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Thursday, December 02, 2010

New Discovery Expands Scope of the Search for Life Beyond Earth

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vidence that the toxic element arsenic can replace the essential nutrient phosphorus in biomolecules of a naturally occurring bacterium expands the scope of the search for life beyond Earth, according to Arizona State University scientists who are part of a NASA-funded research team reporting findings in the Dec. 2 online Science Express.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 12/02 at 03:26 PM
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

New Era for Weight Watchers Healthy Dieting System

The new era of Weight Watchers is here. The world-renowned leader in weight management has announced s a successor to its popular POINTS weight loss system – the new PointsPlus program.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 11/30 at 01:23 PM
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Guest Blog: New York Times Above the Fold

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How does a media relations professional help a CEO come to terms with the reality of getting covered in a major newspaper and reframe the client’s expectation for “good press?”

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Posted by Roger Johnson on 11/29 at 04:41 PM
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Breastfeeding While Taking Seizure Drugs May Not Harm Child’s IQ

There’s good news for women with epilepsy. Breastfeeding your baby while taking your seizure medication may have no harmful effect on your child’s IQ later on, according to a study published in the November 24, 2010, online issue of Neurology.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 11/29 at 03:44 PM
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Inside School Research: Featured Cross-Blog

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Newswise subscriber and education reporter Sarah D. Sparks blogs about education research, and the politics, personalities, and p-values in education studies.  Her goal is to bring research out of the lab and into the classroom.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 11/18 at 10:54 AM
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Artificial Black Holes Made with Metamaterials

While our direct knowledge of black holes in the universe is limited to what we can observe from thousands or millions of light years away, a team of Chinese physicists has proposed a simple way to design an artificial electromagnetic black hole in the laboratory—described in the Journal of Applied Physics.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 11/17 at 11:14 AM
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Pain Gene May Have Links to Creativity

A newly discovered gene which helps to control the sense of pain is linked to synaesthesia, when sensations such as touch also affect other senses like hearing or sight. The rare condition causes some people to see sounds or written words as colours, or experience tastes, smells and shapes in linked combinations. Famous synaesthetes include composers Franz Liszt or Olivier Messiaens, and this condition has been linked to creativity and intelligence.

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Posted by Craig Jones on 11/11 at 10:24 AM
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

New Media Needs Old Media

Provocative presentation at PRSA International Conference makes the case for why New Media is not here to replace Old Media, but save it. 

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Posted by Zakira Beasley on 11/09 at 10:07 AM
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Is the News Release Dead?

Searching Google for “press release is dead” yields lots of self-contradicting statements.  Do people that make statements like these believe their own declarations, or are they writing shock headlines for a lark?

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Posted by Roger Johnson on 11/09 at 08:47 AM
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Monday, November 08, 2010

Hold the Nuts for Moms-to-Be: Eating Peanuts while Pregnant May Raise Allergy Risk

Babies born to mothers who eat peanuts during pregnancy appear more prone to peanut allergy, according to research conducted by scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere and published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The research team was led by Scott Sicherer, M.D., of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

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Posted by Thom Canalichio on 11/08 at 04:11 PM
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