Lollypop anesthesia eyed for balky kids
University of Utah researchers prototype a fentanyl coated lollypop to sedate children before surgery when masks or injections fail. Dr. Ray Dzelzkaiis tasted the lollipop at a Salt Lake City briefing and reported feeling drowsy. Plans call for 20 volunteers with FDA discussion in April.
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Salt Lake City
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Hornets to ride future space shuttles with astronauts
Entomology professor Jacob Ishay will lead 180 Oriental hornets on a space flight between July and October 1986 to study adaptation to zero gravity. The Israel Space Agency and NASA collaborate to learn if hornets sense gravity, build combs normally, and work collectively in space, informing space sickness research.
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Israel
Tel Aviv University
Ishay
Earth
Israel Space Agency
NASA
Relaxation Tape aims to soothe not to lull viewers
James Porter of the Hartley Film Foundation in Greenwich Connecticut created The Relaxation Tape a film designed to promote stress reduction. Twenty seven copies have been sold to hospitals and medical centers nationwide. Viewers report relaxation though few are actually asleep. Lobster receptor research at the University of Florida may shed light on epilepsy. The chemical receptor shown in lobsters helps detect taurine a compound linked to seizure control in animals and possibly humans. This receptor appears unique to lobsters among studied creatures.
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James Porter
Porter
Hartley Film Foundation
Greenwich
University of Florida
Florida
Earthworms illuminate soil toxicity tests in waste sites
Corneil researchers Edward F. Neuhauser and Michael R. Malecki study earthworms to gauge toxic metals and chemicals in soil. Over three years they dose red worms and measure LC-50 values to screen large areas cheaply before detailed chemical testing. They find copper zinc and mercury highly toxic in short tests. cadmium harms reproduction long term. They aim to expand to other soil organisms with Army Corps support and may begin with samples from the Niagara River in Erie County.
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Edward F. Neuhauser
Michael R. Malecki
Environmental Protection Agency
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Malecki
EPA
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Zoran Cukic
Moravia
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Erie County
Gulf Stream flow study tracks North Atlantic heat move
A 10 year NOAA effort monitors the Gulf Stream transport and its impact on East Coast weather. Using shore gauges and a submerged Florida Bahamas cable, researchers estimate the current carries about 30 million cubic meters per second, warming lands northward and aiding climate models.
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Gulf Stream
Washington
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Tropics
Cuba
Robert A. Molinari
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Molinari
Hogical
Moninari
Florida
Bahamas
Jolinari
George A. Maul
Miami Laboratory
University of Miami
Jupiter Inlet
Fla
Settlement Point
Grand Bahama
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