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Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list
The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.
Pew Charitable Trusts
Contact: Colin Finan
colin.finan@wilsoncenter.org
202-841-5605
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
High-tech solutions ease inaugural challenges
Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University of Maryland. The Regional Integrated Transportation Information System gives officials a single real-time view far more comprehensive than previously available. The idea is to enhance officials' ability to monitor vehicular traffic, accidents, incidents, response plans, air space, weather conditions and more.
Contact: Lee Tune
ltune@umd.edu
301-405-4679
University of Maryland
Public Release: 15-Jan-2009
Addiction
Alcohol taxes have clear effect on drinking
A new study published online today finds that the more alcoholic beverages cost, the less likely people are to drink.
Contact: Molly Jarvis
molly@addictionjournal.org
44-020-784-80014
Wiley-Blackwell
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Environmental Science & Technology
Energy-efficient water purification made possible by Yale engineers
Water and energy are two resources on which modern society depends. As demands for these increase, researchers look to alternative technologies that promise both sustainability and reduced environmental impact. Engineered osmosis holds a key to addressing both the global need for affordable clean water and inexpensive sustainable energy according to Yale researchers.
National Science Foundation, US Office of Naval Research
Contact: Janet Rettig Emanuel
janet.emanuel@yale.edu
203-432-2157
Yale University
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
Nanotech in your vitamins
The ability of the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority in certain critical areas, according to a new expert report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.
Contact: Colin Finan
colin.finan@wilsoncenter.org
202-691-4321
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Public Release: 14-Jan-2009
New report on science learning at museums, zoos, other informal settings
Each year, tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science in informal ways by visiting museums and aquariums, attending after-school programs, pursuing personal hobbies and watching TV documentaries, for example.
Contact: Sara Frueh
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- January 2009
A project to speed and safeguard the shipping of thousands of radioisotopes in the US and afar hits the highway this year, but researchers expect the benefits to extend well beyond. Assistance to Navistar in developing a new lightweight truck bumper that can save gasoline without compromising safety is being performed by a materials process team headed by Gail Ludtka of ORNL. Structural defects introduced into carbon nanotubes could lead the way to carbon nanotube circuits, research led by Vincent Meunier of ORNL shows.
Contact: Ron Walli
wallira@ornl.gov
865-576-0226
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
New co-chair of atomic scientists calls on US administration to reduce nuclear threat
Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Arizona State University, will co-chair the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists with Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman. Together they plan to re-energize a national discussion on the reduction of nuclear weapons stockpiles, and a commitment to fight proliferation and encourage disarmament efforts.
Contact: Carol Hughes
carol.hughes@asu.edu
480-965-6375
Arizona State University
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Nano Letters
Novel technique changes lymph node biopsy, reduces radiation exposure
Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Washington University in St. Louis researchers Lihong Wang and Younan Xia, have used gold nanocages to map sentinel lymph nodes in a rat noninvasively using PAT. Wang's lab is the largest PAT lab in the world, credited with the invention of super-depth photoacoustic microscopy, and Xia's lab invented the gold nanocages.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Lihong Wang
lhwang@wustl.edu
31-493-593-56152
Washington University in St. Louis
Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
Journal of Rural Studies
Tequila boom triggers social, environmental hangover in Mexico
New North Carolina State University research shows that tequila's surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, but is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Contact: Matt Shipman
matt_shipman@ncsu.edu
919-515-6386
North Carolina State University
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
'Refinery dust' reveals clues about local polluters, UH-led research team says
Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails.
Texas Air Research Center, US Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: Angela Hopp
ahopp@uh.edu
713-743-8153
University of Houston
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
American Journal of Public Health
Outdoor alcohol advertising and problem drinking among African-American women in NYC
New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of New York City may add to problem drinking behavior among residents. Prior studies have shown that alcohol advertisements are disproportionately located in African-American neighborhoods, but the impact of such advertising on alcohol consumption has been unclear.
Contact: stephanie berger
sb2247@columbia.edu
212-305-4372
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Science learning at museums, zoos, other informal settings
Each year tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science outside of the classroom in informal settings such as museums, aquariums, zoos, and after-school programs, as well as through educational media.
Contact: Sara Frueh
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences
Public Release: 12-Jan-2009
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
As super-predators, humans reshape their prey at super-natural speeds
Fishing and hunting are having broad, swift impacts on the body size and reproductive abilities of fish and other commercially harvested species, potentially jeopardizing the ability of entire populations to recover, according to the results of a new study that will appear in the Jan. 12, 2009, online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Contact: Jennifer McNulty
jmcnulty@ucsc.edu
831-459-2495
University of California - Santa Cruz
Public Release: 8-Jan-2009
Science
Half of world's population could face climate-induced food crisis by 2100
New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages.
National Science Foundation, Tamaki Foundation
Contact: Vince Stricherz
vinces@u.washington.edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington
Public Release: 7-Jan-2009
International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development
Logical reversal
During an economic downturn companies, particularly in the computer sector, could gain an advantage of their competitors by adopting reverse logistics, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.
Contact: Seyed-Mahmoud Aghazadeh
aghazade@fredonia.edu
Inderscience Publishers
Public Release: 7-Jan-2009
New England Journal of Medicine
Cost containment focus could have consequences for health care delivery
The drive toward containing health care costs could have the unintended consequence of reducing physician productivity, impairing quality and perhaps even increasing costs, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians suggest in a New England Journal of Medicine "Perspective."
Contact: Jerry Berger
jberger@bidmc.harvard.edu
617-667-7308
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
Journal of Marketing Research
Doubts make consumers more willing to re-evaluate brands, study finds
Most consumers crave a clear understanding of brand images, making them more receptive to new marketing messages if anything clouds their vision of companies or products, according to a new study by a University of Illinois marketing expert.
Contact: Jan Dennis
jdennis@illinois.edu
217-333-0568
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
'Beyond Fortress America': A review of National Security controls on S&T research
A new report from the National Research Council, "Beyond Fortress America: Strengthening National Security and Economic Prosperity through Global Engagement," examines national security controls that oversee scientific and technological research.
Contact: Rebecca Alvania
news@nas.edu
202-334-2138
National Academy of Sciences
Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
Psychiatric Services
Substance abuse adds millions to Medicaid's total health care costs
People with substance abuse disorders cost Medicaid hundreds of millions of dollars annually in medical care, suggesting that early interventions for substance abuse could not only improve outcomes but also save substantial amounts of money, according to a comprehensive study that examined records of nearly 150,000 people in six states.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Carol Lin Vieira
cvieira@burnesscommunications.com
401-714-0821
Burness Communications
Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Medical errors, apologies and apology laws
Apologizing for medical errors is both ethically and professionally responsible and also crucial for improving patient safety and quality of care, write Dr. Noni MacDonald and Dr. Amir Attaran and the CMAJ editorial team.
Contact: Kim Barnhardt
kim.barnhardt@cmaj.ca
613-731-8610 x2224
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Public Release: 5-Jan-2009
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
Tackling climate change with new permits to pollute
A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists.
Contact: Professor Robert Stavins
44-016-174-951-820
Oxford University Press
Public Release: 31-Dec-2008
Academic Medicine
The culture of medicine
Everybody is familiar with the stereotypes of medical education from the student perspective: grueling hours, little recognition and even less glory. Now a novel Brandeis study published in Academic Medicine this month pulls back the curtain on the dominant environment of academic medicine from the perspective of faculty, the providers of medical education in medical schools. The study raises questions about how the prevailing culture of academic medicine shapes the delivery of health care.
Macy Foundation
Contact: Laura Gardner
gardner@brandeis.edu
781-736-4204
Brandeis University
Public Release: 29-Dec-2008
American Journal of Medical Quality
Study examines impact of managed care on stroke prevention surgery
A recent study by a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center, however, found that in the case of one common surgical procedure, the checks and balances assumed with managed care did not improve the quality or outcome of care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Contact: Erin Prather Stafford
erin.pratherstafford@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Public Release: 29-Dec-2008
Journal of Emergency Medicine
New study examines effects of Graniteville, S.C., chlorine gas disaster
A new study examining the aftereffects of a chlorine gas disaster in a South Carolina town gives larger metropolitan areas important insight into what to expect and how to prepare emergency response systems for an accidental or terrorist release of the potentially deadly gas. The study is now available in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Contact: Jennifer Combs
jcombs@iqsolutions.com
240-221-4256
IQ Solutions, Inc.
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