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American Academy of Forensic Sciences3D animation gives evidence more bite
Bite marks can be vital evidence in assaults and homicides, but using forensic bite-marks to match a criminal has come in for severe criticism. Now, Australian researchers hope to make the technique more accurate with animated 3D reconstructions matching a crime suspect's teeth to a bite.
Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-611-1210
New Scientist
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Astrophysical JournalSuperglue of planet formation: Sticky ice
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, reporting in Astrophysical Journal, offer a cool answer to an age-old planet- formation riddle: Micron-wide dust particles encrusted with molecularly gluey ice enabled planets to bulk up like dirty snowballs quickly enough to overcome the scattering force of solar winds.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Bill Cannon
cannon@pnl.gov
509-375-3732
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Journal of Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyStudy finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
Cockroach allergens exacerbate the symptoms of asthmatic children living in inner cities – more so than dust mite or pet allergens – and amounts of cockroach allergens varies widely in cities across the country, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher involved in a multicenter study.
Contact: Staishy Bostick Siem
staishy.siem@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Dig Manchester!
The University of Manchester's Field Archaeology Centre is to continue its successful 'Dig Manchester' project, which gives local communities the opportunity to sample archaeology in their own area, after receiving £500,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
Heritage Lottery Fund
Contact: Jo Grady
jo.grady@manchester.ac.uk
44-161-275-2018
University of Manchester
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Heart Center cardiologist performs rare liver catheter intervention on teen
Through an innovative catheterization procedure, a pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's Heart Center in Houston repaired a severe liver condition in a 14-year-old male. The doctor used a catheter and septal occluder device that is generally used to close holes in children's hearts. Similar procedures have been reported only six times in medical literature.
Contact: Carol Wittman
cmwittma@texaschildrenshospital.org
832-824-2040
Texas Children's Hospital
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Brain Awareness WeekBrain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
Brain Awareness Week is a science and health education fair to teach students about the brain. March 14–18, 2005, National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army M0edical Center, Washington, D.C. NIH will present short lessons on brain health and neuroscience on March 16th and 17th. Participating institutes: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Contact: Jennifer Loukissas
nimhpress@nih.gov
301-443-4536
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
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Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesFinding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest
Novel techniques from a high-altitude aircraft, have detected two species of invading plants that are changing the ecology of rain forest near the Kilauea Volcano in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The study, led by Dr. Gregory Asner of the Carnegie Institution, found that the native dominant tree 'ohia' (Metrosideros polymorpha) has been taken over by the invading Canary Islands tree, Myrica faya. They also identified areas where Myrica invasion is in its early stages.
National Science Foundation, NASA New Investigator Program, Mellon Foundation, Carnegie Institution
Contact: Dr. Gregory Asner
gpa@stanford.edu
650-380-2828
Carnegie Institution
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ScienceHydrogen and methane sustain unusual life at sea floor's 'Lost City'
The hydrothermal vents at the ocean bottom were miles from any location scientists could have imagined. One massive seafloor vent was 18 stories tall. All were creamy white and gray, suggesting a very different composition than the hydrothermal vent systems that have been studied since the 1970s.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
cdybas@nsf.gov
703-292-7734
National Science Foundation
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NatureTemperature inside collapsing bubble four times that of sun
Using a technique employed by astronomers to determine stellar surface temperatures, chemists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have measured the temperature inside a single, acoustically driven collapsing bubble. Their results seem out of this world.
National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contact: James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
kloeppel@uiuc.edu
217-244-1073
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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NatureWhat the eye doesn't see
The first experimental evidence that birds can be deceived by camouflage in the same way that humans are deceived, is published today in Nature [3 March 2005].
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Contact: Cherry Lewis
cherry.lewis@bristol.ac.uk
44-117-928-8086
University of Bristol
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