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Why 2 new studies represent important breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(AHAF-American Health Assistance Foundation) Two separate research findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated understanding of what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease and what can be done to prevent or repair damage in the brain.

AIBS names emerging public policy leaders
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(American Institute of Biological Sciences) The American Institute of Biological Sciences has selected two graduate students to receive the 2012 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. Lida Beninson is a Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Andrew Reinmann is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at Boston University.

Fellowships to assist 9 UC Riverside students secure doctoral degrees
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(University of California - Riverside) The University of California, Riverside has awarded nine first-year graduate students an annual stipend of $30,000 for two years to increase underrepresented minority students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the doctoral level. In addition to the stipend that covers living expenses, each student's graduate tuition and fees are fully covered. Because of the fellowships, the nine students will be fully engaged in research from the outset.

Schooling protects fleeing children from disease
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(University of Copenhagen) Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results from the University of Copenhagen show that just a few hours of schooling a week may have a pronounced positive impact on their health not only in childhood but later in life when they achieve adulthood.

Judder-free videos on the smartphone
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying - especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimized Radio Resource Manager will soon be able to help network operators accommodate heavy network traffic. Researchers will present their solution at the GSMA Mobile World Congress from Feb. 27 to March 1, 2012 in Barcelona (Hall 2, Booth E41).

Jointly utilizing LTE networks
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies are intended to increase the data rates on the new LTE network. The solution is to use the mobile networks jointly.

Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
3 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Penn State) The US may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomy 18 and trisomy 13
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Women & Infants Hospital) A recent study by Drs. Glenn Palomaki and Jacob Canick of Women & Infants Hospital shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13.

Combination drug therapy urged to battle lung cancer
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Combination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer, according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Van Andel Research Institute. The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online today, Feb. 2, 2012, by the PLoS ONE.

Hand counts of votes may cause errors, says new Rice University study
2 February 2012, 5:00 am
(Rice University) Hand counting of votes in postelection audit or recount procedures can result in error rates of up to two percent, according to a new study from Rice University and Clemson University.