All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlSat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10:41 -0500Cascade ServerThe Boxer-Kerry bill on climate change now making its way through Congress moves in the right direction, says environmental law expert William Buzbee, but some critical improvements are needed to make the legislation effective. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/climate-change-bill-needs-state-roles.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/climate-change-bill-needs-state-roles.htmlThe "Life of the Mind" lecture series launches its third year at 4 p.m., Oct. 7, with a talk on "The Science of Love: Implications from Autism to Compassion" featuring Larry Young, the William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Bobbi Patterson, senior lecturer in religion.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/life-of-the-mind-looks-at-love.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/life-of-the-mind-looks-at-love.htmlWith the H1N1 virus gaining a foothold in the northern hemisphere, doctors, researchers and the public are carefully watching its movement and behavior. Listen to James Steinberg, chief medical officer at Emory University Hospital Midtown, discuss H1N1 and its effect on the current flu season.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/preparing-for-H1N1.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/preparing-for-H1N1.htmlIn "The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History," history professor Patrick Allitt traces the conservative movement, revealing the connections between such disparate historical figures as Abraham Lincoln, Ayn Rand and Ronald Reagan. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/american-conservatives-new-book.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/american-conservatives-new-book.htmlGreen energy offers some of the most complex and compelling scientific challenges facing the world especially for students planning a career in research, says Emory chemist Craig Hill, winner of the 2009 Herty Medal. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/medal-for-green-energy.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/medal-for-green-energy.html"It's almost impossible not to laugh when everybody else is," writes psychologist Frans de Waal, in his new book "The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society."http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/biology-of-shared-laughter-and-emotion.htmlFri, 11 Sep 2009 16:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/biology-of-shared-laughter-and-emotion.htmlMany have attributed the risky behavior of some teenagers to immature brain development. But a new study by Emory neuroscientists seems to turn that theory on its head.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/brains-of-risky-teens.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/brains-of-risky-teens.htmlResearchers at Emory's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/early-life-nurturing-impacts-later-life-relationships.htmlWed, 02 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/early-life-nurturing-impacts-later-life-relationships.htmlEmory chemist Huw Davies has received $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to establish an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation that aims to simplify processes for drug synthesis. Davies will lead a team of scientists from four universities to develop the center. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/nsf-center-aims-simplify-drug-synthesis.htmlTue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/nsf-center-aims-simplify-drug-synthesis.htmlIf you believe that opposites attract, that most people use only 10 percent of their brains, and that handwriting can reveal your personality, then you need to check out Emory psychologist Scott Lilienfeld's latest book, "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior." http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/busting-psychology-myths.htmlWed, 26 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/busting-psychology-myths.htmlIs President Barack Obama trying to do too much to fast? Faculty at Emory University's Goizueta Business School explore the obstacles to change as well as the opportunities inherent in times of transition. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/managing-at-speed-of-change.htmlTue, 18 Aug 2009 03:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/managing-at-speed-of-change.htmlWhat was a nice biostatician like Vicki Hertzberg doing at the site of an ancient secret cult on a remote Greek island this summer?http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/statistics-and-greek-ruin-mystery.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/statistics-and-greek-ruin-mystery.htmlEmory University physicist Eric Weeks' lab recently captured the first images of what's actually happening in the fuzzy area of the crystal/liquid interface. The lab's data, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), make the waves between the two states of matter visible for the first time. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/crystal-liquid-interface-revealed.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/crystal-liquid-interface-revealed.htmlEmory mathematician Ron Gould uses card tricks, dice rolling, baseball and other sports and games to reveal elementary probability theory and discrete mathematics. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/math-and-the-games-people-play.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2009 11:15:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/math-and-the-games-people-play.html