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Science26 Mar 2012

Viewpoint Supports Accessible Taxis with 2012 Model Launch

New Yorkers with disabilities are now able to ride in a fleet of brand new wheelchair accessible vehicles. Viewpoint Mobility, in collaboration with The Braun Corporation, announced the approval of its 2012 vehicle conversions in New York City taxi fleets. Many of the 2012 conversions are on the streets already and will continue to be introduced throughout the year. The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) confirmed Viewpoint's value to New York, making its vehicles one of only three approved 2012 accessible taxi models in the city. Of the accessible cabs currently ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Revenue Generation Training takes Cary Kaplan to Calgary to work with the Flames

Cosmos Sports president Cary Kaplan has trained countless teams in the NHL, including Stanley Cup winners the Calgary Flames. Travelling to Alberta in 2008, Cary taught the executives of the Flames all the skills and strategies they needed to increase their existing revenue and generate new profit as well. Cosmos Sports is very proud of its sports marketing in Calgary. Cary and his unique approaches to revenue generation are well-known within the sports industry, especially with the training he's done for numerous major league teams and organizations. However, with two ...

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Social Science26 Mar 2012

High school math teachers may not make the grade when it comes to gender bias

Austin, TX—Do some high school teachers think math is harder for girls than boys? The authors of a new study say yes. Researchers looked at student grades, test scores and how teachers rated their students' abilities. They found that while on average teachers rate minority students lower than their white male counterparts, these differences disappear once grades are taken into account. (Those findings are consistent with decades of research on the minority gap in math achievement.) The new research, however, found bias against white girls that can't be explained by their ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

AGU: Small clique of nations found to dominate global trading web of food, water

WASHINGTON - It's not easy, or economically feasible, to ship freshwater across the globe. But when scientists use food as a proxy for that water - taking into account how much crops are irrigated and livestock are fed - they can get a glimpse of the flow of freshwater between countries. When one research group studied this "virtual water network," they found that the interconnectedness between countries has almost doubled over the last two decades - potentially lending some resiliency to the water trade. Still, a handful of nations control a majority of the freshwater ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Rosa to Present at 2012 Keystone Symposia: Advances in Islet Biology

Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced that the results from a recent research project will be presented at the 2012 Keystone Symposia: " Advances in Islet Biology " in Monterey, California on March 28, 2012. Dr. Mike Reed will be presenting a poster entitled "Non-invasive prediction of beta cell mass in type 2 diabetes: insights from a mathematical model". The poster describes the development of an improved approach to develop and validate biomarkers of pancreatic ...

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Earth Science26 Mar 2012

Discovery sheds new light on wandering continents

A layer of partially molten rock about 22 to 75 miles underground can't be the only mechanism that allows continents to gradually shift their position over millions of years, according to a NASA-sponsored researcher. The result gives insight into what allows plate tectonics – the movement of the Earth's crustal plates – to occur. "This melt-rich layer is actually quite spotty under the Pacific Ocean basin and surrounding areas, as revealed by my analysis of seismometer data," says Dr. Nicholas Schmerr, a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow. "Since it only exists in certain ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Dial An Exchange Advances To Platinum-level Sponsorship For Timeshare and Fractional Networking Expo GNEX 2013

Perspective Magazine ( http://perspectivemagazine.com ) announces that Dial An Exchange (DAE) has once again increased its involvement for the Third Annual Global Networking Expo, GNEX 2013 - The Global Meeting Of Minds, by becoming a Platinum Sponsor of the event, to be held February 4-6, 2013 at the world famous Beverly Wilshire - A Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. "We are excited to be a part of the GNEX 2013! We have found it to be a great networking platform and have done good business at every GNEX event," said Francis Taylor, CEO of ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Consensus guidelines: Return of results to participants in genomics research

Karen J. Maschke, a research scholar at The Hastings Center, is coauthor of a consensus article that explicitly outlines "significant new responsibilities" for biobanks concerning the return of incidental findings and individual research results to people whose biospecimens were used in genetic and genomic studies. The consensus paper addresses the growing ethical debate over the responsibility of researchers and biobanks – repositories of human biospecimens, such as blood and tissue – to inform biospecimen contributors about findings in genetic or genomic research that ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Tectoniks Launch New Temporary Event Structure - The Sensu Pavilion

The Sensu Pavilion can be manufactured in a range of sizes and the design can be customized to suit clients' exact requirements. It is available in three standard sizes offering 6,500, 8,600 and 10,750 square feet of floor space and yet each can be installed in less than a day on a variety of surfaces including turf and hard standings. Since Tectoniks design and manufacture everything in-house, the pavilion can be supplied in sizes to suit specific applications. Like its namesake, (Sensu is a Japanese folding fan), the pavilion packs down to a fraction of its deployed ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Can our genes be making us fat?

CHICAGO—While high-fat foods are thought to be of universal appeal, there is actually a lot of variation in the extent to which people like and consume fat. A new study in the March issue of the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists, reported that two specific genes (TAS2R38–a bitter taste receptor and CD36–a possible fat receptor), may play a role in some people's ability to taste and enjoy dietary fat. By understanding the role of these two genes, food scientists may be able to help people who have trouble controlling how much fat ...

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Earth Science26 Mar 2012

Sediment sleuthing

A University of Delaware oceanographer has stumbled upon an unusual aid for studying local waterways: radioactive iodine. Trace amounts of the contaminant, which is used in medical treatments, are entering waterways via wastewater treatment systems and providing a new way to track where and how substances travel through rivers to the ocean. "This is a really interesting convergence of medicine, public health and environmental science," said Christopher Sommerfield, associate professor of oceanography in UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment. Sommerfield found ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

PryMarke, LLC Signs Additional Book Contracts

Today the Michigan-based business analytics firm, PryMarke, announced the signing of two book contracts with publisher IGI Global of Pennsylvania. The first book titled, "Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business", will be an advanced edition of the company's first publication, "Cultural Variations and Business Performance: Contemporary Globalism", which was released this month worldwide via Amazon.com and local book stores. The second book titled, "Transcultural Human Capital for Competitive Global Business", will be a human ...

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Social Science26 Mar 2012

MIT graduate students head to Capitol Hill to deliver petition in support of research funding

Washington, DC – March 22, 2012 – A contingent of science and engineering graduate students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will deliver a petition in support of research funding to members of Congress on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Stand With Science is an effort to bring together America's science and engineering graduate community and add their voice to the ongoing discussion about the federal deficit. (www.standwithscience.com) "Stand With Science has drafted a letter to the members of congress, urging them to maintain science and engineering funding ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Top Internet Marketer Scotti Blair Finishes his First Day of the A.F.L. in Hasbrouck Heights NJ

Scotti arrived in Hasbrouck Heights late on Friday night and right away knew he was in good company. He started with a little dinner and met his peer Greg also attending the A.F.L. the following morning. When the alarm went off it was up to start the journey of being the next top internet marketer in his field. Among those that attended were Aaron and Sophia Rashkin and members from the loyal 9 some of the top dogs in the business. Off to a great start he learn and absorb more than the normal truck driver from a small town. A short shuttle ride and the day had began, ...

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Physics26 Mar 2012

Standoff sensing enters new realm with dual-laser technique

Identifying chemicals from a distance could take a step forward with the introduction of a two-laser system being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a paper published in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Ali Passian and colleagues present a technique that uses a quantum cascade laser to "pump," or strike, a target, and another laser to monitor the material's response as a result of temperature-induced changes. That information allows for the rapid identification of chemicals and biological agents. "With two lasers, one ...

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Medicine26 Mar 2012

Scientists reprogram cancer cells with low doses of epigenetic drugs

Experimenting with cells in culture, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have breathed possible new life into two drugs once considered too toxic for human cancer treatment. The drugs, azacitidine (AZA) and decitabine (DAC), are epigenetic-targeted drugs and work to correct cancer-causing alterations that modify DNA. The researchers said the drugs also were found to take aim at a small but dangerous subpopulation of self-renewing cells, sometimes referred to as cancer stem cells, which evade most cancer drugs and cause recurrence and spread. In a ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Eric Omand Attended AFL Mastermind This Past Weekend With Top Earning Online Entrepreneurs in New Jersey

Top earning online entrepreneurs Aaron Rashkin and Sohia Rashkin as well as the Loyal 9 Revolution (Justin Woolf, Kevin Levonas, Anthony Busciglio, Jordon Crowder, Frank Scott, and Benny Bells) hosted the Legacy Mastermind this past weekend in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. The Legacy Mastermind was all about taking action and the implementation of the nuts and bolts required to create a seven figure a year online business. The same online leaders have hosted mastermind events in the past and all graduates report that their businesses have been catapulted as a result. 20 online ...

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Engineering26 Mar 2012

Pulp NonFiction: Fungal analysis reveals clues for targeted biomass deconstruction

Without fungi and microbes to break down dead trees and leaf litter in nature, the forest floor might look like a scene from TV's "Hoarders." Massive-scale genome sequencing projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and being carried out at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) highlight the importance of learning how the cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin that serve as a plant's infrastructure can be broken down by these forest organisms to extract needed nutrients. Among the fungi being studied are species that can selectively break down the cell wall ...

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Medicine26 Mar 2012

Mayo Clinic-TGen study role testosterone may play in triple negative breast cancer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Could blocking a testosterone receptor lead to a new way to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer? That's a question researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are exploring. Preliminary results of a Mayo Clinic - TGen collaborative study shows the testosterone receptor may be a potential target to attack in treating triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Lead researcher Barbara Pockaj, M.D., a surgical oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona will present the results of the study at the 65th annual ...

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Physics26 Mar 2012

Magnetic field researchers target 100-tesla goal

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 22, 2012 -- Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory's biggest magnet facility today met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while conducting six different experiments. The hundred-tesla level is roughly equivalent to 2 million times Earth's magnetic field. "This is our moon shot, we've worked toward this for a decade and a half," said Chuck Mielke, director of the Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos. The team used the 100-tesla pulsed, multi-shot magnet, a combination of seven coils sets weighing ...

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Technology26 Mar 2012

Diatom biosensor could shine light on future nanomaterials

SEQUIM, Wash. – A glow coming from the glassy shell of microscopic marine algae called diatoms could someday help us detect chemicals and other substances in water samples. And the fact that this diatom can glow in response to an external substance could also help researchers develop a variety of new, diatom-inspired nanomaterials that could solve problems in sensing, catalysis and environmental remediation. Fluorescence is the key characteristic of a new biosensor developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The biosensor, ...

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Environment26 Mar 2012

Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past. In a study published on March 23 in the journal Fish and Fisheries, a team of marine scientists reconstructed fisheries yields over seven centuries of human habitation in Hawaii and the Florida Keys, the largest coral reef ecosystems in the United States, and evaluated the management strategies associated with periods of sustainability. The results surprised them. "Before European contact, Native Hawaiians were catching fish at rates that far ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Adner Colon Attend Exclusive Action Freedom Legacy Mastermind Event at Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Online Marketing Entrepreneur Adner Colon knew his life would change when he joined Carbon Copy Pro in February 2012 but not in the way he expected. Online Marketing Entrepreneur Adner Colon knew his life would change when he joined Carbon Copy Pro in February 2012 but not in the way he expected. On March 24th and 25th Adner Colon will be attending an exclusive Action Freedom Legacy (AFL) Legacy Mastermind event at Hasbrouck Heights. The trainers for the event are Aaron and Sophia Raskin and members of the Loyal 9 who are top producers in the online marketing industry. Here's ...

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Science26 Mar 2012

Low serum adiponectin levels predict future risk for asthma in women

Low serum adiponectin levels predict an increased future risk for developing asthma in middle-aged women, particularly among smokers, according to a new study. "Adiposity is known to be related to asthma. Although a causal link between adiponectin (a protein produced by adipose tissue) and asthma has been demonstrated in mice, the evidence in humans has been conflicting," said lead author Akshay Sood, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. "In an ...

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Medicine26 Mar 2012

Periodontal therapy reduces hospitalizations and medical care costs in diabetics

Tampa, Fla., USA – Today, during the 41st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, an abstract titled "Periodontal Therapy Reduces Hospitalizations and Medical Care Costs in Diabetics" to determine if periodontal treatment was associated with the number of hospitalizations and cost of medical care among diabetics with periodontal disease. A longitudinal study compared medical costs for diabetic subjects with periodontal disease ...

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