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Just as our world buzzes with distractions "” from phone calls to e-mails to tweets "” the neurons in our brain are bombarded with messages. Research has shown that when we pay attention, some of these neurons begin firing in unison, like a chorus rising above the noise. Now, a study in the May 29 issue of Science reveals the likely brain center that serves as the conductor of this neural chorus.

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With GM apparently on its way bankruptcy court, a new study by University of Iowa finance professor Erik Lie might not be very comforting for the company. The study found that many companies that enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings emerge too soon and with too much debt to survive long-term.

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What the heck? Swearing in teen movies is on the decline. Three BYU professors looked at the top teen movies from the last three decades and found that the instances of profanity has been cut in half since the 1980s.

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From prediction to recovery, Florida State University's experts are among the best in the nation when it comes to the study of hurricanes and their impact on people and property. These experts are available to answer media questions and give perspective to news stories throughout the 2009 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

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Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in men. In the study, no such difference was found between men who had sexual partners and those who did not. In this media tip sheet, IU experts in social networks and career counseling also discuss how to stay positive and find a job during dark times.

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Cancer cells rely on normal, healthy genes as much as they rely on mutated genes. Using a technique called RNA interference, researchers dialed down the production of thousands of normal proteins to determine which were required for cancer cells to survive. They found that cancer cells growing in a dish rely heavily on many normal proteins to maintain their deviant state. When some of these protein levels drop, cancer cells die, but normal cells often survive.

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June 3 industry conference on challenges faced by companies with global supply chains. One day meeting will feature presentations by supply chain managers at 7 major corporations including Boeing, Emerson, Monsanto, ExpressScripts. Strategies for dealing with recession and eventual economic recovery to be among topics.

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic "ghost" lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black hole.

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A panel of education and public health experts will discuss ways to overcome inequities in education and health in a videoconference scheduled for June 9 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The 15th annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health will be broadcast live online June 9, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Dr. Paul Worsey's specialization is teaching people the right way to blow stuff up. This summer, Worsey will once again host Explosives Camp for high school students at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Loyola Center for Fitness Gives Tips on Making the Most Out of Your Yard Work. For many people the chance to be outside, unwind and see life blossoming before their eyes is motivation enough to get into the yard. Now, add the extra benefit that gardening and yard work is exercise and you may see a lot more people with dirt under their fingernails.

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The Pathways to Resilience Project is comparing kids who thrive with those who struggle. The goal of the three-year study is to learn what patterns of formal service and informal support work best in different cultural contexts to mitigate risk and promote well-being.

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The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) is pleased to announce its collaboration with Elsevier in adopting Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care as the official journal of the AAHFN. Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN will serve as associate editor representing AAHFN.

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A pill manufactured from a potent compound in cottonseed seems to overcome the abnormal growth patterns of tumor cells in the most-lethal brain cancer, according to early clinical trial findings. Gioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive and hard-to-treat malignancy. The experimental agent AT-101 shows promise in stopping these tumors, UAB researchers say.

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Table of Contents of the May 2009 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine.

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Variations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to differences in growth and development, and they have independent influences on body composition in early childhood, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

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A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that Americans prefer to read political articles that agree with the opinions they already hold. Researchers found that people spent 36 percent more time reading articles that agreed with their point of view than they did reading text that challenged their opinions.

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White students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease, according to a study at one highly selective private university. Results showed that students were particularly likely to develop more interracial friendships if they were paired with a residence-hall roommate of a different race.

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Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how two biochemical signals play unique roles in promoting the development of a group of immune cells employed as tactical assassins.

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Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine and author of New York Times best-selling book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, will keynote at the 16th annual Business Forecast Luncheon organized by the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Anderson will discuss themes from his new book, Free, in which Anderson explores "the most radical price of all"”zero"”in the context of the economics of abundance."