Released: 18-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Assessing Your Child's Language Development May Require a Professional
Northwestern University

Does your toddler show little interest in communicating with others? Does your 2-year-old not yet communicate with words? Is your 3-year-old's speech difficult to understand? If so, your child may need the services of a speech-language pathologist.

Released: 1-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Studying Pollution Control Chemistry In A Unique Virtual Collaboration
Northwestern University

Researchers at Northwestern University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory will partner with scientists and engineers at five major chemical companies in a unique Internet-facilitated collaboration to study the essential chemical process by which pollutants can be neutralized at their source or in the environment.

Released: 6-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Three-way races un-democratic, mathematician says
Northwestern University

As Minnesota prepares for a pro wrestler governor, a Northwestern University mathematician says voting system is un-democratic in a three-way race.

3-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Earlier Evidence of Fetal Birth Defects
Northwestern University

First-trimester tests for two proteins in the blood of pregnant women, combined with ultrasonography measurements of fetal neck skin, may provide the earliest diagnosis yet of fetal birth defects in at-risk women. The combined-risk assessment method has an estimated detection rate of Down syndrome of about 90 percent and is completely non-invasive.

Released: 2-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Hispanic Students Find Engineering Appealing
Northwestern University

The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University doubled the number of Hispanic students in its freshman class this year, highlighting a nationwide trend of greater numbers of Hispanic students pursuing engineering degrees.

9-Jan-1997 12:00 AM EST
Light Therapy Changes Brain Chemistry
Northwestern University

Experiments with hamsters show that exposure to bright light blocks the effects of serotonin in the brain, acording to a letter in Thursday's Nature.

   
22-Jan-1997 12:00 AM EST
Nevirapine And Protease Inhibitor "Cocktails" Safe
Northwestern University

Nevirapine, a potent new drug used to treat HIV-infected patients, can be safely used in combination with protease inhibitors, according to one of the nation's leading AIDS researchers. Nevirapine is a member of a class of antiretroviral drugs called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Embargoed: Friday, Jan. 24, 1997, at 9 a.m. EST

Released: 12-Feb-1997 12:00 AM EST
New Saliva Test Offers Fast, Simple Means Of Measuring Stress
Northwestern University

With a little more than spit and a sponge, researchers at Northwestern University Medical School can now test whether an ndividual is experiencing physical or emotional stress. The test measures concentration of an enzyme, called amylase, in saliva. Researh has shown that salivary amylase concentration reflects the body's level of catecholamines, substances produced by the sympathetic nervous system in response to stress.

Released: 19-Feb-1997 12:00 AM EST
Clearest Images To Date Of Silicon Surface
Northwestern University

Silicaon is one of the most common elements on earth, yet its surface structure is probably the most complicated of all --- a three-layered geometric construction of atoms with tiny holes at the peaks. Researchers at Northwestern University and the NEC Corporation in Japan have made the clearest images to date of this complex surface.

Released: 4-Mar-1997 12:00 AM EST
Fatal Reactions Can Mimic Allergic Reactions
Northwestern University

About 40,000 people in the U.S. have severe reactions that simulate allergic reactions but where no external cause is involved. They show up in emergency rooms and doctors' offices with sneezing, itchy nose, rashes or hives and spasms in the bronchial tubes that make it difficult to breathe and swallow. Without immediate diagnosis and special treatment, many of these patients could die.

12-Mar-1997 12:00 AM EST
How Influenza Virus Is Formed
Northwestern University

The influenza virus reproduces itself by pushing out a portion of a cell's outer membrane and pinching it off --- creating a new viral paricle than can go on to infect another cell. Just how the virus succeeds in pushing out the membrane has been clsarified by researchers at Northwestern University

   
Released: 14-Mar-1997 12:00 AM EST
New Model of Ocean Depths Proves Accurate
Northwestern University

Two geologists, from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, have demonstrated that an adjustment to one of those models --- involving reducing the assumed thickness of the tectonic plate --- allows the model to fit the data much more precisely.

Released: 14-Mar-1997 12:00 AM EST
Melatonin May Ease Insomnia with Depression
Northwestern University

Northwestern University Medical School researchers have launched a study to determine the effectiveness of melatonin to relieve insomnia in the initial weeks of ProzacÆ therapy. They believe the hormone melatonin may not only improve sleep but also diminish depression that has been exacerbated by sleep deprivation.

8-Apr-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Fish Eating Men Lower Risk for Fatal Heart Attack
Northwestern University

A new look at a famous Chicago study on nutrition and heart disease further documents that men who ate a moderate amount of fish had a lower risk for dying of a heart attack than men who did not eat fish. Embargoed: 4/9/97

Released: 13-May-1997 12:00 AM EDT
First Circadian Clock Gene Cloned In Mammals
Northwestern University

Scientists at Northwestern University have cloned and identified a gene for the circadian clock in a mouse, the first such gene to be identified at the molecular level in a mammal.

Released: 28-May-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Two New Joint Degree Programs At Northwestern
Northwestern University

Two new joint degree programs, one designed to strengthen the science and technology backround of science writers, and a second to train students in designing computer-based educational materials

Released: 13-Jun-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Making Photonic Devices 1000 Times Smaller
Northwestern University

Researchers at Northwestern University have constructed a tiny nanoscale phototonic resonator that is a hundred times smaller than the cross-section of a human hair--so small that it can only be seen with an electron microscope. When combined with an equally tiny semiconductor laser, these components can form nanoscale photonic integrated circuits that are a thousant times smaller than those currently in use, and which should be cheaper to fabricated and more efficient to use.

Released: 26-Jul-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Peptide Found in Brain Reduces Stress Response
Northwestern University

Researchers have found that an endogenous peptide can reduce both hormonal and behavioral manifestations of human stress.

Released: 3-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
New virtual reality tour added to supreme court web site
Northwestern University

The Supreme Court will soon be in session, and thanks to another new Internet project by a Northwestern University political scientist, you can take a tour of the Court without ever leaving home.

Released: 10-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
35 Years Later: Audio Tapes on Web Bring Cuban Missile Crisis to Life
Northwestern University

The world can now hear history in the making during one of the most important events of the cold war -- the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis -- on the World Wide Web.

25-Oct-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Copper "Chaperone" Escorts Hazardous Heavy Metal In Cells
Northwestern University

Heavy metal ions are toxic but nevertheless required by cells in tiny amounts. A special "chaperone" protein encases one of these hazardous materials, copper, to safely escort it through the cell to the specific site where needed. Other essential metals, such as zinc and iron, may have their own chaperones.

Released: 18-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
Red Wine's Health Benefits May Be Due in Part to "Estrogen" in Grape Skin
Northwestern University

Researchers at Northwestern University Medical School have found that a chemical in red wine believed to help reduce risk for heart disease is a form of estrogen. The substance, resveratrol, is highly concentrated in the skin of grapes and is abundant in red wine.

Released: 30-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
New Technologies For Science Learning In Public Schools
Northwestern University

A partnership between two universities and two public school systems has been established to develop new models for advanced teaching and learning that use computing and communication technologies.

Released: 30-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
Increased Amount of Enzyme in Brain May Be Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
Northwestern University

An enzyme present in extremely low quantities in normal brains has been found to be greatly increased in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Northwestern University researchers found that the enzyme, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), increases at the stage when beta-amyloid plaques in the brain become compact and insoluble. These insoluble plaques are one of two early pathological markers of Alzheimer's disease.

Released: 30-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
Northwestern Pairs Minority Freshmen with Alumni Mentors
Northwestern University

Minority freshmen taking part in Northwestern University's Mentoring Program this academic year will be teamed up soon with alumni mentors. Minority freshmen taking part in Northwestern University's Mentoring Program this academic year will be teamed up soon with alumni mentors.

Released: 30-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
The Making Of Celebrities, from Dennis Rodman to the Lone Ranger
Northwestern University

In an era of spin doctors and media handlers, high profile agents and power publicists, the public's awareness of celebrity is greater than ever.

Released: 30-Dec-1997 12:00 AM EST
Saturday Research Program Turns Teens on to Science
Northwestern University

Even on a Saturday, it's not surprising to find dedicated scientists hunched over microscopes in Northwestern University's Searle Medical Research Building, oblivious to the attractions of Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile, both just steps away on Chicago's near north side. What may be surprising are some of the faces behind the microscopes: a dozen or so teenagers, mostly Hispanic and African-American, who, on the remaining days of the week, live a world away in that other Chicago, the Chicago of struggling public schools and limited opportunities.

7-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Astronomers Observe Hot Ionized Gas Swirling Around Center Of The Galaxy
Northwestern University

Astronomers have observed a swoosh of hot, ionized gas streaming toward the extremely dense object at the center of the Milky Way, bending sharply around it and slingshoting out the other side.

Released: 15-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Navigation satellites track yearly growth of mountains
Northwestern University

In a landmark study for space-based observation of the motions of the earth's crust, geologists have used the same satellite navigation system used to guide motorists to monitor the movement of an entire continent and record the yearly growth of the Andes Mountains to within a fraction of an inch.

Released: 22-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Northwestern Professors on Roe v Wade
Northwestern University

Northwestern University professors who held opposing positions arguing an abortion case before the Supreme Court are available to offer perspective on Roe v Wade and a Northwestern website offers oral arguments from the historical case.

Released: 27-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Neurosurgical Technique Relieves Excessive Sweating
Northwestern University

Forget that adage about how men sweat but women perspire. We all sweat, and it's a good thing we do. Sweating controls body temperature. But some people -- about 1 percent of the population -- sweat copiously following mild stimulation or none at all. They suffer from a disorder called hyperhidrosis, a condition that that can be relieved with surgery.

Released: 7-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Audio of Clinton V Jones Can Be Heard On Web
Northwestern University

Audio recordings of arguments in Clinton v. Jones before the U.S. Supreme Courts can now be heard on the Supreme Court Web site developed by Jerry Goldman, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University.

Released: 10-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Musical Theatre Program Launching Broadway Careers
Northwestern University

If musicals are back, as newspaper headlines are proclaiming, Northwestern theatre graduates are out there winning the roles that make these shows sing. "It's been another incredible year for Northwestern," says Dominic Missimi, the director of the music theatre program and an associate professor in Northwestern's legendary theatre department.

Released: 10-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Teapot Dome Scandal, Clinton's Crisis And Reputational Entrepreneurs
Northwestern University

What do the 1923 Teapot Dome Scandal and the current White House crisis have in common? Plenty, according to Gary Fine, a professor of sociology at Northwestern University who is writing a book on reputation politics.

Released: 21-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Cause of Unique Hearing Problem in Children Found
Northwestern University

One of every 12 school-age children has a hearing problem because of an inability to distinguish individual sounds of normal speech. Children with this condition, called specific language impairment (SLI), have difficulty understanding and expressing spoken language.

Released: 5-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Young Students Design New Materials to Improve Products
Northwestern University

Today's teen-agers may be designing the next generation of fishing poles. Or waterproof baseballs.

Released: 7-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Cordless Portable Vacuum Keeps Surgical Site Free of Fluid
Northwestern University

Northwestern University students have helped design a handy device to help surgeons keep their surgical sites neat and tidy -- a cordless medical vacuum that runs on batteries and can hold a pint of fluid.

   
Released: 12-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Studying Earthquakes by Satellite
Northwestern University

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is allowing geologists to measure the positions of markers thousands of miles apart to a precision of less than an inch and has suddenly become a powerful tool for earthquake studies around the world.

Released: 13-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
First In U.S.: Law School Guarantees Admission To Engineering Freshmen
Northwestern University

A new honors program in engineering and law, the only such program in the U.S., is being launched at Northwestern University. The program offers high school seniors conditional acceptance into law school and completion of their undergraduate studies a year early.

25-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Declining National Rates of HIV-Related Deaths and Illnesses Due to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy with Protease Inhibitors
Northwestern University

A study from Northwestern University Medical School and the HIV Outpatient Study shows that aggressive combination antiretroviral therapy--specifically including protease inhibitors--dramatically reduces death rates and opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients.

31-Mar-1998 12:00 AM EST
Aspirin Substitute May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
Northwestern University

Ticlopidine, a drug that acts like aspirin and is widely used to prevent stroke as well as blood clot formation following placement of cardiac stents, can cause thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare but potentially deadly circulatory disease.

Released: 9-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Artificial Stream Gets Polluted Like the Real Thing
Northwestern University

Happy to have water in her basement, a Northwestern University environmental engineer has constructed an artificial stream to study how toxic pollutants like PCBs enter the food web from riverbeds.

Released: 23-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Student Entrepreneurship: It's Not Just for Business Majors Anymore
Northwestern University

Northwestern engineering freshmen launch their own company -- and a club for other students who want to do the same.

Released: 5-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Deep Poverty in Early Childhood Profoundly Affects Later Achievement
Northwestern University

Deep poverty in early childhood profoundly affects achievement in later years, according to a new study that examines schooling outcomes in relation to family incomes.

Released: 5-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Two Doctors and a Lawyer Raise the Bar for Arthritis Therapy
Northwestern University

"Arthritis of the Hip & Knee: the Active Person's Guide to Taking Charge" raises expectations for those suffering from hip or knee arthritis, and Ronald Allen, one of the nation's leading criminal law scholars, shows how.

Released: 23-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Parent Training Is Key in Innovative School Violence Prevention Program
Northwestern University

An unusual anti-violence initiative at a suburban Chicago high school aims to decrease violence not only at the high school but in the communities in which the students reside as well. By introducing conflict resolution to the parents of students in addition to students, teachers and school staff, the Peaceable Schools Initiative goes beyond typical school anti-violence efforts such as peer mediation or the formation of student/faculty conflict resolution teams.

Released: 24-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Engineers Move on to Advanced Degrees, Other Career Opportunities
Northwestern University

Most Northwestern University engineering graduates pursue further study and many will go on to other careers within a few years of earning their degrees, according to a survey of recent graduates.

Released: 27-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Minority Students Get Ready to Excel in Engineering School
Northwestern University

Thirty-four academically elite minority students are taking part in an intense summer challenge program to begin their engineering studies at Northwestern University. The program is called EXCEL because it is designed to challenge minority students to perform at the top of their class from the time they begin their engineering education.

Released: 30-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
First Visualization of Chaos in Three Dimensions
Northwestern University

In the cover article of the July 31 issue of the journal Science, Northwestern researchers have provided the first visualization of 3-D chaotic flow, showing all the intricacies of the regular features and the chaotic regions in the flow.

Released: 28-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Low Literacy, Not Race, Primary Barrier to Early Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Northwestern University

Low literacy may be a significant obstacle in diagnosing curable prostate cancer among both low-income white and black men, a Northwestern University Medical School has found.


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