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Personalizing medicine: New American Chemical Society Prized Science video
Personalized medicine -- the promise of customizing treatments that will work best for each individual patient -- could get a boost from advances in understanding how the proteins that help determine health and disease take the three-dimensional shapes needed to work in the body. That's the message of the latest episode of a popular video series from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The videos are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and on DVD.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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Developmental PsychologyRethinking reading
Many educators have long believed that when words differ on only one sound, early readers can learn the rules of phonics by focusing on what is different between the words. Scientists at the University of Iowa are turning that thinking on its head. A recent study shows certain kinds of variation in words may help early readers learn better.
Contact: Kelli Andresen
kelli-andresen@uiowa.edu
319-384-0070
University of Iowa
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Current BiologyAn elephant that speaks Korean
An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, speaking words in Korean that can be readily understood by those who know the language. The elephant accomplishes this in a most unusual way: he vocalizes with his trunk in his mouth.
Contact: Elisabeth (Lisa) Lyons
elyons@cell.com
617-386-2121
Cell Press
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IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and SystemsOff to the future with a new soccer robot
Computer scientists from the University of Bonn have developed a new robot whose source code and design plan is publicly accessible. It is intended to facilitate the entry into research on humanoids, in particular, the TeenSize Class of the RoboCup. The scientists recently introduced the new robot at the IROS Conference (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) in Portugal.
Contact: Dr. Sven Behnke
behnke@cs.uni-bonn.de
49-228-734-116
University of Bonn
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'Worm Mutants' discovery-based genetics course wins Science magazine prize
The lab module Worm Mutants allows students to formulate their own questions and lay out their own experimental plans. Because of its effectiveness at getting students to think about and experience the processes and concepts involved, rather than having them learn them by rote, Worm Mutants has been selected to win the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.
Contact: Natasha Pinol
npinol@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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NJIT math professor calls Detroit Tigers a favorite to win World Series
Since the Major League Baseball Division Series and League Championship Series have determined which teams will compete in the World Series, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has again analyzed the probability of each team taking the title.
Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Animal CognitionPuppies don't pick up on yawns
Do you get tired when others yawn? Does your dog get tired when you yawn? New research from Lund University establishes that dogs catch yawns from humans. But not if the dogs are too young. The study, published in Springer's journal Animal Cognition, found that, like humans, dogs show a developmental trend in susceptibility to contagious yawning.
Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, Lund University, Elisabeth Rausings Minnesfond
Contact: Joan Robinson
joan.robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer
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Current BiologyA whale with a distinctly human-like voice
For the first time, researchers have been able to show by acoustic analysis that whales--or at least one very special white whale--can imitate the voices of humans. That's a surprise, because whales typically produce sounds in a manner that is wholly different from humans, say researchers who report their findings in the Oct. 23 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Contact: Elisabeth (Lisa) Lyons
elyons@cell.com
617-386-2121
Cell Press
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PLOS ONEDolphins can remain alert for up to 15 days at a time with no sign of fatigue
Dolphins sleep with only one half of their brains at a time, and according to new research published Oct. 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE, this trait allows them to stay constantly alert for at least 15 days in a row.
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan
jmadhusoodanan@plos.org
415-568-4545 x187
Public Library of Science
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Fostering tomorrow's scientific breakthroughs: New American Chemical Society video
A new episode in the American Chemical Society's popular Prized Science video series features a virtuoso in teaching the next generation of scientists, who must discover tomorrow's life-saving medicines and new fuels and help solve other global challenges. The videos from the world's largest scientific society are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and by request on DVD.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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