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A "full halo" coronal mass ejection left the sun yesterday, apparently headed directly for earth.

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1- A McCain win in S.C. could be the end of Bush; 2- Schools need more counselors and less cops and metal detectors; 3- Why is 2000 a leap year but 1800 and 1900 weren't? and why did Sept. 1752 have only 19 days?

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A type of fuel additive made from soybeans could help reduce energy costs and dependence on imported crude oil, report University of Kansas chemical engineering researchers.

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The Sierra Business Council saw the Strang Ranch in California as an opportunity to accomplish its mission: preserve ranches and farms, stabilize the region economically, and preserve open space (Planning, 2-00).

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The Trinity College Home Fire-Fighting Robot Contest aims to bring together scientists of varying ages and experience levels to advance technology, provide a practical application for robots, and create an opportunity for students to work as a team.

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Fossil plants can help climate change researchers pin down the sources of carbon in the atmosphere hundreds of millions of years ago (Paleobiology).

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A moderation in the growth of consumer prices in January suggests that inflation is not a major threat to the U.S. economy, according at an Ohio State University economist.

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In an effort to reach the deaf community with cancer education programs, UCSD Cancer Center researchers conducted a study to identify barriers and develop ways to overcome them.

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Numbers, graphs and mathematical analysis have been used by a University of Arizona professor to investigate some of baseball's more intriguing questions, most of which center around that half second between the time a pitcher releases the ball and the moment the batter hits it.

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Beyond the obvious drama of a home run, there is a world of physics surrounding the collision of a smooth, rounded stick and a small sphere of tightly wrapped yarn.

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Evidence for a credible animal version of Down syndrome mounted today with Johns Hopkins scientists verifying the syndrome's signature skull and facial deformities in a genetically modified mouse (Developmental Dynamics, 1-00).

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Using morphometric comparisons of thousands of ancient and modern skulls, University of Michigan anthropolgists showed how the native inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere fit into different groups based on craniofacial patterns.

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Thinning of the ozone layer, emissions from Mt. Pinatubo, and the influx of sulfate aerosols and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere may help explain why the lowest five miles of the earth's atmosphere have not warmed as quickly as the earth's surface, according to a paper in the Feb. 18 Science.

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Children have significantly less tooth decay in their primary (baby) and permanent teeth today than children did in the early 1970s (Journal of the American Dental Association, 2-00).

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Texas researchers have found that some sufferers of temporomandibular disorder may be able to reduce their symptoms by learning better posture (Journal of the American Dental Association, 2-00).

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A variety of light-emitting materials that could greatly accelerate the development of flat-panel computer screens and other compact video displays have been created by Princeton scientists (Nature, 2-17-00).

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Fire management officials from key regions around the country and climate experts will meet at the University of Arizona Feb. 23-24 to discuss how best to plan for the upcoming wildfire season.

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Two University of Georgia chemistry professors are working with WebCT -- considered a leader in the e-learning marketplace -- to create the WebCT Chemistry Community.

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Engineering students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will soon work with students in other majors from the other University of Missouri campuses in a "virtual enterprise," which is designed to prepare students for the business world of electronic commerce and Internet-based data management.

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About half of all vet schools in the U.S. now have some sort of community practice clinic attached to them, explains the director of Purdue's Wellness Clinic.

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Neelaksh Varshney, an electrical engineering major, was named as the University of Alabama at Birmingham's first Rhodes Scholar and also was named to a spot on the USA Today 2000 All-USA College Academic First Team.

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Waterless, antibacterial hand sanitizers are marketed as a way to wash your hands when soap and water aren't available, but research shows that they do not significantly reduce the overall amount of bacteria on the hands, according to a Purdue University professor.

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The U.S. copper industry's tripled productivity from 1975-1990 holds vital lessons in competitiveness for both managers of other beleaguered industries and for economic policy developers, says a Colorado School of Mines professor (Mining Engineering).

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Poor diet and lack of exercise are behind just as many cancer cases as smoking, says the dean of Purdue's School of Consumer and Family Sciences.

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Despite the efforts of the U.S. Treasury to promote a new dollar coin this year, the coin will likely fail, says a Swarthmore economics professor.

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NATO's expansion to include former Soviet Bloc nations presents the organization with a new set of communications challenges, says a University of Missouri-Rolla professor working with NATO to overcome those challenges.

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A study of 616 middle-aged men from eastern Finland that showed that men who suffered from feelings of high hopelessness were more likely to develop hypertension than men who did not suffer as much from feelings of hopelessness is reported by University of Michigan researchers in Hypertension.

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When policies are made to establish or fund services for people with disabilities, people with disabilities will have real, not token, control in the decision-making process; that is the vision of a University of Missouri researcher.

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A team of physicians from Children's National Medical Center is travelling to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to help treat critically ill children needing specialty medical care.

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George Washington probably did not excel in oratory, concludes Stephen Lucas, University of Wisconsin-Madison communication arts professor and author of "The Quotable George Washington."

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Weight training can be good for your heart health, according to a Scientific Advisory being published in Circulation.

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The first mouse model genetically programmed to simulate motor deficits and brain alterations found in Parkinson's disease and realted disorders has been developed by scientists at UCSD, UCSF and the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (Science, 2-18-00).

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The trigger for cirrhosis of the liver may be the erosion of tiny, repetitive DNA strands called telomeres that cover the tips of chromosomes and limit the number of times cells may divide, according to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers (Science, 2-18-00).

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Psychiatric physicians voice concerns about patient protections and the erosion of medical privacy and call for additional measures to be considered in the Administration's proposed medical privacy regulations.

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Timothy Killeen, an upper-atmosphere expert and education innovator at the University of Michigan, has been named director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, effective July 1.

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A Johns Hopkins undergrad is refining a computer model of diseased heart tissue that may give doctors a better tool for detecting coronary artery disease before a heart attack occurs (Journal of Biological Systems, 12-99).

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The STARSHINE satellite, designed to study the influence of solar activity on our planet's atmosphere, will return to Earth on Feb. 18 or 19.

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Welfare reform has been successful in Georgia, according to a new study by researchers in the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia, which focussed on those still receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.

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Representative of the nation's top liberal arts colleges and universities will gather at Trinity College on Thursday, Feb. 17, for a special workshop focusing on the success, satisfaction, and retention of students of color.

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A vacant city lot polluted with toxic levels of lead has been cleaned by a group of Trinity College students using an experimental technique, clearing the way for soup kitchen to use the land to plant a garden that will help feed Hartford's homeless.

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Story ideas include a nurse who had pediatric surgery, pace of pacemakers, making sick hearts beat more effectively, the skinny on low-carb diets, eating healthy, barriers that inhibit exercise, and heredity and heart disease.

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Among the professors of political science at Swarthmore College are some of the nation's leading experts on national politics.

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A mutant gene, referred to as the apolipoprotein A-1 Milano gene, may lead to major changes in the prevention and treatment of clogged arteries that lead to heart attacks and strokes.

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The chemical defenses of marine organisms in Antarctica will be studied next month by a team of scientists led by UAB and Florida Institute of Technology.

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1- Mortality rates from asthma among U.S. Hispanics; 2- Consensus statement directed at patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; 3- ATS statement on health effects from air pollution (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2-00).

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The health of the ecosystem is rooted in a complex codependency between plants and animals that produce organic matter and simple organisms that break it down, suggests University of Washington research (Nature, 2-17-00).

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Earth's 500-year warming trend accelerated considerably in the 20th century, the warmest of the past five centuries, a study of borehole temperatures from around the world confirms (Nature, 2-17-00).

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Two teams of undergraduate students from the University of California, San Diego, have been selected to explore the unique world of weightlessness as part of a program developed by NASA and the Texas Space Grant Consortium.

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While the number of women at all levels of academic medicine is increasing, they continue to lag behind their male counterparts in entering the senior ranks of the profession, according to an Association of American Medical Colleges study in the Feb.10 NEJM.