August 26, 2004

ARMY INVESTIGATORS LINK DOZENS TO ABUSE AT ABU GHRAIB PRISON Seattle Times, Knight Ridder, Aug. 26 -- Scott Silliman, a professor at Duke and an authority on the laws of war, praised the Fay-Jones report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. Full story --Also, Taipei Times, (London) Guardian: Report Blames Leadership Failure for Prison Abuses (Silliman) Full story

DIABETES, HEART DISEASE LINK UNRAVELED Detroit News, Aug. 26 -- Scientists at Duke have found a protein that may help explain why diabetics face an increased risk of heart disease. Full story

NEW PRO-BUSINESS GROUP JOINS IN ON 527 CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING Marketplace, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has given a new legal reform advocacy group start-up funding. But Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky doubts the issue of tort reform will sway many voters. (Link to audio; transcript e-mailed upon request to mailto:eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

BIOENGINEERS CREATE SPARE PARTS FOR AN AGING POPULATION Kansas City Star, Aug. 25 -- Lori Setton, a tissue engineer at Duke, is among those collaborating to create treatments and replacement parts for deteriorating components of the human machine. Full story

TOOLS DESIGN DNA-NANOTUBE LOGIC Technology Research News, Aug. 25 -- Researchers from Duke University are aiming to make the process of assembling molecular-scale computer components easier with a suite of computer-aided design (CAD) tools. Full story

LOCAL STUDY TO TIE GENES, TREATMENT (Greensboro) News & Record, Aug. 25 -- Duke's Center for Human Genetics will help coordinate a genomic medicine project in Guilford County. Full story

COLLEGES HOST COMMUNITY BREAKFAST News 14 Carolina, Aug. 26 -- Duke and N.C. Central universities hosted a community breakfast Wednesday that highlighted their partnership with the Durham public schools. Full story

ON THE AIR Helen Ladd, a professor of public policy studies and economics at Duke, will be talking about charter schools as a guest on the listener call-in show "The State of Things." The program will be rebroadcast Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on WUNC-91.5 FM. Ladd's recent study found that students perform less well on average in charter schools than in public schools. (Listen to Web audio here.)