A kilometer-sized comet that plummeted into one of Earth's oceans would impact with 10 times the explosive power of all the nuclear wepons on Earth causing water to completely cover low-lying areas like the state of Florida, according to a new simulation on the world's faster supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories
The National Science Foundation today welcomed the announcement by President Clinton of the nine 1997 winners of the National Medal of Science, recognizing exemplary work in such diverse fields as human genetics, mathematics, physical science, and cognition and learning.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) expresses heartfelt sympathy to the family and to the many friends and colleagues of Charles (Chuck) Gallagher, an employee of the Antarctic Support Associates (ASA), who died of heart failure at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on May 1, 1997 2:01 PM McMurdo Time (April 30, 1997 10:01 PM EST). An airplane was en route to Antarctica for medical evacuation at that time.
Is revenge simply emotional and volatile, always an irrational response in civilized society? Not necessarily, declares Tom Tripp, WSU Vancouver business professor. He argues that revenge has its place in the work environment if it effects positive change either for the avenger or for the organization.
The federal government's Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) today announced the availability of the first data for 1996 from the household component of its new Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). This nationally representative survey, cosponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), collects detailed information on the health status, health care use and expenses, and health insurance coverage of individuals and families in the United States, including nursing home residents, at different intervals and over time.
Faced with terminal illness or a chronic health condition, a majority of older adults would choose to live, but one-third would let someone else decide their fate, according to a Purdue University study of end-of-life decisions.
When high blood pressure goes untreated, it enlarges the cells of the heart and produces a silent defect in the heart's pumping mechanism, a defect which turns out to be identical to one seen in heart failure. Embargoed: 05/02/97.
A leading cause of death, hypertenion enlarges the heart, reduces heart muscle function and ultimately produces heart failure. A University of Wisconsin Medical School researcher and his collaborators can now explain a cellular defect that causes enlarged hearts to contract weakly.
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"Anyone with a family history of Alzheimer's disease or heart disease would be foolish NOT to take daily vitamin E supplements," a leading physician said today in response to a study just published in the New England Journal of medicine.
Johns Hopkins researchers have genetically engineered mice to grow herculean muscles, an achievement that eventually may lead to the development of treatments for muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting diseases.
ATHENS, Ga. -- The three-day Summit for America's Future is a great way to jump-start volunteerism. However, the key to keeping volunteers enthusiastic and involved rests with the boards of non-profit agencies, according to a University of Georgia School of Social Work professor.
Research by a Michigan State University paleontologist has shed new light on why the trilobite, a prehistoric arthropod that inhabited the Earth for nearly twice as long as the dinosaurs, met the same fate as the dinosaur nearly 250 million years ago.
News Briefs: 1- Risk of Dementia Higher in Adult Diabetics; 2- Surgery for Severe Constipation Highly Effective; 3- The Challenges of doing Physical Exams in Space; 4- Angioplasty, Stenting are Preferred Methods to Open Clogged Arteries
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24, 1997-Pregnant women who are infected with the AIDS-causing virus may dramatically reduce the rate of transmission of the virus to their unborn infants if they receive routine obstetrical care and take the medication zidovudine orally during their pregnancy, according to Yale University School of Medicine researchers.
Across a range of media, women and girls are more likely to be depicted as concerned with romance and dating than work or school, and their appearance is frequently a focus of attention. Yet, females in the media also often are shown using intelligence and exerting independence, a UD researcher reported.
Unexpected results from an experiment at The Jackson Laboratory designed to probe the role of a protein implicated in human obesity will help researchers identify the complex thermogenic mechanisms that control regulation of body weight.
May 1, 1997 Annals of Internal Medicine TipSheet 1) Recently Cloned Cell Activating Molecule Increases Platelet Production in Cancer Patients 2) Treatment Results in Remission of Liver Disease 3) Chronic Nausea Can Be Caused By Reflux Disease
Cornell environmental psychologists compared children in a school in an airport flight path with similar children in a quiet school. They showed that chronic noise impairs reading scores of children through speech perception problems.
Many people who suffer from bipolar disorder, or manic-depression, seem to respond best to a two-drug combination treatment. In the current PNAS, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School show that both drugs stimulate release of a chemical that triggers brain cell activity that helps control the wild mood swings of the disease.
The Climate System Model created by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, has been selected as one of six finalists in the Environment, Energy, and Agriculture category for the 1997 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. The CSM also becomes part of the Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection.
More than 2,000 practitioners will attend the May 4-7 INFORMS conference in San Diego to learn about current research and applications in information technology as it pertains to health care, manufacturing, military, telecommunications, tourism and transportation.
Three tips from Los Alamos: 1. Acoustic octane ratings 2. Carbon monoxide sensors 3. Plutonium coatings
Consider the escape mechanism of the lowly tadpole. Sensing drought or a shrinking food supply in its home pond, the tadpole produces a hormone that accelerates its transformation into a toad or frog.
Today's improved drug treatments reduce the frequency of cancer recurrence, allowing more cancer patients to be at home and enjoy a better quality of life with their families due to shorter hospital stays.
American companies are making fundamental changes in responding to an increasingly competitive global economy. A major component of these changes is replacing the old "individual based task oriented" management concept with a "team based process oriented" approach.
A scientific breakthrough that could eventually become as important as X-ray and radar technologies may soon make it possible to see images of diseased tissue, electric fields, plastic explosives hidden in a suitcase, and much more that is undetected by other imaging systems. Called real-time electro-optic terahertz sensing, the technology was invented under the leadership of Xi-Cheng Zhang, associate professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Vegetarian diets can be less-than-perfect, especially for those who have recently become vegetarians and are still learning about this way of eating. Though vegetarian diets often provide more of some nutrients like vitamin C and folic acid than nonvegetarian diets, several recent studies have found that vegetarian diets may be low in many other nutrients, including vitamins B6, B12, D, riboflavin and the minerals calcium and zinc.
Programs to empower workers almost always fail because managers promise more than they can deliver. So says Joanne Ciulla, professor of leadership and ethics at the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership Studies. She has written a paper entitled, "Leadership and the Problem of Bogus Empowerment," recently published as a working paper of the Kellogg Leadership Studies Project.
The idea that problem drinkers can simply cut back instead of cutting themselves off is the premise behind, the Guided Self-Change Clinic at Nova Southeastern University.
Organizations use hazing because "induction-begets devotion." Research by Caroline Keating, professor of psychology at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, shows that severe treatment of initiates seems to enhance their commitment to the group. Her research shows that the harsher the hazing, the more attractive and competent group members seem to the initiates and the more initiates conform to the group.
ARS Tip sheet for 4-28-97: 1- Intercepting exotic pests; 2- Irrigating on computer schedule; 3- Killing whiteflies with fungi; 4- Pond meltwater and spring; 5- Hard white wheats.
U.S. and Russian institutes are collaborating on a global race to produce isotopes for use in medical diagnostics.
WEST POINT, Pa., April 28, 1997 -- Merck & Co., Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its drug Fosamax"š (alendronate sodium) to prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Fosamax is now one of the few drugs indicated to prevent a chronic disease. In addition, Fosamax was cleared to prevent fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The FDA's decision to clear Fosamax for prevention of the bone-thinning disease gives millions of postmenopausal women in the United States and their physicians a nonhormonal option for preventing rapid bone loss in the early postmenopausal period; bone loss may lead to osteoporosis and its fractures.
As longtime advocates for the better health and safety of the American public, the American Academy of Family Physicians wholeheartedly supports FDA regulation of products that contain nicotine.
The enormously successful partnership between professional football players and American Indian teens, which was designed to help those teens stay in school and resist alcohol and drug use, will be highlighted as one of the country's most promising new initiatives at the President's Summit for America's Future. The Summit will take place in Philadelphia, Pa., from April 27 to April 29, chaired by General Colin Powell.
The Colorado Disaster Medical Assistance Team's (DMAT's) Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) unit has been named one of only three National Medical Response Teams (NMRTs) by the U.S. Public Health Service/National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Office of Emergency Preparedness.
A retiree who scavenged a radiation-proof door has cheapened the price for the U.S. to visualize world peace.
Forty engineers from Sandia National Laboratories are directing security activities in laboratories and power plants of the former Soviet Union to protect nuclear materials that have interested terrorists, thieves and extortionists.
More than 300 medical and scientific research findings in the diagnosis and treatment of ear nose and throat as well as head and neck disorders will be presented at the 1997 Combined Otolaryngologic Springs Meetings (COSM) to be held in Scottsdale, AZ.
There are currently 146 drugs and vaccines in development for children, according to a survey released today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
NSF Tipsheet for April 25: 1- cloning a mature sheep demands extensive public discussion and debate; 2- site of intense, continuing earthquake activity, and home to 15 million people, needs scientific assistance; 3- lip seals.
APA Invites Media to Attend 150th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA
APA May Online Tipsheet: 1) depression in terminally ill patients; 2) Complicated Grief; 3)Phone Systems Can Aid in Diagnosis & Treatment; 4) Severe Life Stress Speeds Progress rate of HIV
On May 1, 1997 American Psychiatric Association publishes new Practice Guideline for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia of Late Life.
A new device may help researchers better understand environmental events such as global warming by measuring individual aerosol particles as small as 10 nanometers--roughly one order of magnitude smaller than existing transportable instruments, say University of Delaware researchers who recently filed a patent disclosure. The instrument analyzes particles "at the critical early stages of their growth," before they accumulate in clouds, says Anthony S. Wexler, associate professor of mechanical engineering.
Because virtually all of today's information technology is computer-driven, there is a huge demand for computer software engineers in just about any field a college-bound high school student can name.
Purdue University researcher Samuel Wagstaff is using powerful computers to divide and conquer numbers that have more than 100 digits. Results from the latest round, factoring a record-setting 167-digit number, may help scientists develop secret codes for computer security.
The University of Maryland Medical Center is using a novel approach to solicit funds for a nationwide study of Celiac disease. Instead of holding dinners or galas, fundraising staff are tapping on computer keyboards and ìsurfing the netî to reach potential donors. ìWe believe this is the first time the Internet has been used to launch a comprehensive fundraising drive for medical research,î says Kirk Gardner, director of major gifts at the University of Maryland Medical Center. ìWe will continue surfing the Internet to solicit an estimated $600,000 to fund a national study on Celiac disease.î
Using polyethlene glycol, researchers have camouflaged red blood cells, in essence creating a universal blood type with broad applications to transfusion medicine. Embargo: Mon. May 5, 5:50 pm EDT.
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