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Showing releases 301-325 out of 367 releases.
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
The stars behind the curtain ESO is releasing a magnificent VLT image of the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born. Embedded in this scenic nebula is one of the most luminous and most compact clusters of young, massive stars in our Milky Way, which therefore serves as an excellent "local" analogue of very active star-forming regions in other galaxies. The cluster also hosts the most massive star to be "weighed" so far. Contact: Dr. Henri Boffin
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Craters young and old in Sirenum Fossae The Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera has imaged craters both young and old in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars. Contact: Roberto Lo Verde
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
 Critical Social PolicyBack to work policies need gender awareness UK programs designed to help the unemployed get back to work and support young parents are losing impact because they are not designed with the participants' gender in mind. Men as well as women can lose out as a result of "gender blind" policies. This finding, based on two case studies in the northeast of England, appears in Critical Social Policy this week, published by SAGE. Contact: Mithu Lucraft
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Journal of Clinical NursingViolence is part of the job say nurses as study shows only 1 in 6 incidents are reported Three-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported. The majority had been verbally abused, 69 percent had been physically threatened and 52 percent had been physically assaulted. Forty percent had been involved in an incident with a weapon, including guns and knives. Emergency department nurses faced an average of 46 incidents a year, with mental health nurses facing an average of 40 per year. Contact: Annette Whibley
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Biological PsychiatryBrain dopamine receptor density correlates with social status People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the Feb. 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Contact: Maureen Hunter
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureScientists find ideal target for malaria therapy Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a protein made by the malaria parasite that is essential to its ability to take over human red blood cells. 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes of Health
Contact: Michael C. Purdy
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Genome ResearchScripps Research and GIS scientists map epigenome of human stem cells during development Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Genome Institute of Singapore led an international effort to build a map that shows in detail how the human genome is modified during embryonic development. This detailed mapping is a significant move towards the success of targeted differentiation of stem cells into specific organs, which is a crucial consideration for stem cell therapy.
National Institutes of Health, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, A*STAR of Singapore, Esther B. O'Keeffe Foundation
Contact: Keith McKeown
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureStanford researchers explore link between human birth defect syndrome, cancer metastasis Some cells are natural rule-breakers. Neural crest cells for example, not only migrate throughout the body during development (most cells are more selective in their wandering), they are also more developmentally flexible than their predecessors (a no-no for nearly all cell types). Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that a protein that controls DNA accessibility is responsible for the cells' unruly ways. Contact: Krista Conger
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Genome ResearchScientists map epigenome of human stem cells during development Singapore and US scientists have mapped major components of the epigenome and DNA methylation for the entire human DNA sequence, and compared three cell types representing three stages of human development. Contact: Winnie Serah Lim
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureSome morbidly obese people are missing genes, shows new research A small but significant proportion of morbidly obese people are missing a section of their DNA, according to research published today in Nature. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and 10 other European centers, say that missing DNA such as that identified in this research may be having a dramatic effect on some people's weight. Contact: Lucy Goodchild
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureBad news for mosquitoes: Yale study may lead to better traps, repellents Yale University researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease that kills 1 million people annually.
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Contact: Bill Hathaway
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureScientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis A team of University of Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging field of quantum biology, observing quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contact: Sean Bettam
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NatureMalaria's key survival protein identified, offering drug hope Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have identified a key protein used by the malaria parasite to transform human red blood cells, ensuring the parasite's survival. Their discovery means researchers have a clear target against which to develop a new class of anti-malarial drugs that destroy the parasite.
National Institutes of Health, National Health and Medical Research Council
Contact: Penny Fannin
Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
NeurologyRecent immigrants may have lower risk of early stroke New immigrants to North America may be less likely to have a stroke at a young age than long-time residents, according to a study published in the Feb. 3, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Contact: Rachel Seroka
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Physical Review LettersSpherical cows help to dump metabolism law The mysterious "3/4 law of metabolism" is wrong. "Actually, it's 2/3," says University of Vermont mathematician Peter Dodds. His analysis from networks helps overturn almost 80 years of belief in a near-mystical relationship between the size of animals and their resting metabolism. Contact: Joshua Brown
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Molecular TherapyExperimental stem cell treatment arrests acute lung injury in mice, study shows Stem cell researchers exploring a new approach for the care of respiratory diseases report that an experimental treatment involving transplantable lung cells was associated with improved outcomes in tests on mice with acute lung injury. The lung cells were derived from human embryonic stem cells. Findings by investigators at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are scheduled to appear in the March issue of Molecular Therapy.
National Institutes of Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Clive and Nancy Runnells Program for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Contact: Robert Cahill
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Biomaterials3-D scaffold provides clean, biodegradable structure for stem cell growth A natural material derived from crustacean shell and algae supports the growth of human embryonic stem cells. Contact: Hannah Hickey
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Charles Drew cancer studies with yeast yield excellent results A researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is investigating the potential use of nonpathogenic baker's yeast as a promising, natural therapy for cancer. Dr. Mamdooh Ghoneum presented his findings Tuesday, Feb. 2 at a special conference on "Cell Death Mechanism," sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research at the Omni San Diego Hotel in San Diego. Contact: Elia Esparza
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
PLoS One3 brain diseases linked by toxic form of same neural protein Researchers have found that three different degenerative brain disorders are linked by a toxic form of the same protein. Elk-1 was found in clumps of misshaped proteins that are the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease. This suggests a molecular link between the presence of inclusions and neuronal loss that is shared across a spectrum of neurodegenerative disease. Identifying these links could open up novel avenues for therapeutic intervention.
NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Contact: Karen Kreeger
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Journal of Vertebrate PaleontologyUF researchers: Ancient crocodile relative likely food source for Titanoboa A 60-million-year-old relative of crocodiles described this week by University of Florida researchers in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology was likely a food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known. Contact: Alex Hastings
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesResearchers show applied electric field can significantly improve hydrogen storage properties An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Sathya Achia Abraham
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Environmental Science & TechnologyStorm runoff and sewage treatment outflow contaminated with household pesticides Pyrethroid pesticides were supposed to be a benign replacement for organophosphates used around the home, but a UC Berkeley and Southern Illinois University study shows that these insecticides are showing up at toxic levels in storm runoff and even in the effluent from sewage treatment plants. While the levels are not high enough to harm fish, they may be enough to kill the mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly larvae upon which the fish feed.
State of California
Contact: Robert Sanders
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Annals of SurgeryCommunity hospitals offer a safe surgical option for some cancer surgeries Low-risk patients who require certain cancer surgeries can have the procedures performed with low operative mortality rates at community hospitals, according to a new study. But patients who are considered high risk or who need complicated cancer surgeries have a higher survival rate at specialized cancer centers, reports a study from Northwestern University and the American College of Surgeons. Contact: Marla Paul
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Cochrane LibraryWomen should be allowed to eat, drink during labor: Queen's University researcher The traditional practice of restricting food and fluids during labor does not provide any benefits, finds a new review co-authored by a Queen's University associate professor. Contact: Michael Onesi
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Baker Institute Report: Mapping the territorial contours of an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement A report published today by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy offers concrete recommendations to US negotiators on the territorial component of an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. Contact: David Ruth
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