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June 7, 1997
A New Gap in the Antibiotic ArsenalA strain of staphylococcus bacteria appears resistant to all known antibiotics.
Gail Cassell
Department of Microbiology
University of Alabama–Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294-0113
Anthony Fauci
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-2520
Stuart Levy
Center for Adaptations, Genetics and Drug Resistance
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA 02111
Patients savor this brain disorderSome strokes and other brain injuries leave their victims with a newfound appreciation for fine foods.
Jeffrey Cummings
Reed Neurological Research Center
UCLA School of Medicine
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Theodor Landis
Department of Neurology
Geneva University
University Hospital
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Marianne Regard
University Hospital
Department of Neurology
CH-6091 Zurich
Switzerland
A recently discovered gene controls the development of bone-forming cells called osteoblasts, and mutations in the gene cause a rare skeletal disorder in people.
Bjorn R. Olsen
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02115
A study of Swedish twins, all at least 80 years old, finds that genes influence cognitive abilities about as much as schooling and other environmental factors.
Elizabeth A. Bates
Department of Psychology
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
Irving I. Gottesman
Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
Gilmer Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Gerald E. McClearn
Center for Developmental and Health Genetics
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Robert Plomin
Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AF
England
Thomas R. Zentall
Department of Psychology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0001
A layer of snowy methane lies atop a warm mud volcano, the oceanographic equivalent of apple pie a la mode.
Peter G. Brewer
Monterey Bay Research Institute
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Peter R. Vogt
Marine Sciences Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375
The microbe responsible for ulcers and other stomach ailments can live on houseflies, although it remains to be seen whether flies transmit the pathogen.
Martin Blaser
School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37232
Peter Grubel
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Division of Gastroenterology
736 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02135
Barry Marshall
School of Medicine
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22906
Website: http://www.hpylori.com.au
The first detailed chart of a star's magnetic field reveals a pattern similar to that of the sun.
Athol J. Kemball
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
P.O. Box O
Socorro, NM 87801
Pinning down a superconductivity theoryThe electron pairing mechanism responsible for superconductivity in conventional superconductors isn't necessary to account for the effect in the high-temperature superconductor thallium barium copper oxide.
John R. Kirtley
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 218
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
J.H. Wang
Superconducting Materials Laboratory
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY 14260
Spectra of Comet Hale-Bopp provide new evidence that the Oort cloud actually exists.
Michael J. Mumma
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Several models attempt to explain the X-ray glow emitted by comets when they near the sun.
Thomas E. Cravens
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Emotionally stable individuals attain much better physical health and live far longer than those who encounter major depression and other forms of mental anguish.
George E. Vaillant
Department of Psychiatry
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02138
A survey of Israeli adults finds that nearly half suffer from a mental disorder at some time in their lives, but only about 3 percent ever abuse alcohol or illicit drugs.
Andrew E. Skodol II
Department of Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute
722 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Some cellular phones can interfere with implanted devices that regulate the heartbeat.
David Hayes
Mayo Clinic
Department of Cardiology
200 First Street, S.W.
East 16
Rochester, MN 55905
The number and appearance of skin moles may indicate a person's risk of a deadly skin cancer.
Margaret A. Tucker
Genetic Epidemiology Branch
Executive Plaza North, Suite 439
6130 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
A puzzling seismic shock in remote Australia has seismologists wondering whether the event was caused by an earthquake, a nuclear blast, or a meteorite impact.
Christel B. Hennet
IRIS
1200 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Cosmic ripples test inflation
Astronomers are now on the brink of testing whether random subatomic ripples during the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang gave rise to the cosmic structures seen today.
Michael S. Turner
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Batavia, IL 60510-4521
Null SciencePsychology's statistical status quo draws fire
A growing number of psychologists charge that their field needs to wean itself from the mindless application of certain statistical practices, especially a technique known as null hypothesis testing, and pursue different methods of exploring mind and behavior.
Robert P. Abelson
Box 208205 Yale Station
New Haven, CT 06520-8205
Gerd Gigerenzer
Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research
Leopoldstrasse 24
D-80802 Munich
Germany
Jerome Kagan
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Geoffrey R. Loftus
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-0001
John E. Richters
Disruptive Disorders Program
Child and Adolescent Disorders Research Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18C-17
Rockville, MD 20857
Patrick E. Shrout
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
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