December 13, 1997
News of the Week:
Chicken Flu Virus Raises Concerns
An unusual avian influenza virus that killed a Hong Kong boy in May reemerged in three additional people and killed one of them.
Virginia S. Hinshaw
Dominick A. Iacuzio
Thomas W. Skinner
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
333 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Respiratory Diseases Branch
Solar Building, Room 3B02
6003 Executive Boulevard
Mailstop Code 7630
Bethesda, MD 20892-7630
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, N.E.
Mailstop Code D25
Atlanta, GA 30333
Physical ills follow trauma response
Vietnam combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder exhibit elevated rates of a variety of physical diseases up to 20 years after their military service.
Joseph A. Boscarino
All eyes on Eta Carinae: A new spectacle?
A slew of telescopes are poised to record the fireworks that astronomers predict for next month by the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae.
Michael F. Corcoran
Mario Livio
Hunt for a botanical gene for all diseases
A newly described plant gene plays a general role in disease resistance.
Karen S. Century
Researchers in Japan have increased the operational lifetime of blue laser diodes to the point where the devices may be commercially useful.
R.L. Melcher
Shuji Nakamura
U.S. funding boosts accelerator project
An international agreement opens the way for U.S. participation in the construction and operation of the Large Hadron Collider at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
John H. Gibbons
Christopher Llewellyn Smith
Studying the optical properties of butterfly wings may help improve computer-chip manufacturing processes.
Peter Y. Wong
From fleas to brain tumors
The children of pregnant women who treated their homes with certain flea and tick preparations face an elevated risk of brain cancer.
Janice M. Pogoda
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Catholic Health Initiatives-Southeast Region
Department of Outcomes Research
P.O. Box 34037
Louisville, KY 40232-4037
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
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San Francisco State University
Biology Department
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
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IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 218
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Research & Development Department
Nichia Chemical Industries
491, Oka, Kaminaka, Anan
Tokushima 774
Japan
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Office of Science and Technology Policy
Old Executive Office Building
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
CERN
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Butterfly sparkle characterized for chips
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Tufts University
Thermal Analysis of Materials Processing Laboratory
Medford, MA 02155
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Stratology
10355 Pine Cone Way
Truckee, CA 96161
Research Notes:
Chemistry
Molecules shuttle electrons to and fro
Shaped like a bead on a string, a rotaxane molecule can ferry electrons from one end of the string to the other.
David A. Leigh
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Sources:
University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Science and Technology
Sackville Street
Manchester M6O 1QD
United Kingdom
Laboratoire de Chimie Organo-Minerale
URA 422 au C.N.R.S.
Institut Le Bel
Universite Louis Pasteur
4 rue Blaise Pascal
67070 Strasbourg
France
Earth Science
Getting to the core of a killer crater
Scientists probe the scar left by a giant meteorite 65 million years ago.
Jo Morgan
Virgil Sharpton
Mark Warner
Winter, Greenland-style
A team of scientists is collecting meteorological data over the entire winter at the top of Greenland's ice cap.
Jack E. Dibb Bioscience
El Nino's health impact in Venezuela
Research links El Nino to malaria outbreaks in Venezuela.
Menno Jan Bouma
El Nino's health impact in Peru
El Nino may result in a surge of pediatric diarrhea cases.
Eduardo Salazar-Lindo
Quick fix for insulin resistance?
A short-term exercise program can reverse insulin resistance in some women.
Michael D. Brown Materials Science
Sound waves track head injuries
Monitoring head trauma patients with ultrasound can detect changes in the brain.
Peter B. Nagy
Growing cells on a knitted polymer
The wide variety of microstructures in knitted biomaterials can direct cell growth.
Frank K. Ko
Silk ties to keep bones together
Silk threads show potential as a replacement for tendons and ligaments.
Yasushi Tamada
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Imperial College
Department of Geology
London, SW7 2BP
England
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Houston, TX 77058
Imperial College
Department of Geology
London, SW7 2BP
England
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University of New Hampshire
Department of Earth Sciences
James Hall
56 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-3589
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
England
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Cayetano Heredia Hospital
Rehydration Unit
Department of Pediatrics
Lima S1
Peru
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GRECC (11G)
Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center
2215 Fuller Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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University of Cincinnati
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
ML0070
Cincinnati, OH 45221
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Fibrous Materials Research Center
Department of Materials Engineering
Drexel University
31st and Market Streets
Building 27-440
Philadelphia, PA 19104
National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science
1-2 Owashi
Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305
Japan
Articles:
When Tomatoes See Red
The horticultural tricks colored mulch can play Colored mulches can alter how a plant grows, what it tastes like, and how well it resists pests.
Bruce A. Fortnum
Michael J. Kasperbauer
Michael Orzolek
Keith S. Williamson
Paleontologists fret about dinosaur sales The auction of a dinosaur for $8.36 million may have a chilling effect on paleontology.
Betsy Bennett
Peter Dodson
Arthur Dunkelman
John J. Flynn
Steve Hess
John R. Horner
Louis L. Jacobs
Peter Larson
David N. Redden
J. Keith Rigby Jr.
Jim Wyatt
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Clemson University
Peedee Research and Education Center
2200 Pocket Road
Florence, SC 29506-9706
ARS Coastal Plains, Soil, Water, and Plant Research Laboratory
2611 West Lucas Street
Florence, SC 29501-1242
Pennsylvania State University
Agricultural Research Center
106 Agricultural Administration Building
University Park, PA 16802
Sonoco Products Company
1 North 2nd Street
Hartsville, SC 29550
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North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
102 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Geology
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316
Kislak Foundation
7900 Miami Lakes Drive
Miami Lakes, FL 33016
Field Museum of Natural History
Department of Geology
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
EXTINCTIONS Fossil Company
P.O. Box 7
Clarita, OK 74535
Montana State University
Department of Earth Sciences
Bozeman, MT 59717-0348
Southern Methodist University
Department of Geological Sciences
Shuler Museum of Paleontology
Dallas, TX 75275
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research
217 Main Street
P.O. Box 643
Hill City, SD 57745
Sotheby's
1334 New York Avenue
72nd Street
New York, NY 10021
University of Notre Dame
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Fossilnet
1517 Greentree Lane
Garland, TX 75042
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