artery clogs. |
Released: 2/4/2010 9:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
MedicineChannels:Public Health, H1N1 Flu Pandemic
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Targeted Prevention Measures Stopped Spread Of H1N1 Flu at Alabama Boys Camp, Doctor SaysProviding preventive Tamiflu and educating and emphasizing the need for repeated hand sanitizer use and disinfectant spray helped stop the spread of H1N1 influenza at a boys' summer camp in northern Alabama, according to David Kimberlin, M.D., the co-director of the UAB Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. |
Released: 2/3/2010 8:00 PM EST
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
MedicineChannels:Autism, Vaccines
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Research Retraction Breaks Link Between Autism and Mmr Vaccine, Says NeurologistThe Lancet, a premier British medical journal, today retracted a study published in 1998 that drew a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and increased incidence of autism. Alan Percy, M.D., professor of pediatric neurology and medical director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Civitan International Research Center, said the retracted study’s findings long have been questioned by the scientific community. |
Released: 2/2/2010 5:00 PM EST
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
MedicineChannels:Mental Health
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Gene Variation Makes Alcoholism Less Likely in Some Survivors of Sexual AbuseExposure to severe stress early in life increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction. Yet surprisingly, some adults sexually abused as children — and therefore at high risk for alcohol problems — carry gene variants that protect them from heavy drinking and its effects, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
Released: 2/2/2010 12:40 PM EST
Washington University in St. Louis |
ScienceChannels:Story Ideas: Medicine
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Blood Protein Offers Help Against AnemiaA new study shows that a protein found in blood alleviates anemia, a condition in which the body’s tissues don’t get enough oxygen from the blood. In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide. |
Released: 1/26/2010 5:00 PM EST
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
LifeSocial and Behavioral SciencesChannels:Public Health, Haiti/Earthquakes
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Prof. Survives Haiti Earthquake; Focuses on Preventing Further Public Health DisasterTwo days before the earthquake, Lora Iannotti, Ph.D., nutrition and public health expert from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, traveled to Port-au-Prince and Leogane, Haiti, to continue her research about undernutrition and disease prevention in young children. The massive tremor changed her focus from research for the future to survival, with her team helping children in the aftermath of the quake. Iannotti says that there are some immediate actions that can be taken to prevent more lost lives and protect livelihoods. |
Released: 1/26/2010 1:15 PM EST
Expert Available Washington University in St. Louis |
LifeSocial and Behavioral SciencesChannels:Story Ideas: Life, Economics
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At Home on the Street: First-Person Look At HomelessnessIn their new book At Home on the Street: People, Poverty and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor of Sociology Jeffrey Michael Clair, Ph.D., and UAB alumnus Jason Wasserman, Ph.D., give readers an in-depth look at long-term homelessness and show the true meaning of life on the street. |
Released: 1/22/2010 3:25 PM EST
University of Alabama at Birmingham |