Basic Newswriting Tips

From Prof. Ksiazek‘s visit on W 09/21/11 (and the annotated pdf of his example from yahoo news.):
Audience analysis

Who is your audience?
What sources of information can I use to better understand my audience?
What is their prior …

MotW16: Anticancer properties of Ruthenium(II) complexes

Ruthenium(II) complexes of the general formula [(η6-arene)Ru(XY)Z]+ were studied for their anticancer properties in A2780 human ovarian cancer cells and A549 human lung cancer cells (Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 9444–9453, DOI: 10.1021/ic9013366). The specific arenes …

MotW 15: Promising Ruthenium Complexes as Anticancer Drugs

Organoruthenium complexes, of the form of [(η6-arene)RuII(YZ)X]+ (Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 11470–11486, DOI: 10.1021/ic801361m), are increasingly being studied for use in medicine. The arene is usually a phenyl derivative, YZ is usually a chelating ligand, …

Fatty Foods Affect Brain Before Weight

High amounts of fat in food, such as ice cream, not only affect a person’s stomach but also their brain. Some of the fat travels to the brain, which then causes the brain to send …

New Research Finds Novel Uses for Old Drugs

A recent article in C&EN reports that scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to …

A Natural Lock on Tumor Growth

At the University of California, researchers have been studying RNA interface(RNAi), a naturally occurring system that turns genes on and off, and the proteins drosha and dicer. The research has focused on spacial and …

Global warming on trial?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to put well established scientific evidence on trial:
Environmentalists say the chamber’s strategy is an attempt to sow political discord by challenging settled science — and note that in the …

Texas School Board Set to Vote on Challenge to Evolution

Want another reason why science literacy is not just important but as essential as being able to read and write?

The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to …