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for the Week of October 24 to October 31, 2010
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Posted 2010-10-30:
- Tagged narwhals track warming near Greenland
- New software eases analysis of insect in motion
- Raising giant insects to unravel ancient oxygen
- Shuttle mice to boost disease research: Experiment on last flight of Discovery will probe spaceflight-induced immune-system impairment
- Low elevations hold climate surprises for mountain plants
- Paradise lost -- and found: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig
- Spice in curry could prevent liver damage
- Seagrass faring better than world's vertebrate species
- Papyrus research provides insights into 'modern concerns' of ancient world
Posted 2010-10-30:
- Newly discovered gene enables fish to 'disappear'
- Researchers use math, maps to plot malaria elimination plan
- Troubled islands: Hurricanes, oil spill and sea level rise
- Is the shape of a genome as important as its content?
- Is South Pole ice melting? Gravity field satellites observe Antarctic ice mass fluctuations due to El Niño
- Scientists uncover evolution of new virus, closely related to poliovirus
- Organic solvent system may improve catalyst recycling and create new nanomedicine uses
- Olive oil protects liver from oxidative stress, rat study finds
- New system for monitoring electricity use heralds greener homes and cheaper bills
- Tracking evidence of 'The Great Dying'
- Certain cancer therapies' success depends on presence of immune cell, mouse study shows
- Cone of poison: The secret behind the cone snail's venom pump
- Origin of skillful stone-tool-sharpening method pushed back more than 50,000 years
- Getting a grip on CO<sub>2</sub>: Researchers 'see' how to capture carbon dioxide
- Green tea of no use in breast cancer prevention, large study finds
- Better detection for diagnostics and biochemical defense
- Dramatic climate change is unpredictable
- New strategy to kill bugs -- even those in hiding
- Making better biosensors with electron density waves
- North Sea oil recovery using carbon dioxide is possible, but time is running out, expert says
Posted 2010-10-29:
- Potential new treatment for deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses; May also lead to new treatments for measles, mumps and influenza
- Early sauropod dinosaur: First complete skeleton found
- Root of the matter: A new map shows life-saving forests' scarcity defies past estimates
- Predicting smoggiest days: Experiments improve accuracy of ozone predictions in air-quality models
- Scientists 'cage' genetic off switches so they can be activated by UV light
- Modern humans emerged far earlier than previously thought, fossils from China suggest
- Speed gun for Earth's insides to help measure mantle motion
- Archaeological sites threatened by rising seas: Scientists issue call to action
- Into Africa? Fossils suggest earliest anthropoids colonized Africa
- Sodas, other sugary beverages linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome
- Large-scale fish farm production offsets environmental gains, assessment finds
- Scientists helping keep in-demand smoked salmon safe to eat, thanks to new mathematical model
- Making bone in the laboratory
- Structural genomics accelerates protein structure determination
- Study calls for robust science for environmental labeling of food
Posted 2010-10-28:
- New evidence supports 'Snowball Earth' as trigger for early animal evolution
- Active ingredient levels vary among red yeast rice supplements
- Variable summer rainfall in U.S. southeast linked to climate change
- Tobacco and nicotine: They're good -- as a pesticide
- Small particles show big promise in beating unpleasant odors
- Tale of the headless dragonfly: Ancient struggle, preserved in amber
- Uranium in groundwater? 'Fracking' mobilizes uranium in marcellus shale
- Quakes don't completely shake China's environmental gains, thanks to conservation programs
- Bicarbonate adds fizz to players' tennis performance
- 'Gender-bending' chemicals affect reproduction in fish, research shows
- Newly discovered snub-nosed monkey sneezes in the rain
- Tracking golden eagles by satellite; Impact of large-scale wind farms studied
- Risk of cancer due to radiation exposure in middle age may be higher than previously estimated
- How H1N1 differs from other viruses as a respiratory illness
- Third of shark and ray species are threatened, study suggests
- Emissions from consumption outstrip efficiency savings in UK
Posted 2010-10-27:
- Nature's backbone at risk: World's vertebrates face an extinction crisis, assessment finds
- WHO pesticide regulations should be based on toxicity in humans, not rats, experts say
- Tornado warnings are too often ignored, researcher says
- Scented consumer products shown to emit many unlisted chemicals
- Eggshells could help combat climate change, research suggests
- Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids may lower the incidence of gum disease
- Stable way to store the sun's heat: Storing thermal energy in chemical could lead to advances in storage and portability
- MicroRNAs dictate the Epstein-Barr virus' elaborate waiting game, cancer formation
- 'Reaper' protein strikes at mitochondria to kill cells
- Plant stem cells could be fruitful source of low-cost cancer drug
- Fire-Breathing Storm Systems
- Vast amber deposit from India: New trove of fossils suggests global distribution of tropical forest ecosystems in the Eocene
- Clues about carbon dioxide patterns at end of Ice Age
- Odor coding in mammals is more complex than previously thought
- Immune cells deploy traps to catch and kill pathogens
- Mouse brain seen in sharpest detail ever
- Substantial consumption of fluoride increases chance of mild fluorosis, research finds
- How to avoid fraud in biometric identification
- As Arctic warms, increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change
- Vaccines could help what's ailing fish
- Haiti earthquake caused by unknown fault; Blamed fault ready to produce large earthquake
- Molecular guardian of cell's RNA identified
- Energy saving lamp is eco-winner: Swiss researcher evaluates environmental friendliness of light sources
- Growing crops in the city: Urban agriculture aims at helping Seattle's at-risk youth
- Continuing biodiversity loss predicted but could be slowed; Common approach urged to unify global biodiversity advice
- Fifth of world's vertebrates are currently threatened, major study finds
- Reducing carbon emissions by improving global equality
- Harnessing tidal energy more efficiently than ever before
Posted 2010-10-26:
- Listeria clever at finding its way into bloodstream, causing sickness
- Pre-Columbian societies in Amazon may have been much larger and more advanced than thought
- Global warming to bring more intense storms to Northern Hemisphere in winter and Southern Hemisphere year round
- Genetic markers offer new clues about how malaria mosquitoes evade eradication
- Beauty from the bottom up: Flamingos add natural 'make-up' to their feathers to attract mates
- Daily vibration may help aging bones stay healthy
- New concept in microscopy: Self-reconstructing laser beams
- Tiny brained bees solve a complex mathematical problem
- Sterilizing with fluorescent lights: New surface may kill antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria with fluorescent light
- Black truffles challenge convention wisdom, exhibiting sexual reproduction between opposite mating types
- Synthetic FlexBone could help speed bone transplant recovery
- Chain reactions identified within the brain
- Discovery may help scientists boost broccoli’s cancer-fighting power
- Plant-based plastics not necessarily greener than oil-based relatives, researchers find
- Eye test for neurological diseases in livestock developed
- Everglades show improvement in water quality
- Coccolithophore blooms in the southwest Atlantic
- Bacteria gauge cold with molecular measuring stick
- Malaria research begins to bite: Molecular switches pinpointed in control of malaria parasite's life cycle
- Falkland Islands radar study impacts climate research: New equipment will monitor activity which creates the ‘Southern Lights’
- Changes in energy R&D needed to combat climate change, experts say
Posted 2010-10-25:
- Even turtles need recess: Many animals -- not just dogs, cats, and monkeys -- need a little play time
- Swine flu variant linked to fatal cases might disable clearing mechanism of lungs, study suggests
- Major component in turmeric enhance effect of chemotherapy drug in head and neck cancer
- Electron billiards in nanoscale circuits
- Evidence is weak for tropical rainforest 65 million years ago in Africa's low latitudes, paleobotanist says
Posted 2010-10-24:
- Efforts underway to rescue vulnerable bananas, giant swamp taro, other Pacific Island crops
- Scientists open electrical link to living cells
- Sound of the underground: New acoustic early warning system for landslide prediction
- NOAA lists population of spotted seals as threatened
- Chemical engineers use gold to discover breakthrough for creating biorenewable chemicals
Posted 2010-10-23:
- Plants play larger role than thought in cleaning up air pollution, research shows
- Succimer found ineffective for removing mercury
- Value-added sulfur scrubbing: Converting acid rain chemicals into useful products
- Another winter of extremes in store for U.S. as La Niña strengthens
- Scorpion has welcome sting for heart bypass patients
- Arctic Report Card: Region continues to warm at unprecedented rate
- Scary chupacabras monster is as much victim as villain
- From bees to coral reefs: Mutualisms might be more important to global ecosystem than previously thought
- Key difference in how TB bacteria degrade doomed proteins
- Taking a closer look at plaque
- Old logging practices linked to high erosion rates
- Real-time imaging of stroke models
- Using PEAT to capture, share and analyze protein experimental data
- Scientists promote soy by currying favor with Indian taste buds
- Green Carbon Center takes all-inclusive view of energy
- Operation IceBridge: NASA airborne science campaign begins Antarctic sequel
Posted 2010-10-22:
- Poor start in life need not spell doom in adulthood
- Molecular structure of major cell signaling pathway detailed
- Malarial mosquitoes are evolving into new species, say researchers
- Promising new 'antigene' therapy uses light energy to silence gene activity
- Proton mechanism used by flu virus to infect cells discovered
- Energy revolution key to complex life: Depends on mitochondria, cells' tiny power stations
- Sea levels rising around South Atlantic's Falkland Islands, 19th-century benchmarks reveal
- Space weather mystery solved: Link found between electrons trapped in space and upper atmosphere's diffuse aurora
- The world is not flat: Exploring cells and tissues in three dimensions
- Microbes may consume far more oil-spill waste than earlier thought
- How parasites react to the mouse immune system may help to shape their control
- Black rice bran may help fight disease-related inflammation
- Philippines may have more unique bird species than thought, biologist says
- Worst coral death strikes at Southeast Asia
- Climate change tipping points for populations, not just species: Survival, reproduction of thousands of arctic and alpine plants measured
- Entire issue of scientific journal devoted to Joint Center for Structural Genomics
- Adverse neighborhood conditions greatly aggravate mobility problems from diabetes, study finds
Posted 2010-10-21:
- Eating mostly whole grains, few refined grains linked to lower body fat
- Disease in rural China linked to polluted coal
- Measuring changes in rock: Research looks at effect of captured and stored carbon dioxide on minerals
- New sensor derived from frogs may help fight bacteria and save wildlife; Sensor uses frog peptides to test for drug and medical device contamination
- Progress toward treating infections by silencing microbes' 'smart phones'
- Desperate female spiders fight by different rules
- Small is beautiful in hydroelectric power plant design: Invention could enable renewable power generation at thousands of unused sites
- Biodegradable foam plastic substitute made from milk protein and clay
- Children's best friend: Dogs help autistic children adapt, study shows
- Mounting research shows increased health risks from volcanic air pollution
- Why the leopard got its spots
- Early pregnancy in spring linked to child's susceptibility to food allergies, Finnish study suggests
- Improved antibiotic coatings: Research aims to make medical devices safer by preventing biofilms
- Old bees' memory fades; Mirrors recall of humans and other mammals
- More than 200 new snails of the same genus described in a single study
- Protein highways keep tissues organized
- NASA ER-2 checks out new airborne multiangle polarizing imager
Posted 2010-10-20:
- Don't blame dairy cows for (greenhouse) gas emissions, new study shows
- Bioelectrical signals turn stem cells' progeny cancerous; Newly discovered 'instructor cells' can deliver deadly directions
- Rotten experiments help to create picture of our early ancestors
- Drought may threaten much of globe within decades, analysis predicts
- New biological sensor detects and analyses DNA sequences
- Genomic comparison of ocean microbes reveals East-West divide in populations
- Mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts differently
- Earth's deep water cycle needs revision, geophysicists claim
- Study of Haiti quake yields surprising results
- When vertebrae cross dress: How sloths got their long neck
- Western diet exacerbates sepsis, mouse study suggests
- Underwater robot to explore ice-covered ocean and Antarctic ice shelf
- Planted, unplanted artificial wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks
- More than a century after the Gold Rush, mining an historical park’s lichen diversity
Posted 2010-10-19:
- Tropics in decline as natural resources exhausted at alarming rate
- NASA technology could aid in interpretation of mammograms, ultrasound, other medical imagery
- Egg allergy: Not a reason to avoid flu vaccine after all, experts say
- Intestinal enzyme helps maintain population of beneficial bacteria
- Mystery of Italy's Mount Etna explained?
- Gut microbes promote cell turnover by a well-known pathway
- Mystery solved: How genes are selectively silenced
- Unlike us, honeybees naturally make 'quick switch' in their biological clocks, researcher finds
- Alternative fish feeds use less fishmeal and fish oils
- Mice that 'smell' light could help scientist better understand olfaction
- Scientists find signals that make cell nucleus blow up like a balloon
- Newly identified virus may cause pediatric diarrhea
- From biomass to ethanol and methane: New enzyme may lead to cheaper biofuel
- Ammonites at ancient methane seeps: New light shed on mollusks that went extinct 65 million years ago
- Compound in celery, peppers reduces age-related memory deficits
- MRI zooms in on microscopic flow
- Model unfolds proteins gently
- Climate change may alter natural climate cycles of Pacific
- Got fish? Nutrition studies explore health benefits
- Call for long-term view on 'dire' funding of biological research databases
Posted 2010-10-18:
- New treatment may protect against pneumonia
- How humidity makes gecko feet stickier: Softens setae to tighten gecko's grip
- New method for detecting Clostridium botulinum spores
- Of worms and women: Common causes for reproductive decline with age
- Biodiversity goals fall short: What can be done to avert the tragedy of the commons?
- New genus of tree discovered; Related to sandalwoods
- Right food effectively protects against risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline, study finds
Posted 2010-10-17:
- Studies of radiative forcing components: Reducing uncertainty about climate change
- Scientists discover new species in one of world’s deepest ocean trenches
- Unsung hero: Researchers produce high-res model of Ndc80 in action
Posted 2010-10-16:
- What did Tyrannosaurus rex eat? Each other
- New look at multitalented protein sheds light on mysteries of HIV
- Squid studies provide valuable insights into hearing mechanisms
- Eat safer: Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens
- Is anxiety contagious? Scientists study owls and voles to find out
- Carbon dioxide controls Earth's temperature, new modeling study shows
- Using discards, scientists discover different dinosaurs' stomping grounds
- Gene's location on chromosome plays big role in shaping how an organism's traits evolve
- Temperature rhythms keep body clocks in sync
- Coniferous forests: New research changes understanding of atmospheric aerosol properties and climate effects
- Preeclampsia advances: Researchers animal model and potential lab test for diagnosing the disease in people
- Charcoal biofilter cleans up fertilizer waste gases
Posted 2010-10-15:
- Nature and humans leaving indelible mark on rivers, harming the intricate food webs they support
- Inner workings of potent cancer drug derived from evergreen tree
- Large gaps found in public understanding of climate change
- Why arsenic can be deadly, yet also function as theapeutic against disease
- Watermelon lowers blood pressure, study finds
- Low-dose exposure to chemical warfare agent may result in long-term heart damage
- Protein sets stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm
- Insecticides from genetically modified corn found in adjacent streams
- Highly pathogenic bird flu virus can survive months on steel or glass at cooler temperatures
- Reservoirs: A neglected source of methane emissions
- Over-the-counter 'natural' weight-reducing products can cause harm and may even kill, Hong Kong study warns
- Crucial link in immune development and regulation unearthed
- Nectar production in Lima beans depends on light quality
- PiggyBac joins armory in fight against cancer: Powerful mutation tool identifies new cancer genes
Posted 2010-10-14:
- Rare melt key to ‘Ring of Fire’
- Can Hungary's red sludge be made less toxic with carbon?
- Personality and exercise levels may be linked -- not just in humans, but other animals too
- Coral records show ocean thermocline rise with global warming
- Ancient animal urine provides insight into climate change
- Consuming vegetables linked to decreased breast cancer risk in African-American women
- Climate change remains a real threat to corals
- Study of planarian hormones may aid in understanding parasitic flatworms
- Human tissue, organs help scientists learn from plutonium and uranium workers
- Ocean acidification poses little threat to whales’ hearing, study suggests
- Regional sea temperature rise and coral bleaching event in Western Caribbean
- Better way to study proteins in the body: Could streamline development of drugs
- Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce risk of brain damage
- Nutrition labels on food and drinks in the UK: Available, understood but not always used to make healthy choices
Posted 2010-10-13:
- Monarch butterflies use medicinal plants to treat offspring for disease
- Gene linked to drug resistance in malaria pinpointed
- How immune response in pregnancy may lead to brain dysfunction in offspring
- Hope for a new treatment for bone cancer: Can 'friendly' bacteria kill cancer cells?
- Whale poop pumps up ocean health
- Bacteria grow electrical hair: Specialized bacterial filaments shown to conduct electricity
- Neural pathways governing switching of fear responses in zebrafish identified
- Natural nano particles en route to 'sick cells'
- Dogs showing separation-related behavior exhibit a 'pessimistic mood'
- Scientists turn snails into slug-like creatures
- Population change: Another big influence on climate change
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