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- No Chemical Leak at La Quinta High, New Tests Show (KESQ Palm Springs)
Jan 5, 2009 - A local school district says a new test proves there is no chemical leak at La Quinta High School. We first told you last month about recent testing showing elevated levels of the toxic chemical "carbon tetrachloride" at La Quinta High. - Photo of missing Butler County boy may be released today (The Wichita Eagle)
Jan 5, 2009 - Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy plans to release more information at 10 a.m. today about the investigation of a boy who apparently disappeared nine years ago. An attorney for Adam Herrman's adoptive parents said he ran away about nine years ago, when he was 11 or 12, though he told The Eagle they didn't report it and feel "horribly guilty" for not doing it. Adam's older biological sister, ... - Mothers pass on disease clues to offspring (EurekAlert!)
Jan 5, 2009 - The study provides the first evidence for a transgenerational effect on immune response based on environmental cues -- with maternal perception of disease risk in the immediate environment potentially determining offspring disease resistance and social dominance. The results are published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the Royal Society's flagship biological research journal. - Chemical giant mulls bankruptcy (The Delaware Business Ledger)
Jan 5, 2009 - Chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries, www.lyondellbasell.com , Wednesday confirmed it might consider filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. An Associated Press story reported the comment from a company official. - Lubrizol buys business from Dow Chemical (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Jan 5, 2009 - Lubrizol Corp. said today it has bought Dow Chemical Co.'s thermoplastic polyurethane business. Terms were not disclosed. The Wickliffe maker of lubricants and additives said the business had revenue of about $85 million in 2007. The acquistion will become part... - Students, Scientists Build Novel Biological Machines (The Online NewsHour)
Jan 5, 2009 - Scientists in the growing field of synthetic biology use basic biological "building blocks" -- snippets of DNA -- to engineer useful living organisms. Tom Bearden reports on a synthetic biology competition for college students. - Trevor Thorley Named Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of AMVAC Chemical Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Jan 5, 2009 - NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----American Vanguard Corporation today announced that Trevor Thorley has been named as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of its principal operating subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corporation, effective immediately. - Protein kinase R reveals an evolutionary model for defeating viral mimicry (Nature)
Jan 5, 2009 - Distinguishing self from non-self is a fundamental biological challenge. Many pathogens exploit the challenge of self discrimination by employing mimicry to subvert key cellular processes including the cell cycle, apoptosis and cytoskeletal dynamics. Other mimics interfere with immunity. Poxviruses encode K3L, a mimic of eIF2|[agr]|, which is the substrate of protein kinase R (PKR), an important ... - HAZMAT called for chemical hazard at hotel (Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life)
Jan 5, 2009 - No one was injured but hotel guests were evacuated due to a chemical reaction that occurred in the pool area of Holiday Inn Express at 3:54 p.m., Monday. - My Chemical Romance release Bob Dylan cover next month (Kerrang.com)
Jan 5, 2009 - My Chemical Romance will release their cover of the Bob Dylan classic, Desolation Row' on February 9 through Warner Bros. The song is taken from the soundtrack to the upcoming big screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' cult comic book series The Watchmen.