AAAS Announces The Winners Of Its Science Journalism Awards
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...University of California San Francisco report good news forthe large proportion of American women, and some men, who use hair colorproducts. In a study that included 4,108 participants, researchers found thatthere is no association between normal use of hair color products and risk fornon-Hodgkin's lympho...New Monitoring Technique Checks Thyroid Cancer Without Misery
The good news about thyroid cancer is that treatment for it isre...dine designed to destroy lingering cells. The bad news is thatsometimes not all the cells are caught and the subsequent yearly monitoring thatmust follow c...New Evidence Points To Role For Free Radicals In Alzheimer's Disease
...r the Advancement ofScience, and to the electronic news services Newswise (http://www.newswise.com)....The UK Braces Itself For The Flu Season, Are You Looking Information On The Virus?
... information which could also be used in influenza news and featurearticles....West Coast Measurements Confirm Asian Air Pollution Can Travel To U.S.
...Geophysical Union. The research was discussed at a news conference today, andJaffe also is coordinating panel presentations on the transportation ofpollutants and dust across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The scientists found that Asian pollution travels to North America in thetroposphere, at a maximum......er are available to reportersthrough the journal's news office, reachable by telephone at 202-334-2138 or bye-mail at pnasnews@nas.edu .) "Our results show that it may be possible to preserve muscle size andstrength in old age using this approach," says H. Lee Sweeney, PhD, professor ofphysiology...... President Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., "The good news is that the new year brings a new formula for comp...iovascular disease that the AHA welcomes. The bad news is that it only reinforces how immense the burden of heart disease and stroke is on the public."To d...Gene Therapy Incorporates Molecular Rheostat For Controlled, Long-Term Drug Delivery
...er are available to reportersthrough the journal's news office at 202-326-6421.) "We're excited about these results, because they create many newopportunities for experimental and then clinical applications of gene therapythat we couldn't consider before," says James M. Wilson, MD, PhD, director o......er and the firstkilling frost of fall later -- bad news for blue grama. "One hypothesis is that cool-season, non-native plants may be able toutilize water and nutrients stored in the soil for a longer time by startingearlier in the season, long before the daytime temperatures are warm enough forb...Vasta To Address Diseases Of Marine Environment At AAAS Meeting
...s." Vasta will address these concerns in an online news briefing on "Health Risksand Diseases of the Ocean," as part of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition inAnaheim. The online briefing, to be broadcast over the Internet throughEurekAle...Farmers Can Afford To Clean Up Gulf Of Mexico, Analysis Shows
...in Anaheim, CA. He will discuss his research at a news conference at 11am that day in the Palos Verde Room on the Fourth Floor of the Anaheim Hilton Hotel....Major $17 Million Grant To Fund Ocean Research
...ith the general public through open forums and the news media, andget our scientists involved in sharing their findings." The basic knowledge obtained through the new consortium, researcherssay, could also play a key role in the development, placement and effectivefunctioning of new marine biolo...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...-Wednesday, March 15-17, we will offer a series of news conferences in English, the language designated for the meeting. A list of news conferences will be available in late February. The opening ceremony will be held in the Berlin Ph...Protestors Are Up In Arms Over Experiments That Give Chimps AIDS
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...versities, government and private agencies, andthe news media. ALLP Steering Committee members are affiliated with OregonState University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University,Time Magazine, National Public Radio, the Environmental Defense Fund, theSmithsonian Institution, and the N......nal Science and administersEurekAlert!, the online news service featuring the latest discoveries inscience, medicine, and technology. Since the mid-1980s, the AAAS ScientificFreedom, Responsibility and Law Program has sponsored conferences, publishedcase studies, and given testimony related to fraud and ...