AMES, Iowa – When your family members gather at a picnic in your backyard, there may be 10 to 20 people -- maybe more -- enjoying your barbecue. When flies visit your party, be glad they don't bring their entire family. Houseflies have more than 152,000 cousins. And those are just the ones we know about. An Iowa State University researcher is one of a team of scientists who have recently researched the fly family tree -- one of the most complicated in the animal world. "It really isn't a tree, it's sort of a bush," said Gregory Courtney, professor of entomology, ...

StraighterLine (www.straighterline.com) announced today that New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) (http://necb.edu/) in Boston, MA, has joined StraighterLine's network of partner colleges. Founded in 1909, New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) is a leading Boston institution offering Associate's, Bachelor's and Master's business degrees online. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), and is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Through this partnership, students who successfully ...

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Errol's warming cloud temperatures as it was crossing the southern tip of West Timor today. West Timor is the western and Indonesian portion of the island of Timor. To the east lies the Timor Sea, to the west is the Southern Indian Ocean. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image on April 18 at 04:53 UTC (12:53 a.m. EDT) that showed very little strong convection (rapidly rising air that forms thunderstorms) remained in Errol. The ...

Leading Park Ridge dentist, Dr. Daniel Hogan, has enhanced his patients' ability to seek treatment through online appointment requesting. The online appointment feature was created in order to make routine appointment setting quick and convenient, as well as to increase the quality of care patients receive. Patients can easily access the appointment requesting feature via the practice's educational website. Providing patients with the opportunity to easily request appointments for various procedures and treatments creates a welcoming environment for this cosmetic dentist ...

The GOES-13 satellite captured images of the powerful weather system that triggered severe weather in the southern U.S. this weekend, and NASA created an animation to show its progression. GOES-13 satellite data showed the strong cold front as it moved eastward from Saturday through Monday and generated tornadoes before moving off-shore into the Atlantic Ocean. NASA's Aqua satellite also captured data from the system and took the temperature of the cold front's cloud tops and revealing severely cold temperatures of some of the thunderstorms. The Geostationary Operational ...

Leading podiatrist in Jackson, MS, Dr. Rose Sotolongo, provides patients with educational resources via the practice's interactive website. The website for this Ridgeland podiatrist gives patients the opportunity to view an extensive education library containing an array of information about foot and ankle health care, including plantar fasciitis in Jackson. Patients can access the education library via the practice's state-of-the-art website by clicking on the patient education link and simply typing a topic or ailment into the search box. With an array of educational ...

Top foot care in Scottsdale can be found with a visit to Dr. David Richer. This podiatrist in Scottsdale not only provides the highest quality of podiatric care in Scottsdale, but he also works hard to keep patients educated about their foot and ankle health. Patients can visit the practice's website to learn about their treatment options and symptoms for an increased understanding of good foot health. Dr. Richer invites patients to visit his practice's innovative website for all of their foot and ankle needs. The patient education library offers a wealth of tips and ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of scientists has developed a way to predict how much a person can learn, based on studies at UC Santa Barbara's Brain Imaging Center. A study published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) details the findings. Researchers collected brain imaging data from people performing a motor task, and then analyzed this data using new computational techniques. They found evidence that the flexibility of a person's brain can be used to predict how well someone will learn. The researchers view flexibility ...

Dentist in Jacksonville, Dr. Siamac Mashod, has recently added an educational library, providing patients with up-to-date information on various dental health topics including teeth whitening, veneers and implants in Jacksonville. Patients can visit the newly developed website to access the online patient education library and further strengthen their knowledge of proper dental health care. When patients need information about dental health care from this Jacksonville emergency dentist, they can simply visit the practice's website to access the patient education library ...

Leading dentist in Carlsbad, Dr. Scott Peters, has released a new, convenient website feature - online new patient forms. Patients can simply visit the practice's interactive website to access the new patient forms feature. By downloading and filling out the new patient forms, more time can be spent evaluating and receiving treatment rather than on paperwork in the waiting area. "It is important that each of my patients receives the appropriate care they need and deserve. Allowing my patients to view and print new patient forms from the practice's website further ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study shows how inflammation can help cause cancer. Chronic inflammation due to infection or to conditions such as chronic inflammatory bowel disease is associated with up to 25 percent of all cancers. This study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) found that inflammation stimulates a rise in levels of a molecule called microRNA-155 (miR-155). This, in turn, causes a drop in levels of proteins involved in DNA repair, ...

High up in the sky near the poles some 50 miles above the ground, silvery blue clouds sometimes appear, shining brightly in the night. First noticed in 1885, these clouds are known as noctilucent, or "night shining," clouds. Their discovery spawned over a century of research into what conditions causes them to form and vary – questions that still tantalize scientists to this day. Since 2007, a NASA mission called Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) has shown that the cloud formation is changing year to year, a process they believe is intimately tied to the weather and ...

Agog Digital Marketing Strategy Ltd (Agog Digital) was awarded as the No.1 Hong Kong search engine optimization (SEO) company in March 2011 by an independent search authority, Topseos. Agog Digital is really pleased with the achievement, especially as Agog Digital insists in using white-hat SEO techniques only. "In Hong Kong, many SEO service providers adopt search engine spamming techniques commonly referred to as black-hat techniques. It can gain a quick-fix result but may risk clients' websites' long-term presence in search engines," Mr. Jimsun Lui, Senior ...

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. is proud to announce its partnership with Miller Public Relations. With over fifteen years' experience helping medical health professionals, Miller Public Relations is the ideal partner to help raise Heart Test Laboratories' profile in the medical community. Having forged long-standing relationships with some of the nation's most renowned medical device, technology and pharmaceutical companies, the award-winning Medical Marketing Team at Miller Public Relations will create public relations and advertising programs that support the launch ...

Animals that reproduce asexually by somatic cloning have special mechanisms that delay ageing provide exceptionally good health. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have shown how colony-forming ascidians (or sea squirts) can activate the enzyme telomerase, which protects DNA. This enzyme is more active also in humans who attain an advanced age. "Animals that clone themselves, in which part of an individual's body is passes on to the next generations, have particularly interesting conditions related to remaining in good health to persist. This makes it useful to ...

Capt. Max Hardberger, known as "The Good Pirate" for his efforts to repossess illegitimately seized ships around the world, will present a free WorkBoat.com webinar on "Vessel Operations in Third-World Countries" on Wednesday, April 27. Registration is now open for the webinar, which will be held from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST, noon-1 p.m. CST. To register, visit www.WorkBoat.com. "With U.S. workboat operators expanding into global markets and sometimes sending vessels to work in unstable countries, it's essential to know the dangers and pitfalls ...

Squamous cell cancers, which can occur in multiple organs in the body, can originate from hair follicle stem cells, a finding that could result in new strategies to treat and potentially prevent the disease, according to a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. Researchers also found that the progeny of those cells, although just a few divisions away from the mother hair follicle stem cells, were not capable of forming squamous cell cancers. Further ...

DNA is under constant attack, from internal factors like free radicals and external ones like ionizing radiation. About 10 double-strand breaks – the kind that snap both backbones of the double helix – occur every time a human cell divides. To prevent not only gene mutations but broken chromosomes and chromosomal abnormalities known to cause cancer, infertility, and other diseases in humans, prompt, precise DNA repair is essential. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), working with cell lines of the fruit ...

Prepare for The 12th Annual Heart's Delight Wine Tasting & Auction, benefiting The American Heart Association, May 11-14, 2011 (www.HEARTSDELIGHTWINEAUCTION.org). The May 11 - May 14 benefit, known as a premier destination event, will feature master winemakers, culinary greats and distinguished guests. Wednesday's United States of Wine reception will showcase American Wine. Thursday's Private Dinner Series will offer a series of intimate wine dinners. Friday night Vintners Dinner will highlight the wines of Chateau Haut Brion, and following will be a live auction ...

By identifying a surprising association of two intracellular proteins, University of Iowa researchers have laid the groundwork for the development of new therapies to treat B cell lymphomas and autoimmune disease. The researchers studied mouse B cells expressing the viral protein Latent Membrane Protein 1 (LMP1), which has been implicated in several types of cancer because of its role in the proliferation and survival of Epstein-Barr virus infected B cells. They discovered that LMP1 needs the cellular protein Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) ...

A new study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows how analysing spinal fluid can help to detect Alzheimer's disease at an early stage. The researchers behind the study hope that their findings will contribute to a greater international breakthrough for this type of diagnostic method. It all comes down to biomarkers, substances that are found at abnormally high or low levels in patients who go on to develop Alzheimer's. The most common biomarkers to be identified by the researchers in the spinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's are proteins and peptides – ...

Los Angeles health insurance agents at Master Insurance Services have now made it easier than ever for self-employed individuals to find an insurance plan that suits their needs. Anyone can receive an instant quote by filling out the online form on Master Insurance Service's website and compare different plans from different providers and find the one that suits their needs without the hassle of searching around and checking different websites. The changing economic conditions continue to bring uncertainty to workers. Workers are learning to make personal sacrifices ...

Håkan Eggert's studies from Iceland and the Gullmar fjord on the Swedish west coast, reveal that when commercial fishermen are given fishing rights they voluntarily choose more sustainable fishing methods and earn far more. His research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, demonstrates that over-capacity in the fishing fleet can be reduced. Transferrable fishing rights were introduced in Sweden as late as 2009, and then only for species such as herring and mackerel. A report from the inquiry into Sweden's new Fishery Conservation Act has recently been out for consultation ...

Youngsters are, on average, 16 years old and sober when they make their sexual debut with somebody they have known for a while. However, condoms feature in just half of sexual encounters with new or casual partners, reveals a major survey on the sexual habits, attitudes and knowledge of young people carried out by the University of Gothenburg on behalf of the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control. "We have to get young people to view condoms as an essential part of having sex," says Ronny Heikki Tikkanen, one of the researchers behind the study which polled ...

Rotavirus vaccination in all areas of Brazil is associated with reduced diarrhea-related deaths and hospital admissions in children aged under five years, reports a study in this week's PLoS Medicine. Manish Patel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and colleagues show that these real-world impact data—what actually happens in reality rather than in strictly controlled clinical trial settings—are consistent with the clinical trials and conclude that their study strengthens the evidence base for use of rotavirus vaccination as ...