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GW Ph.D. candidate and UCL grad student discover new species of raptor dinosaur

A new species of raptor dinosaur being named Linheraptor exquisitus has been discovered by George Washington University doctoral candidate Jonah Choiniere and Michael D. Pittman, a graduate student at University ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Students discover new species of raptor dinosaur

A new species of dinosaur, a relative of the famous Velociraptor, has been discovered in Inner Mongolia by two Ph.D. students. EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Conventional infection control measures found effective in reducing MRSA rates

Scientists at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center found that an emphasis on compliance with non-pathogen specific infection control practices such as hand hygiene, efforts to reduce device-related infections and ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Study shows further benefits of noscapine for prostate cancer

Noscapine, a non-addictive derivative of opium, has previously been shown to have anti-cancer properties. This is the first study examining noscapine's potential as a prophylactic agent against prostate cancer. EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

A mini-laboratory for all cases

Many illnesses can be reliably diagnosed through laboratory tests, but these in vitro analyses often use up valuable time. A system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists, which can carry out ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Microbe detective seeks out germs

Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue transplants. With the aid of ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Perils of plastics: Risks to human health and the environment

Rolf Halden, associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University and assistant director of Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute has undertaken a survey of existing ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications

Hao Yan and Yan Liu, professors at the Biodesign Institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics and their collaborators have introduced a new method to deterministically and precisely position silver nanoparticles ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

New technique reduces tobacco smoke damage to lungs in mice

Researchers in Australia have demonstrated that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice. Inflammation underlies the disease process of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Stress during pregnancy may increase offspring's risk of asthma

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The researchers investigated differences in ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Deep brain stimulation reduces epileptic seizures in patients with refractory partial and secondarily generalized seizures

A recent study organized by Stanford University researchers found patients with refractory partial and secondarily generalized seizures had a reduction in seizures after deep brain stimulation. This multi-center clinical trial ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

France's national program to reduce HAIs reports important successes; uses mandatory reporting

Researchers evaluating France's national infection control program for health-care facilities found significant decreases in the rates of health-care-associated infections (HAIs) since 2004. The drop in HAIs, including MRSA and surgical ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Giant sequoias yield longest fire history from tree rings

A 3,000-year record from 52 of the world's oldest trees shows that California's western Sierra Nevada was droughty and often fiery from 800 to 1300, according to new research. Scientists ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Cat-calls are detrimental to everyone

For every woman who is a direct target of sexism, there are others who witness the event and are also affected. The actions of one sexist man affect how female ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

A bleak outlook for social science?

Social science is at the center of every major challenge the world faces, yet faces a tough future, according to a panel of senior academics and politicians speaking in London ... EurekAlert! - Breaking News - 2 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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