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Asian News International Media may face legal issues for publishing Wikileaks cables 12/11/2010 The controversy created after the release of hundreds of US secret diplomatic cables have raised many important legal issues about national security and freedom of the press under U.S. law, according to Neil Richards, JD, professor of law at Washington University in […]

Reuters US study helps unravel Alzheimer’s mystery 12/09/2010 Instead of producing too much of a protein, people with Alzheimer’s disease appear to have trouble getting rid of it, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. The finding may help explain why people with Alzheimer’s accumulate sticky clumps of a protein called amyloid beta, and it may help […]

Politico Pelosi’s best bet: Just say no 12/08/2010 House Democrats enter the new Congress hoping their future still holds bright promise for a return to majority control in 2012. But the challenges are much more complex now for outgoing speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Her best bet is to fade out of the foreground a little bit, […]

ABC News / Health Elizabeth Edwards: Doctors say cancer progressed rapidly and decision to end treatment difficult 12/7/2010 Elizabeth Edwards’ breast cancer has spread to her liver, and has now reached the point where medical treatment can no longer do much for her. “The majority of breast cancer patients die from ER-positive cancer that’s become […]

The Globe and Mail (Canada) Tests get high marks as a learning tool 12/04/2010 New research provides compelling scientific evidence of the value of testing as a learning tool. Henry Roediger and his colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis recently reported the results of a study with a Grade 8 science class. The students […]

India West Five Indian-origin students named Rhodes Scholars 12/02/2010 Five promising young Americans of Indian descent have been selected for the highly competitive Rhodes Scholarships, it was announced Nov. 20. A total of 32 American college students have been chosen this year. Renugan Raidoo of the University of Iowa, Aakash K. Shah of Harvard Medical […]

Inc. How to run a brainstorming session 11/30/2010 Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology and education at Washington University in St. Louis, calls it “group genius,” or the idea that innovation requires cross-pollination from seemingly unrelated fields. In his book, he stresses that people in the group must have enough in common to share the […]

Technology Review Computers get help from the human brain 11/30/2010 Tapping into the processing power of the human brain could help computers with some tasks. Most brain-computer interface research is focused on harnessing conscious processes, says Eric Leuthardt, director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology at Washington University School of Medicine. “Reading […]

Wall Street Journal / Careers Employers still uncertain on hiring new graduates 11/29/2010 College graduates might find a better job market this academic year, but many employers are still uncertain if they will hire at all. The big financial-services companies and consulting firms in particular have recruited students more aggressively than in the past couple […]

The Telegraph (UK) The July 7 bombings and heritability: carrying trauma to the next generation 11/23/2010 A growing body of research now suggests that traumatic events can affect the genes, and lives, of children as yet unborn. Research by Professor Eric Richards at Washington University in St Louis shows that the way rats are nurtured […]