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Freedom of Information Day
On this Day "on or near March 16, the birthday of James Madison,"the American Library Association (ALA) presents the James Madison Award and the Eileen Cooke State &Local Madison Award "to recognize those individuals or groups that have championed access to government information and the public's right to know."2005 is the first year of the Eileen Cooke Madison Award. Includes a list of recipients. Loves Linux, Runs Windows
Europe is struggling to kick the Windows habit. Eurocrats make a lot of noise about moving to Linux, but the actual migrations are few and far between. Bruce Gain reports from Paris. EBay Becomes a Real Meteor Market
Moon rocks are so hard to come by that scientists turn to online auctions for study materials. And they're paying a pretty penny. By Kristen Philipkoski. U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: St. Patrick's Day
Facts and statistics related to St. Patrick's Day, including topics such as population distribution of Americans with Irish ancestry, immigration, places in the U.S. called Dublin and Shamrock, trade with Ireland, and beer. From the U.S. Census Bureau. Nanoparticles Carry Chemotherapy Drug Deeper Into Solid Tumors
A new drug delivery method using nano-sized molecules to carry the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin to tumors improves the effectiveness of the drug in mice and increases their survival time, according to a new study. In the past, similar drug carriers have improved targeted delivery of the drugs and reduced toxicity, but they sometimes decreased the drugs'ability to kill the tumor cells. Three Promising And Innovative Prostate Cancer Therapies In Clinical T
Three promising and innovative prostate cancer therapies are currently being investigated in clinical trials at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The three trials -- for patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer -- include separate studies of two monoclonal antibody investigative therapies (177Lu-J591 and MLN2704, respectively) and a third study of an experimental drug, Atrasentan, in combination with chemotherapy. Sex doesn’t sell
People won’t remember your brand if you advertised during a TV show with a lot of sexual content, according to UK researchers, compared to ads that appear in similar programming with no sex.This was the key message that came from research carried out at the Department of Psychology at University College London by Ellie Parker [...] Today's Homework: Make Good Games
From MIT's hallowed halls to tiny digital art academies in San Francisco, innovative new programs are changing the way game designers learn their craft. By Chris Kohler. Reorganization Of Brain Area For Vision After Stroke: May Yield New Tr
New evidence from a patient shows that the area of the brain that processes visual inputs can reorganize after an injury caused by stroke. Scientists found that a brain region that had stopped receiving signals from the eyes because of a stroke began responding to signals formerly processed in adjacent brain areas. Asthma Research Sounds Warning For Older Australians
New asthma research indicates that as many as a third of people +55 years old may be living with undiagnosed asthma and that a high prevalence of asthma in an ageing population will impose an increasing burden on the health system and the Australian economy in the future. 13 research papers, to be published as a supplement to The Medical Journal of Australia, are the result of a successful Macquarie Bank Asthma Australia Research Colloquium.
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