American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...Please credit the individual journal or the American Chemical Society as the source for this information. ... ...ACS NEWS SERVICE Aug. 8, 2007...Weekly PressPac ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5, which is embargoed for 9 A. M., Eastern Time, August 15, 2007.... ... NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: Special editions of the Aug. 15 and Aug. 22 PressPac will carry breaking science news...JCI table of contents: Aug. 9, 2007
... ... Signals downstream of the receptor for TSH had been thought to be mediated mainly by a protein complex kn...Other highlights in the Aug. 7 JNCI
... ... ... Chen-Xu Qu, M.D., and colleagues conducted a randomized clinical trial that examined whether four vitamin-mineral supplement combinations could effect the liver cancer death r...American Chemical Society meets Aug. 19-23 in Boston
... ... In addition, the ACS News Service hosts two...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly PressPac with news from ACS 35 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News.... ... ...ACS NEWS SERVICE Aug. 1, 2007...Weekly PressPac − ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5, which is embargoed for 9 A. M., Eastern Time, Aug. 6, 2007.... ... http://www.chemistry.org/news/presspac....Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2007
... ... Oak Ridge National Laboratory research has aided in development of two new lines of wireless sensor products targeted at manufacturers by industry heavyweights Honeywell and General Electric. The instrument offeringsRF ValProbe by GE and OneWireless by Honeywellrepresent a new generation of wireless technology that taps industry-standard approaches to radio frequency identification, or...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
... ... In a study that appea...American buffalo slaughter fueled by international trade
... In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Calgary environmental economist M. Scott Taylor argues that the story of the buffalo slaughter on the Great Plains is not, at bottom, an American one. Instead, Taylor argues that the slaughter of some 30 million bison over the course of a decade was initiatied by a...Camera-shy deer caught for first time
... T...EL BATN, Mexico, EMBARGOED TO 17 JULY 10:00AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT -- The man history will honor as the father of a green revolution that transformed agriculture in many developing countries in the 1960s has been awarded the highest civilian honor the United States of America can give. The Congressional Gold Medal is reserved for the very few who have made outstanding contributions to either the Uni...Chemical Society Boston meeting, Aug. 19-23, focuses on health, wellness, energy, environment
... ... With more than 160,000 members, the American Chemica...Columbia scientists determine 3-dimensional structure of cell's 'fuel gauge'
... "Understanding this important protein's molecular structure and mechanism provides a major step forward for the rational design of new drugs to ta...UCSB Assistant Professor Patrick Daugherty wins Young Investigator Award from ACS
... The Society recognizes Daugherty for his outstanding contributions to the field of protein engineering, including the development of novel peptide display methodologie...Molecular rendezvous caught on camera
... The body is an almost perfect machine. For it to function properly, each individual component, that is each molecule, must reliably fulfill its specific function. Each molecule must thus "recognize" other molecules and work with them. A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, the Fraunhofer Institute in Freiburg, and King's College in London,...What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers
... The study, abstract number 3458, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April...Making daughters different -- how immune cells take divergent paths when fighting infections
... "These findings will change the way we look at how vaccines work," says lead author Steven Reiner, MD, Professor of Medicine. "Unti...Biologically inspired sensors can augment sonar, vision system in submarines
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- To find prey and avoid being preyed upon, fish rely on a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line. Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has built an artificial lateral line that can provide the same functions in underwater vehicles.... "Our development of an artificial lateral...Stem cells determine their daughters' fate
... The finding, reported in the January 25 online edition of the journal Science, could transform ou...2006 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize awarded
... While serving as president of MIT from 1990 to 2004, Vest worked to strengthen federal-university-industry relations and helped bring education and research issues to broader public attention. He put special emphasis on undergraduate education in science and engineering and also stressed the importance of racial and cultural diversity amon...Prion disease treatable if caught early
... ... <...Inaugural Prometheus Prize awarded by Prometheus Books and the APA
Amherst, NY--At the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA), Prometheus Books and the APA selected Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy and the James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization at Columbia University, as the first recipient of the new Prometheus Prize. This prize honors a distinguished philosopher in recogni...Satellite radar gauges water levels in Louisiana wetlands
... ... They examined data from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, taken from four selected sites around Louisiana from 1992-2002. Using an innovative data processing technique, called "retracking," t...Nature's process for nitrogen fixation caught in action
... A research team from Utah State University, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern University asked whether the biological process, carried out by microbes that contain the enzyme nitrogenase, follows the same pathway as recently reported chemical methods. Their research method resulted in the ability to wit...Center for Sensory Biology Inaugural Symposium
WHAT: The Center for Sensory Biology Inaugural Symposium... ... ... ... WHERE: Vernon B. Mountcastle Auditorium... Johns Hopkins School of Medicine... 725 N. Wolfe St.... ... Animals including people have over eons developed intricately specialized systems to sense, process and inter...Composting may be alternative in wake of horse slaughter bill
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, making its way...from the U.S. House to the Senate, could leave thousands of horses with no...final resting ground. ... Composting may be an environmentally friendly option that fits in the..."circle of life" frame of mind and may be less emotional, two area...researchers said. ... On Sept. 7 the House approved the Act, which bans the slaughter...Renewed dolphin slaughter prompts new campaign
As the annual dolphin drive hunts begin in the Japanese villages of Taiji and Futo, a consortium of scientists and zoo and aquarium professionals has launched a campaign to end the practices through public awareness and by appealing to the government of Japan to put an end to the hunts. The "Act for Dolphins" campaign--which includes members from The New York Aquarium, Emory University, and the...Scent of father checks daughter's maturity
Chemical cues from fathers may be delaying the onset of sexual maturity in daughters, as part of an evolutionary strategy to prevent inbreeding, according to researchers at Penn State.... "Biological fathers send out inhibitory chemical signals to their daughters," said Robert Matchock, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State's Altoona Campus. "In the absence of these signals, girls tend...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 30, 2006
ACS NEWS SERVICE...Weekly PressPac - ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 a.m., Sept. 4, 2006)... ... ... The American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service PressPac is your access point for discoveries in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology, which are reported in the 34 peer-reviewed journals of the American Chemical Society. With more than 158,000 members, A...Widespread elephant slaughter discovered in Chad
... Mike Fay, a WCS conservationist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and his team discovered five separate elephant massacre sites totaling 100 individuals during a survey made Au...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 23, 2006
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EDITOR'S PICK: ...The biggest isn't always best when it comes to treating cancer ... ... Now, in a study app...Update on AIDS vaccine R and D August 24 Web conference
... IAVI also will preview a series of studies and results to be presented at the 2006 AIDS Vaccine Conference in Amsterdam focused on promoting research and development (R&D); building R&D capacity in developing countries; and expanding R&D resources. There will be a...ACS news service Weekly PressPac -- August 16, 2006
... ...Environmental Science & Technology ... ... Numerous...JCI table of contents: August 17, 2006
... ... ... No...Other highlights in the August 16 JNCI
... ... ... The authors found that drinking...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 9, 2006
In This Edition:...- New report shows decline in dioxin in some U.S. meat and poultry ...- A new generation of removable, colored nontoxic coatings ...- First test results on a new nano electric generator ...- Red wine and white wine may be equally good for the heart ...- Strategies emerge for dealing with a neurotoxin and probable human carcinogen in food ...- Special Event: Nanotechnology M...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 2, 2006
...... In This Edition:... ... ... ... ... ... ... Journalists' Helper of t...Early exposure to synthetic estrogen puts 'DES Daughters' at higher risk for breast cancer
... , a nationwide team of researchers found that DES daughters over age 40 had 1.9 times the risk of developing breast cancer, compared to unexposed women of the same age. They also found that the relative risk of developing the c...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2006
... Atmospheric CO2 levels are projected to increase in the future and result in the Earth's warming. A numerical economic model, driven with a climate model calculated on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's IBM Cheetah Supercomputer, has simulated and predicted energy usage and costs in the United States for the time period 2000-2025. David Erickson of ORNL's Computer Science and Mathematics Divis...... Much of the research at the MBL focuses...