Ascribe Higher Education News Service back issues from March 2009:
Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive Duke ...
Kids With Contact Lenses Like Their Looks Better Than Kids With Glasses.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children wearing contact lenses felt better about how they look, their athletic abilities and acceptance by their friends than did children wearing eyeglasses in a recent study. The results ...
Simple Device Can Ensure Food Gets to the Store Bacteria Free.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University researcher has found a way to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could eliminate worries concerning some food-borne illnesses. ...
FDA: Special Clearance for University of Florida-Developed Antimicrobial Wound Dressing.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Food and Drug Administration has given its clearance to an innovative wound dressing primarily developed by University of Florida scientists and engineers and being marketed by a Florida company. ...
Careful Contest Design Helps Everyone Win, New Study Shows.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- They win some, they lose some. Trial and error is the method most companies use to decide the prize structure for promotional sweepstakes and contests - a marketing tool poised to cost North ...
Two Key Signatures of Drexler's Dark Matter Are Found in the Leo Ring: Is This Meaningful?
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers, using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) orbiting space telescope, reported in the journal Nature on February 19 that far-ultraviolet (FUV) photon emissions emanating from the ...
Women's and Men's Earnings Hurt by Housework; Vanderbilt Research Finds Women's Salaries Negatively Impacted Regardless of Profession.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch found that housework not only reduces the salaries of women, but also affects some men's wages. She also found that women's ...
Danger Lurks Underground for Oak Seedlings.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists trying to understand why oaks are starting to disappear from North American forests may need to look just below the surface to find some answers. Purdue University researcher ...
Half of Americans See Another Country Emerging as World's Technological Leader, According to New National Survey.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Half of all Americans expect another country to emerge this century as the world's leader in addressing technological challenges that range from the economy to global warming, according to a survey of U.S ....
Recent Drug Use Masks Cocaine Abusers' Cognitive Impairment.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent cocaine use may hide some of the cognitive deficits commonly experienced by individuals addicted to cocaine, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
Misplaced Metamorphosis: Penn Researchers Identify Source of Cells that Spur Aberrant Bone Growth; Implications for Understanding Range of Bone Diseases.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells that spur misplaced bone growth ....
Researchers Discover a Potential On-Off Switch for Nanoelectronics.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- As electronic circuits shrink from finely etched lines in silicon wafers to nearly elusive proportions, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National ...
CFO Survey: Historic Recession to Last Another 14 Months; Earnings, Capital Spending and Employment Expected to Drop in 2009.
Mar 04, 2009 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chief financial officers in the United States and around the world say the global recession will last well into 2010. Companies plan dramatic cuts to employment and capital spending and anticipate double-digit ...
IEEE Computer Society's Flagship Magazine Devotes Special Issue to the Expanding Capabilities of Search.
Mar 05, 2009 ... Byline: IEEE Computer Society LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's Web-based search engines perform well when searchers know what they are looking for, but fall short for learning, decision making, and other complex mental activities that take place over ...
University of Florida Scientist on Team for NASA Planet-Hunting Spacecraft to Launch Friday.
Mar 05, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida astronomer is part of a team of scientists participating in a NASA mission aimed at finding Earth-size or smaller planets around distant stars. The Kepler Mission is expected ...
'Personalized' Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error in Gene for Inherited Pancreatic Cancer.
Mar 05, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of ...
A New Way to Assemble Cells Into 3-D Microtissues: Cellular Engineers Make Multicellular Tissues From the Bottom Up.
Mar 05, 2009 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can now control how cells connect with one another in vitro and assemble themselves into ...
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Urge Development of Low-Carbon Electricity to Power Plug-In Hybrids.
Mar 06, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Constantine Samaras and Kyle Meisterling report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming. The benefits, ...
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find a Win-Win in Small-Capacity Plug-In-Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Mar 06, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report in a new study that some plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help drivers save money while addressing global warming and oil dependency. ...
Patients Being Discharged Against Medical Advice; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Author Reviews the Consequences.
Mar 09, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- When patients choose to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge, the consequences may involve risk of inadequately treated medical conditions and the need for readmission, according ...
The Difference Between Eye Cells Is ... SUMO? Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Critical Switch in Eye Development.
Mar 09, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine have identified a key to eye development - a protein that regulates how the ...
Iowa Power Fund Advances Iowa State Development of Clean Energy Technologies.
Mar 09, 2009 ... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production. Both technologies will use the ...
Studies Show That Students Aren't the Only Ones Who Benefit From School-Based Tutoring; Washington University, Johns Hopkins Researchers Find Sustained Improvement in Health in Experience Corps Tutors Over 55.
Mar 09, 2009 ... Byline: Experience Corps WASHINGTON, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tutors over 55 who help young students on a regular basis experience positive physical and mental health outcomes, according to studies released by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Johns ...
Seaweed and Fireflies Brew May Guide Stem Cell Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease.
Mar 10, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- An unlikely brew of seaweed and glow-in-the-dark biochemical agents may hold the key to the safe use of transplanted stem cells to treat patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD), ...
In Today's Economy, Dressing Room Lighting Can Spell Retail Life or Death.
Mar 10, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dressing room lights may determine how bright the outlook for clothing sales is with the nation's retailers, a new University of Florida study suggests. In today's tight economy, the ...
Diagnostic Errors: The New Focus of Patient Safety Experts; JAMA Commentary Highlights Problem, Suggests Solutions to Reduce Number of Diagnoses That Are Missed, Wrong or Delayed.
Mar 10, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it's high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing errors, wrong-site surgeries ...
Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels: Berkeley Lab Researchers Create a Nano-sized Photocatalyst for Artificial Photosynthesis.
Mar 10, 2009 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an ...
Twelve States Rise Above the Nationwide Dropout Crisis.
Mar 11, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A dozen states significantly improved their high school graduation rates between 2002 and 2006, while the rest of the nation lagged behind, according to a report by researchers at the new Everyone ...
Researchers Identify a Process That Regulates Seed Germination.
Mar 11, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development. Mike Hasegawa, the Bruno C. Moser Distinguished ...
Lengthy 'Daisy Chain' Transplants Possible From One Altruistic Donor Kidney; 10-Way Swaps of Donor Kidneys Could Theoretically Give Way to Dozens or Hundreds.
Mar 12, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new variation in kidney paired donation (KPD) - pioneered and developed at Johns Hopkins - could theoretically generate an endless number of transplants, researchers report. The ...
Blue Sky Research Reveals Trends in Air Pollution, Clears Way for New Climate Change Studies.
Mar 12, 2009 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Maryland-led team has compiled the first decades-long database of aerosol measurements over land, making possible new research into how air pollution changes affect ...
Carbon- and Oxygen-Rich Stardust Sheds New Light on Origin of Elements of Life.
Mar 12, 2009 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using NASA's Spitzer Telescope, an international research team has found evidence that some stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy have both carbon and oxygen in the dust that ...
'Peking Man' Older Than Thought; Somehow Adapted to Cold.
Mar 12, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild glacial period. A dating method developed by ...
University of Florida Study: Preserved Shark Fossil Adds Evidence to Great White's Origins.
Mar 13, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve? For the last 150 ...
New Madrid Fault System May Be Shutting Down.
Mar 13, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows. A team from Purdue and Northwestern ...
Genetic Abnormality May Increase Risk of Blood Disorders.
Mar 15, 2009 ... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited. Their research, published online ...
Nanoscopic Probes Can Track Down and Attack Cancer Cells.
Mar 16, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells. Joseph Irudayaraj, a Purdue University associate ...
Master Molecular Switch May Prevent the Spread of Cancer Cells to Distant Sites in the Body, According to Penn Study.
Mar 16, 2009 ... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a master switch that might prevent cancer cells from metastasizing from a primary tumor to other organs ....
Glass Tables: an Overlooked Safety Threat; Emergency-Department Review Describes Severe, Preventable Lacerations; Prompts Call for Safety Standards.
Mar 16, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many households harbor a threat to young children that safety regulations, surprisingly, have overlooked: glass-topped tables and tables with glass panels. A review by Children's Hospital Boston, in ...
Survey Finds Low Foreclosure Rates in Community Land Trusts; Key Factors: Support, Avoidance of 'Too Good to Be True' Financing.
Mar 17, 2009 ... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Homeowners in community land trusts are much less likely to lose their homes to foreclosure than owners of market-rate homes, according to survey results released today by the National CLT ...
Hearing Could Hold Key to Unlocking Schizophrenia Mystery.
Mar 17, 2009 ... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Measuring brain waves in response to hearing a variety of tones appears to be a useful way to begin understanding the underlying genetic abnormalities associated with schizophrenia, says a study headed by ...
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Apply Statistical Tests to Find Sources of Particulate Matter Reaching the Heart of Pittsburgh.
Mar 17, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Cliff I. Davidson, Joseph B. Kadane and Nanjun Chu have found that polluted air in the highly populated East End areas of Pittsburgh are more affected by major sources to ...
Penn Researchers Identify New Protein Important in Breast Cancer Gene's Role in DNA Repair; Better Understanding of Molecular Consequences of BRCA1 Mutations Can Lead to New Therapies.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For years, researchers have known that under normal conditions, the breast cancer protein BRCA1 orchestrates the repair of damaged DNA, but the details of just how BRCA1 moves to the ...
Study Explores Why General Electric's Talent Output Gives It a Competitive Edge; Executive Turnover Is Key to Its Success.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: Richard Ivey School of Business LONDON, Ontario, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While senior management attrition is typically thought to be bad for business, in the case of General Electric (GE), losing top talent to competitors is part of a winning strategy, a new ...
6.5 Million More Patients Might Benefit From Statins to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes; Study Expands on Recent Findings Showing Benefits for Patients With Low Cholesterol.(Clinical report)
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines suggest, Johns Hopkins doctors report in ...
Drexler's Dark Matter Probably Causes the Stunted Mass-Growth of Galaxy Clusters Observed by Harvard.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery was recently reported of the stunted mass-growth of galaxy clusters during the last 5 1/2 billion years, by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. This ...
Depressed People Have Trouble Learning 'Good Things in Life'.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. Researchers at Ohio State ...
Lab-on-a-Chip Homes in on How Cancer Cells Break Free.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the ...
Engineer: Computer Learning, Electrical Stimulation Offer Hope for Paralyzed.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster. But a University of Florida engineering researcher says ...
Research Yields Potential Target for Cancer, Wound Healing, Fibrosis.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research conducted by Allison Berrier, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Biology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry, and colleagues, provides insights ...
Educators Work to Increase U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World; New Report Examines Challenges, Opportunities.(Report)
Mar 19, 2009 ... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reflecting a growing interest in the Arab world, enrollments in Arabic language classes on American college campuses are on the rise, and more U.S. students are studying in Arab countries. Yet the numbers ...
Cognitive Decline Begins in Late 20s, University of Virginia Study Suggests.
Mar 19, 2009 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills - such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships - peak at about the ...
Living Jumper Cables: Lab-Grown Nerves Promote Nerve Regeneration After Injury, Penn Study Finds.
Mar 19, 2009 ... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model. Results ...
Study Finds Most Adolescents Placed Into Group Homes Still Involved With Drugs or Crime Seven Years Later.(Report)
Mar 19, 2009 ... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most adolescents referred to long-term group homes in Los Angeles County after being charged with a serious offense reported they were still involved with crime or drugs seven years later, according to ...
Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Those Who Have Chronic Pain May Need to Assess Vitamin D Status.(Clinical report)
Mar 20, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as ...
Hopkins Scientists ID 10 Genes Associated With a Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Death.
Mar 22, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- One minute, he's a strapping 40-year-old with an enviable cholesterol level, working out on his treadmill. The next, he's dead. That an abnormality in his heart's electrical system ...
In Disaster-Prone Areas, Construction Needs a New Approach.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In regions that have been devastated by hurricanes and other natural disasters, public officials should pursue a new direction in infrastructure projects, one that focuses on more durable designs and a ...
Foundation Center Sheds New Light on Nonprofit Funding in U.S. Congressional Districts; One-of-a-Kind Search Tools Illustrate Foundation and Corporate Support at District Level.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Foundation Center has unveiled unique new search tools that increase transparency of how foundation and corporate support is disbursed in U.S. congressional districts. Grantmakers, policymakers, nonprofit ...
Recession Discouraging People From Moving to Florida.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The economic recession has cast a shadow over growth in the Sunshine State, according to the latest population projections from the University of Florida, which see Florida's population increases ...
Racial Biases Fade Away Toward Members of Your Own Group.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- White people don't show hints of unconscious bias against blacks who belong to the same group as them, a new study suggests. But this lack of bias only applied to black people in their group, ...
Starve a Yeast, Sweeten Its Lifespan: Johns Hopkins Scientists Find Molecular Mechanisms Linking Sugar Production, Longevity.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new energy-making biochemical twist in determining the lifespan of yeast cells, one so valuable to longevity that it is likely to also function in ...
Physical Abuse Raises Women's Health Costs Over 40 Percent.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women. And the ...
Space Shuttle Experiment to Provide Insights Into Turbulence, Heating.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the ...
American Institutes for Research Plays a Major Role in the Digest of Education Statistics, the Nation's Authoritative Source for U.S. Education Statistics.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a significant role in creating the 44th edition of the Digest of Education Statistics, the nation's most authoritative and comprehensive ...
Preparing American Science and Technology Students to Work and Compete in a Global Economy.
Mar 23, 2009 ... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, March 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a knowledge-driven global economy, how a nation educates the next generation of science and engineering students has serious implications for its progress and competitiveness. Many American employers ...