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Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Oppressive Ozone
University of Alabama at Birmingham

May marks the beginning of high levels of ozone in the atmosphere in the Southeast. As air quality testing begins in many cities, Mary Pat Hemstreet, M.D., pediatric asthma specialist, says persons with respiratory ailments need to be aware of ozone levels

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
CMV Threat To Newborns
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Women previously infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) are not immune to reinfection from a different strain of the virus, according to a study.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Science Behind Cold Hands
University of Alabama at Birmingham

"Cold hands, warm heart," the saying goes, but what do cold hands really mean?

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Web-Based Tool and State-By-State Insurance Data
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ announces the availability of MEPSnet/IC, a new, Web-based and interactive tool that provides quick access to national and state level statistics and trends about health insurance offered by private establishments and state and local governments, including cost of coverage.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Faster Optical Communications
Purdue University

Purdue University engineers have discovered that a device commonly used to untangle signals sent over fiberoptic lines might ultimately be used to make the Internet faster and more powerful. They will present their findings Tuesday (5/8), during the "Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics" in Baltimore.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Jump Expected in Trampoline Injuries
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Hospital emergency rooms treat 100,000 injuries related to trampolines each year, triple the number since 1991, reported the Academy, citing U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Colliding Galaxies and Early Star Formation
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

By comparing computer simulations of a galaxy collision with actual observations, astronomers at the University of Illinois have found discrete star-formation episodes that may help explain the prodigious star-formation rates that occurred in the early universe.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Chickens Succumbing to Virus Despite Vaccination
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A virus common to poultry is outfoxing a long-used vaccine, apparently through natural genetic engineering and by using strategies to survive environmental insults, says a University of Illinois researcher who has been tracking new outbreaks around the world.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Self-Aiming Camera Modeled on Brain
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

By recognizing both visual and audio cues, a self-aiming camera being developed at the University of Illinois can tell the difference between an airplane and an albatross.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
James Jones' Quirky Writers' Colony
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Perhaps the strangest creative writers' colony ever to operate in the lower 48 was more a prison than a haven, its director more a warden than a muse.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Shana Alexander's Written Achievements
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Of the thousands of items that journalist Shana Alexander has just given the University of Illinois, perhaps none telegraphs her career better than her box of press passes.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Book Catalogs Maps of Africa
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

"Maps of Africa to 1900: A Checklist of Maps in Atlases and Geographical Journals in the Collections of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign," newly published, is thought to be the largest published checklist of maps of Africa.

Released: 5-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Orthopaedic Surgeons Tips on Running
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Each year, more than 174,628 running-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctor's offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and emergency rooms.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Free, One-of-a-kind Resource on Aging Available Online
University of Missouri

Like death and taxes, aging is inevitable. By 2030, an estimated 65 million Americans will be age 65 or older. Transitioning into this stage of life can be challenging, but thanks to a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher, Americans can learn to age successfully.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Smith Commencement to Feature Notable Speaker and Honorees
Smith College

To be honored at Smith Commencement: Novelist Toni Morrison, who received an honorary degree at Smith in 1991, as well as five leaders and visionaries in their respective fields will be recognized with honorary doctoral degrees.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Seven Billion Miles and Counting
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Last week NASA received a weak signal from Pioneer 10, twice as far from the Sun as Pluto and speeding toward the constellation Taurus.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
124th Commencement to Feature Basketball Coach Lute Olson as Speaker
University of Arizona

The scheduled speaker for the University of Arizona's 124th Commencement ceremonies is basketball coach, Lute Olson.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Study Health-Faith Connection
Purdue University

Recent research findings indicate the link between health and religious beliefs may be stronger and more deeply intertwined than previously thought.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
IU, Purdue Team Up to Offer Distance Master's Degrees to GM
Purdue University

Two universities announced that IU's Kelley School of Business and Purdue's Continuing Engineering Education program will join four universities in offering a special one-two educational punch -- a master's of engineering paired with a master's of business administration, that will be available via distance education directly to GM professionals.

Released: 4-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Remote-Sensing Lab Aims to Foster Growth of Precision Farming
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

It is 5 a.m. A Midwest farmer sips coffee in front of a computer. Up-to-the-minute satellite images show a weed problem in a field on the northwest corner of the farm. At 6:30 a.m., the farmer drives to the exact location to apply a precise amount of herbicide.



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