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Wireless Car Charging System Researched at ORNL
Power electronics engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working on a new electrical vehicles system that would enable charging to be done through a wireless technology. The process would ...

Contact: Fred Strohl
strohlhf@ornl.gov
865-574-4165
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

In Lung Cancer, Smokers Have 10 Times More Genetic Damage Than Never-Smokers
Lung cancer patients with a history of smoking have 10 times more genetic mutations in their tumors than those with the disease who have never smoked, according to a new study from Washington ...

Contact: Julia Evangelou Strait
straitj@wustl.edu
314-286-0141
Washington University School of Medicine

Saving Brains
This Grand Challenges Canada podcast contains excerpts of an interview with Dr. Peter A. Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada, and Dr. Karlee Silver, Program Officer for Women's and Children's ...

Contact: Terry Collins
tc@tca.tc
416-538-8712
Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health

Soil Holds Clues to Antibiotic Resistance (4 of 4)
Dr. Gautam Dantas discusses the research. This audio relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 31, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.J. Forsberg at Washington ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Children Taking Steroids for Asthma Are Slightly Shorter Than Peers
Children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don’t use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show.

Contact: Judy Martin Finch
martinju@wustl.edu
314-286-0105
Washington University School of Medicine

The Source of Indo-European Languages (5 of 5)
Dr. Quentin Atkinson discusses the research. This podcast relates to a paper that appeared in the August 24, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Remco Bouckaert at ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Gibbon Call (1 of 2)
This is a gibbon call without helium.

Contact: Ben Norman
Sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
44-012-437-70375
Wiley

Gibbon Call (2 of 2)
This is a gibbon call with helium.

Contact: Ben Norman
Sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
44-012-437-70375
Wiley

Biology Influences Judges' Sentencing (3 of 3)
Dr. James Tabery discusses the research. This audio relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 17, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by L.G. Aspinwall at University of ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Finally, the Promise of Male Birth Control in a Pill
In this interview Jay Bradner explains how his paper in Cell reveals a viable target for a male contraceptive.

Contact: Elisabeth (Lisa) Lyons
elyons@cell.com
617-386-2121
Cell Press