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| The latest news from the Academies
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May. 13 -- A new report from the National Research Council provides advice and recommendations to improve an Army Corps of Engineers' draft report for Louisiana coastal protection and restoration. The Corps' report does not identify clear priorities for project implementation -- including ecosystem restoration, hurricane protection, and nonstructural measures such as buyouts -- nor does it provide evidence that sediment resources for all proposed restoration projects will be available.
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May. 8 -- The National Academies have announced the recipients of its 2007 Futures grants for 15 projects ranging from engineering solutions to extend human healthspan to developing socially assistive robotics for physical and cognitive health. The grant recipients participated in the conference "The Future of Human Healthspan: Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering," held last November. A summary of the conference is available.
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May. 2 -- When developing additional risk assessment studies for the proposed biocontainment laboratory to be located in Boston, the National Institutes of Health should consider scenarios for a variety of agents with diverse transmission characteristics and utilize available data to develop probabilities for release consequences, using either qualitative approaches or quantitative models, says a new report from the National Research Council.
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| Breaking stories in science
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May. 6 -- Once thought to be approaching their twilight years, new research at NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggests that many globular star clusters may be earlier in their development than previously thought.
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Apr. 28 -- The Department of Defense has established the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM), a collaborative effort to develop new treatments for wounded soldiers. Using stem cell research, tissue and biomaterial engineering, and other methods, AFIRM scientists hope to repair battlefield injuries and restore lost function in the hundreds of injured who return from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Apr. 17 -- April 22 marks the 38th anniversary of Earth Day, a day of celebration and activism intended to raise awareness of environmental issues. In 1970 a nationwide "Environmental Teach-In," led by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes, helped organize around 20 million demonstrators to show support for a policy agenda focused on these concerns.
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Apr. 11 -- A review conducted by the University of Pennsylvania casts doubt on the perception that drinking large amounts of water is beneficial to your health. The reviewers noted a lack of evidence that drinking lots of water improves skin, curbs appetite, or detoxifies the body. They did say that athletes and those in dry climates may need to drink more than the average person.
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