Ascribe Higher Education News Service back issues from August 2002:
'Future of Dentistry' Report Outlines Ways for Continued Delivery of Efficient, Effective Oral Health Care to All.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a guiding vision that all people should have access to good oral health care, the American Dental Association (ADA) recently released its Future of Dentistry (FOD) report, outlining ways in which the ...
Nobel Laureate Alan G. MacDiarmid to Fill James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at Univeristy of Texas at Dallas; Will Lead Center for Scientific and Technical Innovations.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid, the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will fill the newly created James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) ....
Expanding International Trade Is Focus of INTERTECH.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Calif. State University, Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For business leaders seeking to expand their operations into the global marketplace, the hardest step is not finding out how to sell, buy or negotiate in a foreign country, it's "making ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $35,000 Technology Grant to NACCHO; Webcasts Expected to Help Strengthen Emergency Preparedness Planning Throughout the Nation.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Burness Communications WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated exclusively to health and health care, recently awarded a $35,000 grant to the National Association of County and City Health ...
UC San Diego Study Finds Attitudes About Achievement Can Influence Drop-Out Rates Among Female Engineering Students.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Female engineering students who believe competence in engineering and math is something a person is born with tend to drop out of classes when faced with difficulty, according to a study ...
Chicago Public-Housing Residents Gain From Move to Private Market, But Multiple Challenges Face Those Awaiting Relocation.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Former residents of Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) apartments who moved to private-market units report substantial improvements in their overall well-being, says new research from the Urban Institute. But ...
Neuroscience Study: Attention Acts as Visual Glue Binding Colors, Shapes Into Coherent Objects.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- When you gaze at a bowl of fruit, why don't some of the bananas look red, some of the apples look purple and some of the grapes look yellow? This question isn't as nonsensical as it may ...
Stanford Researchers Study Controversial Drug as Treatment for Psychotic Major Depression.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sufferers of psychotic major depression, a severe and debilitating form of mental illness, improve slowly or not at all with standard medication. But researchers at Stanford University ...
University of Georgia Study of Cell Elements Called Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists in the past decade have discovered that remnants of ancient germ line infections called human endogenous retroviruses make up a substantial part of the human genome. Once thought to be merely ...
UCLA Students and Recent Graduates Unite Los Angeles Youths and Members of the Native American Hoopa Valley Tribe in Cultural Exchange.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Theresa Walsh, who in June earned her bachelor's degree in theater from UCLA, returned to Northern California this summer, but her journey was not to her hometown of Oakland. Walsh went to Humboldt County as ...
Afghanistan: Locust Control Campaign Successfully Concluded.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A campaign to control a locust outbreak in Northern Afghanistan has succeeded in keeping crop damage to a minimum, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a ...
NASA Image Advisory: Hubble Space Telescope Astronomers Feast on Interstellar 'Hamburger'.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a photograph of a strange object that bears an uncanny resemblance to a hamburger ....
Award-Winning Performance Artist Sarah Jones Portrays 9-11 Victims in Show at Barnard College; Theater Critic Jonathan Kalb to Discuss Social Activism in Forum Following Performance.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Barnard College NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Research on Women at Barnard College opens its 2002 fall season on Thursday, September 12, at 7 p.m., with a performance by Sarah Jones, an internationally acclaimed poet and actor, who will pay ...
Moffitt Cancer Center Doctors Train 2,000 Physicians Worldwide in Sentinel Node Biopsy Technique.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgeons at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute have trained more than 2,000 other doctors in the technique of radioguided surgery since August 1995. A new survey ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigators Use 'Guilt-by-Association' Strategy to Track Potential Cancer Causing Genes; Research Is Key Step in Quest by Cancer Biologists to Characterize Cellular Pathways That Distinguish One Type of Cancer From Another.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A detective has a slim chance of catching a crook who escapes without a trace. But an investigator who can track a culprit's friends and associates might learn much about a criminal's next ...
Researchers Devise Approach to Anchor Metals to Metal-Oxides; Method to Improve Catalysts, Quicken Computer 'Boot-Up'.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly patented way to deposit metal atoms on very thin oxide layers may help next-generation computers boot up instantly, making entire memories immediately available for use. The ...
Astronomers From Rutgers and Australia Telescope National Facility Show Black Holes in Collision.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the more spectacular phenomena in the cosmos might just be the collision of supermassive black holes that accompanies the merger of galaxies. But the astronomical ...
UCLA AIDS Institute Scientists Show Antiretroviral Drugs Can Eradicate AIDS Epidemic.
Aug 01, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have predicted that widespread use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can eventually stop the HIV epidemic in its tracks - even in African nations where a high percentage of people are infected ....
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise: Johns Hopkins Scientists Unexpectedly Create Epilepsy in Rats.
Aug 02, 2002 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the brain's most important chemical messengers has led Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers on a wild ride. Primarily interested in how and why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative ...
Predictive Marker Found for Prostate and Colon Cancer; As Prostate Cancer Progresses, Protein Levels Soar.
Aug 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A protein with an intriguing connection to the gene for Huntington's disease could help physicians diagnose and more effectively treat patients with two of the most common and deadly ...
Good Dads: Faith Makes a Difference, Says University of Virginia Study.
Aug 02, 2002 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Catholic and evangelical Christian fathers spend a lot of one-on-one time with their children, making them the best dads studied by a University of Virginia sociologist and expert on religion and ...
Happy Docs: Study Shows Career Satisfaction Varies by Specialty, Geographic Region, Practice Type; Raises a Red Flag on Specialties at Risk If Causes of Physician Distress Are Ignored.
Aug 02, 2002 ... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians who specialize in the treatment of children, newborns, the elderly and skin disorders and who practice in the New England and West Central regions of the country are ...
Fisher College Seminar to Explore Challenges of Adding Professional Services to 'Product' Firms' Business Lineup.
Aug 02, 2002 ... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growing professional services is not a new concept for firms seeking to develop new revenue streams, but bringing them into the mix at traditional product companies does present ...
Physical Map of Mouse Genome Now Available.
Aug 04, 2002 ... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A physical map of the genetic makeup of a mouse -- the mouse genome -- is 98 percent complete and is being released online by the journal Nature. Researchers at the Genome Sequencing Center at ...
Mice Provide Insight Into Bone Metabolism Disorders.
Aug 04, 2002 ... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mice lacking a protein called SHIP (Src homology 2-containing inositol-5-phosphatase) have twice as many cells that breakdown bone as normal mice, according to a study led by Washington University ...
Higher Education Groups Combine to Help Colleges Improve Student Learning and Retention.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Too many college students leave college before finishing. Only about half earn a baccalaureate degree within six years. And many of those who stay in school don't learn as much as they should. Less than ...
Technology Designed to Detect Hidden Weapons Is Focus of New Company.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A technology that is designed to rapidly identify hidden weapons, explosives and other contraband -- even plastic, ceramic and other non-metallic weapons -- through clothing is the ...
Puff of Pneumatic Air Lifts Boats For Boater Safety.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lifting a boat has never been easier - or safer. Matt Martin, a former Purdue University agricultural and biological engineering student, and Gary Krutz, professor of agricultural and ...
CU-Boulder Researchers Reassess National Flood Damage Estimates; Pennsylvania, California Hardest Hit.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pennsylvania and California lead the nation in flood damage, according to a new national database of historical flood damage estimates. The researchers, from the University of ...
Researchers Link 'Broken Windows' Policing With Drop in Serious Crime.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is a significant link between targeting minor crime and a drop in serious crime, even when community factors such as unemployment and the number of young people are considered, ...
Unique Public-Private Partnership Commits a Half-Billion Dollars Over Next Decade to Spark Inner-City Revitalization; Plans to Build on Progress in Improving Inner Cities During Past 10 Years.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: The Knight Foundation NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Living Cities, a partnership of leading foundations, financial institutions and the federal government, today pledged to double its investment over the next 10 years - to $500 million - to continue promoting ...
Career Development Chair at John F. Kennedy University Receives National Career Award.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy's School of Management is proud to announce that Sue Aiken, chair and faculty member in its MA in Career Development Program, has won the Outstanding Career Practitioner Award from ...
Atomic Anchors to Quicken Computer Boot-Up; Simple Method May Improve Catalysts, Nanodevices.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A way to help next-generation computers boot up instantly, making entire memories immediately available for use, has been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific ...
Industrial Fishing Threatens Sharks, Dolphins, Billfish.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Industrial fishing poses the biggest threat to life and fin for sharks, dolphins and billfish that inhabit the tropical and northern Pacific Ocean, says a new study forecasting the effects of ...
Without Fire, Red Pines Could Disappear, Model Shows.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the northeastern corner of Minnesota stand towering groves of red pine trees stretching some 80 feet into the sky. But these red pine groves could eventually vanish from ...
Satellites Reveal Mystery of Large Change in Earth's Gravity Field.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Satellite data collected since 1998 from the U.S./French ocean-observing satellite Topex/Poseidon, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., indicate the bulge in Earth's ...
Breakthrough Technology Could Pinpoint Forest Fires.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- New fire-fighting technology could give the U.S. Forest Service a way to detect and monitor forest fires as they start. A breakthrough "sensing" process can pinpoint burning vegetation from ...
Sarah Bonner Named USC Accounting Associates Professor.
Aug 05, 2002 ... Byline: USC Marshall School of Business LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Marshall School of Business' Leventhal School of Accounting appointed Sarah E. Bonner the USC Accounting Associates Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California. In ...
Dietary Change May Prevent Most Serious Form of Prostate Cancer; Study Suggests Promising New Insights for Men With Early-Stage Disease.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A fat-laden diet and high calcium consumption are both well-known suspected risk factors for prostate cancer. However, new findings from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that ...
Conjoined Twins Separated at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA; One Sister Returns to Operating Room for Additional Treatment.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctors at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital in Westwood separated 1-year-old conjoined twin girls from Guatemala; the nearly 23-hour surgery was completed at 5:40 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, Aug. 6. Maria Teresa Quiej ...
UC Santa Barbara Scholar to 'Rock Out' at National Sociology Conference.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Santa Barbara sociologist William Bielby will be giving the term "multimedia presentation" a new twist when he talks about his research at the annual ...
New Financial Accuracy Requirement Not Likely to End Corporate Chicanery, Duke Professor Says.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Beginning Aug. 14, the chief executives and chief financial officers of nearly 1,000 corporations must personally certify the accuracy of the financial statements issued by their companies. While this ...
Scientists Unite to Accelerate Huntington's Disease Research.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Hereditary Disease Array Group (HDAG) today reported important new findings on Huntington's disease, in six peer-reviewed papers published in the online version of the August 15th issue of ...
Structure Unlocked of Protein Receptor Involved in Cell Growth; Structures of Related Proteins Also Set to Be Unlocked.
Aug 06, 2002 ... BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- After two years of stubborn persistence, scientists at Johns Hopkins have determined the 3-D structure of part of a protein called HER3, which should speed efforts to interfere with abnormal growth and cancer. "It took us more than two ...
Treatable Psychiatric Symptoms Common With Degenerative Brain Disease.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Potentially treatable psychiatric problems are common in patients with degenerative brain diseases affecting movement and coordination, according to a study by Johns Hopkins scientists. Up to 80 ...
Study Finds Surprising Increases in Low Birth Weight Rates in Suburbs Across United States; Report Measures Health Progress City-by-City for Nation's 100 Largest Cities and Their Suburbs; Highlights Successes and Shortcomings on Infant Health, Infectious Diseases and Homicide.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Burness Communications WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report released today finds that low birth weight rates have risen sharply in many urban areas across the country, with suburbs surprisingly outpacing cities. The average rate of increase in suburbs ...
Economist: Falling Dollar Could Mean Return of Inflation; Swarthmore's Philip Jefferson Says Fed Could Face Tough Decision If Dollar Doesn't Rebound.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the falling value of the dollar comes a threat that has not seriously faced the U.S economy for two decades - inflation. Philip Jefferson, a Swarthmore College economics professor and ...
Mayo Clinic Vaccine Researcher Calls for Universal Flu Vaccine for Elderly; Physicians Criticized for Failure to Reduce Death Rate.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Gregory Poland, M.D., Mayo Clinic vaccinologist, pleads for the universal influenza vaccination of the elderly (individuals 65 and older) in an editorial entitled, "If You Could Halve the Mortality Rate, Would ...
First Images From NASA's 'Thermometer in the Sky' Sizzle.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The old adage that everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it, may soon fall by the wayside thanks to the quality of data from NASA's new "thermometer in the sky" -- a ...
Better Access to Health Care Is Key to Higher Survival Rates for African-Americans With Colon Cancer, Study Finds.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- African-Americans with colon cancer are more likely to die from the disease than are whites, but a new study has found that those survival rate disparities virtually disappear when both groups have equal ...
New Book Discusses 'Invisible' Women: Welfare, Crime Policies Place Poor Women, Children in Jeopardy.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many women, including the poor, elderly and imprisoned, are to some extent invisible in mainstream American society. And many institutions are designed to keep them that way, a University of Michigan ...
UC Riverside to Play Active Role in Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California and a group of sister institutions recently announced the creation of the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM) as an international, multicampus ...
NSF Signs Three-Year Agreement with NLANR Measurement and Network Analysis Group: $3.28 Million to Team Based at San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: San Diego Supercomputer Center SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) will provide $3.28 million to the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) Measurement and Network Analysis (MNA) group for work to be conducted ...
Researchers at UCLA Create Better Materials by Emulating Spiders' Techniques.
Aug 06, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at UCLA believe that the secret to creating stronger, better materials may be solved by studying an unlikely source: the common spider. Engineers can improve the design and processing of materials by ...
DePaul University Researchers Develop Computer Program That Translates Spoken English Into American Sign Language.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: DePaul University CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- It was a problem for years, even prior to the recent war on terrorism. A deaf person went through airport security, unable to hear the buzz of the metal detector or the security guard's commands, creating a tense ...
Study Adds to Knowledge of What It Takes to Stand Up, Walk; Penn State Researchers Measure Norepinephrine Release, Vasoconstriction under Lower Body Pressure.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center HERSHEY, Pa., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Standing up too quickly can cause some people - especially the elderly - to become dizzy and even faint. What's often to blame? Lazy blood vessel response. A ...
Arts and Culture Advocates Banding Together to Affect State Policy; Study Documents Successes in Winning Stable Funding Sources for Cultural Programs.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: The Pew Charitable Trusts PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A report released on July 29 by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that advocates on the state level are having success developing reliable funding for arts and culture through opportunistic ...
Americans Want More Corporate Reform; Columbia Law Survey Says New Law Won't Solve the Problems; Strong Support for Reducing Corporate Influence in Politics.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Columbia Law School NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A majority of Americans (52 percent) say the new law increasing penalties for corporate corruption and accounting fraud will not solve the problems plaguing Wall Street, according to a nationwide survey ...
People Plagued With Chronic Self-Doubt Tend to Be More Materialistic Than Others, Study Shows.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- People with chronic self-doubt may be more likely than others to define personal success by having the biggest house on the block or a new luxury car. A new study found that people with ...
Conjoined Twins Separated at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Sleep Through the Night Under Sedation.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez slept through the night under heavy sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital in Westwood. The conjoined twins, who were separated early ...
Post Sept. 11 Skies Offer Clues to Contrails, Climate Change.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater WHITEWATER, Wis., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Few people likely think twice about jet contrails, a common sight streaking across blue summer skies. But a new study may have us thinking of these billowy white trails literally as ...
Federal Court Finds Government Not Meeting Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Requirements Established After Gulf War; Agencies Ordered to Prepare Compliance Reports and Complete Required Rulemaking.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In ruling on a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, Federal District Court Judge William Alsup has found that nearly every cabinet level agency in the U.S. Government has violated the Energy ...
Post-Sept. 11 Cartoons in Arab Media Skewer the United States, Article Says.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Post-Sept. 11 political cartoons in Arab/Muslim newspapers draw a moral equivalent between the war in Afghanistan and terrorist attacks, ridicule the United States for its incompetence in locating Osama bin Laden ...
Discovery May Lead to New HIV Drugs, Says Jefferson Medical College Virologist.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When scientists at London's King's College and their colleagues elsewhere uncovered the identity of a gene that prevents HIV from reproducing, but which is itself blocked by an HIV protein, they took ...
New Academic Journal Explores Issues in Management Education.
Aug 07, 2002 ... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first issue of the Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE) journal, based at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, is scheduled for distribution in ...