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Women Fight the Effects of Chemotherapy Long After Treatment Ends, MU Researchers Find

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2010Healthbody-image issues, breast cancer, breast cancer treatment, chemotherapy, depression, mental health, quality of life, rural areas, stephanie reid arndt, symptoms, university of missouri, urban areas, women

COLUMBIA, Mo. – For some women, the effects of breast cancer, the most common cancer affecting women, do not end when they leave the hospital. Now, researchers in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions have studied the lives of breast cancer patients following chemotherapy and found that their environments and available support systems help determine the quality of their lives.

“A lot of times people get mentally and emotionally ready to deal with chemotherapy and they receive a lot of support during that time,” said Stephanie Reid-Arndt, an assistant professor of health psychology in the School of Health Professions. “Then they go home and everyone feels like it’s over, but the patients still have worries and fears about the changes they’ve been through and what it means for the future.” (more…)

Breakthrough in Nanocrystals Growth

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2010Scienceadvanced photon source, aps, argonne national laboratory, biological sensors, carnegie, center for nanoscale, chemical, diffraction, high pressure synergetic consortium, hpsync, hpsync program, metal-conducting liquid, nanoletters, nanoparticles, nanoparticles grow, Nanotechnology, russell hemley, solar-cell technology, wenge yang, x-rays

Nanoparticles. Image credit: Wenge Yang

Argonne, ILL — For the first time scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation. Nanoparticles are the foundation of nanotechnology and their performance depends on their structure, composition, and size. Researchers will now be able to develop ways to control conditions under which they are grown. The breakthrough will affect a wide range of applications including solar-cell technology and chemical and biological sensors. The research is published in NANOLetters.

As coauthor Wenge Yang of the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory explained: “It’s been very difficult to watch these tiny particles be born and grow in the past because traditional techniques require that the sample be in a vacuum and many nanoparticles are grown in a metal-conducting liquid. So we have not been able to see how different conditions affect the particles, much less understand how we can tweak the conditions to get a desired effect.” (more…)

Haiti Earthquake Shaking Amplified by Local Landforms

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2010Scienceaftershock recordings, earthquake in haiti, geological conditions, haiti earthquake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The severe damage and loss-of-life caused by the devastating January 2010 M7.0 earthquake in Haiti was exacerbated by amplification of shaking due to local geological conditions and landforms in Port-au-Prince, according to a study published online today in Nature Geoscience. (more…)

Countdown to Kinect: 17 Controller-Free Games Launch in November

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2010Technologyellen degeneres, geoffrey the giraffe, holiday season, jackie evancho, kinect, Microsoft, mike delman, next big thing, oprah show, richard barry, show, susan boyle, the nutcracker, times square, xbox 360

About the image: A screenshot from Kinect Adventures, one of 17 controller-free games that will be available when Kinect for Xbox 360 becomes available in November. Image credit: Microsoft

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2010 —

Tune in to see it on “The Oprah Show^®.” And find out what has Ellen DeGeneres moving and grooving. Even Geoffrey the Giraffe^® knows Kinect for Xbox 360 is sure to be the hottest gift this holiday. Today, the countdown to Kinect begins, as Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of a multiyear advertising campaign and revealed the complete lineup of 17 controller-free games that will transform living rooms around the world starting on Nov. 4. (more…)

IBM Reports 2010 Third-Quarter Results

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2010Technologyamerica, bric countries, business analytics, diluted earnings, growth markets, ibm, information management, intellectual property, lotus, microelectronics, middleware products, oem revenues, rational products, revenue, samuel j. palmisano, software, system x, tivoli, websphere

ARMONK, N.Y. – 18 Oct 2010:

Diluted earnings per share of $2.82, up 18 percent;
31 consecutive quarters of EPS growth, 13 of last 15 at double digits;
Full-year 2010 EPS expectations raised to at least $11.40;
Net income of $3.6 billion, up 12 percent;
Net margin of 14.8 percent, up 1.1 points;
Revenue of $24.3 billion, up 3 percent as reported, 4 percent adjusting for currency;
Growth markets revenue up 16 percent, 13 percent adjusting for currency;
BRIC countries revenue up 29 percent, 26 percent adjusting for currency;
Business analytics revenue up 14 percent;
Systems and Technology revenue up 10 percent, 11 percent adjusting for currency;
System z mainframe revenue up 15 percent; MIPS up 54 percent;
Software revenue excluding divested PLM operations, up 4 percent, 6 percent adjusting for currency; up 1 percent including divested PLM operations;
Services revenue up 2 percent, as reported and adjusting for currency;
Services backlog of $134 billion, up $5 billion quarter to quarter, down $2 billion adjusting for currency, and flat year over year. (more…)

Mandi Schwartz Update: Tests Indicate Birth of New Immune System

By Guest PostOctober 18, 20101 commentHealth, Sportsbone marrow donors, engraftment, mandi schwartz, new immune system, stem cell transplant, yale hockey player

Mandi Schwartz. Image credit: Yale University

After spending six days in intensive care fighting her way through another life-threatening condition, Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz got some much-needed positive news in her battle with cancer on Friday.

Tests have confirmed that, 23 days after her stem cell transplant, engraftment — i.e., the birth of her new immune system — has taken place. This marks a major positive step, but challenges still remain for the Yale women’s ice hockey center.

“The weeks since the transplant have been physically tough on Schwartz, and there have been several scary moments, but she continues to fight,” says her mother, Carol. “She remains focused on her goal of overcoming every challenge and getting her health back. We are all inspired by the support we have received from so many different people throughout this process.” (more…)

JAY-Z Promoting New Book Via Bing Interactive Search Game

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2010Technologydecoded, jay z, jay z fans, new book

*Bing and JAY-Z are partnering to promote the hip-hop star’s new book, “Decoded.” Bing created a multi-platform search experience and interactive game, where fans can immerse themselves in JAY-Z’s life and lyrics and search for the book’s pages, which are being hidden in the real world.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2010 — Hip-hop icon JAY-Z is turning to Bing to help “decode” his life and lyrics for fans. (more…)

Microsoft Research Collaborates With Wikipedia to Enhance Multilingual Content

By Guest PostOctober 18, 2010Technologyaachen, beta version, danese cooper, european microsoft innovation centre, extreme computing group, Germany, hindi, machine translation system, mediawiki extension, Microsoft, microsoft research, multilingual content creation tool, multiple languages, p anandan, redmond, sanskrit, wiki, wikibhasha, Wikipedia

*WikiBhasha tool will help simplify and speed up the process of creating multilingual content in Wikipedias.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 18, 2010 — Microsoft Research today announced the launch of the beta version of WikiBhasha, a multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia. The WikiBhasha tool enables contributors to Wikipedia to find content from other Wikipedia articles, translate the content into other languages, and then either compose new articles or enhance existing articles in multilingual Wikipedias. (more…)

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