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Public Release: 9-May-2008
Development of new techniques to understand marble quality and durability
The results allow to establish durability controls in new constructions, preserve the historic heritage and restore it with guarantees. In addition, the research work offers the possibility of determining marbles quality and origin. This is an applied research line, transferable to the industry of ornamental stones, with the collaboration of the Universities of Granada and Gottinguen.
European Union
Contact: Eduardo Sebastián Pardo
rolando@ugr.es
34-958-243-340
Universidad de Granada
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Nature Genetics
How body size is regulated
Scientists are beginning to unravel the question why people distinctly vary in size. In cooperation with scientists of the HelmholtzZentrum München, an international genome-wide study has discovered ten new genes that influence body height and thus provides new insights into biological pathways that are important for human growth.
Contact: Heinz Joerg Haury
haury@helmholtz-muenchen.de
49-893-187-2460
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Designer isotopes push the frontier of science
Designer labels have a lot of cachet, a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics.
Contact: Diane Banegas
dbangeas@nsf.gov
703-292-4489
National Science Foundation
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Researchers uncover mechanism of action of antibiotic able to reduce neuronal cell death in brain
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered how an antibiotic works to modulate the activity of a neurotransmitter that regulates brain functions, which eventually could lead to therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, stroke, dementia and malignant gliomas.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Sathy Achia Abraham
sbachia@vcu.edu
804-827-0890
Virginia Commonwealth University
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
Study supports reason for concern in childhood and adolescent obesity
Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, which relates to cardiac health.
Contact: Pam Barber/Mary Ellen Fiorino
614-355-0495
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Public Release: 9-May-2008
New technique determines the number of fat cells remains constant in all body types
The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in fat cell volume, not an increase in the actual number of fat cells.
Contact: Anne Stark
stark8@llnl.gov
925-422-9799
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. They caught the immune cells, known as dendritic cells, "red-handed": they were carrying insulin and fragments of insulin-producing cells known as beta cells. This can be the first step in a misdirected immune system attack that destroys the beta cells, causing diabetes.
National Institutes of Health, Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation, Kilo Diabetes and Vascular Research Foundation
Contact: Michael Purdy
purdym@wustl.edu
314-286-0122
Washington University School of Medicine
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible.
Contact: Malcolm Davidson
malcolm.davidson@esa.int
31-715-655-957
European Space Agency
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Second BBVA Foundation study on the Internet in Spain
Although the range of uses has broadened, Internet remains primarily an information and communication resource: 88 percent use e-mail while 82 percent access the web to search for information. Entertainment use is likewise on the increase, as evidenced by the number of users who download music (53 percent) or films and videos (44 percent)
Contact: Javier Fernandez
comunicacion@fbbva.es
Fundación BBVA
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Ancient beachcombers may have travelled slowly
New evidence, more questions. That's the thumbnail of the first new data reported in 10 years from Monte Verde, the earliest known human settlement in the Americas.
Contact: Bobbie Mixon
bmixon@nsf.gov
703-292-8485
National Science Foundation
Public Release: 9-May-2008
University of Leicester to lead audit of adults with autism
The University of Leicester is leading on a national study to calculate the number of adults with autism, it has been announced today.
Contact: Professor Brugha
01-162-584-395
University of Leicester
Public Release: 9-May-2008
The Antennae Galaxies move closer
New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought -- 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years.
Contact: Lars Lindberg Christensen
lars@eso.org
49-893-200-6306
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
Public Release: 9-May-2008
Productivity rises when companies are facing closure
In companies that are slated to be shut down, productivity increases during the phase-out period itself. When management is busy dealing with matters other than daily operations, employees shoulder a greater responsibility for their work -- and efficiency is enhanced. According to business economist Magnus Hansson at Örebro University in Sweden, this shows that it is possible to boost productivity considerably without investing.
Contact: Ingrid Lundegardh
ingrid.lundegardh@oru.se
Swedish Research Council
Public Release: 8-May-2008
American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Risks for painkiller abuse do not outweigh benefits in chronic pain
As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of patients with no history of drug abuse who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain will show signs of possible drug abuse or dependence.
Contact: Chuck Weber
cpweber@weberpr.com
847-705-1802
American Pain Society
Public Release: 8-May-2008
American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Spine
American Pain Society's low back guideline expanded to cover interventional procedures
For low-back pain patients and their doctors, the American Pain Society said today it is expanding its evidence-based, clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic low back pain to include recommendations on surgery and other interventional treatments. The expanded guideline was previewed today in a symposium at the APS Annual Scientific Meeting.
American Pain Society
Contact: Chuck Weber
cpweber@weberpr.com
847-705-1802
American Pain Society
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Dying bats in the Northeast remain a mystery
Investigations continue into the cause of a mysterious illness that has killed thousands of bats since March 2008. At more than 25 caves and mines in the northeastern US, bats exhibiting a condition now referred to as "white-nosed syndrome" have been dying.
The US Geological Survey recently issued a Wildlife Health Bulletin, advising wildlife and officials throughout the US to lookout for the condition known as "white-nose syndrome" and to report suspected cases of the disease.
US Geological Survey
Contact: Kimberli Miller
kim_miller@usgs.gov
608-270-2448
United States Geological Survey
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Science
Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier
Designer labels have a lot of cachet -- a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics.
The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes -- the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies, according to Bradley Sherrill, a University Distinguished Professor of physics and associate director for research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Brad Sherrill
sherrill@nscl.msu.edu
517-333-6322
Michigan State University
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Angewandte Chemie International
Warming up for magnetic resonance imaging
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging, much faster, more selective -- able to distinguish even among different target molecular species -- and many thousands of times more sensitive, has been developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley. The new technique has the capacity to choose among targets by slight adjustments in temperature.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Paul Preuss
paul_preuss@lbl.gov
510-486-6249
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Clinical and Experimental Allergy
Study finds link between birth order and asthma symptoms
Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest or only children.
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Contact: Stephanie Berger
sb2247@columbia.edu
212-305-4372
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Nano Letters
Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon
Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.
National Science Foundation, German Research Foundation
Contact: Michael Patrick Rutter
mrutter@seas.harvard.edu
617-496-3815
Harvard University
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains
When it comes to using distiller's grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference.
Dr. Jim MacDonald, AgriLife Research beef nutritionist at Amarillo, said there's been some skepticism about using distiller's grains in this region. Distiller's grains are a by-product of ethanol processing that can be used for animal feed.
Contact: Dr. Jim MacDonald
jcmacdonald@ag.tamu.edu
806-677-5600
Texas A&M University - Agricultural Communications
Public Release: 8-May-2008
ACP says Medicare cuts will hurt physicians in small practices
Noting that many physicians across the country who lead small practices are at a business breaking point, David M. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians testified today before the House Small Business Committee. Dr. Dale emphasized that practices are medicine's small businesses, where much of their revenue is tied directly to Medicare's flawed reimbursement rates and formulas.
Contact: David Kinsman
dkinsman@acponline.org
202-261-4554
American College of Physicians
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Nature Methods
Magnet Lab researchers make observing cell functions easier
Now that the genome of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the "worker bees" of living cells that can turn genes on and off -- function.
Contact: Michael Davidson
davidson@magnet.fsu.edu
850-644-0542
Florida State University
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Science
Berkeley researchers identify photosynthetic dimmer switch
The pigment-binding protein CP29, one of the "minor" light-harvesting proteins in green plants, has been identified as a valve that permits or blocks the critical release of excess solar energy during photosynthesis. Furthermore, it has been proposed that the opening and closing of this valve can be controlled by raising or lowering ambient pH levels.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Lynn Yarris
lcyarris@lbl.gov
510-486-5375
DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Public Release: 8-May-2008
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study identifies molecular response of cartilage to injury
Explanation on why injury to joint cartilage escalates the risk of developing of osteoarthritis.
Contact: Sean Wagner
swagner@wiley.com
781-388-8550
Wiley-Blackwell
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