Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Exposure to lead may be one of the most significant causes of violent crime in young people, according to one of the nation's leading researchers on the subject....... "When environmental lead finds its way into the developing brain, it disturbs neural mechanisms responsible for regulation of impulse. That can lead to antisocial and criminal behavior," reported Herbert L. Nee...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
17 FEBRUARY-For her countless roles in service to science and its potential for improving human welfare, AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society, today named Maxine Frank Singer, President Emeritus of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, to receive the prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize....... Established in 1985, the Abelson Prize is awarded annually to a public ser...Arlington, Va.-- Judges have named 11 winners in the 2004 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, an annual international competition created to recognize outstanding achievement in use of graphics media to illustrate research processes and results. ... ...The contest is jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal , published by the American As...ARLINGTON, Va.- Do energy policies protect pandas in China? Do..."poverty traps" deplete soil fertility in Kenya? Do parallels...exist between logging in the American Midwest and the Brazilian...Amazon? ... ...Questions like these are not simple to answer. To address them,...the National Science Foundation in 1999 launched a major research...effort aptly called "Biocomplexity in the Environment."...