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for the Week of October 10 to October 17, 2010
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Posted 2010-10-16:
- How to weigh a star using a moon
- Diagnosing autism with MRI is one step closer
- New data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy
- Low-cost weight loss program beats obesity, researchers find
- Studies of radiative forcing components: Reducing uncertainty about climate change
- Happier to give than receive?
- Scientists discover new species in one of world’s deepest ocean trenches
- Flexing their muscles helps kidney disease patients live longer, study finds
- Cells able to switch genetic profile: Implications for cancer drug testing
- Insight gained into age-related hearing loss
- Unsung hero: Researchers produce high-res model of Ndc80 in action
- Improving sonography: Spatial ability is key to becoming a successful sonographer, study finds
Posted 2010-10-16:
- What did Tyrannosaurus rex eat? Each other
- Small BMI change in overweight children could have big blood pressure impact
- New look at multitalented protein sheds light on mysteries of HIV
- Gynecologist disputes findings from global study of ovarian cancer
- Cancer screening made simple, thanks to micro-fluidic technology
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the world over
- Squid studies provide valuable insights into hearing mechanisms
- Eat safer: Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens
- Changing the color of single photons emitted by quantum dots
- Not all doctors follow cancer screening guidelines, study finds
- Computers to read your body language?
- Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger
- Mysterious pulsar with hidden powers discovered
- Low beta blocker dose can put patients at risk for subsequent heart attacks, study finds
- Improved 'molecular fingerprinting' for trace gas detection unveiled
- High rate of restless legs syndrome found in adults with fibromyalgia
- Is anxiety contagious? Scientists study owls and voles to find out
- Carbon dioxide controls Earth's temperature, new modeling study shows
- Key to blood-brain barrier opens way for treating Alzheimer’s and stroke
- How practice tests improve memory
- Molecular switch controls melanin production, may allow true sunless tanning
- New materials could replace costly gold in electrical applications
- Young children are especially trusting of things they're told
- Using discards, scientists discover different dinosaurs' stomping grounds
- In childhood obesity, gene variants raise risk, study finds
- Gene identified that prevents stem cells from turning cancerous
- Researchers reach consensus on use of deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's
- Safeguarding data in future quantum computing: Physicists detect and control quantum states in diamond with light
- New research helps clinicians predict treatment outcomes for children with obsessive compulsive disorder
- Gene's location on chromosome plays big role in shaping how an organism's traits evolve
- Biomarker shows potential for early diagnosis of lung cancer
- New system for locating and capturing satellites in space
- Links between XMRV and human disease studied
- 'Incoherent excitations' govern key phase of superconductor behavior
- Four kinds of compulsive gamblers identified
- Temperature rhythms keep body clocks in sync
- Anti-vomiting drug could prevent thousands of hospitalizations, save millions of dollars
- 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
- The kids are all right: Few negative associations with moms' return to work after having children, review finds
- Improving engineering education: National study identifies range of opportunities
Posted 2010-10-15:
- Nature and humans leaving indelible mark on rivers, harming the intricate food webs they support
- Immune protein linked to abnormal brain development; May provide clues to schizophrenia and autism
- Astronomer leverages supercomputers to study black holes, galaxies
- Genetic data related to sodium-regulating hormone may help explain hypertension risk
- New malware could steal users social media behavior and info, researchers warn
- Psychological first aid for survivors of disaster
- Need a study break to refresh? Maybe not, say researchers
- Early success with laser that destroys tumors with heat
- Inner workings of potent cancer drug derived from evergreen tree
- Method curbs growth of crystals that form kidney stones
- Scientists perfect making molecular nanowires
- Yoga can counteract fibromyalgia, study suggests
- I want to see what you see: Babies treat 'social robots' as sentient beings
- Waist circumference, not BMI, is best predictor of future cardiovascular risk in children, study finds
- Researcher find fats galore in human plasma
- Hemostatic powder stops bleeding ulcers, study suggests
- Large gaps found in public understanding of climate change
- Cyberwars: Already underway with no Geneva Conventions to guide them
- Ghosts of the future: First giant structures of the universe hold 800 trillion suns
- 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
- Electrified nano filter promises to cut costs for clean drinking water
- Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life
- Love takes up where pain leaves off, brain study shows
- Mechanism uncovered for major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease
- Breaking ball too good to be true: Illusion behind batters' perceptions of 'breaking' curveballs and 'rising' fastballs
- Protein sets stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm
- Quantum physics: Flavors of entanglement
- Walk much? It may protect your memory down the road
- Galaxy growth spurts explained: Young galaxies can grow by sucking in cool gas
- Soft drink could enhance effects of an anti-cancer drug
- Better marker for breast cancer may reduce need for second surgeries
- Antibiotic appears safe for stroke patients and good companion for tPA, study suggests
- Insecticides from genetically modified corn found in adjacent streams
- 'Selfless' genes attract mates, psychologists find
- Enzyme in saliva shapes how we sense food texture; Perception and digestion of starchy foods varies from person to person
- Highly pathogenic bird flu virus can survive months on steel or glass at cooler temperatures
- Hemoglobin test printed on paper
- New sound recording device helps doctors study link between cough and reflux
- 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
- Brain's impulse control center located
- Crucial link in immune development and regulation unearthed
- Breast-feeding safe for women after breast cancer treatment, study finds
- Nectar production in Lima beans depends on light quality
- Nutrition rating enhancing front-of-package nutrition rating systems and symbols
- PiggyBac joins armory in fight against cancer: Powerful mutation tool identifies new cancer genes
- Belief in rumors about proposed NYC mosque linked to opposition to all mosques, study finds
- Overseas nurses feel their skills are underused and they aren’t valued or respected, review finds
Posted 2010-10-14:
- Rare melt key to ‘Ring of Fire’
- Melanoma drug shrinks brain metastases in phase I/II study
- Can Hungary's red sludge be made less toxic with carbon?
- Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer
- Potential of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
- Consumers’ ‘herding instinct’ turns on and off, Facebook study shows
- Brain responds more to close friends, imaging study shows
- Despite brain damage, working memory functions -- within limits
- Silicon strategy shows promise for batteries: Lithium-ion technique for electric cars, large-capacity storage
- New clues on how cancer spreads
- Computer 'trained' to classify pictures and videos basing on elements they contain
- Personality and exercise levels may be linked -- not just in humans, but other animals too
- Bizarre X-shaped intruder linked to an unseen asteroid collision
- Nicotine could play role in Alzheimer's disease therapy, neuroscientists discover
- Stinkbug repellent: Progress toward first commercial repellent for East Coast's stinker
- Successful kidney transplantation despite tissue incompatibility, German study finds
- Coral records show ocean thermocline rise with global warming
- One in five children meets criteria for a mental disorder across their lifetime, national U.S. study shows
- Promising drug candidate reverses age-related memory loss in mice
- Microchip technology rapidly identifies compounds for regrowing nerves in live animals
- Student-built dust counter breaks distance record on New Horizons mission to Pluto
- Diabetes gene linked to degeneration of enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease onset and progression
- Striding towards a new dawn for electronics
- NFL players with concussions now sidelined longer, study finds
- 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
- Implanting medication to treat opioid dependence appears beneficial in decreasing opioid usage
- Planar power: Flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could improve performance, cost of energy storage
- Re-evaluating the time of your life: Researcher investigates the 'subjective time trajectory' in psychological health
- Females are equal to males in math skills, large study shows
- Genetic defect found to cause severe epilepsy and mental retardation
- Study of planarian hormones may aid in understanding parasitic flatworms
- Blocking an oncogene in liver cancer could be potential therapy option
- Human tissue, organs help scientists learn from plutonium and uranium workers
- Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-income countries
- Wild 'teenage' galaxies booming with star births
- Long-term benefits of transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression supported by new study
- Ocean acidification poses little threat to whales’ hearing, study suggests
- Metabolic status before pregnancy predicts subsequent gestational diabetes, study finds
- Second-generation device more effective in capturing circulating tumor cells
- Clinical trials demonstrate effective weight loss strategies for obese and overweight adults
- Regional sea temperature rise and coral bleaching event in Western Caribbean
- Selective strategy could lead to new approaches against schizophrenia
- Better way to study proteins in the body: Could streamline development of drugs
- Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce risk of brain damage
- Struggling for breath: Videogame technology documents abnormal breathing patterns in patients with sunken chest
- End-of-life care patterns shift for patients with heart failure in both US and Canada
- NIH studies influence revision of WHO guidelines for treating HIV-infected women, infants
- 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
- Nanoscopic particles resist full encapsulation, simulations show
- Breast-healthy lifestyle worthwhile, study confirms
- Pediatric hospitalizations for ATV-related injuries more than double
- Personal genetic profiling services lack evidence for claims
- Giant star goes supernova and is smothered by its own dust
- How immune response in pregnancy may lead to brain dysfunction in offspring
- New clues to origin of diabetes: Mutant gene protein can derail normal insulin production in animal pancreatic beta cells
- Hope for a new treatment for bone cancer: Can 'friendly' bacteria kill cancer cells?
- Large Hadron Collider used to recreate miniature version of beginning of Universe
- Traditional health practices popular among older people who choose not to have flu vaccine
- Whale poop pumps up ocean health
- Achilles' heel in aggressive breast tumors uncovered
- NASA mission to asteroid gets help from Hubble Space Telescope
- Step closer to drug treatment for cystic fibrosis?
- Why it's hard to crash the electric grid
- New way to classify personality disorders proposed
- Bacteria grow electrical hair: Specialized bacterial filaments shown to conduct electricity
- Too much light at night at night may lead to obesity, study finds
- Neural pathways governing switching of fear responses in zebrafish identified
- Better way developed to see molecules at work in living brain cells
- Natural nano particles en route to 'sick cells'
- Dogs showing separation-related behavior exhibit a 'pessimistic mood'
- Scientists turn snails into slug-like creatures
- How serotonin works: Findings point to new treatments for schizophrenia and depression
- Population change: Another big influence on climate change
- Physical symptoms prevalent no matter what stage of cancer including remission
- Birds could signal mass extinction
- Screen time linked to psychological problems in children
- Universe likes to form galaxies similar to the Milky Way
- Ibuprofen offers relief for many with migraine headaches
- Invasive honeysuckle increase risk of tick-borne disease in suburbs
- Estrogen therapy may be associated with kidney stones in postmenopausal women
- Future of electric cars? Running fuel cells on biodiesel
- Global carbon cycle: Tiny creatures may play a crucial role in mixing ocean nutrients
- Is infertility more common in women with epilepsy?
- On the trail of the epigenetic code: Test system on Drosophila should provide the key to histone function
- So that’s why we’re allergic to sun creams
- Ultra-precise optical systems for space
- Invisible world teeming with microscopic algae revealed
- Insulin resistance may be associated with stroke risk
- In elevated carbon dioxide, soybeans stumble but invasive cheatgrass keeps on truckin'
- Meta-analysis shows no heart benefits for folic acid supplements
- Car manufacturers can get vehicles to market more quickly using new simulation model
- Research reveals likely housing winners and losers
- Patients and doctors are being misled by published data on medicines, Germany study suggests
- National committee releases findings on transforming and improving the nursing profession
- No quick fix for peripheral artery disease; Repeat hospitalizations drive costs up in U.S.
- Considerable proportion of patients with advanced cancer continue to undergo common cancer screening
- Rates of blood transfusions for coronary artery bypass graft surgery varies widely among US hospitals
- Restrictive use of blood transfusions during cardiac surgery shows comparable outcomes
- New way to manage conservation
- Getting out of the house after stroke
Posted 2010-10-12:
- How voracious comb jellyfish makes itself 'invisible' to prey
- Fittest hepatitis C viruses infect transplanted livers
- Super lasers: Raman amplification compressed laser pulses 1000 times shorter, 300 times more intense
- New findings on autoimmune diseases
- NASA partnership sends earth science data to Africa
- When in Rome: Study-abroad students increase alcohol intake, study finds
- New understanding of bizarre extinct mammal: Shares common ancestor with rodents, primates
- Study links male Y chromosome variants with the risk of coronary heart disease
- Study details structure of potential target for HIV and cancer drugs
- Three-way control of fetal heart-cell proliferation could help regenerate cardiac cells
- Using buildings for flood protection
- Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find
- Huge parts of world are drying up: Land 'evapotranspiration' taking unexpected turn
- Genetics of obesity and fat distribution: Apple and pear shapes partly due to genes
- New method to identify people by their ears
- High risk of acute mountain sickness on Mount Kilimanjaro
- Efficient, inexpensive plastic solar cells coming soon
- Competing motivational brain responses predict costly helping
- New mongoose-like carnivorous mammal discovered in Madagascar
- Oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases developed
- Neptune could not have knocked planetoids in Cold Classical Kuiper Belt to edge of solar system
- 'Obese' BMI does not harm current health of young adults, study says
- Better synchronization helps fish deal with predator threat
- Obese workers cost workplace more than insurance, absenteeism, according to new study
- How the deaf have super vision: Cat study points to brain reorganization
- Cancer-linked epigenetic effects of smoking found
- The secret of the 'Unicorn' revealed
- Rare hybrid cell key to regulating the immune system
- How marine animals survive stress: Findings indicate how wildlife responds to environmental and ecological disasters
- Carbohydrate claims can mislead consumers, study finds
- Tsunami risk higher in Los Angeles, other major cities than thought, Haiti study suggests
- Conventional theory of modern drug design challenged
- Artificial white light becomes eye-friendly
- Fragrance exposure: New discovery on the causes of contact allergy
- Intracellular express: Why transport protein molecules have brakes
- Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia
- Breakthrough e-display means electronics with high speed, high readability and low power usage
- Hepatitis C virus infection linked to fat enzyme in liver cells
- Monitoring your health with your mobile phone
- Tapping p53 to kill cancer cells more effectively while sparing normal cells
- Brightest galaxies tend to cluster in busiest parts of universe, study finds
- Ultra-endurance athletes suffer no cardiac fatigue, even after six days of non-stop exercise, Swedish study finds
- Phase III study shows everolimus delays tumor progression in hard-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors
- Pazopanib shows promise in Phase II trial for relapsed/refractory urothelial cancer
- New Phase II study shows first-line promise of lung cancer drug PF-299
- Afatinib benefits lung cancer patients whose cancer progressed after treatment with EGFR inhibitors, trial shows
- Fertility concerns of cancer survivors inadequately addressed, study finds
- Abiraterone acetate improves survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, trial confirms
- Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy doubles response rate in hard-to-treat breast cancer, study shows
- Lack of antiepileptic drugs hurts awareness, treatment efforts in Zambia
- Adding topotecan to standard treatment for ovarian cancer does not improve progression-free survival, study finds
- Certain new therapies for age-related eye disease do not appear to increase heart risks
- Treatment of retinal conditions appears to have changed significantly in previous decade
- Carotid stents associated with greater risk of stroke or death than carotid endarterectomy surgery
Posted 2010-10-11:
- People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses: Can hear and feel with greater acuity
- Cell survival protein discovery rewrites immune system story
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