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Economists Forecast for 2010 Looks Better, Relative to This Year

Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast today (Nov. 5) are confident that 2010 is going to be better than this year. Unfortunately, 2009 was "really, really awful."

Green Tea Shows Promise as Chemoprevention Agent for Oral Cancer

Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Does Green Tea Prevent Cancer? Evidence Continues to Brew, But Questions Remain

1) Current study focused on oral cancer; 2) Phase II study with 41 patients; 3) Still too early to make recommendations.

NIST, CU to Build Instrument to Help Search for Earth-like Planets

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will collaborate with the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) to build and apply a custom laser-based instrument—a frequency comb—to help search for extrasolar Earth-like planets.

NIST Test Proves ‘The Eyes Have It’ for ID Verification

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity. A new report from NIST demonstrates that iris recognition algorithms can maintain their accuracy even with compact images, affirming their potential for large-scale identity management applications.

Anthony Sowell: Why Did He Kill? Why Did He Keep the Bodies?

The death toll at Anthony Sowell’s home rose to an astonishing eleven bodies today (including one skull), making this the most gruesome and deadliest crime scene in Cleveland history. Why would someone rape and kill eleven people, and keep their bodies so close? Reports of a horrific stench are now coming from neighbors, a terrible smell they had endured for years. How can someone live in that type of environment, and allegedly continue to rape and kill seemingly without remorse?

NIST Quantifies Low Levels of ‘Heart Attack Risk’ Protein

Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack. NIST researchers have taken the first steps toward standardizing the measurement of a blood protein whose presence in higher-than-normal levels may predict an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.

Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular Modeling

A theoretical physicist at NIST has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible. The method overcomes a longstanding timing gap in modeling nanometer-scale materials and many other physical, chemical and biological systems at atomic and molecular levels.