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Posted 2010-07-24:
- Graphene organic photovoltaics: Flexible material only a few atoms thick may offer cheap solar power
- Microbicide containing engineered bacteria may inhibit HIV-1
- Virtual reality gives insight on protein structures
- Chokeberry extract found to regulate weight gain, blood glucose, and inflammation in rats
- Asia's most devastating droughts reconstructed
- Cold-blooded mothers: Magpie parents seem to induce mortality of 'unwanted' chicks
- NASA spacecraft camera yields most accurate Mars map
- Stem cells from surgery leftovers could repair damaged hearts
- Charging up electric car batteries in environmentally-friendly way
- Diabetes monitoring device benefits not just people but dogs and other animals, too
- Hops helps reduce ammonia produced by cattle
- Academic language impedes students' ability to learn science, expert argues
Posted 2010-07-24:
- Out of the gait: Robot ranger sets untethered 'walking' record at 14.3 miles
- Cancer-metabolism link runs deep in humans, novel network algorithm suggests
- Supercomputer reproduces a cyclone's birth, may boost forecasting
- Medicine from moss: Bioreactor technique may offer hope to people with age-related blindness
- White eyes, foot-wide flowers, maroon plants: Researcher creating unique winter-hardy hibiscuses
- Can I buy you a drink? Genetics may determine sensitivity to other people's drinking behavior
- How do cells die? Biophotonic tools reveal real-time dynamics in living color
- Nanoparticles as destructive beacons to zap tumors
- New technique for studying dark energy
- Simple screening test reduces invasive examinations for suspected bowel disease
- New quantum state of matter discovered in Heusler compounds: Applications in spintronics, quantum computing and new physical effects
- Transparency through open notes: Risks and rewards of inviting patients to review their medical records
- Can chaos theory help predict heart attacks?
- Autism has unique vocal signature, new technology reveals
- High-resolution imaging expands vision research of live birds of prey
- Identification of a gene essential to newborn babies' first breath
- European Space Agency develops radar to watch for space hazards
- A blood test for depression?
- NASA telescope finds elusive buckyballs in space for first time
- More time spent sitting linked to higher risk of death; Risk found to be independent of physical activity level
- Scientists discover how deadly fungal microbes enter host cells
- Misuse of anesthesia could cause hepatitis virus transmission
- Not enough hours in the day for endangered apes: Warming climate may change ape behaviour, resulting in loss of habitat
- Adults recall negative events less accurately than children, study finds
- Scientists confirm role for mysterious cell component -- the nucleolinus
- Abnormal cells in blood tied to lung cancer: Circulating aberrant cells increase as non-small cell lung cancer progresses
- Structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome discovered
- Math model of colon inflammation singles out dangerous immune cells
- Pounding particles to create Neptune's water in the lab
- Link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease
- Quantum mechanics not in jeopardy: Physicists confirm a decades-old key principle experimentally
- Salmonella contaminated pork may pose health risk for humans
- Biologists help save endangered pallid sturgeon
- Protein important in diabetes may also play a key role in heart disease, other disorders
- Better control of reproduction in trout and salmon may be in aquaculture's future
- Warmer climate could increase release of carbon dioxide by inland lakes
- Cannibinoids offer novel treatment for pain in sickle cell disease, study suggests
- Highest X-ray energy used to probe materials
- More than half of all ACL reconstructions could be avoided, Swedish study finds
- Bio-based compound provides substitute for important raw material in plastic products
- Inequalities in mortality in Britain today greater than those during 1930s economic depression, study finds
- Report calls for coordinated information on climate change
- Bioenergy production can expand across Africa without displacing food, report finds
Posted 2010-07-23:
- Could diabetes be in your bones? Link between metabolic disease, bone mass; Breakdown of bone keeps blood sugar in check
- Smog might trigger cell death in the heart, study finds
- Key compound of ozone destruction detected; Scientists disprove doubts in ozone hole chemistry
- Early HAART during TB treatment boosts survival rate in people co-infected with HIV and TB, study finds
- Data mining made faster: New method eases analysis of 'multidimensional' information
- Once a delinquent, always a delinquent? Not necessarily
- Hyperfast star was booted from Milky Way
- Cutting fat and calories can lower cancer risk in dogs and people
- Extreme archaeology: Divers plumb the mysteries of sacred Maya pools
- African ancestry linked to high-risk breast cancer, study finds
- Climate uncertainties tied to economies of US states: California, Pacific Northwest and Colorado achieve positive net impacts; other states languish
- Customers less tolerant of employee rudeness than incompetence
- Caterpillars crawl like none other: Unique means of animal locomotion has implications for robotics, human biomechanics
- Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's
- Wacky weather could squeeze Florida's citrus season
- Vitamins needed to help celiacs stave off bone disease, researchers find
- Oil devastation found at major Gulf breeding site
- Genetic link to children’s emotional problems precipitated by bullying
- Now you see it, now you don't: An infrared invisibility cloak made of glass
- Toxic trio identified as the basis of celiac disease
- Gulf oil dispersants unlikely to be endocrine disruptors and have relatively low cell toxicity, tests find
- Genetic mismatch keeps yeast species distinct
- Engineering researchers simplify process to make world's tiniest wires
- 'Runaway' development implicated in loss of function of the aging brain
- Evidence of water in lunar rocks: Water on moon may be widespread, similar to Earth's
- Novel anti-diabetes mechanism uncovered: Findings could lead to next generation of improved therapies
- Recreational pool disinfectants linked to health problems
- Quitting smoking may minimize harmful bacteria and replenish healthy bacteria
- Nanotech coatings produce 20 times more electricity from sewage
- Brain scans may help guide career choice
- Black hole jerked around twice
- Stem cells for eating and sex pinpointed
- Quantum entanglement in photosynthesis and evolution
- Subtle thyroid problem triples the risk of placental separation in birth, study finds
- Temperature constancy appears key to tropical biodiversity
- Summer reading is key to maintaining or improving students' reading skills
- Climate change causes larger, more plentiful marmots, study shows; Implications for many creatures that hibernate
- Muscular heart failure patients may have a better chance at survival, study suggests
- Students design early labor detector aimed to prevent premature births
- HIV vaccines may induce HIV antibodies in trial participants, can cause false-positive test result
- Video game processors help lower CT scan radiation
- Marriage patterns drive fertility decline
- What causes hybrid vigor? Researchers find genetic 'noise' caused by surprising variation in gene activity
- Valproic acid shown to halt vision loss in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
- Nanoribbons for graphene transistors: Materials for tomorrow's nanoelectronics
- Studies gauge techniques for measuring breast density -- a predictor of cancer
- Military greenhouse gas emissions: EPA should recognize environmental impact of protecting foreign oil, researchers urge
- New code of conduct for researchers
- Study may guide policy on rules for research data release
- Family chats can help students learn, especially in richer countries, study shows
- Kids could get more whole grains from after-school snacks, study finds
- Study describes health effects of occupational exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers
Posted 2010-07-22:
- Cometary impact on Neptune: Herschel data point to collision about two centuries ago
- First stages of tissue production in human embryonic stem cells isolated
- Need for protection against ticks that carry Lyme disease confirmed by new research
- New genomics-based approach to understand origin of cancer subgroups
- Stormwater model to inform regulators on future development projects
- Children of older women appear vulnerable to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
- Finding frugal aliens: 'Benford beacons' concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life
- Engineered stem cells may limit heart attack damage, improve function
- CSI at the service of cellulose synthesis: Plant researchers identify protein involved in formation of cellulose
- Sepsis and septic shock more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots after general surgery, study finds
- International law failing to protect coral reefs and tropical fish, experts argue
- Afraid of a broken heart? Feeling insecure in relationships may predispose people to later cardiovascular problems, says research
- Primitive frogs do a belly flop: Study shows that frogs evolved jumping before they refined landing
- Do cleaning products cause breast cancer?
- New methodology improves winter climate forecasting
- Trauma patients undergoing emergency operations may receive transfusions of their own blood
- Poplar tree protein can be used to shrink memory elements and increase computer memory density
- Nasal zinc gels may be associated with loss of sense of smell, study finds
- Stars just got bigger: A 300-solar-mass star uncovered
- Nanoparticles plus adult stem cells demolish plaque, study finds
- Where the wild veggies are: Cultivated cucumber and melon originated in Asia and Australia
- Natural substance NT-020 aids aging brains in rats, study finds
- Flower organ's cells make random decisions that determine size
- Why does everything look gray when you feel blue?
- Cassini sees moon building giant snowballs in Saturn ring
- Bone cells' branches sense stimulation, when to make new bone
- By 'putting a ring on it,' microparticles can be captured
- Children have a negative impact on physical activity among individuals with heart disease, study finds
- Nanotechnology: Scientists construct molecular 'knots'
- Getting angry can help negotiations in some cultures, hurt it in others
- Drilling down to the nanometer depths of leaves for biofuels
- New way to target viruses could make antiviral drugs more effective
- Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise identifies unusual variety of deep sea vents
- New genetic marker of ovarian cancer risk discovered
- Video camera will show Mars rover's touchdown
- Practice makes perfect? Consumers overestimate their ability to learn prior to purchase
- First-of-its-kind map details the height of the globe's forests
- Computer program predicts MRSA bacteria's next move
- Key pathway in end-stage prostate cancer tumor progression blocked
- Rapid losses of Africa's native livestock threaten continent's food supply, experts warn
- No pain, no gain? Concrete thinking increases consumer confidence
- Rapid growth in adolescence leads to fewer offspring, biologists find
- Probiotics use in mothers limits eczema in their babies, study finds
- Cells' grouping tactic points to new cancer treatments
- Scientists identify key molecular regulator of cardiac hypertrophy
- NOAA ship Fairweather maps aid shipping through Bering Straits
- Consumers love underdogs
- Toronto homeless report barriers to health care
- Lack of insurance coverage remains obstacle to wider colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography
- Every action has a beginning and an end (and it's all in you brain)
- HIV in people who use drugs: Need to focus on conditions of health delivery that create treatment interruptions
- Educational leadership linked to student achievement in large U.S. study
- Childhood sexual abuse and social shaming linked to health issues later
Posted 2010-07-21:
- Why some plants flower in spring, autumn and some in summer
- Prolonged mobile phone use may be linked to tinnitus
- Engineers work on rocket demonstrator for Mars missions
- Preterm births higher among overweight and obese mothers, study finds
- Data presentation and consumer confidence
- Healthy families, religious involvement buffer youth against risk factors related to drug abuse
- How music training primes nervous system and boosts learning
- Asthma and eczema sufferers have a lower risk of developing a cancer, study finds
- Next generation surgical robots: Where's the doctor?
- Obesity in early adulthood associated with increased risk of psoriatic arthritis
- New method developed for synchronizing clocks
- Children's school performance tied to family 'type'
- Animal connection: New hypothesis for human evolution and human nature
- Widely used chemicals linked to ADHD in children
- Underwater sponges and worms may hold key to cure for malaria
- Image-processing algorithm reduces CT radiation dose by as much as 95 percent
- Uncovering behavior of long-dead insects
- ‘The friend of my enemy is my enemy’: Virtual universe study proves 80-year-old theory on how humans interact
- Fourth property of electrons? Electric dipole moment would explain creation of universe
- Brain training reverses age-related cognitive decline
- Beach umbrellas do not block out all solar radiation, study shows
- Air travel no 'significant threat' to cardiovascular health, says new guidance
- Health impacts of Deepwater Horizon disaster on coastal Louisiana residents surveyed
- Foreign accents make speakers seem less truthful to listeners, study finds
- Artificial cells communicate and cooperate like biological cells, ants
- Reprogrammed cells 'remember,' retain characteristics of their cells of origin
- Adaptation in mole blood aids tunnelling
- Bridging the gender gap: Combined technologies offer promise for detecting colon cancer in women
- Bioinformatics used to detect rogue use of synthetic biology
- Soldiers with brain injuries at higher risk of epilepsy decades later, study finds
- Cool roofs can offset carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate global warming, study finds
- New test to predict success of IVF treatment
- Microbial world's use of metals mostly unmapped
- Increased waistline and high triglyceride levels indicate risk of coronary heart disease, study finds
- Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
- Of bugs and brains: Gut bacteria affect multiple sclerosis
- Microbicide gel: Reduced risk of HIV and herpes infections in women, study shows
- Unearthing King Tet: Key protein influences stem cell fate
- Tuning cocaine addiction
- Breakthrough in thin-film solar cells: New insights into the indium/gallium puzzle
- When climate change becomes a health issue, are people more likely to listen?
- Frog killer caught in the act: DNA barcoding reveals five undiscovered frog species among 30 wiped out by fungal epidemic
- Stem cells made by reprogramming hold onto their past
- Cerebral bioelectricity analysis detects epilepsy
- Breast cancer cells regulate multiple genes in response to estrogen-like compounds
- Mermaid opens prospect of cleaner seas with pollution early warning system
- Cash rewards with counseling could help prevent STIs
- Little action on recommendations aimed to curb college drinking, researchers find
- Women, minorities more likely to see doctor of choice in emergency room, study finds
- Orbiter puts itself into standby safe mode
- Drinking trends increase for whites, blacks and Hispanics
- Genders of alcohol-dependent parents and children influence psychopathology in the children
- Guided Care improves physician satisfaction with patient/family communications, study finds
- In-store displays: How do consumers perceive pricing?
Posted 2010-07-20:
- Flower power makes tropics cooler, wetter
- Discovery suggests possible treatment strategy for aggressive leukemias
- 'Violin fungus' genetically decoded
- Prostate cancer risk variant found to be in a functional DNA sequence linked with disease
- Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows
- Cultured brain cells taught to keep time
- How technology may improve treatment for children with brain cancer
- Small fish exploits forbidding environment, turns jellyfish into dinner
- New findings on troubling side effects of Parkinson’s medication
- June was the fourth consecutive month that was warmest on record
- Battlefield psychologists investigate stress in combat and after
- Getting mosquitoes under control: Gene-silencing nanoparticles may put end to pesky summer pest
- Melting DNA into a barcode
- High-speed study of zebrafish larvae: New technique can analyze larvae in seconds
- What protects farm children from hay fever? Protective substance may slumber in cowshed dust
- Rising carbon dioxide and 'acidified' waters found in Puget Sound, off Seattle US
- First concrete evidence that women are better multitaskers than men
- Vaccine-delivery patch with dissolving microneedles eliminates 'sharps,' boosts protection
- New principle discovered for how muscle pain is signaled
- Obesity is associated with reduced sensitivity to fat
- 'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand, research finds
- Major league pitchers 34 percent more likely to be injured than fielders, new study finds
- Unusual electrons go with the flow
- Greater obesity in offspring of nursing mothers consuming a high-fat diet
- How cranberry juice fights bacteria at the molecular level
- HIV/AIDS treatment curbs spread of HIV among drug users, study finds
- Refining a cosmic clock: Particle accelerator research helps narrow down the age of our galaxy
- Nectar reduction in Petunia: it doesn't pay to cheat
- Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered
- A high-fat diet alters crucial aspects of brain dopamine signaling
- NASA's WISE mission completes extensive sky survey
- No heart benefit from Omega-3 in women with type 1 diabetes
- Role of RNA polymerase in gene transcription demonstrated
- Peer drug use may increase a genetically susceptible individual's tendency to use drugs
- Bright stars of the brain regulate breathing
- More than half the world's population gets insufficient vitamin D, says biochemist
- See beautiful Ontario Lacus: Cassini's guided tour
- Gene responsible for population disparity in kidney failure, study finds
- Knowledge gaps for 20 suspected carcinogens outlined
- Media coverage responsible for growth in vaccination rates
- Work-related deaths in England and Wales have almost halved in 20 years, study finds
- Physicians can perform poorly when patients need special care, study suggests
- Socioeconomic status not associated with access to cochlear implants, study finds
- Melanoma rates among minorities in Florida differ from national trends
Posted 2010-07-19:
- Remarkable fossil cave shows how ancient marsupials grew
- Researchers find way to make cancer cells more mortal
- Novel microfluidic HIV test is quick and cheap
- Anti-cancer effects of broccoli ingredient explained
- Fungi's role in the cycle of life discovered
- Making virtopsies a reality: New research project to develop reliable and cost-effective virtual autopsies
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