The world's largest particle detector, located deep in the Antarctic ice cap, has yielded data on high-energy neutrinos--among the lightest and most elusive particles in the universe--that can provide a greater understanding of the cataclysmic activity of quasars, gamma ray bursts and other cosmic turbulence. (Nature, 3-22-01)
A scientific expedition on a submarine in the Arctic has found the footprints of ancient floating ice sheets -- possibly the largest masses of ice ever to cover the earth's oceans. (Nature, 3-22-01)
Biologists placed male moths in small wind tunnels and let them smell the odor of female moths' sexual attractant in a study that revealed clues about how odors are converted into nerve impulses in the brain. (Nature, 3-22-01)
Scientists working in Kenya have found the skull and partial jaw of a new genus and species of early human relative. The fossils raise the question of whether modern humans descended from the new species or from the species typified by the fossil known as Lucy. (Nature, 3-22-01)
What's the solution to recruiting minority students into science? The University of North Texas Health Science Center uses a successful outreach program that has earned it national recognition as a "Role Model Institution."
The University of Washington's research into understanding and finding life in the universe received a major boost with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and membership in NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
A symposium at Smith College will examine the role of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee which, through clandestine operations, rescued some 2,000 writers, artists, intellectuals and activists from Nazi-dominated Europe in 1940.
Blue mussels cling to life by a thread, and a URI professor is investigating the strength of those threads in the face of violent storms and increasingly stronger waves caused by global warming.
American hospitals with a shortage of "intensivists" to treat patients in their intensive care units could benefit from having such experts monitor their patients offsite via computer, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. (Critical Care Medicine)
A speakers Kit on Women & Girls, Tobacco & Lung Cancer developed by the CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians received an Award of Excellence at the just-completed national 2000 Pro-Comm Awards Program.
Concerned by a critical shortage of engineers, leading CEOs and educators will gather at Smith College -- home to the first engineering program at a women's college -- to forefront the need for more women in the engineering pipeline.
The next major project for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the Mission to Mars.
Avent(tm), maker of the Isis Breast Pump, has introduced Future Mother, its new line of skincare products, safe for use both pre- and post-partum and provides many soothing benefits for healthy skin.
Researchers recently announced the results of a clinical trial where alefacept was given to patients with psoriasis who had previously been treated with alefacept. Previous studies have shown that alefacept induced a sustained response for patients with psoriasis.
For patients with heart conditions, medication can mean the difference between running a mile and racing to the emergency room. Few data exist to show whether these patients take their meds. U-M completed the first-of-its-kind study to see how their patients did. (American College of Cardiology meeting)
There's good news for millions of working parents with toilet training toddlers. A new study by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee found no correlation between children's toilet training completion and whether they're in daycare or have mothers who work outside the home. (Ambulatory Pediatrics, 3-15-01)
This survey, which polled physicians and leaders in medium and large group practices, found widespread agreement that computers and the Internet have already had a positive impact on the practice of medicine and quality of care.
A new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reveals that caring for a chronically ill child can be a positive experience for many mothers and families. (Ambulatory Pediatrics, 3-01)
NASA's latest mission to Mars, an orbiter scheduled for launch on April 7, 2001, will seek out underground water-ice and explore space weather around the Red Planet -- and that's not all!
To biologists, they have been one of the most enigmatic groups of animals in the world. They're the parasitic horsehair worms of the phylum Nematomorpha. Until last year, no one had a clue about their life cycle, which has been unraveled by research to indicate a cyst carries the worm from larva to host.
Jere E. Goyan, Ph.D., Past-President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and former FDA Commissioner, declared AAPS' support for the continual efforts to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by 16.5 percent for Fiscal Year 2002.
About 25 percent of middle-aged Americans think they've had a midlife crisis, yet only about 15 percent of them really have, says Cornell sociologist Elaine Wethington. Her study also found that women report as many midlife crises as men. (Motivation and Emotion, 10-00)
Contrary to concerns that carpeting could be contributing to indoor air quality (IAQ) problems in schools, a Cornell University IAQ expert says these concerns are misguided and that carpet can actually improve air quality, safety and learning in children.
Using portable fiber optic biosensors, lasers and a computer, researchers at the University of South Florida can immediately find diseases that can threaten public health, including those caused by E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium and Camphylobacter. (National Food Processors Association Journal, 10-00)
Using mathematical equations, a Cornell University scientist and his colleagues have found evidence of a fourth spatial dimension in plants. In short, size matters. (PNAS, forthcoming)
A new study links "non-lipid" risk factors -- obesity, smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes -- to the development of early atherosclerosis in youth with recommended cholesterol levels. (Circulation: J. of the American Heart Association, 3-20-01)
In the first study of its kind, a drug used to treat breast cancer improved blood flow in men with coronary artery disease. (Circulation: J. of the American Heart Association, 3-20-01)
The following news tips from Johns Hopkins are based on abstracts or posters to be presented at the American College of Cardiology's 50th Scientific Sessions, held March 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.
Only half of the more than 700,000 patients suffering from a heart attack between 1994 and 1998 called 911, according to findings being presented March 19 by a UAB researcher.
Ten Detroit-area hospitals are taking better care than ever of their heart attack patients, a new study finds, thanks to a simple tool kit that helps health care professionals remember all the proven therapies that national guidelines recommend.
Facts & Comparisons(tm) announces the launch of Off-Label Drug Facts, the first source of drug information completely dedicated to unlabeled drug use.
Dr. Madeline Behrendt, a practicing chiropractor and vice-chair of the Council on Women's Health of the World Chiropractic Alliance, finds that there is a serious lack of research into alternatives to drugs and surgery for women. (Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research)
The World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), has issued a strongly worded position paper denouncing the use of drugs and surgery in the practice of chiropractic.
The World Chiropractic Alliance has honored U.S. Air Force Capt. John Buck for his courageous opposition to mandatory vaccination with the controversial anthrax vaccine. Buck is the first American serviceman to face court-martial for refusing the potentially dangerous drug.
Hormone replacement therapy may be most effective in lowering the risk of hypertensive heart disease if begun in the first five years after menopause, according to a new study. The heart condition is tied to high blood pressure.
Why the confusion over whether Dick Cheney had a heart attack in November 2000? It may have been because of the new definition for myocardial infarction. UMHS research has shown that the new defition, introduced in September 2000, may have dramatic implications.
A ripped aorta can kill you swiftly and painfully if you don't get skilled help - or even if you do. That bleak reality is the central conclusion from new results in a major study of the phenomenon. But the data also give clues that could help cut the death toll.
Building on recent discovery of a potent potential antibiotic, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy researchers have found a previously unknown family of metal-requiring enzymes in bacteria. The antibiotic compound inhibits enzymes in this family. (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 3-16-01)
Women who dream of being entrepreneurs need to expand their informal business discussion networks beyond family members, new research suggests. (Social Forces)
1) the hype surrounding Hollywood and the Oscars; 2) "The markets are looking for a bottom, and long-term investors can benefit from buying more;" 3) Class of 2005 hosted for campus visit.
It's time to head for the safety plays. That's the advice of the student investors at the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
In the mid-19th century the art of portraiture was threatened with obsolescence by the advent of photography.
By measuring how long it takes phonons (lattice vibrations) to travel through a thin crystal, University of Illinois researchers have found experimental evidence of an unusual spin-density-wave ground state in lead superconductors.
A University at Buffalo epidemiologist's study, found that obesity among children between the ages of 8 and 16 has more than doubled in one generation and that children who watched the most television were the fattest. (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 3-15-01)
Millions of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico were killed this month, but there are conflicting reports whether humans or Mother Nature are to blame, says a leader of Monarch Watch.
Would weight gain of 30 to 50 pounds affect how you feel about yourself? How about if you no longer could perform sexually or experience sexual pleasure? Would a persistent hand tremor make you feel self-conscious?
Ohio State University research suggests it's important for people diagnosed with HIV to approach family members, as well as friends, for support. (AIDS Care)
Use of the proper knee stabilizing device after surgery can improve chances for a successful recovery, according to a UAB orthopedic trauma surgeon.
Storm water runoff containing fertilizer from homes and golf courses can cause just as much damage to rivers and streams as toxic waste from industry and untreated sewage discharge, according to UAB biologists.
One of the first academic studies of its kind shows a huge increase in the number of consumers who are regularly shopping for groceries online and who are comfortable buying all of their groceries--including meat and produce--via the Internet.
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