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for the Week of June 27 to July 4, 2010
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Posted 2010-07-03:
- Excess nitrogen favors plants that respond poorly to rising CO<sub>2</sub>
- Volcanic ash research shows how plumes end up in the jet stream
- Scientists find direct line from development to growth
- Molecular prosthesis against gout
Posted 2010-07-03:
- Feathered friends: Ostriches provide clues to dinosaur movement
- Discovery of a hepatitis C-related virus in bats may reduce outbreaks in humans
- Warmer is better: Invasive cane toads set to thrive under global warming
- Tibetan adaptation to high altitude occurred in less than 3,000 years
- Three-legged dogs boost robot research
- Scrubbing CO<sub>2</sub> from atmosphere could be a long-term commitment
- Killer whales and the mystery of human menopause
- Researchers identify what makes MRSA lethal
- New heat-tolerant beans released
Posted 2010-07-02:
- Extinction of woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat may have been caused by human predators
- Switching off your lights has a bigger impact than you might think, says new study
- Emissions of greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide underestimated, research suggests
- Complex, multicellular life from over two billion years ago discovered
- Exposure to secondhand smoke in the womb has lifelong impact, study finds
- Apples grow larger when cells don't divide, study shows
- Better way to battle mosquitoes: Research could provide more effective treatment against West Nile Virus
- Some males react to competition like bonobos, others like chimpanzees
- New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production
- Ovarian transplantation restores fertility to old mice and also lengthens their lives
- Human-made global warming started with ancient hunters
- Genetic Code 2.0: Novel artificial proteins for industry and science
- Flowering and freezing tolerance linked in wheat, study shows
- Warmer ecosystems could absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide
- 'Balanced' ecosystems seen in organic agriculture better at controlling pests, research finds
- Stability and utility of floating wind turbines shown in new study
Posted 2010-07-01:
- System that controls sleep may be same for most mammals
- Chromosomal variations found in early passage female embryonic stem cells
- Feast and famine: MRI reveals secrets of animal anatomy
- Key mechanism links virgin olive oil to protection against breast cancer
- Climate change scientists turn up the heat in Alaska
- Zapping Titan-like atmosphere with UV rays creates life precursors
- Putting muscle into birdsong: Wide range of pitch is due to vocal muscles more than air pressure
- Nitrate in beetroot juice lowers blood pressure, study finds
- Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance
- Hunting weapon 10,000 years old found in melting ice patch
- Desert bats reveal the secret of their survival
- Mystery unraveled: How asbestos causes cancer
- Discovery of controlled swarm in bacteria: Could help design new strategies to increase sensitivity to antibiotics
- Returning farmland to wilderness in Tanzania
- Depressed mice could aid research on drug-resistant depression in humans
- Viral protein structure study offers HIV therapy hope
- When two parts of the Earth's crust break apart, this does not always cause massive volcanic eruptions
- Smarter lunchrooms lead kids to eat more salad
- Arctic climate may be more sensitive to warming than thought, says new study
- Engineered antibodies directed against a promising therapeutic target on ovarian cancer cells
Posted 2010-06-30:
- Whiter clouds could mean wetter land
- Is this the perfect prawn?
- Science uncovers the hidden secrets of world-famous paintings
- Conscious choice of food can substantially mitigate climate change, research finds
- Delta bulrush plant could help ease oil spill crisis, botanist says
- Embryonic cell and adult pig islet transplants cure diabetes in rats
- Bees help to beat MRSA bugs
- Even the midnight sun won't convince bees to work nights
- Biologically inspired technology produces sugar from photosynthetic bacteria
- Introducing Robofish: Leading the crowd in studying group dynamics
- Teeth of cadavers reveal their identity
- Manure provides higher returns than chemical fertilizers, economist says
- Gene leads to longer shelf life for tomatoes, possibly other fruits
- Outliving the Ice Age: Tale of a rhinoceros
- Western Mediterranean has warmed for more than a century, study finds
- Science historian cracks the 'Plato code'
- North America's first peoples more genetically diverse than thought, mitochondrial genome analysis reveals
- Climate changes in the Atlantic can affect drought in distant regions
- Competition matters: New study challenges long-held assumption about competition in disturbed ecosystems
- Cycad pest uses small size to hide from predators: Researchers look for small control organism
- NOAA-supported scientists predict 'larger than average' Gulf dead zone
- US approach to farming should change to meet new challenges, expanding needs, report says
Posted 2010-06-29:
- Physics of the 'bends': New study helps explain decompression sickness
- Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure, research finds
- 'Velcro' effect in Guianese ants
- Immune system important in fight against stomach cancer
- Turning off the air conditioning helps save fuel, Swiss study finds
- Battle of the sexes exists in the plant world, too
- Manipulating microbes in the gut may remedy disease and enhance health
- Prepare for hotter and drier Southwestern US, climate experts urge
- High sugar content in packaged toddler and baby food products
- Reseachers predict larger-than-average Gulf 'dead zone'; Impact of oil spill unclear
- Agent Orange exposure linked to Graves' disease in Vietnam veterans, study finds
- BCG vaccination appears promising as a treatment for people with existing type 1 diabetes, Phase I trial results show
- Piglets open doors to study infant brain development
- Biodiversity's 'holy grail' is in the soil : Soil-borne pathogens drive tree diversity in forests, study shows
- Hop, jump and stick; Robots designed with insect instincts
- Why mercury is more dangerous in oceans
- Technique enables precise control of protein activity in living cells
- Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones
- Sea ice in the Arctic not recovering: Another critical minimum forecast
- Same types of cell respond differently to stimulus, study shows
- Carbon sequestration: Boon or burden?
- Improved telescope sees through atmosphere with pinpoint sharpness
- Tropical biodiversity is about the neighbors
Posted 2010-06-28:
- Scientific expertise lacking among 'doubters' of climate change, says new analysis
- Agriculture's next revolution -- perennial grain -- within sight
- Global wind shifts may have ushered in warmer climate at end of last ice age
- Messenger RNAs are regulated in far more ways than previously appreciated
Posted 2010-06-27:
- Mechanism that may trigger degenerative disease identified
- Climate change complicates plant diseases of the future
- Pleasing to the eye: Even brooding female birds are sensitive to visual stimulation
- Scientists create 3-D models of whole mouse organs
- Aggressive action to reduce soot emissions needed to meet climate change goals, experts say
Posted 2010-06-26:
- Virus works with gene to cause Crohn's-like illness
- Four-leaf clover gives up its secrets
- Ecological change in the abyss: The Amperima event
- Small amount of common preservative increases toxins from harmful bacteria in food, study finds
- NASA radar images show how Mexico quake deformed Earth
- Biomedical scientist concerned about effects of oil spill on human health
- Freshwater fish eyes: Great home for parasites
- Sight restored to mice afflicted with retinitis pigmentosa
- Earth-like planets may be ready for their close-up
- Adios El Niño, hello La Niña?
- Behavior breakthrough: Like animals, plants demonstrate complex ability to integrate information
- Higher wetland methane emissions caused by climate warming 40,000 years ago
- Researcher develops green, bio-based process for producing fuel additive
Posted 2010-06-25:
- Scientists implant regenerated lung tissue in rats
- Was Venus once a habitable planet?
- Connecting the dots: How light receptors get their message across
- How embryos fight retroviral infection
- Moldy homes a serious risk for severe asthma attacks in some
- Babies' first bacteria depend on birthing method, says new study
- Analyzing food and beverages with magnetic levitation
- Gut bacteria could be key indicator of colon cancer risk
- Language of RNA decoded: Study reveals new function for pseudogenes and noncoding RNAs
- New method of peptide synthesis makes it easier to create drugs based on natural compounds
- Evolution of bird bills: Birds reduce their 'heating bills' in cold climates
- Skins prone to sunburn may be capable of a normal tan
- Studies confirm presence, severity of pollution in US national parks
- Discovery of how coral reefs adapt to global warming could aid reef restoration
- Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus
- New areas prone to moderate earthquakes identified in Iberian Peninsula
- Abusive mothering aggravates the impact of stress hormones
Posted 2010-06-24:
- Brave brains: Neural mechanisms of courage uncovered in study of fear of snakes
- Underwater gliders may change how scientists track fish
- New medical weapons to protect against anthrax attacks
- Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier, DNA from teeth suggests
- New vaccine strategies could safely control Rift Valley fever
- Chicken litter has advantages over conventional fertilizers
- Humans have a mighty bite, new research shows
- High levels of fructose, trans fats lead to significant liver disease, says study
- Striped mice -- the neighbors from hell
- Organic pesticides not always 'greener' choice, study finds
- Impacts of Chilean salmon farms on coastal ecosystem discovered accidentally
- Coffee may protect against head and neck cancers
- No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy, says study
- Peruvian moth could devastate California’s avocados, entomologist warns
- Enzyme trio for biosynthesis of hydrocarbon fuels
- American scientists help protect Guatemala's Lake Atitlan from harmful algae blooms
Posted 2010-06-23:
- Insight into cells could lead to new approach to medicines
- Unusual rhino beetle behavior discovered: Invasive species severely impact small islands
- Lemurs lose weight with 'life-extending' supplement resveratrol
- Competition puts the brakes on body evolution in island lizards
- Citizen science: Birders contribute valuable data on invasive plant species
- World's first plastic antibodies in live organisms: Stop spread of bee venom in mice
- Bacteria in the nose and throat: Most comprehensive comparative analysis
- Chimpanzee gangs kill for land, new study shows
- More than skin deep, tanning product of sun's rays
- Harmful bacteria carried by pigeons
- Gender-bending fish problem in Colorado creek mitigated by treatment plant upgrade
- Agricultural scientists take a long look at livestock and locoweed
- Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome
- Ocean stirring and plankton patchiness revealed by computer simulation
- Building to withstand hurricanes
- New air conditioning system has potential to slash energy usage by up to 90 percent
- Could grasslands help fight global warming? Scientists dig deep for carbon solution
- Oceanographers call for more ocean observing in Antarctica
- Genome sequence may lead to better methods to target lice
- Sequencing of the human body louse genome: Important step toward control of disease-vector insect
Posted 2010-06-22:
- New link between pollution, temperature and sleep-disordered breathing
- Scientists call for a new strategy for polar ocean observation
- Ultimate cold case: Anthropologist 'bones up' on site of ancient invasion
- Alternative pathway to malaria infection identified
- Greenhouse gase increases linked to changes in ocean currents
- 3.6 million-year-old relative of 'Lucy' discovered: Early hominid skeleton confirms human-like walking is ancient
- Damselfish 'gardeners' selectively weed algal gardens
- Many people with diabetes do not know or heed dangers of hot weather
- Super-complex organic molecules found in interstellar space
- Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy
- Gene therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in mice, experimental technique shows
- Oral bacteria may offer probiotic potential against upper respiratory infections
- Polar oceans key to temperature in the tropics
- New research sheds light on Antarctica's melting Pine Island Glacier
- Physical model describes structures of viral capsids
- Battle of the bugs leaves humans as collateral damage
- Comprehensive look at human impacts on ocean chemistry
- Canyon carved in just three days in Texas flood: Insight into ancient flood events on Earth and Mars
- Caribbean coral reef protection efforts miss the mark, research suggests
- In pursuit of the energy of life: Researchers decipher makeup of generators in cellular power plants
- Understanding genetic mixing through migration: A tool for clinicians as well as geneaologists
- Increasing potato production: Using soil structure and chemistry to define yield influences
- Grassed waterways including compost filter socks reduce soil erosion and herbicide concentrations from fields
Posted 2010-06-21:
- Living fast and dangerously: Hormones influence the 'pace of life' of songbirds
- Understanding robustness in organisms -- a potential weapon against infectious diseases
- LCD television waste could help prevent bacterial infections
- Songbirds learn their songs during sleep
- Deadly effect of arsenic in drinking water measured in Bangladesh study
- Retooling the ocean conveyor belt
- Physicists help biologists to understand protein folding
Posted 2010-06-20:
- Ocean changes may have dire impact on people
- Coffee or tea: Enjoy both in moderation for heart benefits, Dutch study suggests
- How DNA is copied onto RNA revealed through three-dimensional transcription film
- Fly cells flock together, follow the light
Posted 2010-06-19:
- Constraining the reign of ancient Egypt: Radiocarbon dating helps to nail down the chronology of kings, researchers say
- Afghanistan's rich mineral deposits: Aerogeophysical survey provides promising prospects of economic development
- Gut-residing bacteria trigger arthritis in genetically susceptible individuals
- Experimental Marburg vaccine prevents disease two days after infection
- Fuzzy logic predicts cell aging
- Illegal bushmeat trade rife in Europe, research finds
- New process is promising for hydrogen fuel cell cars
- Probiotic therapy cuts risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia in half for some in ICU, study finds
- Scientists watch as bacteria evolve heat resistance under stress: New details of evolutionary mechanism
- Highly efficient solar cells could result from quantum dot research
- Wild sharks, redfish harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- Action of modern drug demonstrates how two ancient human systems interact
- Gulf oil spill: Mississippi River hydrology may help reduce oil onshore
- Malaria threat is as old as humanity, new research shows
- Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
- Climate change threatens food supply of 60 million people in Asia
- Blueberry ameliorates hepatic fibrosis, study finds
- WHO guidelines on Buruli ulcer need adjustment, experts say
Posted 2010-06-18:
- Carbon dioxide is the missing link to past global climate changes
- 110-foot concrete bridge withstands 8.0 earthquake simulation
- Storing carbon dioxide deep underground in rock form
- Brain comes hard-wired with working navigational neurons, rat study suggests
- Sense of direction in newborn rat brains is innate, scientists discover
- As the Sun awakens, NASA keeps a wary eye on space weather
- Research will help submariners breathe more easily
- Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants, report says
- Signal like you mean it: Orangutan gestures carry specific intentional meanings, study finds
- NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson continues Deepwater Horizon spill study mission
- Certain proteins extend life span in worms by 30 percent
- Hints from Taiwan that free-range eggs may be less healthy than regular eggs
- Detection of MRSA in cystic fibrosis patients associated with shorter survival
- NOAA, FDA continue ramping up efforts to ensure safety of Gulf of Mexico seafood
- Dinosaur-chewing mammals leave behind oldest known tooth marks
- Towards nanowire solar cells with a 65-percent efficiency
- New world Helicobacter pylori genome sequenced, dynamics of inflammation-related genes revealed
- Questioning the effectiveness of oil dispersants in Gulf oil spill
- Volcanic emissions used to study Earth’s atmospheric past
- Incidence of malaria jumps when Amazon forests are cut, study finds
- May 2010 global temperature is warmest on record; Spring and January-May also post record breaking temps
- Afghanistan’s Kabul Basin faces major water challenges
- Understanding critical nucleus in haze formation
- USGS science helps disaster-struck communities understand flash flooding
Posted 2010-06-17:
- New combination effective against pancreatic cancer: Substance in broccoli supports cancer therapy, study finds
- In deserts, which dunes are the most stable?
- Tequila and cheese offer lessons for rural economies in developing world
- Women who choose boiled coffee run lower risk of breast cancer, Swedish study finds
- Rosewood trees face extinction amid Madagascar's chaos
- Some people do not taste salt like others
- Mediterranean-style diet improves heart function, twin study shows
- Two new frog species discovered in Panama's fungal war zone
- New system using bacterial communities to solve complex problems
- World's oldest fig wasp fossil proves that if it works, don't change it
- Gene discovery potential key to cost-competitive cellulosic ethanol
- Crayfish brain may offer rare insight into human decision making
- Patchwork-like image of developing zebrafish sensory organ
- Carnivorous mammals track fruit abundance
- Thunderstone mystery: What's a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb?
- Protein's role in cell division uncovered
- Apple juice improves behavior but not cognition in Alzheimer's patients, study finds
- Altered virus becomes medicine
- Biomolecular modeling: Scientists discover 'breakwater' to help control electron transfer
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