If we had to pay for the services that nature provides, how much would it cost? A paper appearing in the May 15th issue of the journal Nature, co-authored by 13 ecologists, geographers and economists, estimates this value at between $16 and $54 trillion per year.
For the first time a link has been established between the pain system, the immune system and the reproductive system. These findings go far beyond the known pain relief role of pain receptors.
To assist in the effective monitoring of whether a nuclear bomb has been detonated anywhere in the world, geologists are compiling an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS), a database of global seismological, geologic, geophysical remote sensing and geographic information so that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty can be verified.
Children with severe asthma who receive medical care at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center Pediatric Day Program have asthma-related medical costsósuch as hospital stays, emergency room and doctor visitsóreduced from an average of $21,370 a year to an average of $7,740 a year, researchers found.
A way for a double amputee to use his power tools. A ground-hugging surveillance robot for the military. An inexpensive page-turning device for the disabled. These are some of this year's inventions by engineering undergraduates at Johns Hopkins.
Some complicated, high-risk liver operations are safer, easier on the patient -- and less costly -- when performed at medical centers that do a lot of them, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
Psychiatrists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are using a "testimony" method of psychotherapy to help survivors of the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These survivors of genocide have suffered extreme psychological traumas that require special attention from mental health professionals.
A new, laparoscopic technique allows people to donate a kidney with much less pain, a shorter hospital stay, and a much faster recovery. Also, kidneys removed in this less-traumatic way function as well as those taken out with a large incision, according to surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Cornell/University of Utah time-use experts find that parents with two children put in 7.5 hours a day raising kids -- three times more than experts had previously estimated because they had only considered primary child care.
"Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: Ethical and Social Issues Arising out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences." Friday, Sept. 5 - Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, Hanover, NH.
A team of researchers led by Johns Hopkins finds most men between 50 and 70 don't need an annual prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer because their risk of having a noncurable cancer that can be detected is so small.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and other institutions have refined a chart that helps physicians determine how advanced a prostate cancer may be and guides treatment decisions.
Scientists at Northwestern University have cloned and identified a gene for the circadian clock in a mouse, the first such gene to be identified at the molecular level in a mammal.
An experimental drug delays organ rejection in rhesus monkeys with transplanted hearts, researchers from Stanford University Medical Center and Genentech Inc. have announced.
Reflecting its leap into the top ranks of American business schools and the high caliber of its M.B.A. program, starting salaries for 1997 graduates of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration jumped a whopping 17.6% (from one year ago) to $69,399. In addition, job offers are up 15% and summer internship offers are up 41% over last year. Confirmed students to Class of 1999 up 110% over same time last year.
Economic models and proven scientific procedures must be the foundation for operations problem solving in today's business environment, a new paper indicates.In "Perspectives on Operations Strategy and Economics," Phillip J. Lederer, associate professor of operations management at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, asserts that by utilizing an operations strategy that takes into account the scientific method, microeconomics and operations research, a company will gain stronger and more insightful information on how certain decisions affect the cost and demand of products or services.
Simon School M.B.A. Student Named 1997 National Marketing Scholar--Places first in Annual American Marketing Association Competition
On Friday, May 16, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia will unveil for the first time ever the skull of the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered--Giganotosaurus. Dr. Rodolfo Coria, the paleontologist credited with its discovery will lead a panel discussion that will reveal the paleontological implications of the discovery of this South American giant and present new data refining the continental drift theory and knowledge about the evolution of dinosaurs.
As legislators at all levels of government contemplate increased competition for natural gas and electricity, the deregulation of energy markets so far presents clear evidence that competition results in lower costs to consumers, according to a new article published by Resources for the Future.
Nicotine patches should be stored in a safe place or discarded immediately after use because they can be toxic to children, according to a recent study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The nations foremost authority on child health has teamed up with the largest producer of healthcare television programming to announce the release of a new parenting multimedia program entitled HealthAnswers for Parents: A Guide to Babys First Three Months.
The number of uninsured children grew by nearly 1 million between 1987 and 1993, according to a study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Allstate Insurance Company are making the 1997 Family Shopping Guide to Car Seats brochure available available during Buckle Up America! Week, May 19-26, 1997.
ARS News Service Tip Sheet 5-10-97: 1- New Test Speeds Search for Aflatoxin Biocontrol; 2- Scientists Identify Chemical That Triggers Plant "SOS" Call; 3- Cloudy is Good--When It Pertains to Citrus Juices; 4- Extra Vitamin E May Thwart Infections in the Elderly; 5- Extra Vitamin E May Thwart Infections in the Elderly.
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center has announced the opening of the Center for Menopause, Hormonal Disorders, and Women's Health, the first of its kind in the New York metropolitan area.
May 9, 1997 -- Tipsheet for NSF: 1-National Science Board (NSB) confirmed by the Senate; 2- A key piece of infrastructure for high performance connections among high performance networks; 3- whales are just like amoebas.
HMS researchers report the discovery of a novel protein that begins to bring an understanding of how the oocyte moves its RNAs to the right places prior to fertilization; this work for the first time implicates a component of the cell's infrastructure, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), in this process, describing a new subtype of ER and suggesting a new role for this well-studied organelle.
Within a very few years, the results of hundreds of thousands of current research projects and scholarly studies may become available on the Internet. This year's master's and doctoral degree recipients at Virginia Tech were members of the university's first graduate student class required to submit their final research electronically
Lucent Technologies announced the industry's first all-optical cross connect -- another step toward an all-optical network.
A wand-like instrument that emits radio-frequency energy can selectively shrink excess soft tissue, potentially offering a way to cure sleep apnea, a Stanford sleep specialist reports.
Tips from Babcock at Wake Forest University: 1. Rambling wrecks no longer -- Auto superstores are changing the way cars are sold. A marketing competition at Babcock at WFU creates plan for new entry into field. 2. In accounting, economic value added is "old wine in new bottles" says professor at Babcock School, WFU. 3. What really makes a world class manufacturer? With grants from the NSF, associate professor Barb Flynn and colleagues are answering that question.
A computerized version of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) -- the standardized exam taken by applicants to graduate business programs worldwide -- will replace the current pencil-and-paper version of the test on October 1, 1997.
Nonwhites and New Yorkers fare worst in a Cornell University housing study of structural adequacy and crowding in seven cities.
Automated home blood pressure monitoring is as accurate and efficient as the *gold standard* stethoscope and sphygmomanometer in measuring blood pressure, a study in the current American Journal of Hypertension shows.
Fragrances are a part of spring. Newly sprouted vegetation. Rain-soaked soil. Perfumed blossoms. Why not plan aromatic gardens you can enjoy even if you're not looking at them?
Academia is taking a lesson from corporate America as competition for faculty and staff increases. Universities are setting up special assistance programs for dual-career couples to help the accompanying spouses find work and adjust to the new community. Purdue University is one example. Purdue's program, now a year old, has aided 42 dual-career couples and helped 30 spouses find employment.
With the May 15 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis goes a second round of seeds sent by John Kiss, Miami University assistant professor of botany. A crew of international astronauts will water the seeds (of a common weed), expose them to light and artificial gravity, record their growth and chemically preserve the seedlings so Kiss and his research crew can analyze them here at Miami.
The 274-foot-long research vessel Atlantis, the nationÃs newest vessel and new support ship for the deep-diving three-person submersible Alvin, will visit Alexandria, Virginia, May 19-21 before it begins extensive research activities in the Pacific Ocean. Atlantis is the first ship in the U.S. academic research fleet built to conduct both manned and unmanned deep-sea exploration.
Still looking for that perfect Mother's Day gift? What could be more perfect than the gift of better health? Two new studies published recently in medical journals demonstrate that vitamin E can improve the immune system and delay the deterioration caused by Alzheimer's in the elderly.
Blacks are less likely than whites to "buy" excuses from co-workers who have wronged them on the job. That's one conclusion from research co-authored by Martin N. Davidson, assistant professor of business administration at Dartmouth College's Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.
Borrowing from the field of dentistry, otolaryngologists are using titanium bone implants to create permanent anchors for prosthetic ears. This is a major advance for people who are missing an ear because of cancer, trauma, or birth defects.
Highlights of May 10 New Scientist
During the Blizzard of '96, news reports of roof failures throughout the Northeast corridor prompted Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University and Kent State University researchers to prepare an "Evaluation of East Coast Snow Loads Following the January 1996 Storms." They found that had it not been for structures built "better-than-code," more roofs could have collapsed under the snow's heavy weight.
The divide between science and service in university business schools has been growing in recent years. Rutgers professors James Bailey and Wayne Eastman have examined the problem with a special monograph of The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. Important researchers contribute to the debate about whether or not organization science is relevant to business practitioners, and what can be done to address the gap.
A regimen of three anti-HIV drugs reduces amounts of virus stored in lymph tissue by 99.9 percent after six months, according to a study led by University of Minnesota researchers. The triple therapy was already known to drive virus in the blood to near-undetectable levels, but the new study shows similar results against virus stored in tonsils, a lymphoid tissue that acts as a reservoir for HIV.
Like the ancient Trojan horse hiding a silent enemy, some immune system cells in HIV-positive persons carry the genetic information for making HIV and can potentially restart a full-blown infection in patients in whom treatment has reduced AIDS virus to undetectable levels in the blood, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and other institutions report that a test that counts AIDS viruses in blood should be routinely used on newborns whose mothers are HIV-positive so that treatment with anti-HIV drugs can be started as early as possible.
Johns Hopkins historians detail in a new study why the success of Silicon Valley is so difficult to duplicate elsewhere.
Like a video played in reverse, nuclear weapons are streaming back to their place of origin at the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas, there to be dismantled by very very sensitive robots designed and assembled at Sandia National Laboratories.
Just as wintergreen candy sparkles when crunched in a darkened room, many different crystalline materials can change shape and flash under pressure--if they lack symmetry or contain structural anomalies, researchers from Towson State University and the University of Delaware report in this month's Chemistry of Materials, scheduled for release May 15.
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