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Public Release: 9-Feb-2010
 Nature GeoscienceUrbanization, export crops drive deforestation The drivers of tropical deforestation have shifted in the early 21st century to hinge on growth of cities and the globalized agricultural trade, a new large-scale study concludes. The observations starkly reverse assumptions by some scientists that fast-growing urbanization and the efficiencies of global trade might eventually slow or reverse tropical deforestation. The study, which covers most of the world's tropical land area, appears in this week's early edition of the journal Nature Geoscience. Contact: Kevin Krajick
Public Release: 9-Feb-2010
Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) 2009 Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium (MCLC) Scientific Workshop Leukemia & LymphomaLymphoma Research Foundation announces publication of Mantle Cell report Highlights from the Lymphoma Research Foundation 2009 Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium Scientific Workshop will be published in the March 2010 issue of Leukemia & Lymphoma. Traditionally accessible to subscribers for period of one year, Leukemia and Lymphoma has agreed to make this report available to the public for one month -- Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Report of the 2009 MCL Consortium Workshop. 
Lymphoma Research Foundation, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
Contact: Marion F. Swan
Public Release: 9-Feb-2010
Psychology of Women QuarterlyThe Glass Cliff: Female representation in politics and business How can women succeed in business and politics when encountering "a glass cliff"? Contact: Bethany Carland-Adams
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Transportation Research RecordStudy: Cell-phone bans while driving have more impact in dense, urban areas A new study analyzing the impact of hand-held cell phone legislation on driving safety concludes that usage-ban laws had more of an impact in densely populated urban areas with a higher number of licensed drivers than in rural areas where there are fewer licensed drivers, according to a University of Illinois researcher. Contact: Phil Ciciora
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Journal of Experimental Social PsychologyUnderdogs have more motivation? Not so fast, study says Members of a group or team will work harder when they're competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group, according to a new study. The results run contrary to the common belief that underdogs have more motivation because they have the chance to 'knock the higher-status group down a peg.' Contact: Robert Lount
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti Analyzing images captured using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) by Japan's ALOS satellite before and just after Haiti's earthquake on Jan. 12, University of Miami scientists are making new discoveries. The images show that the earthquake rupture did not reach the surface--unusual for an earthquake this size. More importantly, the images confirm that only the western half of the fault actually ruptured this time. Scientists are interpreting the data to establish the probability of another large quake in the next 20-30 years.
NASA, National Science Foundation, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
RAND Journal of EconomicsPay-for-performance in healthcare Practice popular among care providers may not be the most beneficial for patient. Contact: Bethany Carland-Adams
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCaltech neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brain -- the amygdala.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Human Frontier Science Program, Wellcome Trust, National Institutes of Health, Simons Foundation, Global Center of Excellence Grant
Contact: Kathy Svitil
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Canadian Medical Association JournalNew CATCH rule to determine need for CT scans in children with minor head injury A new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in CMAJ.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
Contact: Kim Barnhardt
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
PLoS MedicineNicotine replacement therapy is over-promoted since most ex-smokers quit unassisted Health authorities should emphasize the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, despite the promotion of cessation drugs by pharmaceutical companies and many tobacco control advocates. Contact: Andrew Hyde
Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Canadian Medical Association JournalThe private sale of drugs in public hospitals Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ. Contact: Kim Barnhardt
Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
LancetEarly artificial pancreas trials show benefits for kids, teenagers with diabetes overnight In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sleeping, and at the same time improve diabetes control.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Contact: Joana Casas
Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
Health AffairsInformatics experts contribute to special Health Affairs edition on e-health in the developing world Five articles, whose lead or senior authors are nationally known informatics leaders and members of the American Medical Informatics Association, appear in the February 2010 issue of Health Affairs and provide a glimpse into the future of health care delivery in an increasingly information-driven era of health care in the developing world. Contact: Nancy Light
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
NanotechnologyRice physicists kill cancer with 'nanobubbles' Scientists at Rice University have discovered a way to use lasers and nanoparticles to identify and treat individual diseased cells with tiny vapor "nanobubbles." In research published in the journal Nanotechnology, the scientists described how to use the method to explode nanobubbles and kill cancer cells. In laboratory tests, they showed they could tune these nanobubbles for "theranostics," a combined approach that melds diagnosis and treatment into a single procedure.
National Institutes of Health, Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund
Contact: David Ruth
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
Northeastern Political Science MeetingDemocratic, Republican presidents have had similar economic records, says political scientist In his recent book "Unequal Democracy," noted Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels reaches the controversial conclusion that Democratic presidents have generally done a better job in handling the economy. As he sees it, Democrats have had a better record across the board. But James Campbell, a University at Buffalo professor of political science and widely published author on American politics, says Bartels is incorrect. Contact: Patricia Donovan
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
More study needed to halt Illinois job slump, economist says llinois is mired in a deep employment recession that could linger for years unless the state unravels the roots of its nearly decade-long job slump, a new study by a University of Illinois economist warns. Contact: Jan Dennis
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
Journal of Medicinal ChemistryCompound created at OSU could become important new antidepressant Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered and synthesized a new compound that in laboratory and animal tests appears to be similar to, but may have advantages over one of the most important antidepressant medications in the world.
NIH/National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
Contact: James White
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
NeuroQuantology'Subjective time' can improve your bottom line Prof. Dan Zakay of the Department of Psychology at Tel Aviv University is presenting empirical evidence to show businesses how to use waiting time to their best advantage. His recent research, published in the journal NeuroQuantology, suggests that businesses can often keep customers from leaving with a few simple strategies. Contact: George Hunka
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
Economics Education ReviewEconomist's study finds that immigration doesn't threaten US-born students' chances at college Evaluating students' Scholastic Aptitude Test scores over seven years, a K-State economist concluded that US-born students' scores weren't negatively affected by immigration and their chances of applying to a top college weren't diminished. Contact: Florence Neymotin
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support SystemsSoft intelligence for hard decisions An approach to decision making based on soft metrics could allow problems to be solved where no definitive "yes-no" answer is possible in fields as diverse as health care, defense, economics, engineering, public utilities and science. Writing in the International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems Mihaela Quirk of Los Alamos National Laboratory explains how. Contact: Mihaela Quirk
Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
MicrobiologyBacteria toxic to wound-treating maggots Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot "bio-surgeons" used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective treatment of wounds and the development of novel antibiotics. Contact: Laura Udakis
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Journal of PersonalityFrom music to sports: Autonomy fosters passion among kids Parents take heed: children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion. According to a three-part study led by Genevieve Mageau, a psychology professor at the University of Montreal, parental control can predict whether a child develops a harmonious or obsessive passion for a hobby.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture
Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Not on the fast track to academic success? Try the slow road Scientists choosing a new research project should take time to find out where their interests lie. How do scientists decide what to investigate? Often, they choose an area that is in high demand, hoping to get their work into the best journals as soon as possible. Contact: Steve Pogonowski
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Critical Social PolicyBack to work policies need gender awareness UK programs designed to help the unemployed get back to work and support young parents are losing impact because they are not designed with the participants' gender in mind. Men as well as women can lose out as a result of "gender blind" policies. This finding, based on two case studies in the northeast of England, appears in Critical Social Policy this week, published by SAGE. Contact: Mithu Lucraft
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureScientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis A team of University of Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging field of quantum biology, observing quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contact: Sean Bettam
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