American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 13, 2007
...s media registration is now open for the 234th ACS national meeting, which will be held in Boston, MA on August 19-23, 2007 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and more than a dozen hotels across the city. More than 16,000 scientists and others are expected to attend this scientific extravaganza. T...Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent
...f the country. They compared these findings with national figures obtained from the Central Cytogenetic Regi... the number of children born with Down syndrome at national level. When we looked further at the history of children born with Down Syndrome, we found that thei...Gum disease in postmenopausal women linked to oral bone loss
...is an offshoot of the observational portion of the national Womens Health Initiative (WHI). Participants in this study completed questionnaires, had physical measurements taken, had bone-density testing and an oral health examination. The oral health examination had several components, including microbiologi......Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE national scientific user facility located at PNNL.During the swap, the molecule opens, Zhang said. The key is to take advantage of the open form to perform a hydride transfer through which glucose is converted to fructose. Zhangs next step is to tinker wi...In nature, proteins sweep up nanoparticles
...ey Labs National Center for Electron Microscopy, a national user facility that probes material at the nanoscal...m turned to Berkeley Labs Advanced Light Source, a national user facility that generates intense light for scientific research. Using an imaging tool called Fou...Chemical Society Boston meeting, Aug. 19-23, focuses on health, wellness, energy, environment
...nd Wellness will be the central theme of the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston Aug. 19-23, where more than 9,500 presentations also will describe new discoveries in chemistry dealing with the environment, energy, nutrition, nanotechnology and other topics. Overall, more tha...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
...es, help establish and manage official networks of national parks and other protected areas and integrate conservation principles into the management of landscapes, which will develop approaches in partnership with traditional local communities and engage the private sector to employ sound environmental pract...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...ership involving the Department of Energy, several national labs, government groups and industry partners-is still in its early stages, the researchers said. Of all the projects, only one is turning a profit without recovering oil. Sleipner, an industrial-scale project run by Norwegian oil company Statoil, ...Turning the tables in chemistry
...bes a series of strategies to help avert a looming national crisis. Epstein says the continued success of U.S. science is seriously threatened by the fact that increasing numbers of undergraduates, particularly the disadvantaged, are writing off a career in science. Why? Many students find introductory sci...Who needs environmental monitoring?
...ns, and costs associated with the establishment of national environmental observatories in the US . These include the upcoming National Ecological Observatory Network, as well as established ecological monitoring programs such as those run by the Environmental Protection Agency and face imminent closure unles...2007 Image of the Year: Molecular imaging relates human brain chemistry to aggressive behavior
... Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. Brookhaven is one of 10 national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Science. After a publicized case of violence, we see and hear many stories about the aggressors behavior prior to the incident and his way of life and the relation...Better chemistry through living models
...e 6). The information that scientists at the DOE national lab turn up may point to new materials that render it economically feasible to produce energy from hydrogen fuel cells. This is a basic research project, but one that we hope will provide new knowledge that will be pertinent to the production of hy...Bigger horns equal better genes
...s. The last survivors were protected in an Italian national park, and the species has slowly repopulated and today is no longer considered endangered. ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 30, 2007
...s media registration is now open for the 234th ACS national meeting, which will be held in Boston, MA on August 19-23, 2007 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and more than a dozen hotels across the city. More than 16,000 scientists and others are expected to attend this scientific extravaganza. T...Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Geisinger launch new environmental research group
DANVILLE, PA. Two national leaders in health announced a joint institute to investigate some of this countrys most pressing environmental health problems with the intention of developing real-world sustainable solutions to those problems. The Geisinger Center for Health Res...Michael R. Zalutsky receives SNM's 2007 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...ity recognizes Dr. Zalutskys intellectual capital, national reputation and prominent role in advancing significant contributions to medical scienceespecially in using molecular targeting to combat cancer," said SNM President Martin P. Sandler. "He has made many contributions to both the basic and applied aspe...Threats to wild tigers growing
...at involves religious and civic leaders as well as national and local governments. International cooperation among nations that harbor the animal will also be essential. Dinerstein and his coauthors conclude by recommending that these countries appoint "tiger ambassadors" to advocate for the species, step up ...Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
...ter for Vaccine Development, which is one of seven national testing sites known as Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEUs), designated by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The research study, which is actively recruiting and...Gene therapy offers new hope for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
...ssociated with injuries and illnesses is a growing national and international problem. Gene therapy offers a more targeted, less toxic approach for effectively managing this condition. It also is our hope that targeted transgene delivery of GlyR may have even broader implications for managing a number of chro...Rapid syphilis testing in Haiti will prevent congenital disease and stillbirths
...t mortality in Haiti and a similar decrease in the national HIV prevalence. Researchers evaluated cost-effectiveness by predicting the health outcomes for each strategy as "disability-adjusted life years" (DALYs) -- reflecting the number of years of healthy life lost due to congenital syphilis among newborn...