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Structures of Important Plant Viruses Determined; Findings May Lead to New Ways to Protect Crops and Make Other Useful Products.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Flexible filamentous viruses make up a large fraction of known plant viruses and are responsible for more than half the viral damage to crop plants throughout the world. New details of their ...
Research About Plant Viruses Could Lead to New Ways to Improve Crop Yields.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- An interdisciplinary group of scientists has obtained the first detailed information about the structure of the most destructive group of plant viruses known: flexible filamentous viruses. ...
Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Deliver Treatment for Brain, Spinal Cord Injuries.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of ...
First Genomics Breeding Program to Benefit Poultry Industry.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first breeding program in the world to use an entire animal genome is beginning under the direction of university scientists and two of the largest international poultry breeding companies. ...
Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second-Lowest Extent and Likely Record-Low Volume, According to University of Colorado Assessment.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth ...
Report Suggests Changes in Way U.S. Conducts Military Interventions.(Report)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In preparing for possible future military interventions, the United States needs to shift substantial resources to the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development, and ...
Structure of Mre11 Protein Bound to DNA: First Glimpse of a Key DNA Repair Protein at Work.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Repairing breaks in the two strands of the DNA double helix is critical for avoiding cancer. In humans and other organisms, a molecular machine called the MRN complex is responsible for ...
Financial Crisis Taxing on Families, Relationships.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wall Street's financial woes can affect relationships - both financial and romantic - of people of all ages and incomes, says a Purdue University sociologist. "Economic stress is one of the ...
Discovery of Natural Compounds That Could Slow Blood Vessel Growth; Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Candidates for Fighting Disease.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using computer models and live cell experiments, biomedical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered more than 100 human protein fragments that can slow or stop ...
Wellesley Professor Leads Seven-College Study of Today's Students; Results Will Change Current and Future College Experience.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- This fall, a group of 36 college juniors from seven New England colleges will once again have the power to make life better for thousands of students following in their footsteps. Now entering ...
More Research Needed to Make Good on Biofuel Promise, Experts Say.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than grain-based biofuels like corn ethanol, ...
RAND Issues Comprehensive Study on Traffic Congestion in Urban Los Angeles; Suggests Ways to Improve Traffic.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The RAND Corporation today released a study that offers a comprehensive look at Los Angeles traffic, debunking common myths about the metropolitan region's traffic patterns and detailing the reasons why ...
Overweight Men Face Higher Risk of Dying of Prostate Cancer; Mortality Rate Increases With Weight and Insulin Levels: Harvard and McGill Researchers.
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Prostate cancer patients who are overweight and have elevated insulin levels are much more likely to die of the cancer than other patients, say researchers at Harvard University and McGill University. Their ...
LSU Health Sciences Center Awarded Patent for Compound Inhibiting Cancer and Other Diseases.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Eugene Woltering, the James D. Rives Professor of Surgery and Neurosciences at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Conrad Hornick, former LSUHSC Professor of ...
Burst Appendix or Stomach Flu? Hopkins Children's Experts Say Doctors and Parents Can Sort Out Symptoms With a Checklist.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A young child arrives at the emergency room after several days of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea and is sent home with a diagnosis of viral gastritis and treatment for the symptoms. The ...
Diagnosing and Treating Infections: Top Challenge for Neurologists.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In what is believed to be the first formal "census" of neurological diseases and their impact, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that brain and nervous system infections are more difficult to ...
Study Examines Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests and Suggests Screening May Be Stopped at Age 75.
Oct 06, 2008 ... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New findings from a Decision Analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The ...
Finding Your Voice Helps Strengthen Relationships, Says Wellesley Researcher Sally Theran.
Oct 07, 2008 ... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do people have difficulty speaking their minds? Psychologist Sally Theran, who teaches at Wellesley College, researches this problem, called "level of voice" - a way of gauging how comfortable people ...
Get Moving: Johns Hopkins Research Shows Early Mobility Better Than Bed Rest for ICU Patients.
Oct 07, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A critical care specialist at Johns Hopkins who has reviewed recent studies of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and data from The Johns Hopkins Hospital concludes that the routine use of deep ...
Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviors of Teen and Young Adult Men: New Study Paints Troubling Portrait.
Oct 07, 2008 ... Byline: Child Trends, Inc. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young adult men between the ages of 20 to 24 are less likely to use condoms than teen males, and very few young men, including teens, seek out reproductive health services, according to a new Child Trends ...
Scripps Research Team Solves Structure of 'Beneficial' Virus; Researchers Seek to Understand, and Improve, Virus That Can Infect Lung Cancer Cells.
Oct 08, 2008 ... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have, for the first time, solved the structure of a virus that can infect specific cancer cells. This new knowledge may help drug designers tweak ...
New Research Center Will Free Chemistry From Earth's Bonds.
Oct 08, 2008 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth. ...
Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films; One Step Closer to Fabrication of Useful Devices Such as Superconductive Transistors.
Oct 08, 2008 ... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale - the realm of billionths of a meter. Such ...
Children with Cystic Fibrosis Not Well Covered By Guidelines for Vitamin D Needs; Johns Hopkins Children's Experts Call for Higher Doses to Address Deficiencies.
Oct 09, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Existing recommendations for treating vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are too low to cover the serious need, leaving most at high risk for bone loss and rickets, ...
Steroid Treatment Offers No Benefit in Preemies, Johns Hopkins Children's Study Suggests.
Oct 09, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center challenge the longstanding practice of treating premature babies with hydrocortisone, a steroid believed to fight inflammation ...
Mouse Studies Suggest Daily Dose of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After a Stroke.
Oct 09, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage ...
Bold Traveler's Journey Toward the Center of the Earth; At 2.8 Kilometers Down, a One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone.
Oct 09, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near ...
Does Sex Sell? Lawrence University Study Says Cleavage Isn't Product Persuasive, But Could Lead to Job Offer.
Oct 09, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence University APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do women who employ sex appeal really have a competitive advantage when it comes to selling products? Popular belief has long held that they do. But a study by a Lawrence University psychology ...
Researchers Discover Baldness Gene: 1 in 7 Men at Risk; Scientists at McGill, King's College and GlaxoSmithKline Solve Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness.
Oct 12, 2008 ... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern ...
Research Confirms It: Noxious Gas Stove Emissions Worsen Asthma Symptoms in Young Children; Researchers Say Doctors Should Ask Caregivers About Home Heating Sources.
Oct 13, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists report that high levels of a noxious gas from stoves can be added to the list of indoor pollutants that aggravate asthma symptoms of inner-city children, especially ...
Carnegie Mellon International Autism Symposium to Feature Groundbreaking Research, Oct. 17-18.
Oct 13, 2008 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's autism research draws on a variety of scientific disciplines, from genetics to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to neural development. At the 35th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, ...
Dark Matter Battle for Nobel Prize: Roles of Harvard, University of Chicago.
Oct 14, 2008 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many Americans working in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology were hoping that research astronomer Vera Rubin of the Carnegie Institution of Washington would share in the 2008 ...
Florida's 'Worm Grunters' Collect Bait Worms by Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds.
Oct 14, 2008 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle, one of his first thoughts was an observation made ...
Girls Who Start Puberty Early Are Less Able to Cope With Stress.
Oct 14, 2008 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Girls who enter puberty early may be less able to cope with being bullied or rejected by other students than their female classmates who mature later, a new University of Florida study finds. ...
More Flexible Method Floated to Produce Biofuels, Electricity.
Oct 14, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest residues and sewage sludge that ...
New Report Cites Benefits of Green Planning to California Businesses.(Report)
Oct 14, 2008 ... Byline: Well Network VISTA, Calif., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report, "A California Green Plan: Making the Case for Business," finds that overlapping environmental regulations and agencies are hampering the state's business climate. The 50-page report, ...
Sensitive Laser Instrument Could Aid Search for Life on Mars.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Byline: Idaho National Laboratory IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Minuscule traces of cells can be detected in a mineral likely present on Mars, a new study shows. The results, obtained using a technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho ...
CACM Reports: Should the U.S. Ban Paperless Electronic Voting Machines? David Dill and Daniel Castro Debate How to Improve E-Voting Systems.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the October issue of Communications of the ACM (CACM), Stanford University Professor David L. Dill says it will be impossible to determine whether the victorious candidates in many states were ...
ACM Experts See Opportunities and Risks for E-Voting; Technology Leaders Stress Need to Build Trust in Computer-Based Voting Systems.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the 2008 election nears, electronic voting experts from ACM will be monitoring the reliability of voting equipment, including new systems deployed in many locations across the country. These ...
Scientists Propose the Creation of a New Type of Seed Bank, Will Help Understanding of Evolution and Climate Change.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- While an international seed bank in a Norwegian island has been gathering news about its agricultural collection, a group of U.S. scientists has just published an article ...
Bottled Water Lobby's Misinformation Campaign: International Bottled Water Association Claims Tests Show No Contaminants, but Test Results Nowhere to Be Found.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Yesterday, the lobby group for the bottled water industry used untruths, misleading statements and claims that were outright wrong in its attempt to dispel a study by Environmental Working Group (EWG) ...
Duke Innovations Improve Accuracy of MRI as Internal 'Thermometer'.
Oct 16, 2008 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University chemists say they have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with unprecedented precision by correcting a subtle error in the original theory underlying Magnetic ...
New Research Field Promises Radical Advances in Optical Technologies.
Oct 16, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology and ...
Early Exposure to Drugs, Alcohol Creates Lifetime of Health Risk; Carnegie Mellon Professor Co-Authors New Study on Teen Drinking, Drug Abuse.
Oct 16, 2008 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who begin drinking and using marijuana regularly prior to their 15th birthday face a higher risk of early pregnancy, school failure, substance dependence, sexually-transmitted disease and ...
Swamping Bad Cells With Good in ALS Animal Models Helps Sustain Breathing, Johns Hopkins Study Shows; Targeted Cell Delivery to Cervical Spinal Cord is Promising Strategy to Slow Loss of Motor Neurons in ALS.(Report)
Oct 19, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a disease like ALS - one that's always fatal and that has a long history of research-resistant biology - finding a proof of principle in animal models is significant. This week, ...
Johns Hopkins Researchers Detect Sweet Cacophany While Listening to Cellular Cross-Talk; Sugar Plays Key Role in How Cells Work.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists were dubious in the early 1980s when they stumbled on small sugar molecules lurking in the centers of cells; not only were they not supposed to be there, but they ...
Researchers Explore Anesthesia-Related Maternal Mortality; University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Professor Leads Study.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: University of Colorado Denver AURORA, Colo., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study on the use of anesthesia during childbirth indicates a relative low risk to the mother's health, but monitoring should remain a top priority. According to the study led by a University ...
Study Debunks Myth That Early Immigrants Were Quick to Assimilate English.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joseph Salmons has always been struck by the pervasiveness of the argument. In his visits across Wisconsin, in many newspaper letters to the editor, and in the national debates raging over ...
Engineering Nanoparticles for Maximum Strength.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Because they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so small there's no room for defects. ("Nano" ...
Study: Wildlife Need More Complex Travel Plans.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of California, Davis study says that people trying to help nature by designing corridors for wildlife need to think more naturally. "Human beings tend to think in ...
Current Mass Extinction Spurs Major Study of Which Plants to Save.
Oct 20, 2008 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say. Because of the ...
Moore Foundation Awards RIT $2.8 Million to Develop 'Noiseless' Detector; Don Figer Leads Effort to Build Detector for the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $2.8 million to design, develop and build a zero-noise detector for the future Thirty Meter ...
Studies: Construction Jargon May Put New, Hispanic Workers at Risk.(Clinical report)
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Specialized language used in the safety training for construction workers may not be understood by those new to the job or Hispanic workers, possibly putting them in danger, according to two Purdue ...
University of Colorado at Boulder Study Shows Diversity Decreases Chances of Parasitic Disease.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of Colorado at Boulder study showing that American toads who pal around with gray tree frogs reduce their chances of parasitic infections known to cause limb malformations has ...
UC Santa Barbara Researchers Develop Cross-Protective Vaccine.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctors have always hoped that scientists might one day create a vaccination that would treat a broad spectrum of maladies. They could only imagine that there might be one ...
Secret Lives of Catalysts Revealed: New Window Into Nanoscale Chemistry Could Help Improve Pollution Control, Fuel Cell Technologies.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first-ever glimpse of nanoscale catalysts in action could lead to improved pollution control and fuel cell technologies. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence ...
Serendipitous Observations Reveal Rare Event in Life of Distant Quasar.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A bit of serendipity has given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth of a galaxy. University of Florida and University of California-Santa Cruz ...
Research Helps Fuel Revolution in Sustainable Viticulture.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Winegrapes are one of California's signature agricultural products, bringing some $52 billion in revenue and 20 million tourists to the state each year. At the same time, ...
Sudden Cardiac Death Number One Risk for Patients on Dialysis; Inflammation, Malnutrition Identified as Key Risk Factors.
Oct 22, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a 10-year study of more than a thousand kidney failure patients, sudden cardiac death emerged as the number one cause of death for patients on dialysis, according to a Johns Hopkins ...
UC Santa Barbara Study Finds Physical Strength, Fighting Ability Revealed in Human Faces.
Oct 22, 2008 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- For our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful - and potentially deadly - defeat. Now, a study conducted by ...
A Toolkit for Silicon-Based Quantum Computing.
Oct 22, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Bit" is a contraction of "binary digit," but unlike a classical bit, which is plain-vanilla binary with a value of either 0 or 1, a quantum bit, or qubit -- the theoretical basis of ...
Muslim Americans in Step With American Public on Political Engagement, Social Issues.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Misperceptions about Islam and Muslims have been a centerpiece of the 2008 presidential campaign, with Democratic candidate Barack Obama issuing repeated denials that he is a Muslim. Most recently, ...
Johns Hopkins University Chemist Devises Self Assembling 'Organic Wires'.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed ...
CU-Boulder Researcher Finds Link Between Physical and Interpersonal Warmth.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do people trust others more when they experience physical warmth? That's the theory of CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Lawrence E. Williams, who says simply handling a hot cup of coffee can ...
Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom.
Oct 23, 2008 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Another step towards quantum computing - the Holy Grail of data processing and storage - was achieved when an international team of scientists that included researchers with the U.S ....