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Posted 2010-10-02:
- Collective intelligence: Number of women in group linked to effectiveness in solving difficult problems
- Source of breast drug side effect identified; Pharmacogenomic discovery allows for improved cancer therapy
- Physicists break color barrier for sending, receiving photons
- How to still kill a resistant parasite
- Lightweight construction materials: Suitable for car wheels?
- Rebels without applause: New study on peer victimization
- Severe food allergies turned off in mice
- Screening tool can detect colorectal cancer from a small blood sample
- Mosquito gene examined for new disease response
- New strategy could reduce twin rate after IVF
- Searching for dense water cascades in the Arctic Ocean
- Could genetically altered trees, plants help counter global warming?
- Tanezumab reduces osteoarthritis knee pain, phase II study finds
- New TB pathogen discovered
- Short and long sleep in early pregnancy linked to high blood pressure in the third trimester
- Catalyst sandwich: Synthetic PCR mimic could lead to highly sensitive medical, environmental diagnostics
- Real partners are no match for ideal mate, study finds
Posted 2010-10-02:
- World's rivers in 'crisis state', report finds
- Increases in 5-, 10-year survival at every stage of breast cancer
- How HRT and the Pill can lead to breast cancer: New research suggests possible treatment
- Method to detect bladder cancer earlier is under development
- Underwater robot swims free thanks to wireless controller
- Language delays found in siblings of children with autism
- Three solid-state qubits entangled: Big step toward quantum error correction
- Women who get dental care have lower risk of heart disease, says study
- How warm was this summer?
- Genetic changes that make some forms of brain cancer more aggressive identified
- New way to view atomic motion of proteins invented
- Flow of empty calories into children's food supply must be reduced, experts urge
- Knot in the ribbon at the edge of the solar system 'unties'
- Twins provide clue that genetic epilepsy can originate in the embryo
- Chromosomal break gives scientists a break in finding new puberty gene
- Garlic oil shows protective effect against heart disease in diabetes
- Simple approach could clean up oil remaining from Exxon Valdez spill
- Women's study finds longevity means getting just enough sleep
- Dinosaurs significantly taller than previously thought, research suggests
- Surgery offers long-term survival for early stage prostate cancer patients
- Spring on Titan brings sunshine and patchy clouds
- MicroRNA panel provides a more precise lung cancer diagnosis
- Finding a buckyball in a photovoltaic cell
- 'e-SMART' technologies may help young adults self-manage mental illness
- First genetic evidence for loss of teeth in the common ancestor of baleen whales
- Important clues to how bacteria and viruses are identified as enemies
- Varieties of tea leaves identified using neural networks
- Novel test following prostate surgery could detect cancer recurrence earlier
- Key nutrient found to prevent cataracts in salmon
- After traumatic event, early intervention reduces odds of PTSD in children by 73 percent
- No evidence for Clovis comet catastrophe, archaeologists say
- Molecular On-off Switches for Cancer and Autoimmunity Defined
- Dog ownership is associated with reduced eczema in children with dog allergies
- Mammography significantly lowers death rate in women 40-49
- Researchers find phone apps sending data without notification; TaintDroid tool IDs untrustworthy apps
- Alcohol consumers are becoming the norm in U.S., analysis finds
- Species accumulate on Earth at slower rates than in the past, computational biologists say
- Increased risk of other cancers for relatives of women with early onset breast cancer
- Mars Rover Opportunity approaching possible meteorite
- Varying CRP levels in ethnic groups may affect statin eligibility, heart risk prediction
- Growing drought-resistant plants: Research could offer alternative to genetically-engineered crops to combat global food shortages
- Language barriers may play role in health care disparities, study finds
- Growth of biofuel industry hurt by GMO regulations, say experts
Posted 2010-10-01:
- Genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus sequenced
- Brain chemical finding could open door to new schizophrenia drugs
- Offshore San Andreas Fault and associated ecosystems mapped
- Genital herpes vaccine ineffective in women, study suggests
- Plants that move: How a New Zealand species disperses seeds in a high alpine, wet environment
- A downside to work flexibility?
- IBEX finds surprising changes at solar boundary
- Genetic alteration linked with human male infertility
- Surgery: No sponge left behind
- Epigenomics discovery yields new information about fat cells
- New 'standard cigarette' available for fire-resistance testing
- TV viewing likely to make you feel dissatisfied and fear illness, researcher warns
- Fossilized giant penguin reveals unusual colors, sheds light on bird evolution
- New method for generating human stem cells is remarkably efficient
- Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
- Mutations in the gene SCARF2 responsible for Van Den Ende-Gupta syndrome, study suggests
- Hydrogen fuel for thought: Metallacarboranes may meet DOE storage goals
- Impending death for paper coupons?
- Most complete beer 'proteome' finding could lead to engineered brews
- Technique to reattach teeth using stem cells developed
- Growing nanowires horizontally yields new benefit: 'nano-LEDs'
- 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
- Early life experience modifies gene vital to normal brain function
- For the first time, monkeys recognize themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness
- Chemotherapy alters brain tissue in breast cancer patients, researchers find
- New views of Saturn's aurora, captured by Cassini
- IV treatment may lower risk of dying from bacterial meningitis
- Nanotechnology brings personalized therapy one step closer to reality
- Less than half of essential workers willing to report to work during a serious pandemic, study finds
- 'Giant' step toward explaining differences in height among people
- Addition of immunotherapy boosts pediatric cancer survival in children with neuroblastoma
- Blueberries help fight artery hardening, lab animal study indicates
- Women treated for breast cancer while pregnant have improved survival, study finds
- Atmosphere checked, one Mars year before a landing
- Father's incarceration associated with elevated risks of marijuana and other illegal drug use, study finds
- First direct evidence that ADHD is a genetic disorder: Children with ADHD more likely to have missing or duplicated segments of DNA
- Strong link between diabetes and air pollution found in national U.S. study
- One-dimensional window on superconductivity, magnetism: Atoms are proxies for electrons in ultracold optical emulator
- Women with triple negative breast cancer and BRCA mutations have lower risk of recurrence, study finds
- Laser tool for studying Mars rocks
- Diet when young affects future food responses
- Dancing honeybees use democratic process when selecting a new home
- Less chemotherapy works well for some childhood cancer, study finds
- Hello, Saturn summer solstice: Cassini's new chapter
- Swine flu patients benefited from taking Tamiflu, says study
- Wide-Field Imager selected for Solar Probe Plus mission
- Decrease in suicide not linked to newer antidepressants, Norwegian study finds
- 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
- Research on killer HIV antibodies provides promising new ideas for vaccine design
- Purifying proteins: Researchers use NMR to improve drug development
- Mammography reduces mortality from breast cancer in ages 40–49 years, Swedish study finds
- Model aims to reduce disaster toll on city's social, economic fabric
- Dirty hands, dirty mouths: Study finds a need to clean the body part that lies
- Scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk
- Evidence of post-stroke brain recovery discovered
- Coral bleaching likely in Caribbean this year
- Circulating tumor cells can provide 'real-time' information on patient's current disease state
- New oil detection technique
- Heartbreak puts the brakes on your heart
- Newly discovered planet may be first truly habitable exoplanet
- Key action of a gene linked to both Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes identified
- Genome inversion gives plant a new lifestyle
- Intrauterine devices can be used to treat endometrial cancer
- Carbon nanoobjects to facilitate the construction of futuristic power sources
- Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn, but hinder others
- Sparkling drinks spark pain circuits: Fizzy beverages light up same pain sensors as mustard and horseradish
- New device for identifying aggressive breast cancers
- Better surgery with new surgical robot with force feedback
- Twitter used to predict flu outbreaks
- Climate accord loopholes could spell 4.2-degree rise in temperature and end of coral reefs by 2100
- Absent mothers can cause hyperactivity and anxiety in offspring later in life, mouse study finds
- Making music on a microscopic scale
- Revolutionary new way of reversing certain cancers
- Ultrafine air particles may increase firefighters' risk for heart disease
- Mining the 'wisdom of crowds' to attack disease
- Tiny generators turn waste heat into power
- First study of its kind finds children with food allergies are often victims of bullying
- More than one-fifth of world's plants face threat of extinction, new analysis finds
- Combination of Viagra and anti-cancer drug shrinks tumors in vivo, researchers discover
- Brilliant Northeast fall colors hang in the balance, and heat is the deciding factor
- Unique case offers cautionary cotton swab tale
- NASA's Webb Telescope unique structural 'heart' passes extreme tests
- Predicting divorce: Study shows how fight styles affect marriage
- Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
- Mechanism behind cleft palate development identified
- Researchers find differences between Galapagos and mainland frigatebirds
- How to control massive bleeding from the hepatic artery
- The precious commodity of water
- Family, culture affect whether intelligence leads to education, study finds
- 19-million-year-old genomic fossils of hepatitis B-like viruses in songbirds
- Scarless brain surgery is new option for patients
- Scientists obtain 'Unobtainium' for NASA's next space observatory
- JAK inhibitor provides rapid, durable relief for patients of myelofibrosis -- life-threatening bone marrow malignancy
- Sustainable material for wine bottle stoppers being developed
- Buyer backlash: Why do slogans about saving money increase spending?
- Cocaine stored in alcohol: Testing techniques from outside the bottle unveiled
- Children's well-being and varying degrees of family instability
- 'Vision Science Facility' aims for lighting revolution
- Studies show improved patient tolerance for unsedated colonoscopy using novel water method
- Dual-capture CTC chip efficiently captures breast cancer cells
- California's leadership in tobacco control resulted in lower lung cancer rate, study finds
- New twists in double helix discovery story are uncovered
- Hodgkin's lymphoma: Benefit of stem cell transplantation with an unrelated donor unclear
- Doctors need to help patients prepare better for health decisions, experts say
Posted 2010-09-29:
- Sneaking spies into a cell's nucleus
- Biomarker panel identifies prostate cancer with 90 percent accuracy
- 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
- Why we fight: Men check out in stressful situations, while women show increased brain coordination when looking at angry faces
- Solar cells thinner than wavelengths of light hold huge power potential
- Triple-negative breast cancers may have unique therapeutic target
- Genetic differences in sense of smell identified through asparagus urine odor
- Researchers use CT to predict heart disease
- 'Truthy' web site to search, identify smear tactics, Twitter-bombs through election runup
- How reasonable it is to deceive yourself?
- 'Firefly' stem cells may help repair damaged hearts
- Scientists find more health benefits from starting HIV treatment early
- Pet allergies worsen hay fever symptoms, study finds
- New biomarkers discovered for pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma
- Geologists find parts of Northwest Houston, Texas sinking rapidly
- The price of popularity: Drug and alcohol consumption
- '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
- For neurons to work as a team, it helps to have a beat
- Medical imaging may detect unrelated diseases in research participants
- Software downloaded during office visits could cut risk of ICD shocks
- Baby boomers raise midlife suicide rate, study suggests
- Right or left? Brain stimulation can change which hand you favor
- People also have antiviral 'plant defences', research suggests
- 'Gold' fish thrive, cancers die
- Scientists freeze virus fragment in shape recognized by immune system; Development has implications for vaccine design
- Semiconductor could turn heat into computing power
- Friends, family detect early Alzheimer's signs better than traditional tests, researchers find
- First potentially hazardous asteroid discovered by Pan-STARRS telescope
- Wider statin use could be cost-effective preventive measure, study finds
- Urban gardeners beware: There may be lead in your soil and food
- No link between genetic ancestry, asthma response in African-Americans, study finds
- Nanocatalyst is a gas
- Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy, say researchers
- A shot to the heart: Nanoneedle delivers quantum dots to cell nucleus
- Surgery found effective for patients with aggressive prostate cancer, study suggests
- Rain or shine, researchers find new ways to forecast large photovoltaic power plant output
- Protein may advance Parkinson's by preventing neurons from clearing debris
- Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering US oil imports, study finds
- Mindfulness meditation may ease fatigue, depression in multiple sclerosis
- Complexity not so costly after all: Moderately complex plants and animals can be better equipped to adapt
- New level of control for the heart beat
- Interneurons are not all created equally: Some classes of interneurons may underlie distinct brain disorders
- Report predicts huge increase in osteoporotic fractures due to aging populations
- Diving deeper into the gene pool: Innovative software analyzes diseased cells
- Homeless youths most often victims of crime
- Pharma must be held more accountable to its human rights responsibilities, editors argue
- Cost-effectiveness of routine use of pooled nucleic acid amplification testing
- African-Americans equally likely to benefit from erlotinib and other targeted lung cancer therapy
- African-American seniors at twice the risk for mental abuse, five times for financial exploitation, study finds
- Assessment of US doctoral programs released, offers data on more than 5,000 programs nationwide
- Understanding Missouri River's sediment dynamics key to protecting endangered species
- Immunization coverage key to good health locally, globally
- Leading practitioners recommend global PTSD treatment guidelines
- Abatacept found ineffective in treatment of non-life threatening lupus, trial results show
- Envious employees can turn hospitality industry hostile
- More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible
- Pharmaceutical substances found in waters of Spain's Doñana National Park
Posted 2010-09-28:
- Quantum information systems: Researchers convert signals to telecom wavelengths, increase memory times
- Patient-specific vaccines for metastatic melanoma may induce durable complete regression, study shows
- 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
- Quarks 'swing' to the tones of random numbers
- Celiac disease rate is growing, particularly among elderly, study reveals
- Let your fingers do the driving: If you don't hear directions, you can feel them
- Acupuncture not effective in stroke recovery, study finds
- Elevated nitrogen and phosphorus still widespread in U.S. streams and groundwater
- Brainstorming 'rules' can lead to real-world success in business settings
- Genetic clues to evolution of jaws in vertebrates unearthed
- Gene linked to common form of migraine discovered
- Gigantic mirror for X-radiation in outer space
- Rewiring a damaged brain
- U.S. vulnerable to multidrug-resistant TB epidemic, computer model shows
- No pain in the hospital: Wishful thinking or reality?
- Physics breakthrough: Fast-moving neutral atom isolated and captured
- Could brain abnormalities cause antisocial behavior and drug abuse in boys?
- Early reproduction retains fertility in cheetah females
- Physicians beware: Cholesterol counts in kidney disease patients
- Greener pastures and better breeds could reduce carbon 'hoofprint'
- Psychologist shows why we 'choke' and how to avoid it
- Light workout: Scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice
- Inhibiting cell signaling pathway may improve bone marrow transplant success rate
- Egyptian desert expedition confirms spectacular meteorite impact
- Millions with voice problems don't know treatment available, study finds
- How safe is your swipe? Thinking like hackers, programmers find security loopholes in 'secure' microchips
- Start of school can worsen bedwetting in children
- Pinpointing where volcanic eruptions could strike
- Surgery can lead to long-term reduction in stroke risk
- Why are there no hyenas in Europe?
- Cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse
- Lead-free piezoelectric materials of the future
- New look at racial disparities in head and neck cancer
- Mystery of disappearing Martian carbon dioxide ice solved?
- Malaria's newest pathway into human cells identified
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