AAAS and EurekAlert! announce winners of the 2006 Fellowships for Reporters from Developing Regions
...She has specialized in astronomy and physics. Her stories appear online, in magazines and in newspapers, es...e reporters submitting original print or broadcast stories on science or technology issues. Winners were invited to attend and cover the 2004 AAAS Annual Meeti...Microbiology text tells stories, offers online resources
...t of the University of Michigan. "We like to tell stories about the way microbes are put together, what they must do to grow and survive and how they interact with all other living things." Microbe is paradigm-driven rather than fact-driven. Key concepts are illustrated by inspiring examples that convey t...Study finds shifts in treatment trends prior to publication of study results
...udy presented in May 1998 were highlighted in news stories published in numerous major media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News and World Report. To investigate the impact of the meeting presentation on practice patterns, Sharon H. Giordano, M.D., at the Universi...Do plant species really exist? Why, yes, scientists say
...lions and blackberries pose problems, these horror stories only make up 1 percent of the whole." The scientists did find categorization problems with nearly half of the plant and animal species they surveyed. Rieseberg and his co-authors, doctoral student Troy Wood and postdoctoral research associate Eric Ba...Tom Siegfried wins AGU's Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism
...ch published in journals, resulting in a stream of stories in the Morning News about progress in the sciences most relevant to AGU. Siegfried has considered it a duty to encourage and mentor young science writers. He annually hosted a Mass Media Fellow, as well as interns, at the Morning News, and some of hi...Public communications award recognizes malaria series
... parasite. Boyd, who covers technology and science stories for The World, concluded the series with a report on new high-tech tools to fight malaria, including a portable malaria test that could help diagnose the disease in remote parts of the world. Judges for the award were author and New York Times contri...HHMI awards Brandeis professor $1 million to draw minorities into science
...s in science and medicine, but the list of success stories is dauntingly small." Epstein's strategy to succeed where others have failed is to design a program specifically for students in science and medicine that is based on the university's highly successful Posse Foundation program, now in its eighth year...March issue of JADA explores saliva as diagnostic tool
...ted to studies on the salivary glands, two feature stories and two editorials evaluated the future of saliva as a diagnostics tool. The second feature story was a study from the University of California Los Angeles, which examines markers in saliva of patients that are correlated with oral cancer. "Point of...The 100 greatest advances in medicine
...by actually pushing a wire into his own heart, the stories of medical pioneers are fascinating and awe-inspiring. Emphasizing that medicine should be founded on ethical integrity, compassion, and the encouragement of unfettered scientific research, the authors warn that powerful forces in contemporary socie...Evolving Issues in the Prevention and Treatment of Influenza: A media forum
...and provide new resources for reporters developing stories on influenza. Media may also participate via Web cast or teleconference. WHY: For the past several years, the nation's influenza seasons have been punctuated by supply and distribution issues that have drawn national attention. Despite these supply......h the south and north poles. He has produced radio stories and documentaries on science and the environment for National Public Radio's environmental show Living on Earth; National Public Radio's news magazine Weekend Edition; Public Radio International's international affairs show, The World; the Australian...Ancient Etruscans unlikely ancestors of modern Tuscans, statistical testing reveals
...y.' Before [this study] you could tell a number of stories consistent with the data. What we've done is narrowed down these stories, which for me is a really great leap forward.''...Virginia study urges early emphasis on science
...utcome may not be surprising, in light of the many stories we've all heard about the lives of famous scientists, this study put this notion to the test and found a link between early life expectations and future life outcomes." Tai and the research team looked at a random national sample of 3,359 students wh...The UK's top science stories (Newsline update -- issue 36)
...l Sciences Research Council). Here are some of the stories in this latest edition: Marbles, Flows and Salmon Marbles give clue to saving salmon The Predictors How will bird flu spread? Models help plan response Targeting Trauma Ambulance research takes load off paramedics Desert Swarm - Locusts: Math...Science offers 'state of the planet 2006-2007' to explore global challenges
...oft/$32 hard] contains three dozen essays and news stories written some by some of the world's most respected..." The new book is a compilation of essays and news stories previously published in Science and recently updated, plus an introduction and three new summary e...Herrington to speak at NJ rip current awareness event
...c aware of the danger of rip currents, recent news stories have sadly illustrated they can still pose a serious and potentially deadly threat to swimmers. This press event is being held to remind people to swim safely and to demonstrate how a swimmer can escape if caught in a rip current. In addition to Herr...Science reporters' top challenges include finding photos and well-spoken researchers
...op concern is to learn about breaking science-news stories before the information reaches either competitors ...e need to convince supervisors to run science-news stories as well as tight reporting budgets. What science-news stories are most interesting to reporters, the...Industry, C-SPAN leaders energize Lugar-Purdue summit
...es, Dow Jones International, Associated Press news stories and MidEast Report. She earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic studies from Princeton University. Lamb helped found C-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network that reaches 86 million households around the world. He is a Lafayette, Ind., nativ...Computational model simulates AZT metabolism in mitochondria
...I, commented: "HAART is one of the biggest success stories in modern medicine. The goal of our work is to help improve this successful treatment by understanding the toxic effects that AZT can have in some people. There are many different ways that AZT could possibly interfere with mitochondria to cause the ...Special Science issue examines HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
...th the virus. The result is a package of 10 news stories that provide an unprecedented, in-depth look at bo...search into patterns of transmission. But, Cohen's stories also highlight the significant differences, even those between countries that are next-door neighbor...