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New gene expression findings Biology
Prof. Charles Hoffman and colleagues from two Japanese universities
report in the journal Nature new findings about gene expression yielded
from their study of a gene found in yeast. News Release | Genetic Engineering News | Science Daily | ScienceCentric (Bulgaria) | Biology News Net | PhysOrg | Scientist Live (UK) |
| Record $2.9M grant for CRR The Center for Retirement Research has received a record $2.9
million in new funding from the U.S. Social Security Administration. More
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Outlook for charitable giving  At
a national conference of fundraisers hosted by BC's Center on Wealth
and Philanthropy, Associate Director John Havens offered views on the
future of charitable giving in light of the economic downturn. More | News Release | Dow Jones MartketWatch | CNBC | Reuters | Boston Business Journal | Forbes.com | Houston Chronicle | LA Times | MSN Money | San Francisco Business Times | Dallas Business Journal | Philadelphia Business Journal |
| How will America change?
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Scientists Concerned for Georgia Colleagues
 BC
geoscientist Emanuel Bombolakis and alumni have been helping colleagues
in the former Soviet republic of Georgia monitor earthquakes in a
region now rocked by conflict with Russia. More | Project background |
Working Longer As headlines warn Americans that their retirement years may be far from golden, Center for Retirement Research Director Alicia Munnell discusses their options with US News & World Report and on WBUR-FM's 'Here and Now' |
Carbon in the Clouds The testing of new tools to study the role of tiny airborne particles of carbon-laden soot in global climate change brought nearly 20 researchers from across the U.S. to the BC lab of Chemistry Prof. Paul Davidovits, seen here with Timothy B. Onasch, left, principal scientist for Aerodyne Research, Inc. More | Science Daily | PhysOrg.com | Malaysia Sun | The Hindu (Photo by Lee Pellegrini) |
Music Builds Bridges in the Brain Taking music lessons can strengthen connections between the two hemispheres of the brain in children, according to a study co-authored by Psychology Professor Ellen Winner. Science Magazine |
A First in Metamaterials A team led by BC physicist Willie Padilla report in Nature Photonics engineering a new metamaterial composite to bridge the electromagnetic spectrum's 'terahertz gap,' a phenomenon that has defied researchers until now. More | Science Daily |
Era of Cheap Goods Ends  The era of cheap goods is over, write History Associate Professor Prasannan Parthasarathi and Sociology Professor Juliet Schor, and broad-based reforms are needed to cushion higher prices for basic needs. Boston Globe |
Eye on Giving Sociologist Paul Schervish, director of BC's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy and one of the nation's leading experts on the charitable inclinations of the very wealthy, is featured by the New York Times Magazine |
| Quaking in Boston
Weston Observatory director John Ebel discusses the probability - and ramifications - of an earthquake in the city with the Boston Phoenix |
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Name that Emotion |
Chemist awarded Sloan Fellowship BC physical chemist Torsten Fiebig has been awarded a highly prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, intended to enhance the careers of outstanding young faculty. more |
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Center for Religion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe was
among thought leaders asked how America will change as a result of the
economic downturn by The New Republic's blog ' 
Psychology Professor