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Endoscopic ultrasound highly accurate in evaluating ambiguous radiographic findings of the pancreas (EurekAlert!)

( American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ) Researchers from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri report that EUS and EUS-FNA is 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or tumors) in patients who were referred for endoscopic ultrasound because of CT and/or MRI reports of two common, though somewhat ambiguous findings -- enlargement of ...

FBI explains the science behind the anthrax investigation (USA Today)

It wasn't a Redskins game or a Capitol Hill soiree that was the place to be in Washington D.C. last week. It was "an informal, on-the-record roundtable discussion" held by the FBI to discuss the science behind the 2001 mailing of anthrax-containing envelopes that killed five people. The meeting was held to spill scientific, but not investigative, clues from the still-open case.

Needham's Nobel Prize winner dies (Needham Times)

Thomas H. Weller of Needham, who won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine for research that laid the groundwork for the eventual development of the polio vaccine, died Aug. 23. He was 93.

Having A Blast (The Brandon News & Tribune)

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions.

A presidential science test for Obama and McCain (Los Angeles Times)

Stem cells, evolution, climate change -- some talking points for the candidates. Our next president is certain to be very smart, but probably not scientist smart. Deep down, both Barack Obama and John McCain know this. That's because sometime in high school, each surely got frustrated by physics or calculus and said to himself, "You know, I really enjoy history."