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for the Week of August 15 to August 22, 2010
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Posted 2010-08-21:
- Nanoscale DNA sequencing could spur revolution in personal health care
- Virus may act as 'evolution-proof' biopesticide against malaria
- Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault, research shows
- Newly identified RNA sequence is key in microRNA processing
- Lowering Daisy's emissions: Battle against agricultural climate offenders
- Today's superheroes send wrong image to boys, say researchers
- Drought drives decade-long decline in plant growth
- Researchers identify two FDA approved drugs that may fight HIV
- New targets for anti-angiogenesis drugs revealed
- Disturbances in certain genes play a role in autism
- Hydrogen causes metal to break
- Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using 'to feel like a better person,' research shows
Posted 2010-08-21:
- Autism linked to multisensory integration
- Frozen flies may yield secrets for human organ transplants
- Smart fungus disarms plant, animal and human immunity
- Innovative imaging system may boost speed and accuracy in treatment of heart rhythm disorder
- Mapping out pathways to better soybeans
- Male menopause affects more than five million men
- Is the ice in the Arctic Ocean getting thinner?
- Cigarette smoke causes harmful changes in the lungs even at the lowest levels, study finds
- Diabetes risk in children increases risk for weak bones
- Blood pressure drugs could help fight frailty, experiments show
- Nanoscale inhomogeneities in superconductors explained
- Victims of bullying suffer academically as well, psychologists report
- Galactic 'super-volcano' in action
- Natural lung material is promising scaffold for engineering lung tissue using embryonic stem cells
- Geologists revisit Earth's Great Oxygenation Event: More like the 'Great Redox Evolution'
- Blood stem cell, leukemia link illuminated in new study
- How flies set their cruising altitude
- Italian youths who drink with meals are less often adult problem-drinkers
- Widespread floating plastic debris found in the western North Atlantic Ocean
- Earliest steps of common form of muscular dystrophy pinpointed
- Old drug holds promise against opportunistic lung bug
- Input-output trade-offs found in human information processing
- Homework wars: How can parents improve the odds of winning?
- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals 'incredible shrinking moon'
- Stomach bacteria need vitamin to establish infection, research finds
- Secrets of 'magic' antidepressant revealed
- Green leafy vegetables reduce diabetes risk, study finds
- Deep plumes of oil could cause dead zones in the Gulf
- Link between walking, cycling and health
- Brain gene expression changes when honey bees go the distance
- Scientists pry new information from disease-causing, shellfish-borne bacterium
- How the storehouses of plant cells are formed
- Cervical cancer: Drug and radiotherapy treatment saves lives, researchers find
- Scientist IDs genes that promise to make biofuel production more efficient, economical
- Male scientists regret parenthood decisions more than female counterparts, sociologist finds
- Human neural stem cells restore motor function in mice with chronic spinal cord injury
- Genetics underlie formation of body's back-up bypass vessels
- Proof that a gut-wrenching complaint -- irritable bowel syndrome -- is not in your head
- New biological find gives consequences for doping offence
- New ways to chart our maritime past
- Workplace wellness plan saves money over the long-term, new study shows
Posted 2010-08-20:
- Scientists map and confirm origin of large, underwater hydrocarbon plume in Gulf
- Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention problems in children
- Dogs' family status depends on family's locale
- Common hypertension drugs can raise blood pressure in certain patients
- New genetic tool helps improve rice
- Binge drinking increases death risk in men with high blood pressure
- Astronomers use galactic magnifying lens to probe elusive dark energy
- With muscle-building treatment, mice live longer even as tumors grow
- Paper wasps punish peers for misrepresenting their might
- Breast cancer survivors don't need to be afraid of air travel, study suggests
- Slowing urban sprawl, adding forests curb floods and help rivers
- Brain network links cognition, motivation
- How much mass makes a black hole? Astronomers challenge current theories
- Targeting hit-and-run cancer viruses
- Bees warm up with a drink, too!
- Gender bender: Do gender knee implants provide better outcomes?
- Brightness on fluorescent probes used to monitor biological activities of individual proteins increased
- Six-year-olds with squint less likely to be invited to birthday parties, study suggests
- Ancient 'terror bird' used powerful beak to jab like an agile boxer
- A cure for HIV could be all in the 'mix'
- Moderate drinking, especially wine, associated with better cognitive function
- Overweight American children and adolescents becoming fatter
- Too hot to handle: Impacts of climate change on mussels
- Internet access at home increases the likelihood that adults will be in relationships, study finds
- Extreme darkness: Carbon nanotube forest covers ultra-dark detector
- Discovery may aid search for anti-aging drugs: Gene's action may help explain why restricting diet lengthens life in animals
- Creation of the first frozen repository for Hawaiian coral
- Surprise in genome structure linked to developmental diseases
- New computer model advances climate change research
- Stress in middle age could contribute to late-life dementia
- Thymus cells transform into skin cells in Swiss laboratory
- Even modest weight gain can harm blood vessels, researchers find
- New satellite data reveals true decline of world's mangrove forests
- Drug-eluting stents confirmed safe, effective for long-term use, study suggests
- HVAC ducts can be used for wireless monitoring technology
- Headaches in teens tied to overweight, smoking and lack of exercise
- Deadly Samoa-Tonga earthquake concealed two other quakes, seismic sleuths discover
- Study shows gene's role in developing and maintaining cells key for a lifetime of memories
- Why implant coatings detach: Nanocorrosion causes implants to fail
- How genes hide their function
- Forecasting the fate of fertilizer in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
- Brain connections break down as we age, study suggests
- Study explains why Alzheimer's drug is both safe and effective
- Kihansi spray toads make historic return to Tanzania
- Long-term entecavir therapy reverses fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B patients
- Smart materials: Fully reversible functionalization of inorganic nanotubes
- Antidepressant can help treat major depression during perimenopause, menopause, study shows
Posted 2010-08-19:
- Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy
- Choosing healthier protein-rich foods instead of red and processed meats may reduce heart disease
- How corals fight back
- Meningitis research breakthrough could save children’s lives
- Screening crop plants for toxins
- Can anthropology solve an economic crisis?
- Roller coaster superconductivity discovered
- Scientists closer to finding what causes the birth of a fat cell
- Paving 'slabs' that clean the air
- Women with osteoporosis suffer more if they have previously broken a bone, say scientists
- Future air travel: Quieter, cleaner and more environmentally friendly?
- Early life influences risk for psychiatric disorders
- Fossil reveals 48-million-year history of zombie ants
- Vitamin D may treat or prevent allergy to common mold
- Breakthrough gene therapy prevents retinal degeneration
- SSRIs may pack more punch at the cellular level than believed
- New probe technology illuminates the activation of light-sensing cells
- Men more likely to cheat if they are economically dependent on their female partners, study finds
- Eclipsing pulsar promises clues to crushed matter
- Acupuncture not superior to sham acupuncture in knee osteoarthritis, study finds
- Smokers trying to give up: Don't stop thinking about cigarettes
- New link found between inflammation and cancer
- High definition diagnostic ultrasonics on the nanoscale
- Why drunk drivers may get behind the wheel
- Dwindling green pastures, not hunting, may have killed off the mammoth
- Novel diabetes hope comes from Chinese herbs
- Clothing to power personal computers
- Women who drink beer more likely to develop psoriasis
- Deaf, hard-of-hearing students perform first test of sign language by cell phone
- People who cannot escape a system are likely to defend the status quo, study finds
- Astronaut muscles waste in space: Safety for future Mars missions questioned
- Repairing spinal cord injury with manipulated neural stem cells
- Integrative body-mind training (IBMT) meditation found to boost brain connectivity
- Cause of immune system avoidance of certain pathogens discovered
- Human activity eclipses Brazos River's native carbon cycle
- Antagonistic people may increase heart attack, stroke risk
- Can cloned plants live forever?
- Accomplice in breast cancer discovered
- Elementary particles star in new 'dance movie'
- Studying yeast to better understand male infertility
- Powering Australia with waves
- Skin condition associated with depression, anxiety and suicidal feelings
- Evolution may have pushed humans toward greater risk for type 1 diabetes
- B vitamins and the aging brain examined
- Secrets of a vanished English landscape: Geologists examine 5,000-year-old 'fossilized' landscape
- Genetic link to advanced fatty liver disease confirmed by new studies
- How to reduce UK transport carbon emissions by 76 per cent by 2050
- Postnatal depression can be prevented by health visitors, study finds
- Researchers challenge myth of the well-adjusted Asian-American
- Consumers need protection from unrealistic claims of home genetic tests, new report states
- Lung cancer patients receiving palliative care have improved quality of life, extended survival, study finds
Posted 2010-08-18:
- Moderate chocolate consumption linked to lower risks of heart failure, study finds
- Saving the brain's white matter with mutated mice
- Single cell injections
- Prevalence of hearing loss among US adolescents has increased significantly
- New insights could mean better fish feeds
- High stress levels may delay women getting pregnant, study suggests
- Warmest year-to-date global temperature on record
- Sports brain trauma may cause disease mimicking ALS, researchers find
- Raising mountains on Saturn's moon Titan
- Two types of bone marrow stem cells could work together to advance regenerative medicine
- Data storage: World record data density for ferroelectric recording
- Marriage and committed romance reduce stress-related hormone production
- Possible discovery of earliest animal life pushes back fossil record
- New drugs to treat chronic pain without numbing may be possible
- New system developed to test and evaluate high-energy laser weapons
- Lung stem cells vital to lung repair associated with poor cancer prognosis when found in tumor
- Major hurdle cleared for organic solar cells
- Heavy drug-use among bad boys curbed by parental monitoring and peers
- 'Mitochondrial Eve': Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
- Nearly one million children in U.S. potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds
- Sundews just want to be loved
- New screen offers hope for copper deficiency sufferers
- Many Americans are still clueless on how to save energy
- Preschoolers use statistics to understand others
- Bacteria can have a 'sense of smell'
- 'Smart' adult stem cells repair hearts
- Ozone and nicotine a bad combination for asthma
- SPF on your plate: Researcher connects the Mediterranean diet with skin cancer prevention
- Tantalizing clues as to why matter prevails in the universe: Surprisingly large matter/antimatter asymmetry discovered
- Presidential election outcomes directly influence suicide rates, study finds
- MRSA-killing paint created
- UV-B treatment may improve psoriasis and vitamin D levels
- Gallbladder cancer may be linked to estrogens, study finds
- Reminding health-care staff to remove catheters reduces infections by half
- Measuring salt shine to improve climate understanding
- Growing up without sibs doesn't hurt social skills, study finds
- IBEX spacecraft reveals surprising details of solar system
- Studies pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
- Health impact of Gulf Coast oil spill hazardous but improving
- Scientists map epigenetic changes during blood cell differentiation; Potential application for stem cell therapies
- Gene that causes barnacles to avoid ship hulls identified
- Obesity rates decline for many adolescents, but disparities worsen
- Massive coral mortality following bleaching in Indonesia
- Genes associated with aggressive breast cancer
- Cassini bags Enceladus 'Tigers'
- Novel role: EZH2 boosts creation of ovarian cancer blood vessels
- Arsenic in field runoff linked to poultry litter
- Disadvantaged adolescents prone to adult crime and substance abuse problems, study finds
- Substantial costs associated with scientific misconduct should prioritize prevention efforts, experts argue
- Combined data for estimating insecticide-treated bed net coverage in Africa
- Probabilistic modeling of verbal autopsy data is best for public health decision making, study finds
- Health care system delay may increase risk of death for heart patients receiving reperfusion therapy
- Prediction model may help determine risk of critical illness after out-of-hospital emergency care
- MRSA policies differ among hospitals, study shows
- Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing 'lemons' and serious harm, analysis finds
- Birth dates, school enrollment dates affect ADHD diagnosis rates, study shows
- New method for estimating cost of small hydropower projects
Posted 2010-08-17:
- Resolving the paradox of the Antarctic sea ice
- Scientists successfully use human induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's in rodents
- Scared snails opt for single parenthood rather than wait for a mate
- Birth control pill equally effective for women regardless of their weight
- New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation
- Boys and girls not as different as previously thought
- 15,000 beams of light: Pens that write with light offer low-cost, rapid nanofabrication capabilities
- Possible cocaine addiction trigger uncovered: Protein linked to mental retardation may be controlling factor in drug's effect in the brain
- Embryonic heart paced with laser
- Discovered gene causes Kabuki syndrome: Researchers streamline DNA sequencing strategies to find rare disease genes quickly
- Probing the nanoparticle: Predicting how nanoparticles will react in the human body
- Memory researchers explain latest findings on improving the mind, stopping memory loss
- Solution to beading-saliva mystery has practical purposes
- Promising results of gene therapy to treat diseases of the eye
- Making sense of space dust: Researchers explore solar system's origins
- Preclinical inquiry into one mutation sheds light on addiction and a birth defect
- Trojan Horse attack on native lupine: Tiny mice advance under of invasive beachgrass to feast on seeds of endangered plant
- Adversity in childhood can increase risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, research shows
- Drugs encased in nanoparticles travel to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells
- Shape matters: The corkscrew twist of H. pylori enables it to 'set up shop' in the stomach
- Researchers assess severity of prostate cancers using magnetic resonance imaging
- Technique to preserve fertility in young women may be unsafe for patients with leukemia
- Pushing the limits of 3D TV technology
- Childhood abuse, adversity may shorten life, weaken immune response among the elderly
- Evidence of new solar activity from observations of aurora in New Zealand
- Lethal brain tumor's strength may be a weakness as well
- Climate change affects geographical range of plants, study finds
- Green tea extract appears to keep cancer in check in majority of CLL patients
- Combination of biological and chemical pesticides more effective than expected on malaria mosquitoes
- Daughters caring for a parent recovering from stroke more prone to depression than sons
- Efforts to encourage disclosure of medical errors decreased claims
- Surgery can be safely performed in settings with limited resources
- Donor Risk Index does not impact outcomes on a small scale, study finds
- Adding to the strain for Indian women: Abuse by in-laws during pregnancy
- Researchers examine patterns of minority suburbanization circling the nation's major cities
- Involuntary childlessness more detrimental than originally thought, study suggests
- Rhetoric, framing efforts have little influence in same-sex marriage debate, expert says
- Car lighting makeover impacts feel of safety and style
- Branding in a new light
Posted 2010-08-16:
- Dangerous bacterium hosts genetic remnant of life's distant past
- Carbon nanotubes form ultrasensitive biosensor to detect proteins
- NGC 4696: A cosmic question mark
- SUMO works with replication protein A complex to repair DNA
- Gene discovery could help to boost crop yields
- Parents' mental health more likely to suffer when a grown child struggles
- Home foreclosure is symptom -- not cause -- for increased crime rates, research shows
- Cultural capital is key to preparing for college and getting into a good school
Posted 2010-08-15:
- Ocean's color affects hurricane paths
- Expensive new blood pressure meds no better than generics, according to long-term data
- Scientists clarify structural basis for biosynthesis of mysterious 21st amino acid
- New approach which can help to predict neurodegenerative diseases
- Nano world of Shrinky Dinks: Low-cost nanopatterning method utilizes popular shrinkable plastic
- Happy employees may be the key to success for organizations
Posted 2010-08-14:
- Human noise pollution in ocean can lead fish away from good habitats and off to their death
- New sporadic prion protein disease: Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy shares genotype characteristics with Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- Implantable silk metamaterials could advance biomedicine, biosensing
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