NASA's Stardust spacecraft, equipped with the University of Chicago's Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFMI), is hurtling at more than 24,000 miles an hour toward a Valentine's Day encounter with comet Tempel 1. Stardust will approach to within 124 miles of Tempel 1 at 10:56 p.m. CST Monday, Feb. 14. The spacecraft flew within 150 miles of comet Wild 2 in 2004, when it collected thousands of tiny dust particles streaming from the comet's nucleus for laboratory analysis. The spacecraft dropped off the samples in a canister that parachuted onto the desert salt flats of ...

CCRA Travel Solutions - a leading provider of business-related solutions for professional travel planners and industry suppliers - today announced the launch of a new program called, "Better Than Best." Through this new CCRA program, over 18,800 participating hotels will be offering travel agents and agencies discounts up to 30% off their Best Available Rates (BAR) for GDS bookings made through the CCRA rate codes. "With CCRA's new Better Than Best rate program, travel professionals will now be able to access and book fully commissionable rates that are lower than what ...

SAN FRANCISCO (February 12, 2011) — In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that prove that the use of fetal heart rate monitors lowers the rate of infant mortality. There have been a handful of small studies conducted in the past that looked at the effectiveness of fetal heart rate monitors, but none of them were large enough to be conclusive. "There was some criticism within the obstetric community that fetal heart rate monitoring ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. –New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, while men may also further lower their risk by regularly eating apples, oranges and other sources rich in dietary components called flavonoids. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April 9 to April 16, 2011. Flavonoids are found in plants and fruits and are also known collectively as vitamin P and citrin. They can also be found in berry fruits, chocolate, ...

LA JOLLA, CA – Embargoed by the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology until February 13, 2011, 1 PM Eastern time – Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shed new light on a molecular switch that turns genes on or off in response to a cell's energy needs. The study—published February 13, 2011 in an Advance Online Publication of the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology—shows these recently discovered RNA "riboswitches" are capable of more complex functions than originally thought. In addition, because riboswitches so far have been found ...

Infusing soul and incredible depth into an intoxicating blend of contemporary folk and new age music—this is the rock solid foundation for one of the hottest up and coming groups in the Christian genre. The duo of Andrea Davis-Griffin and John Stallworth teamed up to form the inspiring and thought-provoking creation known as Prayer/Life while delivering a positive message driven by faith. Their initial success is reaching new heights, and the group is asking fans to help vote for them in the eWorld Music Awards via the Boomerang Media Station. Drawing comparisons to ...

UPTON, NY — As part of an ongoing effort to uncover details of how high-temperature superconductors carry electrical current with no resistance, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have measured fluctuations in superconductivity across a wide range of temperatures using terahertz spectroscopy. Their technique allows them to see fluctuations lasting mere billionths of a billionth of a second, and reveals that these fleeting fluctuations disappear 10-15 Kelvin (K) above the transition temperature (Tc) at ...

Athens, Ga. – A new University of Georgia study that is the first to examine comprehensively the magnitude of hydrocarbon gases released during the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil discharge has found that up to 500,000 tons of gaseous hydrocarbons were emitted into the deep ocean. The authors conclude that such a large gas discharge—which generated concentrations 75,000 times the norm—could result in small-scale zones of "extensive and persistent depletion of oxygen" as microbial processes degrade the gaseous hydrocarbons. The study, led by UGA Professor of Marine ...

For those previously seeking MFT continuing education, there is a new path available in California. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CA BBS) has created a new licensing category, LPCC (licensed professional clinical counselor). This new license can be obtained not only from existing licensed professionals in California, but from those licensed in other states as well. For a short period of time, the CA BBS has made available a process to apply for their LPCC license, called the "grandparenting" path. This path will differ for those licensed outside of California ...

VIDEO: This is a 3D-rotation through the optic lobe of a fly larva's brain. Blue are axons of the photoreceptor nerve cells, the two guidance proteins are shown in green (GoGo)... Click here for more information. The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific other cells during the brain's development in order to form a fully functional organism. Yet how does a nerve cell know where it should ...

Whether it's Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie or Natalie Portman, it seems that just about every Hollywood celebrity champions a noble environmental cause these days. But how often is this environmental concern brought directly to the film sets that such A-level stars work on? Green Vanity is a full-service mobile vanity unit that delivers environmental awareness directly to any Hollywood film set, project or event. "The Hollywood film community has done a tremendous amount of work for the environment and raised awareness of many of the most urgent issues that concern ...

Two artificial big toes – one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy – may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas on volunteers. University of Manchester researcher, Dr Jacky Finch, has shown that a three-part wood and leather artefact housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, along with a second one, the Greville Chester artificial toe on display in the British Museum, not only looked the part but also helped their toeless owners walk like Egyptians. The toes date from before 600BC, predating ...

CHICAGO --- If a human cell and a bacterial cell met at a speed-dating event, they would never be expected to exchange phone numbers, much less genetic material. In more scientific terms, a direct transfer of DNA has never been recorded from humans to bacteria. Until now. Northwestern Medicine researchers have discovered the first evidence of a human DNA fragment in a bacterial genome – in this case, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. Further research showed the gene transfer appears to be a recent evolutionary event. The discovery offers insight ...

More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems. Five new studies presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) look at the effect that obesity has on knee arthritis and a patient's ability to recover from knee surgery. Does Obesity Cause Irreparable Damage To Knees Despite Weight Loss? (Embargo: February 15) One new study found that while weight loss via bariatric surgery may improve knee pain in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis, there may be permanent damage ...

Art Knowledge News now can be read and understood by anyone around the world as it can be translated automatically into 55 different languages. Including your language ... such as Spanish, French and German, and other languages spoken around the world like, Hindi, Chinese and Arabic. The information presented in our international art magazine is available for public use free, and is obviously of great value to art lovers, collectors, art historians, art critics, students and artists seeking inspiration. Our art news magazine is updated DAILY with new articles, and is ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – One of North America's most famous Revolutionary-era buildings – a lone-surviving testament to an Enlightenment ideal – has a hidden West African face, University of Maryland archaeologists have discovered. Their excavation at the 1785 Wye “Orangery” on Maryland's Eastern Shore – the only 18th century greenhouse left in North America – reveals that African American slaves played a sophisticated, technical role in its construction and operation. They left behind tangible cultural evidence of their involvement and spiritual traditions. Frederick ...

G Data Software, one of the world's first antivirus providers, reports a massive increase in spam related to Valentine's Day, with online criminals directing unsuspecting users to fraudulent websites offering promotions on flowers, forged jewelry, perfume, and other Valentine's Day gifts. The cyber criminals then trick users into disclosing their credit card information. G Data Security Labs also predicts a barrage of Valentine's Day greetings cards that contain infected files or links to infected websites to flood inboxes on Monday. G Data Security Labs advise extreme ...

Sleeping Beauty's kingdom was overgrown by vines when she fell into a deep sleep. Researchers at the Smithsonian in Panama and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee received more than a million dollars from the U.S. National Science Foundation to discover why real vines are overtaking the American tropics. Data from eight sites show that vines are overgrowing trees in all cases. "We are witnessing a fundamental structural change in the physical make-up of forests that will have a profound impact on the animals, human communities and businesses that depend on them for ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has approved a land concession to United Khmer Group, a private mining company. The prime minister's approval came ahead of a meeting on Friday, February 11 at the Council for the Development of Cambodia that was meant to discuss the proposed mining project. United Khmer Group had exploration rights to search for titanium in 20,400 hectares of densely forested land in the Southern Cardamom Mountains. The decision to approve the mine threatens to devastate one of the last remaining elephant corridors on the continent, put more than 70 endangered ...

Virtosoftware expands its SharePoint product line presenting Virto jQuery Charts ( http://www.virtosoftware.com/Product/detail/jquery-charts-graphs-for-sharepoint ) - a new web part for designing and customizing a variety of graphical data representing tools including plots, graphs, bar and pie charts in Microsoft SharePoint. The jQuery-based component could use the whole variety of data sources available in SharePoint to build a graph: SharePoint lists, SQL tables, XML files and many others. The web part is fully compatible with both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. In ...

Ron Thomas will share with the listening audience of Altruistic Leadership his career journey, successes, trials, triumphs, and tripping points. During this 45-minute segment, we will discuss the importance of managing your brand in social media on Wednesday, March 9, 9am PST/Noon EST. Callers are welcome to join the conversation during the show by calling (917) 889-3394. The LIVE, Internet talk-radio show will stream from the host page at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/altruisticleadership. An archive will be available at the same link immediately following the show or ...

A recently launched website, The Gay-Friendly Source, gives new meaning to the words "all-inclusive." The site was created for the LGBT community and beyond, and is unique in that it is designed to appeal to people of all sexual orientations. Not only was it created for those who are gay, but it was designed to be used by everyone - whether friends, family, neighbors and coworkers of those who are gay or lesbian or by those who would simply like to gain greater insight and understanding about what it is like to be gay. One of the mantras used while creating the site ...

Brady (www.bradyservices.com), a company that provides energy systems and comprehensive building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities across North Carolina, announces today David Parks has joined the Greensboro office. Parks is serving as a staff accountant for the financial department. "We are happy to have David join our team," says Jim Brady, president. "He brings knowledge to our team that will add value in supporting our clients." Parks graduated from East Carolina University with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Managerial ...

The Adonis Effect is a new program on building the perfect body that will appeal to women and be pleasing to the senses of everyone. It is based on the Golden Ratio Rule of 1.618 in build according to nature and how it is viewed in design. Since every man wants to look good and feel good, the Adonis Effect is designed to perfect your body according to your own size and build. Since each man is different, certain measurements are used as a guideline for shoulders and waist to height and weight when utilizing the Adonis index. You can order the Adonis Effect workout ( ...

Congratulations to Automatic Specialties, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts on its 43rd year in business. The company was established in early 1968 by Hubert J. Moineau and his sons Joe and Bill. The Moineau family has been in wire goods and products for more than 50 years. Many of its employees have been with the family business spanning all or part of those decades. Automatic Specialties produces small diameter wire forms and springs quickly with little or no tooling cost. The new multi-axis CNC forming machine is the latest in wire forming and coiling technology ...