Research shows radiologists will need different programs for digital mammography to work best
...ograms from the same patients. The physicians were asked to decide and record which images they preferred in making diagnoses. Manufacturers were General Electric, Fisher and Trex. "When digital mammograms were preferred over film mammograms, the radiologists in our group selected different forms of digi...150-year global ice record reveals major warming trend
..."We reached out to colleagues around the world and asked for these records. It turned out some people had very rich stores of data." The records in this study represent the longest and most intact of 746 records collected through the project. Some individual records are of astonishing lengths, with one dat...New report looks at genome boom in microbiology
...hen to get data to those who need it have not been asked or answered in a well-coordinated way. "Microbial Genomes: Blueprints for Life," presents the conclusions of a panel of 38 scientists that spent several days deliberating the issues. Participants took a broad view of problems and offered solutions. ...Snapping shrimp drown out sonar with bubble-popping trick, described in Science
...ere causing to their ships, the British Royal Navy asked physicist Lord Rayleigh to solve the problem. While Rayleigh didn't find a way to stop the process from happening, Lohse says, the scientist did come up with a useful set of equations to describe the bubbles' growth and collapse. The researchers use...University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist is named ESA president
...ound ecological research. "Ecologists are being asked to provide forecasts for the future of the world to an unprecedented extent," Carpenter says. "It's time for us to evaluate our ability to do that and move ahead with research which will improve our understanding of the globe." During his presiden...... the latest developments in the field. "Frequently asked questions" about IL-1. Links to other online sources for RA news and information. A history of rheumatology milestones.......tories of seizures and diabetes." In 1999, the FDA asked Hall and Benowitz to analyze 140 reports the agenc...plements containing ephedrine. The scientists were asked to assess the causes of adverse reactions in order to determine how many could be clearly linked to ...Study sheds new light on how the 'mind's eye' works
..., the same neurons that excite when that person is asked to imagine the Mona Lisa." To investigate neurona...human medial temporal lobe while the subjects were asked to imagine previously viewed images. They found that single neurons in certain areas of the brain -...How much of the world do we really see?
...showed people a videotape of a basketball game and asked them to count the passes made by one or other team...him. When the tape was played again, and they were asked simply to watch it, they saw him easily. Not surprisingly, some found it hard to believe it was the ...One in three physicians unlikely to get routine medical care
...t, and 59 percent had a flu shot. Researchers also asked the survey group whether they believed their health was controlled by chance, by their own means or by others. Among those who strongly felt health was up to chance, nearly 43 percent had no regular care provider. About 40 percent of those who felt...Finding a market for 'ecosystem services'
...an we generalize from New York City's experience?" asked Thompson. The answer, he said, is yes. Municipalities such as New York supply 85 percent of the drinking water in the United States, and most are faced with an aging infrastructure that could require a total of $1 trillion to upgrade and maintain. Th...New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs
...period - leading towards fatigue - the rowers were asked to simulate bad technique in three common faulty styles - known as 'bum-shoving', 'taking the catch with the shoulders' and 'leaning back too far'. Each of the spinal motion recordings clearly showed the difference between the normal, fatigued and fo...Counting salmon essential measure of recovery efforts
...doesn't provide for it. The independent scientists asked by the governor to review the plan, a review that is expected to be done in January, have draft copies of the report being issued today. A typical monitoring effort under these programs might be to measure water temperatures after requiring that buf...Amphibian declines and deformities: what is the latest?
... (1849 C St., NW, Washington, D.C.) Reporters are asked to call Rebecca Phipps (703) 648-4414 by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2000, if they plan to attend. Reporters must show press credentials including a picture identification to gain access to the Interior building. *** Reporters from outside the ...Why some people just can't seem to pay attention
...changes measured in microvolts. Participants were asked to discriminate between two tones of different durations in a measured reaction-time task, and to ignore occasional, varied frequency changes in the same tones. ERPs, EEG changes related to the neural processing of these stimulus changes, and partic...Vanderbilt neuroscientists identify 'oops center' in the brain
...ficulty in studying this subject. When a person is asked to stop a behavior and they do stop, there is no b...ogan decided to study what happens when people are asked to start then stop doing something in rapid succession. In this situation he reasoned that two neuro...New Brookhaven Lab study shows how ritalin works
...anned to record dopamine levels, the subjects were asked to rate their feeling of restlessness and "high." Meanwhile, physicians monitored each subjects blood pressure and heart rate. The results showed that brain dopamine levels increased significantly approximately 60 minutes following ingestion of the ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2001
...r. The study consisted of 36 participants who were asked to drive while talking on a cellular phone, using a navigation system, receiving news from the internet and responding to a forward collision warning system. The research is sponsored by the Department of Transportation's Intelligent Vehicle Initiati...UC Davis will establish new graduate school of the environment
... it should be led by a dean. "The Davis faculty asked for a bold, new organizational structure that would allow them to traverse disciplinary boundaries comfortably and at no cost to the well-being of their home departments," said Debbie Niemeier, associate professor of civil and environmental engineeri......oup. A Town Meeting where participants will be asked to contribute to building the continued agenda for activities related to such issues as housing, vocational development, social action research, social activities, transition and mental health. VISUALS: Interviews with conference participant...