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WHAT'S NEW at National-Academies.org -- your weekly guide to what's new
on the Web from the National Academies.

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April 2, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOP NEWS
-- April 8: Public Briefing on "Health Literacy: A Prescription to End
Confusion"(WEBCAST)
-- Report Offers Process, Guidelines to Evaluate Safety of Dietary
Supplements
-- Flexible Approach to River Water Withdrawals Needed to Protect Salmon

UPCOMING EVENTS
-- April 8-9: Coordinating Committee on Global Change and Climate
Research Committee Joint Workshop
-- April 15: Second Convocation on Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience
-- May 17-18: Colloquium on "The Biology of RNAi"

SITE HIGHLIGHTS
-- New Issue of In Focus Magazine Is Now Online
-- The National Academies' Internship Program Is Accepting Fall 2004
Applications
-- Biomedical Exchange Program
-- PNAS Classics

THIS WEEK IN PNAS
-- Bats Use Stats to See Trees
-- X-Ray Snapshots Reveal Inner Working of Mutant Enzyme
-- The Big Chill Changes Proteins
-- A New Breast Cancer Model
-- Roughing Up Metals

NEW ONLINE BOOKS
-- Titles from the National Academies Press Catalog and Backlist

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TOP NEWS

**Live Webcast**
The Institute of Medicine releases "Health Literacy: A Prescription to
End Confusion" during a one-hour public briefing at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday,
April 8 in the Peter Lisagor Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th
St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Participate by listening to a live audio
webcast (requires free RealPlayer) and submitting questions using an
e-mail form, both accessible on the National-Academies.org home page
during the event. Please go to <http://www.iom.edu/project.asp?id=3827>>
for additional project information. Webcast available at:
http://www.national-academies.org>

A new science-based process for prioritizing and assessing ingredients
in dietary supplements could bolster the federal government's ability to
evaluate the safety of supplements, even when data about a supplement's
effects in humans is scarce, says a new report from the Institute of
Medicine and the National Research Council. In addition to outlining
such a process, the report calls on manufacturers, the public and others
to increase reporting of health problems related to supplement use to
improve the government's ability to protect consumers (audio available,
requires free RealPlayer).
http://www.national-academies.org/morenews#tn0401>

If Washington state issues additional permits for water to be diverted
from the Columbia River for farm irrigation, it should do so only under
the condition that withdrawals can be stopped if river flows become
critically low for endangered and threatened salmon, says a new report
from the National Academies' Water Science and Technology Board.
http://www.national-academies.org/morenews#tn0331>

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The National Academies' Coordinating Committee on Global Change and
Climate Research Committee will co-host a two-day workshop beginning at
8:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 8. The event will take place in Room 100
of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington,
D.C. Admission to the joint workshop is free and open to the public.
http://dels.nas.edu/ccgc/coord_meet.asp>

Enhancing the postdoctoral experience for scientists and engineers is
the topic of the second convocation of the National Academies' Committee
on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. The daylong event, which
begins at 9 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 15 in the National Academy of
Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C., will aim to assess
progress on the recommendations set out in its September 2000 report.
The workshop is free and open to the public, but advance registration is
required.
http://www7.national-academies.org/postdoc>

RNA interference is the topic of the National Academy of Sciences'
Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium, which begins at 8:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May
17 in the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W.,
Washington, D.C. Presenters at the two-day event will discuss emerging
developments in the recently-discovered field, which may eventually be a
basis for developing therapeutic agents to treat diseases. Registration
information is available online.
http://www.national-academies.org/nas/colloquia>

A complete list of events can be found in our public meetings database
at:
http://www.national-academies.org/events>

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SITE HIGHLIGHTS

The newest issue of the National Academies In Focus magazine is now
online. Articles feature recent reports, including studies on what can
foster motivation to learn in high school students, technologies that
can increase seat-belt use, the best way to proceed with a clinical
study of testosterone therapy, and strategies for recovery of endangered
fishes in Maine and the Pacific Northwest. The issue also spotlights
the first Keck Futures Initiative conference, a presentation at the
United Nations of the InterAcademy Council's first report and a new
initiative at the National Academies to improve public health. Back
issues and PDF files of all issues (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) are
also available.
http://www.infocusmagazine.org>

The National Academies' Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy
Internship Program is now accepting applications from graduate and
postdoctoral students for its fall 2004 session. The program is
designed to engage science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business
and law students in the analysis and creation of public policy and to
familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology and
government. The application deadline is Tuesday, June 1.
http://www7.national-academies.org/internship>

The National Research Council is sponsoring an international exchange
program for American biomedical scientists at institutes in the former
Soviet Union. The program, which will allow successful applicants to
spend two weeks in July 2004 at research institutes in Russia,
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, is supported by the Department of Defense's
Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Applications are due by Thursday,
April 15.
http://www7.national-academies.org/dsc/Biomedical_Exchange_Application.h>
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Reprints and commentary from landmark papers published in the
"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" are now available
online.
http://www.pnas.org/misc/classics.shtml>