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5px; padding-right: 5px;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr>  <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%" style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver; border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" valign="bottom" align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/" border="0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/nav/images/tab_tn2.gif" alt="Top News" title="Top News" width="182" height="20" border="0" align="top"/></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tagline" height="15"> The latest news from the Academies </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="tn"></a>  <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20081023.html">Paintings of Tornadoes on Exhibit at NAS</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20081023.html"><img height="140" alt="漏 John Brosio" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20081023.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Oct. 17 -- </span> John Brosio's paintings explore the haunting quality of light and the unusual color combinations that often accompany tornadoes. The artist, who studied art the University of California, Davis, gained a deep understanding of his subject through field research and storm chasing trips in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The exhibit will be on display until Jan. 19 at National Academy of Sciences building. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/John_Brosio.html">Exhibit Web Site</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20081015.html">EPA's Stormwater Program Needs Significant Overhaul</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20081015.html"><img height="140" alt="" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20081015.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Oct. 15 -- </span> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's stormwater program -- which oversees stormwater discharged by cities, industries, and construction activities -- needs radical changes if it is to improve the quality of the nation鈥檚 waters, says a new report from the National Research Council. It recommends that permits be based on watershed boundaries, and the program focus on the impact of increased water volume rather than chemical pollutants. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12465">News Release</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/stormwater_discharge_final.pdf">Report in Brief</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12465">Full Report</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20081013.html">IOM Announces Newly Elected Members</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20081013.html"><img height="100" alt="Institute of Medicine Logo" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/iom.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Oct. 13 -- </span> The Institute of Medicine today announced the names of 65 new members, raising the number of active and emeritus members to 1,647. In addition, the Institute honored five individuals by election to foreign associate membership, bringing the total members in that category to 89. Election is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10132008a">News Release </a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www.iom.edu/">IOM Web Site</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <tr><td valign="top">  <table class="topnews" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td><p class="blurb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews">More <i>Top News</i></a><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> </td>   <td valign="top" width="50%" style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" valign="bottom" align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112/http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/index.html" border="0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/nav/images/tab_sh.gif" alt="Science in the Headlines " title="Science in the Headlines " width="182" height="20" border="0" align="top"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tagline" height="15">Breaking stories in science </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="border-right: 1px solid silver"><a name="sith"></a> <table class="sith"><tbody><tr><td> <h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="headlines/20081022.html"> TB Found in Ancient Bones</a></h3> </td></tr><tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="headlines/20081022.html"><img height="140" alt="Tuberculosis cells 漏 CDC, Photo by Janice Carr" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/includes/20081022.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"> <span class="date">Oct. 22 -- </span> The earliest known cases of tuberculosis have been discovered in 9,000-year-old skeletons found off the coast of Israel, showing the disease is 3,000 years older than previously thought. Genetic testing of the excavated bones reveals they were infected with the human strain of TB. <a href="headlines/20081022.html" class="blurb">[more]</a> </p></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br/> <table class="sith"><tbody><tr><td> <h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="headlines/20081016.html"> Largest Children鈥檚 Health Study in U.S. Gets Under Way</a></h3> </td></tr><tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="headlines/20081016.html"><img height="140" alt="Baby" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/includes/20081016.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"> <span class="date">Oct. 16 -- </span> In January 2009 the National Children鈥檚 Study, or NCS, will start recruiting 100,000 mothers-to-be for the largest study of U.S. children ever with the goal of examining how the environment and other factors affect children鈥檚 health. Specifically, the study focuses on how certain conditions such as autism, asthma, learning disabilities, and obesity develop. The study plans to examine everything from the mother鈥檚 diet during pregnancy to the effects of chemicals used in plastics, and will follow each child until he or she reaches 21 years of age. <a href="headlines/20081016.html" class="blurb">[more]</a> </p></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br/> <table class="sith"><tbody><tr><td> <h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="headlines/20081008.html"> Members Receive Two-Thirds of Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a></h3> </td></tr><tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="headlines/20081008.html"><img height="140" alt="Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry" src="/web/20081026043112im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/includes/20081008.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"> <span class="date">Oct. 8 -- </span> Martin Chalfie, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Roger Y. Tsien, a member of the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences, will each receive a third of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein GFP. 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