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for the Week of September 26 to October 3, 2010
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Posted 2010-10-02:
- How to still kill a resistant parasite
- Severe food allergies turned off in mice
- Mosquito gene examined for new disease response
- Searching for dense water cascades in the Arctic Ocean
- Could genetically altered trees, plants help counter global warming?
- New TB pathogen discovered
Posted 2010-10-02:
- World's rivers in 'crisis state', report finds
- How warm was this summer?
- Garlic oil shows protective effect against heart disease in diabetes
- Simple approach could clean up oil remaining from Exxon Valdez spill
- Dinosaurs significantly taller than previously thought, research suggests
- First genetic evidence for loss of teeth in the common ancestor of baleen whales
- Varieties of tea leaves identified using neural networks
- Key nutrient found to prevent cataracts in salmon
- No evidence for Clovis comet catastrophe, archaeologists say
- Dog ownership is associated with reduced eczema in children with dog allergies
- Species accumulate on Earth at slower rates than in the past, computational biologists say
- Growing drought-resistant plants: Research could offer alternative to genetically-engineered crops to combat global food shortages
- Growth of biofuel industry hurt by GMO regulations, say experts
Posted 2010-10-01:
- Genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus sequenced
- Offshore San Andreas Fault and associated ecosystems mapped
- Plants that move: How a New Zealand species disperses seeds in a high alpine, wet environment
- Fossilized giant penguin reveals unusual colors, sheds light on bird evolution
- Mutations in the gene SCARF2 responsible for Van Den Ende-Gupta syndrome, study suggests
- Most complete beer 'proteome' finding could lead to engineered brews
- Maternal diet high in trans fats doubles risk of excess body fat in breastfed babies, study finds
- Research lays foundation for building on the Moon -- or anywhere else
- For the first time, monkeys recognize themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness
- IV treatment may lower risk of dying from bacterial meningitis
- Blueberries help fight artery hardening, lab animal study indicates
- Strong link between diabetes and air pollution found in national U.S. study
- Diet when young affects future food responses
- Dancing honeybees use democratic process when selecting a new home
- Swine flu patients benefited from taking Tamiflu, says study
- Genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus, encephalitis and elephantiasis decoded
- Need to undertake epidemiological monitoring programs for ticks confirmed
Posted 2010-09-30:
- New key to tissue regeneration: Drug treatment triggers sodium ions to regrow nerves and muscle
- Purifying proteins: Researchers use NMR to improve drug development
- Model aims to reduce disaster toll on city's social, economic fabric
- Scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk
- Coral bleaching likely in Caribbean this year
- New oil detection technique
- Genome inversion gives plant a new lifestyle
- Carbon nanoobjects to facilitate the construction of futuristic power sources
- Sparkling drinks spark pain circuits: Fizzy beverages light up same pain sensors as mustard and horseradish
- Climate accord loopholes could spell 4.2-degree rise in temperature and end of coral reefs by 2100
- Revolutionary new way of reversing certain cancers
- Ultrafine air particles may increase firefighters' risk for heart disease
- Tiny generators turn waste heat into power
- More than one-fifth of world's plants face threat of extinction, new analysis finds
- Brilliant Northeast fall colors hang in the balance, and heat is the deciding factor
- Researchers find differences between Galapagos and mainland frigatebirds
- The precious commodity of water
- 19-million-year-old genomic fossils of hepatitis B-like viruses in songbirds
- Sustainable material for wine bottle stoppers being developed
- 'Vision Science Facility' aims for lighting revolution
- New twists in double helix discovery story are uncovered
Posted 2010-09-29:
- Sneaking spies into a cell's nucleus
- Potential climate change side effect: More parasites on South American birds
- Scientists consider fate of pandemic H1N1 flu virus
- Structural Genomics Consortium releases 1,000th protein structure
- Genetic differences in sense of smell identified through asparagus urine odor
- 'Firefly' stem cells may help repair damaged hearts
- Pet allergies worsen hay fever symptoms, study finds
- Geologists find parts of Northwest Houston, Texas sinking rapidly
- 'Hobbit' was an iodine-deficient human, not another species, new study suggests
- Daycare puts children with lung disease at risk for serious illness, study finds
- People also have antiviral 'plant defences', research suggests
- Scientists freeze virus fragment in shape recognized by immune system; Development has implications for vaccine design
- Urban gardeners beware: There may be lead in your soil and food
- Nanocatalyst is a gas
- Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy, say researchers
- Rain or shine, researchers find new ways to forecast large photovoltaic power plant output
- Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering US oil imports, study finds
- Complexity not so costly after all: Moderately complex plants and animals can be better equipped to adapt
- Understanding Missouri River's sediment dynamics key to protecting endangered species
- Immunization coverage key to good health locally, globally
- Pharmaceutical substances found in waters of Spain's Doñana National Park
Posted 2010-09-28:
- Winter drought stress can delay flowering, prevent fruit loss in orange crops
- Novel mechanism discovered for communication between proteins that cause ‘cell suicide’
- Cause of dead zone in Gulf: Tile drainage directly related to nitrate loss
- Elevated nitrogen and phosphorus still widespread in U.S. streams and groundwater
- Genetic clues to evolution of jaws in vertebrates unearthed
- U.S. vulnerable to multidrug-resistant TB epidemic, computer model shows
- Early reproduction retains fertility in cheetah females
- Greener pastures and better breeds could reduce carbon 'hoofprint'
- Light workout: Scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice
- Egyptian desert expedition confirms spectacular meteorite impact
- Pinpointing where volcanic eruptions could strike
- Why are there no hyenas in Europe?
- Cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse
- Lead-free piezoelectric materials of the future
- Malaria's newest pathway into human cells identified
- Genetic switch underlies noisy cell division: 'Bimodal' signal determines a cell's get-up and go
- More predators doesn't equal more danger for urban bird nest, study finds
- How molecules escape from cell's nucleus: Key advance in using microscopy to reveal secrets of living cells
- Savvy consumers put a high price on food safety
- World Cowpea Research Conference: Crop experts embrace legume prized for protein and resilience to hot, dry climates
- Genetically modified crops: European report on concrete measures to avoid mixing of GM and conventional maize
Posted 2010-09-27:
- Structure that allows bacteria to resist drugs identified
- The joy of sets: For ants and trees, multiple partners are a boon
- Protein found to control the early migration of neurons
- UK's shipping emissions six times higher than expected, says new report
- Key molecule for keeping other oral microorganisms in check uncovered
- Withering well can improve fertility
- Training the trainers: how to minimize stress when horses are first ridden
Posted 2010-09-26:
- 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
- Aboard Ballard's expedition exploring Mediterranean seafloor
- 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
- New collaborative process can help improve management of marine recreational fisheries
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
- New Tennessee homes are laboratories for energy efficiency
- Consumers willing to pay more for locally grown apples, Vermont study shows
- Introducing 'Champagne' -- New disease-resistant fig
- Rotating high-pressure sodium lamps provide flowering plants for spring markets
- 'Blue Suede' premiers: New blueberry recommended for home gardeners
- 'Wyldewood': First release from Elderberry Improvement Project
- Swedish biofuels do have major benefits for the climate
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
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