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Public Release: 3-May-2006
How long is a day on Saturn?
Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems. Researchers from JPL, Imperial College London and UCLA present new results in this week's Nature (4th May 2006) that may solve the mystery. Using the magnetometer instrument on Cassini, they have found a clear period in the magnetic field of the planet that they believe indicates a day of 10 hours and 47 minutes.
Contact: Julia Maddock
Julia.maddock@pparc.ac.uk
44-179-344-2094
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Public Release: 29-Apr-2006
Pediatric Academic Societies
Mothers often have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body weight, study shows
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body mass index and believe they are healthy when they are overweight, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco.
NIH/National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Phyllis Brown
pbrown@pubaff.ucsf.edu
415-476-2557
University of California - San Francisco
Public Release: 27-Apr-2006
Science
UC Berkeley researchers create a biologically-inspired artificial compound eye
Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes. These eyes can eventually be used as cameras or sensory detectors to capture visual or chemical information from a wider field of vision than previously possible.
Contact: Liese Greensfelder
lieseg@berkeley.edu
510-643-7741
University of California - Berkeley
Public Release: 26-Apr-2006
A flying carpet to take us to Pluto
A giant flexible solar panel unfurled in space could one day provide power to space shuttles on long-haul space flights. Although a long way before the technology becomes a reality, researchers believe it may provide a practical alternative to nuclear propulsion – considered undesirable because of a potential accident.
Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-611-1210
New Scientist
Public Release: 25-Apr-2006
The comet with a broken heart
On the night of April 23 to 24, ESO's Very Large Telescope observed fragment B of the comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 that had split a few days earlier. To their great surprise, the ESO astronomers discovered that the piece just ejected by fragment B was splitting again! Five other mini-comets are also visible on the image. The comet seems thus doomed to disintegrate but the question remains in how much time.
Contact: Henri Boffin
hboffin@eso.org
49-893-200-6222
ESO
Public Release: 25-Apr-2006
Intelligence
Girls have big advantage over boys on timed tests
New research attempting to shed light on the evergreen question -- just how do male and female brains differ? -- has found that timing is everything.
Scottish Rite Foundation of Nashville, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Contact: Melanie Moran
melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu
615-322-2706
Vanderbilt University
Public Release: 25-Apr-2006
PLoS Biology
Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus
An invasive weed that has spread across much of the US harms native maples, ashes, and other hardwood trees by releasing chemicals harmful to a soil fungus the trees depend on for growth and survival, scientists report this week in the Public Library of Science. The tree-stifling alien, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), first introduced into the US in the 1860s, has since spread to Canada and 30 states in the East and Midwest, with recent sightings as far west as Oregon.
National Science Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Harvard University's Bullard Foundation
Contact: Steve Bradt
steve_bradt@harvard.edu
617-496-8070
Harvard University
Public Release: 24-Apr-2006
Opthalmic Epidemiology
Look out! Eyeglass injuries may lead to hospital visit
Injuries related to wearing glasses sent an estimated 27,000 people to the emergency department in 2002 and 2003, a new study suggests. But the researchers say that such injuries could be avoided if people would wear protective eyewear during activities that put them at high risk of eye injury.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contact: Huiyun Xiang
XiangH@pediatrics.ohio-state.edu
614-355-2768
Ohio State University
Public Release: 24-Apr-2006
The world's deepest dinosaur finding - 2256 metres below the seabed
The somewhat rough uncovering of Norway's first dinosaur happened in the North Sea, at an entire 2256 metres below the seabed. While most nations excavate their skeletons using a toothbrush, the Norwegians found one using a drill. The fossil represents the world's deepest dinosaur finding.
Contact: Jørn Harald Hurum
j.h.hurum@nhm.uio.no
472-285-1655
The Research Council of Norway
Public Release: 18-Apr-2006
Calcium supplements may be little help for healthy kids
There's little question that most kids get too little calcium, but a new review of evidence casts doubt on the value of supplements and calcium-fortified foods to build stronger bones.
"The review shows that supplementing the diet with calcium in healthy children has little benefit for bone health," said lead author Tania Winzenberg.
Contact: Dr. Tania Winzenberg
tania.winzenberg@utas.edu.au
61-362-267-770
Center for Advancing Health
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