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Jefferson Researchers Find Timing Of Post-epilepsy Surgery Seizures Pr
Timing often matters when it comes to epileptic seizures that can occur after surgery designed to stop them. A multicenter study led by researchers at Jefferson Medical College has found that patients who had an initial seizure within the first four months of surgery were less likely to do as well in the long term as those individuals who did not. National Center for Education Statistics: Crime and Safety Surveys (CS
Compilation of school crime and safety data and reports, including the annual Indicators of School Crime and Safety (2002 to the present), and surveys of principals, teachers, and students. Includes reports on student discipline, victimization, gangs, bullying, weapons, drugs, and other school violence and crime topics. From the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. New Study Supports Stopping And Restarting School Buses To Cut Emissio
New evidence suggests that anti-idling advocates are on the right track in an ongoing debate over exhaust emissions from school buses. Regulations limiting the idling of school buses while students are getting on and off resulted from studies of children's exposure to airborne diesel pollutants during loading and unloading buses. Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just
For two years, UC Berkeley geoengineering professor Tad W. Patzek has analyzed the environmental ramifications of ethanol, a renewable fuel that many believe could significantly reduce our dependence on petroleum-based fossil fuels. According to Patzek though, ethanol may do more harm than good. In Presence Of Fragrant Cleaning Products, Air Purifiers That Emit Ozo
Indoor air purifiers that produce even small quantities of ozone may actually make the air dirtier when used at the same time as household cleaning products, scientists at UC Irvine have discovered. New NASA Mission To Reveal Moon's Internal Structure And Evolution
At a Dec. 10 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA's Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection of a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal its anatomy and history. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or Grail, mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. It will cost $375 million and is scheduled to launch in 2011. Grail will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field in unprecedented detail. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. UCLA Study Points To Evolutionary Roots Of Altruism, Moral Outrage
If you've ever been tempted to drop a friend who tended to freeload, then you have experienced a key to one of the biggest mysteries facing social scientists, suggests a study by UCLA anthropologists. The Fresh Face of King Tut: Famous Pharaoh's Features Reconstructed Us
The scientific breakthrough: Some 1,700 high-resolution Siemens CT-scanner images of the world's most famous mummy -- King Tutankhamun. The opportunity: Besides providing boundless information on the health and possible cause of death of the legendary young king, the data could paint a fresh portrait of Tut's face -- the first bust of Tut ever created from 3-D CT scans. New Way To Sort Stem Cells Discovered
Scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that should be quicker, easier and more cost-effective than current methods. The techniquecould in the future expedite therapies for people with conditions ranging from brain and spinal cord damage to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The Ultimate Geek Gift Guide
Hunting for media streamers, GPS navigators or a home robot for the special techie in your life? Look no further. By Christopher Null and Robert Strohmeyer. PLUS:Great Gamers' Gift Guide of 2005
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