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for the Week of September 19 to September 26, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-25:
- Making bees less busy: Social environment changes internal clocks
- Irish lizards threatened by agriculture
- Taking a new look at old digs: Trampling animals may alter Stone Age sites
- How do you make the perfect sled dog?
- Taking the pulse of coral reefs
- Sensor important to understanding root, seedling development
- Genetically engineered salmon safe to eat, but a threat to wild stocks, expert says
Posted 2010-09-25:
- Ancient Egypt's pyramids: Norwegian researcher unlocks construction secrets
- New map offers a global view of health-sapping air pollution
- A biological solution to animal pandemics
- Mimicking nature, water-based 'artificial leaf' produces electricity
- Botulinum toxin may offer temporary drooling relief in children with neurological disorders
- Stress can control our genes, researchers find
- Biometric ID technologies 'inherently fallible,' new report finds
- Arctic soil study turns up surprising results
- How heating our homes could help reduce climate change
- Microbiologists find source of fungus’s damaging growth
- Computer simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network
- City living helped humans evolve immunity to tuberculosis and leprosy, new research suggests
- Drug against AIDS could be effective against herpesvirus
- Successful sludge-to-power research developed
- Fuel treatments reduce wildfire severity, tree mortality in Washington forests
Posted 2010-09-24:
- Groundwater depletion rate accelerating worldwide
- Scientists uncover process enabling toxoplasmosis parasite to survive homelessness
- Extreme conditions deep in Earth's interior recreated
- Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities
- New technique uncovers hidden insecticide resistance in mosquitoes
- Stress resilience returns with feeling for rhythm
- Gulf oil spill's vastness confirmed: Largest marine oil accident ever
- Secret of oysters' ability to stick together cracked open
- Ingredient in soap points toward new drugs for infection that affects two billion
- Clues to common food poisoning: Salmonella creates environment in human intestines to foster its own growth
- Smartphone app for genes on Earth is tool for scientists and entertaining for all
- Ocean cooling contributed to mid-20th century global warming hiatus
- New species of sea slug discovered
- Earth and Venus Lightning: Similar mechanisms on the two planets
- Preventing infections in the womb: Discovery may pave way for new approaches
- Mice engrafted with human immune cells may provide clues to better prevention and treatment of typhoid fever
- Fruit flies help scientists sniff out new insect repellents
- Genomic 'haircut' makes world's tiniest genome even smaller
- Searching in the microbial world for efficient ways to produce biofuel
- Ecologists find new clues on climate change in 150-year-old pressed plants
- New computer-tomography method visualizes nano-structure of bones
- China tops world in catch and consumption of fish
- Everglades restoration program making tangible progress after 10 years; challenges ahead to meet both water quality and quantity goals
Posted 2010-09-23:
- New drug could help stop the spread of disease from coughs, researchers believe
- Structure of dangerous bacteria's powerful multidrug resistance pump revealed
- Experiments decipher key piece of the ‘histone code’ in cell division
- Higher dairy calcium intake and increased serum vitamin D are related to greater diet-induced weight loss, Israeli study finds
- Working from home and online shopping can increase carbon emissions, UK report claims
- Researchers crack cuckoo egg mystery
- Seagulls harbor antibiotic resistant bacteria
- Man’s best friend keeps children on the move
- Amazing horned dinosaurs unearthed on 'lost continent'; New discoveries include bizarre beast with 15 horns
- Cocaine and ecstasy detected in waters of the L'Albufera in Valencia, Spain
- Stroke gene discovered
- Superconception: European brown hares, while pregnant with one litter, can start a new pregnancy
- Neanderthals more advanced than previously thought: They innovated, adapted like modern humans, research shows
- First explanation of how cells rapidly repair and maintain structure
- New fluorescence technique opens window to protein complexes in living cells
- Child rearing practices of distant ancestors foster morality, compassion in kids
- Learning to live on land: How some early plants overcame an evolutionary hurdle
- First observation of the folding of a nucleic acid
Posted 2010-09-22:
- Your body recycling itself -- captured on film
- Art of dividing: Researchers decode function and protein content of the centrosome
- Risk of beetle outbreaks rise, along with temperature, in the warming West
- Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape route
- Higher than predicted human exposure to the toxic chemical bisphenol A or BPA, new study indicates
- Muscle gene may provide new treatments for obesity and diabetes
- Marine scientists unveil mysteries of life on undersea mountains
- Geckos inspire new method to print electronics on complex surfaces
- Pollution takes its toll on the heart
- Female fish abandoned by males to raise offspring on their own
- Yeast holds clues to Parkinson's disease
- Stress accelerates breast cancer progression in mice, researchers find
- Image sensors for extreme temperatures
- Windborne desert dust falls on high peaks, dampens Colorado River runoff
- Commercial-scale test of new technology to recover coal from sludge successful
Posted 2010-09-21:
- Earth's highest coastal mountain on the move
- Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce following enzyme discovery
- Possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis found: Computer model finds probable genetic mechanism for TB dormancy
- Fences could help clean up watercourses
- Magnetic attraction for fish, crabs? Study examines whether magnetic fields from aquatic power sources affect animals
- Apollo discovery tells a new story
- Childhood viral infection may be a cause of obesity
- Plague researchers race to beat bioterrorists
- End of microplates? Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate new era of personalized medicine
- Parasitic 'warrior worms' discovered in snails; Scientists see possible biomedical applications
- Biologists discover biochemical link between biological clock and diabetes
- 'Archeologists of the air' isolate pristine aerosol particles in the Amazon
- A chip off the early hominin tooth: Researchers develop method for determining the diet of our early ancestors
- Key component identified that helps plants go green
- Self-organizing traffic lights
- The language of bats
- 50-million-year-old snake gets a CT scan
- How HIV resists AZT: Virus hijacks a common molecule
- Easily blocked signaling protein may help scientists stop parasites
- 2010 tied with 1998 as warmest global temperature on record
- At the crossroads of chromosomes: Study reveals structure of cell division’s key molecule
- Mechanism behind demethylation pinpointed in APC gene mutants
- Environmental impact of organic solar cells assessed
- Emotional robot pets
Posted 2010-09-20:
- Fossil of giant bony-toothed bird from chile sets wingspan record
- Scientists decode genomes of precocious fruit flies
- Protein clamps tight to telomeres to help prevent aging and support cancer
- House-sharing with microbes
- Gene limits learning and memory in mice
- Tracking triclosan's field footprint
- AIDS virus lineage much older than previously thought
- Great Lakes water quality is focus of new research grant
Posted 2010-09-19:
- Night light pollution affect songbirds' mating life, research suggests
- Tick tock: Rods help set internal clocks, biologist says
- Synthetic fuels research aims to reduce oil dependence
- Fish schools and krill swarms take on common shape
- NASA uses new method to estimate Earth mass movements
- U.S. tsunami detection improves, but coastal areas still vulnerable, report finds
- Asian 'unicorn' photographed for first time in over 10 years
- Radiometric dating still reliable (again), research shows
Posted 2010-09-18:
- When Earth's mantle meets its core: Findings boost hypothesis of deep magma ocean
- Pickle spoilage bacteria may help environment
- Foraging for fat: Crafty crows use tools to fish for nutritious morsels
- Veterinarian says natural foods not always best for pets
- Tornado-chasing becomes vacation choice, researchers find
- The biggest crash on Earth: India slides under Tibet, but how?
- Cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors
- Researcher discovers new 'anti-pathogenic' drugs to treat MRSA
- Fungus among us could become non-food source for biodiesel production
- Tyrannosaurus redux: T. rex was more than just a large carnivore at top of food chain, new findings reveal
- Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in certain individuals
- Healthy diet rocks when it comes to fighting kidney stones
- NASA data track seasonal pollution changes over India
- Scientists document fate of deep hydrocarbon plumes in Gulf oil spill
- Getting the news out: Disease transmission model says media coverage cuts infection rate and pandemic extent
- 'Goddess of fortune' found near shores of Sea of Galilee
- Global initiative underway to preserve yam biodiversity
Posted 2010-09-17:
- Understanding behavioral patterns: Why bird flocks move in unison
- Optimizing climate change reduction
- Arctic sea ice reaches lowest 2010 extent, third lowest in satellite record
- How bacteria acquire immunity: First theoretical description of bacterial system to silence viral genes
- Discovery highlights promise of new immune system-based therapies
- Discovery of the secrets that enable plants near Chernobyl to shrug off radiation
- Toward resolving Darwin's 'abominable mystery': Patterns of flower biodiversity point to the importance of having 'room to grow'
- Growing La Nina chills out the Pacific
- Low carbon hemp house put to the test
- 'Friendship paradox' may help predict spread of infectious disease
- Glaciers help high-latitude mountains grow taller
- Scots Pine shows its continental roots
- Nature's gift for gardening may hold key to biodiversity
- Farm management choice can benefit fungi key to healthy ecosystems
- Analysis of the chocolate genome could lead to improved crops and products
- Avoiding dangerous climate change: An international perspective
Posted 2010-09-16:
- Sequencing of cacao genome to help chocolate industry, subsistence farmers
- Neutrons helping researchers unlock secrets to cheaper ethanol
- Higher altitudes hide deadly problem: Increased suicide risk
- Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
- Tiny MAVs may someday explore and detect environmental hazards
- Largest ever white-shouldered ibis count
- Fountain of youth in bile? Longevity molecule identified
- Simpler mathematical model for reproducing bacterial growth patterns developed
- Hydroelectric power reservoirs cleaner than previously feared, new research shows
- Outsmarting killer bacteria
- World's last remaining tigers clustered in 6% of available habitat
- NASA's Aqua satellite takes snapshot of Arctic Ocean sea ice
- Frosty times for dinosaurs: Major fall in temperature 137 million years ago during Cretaceous greenhouse period, evidence shows
- Consumption of 'good salt' can reduce population blood pressure levels, research finds
- Computer in wrapping-paper form give solar cells a makeover
- Women more likely than men to accept scientific consensus on global warming, study finds
- Nanodiamonds discovered in Greenland ice sheet, contribute to evidence for cosmic impact
- New treatment for rabies advances after successful Phase 1 trial in India
- Salmon's body language tells all: Body language can be an indicator of stress or well-being in fish
- New microfluidic chip for discriminating bacteria
- Selfishness can sometimes help the common good, yeast study finds
- Ending the oceans' 'tragedy of the commons'
- Adapting to darkness: How behavioral and genetic changes helped cavefish survive extreme environment
- New Global Standards Information website experience puts product standards on the map
- A new understanding of 31 years of Chesapeake Bay nutrient trends
- Chocolate farmers could benefit from newly sequenced cacao genome
Posted 2010-09-15:
- Human impacts on the deep seafloor
- Making cookies that are good for your heart
- Global fisheries research finds promise and peril: While industry contributes 0B annually, overfishing takes toll on people and revenue
- Watercress may 'turn off' breast cancer signal
- CRISPR critters: Scientists identify key enzyme in microbial immune system
- Chemicals in indoor swimming pools may increase cancer risk
- Sorghum bran has more antioxidants than blueberries, pomegranates, study finds
- Wildflower ‘armors’ itself against disease
- Success of IVF varies with season of the year, study suggests
- If the water looks and smells bad, it may be toxic
- Expanding threat of hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters
- Scientists 'clone' human virus responsible for congenital malformations and other life-threatening diseases
- Public handwashing: More adults than ever (85 percent) observed washing hands in public restrooms
- 2010 was fourth warmest U.S. summer on record
- Sun and volcanic eruptions pace North Atlantic climate swings
Posted 2010-09-14:
- Male maturity shaped by early nutrition; Differences between the sexes affected by environment during first six months of life
- Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows
- No dead zones observed or expected as part of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Genes behind arsenic in food identified
- New gecko species identified in West African rain forests
- Manatee subspecies genetically confirmed, but diversity challenge looms
- Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails
- Funneling solar energy: Antenna made of carbon nanotubes could make photovoltaic cells more efficient
- The bright red of cardinals means less in urban areas
- Ancient viral invasion shaped human genome
- How disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity
- Using underground clues to determine past atmospheric heat
- Human well-being is improving even as ecosystem services decline: Why?
- Long-standing mystery of protein 'quality control' mechanism solved
- Dry lake bed salts promote cloud formation
- Understanding volcanism and tectonic activity in Yellowstone and the Pacific Northwest
Posted 2010-09-13:
- Fruit fly gene study leads to new method for understanding brain function
- Interrupting death messages to treat bone disease
- Discovery offers hope of saving sub-Saharan crops from devastating parasites
- Public looks at synthetic biology -- cautiously
- Carbon mapping breakthrough
- Land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth
- New model provides more effective basis for biodiversity conservation
Posted 2010-09-12:
- Flying fish glide as well as birds, researchers find
- E. coli engineered to produce biodiesel
- Energy drinks may give young sports teams an edge, study says
- Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a biological clock for nocturnal activity
- Research shows continued decline of Oregon's largest glacier
- Hip dysplasia susceptibility in dogs may be underreported
Posted 2010-09-11:
- Graphene may hold key to speeding up DNA sequencing
- In attracting mates, male bowerbirds appear to rely on special optical effect
- Researchers analyze impact of chemical BPA in dental sealants used in children
- New report seeks to improve climate forecasts
- Frog skin may provide antimicrobial peptides effective against multidrug-resistant infections
- Researchers expand yeast's sugary diet to include plant fiber
- Keeping stem cells from changing fates
- Gene discovery holds key to growing crops in cold climates
- Limiting harmful acrylamide: Lactic acid bacteria to lower risk of cancer
- Oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor discovered in Sagalassos
- Main climate threat from carbon dioxide sources yet to be built
- The making of a queen: Road to royalty begins early in paper wasps
- Chopping and changing in the microbial world: How mycoplasmas – the simplest bacterial pathogens – stay alive
Posted 2010-09-10:
- In order to save biodiversity, society's behavior must change, leading conservationists warn
- Tuberculosis: How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
- Phoenix Mars Lander finds surprises about red planet's watery past
- Chemical engineer's work could lead to improved DNA analysis
- Energy technologies not enough to sufficiently reduce carbon emissions, expert concludes
- When species are about to become extinct: New research may help predict tipping point
- NASA satellites reveal surprising connection between beetle attacks, wildfire
- Corn bred to contain beta-carotene is a good source of vitamin A, study finds
- Tectonic zip: Predictable events of the February 2010 earthquake in Chile
- Self-administered vaccine patch may protect against potentially pandemic flu viruses
- Why the biological clock? Aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction, biologists discover
- These dendritic cells are fishy, but that's a good thing
- Portable laser backpack revolutionizes 3-D mapping
- It takes less than you think to create a starling spectacular
- Deepwater Horizon oil remains below surface, will come ashore in pulses, expert says
- Most penguin populations continue to decline, biologists warn
- Is organic farming good for wildlife? It depends on the alternative
- Microbial breakthrough impacts health, agriculture, biofuels
- Cloud computing method greatly increases gene analysis
- Woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros and reindeer lived on Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago, findings show
- New class of peptides may protect against septic shock
- Satellite data reveal seasonal pollution changes over India
- Experts question claim that Alexander the Great's half-brother is buried at Vergina
- Shortage of FSC wood could lead to price premium for green construction
- Joint replacement: New clinical guidelines for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections of the hip and knee
- Emission reductions slowed down by heavier and more powerful cars
Posted 2010-09-09:
- Previously known as animal-only pigment, bilirubin now confirmed in Bird of Paradise flower
- Insulin may reduce several inflammatory factors induced by bacterial infection
- Structure for three intrinsically disordered proteins determined
- Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendritic cells to increase immune response to HIV
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