Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney's cushion hunt isn't about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what's triggering diseases like asthma in children, and he's got the backing of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Working with Dr. Glenn Morrison, associate professor of environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the junior is developing the science behind “building forensics,” an emerging field that lies at the outer edge of environmental engineering. 

Nanomaterials like carbon possess unique properties, which have led to first applications in novel electronic devices and sensors. These materials are based on ordered, atomically thin layers of carbon atoms, for example in the form of a single layer as so-called “graphene”, or rolled-up in carbon nanotubes.

The electronic properties of such structures are closely related to those of graphite, which consists of a stack of graphene sheets. Despite intensive research in the past, the fundamental behavior of electrons in this material are not fully understood and still controversially debated.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light. Scientists now believe it is a main source of the G ring and its single ring arc. 

LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- 17 Babies are Stillborn or Die Shortly After Birth Every Day in the UK

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Every hour and half in the UK a baby is stillborn or dies shortly after birth. That's 17 babies every day. There are strong indications that significant numbers of these 17 deaths could be avoided and babies' lives saved.

A report, Saving Babies' Lives Report 2009, published today (4 March) by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, backed up by new research, highlights several problem areas that are contributing to this level of baby loss, the long-lasting impact of these deaths, and recommends changes that could save babies' lives.

I am not a gambler, except when it comes to my own life. I'm referring to my astronaut application a few years back. I was not happy the selection committee was happy for me being pregnant and used that as an excuse to not allow any further tests on me. I will forever hate that committee; but I love my son.

HOUSTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) will host a conference call to discuss its 2008 fourth quarter and full-year financial and operating results and the outlook for 2009 on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 9 a.m. Central Standard Time, 2 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time.

To participate and ask questions during the conference call, dial the local country telephone number and the confirmation code 5204926. The toll-free numbers are +1-888-708-5692 in the United States, 0-800-051-7166 in the United Kingdom, and 800-191-83 in Norway. Other international callers should dial +1-913-312-0962 (tolls apply). To listen only to the live audio webcast access Endeavour's home page at http://www.endeavourcorp.com.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Agency Supports Company's Production and Clinical and Preclinical Plans for DXL625 -

- Live Teleconference Scheduled with Leadership and Scientific Team for March 04, 2009 -

InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange: IXS.V), a drug development company commercializing the next generation of monoclonal antibodies based on its Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL(TM)) technology, announces the United States Food Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its comprehensive review of the development plans for InNexus' lead preclinical candidate, DXL625 (CD20) for the prospective treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) and/or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).

If you need another reason to drink your daily glass of wine, here’s one. According to a recent study, not only is moderate consumption of alcohol good for your heart, but also benefits your bone health.

Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University found in their study that in men and post-menopausal women who participated in regular consumption of moderate amounts of alcohol showed greater bone mineral densities.

WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Establishes new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School

- Makes Additional Contributions to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

- Award-Winning Actress Reese Witherspoon Launches New Global Mobilization Efforts

One in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime(1), and in the U.S., a woman is assaulted every nine seconds(2). Around the world, services for victims are often vastly underfunded or unavailable, and in many countries, laws to protect women do not exist or are not enforced.

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