Archive for January 19th, 2009

Nautilus: News for authors and readers of Nature Photonics

News for authors and readers of Nature Photonics. One or two changes for authors and readers are announced in the January issue of Nature Photonics (3, 1; 2009). The journal’s design has been revitalized by updating its fonts,

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

The Great Beyond: FDA = Failed Diligence Agency

FDA = Failed Diligence Agency - January 15, 2009. The US Food and Drug Administration is taking a kicking this week after a report found its oversight of potential conflicts of interest for clinical trial researchers was really not up

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Climate Feedback: US stakes claims in melting Arctic

Climate Feedback. Climate Feedback. Climate Feedback logo · « Outspoken climate scientist gets props | Main | Climate policy under Obama: advice, and some results ». Bookmark in Connotea

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

The Great Beyond: Outspoken climate scientist gets props

Outspoken climate scientist gets props - January 15, 2009. hansen.jpg Posted on behalf of Roberta Kwok. James Hansen isn’t shy about speaking up, and now the American Meteorological Society is rewarding him for it.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Unearthing Ancient Secrets

These cases may be cold, but they’re far from forgotten. See how modern science can solve ancient crimes.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Kidney transplant survival can be long-term for people with HIV

A Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, provided certain risk factors for transplant failure are recognized and tightly managed.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

How Toxoplasma gondii gets noticed

Researchers provide insight into how Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite of people and other animals, triggers an immune response in its host. The report will appear online on Jan. 19 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Survey: Scientists agree human-induced global warming is real

A broad poll of experts taken by UIC earth scientist Peter Doran finds that the vast majority of climatologists and other earth scientists believe in global warming and think human activity is a factor for the temperature rise. It dispels lingering doubts by some of a consensus among the scientists.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Less severe first heart attacks linked to heart disease death reductions

The severity of first heart attacks dropped significantly over 15 years among 10,285 hospitalized Americans which may help to explain the decline in death from coronary heart disease. Prevention efforts as well as improvements in hospital care appear to have contributed to the decline in severity.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

American Chemical Society’s weekly PressPac — Jan. 14, 2009

The American Chemical Society Office of Public Affairs Weekly Press Package with reports from 34 major peer-reviewed journals on chemistry, health, medicine, energy, environment, food, nanotechnology and other hot topics.

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Monday, January 19th, 2009