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Science31 Mar 2011

Lack of motivation, equipment main barriers for exercise for boys

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A lack of equipment and venues – and a lack of motivation even if those were available – are the main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys, according to recently published research from a Michigan State University nursing researcher. A study of sixth-grade boys' attitudes led by Lorraine Robbins from MSU's College of Nursing suggests an after-school physical activity program could help overcome the decrease in exercise typically seen in this age group. Robbins' research, published in the Journal of School Nursing, identified the benefits ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Researchers make the leap to whole-cell simulations

CHAMPAIGN, lll. — Researchers have built a computer model of the crowded interior of a bacterial cell that – in a test of its response to sugar in its environment – accurately simulates the behavior of living cells. The new "in silico cells" are the result of a collaboration between experimental scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biology in Germany and theoretical scientists at the University of Illinois using the newest GPU (graphics processing unit) computing technology. Their study appears in the journal PLoS Computational Biology. "This is the first time ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

Perimeter Hotel Offers Close Lodging to Fans Attending WestleMania at Georgia Dome

Sheraton Atlanta Perimeter Hotel North, located near Dunwoody, GA, offers convenient accommodations to fans attending WestleMania XXVII. Hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the event will take place at 6:30pm on Sunday, April 3 at Georgia Dome. Spectators can witness WWE Superstars, Divas and Legends as they take center stage at this exciting show. WestleMania XXVII match-ups and features include: - The Streak vs. The Game - WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs. The Miz - World Heavyweight Championship Match: Edge vs. Alberto del Rio - The Viper vs. Straight Edge ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Researchers publish molecular disease model for melanoma

Cancer Commons, an initiative of CollabRx, a provider of information technology to personalize cancer treatments and accelerate research, announces the publication of a molecular disease model of melanoma (MDMM) which classifies the disease into molecular subtypes, rather than traditional histological or cellular subtypes, and describes treatment guidelines for each subtype, including specific assays, drugs, and clinical trials. The paper, titled "Molecular Disease Model for Melanoma," by Vidwans et al, was published in the March 30th issue of PLoS ONE. Published as a ...

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Space31 Mar 2011

Kepler spacecraft gives Iowa State's Kawaler, astronomers a look inside red giant stars

AMES, Iowa – NASA's Kepler Mission is giving astronomers such a clear view of changes in star brightness that they can now see clues about what's happening inside red giant stars. "No one anticipated seeing this before the mission launched," said Steve Kawaler, an Iowa State University professor of physics and astronomy and a leader of the Kepler Asteroseismic Investigation. "That we could see so clearly down below a red giant star's surface was unexpected." The astronomers' preliminary findings are published in two papers: "Kepler Detected Gravity-Mode Period Spacings ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Atlanta Airport Hotel Near Georgia World Congress Center Provides Nearby Lodging to Guests Attending the 2011 Diabetes Expo on April 9

The Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Airport Hotel (North, I-85) offers nearby accommodations travelers attending the 2011 American Diabetes Association Expo from 9:00am - 4:00pm on April 9 at Georgia World Congress Center. Located approximately 7 miles from downtown Atlanta, this ATL Airport hotel is a great place for Atlanta travelers to stay. The Expo is free to attend and will include health screenings, cooking demonstrations, product and service exhibitors, and leading experts speaking on preventing and managing diabetes. Guests attending the Diabetes Expo learn how ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Game changer: Hepatitis C drug may revolutionize treatment

ST. LOUIS – The drug boceprevir helps cure hard-to-treat hepatitis C, says Saint Louis University investigator Bruce R. Bacon, M.D., author of the March 31 New England Journal of Medicine article detailing the study's findings. The results, which were first reported at the 61st annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease's last November, offer a brighter outlook for patients who have not responded to standard treatment. Bacon, who is professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and co-principal investigator ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity Announces Mara Galezazzi Charity Gala

Great Ormond Street Hospital has announced it will be holding another Charity Gala as part of its Theatres for Theatres Appeal. February 2011 saw Great Ormond Street Hospital holding the Andrew Lloyd Webber Wizard of Oz Charity Gala, and April 2011 will see the Royal Ballet Principal's Mara Galezzi's Charity Gala. For one night only, Mara Galezazzi, one of the world's leading ballet dancers, will be hosting and performing at a very special evening of dance, song and music. The event will be presented by Nicky Henson (who played Jack Edwards on the soap Eastenders') ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

HP Announces New Appointment for Carl Boustany

HP announced that Carl Boustany has been appointed HP IHPS segment specialist for Middle East, Mediterranean (Turkey and Greece) and Africa (MEMA). Based in Dubai, Boustany will provide support for the IHPS team within the MEMA region, promoting the HP T200 and the T300 Inkjet Web Presses. Following the success of these products in Europe, Boustany's role will be to further increase sales for IHPS and boost the conversion of analogue to digital in this region. "The digital printing industry is growing rapidly and there is great potential for the adoption of Inkjet ...

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Physics31 Mar 2011

Physicists detect low-level radioactivity from Japan arriving in Seattle

University of Washington physicists are detecting radioactivity from Japanese nuclear reactors that have been in crisis since a mammoth March 11 earthquake, but the levels are far below what would pose a threat to human health. On March 16, the scientists began testing air filters on the ventilation intake for the Physics-Astronomy Building on the UW campus, looking for evidence of dust particles containing radioactivity produced in nuclear fission. The first positive results came from filters that were in place from noon on March 17 to 2 p.m. on March 18. Readings ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Bariatric surgery reduces long-term cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients

NEW YORK (March 30, 2011) -- In the longest study of its kind, bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with diabetes. These results and other groundbreaking research were presented at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes, hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. "This is a watershed moment for diabetes care. With 20 years of data, we can really see how the surgery can improve a spectrum of health measures -- notably cardiovascular risk," says Dr. Francesco ...

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Technology31 Mar 2011

British Airways Creates Transatlantic Shuttle Service

British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have announced they will deliver more benefits to customers as schedules are coordinated across the North Atlantic and more destinations are launched in summer 2011. From March 27, American Airlines and British Airways will effectively create a transatlantic shuttle service between the top US-UK routes by aligning the timing on their schedules. The biggest change is on the Heathrow - New York route. Previously, five of the 11 daily flights to New York left Heathrow at almost exactly the same time, leaving gaps of up ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Hidden elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch elm disease

This press release is available in Spanish. Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists may have discovered "the map to El Dorado" for the American elm-a previously hidden population of elms that carry genes for resistance to Dutch elm disease. The disease kills individual branches and eventually the entire tree within one to several years. It has been accepted for 80 years that American elms (Ulmus americana) are tetraploids, trees with four copies of each chromosome. But there have also been persistent but dismissed rumors of trees that had fewer copies-triploids, ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

A woman's blues bring a relationship down

Depression erodes intimate relationships. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile—and give little back. But there's another way that depression isolates partners from each other. It chips away at the ability to perceive the others' thoughts and feelings. It impairs what psychologists call "empathic accuracy" —and that can exacerbate alienation, depression, and the cycle by which they feed each other. Three Israeli researchers—Reuma Gadassi and Nilly Mor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Eshkol Rafaeli at Bar-Ilan University—wanted to understand ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Fatal respiratory infections in endangered gorillas are linked to human contact

In a study published online this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report that a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans infected and contributed to the deaths of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park. This finding raises questions about the safety of ecotourism for endangered species. The study, which appears in the April issue of the journal, was conducted by scientists at Columbia University's Center for Infection and Immunity (CII), Roche 454 Life Sciences, the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center and the ...

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Engineering31 Mar 2011

Column Manufacturer HB&G Building Products Adds Aluminum Columns to its Line of Porch Columns

HB&G Building Products Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of porch columns, has announced a strategic alliance with Columns Inc., the original innovator and manufacturer of high quality aluminum columns. The Distribution, License and Supply Agreement now gives HB&G the exclusive right to manufacture, market, sell and distribute aluminum columns by Columns Inc. Operating out of Pearland, Texas, Columns Inc. revolutionized the porch column industry with the development of the first aluminum column dating back to 1963, and have consistently led that segment of the ...

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Environment31 Mar 2011

NOAA scientists find killer whales in Antarctic waters prefer weddell seals over other prey

NOAA's Fisheries Service scientists studying the cooperative hunting behavior of killer whales in Antarctic waters observed the animals favoring one type of seal over all other available food sources, according to a study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science. Researchers Robert Pitman and John Durban from NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, Calif., observed killer whales hunting in ice floes, off the western Antarctic Peninsula during January of 2009. While documenting the whales' behavior of deliberately creating waves to wash seals off ...

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Space31 Mar 2011

Astrophysicist: White dwarfs could be fertile ground for other Earths

Planet hunters have found hundreds of planets outside the solar system in the last decade, though it is unclear whether even one might be habitable. But it could be that the best place to look for planets that can support life is around dim, dying stars called white dwarfs. In a new paper published online Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Eric Agol, a University of Washington associate professor of astronomy, suggests that potentially habitable planets orbiting white dwarfs could be much easier to find – if they exist – than other exoplanets located so far. White ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

GSA Bulletin highlights: New research posted March 2-23, 2011

Boulder, CO, USA - GSA BULLETIN is now offering pre-issue publication of papers online. GSA invites you to sign up for e-alerts and be the first to have access to new journal content as it becomes available. Sign in at http://www.gsapubs.org/cgi/alerts with your e-mail address to manage your subscriptions for full tables of contents, TOC notification-only alerts, new "ahead of print" postings, and more. Widespread basement erosion during the late Paleocene-early Eocene in the Laramide Rocky Mountains inferred from 87Sr/86Sr ratios of freshwater bivalve fossils Majie ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

Having trouble achieving work-life balance? Knowing your strategies is key

TORONTO, ON - Essays are being written, final exams are looming and classes are reaching their busy conclusion. With conflicting demands from work, home and the classroom, this hectic time of year can be filled with stress. But according to new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), a little self-reflection could do us all a world of good. "People need to ask themselves, 'What roles do I play?' and 'Are these roles working for me?'" says Julie McCarthy, associate professor of organizational behaviour at UTSC. "And if they're not working, we then need ...

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Social Science31 Mar 2011

Smithsonian scientists find declining rainfall is a major influence for migrating birds

Instinct and the annual increase of daylight hours have long been thought to be the triggers for birds to begin their spring migration. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, however, have found that that may not be the case. Researchers have focused on how warming trends in temperate breeding areas disrupt the sensitive ecology of migratory birds. This new research shows that changes in rainfall on the tropical wintering grounds could be equally disruptive. The team's findings are published in scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

SJD Accountancy Appoints UK Agency iThinkMedia for Search Engine Optimisation and Web Marketing Services

Top 50 accountancy firm SJD Accountancy has appointed Search Engine Marketing specialist agency iThinkMedia to maximise their online presence in Search Engines along with providing a host of other web support services. Founded by entrepreneur Simon Dolan in 1992, SJD Accountancy is the UK's largest accountancy firm specialising in the Contractor, Freelancer and SME market with over 10,000 Limited Company clients and offices in all major UK cities. iThinkMedia have already completed a number of projects for SJD including the design and build of a new SJD Accountancy ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

Netbook Navigator Announces NAV7 Slate PC Tablet Running Windows 7 Is Now Available for Pre-Order

Netbook Navigator (www.NetbookNavigator.com), a leading provider of mobile devices, today announced the launch of the NAV7 Slate PC. Powered by Windows 7 and loaded with innovative best-in-class features, this cutting-edge new tablet redefines the concept of wireless PC mobility. Weighing just 1.25 lbs and equipped with a 1.6GHz Intel processor, up to 2GB RAM, 1.8" Solid State hard drive with up to 64GB of storage, 2 USB ports, front-side webcam, WIFI, Bluetooth and optional embedded 3G broadband, the NAV7 is essentially a full computer that can be carried with you practically ...

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Science31 Mar 2011

UCLA study finds cholesterol regulator plays key role in development of liver scarring, cirrhosis

UCLA researchers have demonstrated that a key regulator of cholesterol and fat metabolism in the liver also plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis — the build-up of collagen scar tissue that can develop into cirrhosis. Cirrhosis, in turn, is a major cause of premature death and is incurable without a liver transplant. Published in the March issue of the journal Gastroenterology, the study shows that liver X receptors (LXRs), master regulators of cholesterol, fat and inflammatory gene expression, also control the fibrosis-making cells of the liver, ...

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Medicine31 Mar 2011

Frequent CT scanning for testicular cancer surveillance associated with secondary malignancies

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — UC Davis cancer researchers have found that older men with early-stage testicular cancer who opt for surveillance with regular CT scans over lymph node removal are at greater risk for secondary cancers. The findings, published online last week in the journal Cancer, indicate that physicians should consider the risk of new cancers with surveillance when discussing treatment options with their patients. Along with a multi-disciplinary team of UC Davis researchers, Karim Chamie, a UC Davis urology resident at the time of the study, examined the cases ...

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