Cox Movies Under the Moon(R) Offers Big-Screen Hits Under the Stars
Free family-friendly film festival benefits Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children HERNDON, Va., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In Northern Virginia, some things in life are still free thanks to Cox Communications. For five nights, from June 24 through June 28, at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax, the...Watching R-Rated Movies Boosts Kids' Smoking Risk
The finding could point to a general parental permissiveness, researchers say MONDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke, say researchers who analyzed data from a four-year study of more than 1,200 Massachusetts youngst...Many Kids Under 15 Watch Violent Movies
In some cases, parents encourage the habit, U.S. survey shows MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A large proportion of American adolescents are getting early and regular exposure to violent movies, a new survey reveals. The poll suggests that almost 13 percent of the nation's estim...More Movies to Include Anti-Smoking PSAs to Protect Children's Health
Statement from the American Legacy Foundation(R) WASHINGTON, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the California Governor's office announced that anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) developed by the state will be included in youth-rated DVD movies from several major Hollywo...Smoking in Movies Linked to Kids Lighting Up
Many youth-rated films show smoking scenes, study says, and that early exposure influences young people to start the habit TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Young people who start smoking may be influenced to do so by movies they saw in early childhood, new research suggests. What...On-screen smoking in movies linked to young adult smoking behavior
New study findings show that exposure to on-screen smoking in movies has a strong correlation with beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers among young adults 18-25, a critical age group for lifelong smoking behavior. The research was conducted by a team from the University of Calif...Smoking in Movies May Put Teens at Risk
Silver screen cues tend to reinforce positive associations with the habit, study says TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Teens imitate more than just the clothes and mannerisms of movie stars -- they are also more likely to begin smoking if they see smoking in the movies, a U.S. study finds. ...Teens who see more smoking in movies may have increased risk of becoming established smokers
Exposure to smoking in movies appears to be associated with adolescents risk of becoming established smokers who have used at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetimes, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...Dartmouth researchers say too many children see extreme violence in movies
In a paper published in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics, Dartmouth researchers document the alarming numbers of young adolescents age 10-14 who are exposed to graphic violence in movies rated R for violence. They found that these extremely violent movies were seen by an average of 12....AAP Calls for an End to 'Toxic' Tobacco Content in Hollywood Movies
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hollywood movies deliver billions of tobacco impressions to young audiences annually, and this poses one of the gravest threats to U.S. teens, says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). On-screen tobacco recruits 390,000 new teen smokers each yea...More Than 300 New Medicines Being Developed for Mental Illnesses
...o are suffering need to know that there is hope." Joey Pantoliano is one of the best-known character actors in Hollywood, appearing in more than 100 movies and television shows. But he is probably best known for his critically acclaimed and Emmy award-winning performance as psychopathic mobster Ralphie Ci...Start of Phase I Study for Intranasal Pandemic Influenza Vaccine deltaFLU
...ill allow early proof of efficacy. These studies will provide the basis for phase III field trials leading to market authorization. Press photos & movies http://www.greenhillsbiotech.com/news.html Contact Isolde Bergmann (Corp. Communications) mobile: +43-664-8573403 mail: i.bergmann@greenhills...Heidelberg Retina Angiograph 2 (HRA 2)
Description:...ons, RPE Atrophy, Central Serous Chorioretinopathy and Bests disease. A unique feature of the HRA 2 is the ability to acquire dynamic, highspeed movies (up to 16 frames per second) in both Fluorescein or ICG Angiographies. This is especially important in the initial phase of FAs, when documentation of...OTI-Scan 1000 - B/A/3D Ophthalmic Ultrasound
Description:...treous. Its internal rotator assembly can generate a three-dimensional image in less than two seconds. This is the only system that records B & A-Scan movies in real-time, allowing the user full playback and movie-editing capabilities prior to storing the movie in the patient database....ODEI75D Digital / Video Camera
Description:...se video cameras provide a high-resolution, real-time image of your specimen that can be easily observed on a video monitor or TV. You can even record movies when these easy-to-operate cameras are used in conjunction with a VCR to provide you with various options to observe and/or document your activities....OLY-220 CCD Color Video Camera
Description:...se video cameras provide a high-resolution, real-time image of your specimen that can be easily observed on a video monitor or TV. You can even record movies when these easy-to-operate cameras are used in conjunction with a VCR to provide you with various options to observe and/or document your activities....Argonne scientists develop techniques for creating molecular movies
ARGONNE, Ill. (April 15, 2008) They may never win an Oscar, but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed techniques for creating accurate movies of biological and chemical molecules, a feat only theorized up until now. Biological and organi...Innovative movies show real-time immune-cell activity within tumors
Using advanced new microscopy techniques in concert with sophisticated transgenic technologies, scientists at The Wistar Institute have for the first time created three-dimensional, time-lapse movies showing immune cells targeting cancer cells in live tumor tissues. In recorded experiments, immune ...'Canadian excellence' strengthened by extensive adoption of open access
...wing authors to submit their original research directly to the repository. Electronic documents, including articles, pre-prints, monographs, reports, movies and databases can all be archived in the repository. The service ensures that Laurier's scholarly communication output is consolidated, thus enabl...Lab-on-a-chip homes in on how cancer cells break free
..., the researchers said. Bridget Wildt, a materials science and engineering doctoral student in Searson's lab, used the device to perform and record movies of the live-cell experiments. Wildt tested cells from the connective tissue of mice during these experiments, but the team plans to try other types of...Male dinosaurs may have been prehistoric babysitters, study shows
... COLLEGE STATION, Dec 18, 2008 Those ferocious Hollywood meat-eating dinosaurs you're used to seeing in the movies very possibly had a much softer side: the males might even have been sort of prehistoric babysitters, according to a far-flung study conducted by a Te...Study reveals effects of unconscious exposure to advertisements
...ates that they are much more ancient. Advertising that takes the form of apparel branded with company's names, and products strategically placed in movies and television shows, often go unnoticed by consumers, capitalizing on our brain's mechanisms to modulate preference based on non-conscious exposure. ...Caltech researchers get first look at how groups of cells coordinate their movements
...he same order throughout their travels, following a set of "leader" cells and rarely if ever crossing over the midline of the pack. "If you look at movies of the motion," says Stathopoulos, "you see all this jiggling, and you'd think the cells are mixing all around. And yet, they're not." "We were abl...Lightheadedness at the dentist could prove serious
... CHICAGO (November 25, 2008) - You see it in movies or while viewing your favorite sitcom; a scene at the doctor's office where the character inevitably gets a little woozy which leads to a fainting spe...NAS announces initiative to connect entertainment industry with top experts
...shows such as CSI, HOUSE, and ER routinely incorporate cutting-edge science into their scripts. Studio films similarly capitalize on science themes. movies such as CHILDREN OF MEN, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, DJ VU, and A BEAUTIFUL MIND enlisted some aspect of science and technology to help tell their stories, wh...NYU physicists find way to explore microscopic systems through holographic video
... Physicists at New York University have developed a technique to record three-dimensional movies of microscopic systems, such as biological molecules, through holographic video. The work, which is reported in Optics Express , has potential to imp...World's First Website for Patients to Share Diagnostic-Quality Medical Images
...ndard web browser, www.webpax.com . "Patients can literally email a web link to someone halfway around the world allowing them to instantly view movies of a beating heart," said Brent Reed, HeartIT's Vice President for Sales and Marketing. "And the best part about it is that the service is c...New technique measures ultrashort laser pulses at focus
...f the pulse at each location with a digital camera. The patterns were used to determine the shape of the unknown pulse in space and time and to create movies showing how the intensity and color of the pulse changed in space and time as it focused. Because the laser pulses enter SEA TADPOLE through optic...Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
...houldn't be a serious problem." Rubinsky said the screen size of a cell phone should not be a major impediment since "people are able to watch full movies on their iPods." "In my opinion, this concept would be valuable for developed nations as well," said Rubinsky. "One of the main problems of medical...Mouse Brain or Impressionist Painting?
...nist painting. Dr. Livet's image triumphed over a thousand other images and movies to earn the First Prize -- $5000 worth of Olympus equipment. (Photo: http...technical merit. This year, in addition to Prizes 1-10, 63 other images and movies were recognized with honorable mentions. All images and the names of all ho...Penn engineers design computer memory in nanoscale form that retrieves data 1,000 times faster
... and nonvolatile, a difficult set of requirements which have now been demonstrated at Penn. Imagine being able to store hundreds of high-resolution movies in a small drive, downloading them and playing them without wasting time on data buffering, or imagine booting your laptop computer in a few seconds a...Penn engineers design computer memory in nanoscale form that retrieves data 1,000 times faster
... and nonvolatile, a difficult set of requirements which have now been demonstrated at Penn. Imagine being able to store hundreds of high-resolution movies in a small drive, downloading them and playing them without wasting time on data buffering, or imagine booting your laptop computer in a few seconds a...