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for the Week of June 27 to July 4, 2010
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Posted 2010-07-03:
- How rules of physics in quantum world change when applied to classical world
- Childhood malnutrition could weaken brain function in elderly
- Excess nitrogen favors plants that respond poorly to rising CO<sub>2</sub>
- Scientists uncover novel role for DNA repair protein linked to cancer
- Volcanic ash research shows how plumes end up in the jet stream
- People with depression eat more chocolate, a mood food
- Scientists find direct line from development to growth
- Subtle mutations in immune gene may increase risk for asthma
- Cell phone microscope poised to begin trials in Africa
- Cellular and molecular events that restrict HIV transmission identified
- Molecular prosthesis against gout
- Looking back key to moving forward: Counterfactual reflection is critical to institutional prosperity, study finds
Posted 2010-07-03:
- Genetic signatures of human exceptional longevity discovered
- New drug restores hearing after noise-induced hearing loss in rats
- 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
- Can money buy happiness? Gallup poll asks, and the world answers
- Tibetan adaptation to high altitude occurred in less than 3,000 years
- High fructose diet may contribute to high blood pressure, study finds
- Three-legged dogs boost robot research
- Stroke complications may subtract additional two years of healthy life
- Scrubbing CO<sub>2</sub> from atmosphere could be a long-term commitment
- Planned home births associated with tripling of neonatal mortality rate vs. planned hospital births
- Killer whales and the mystery of human menopause
- UVA radiation damages DNA in human melanocyte skin cells and can lead to melanoma
- Researchers identify what makes MRSA lethal
- Overweight women undertaking ART twice as likely to miscarry as their slimmer counterparts, study finds
- World of lights in the microcosmos
- Science of soccer: Ball aerodynamics focus of research
- X-ray satellite homes in on a black hole's jets
- Genetic regulator opens new avenues to AIDS, immune system research
- New heat-tolerant beans released
- How to rapily assess children's tooth decay risk
- All-natural personal care products: Chemical engineer patents enzymatic preparation to make natural ingredients in the lab
- Stem cell scientist leads effort to prevent fraudulent treatment
Posted 2010-07-02:
- Extinction of woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat may have been caused by human predators
- Stem-cell therapy may provide new approach to fight infection
- Acupuncture improves exercise tolerance in heart patients, German study finds
- Increasing fertility threefold with DHEA?
- Switching off your lights has a bigger impact than you might think, says new study
- Reading the look of love
- Man in the Moon has 'graphite whiskers'
- DNA mutation rates raise curtain on cause of cancer
- Work-life balance: Brain stem cells need their rest, too
- Higher testosterone may raise risk of heart disease in elderly men
- Emissions of greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide underestimated, research suggests
- Vast majority of physicians practice 'defensive medicine,' according to physician survey
- 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
- Beverages leave 'geographic signatures' that can track people's movements
- Some males react to competition like bonobos, others like chimpanzees
- 'Butterfly effect' in the brain makes the brain intrinsically unreliable
- Melanoma-initiating cell identified
- New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production
- Ovarian transplantation restores fertility to old mice and also lengthens their lives
- R Coronae Australis: A cosmic watercolor
- Teenage physical activity reduces risk of cognitive impairment in later life
- Human-made global warming started with ancient hunters
- When food intake stops, enzyme turns off production of fats, cholesterol
- Genetic Code 2.0: Novel artificial proteins for industry and science
- Hyperoxia may slow formation of wrinkles; Excess oxygen lessens impact of UVB radiation, study shows
- Flowering and freezing tolerance linked in wheat, study shows
- Anger drives support for wartime presidents, study finds
- Unpeeling atoms and molecules from the inside out
- Genetic basis of alopecia areata -- one of most common causes of hair loss
- Warmer ecosystems could absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Ongoing pregnancy rates from vitrified eggs as good as those from fresh, study shows
- New temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths of children in closed cars
- Experiencing different cultures enhances creativity
- 'Balanced' ecosystems seen in organic agriculture better at controlling pests, research finds
- Key enzyme in fetal heart development also involved in adult heart disease, study shows
- Electrons are late starters: Contrary to previous assumptions, electrons are catapulted out of an atom during photoemission with a delay
- New non-surgical treatment for uterine fibroids can improve quality of life
- Stability and utility of floating wind turbines shown in new study
- US plan to pay hospitals for performance could hurt those in less-advantaged areas, study says
Posted 2010-07-01:
- System that controls sleep may be same for most mammals
- Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy
- Voyager 2 at 12,000 days: The super-marathon continues
- Chromosomal variations found in early passage female embryonic stem cells
- Researchers work to prevent neurological diseases
- Drivers mistakenly believe winter is most dangerous travel time, survey shows
- More proof that new planet and star are moving together
- Cancer drug shows promise for treating a wide range of inflammatory diseases
- 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
- Is your left hand more motivated than your right hand?
- Zapping Titan-like atmosphere with UV rays creates life precursors
- Impulsive, weak-willed or just too much dopamine? Brain study highlights role of dopamine in impulsive behavior
- 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
- Diamonds and the holy grail of quantum computing
- Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance
- Hunting weapon 10,000 years old found in melting ice patch
- How dietary supplement may block cancer cells
- Desert bats reveal the secret of their survival
- Understanding how folic acid might help heal brain and spinal cord injuries
- NASA instrument will identify clues to Martian past
- Venetian blinds can cause accidental strangulation
- 'Galactic archaeologists' find origin of Milky Way's ancient stars
- Mystery unraveled: How asbestos causes cancer
- Discovery of controlled swarm in bacteria: Could help design new strategies to increase sensitivity to antibiotics
- Treating depression with Omega-3: Encouraging results from largest clinical study
- Returning farmland to wilderness in Tanzania
- IVF linked to autism, Israeli study suggests
- Depressed mice could aid research on drug-resistant depression in humans
- Spinal cord stimulation may benefit Parkinson's patients
- Viral protein structure study offers HIV therapy hope
- Near-normal blood sugar target did not delay risk of organ damage in people with diabetes, study finds
- 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
- Defective signaling pathway leads to vascular malformations in the brain
- Eye study finds two therapies slow diabetic eye disease progression
- Large medical center reduces cumulative radiation exposure and CT scans through imaging algorithm, study finds
- Scholar calls for a new legal, ethical framework for research with human tissue specimens
Posted 2010-06-30:
- Whiter clouds could mean wetter land
- Combination MMRV vaccine linked with two-fold risk of seizures, study finds
- Is this the perfect prawn?
- No link between diabetes drug rosiglitazone and increased rate of heart attack, study finds
- Science uncovers the hidden secrets of world-famous paintings
- Conscious choice of food can substantially mitigate climate change, research finds
- Birth of the Milky Way: Astronomers glimpse at earliest phases of our home galaxy
- Despite countless changes, original HIV infection lurks within
- Alzheimer's imaging study identifies changes in brain's white matter
- Weight and children with developmental coordination disorder
- Delta bulrush plant could help ease oil spill crisis, botanist says
- Age doesn't necessarily affect decision-making, study shows
- Embryonic cell and adult pig islet transplants cure diabetes in rats
- Surprising find may yield new avenue of treatment for painful herniated discs
- Bees help to beat MRSA bugs
- Can too much HDL be harmful to women with type 1 diabetes?
- Earplug lets the message through
- Relying on origami techniques, researchers show programmable matter folding into a boat- or plane-shape
- New formula gives first accurate peak heart rate for women
- Even the midnight sun won't convince bees to work nights
- New drugs to relieve cancer pain
- Biologically inspired technology produces sugar from photosynthetic bacteria
- Studies of women's attitudes to 'social egg freezing' find reasons differ with age
- Introducing Robofish: Leading the crowd in studying group dynamics
- Pacemaker for your brain: Brain-to-computer chip revolutionizes neurological therapy
- Teeth of cadavers reveal their identity
- New possibility to determine the severity of appendicitis
- Manure provides higher returns than chemical fertilizers, economist says
- Older adults watch more TV than younger people, enjoy it less
- Gene leads to longer shelf life for tomatoes, possibly other fruits
- Memories are made of this: Uncovering the key to how we learn and remember
- Outliving the Ice Age: Tale of a rhinoceros
- New meta-analysis demonstrates heart risks associated with rosiglitazone
- 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
- New variants found that indicate a predisposition to type 2 diabetes
- Climate changes in the Atlantic can affect drought in distant regions
- Type 2 diabetes medication rosiglitazone associated with increased cardiovascular risks and death, study finds
- Geometry affects drift and diffusion across entropic barriers
- Public transit systems contribute to weight loss and improved health, study finds
- Competition matters: New study challenges long-held assumption about competition in disturbed ecosystems
- Statins associated with lower cancer recurrence following prostatectomy
- Cycad pest uses small size to hide from predators: Researchers look for small control organism
- Adults with newly diagnosed diabetes at risk of liver disease, study finds
- New radio telescope will listen to the universe on the FM-band
- National School Lunch Program increases educational achievement, study finds
- Internists outline comprehensive federal strategy to control tobacco use
- Counseling increased mammography use among low-income women with health insurance
- NOAA-supported scientists predict 'larger than average' Gulf dead zone
- 'Hitchhiker' EPOXI: Next stop, Comet Hartley 2
- US approach to farming should change to meet new challenges, expanding needs, report says
- Experts analyze benefits, opportunities and challenges of Medicare Part D
- Beating doctor burnout and protecting patients
- A community approach to kicking the habit
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
- Bursting bubbles with sound offers new treatments for cancer
- Enterprise PCs work while they sleep – saving energy and money – with new software
- New measurement of telomere DNA could help identify most viable embryos for IVF
- 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
- Rocky mounds and a plateau on Mars
- BCG vaccination appears promising as a treatment for people with existing type 1 diabetes, Phase I trial results show
- Depth charge: Using atomic force microscopy to study subsurface structures
- 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
- 'Copy and paste DNA' more common than previously thought
- Hop, jump and stick; Robots designed with insect instincts
- Subchondral bone changes: Cartilage loss plays a role in development of osteoarthritis, study says
- Test of quantum field theory and Bose-Einstein statistics of photons: Bosons aren't fermions, not even a little bit
- Parkinson's patients' 'risky behavior' explained
- Most efficient quantum memory for light developed
- Accurate way to predict the age when women will hit the menopause developed
- Why mercury is more dangerous in oceans
- Technique enables precise control of protein activity in living cells
- Physicists explain why superconductors fail to produce super currents
- Do spending cuts cost lives?
- Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones
- Gestational diabetes linked to serotonin and dietary protein
- 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?
- Healthier cafeteria food, more intense gym classes lower students' diabetes risk
- Improved telescope sees through atmosphere with pinpoint sharpness
- Antioxidants may help prevent malaria complicaton that leads to learning impairment
- Tropical biodiversity is about the neighbors
- Traditional neurologic exams inadequate for predicting survival of cardiac arrest patients
- Nanowires for future electronics: Process for manufacturing nanoelectronic 'mini-circuits' developed
- The Vienna Declaration: A global call to action for science-based drug policy
Posted 2010-06-28:
- Psychotropic medications can cause birth defects, study finds
- Targeting flight-or-fight hormone response to combat heart failure
- Scientific expertise lacking among 'doubters' of climate change, says new analysis
- Higher cancer rates found in liver transplant patients receiving cyclosporine for immunosuppression
- Agriculture's next revolution -- perennial grain -- within sight
- Tool manipulation is represented similarly in the brains of the blind and the sighted
- Global wind shifts may have ushered in warmer climate at end of last ice age
- Early and aggressive arthritis treatment recommended, based on results of 11-year trial
- Quantifying human behavior one MoCap data point at a time
- Profiling prostate cancer
- Messenger RNAs are regulated in far more ways than previously appreciated
- Friendships, family relationships get better with age thanks to forgiveness, stereotypes
Posted 2010-06-27:
- New clues suggest wet era on early Mars was global
- Mechanism that may trigger degenerative disease identified
- Chemists find an easier way to synthesize new drug candidates; New method could have a big impact on pharmaceutical business
- Novel radiotracer shines new light on the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients
- 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
- Ingredient in red wine may prevent some blinding diseases
- Gene therapy a step closer to mass production
- Detecting eye injury
- Aggressive action to reduce soot emissions needed to meet climate change goals, experts say
- Study identifies couples’ underlying concerns during a fight
Posted 2010-06-26:
- Galaxy encounter fires up quasar
- Virus works with gene to cause Crohn's-like illness
- Four-leaf clover gives up its secrets
- Silencing hepatitis B virus prevents recurrence of liver cancer
- Ecological change in the abyss: The Amperima event
- Tactile sensations influence social judgments and decisions
- More variation in human genome than expected: Surprisingly common transposons or 'jumping genes' are known to cause disease
- Small amount of common preservative increases toxins from harmful bacteria in food, study finds
- NASA radar images show how Mexico quake deformed Earth
- Mysterious cilium functions as cellular communication hub, study shows
- Biomedical scientist concerned about effects of oil spill on human health
- Most concussions deliver 95 g's, neuropsychologist says
- New 'fix' for cosmic clocks could help uncover ripples in space-time
- Consumer-grade camera detects cancer cells in real time
- Compound found in red wine neutralizes toxicity of proteins related to Alzheimer's
- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have higher BPA blood levels, study finds
- Freshwater fish eyes: Great home for parasites
- Teens and alcohol study: After a few drinks, parenting style kicks in
- Researchers develop living, breathing human lung-on-a-chip
- Sight restored to mice afflicted with retinitis pigmentosa
- Earth-like planets may be ready for their close-up
- Progesterone is effective for hot flash treatment and provides an alternative to estrogen, study finds
- Adios El Niño, hello La Niña?
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