Thanks to several upcoming robotic missions, lunar science is poised for its biggest boost in a generation. But NASA managers have made it clear that research will be the tail on the exploration dog. Professor of Geological Sciences Carle Pieters comments on NASA’s decision.
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5818/1482

Professor of Medicine Josiah Rich, who has studied hepatitis C outbreaks in prisons, notes that convicted criminals are almost always willing to be tested for hepatitis C, but will often lie to authorities about their past drug use. He suggests that all prisoners be tested for hepatitis C. Lynn Taylor, assistant professor of medicine (research), adds that prisons offer an opportunity for treatment of the disease.
www.seacoastonline.com/news/03152007/worldnation-ph-wn-hepatitis.html

Professor of Community Health Robert J. Goldberg and colleagues found that how well patients hospitalized with acute heart failure fare after discharge depends a lot on their age, their syndrome's severity at presentation, and how sick they might be in other ways. This article appeared on several other medical-related Web sites.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553673

Chromium 6 can be toxic in tiny doses. Brown University scientists have uncovered the unlikely culprit: vitamin C.
foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/Agri_amp_Environ_41/031404322007_Vitamin_C_and_chromi
um_6_a_deadly_combination.shtml
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-115.html

Steven Hamburg, associate professor of environmental studies, discusses how global warming will affect New Hampshire’s timber industry.
www.nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/BUSINESSREVIEW05/70314030/-1/BUSI
NESSREVIEW

Lincoln Chafee, visiting scholar at the Watson Institute for International Studies, discusses partisan politics, the Middle East, free trade, and his service in the U.S. Senate.
www.intmag.org/interviews.php?itemid=2678