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Posted 2010-11-27:
- Whale sharks use geometry to avoid sinking
- Diabetes drug could work against Alzheimer's, animal study suggests
- Large Hadron Collider experiments bring new insight into primordial universe
- Reliable culture of human embryonic stem cells
- Oldest salt mine known to date located in Azerbaijan
- Being faced with gender stereotypes makes women less likely to take financial risks
- Sewage water bacteria: 'Missing link' in early evolution of life on Earth?
- Severe asthma more prevalent than thought, related to pronounced nasal symptoms
- Finger-trap tension stabilizes cells' chromosome-separating machinery
- Epilepsy: Women need specific treatment, experts say
- A new electromagnetism can be simulated through a quantum simulator
- Elderly to outnumber children by 2050 in most parts of world
Posted 2010-11-27:
- Size of mammals exploded after dinosaur extinction, researchers confirm
- Growth-factor gel shows promise as hearing-loss treatment
- Female fish -- and humans? -- lose interest when their male loses a slugfest
- Weather affects children's injury rate: Each 5-degree temperature rise boosts kids' hospital admissions for serious injury by 10 percent
- Erythromycin A produced in E. coli for first time: Biosynthetic breakthrough paves way for other pharmaceuticals
- Tightwads and spendthrifts: A Black Friday tradition
- A high-yield biomass alternative to petroleum for industrial chemicals
- More protein, less refined starch important for dieting, large study shows
- New tool detects Ebola, Marburg quickly, easily
- No link between mold growth and development of asthma and allergy, Scandinavian study finds
- First evidence for magnetic field in protostar jet: Magnetism common to all cosmic jets?
- Gender gap in physics exams reduced by simple writing exercises, study finds
- Pulsating star mystery solved in rare alignment of Cepheid variable and another star
- New insight into the cause of common dementia
- Promising new multiple sclerosis treatment under development
- High BMI in childhood linked to greater heart disease risk in adolescence
- Carbon emission reduction strategies may undermine tropical biodiversity conservation, conservationists warn
- US death rate from congenital heart defects continues to decline
- Do 'traffic lights' in the brain direct our actions? Delayed inhibition between neurons identified as possible basis for decision making
- How cannabis suppresses immune functions: Cannabis compounds found to trigger unique immune cells which promote cancer growth
- Understanding aging by studying reproduction
- Proton-pump inhibitors and birth defects: Some reassurances, but more needed, warns epidemiologist
- When Belgium sneezes, the world catches a cold
- New guidance issued for first responders collecting suspected biothreat agents
Posted 2010-11-26:
- How people perceive sour flavors: Proton current drives action potentials in taste cells
- Using a patient's tumor to form vaccine: Dendritic cell vaccine induces immune responses in patients
- Jet-lagged and forgetful? It's no coincidence: Memory, learning problems persist long after periods of jet lag
- Ancient insects preferred warmer climates
- Imaging with neutrons: Magnetic domains shown for the first time in 3-D
- Being a 'good sport' can be critical to maintaining lifelong physical activity
- Massive galaxies formed when universe was young, new findings suggest
- Restoring gene for cancer protein p53 slows spread of advanced tumors, biologists find
- Short, on-chip light pulses will enable ultrafast data transfer within computers
- Breastfeeding while taking seizure drugs may not harm child's IQ, study suggests
- The physics of coffee rings
- Haiti cholera outbreaks: Experts urge US to create emergency cholera vaccine stockpile for humanitarian use
- New imaging technique accurately finds cancer cells, fast
- How some melanoma tumors evade drug treatment: Critical gene involved in melanoma growth
- Can cacti 'escape' underground in high temperatures? How a certain species will potentially handle global warming
- Combining aerobic and resistance training appears helpful for patients with diabetes
- Optimizing large wind farms
- People who donate to religions are more likely to punish selfish behaviour, new study finds
- Stem cells from amniotic fluid: Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells can generate all types of body cells
- A cancer cell's beginning reconstructed in a test tube
- Spice of life: Variety is also good for hares
- Cellular mechanisms leading to immune response in airway epithelium
- Scientists crack materials mystery in vanadium dioxide
- City of Vancouver sets transportation records during 2010 Winter Games
Posted 2010-11-25:
- Polar bears unlikely to survive in warmer world, biologists say
- Drug resistance mechanisms identified in most common form of melanoma
- Self-assembly of nano-rotors
- Late-preterm babies at greater risk for problems later in childhood, study finds
- How pathogens hijack host plants
- Gene linked to ADHD allows memory task to be interrupted by brain regions tied to daydreaming
- Physicists create new source of light: Bose-Einstein condensate 'super-photons'
- An answer to a longstanding question: How HIV infection kills T cells
- Sensory detection and discrimination: Neural basis of rapid brain adaptation revealed
- Less invasive method for determining stage of lung cancer shows benefits
- Software allows interactive tabletop displays on web
- Retirement reduces tiredness and depression, study finds
- 'Russian doll' galaxy reveals black holes' true power
- Chronic high cholesterol diet produces brain damage
- Coffee and a sweet treat to think better? Caffeine and glucose combined improves the efficiency of brain activity
- Binge drinking may lead to higher risk of heart disease
- Jellyfish-inspired pumps: Researchers investigate next-generation medical and robotic devices
- Getting lost in buildings: Architecture can bias your cognitive map
- Secrets of sharks' success: Flexible scales enable fast turning
- Heating nanoparticles to kill tumor cells
- For your teeth, Thanksgiving dinner is a real food fight
- Muscle cells point the finger at each other
- Age estimation from blood has immediate forensic application
- Why do people behave badly? Maybe it's just too easy
- Battle of the sexes: Researchers change 'femaleness' or 'maleness' of fruit flies
- Environmental toxin may play important role in multiple sclerosis: Hypertension drug possible treatment
- Salmonella test makes food safer, reduce recalls
- Genomic 'markers' may head off thousands of thyroid surgeries
- Plant-derived scavengers prowl the body for nerve toxins
- Perceptual training improves vision of the elderly, research finds
- Making stars: How cosmic dust and gas shape galaxy evolution
- Cancer: Thermotherapy as a chemotherapy alternative?
- World first to provide building blocks for new nano devices
- Too much of a good thing: Important mechanism in hormone-sensitive breast cancer uncovered
- Novel fuel cell catalyst lowers need for precious metal
- Dealt a bad hand: Pathological gamblers are also at risk for mental health disorders
- Bacteria help infants digest milk more effectively than adults
- For HIV-positive patients, delayed treatment a costly decision
- Developing countries often outsource deforestation, study finds
- Hormone's crucial role in two anemic blood disorders
- Monitoring wear-and-tear in helicopters, and also in hips, knees and ankles, too
- Depression may be both consequence of and risk factor for diabetes
- Early intervention essential to success for at-risk children, study finds
- Atypical femoral fractures and long-term bisphosphonate use: New position paper
- Heavy metals in seafood: Satisfactory results of interlaboratory comparison
Posted 2010-11-24:
- Human creativity may have evolved as a way for parents to bond with their children
- Excess fructose may play role in diabetes, obesity and other health conditions
- Stability is first step toward treating ALS
- Saving our data from digital decay
- Aerobic exercise may reduce excessive cocaine use
- Early universe was a liquid, nuclei collisions at the Large Hadron Collider show
- Discovery halts breast cancer stem cells
- DNA uncovers one of the world's rarest birds
- Hybrid tugboat cuts emissions
- Upper-class people have trouble recognizing others' emotions
- Flying snakes, caught on camera
- High alpha-carotene levels associated with longer life
- Ultrathin alternative to silicon for future electronics
- Heart health: Implanted devices as effective in 'real world' as in clinical trial settings
- Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria by treating municipal wastewater at higher temperatures
- Eyeblink conditioning may help in assessing children with fetal alcohol exposure
- Astronomers find 'Rosetta Stone' for T-dwarf stars
- New sleep cycle discovery explains why fatty diets during pregnancy make kids obese
- The puzzle of biological diversity
- Risk of bleeding among patients taking two anti-platelet drugs
- Gene find could lead to healthier food, better biofuel production
- Nearly 25 percent of overweight women misperceive body weight
- Cloud study predicts more global warming
- HIV drugs interfere with blood sugar, lead to insulin resistance
- Flexible wings driven by simple oscillation may be viable for efficient micro air vehicles
- Divide and conquer strategy for childhood brain cancer
- 'M8' earthquake simulation breaks computational records, promises better quake models
- Exercising to piano music appears to help reduce falls among older adults
- Lifeblood of leaves: Vein networks control plant patterns
- How sunlight shapes daily rhythms
- Uptake protein acts as zinc's doorway to the cell
- New function of gene in promoting cancer found
- Cost effectiveness of ecological restoration demonstrated
- Overweight primarily a problem among wealthier women in low- to middle-income countries
Posted 2010-11-23:
- Researchers kick-start ancient DNA
- Normal cells transformed into 3-D cancers in tissue culture dishes
- Students fly in zero gravity to protect satellites from tiny meteoroids
- Aggressive surgery is best for children with brain tumors, study suggests
- NASA's Stardust spacecraft burns for another comet flyby
- Banking on predictability, the mind increases efficiency
- Electrowetting breakthrough may lead to disposable e-Readers fast enough for video
- Genes link puberty timing to body fat in women
- Both the rate and direction of axon growth in the spinal cord can be controlled
- Putting the squeeze on fat cells
- Simple rubber device mimics complex bird songs
- Parental divorce in childhood linked to stroke in adulthood
- New spinal implant to help people with paraplegia exercise paralyzed limbs
- Method for manufacturing patient-specific human platelets
- Jump rope aerodynamics
- Hong Kong hospital reports possible airborne influenza transmission
- Nanoparticles’ effects on plants examined
- Military experts provide civilian surgeons with guidance on handling bomb blast injuries
- Important brain area organized by color and orientation
- Rare disease reveals new path for creating stem cells
- Should airplanes look like birds?
- Gene screening may refine prediction of heart attack risk, researchers say
- Disaster spawning new concepts in bridge research, testing and safety
- Newly identified brain pathways vital to understanding language
- New microscope reveals ultrastructure of cells
- New path for colon cancer drug discovery
- How hummingbirds fight the wind: Robotic wing may reveal answer
- Kids with larger waist sizes are more likely to have cardiac risk factors
- Jet engine too hot? Schedule an MRI
- 'Nerd penalty': Social costs of school success are highest for African Americans, study shows
- Evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and host plants illuminated
- Protein in the urine: A warning sign for cognitive decline
- Enhancing the efficiency of wind turbines
- Rett syndrome mobilizes jumping genes in the brain
- Getting bubbles out of fuel pumps
- Racial profiling to limit terror attacks is fundamentally flawed, expert says
- Global carbon dioxide emissions may reach record levels in 2010
- Paleovirology expanded: Non-retroviral virus fragments found in animal genomes
- Sticky snack for elephant-shrews
- Process leading to protein diversity in cells important for proper neuron firing
- Improving ammonia synthesis could have major implications for agriculture and energy
- Your view of personal goals can affect your relationships
Posted 2010-11-22:
- 'Binocular rivalry' deciphered: Key brain mechanism behind conscious visual perception
- Discovery in how HIV thwarts the body's natural defense opens up new target for drug therapies
- Painless needles? Self-adminstered skin patches for vaccines under development
- Genetics determine winter vitamin D status
- Lessons from Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Online undergrads learn well without strong class bond, study finds
- WISE image reveals strange specimen in starry sea: Dying star surrounded by fluorescing gas, unusual rings
- Aged, damaged hearts yield stem cells that could treat heart failure, research suggests
- Cement-like creation could help the environment
- Identification codes inserted into mouse embryos
- Molecular structure of dopamine receptor discovered
- Hold the phone: Prolonged cell use can trigger allergic reaction, as can body piercing, tattoos and cosmetics
- Researchers train bacteria to convert bio-wastes into plastic
- COPD could be a problem with autoimmunity
- Understanding the vulnerable northern bottlenose whale
- Rare mutations linked with catastrophic aortic aneurysms
- Conductor paths for marvelous light
- Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to death, atherosclerosis in veterans, research finds
Posted 2010-11-21:
- Hubble captures new star birth in an ancient galaxy
- Gene links to anorexia identified: Largest genetic study of the eating disorder detects common and rare variants
- Orangutans count on stats for survival
- Personalized medicine: Tumor analysis reveals new opportunities for existing cancer drugs
- Microorganisms in the ground don’t slack off in winter
- Physicists demonstrate a four-fold quantum memory
- Designing more effective anti-HIV antibodies
- Cholesterol-lowering statins boost bacteria-killing cells
- Reports claiming amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caused by head trauma lacks scientific validation, review finds
- Mathematical problems recast as physics questions, provide new tools for old quandaries
- Graphic images influence intentions to quit smoking
- In fending off diseases, plants and animals are much the same, research shows
- New target identified for stopping tumors developing their own blood supply
- Faster water flow means greater diversity of invertebrate marine life
- Combination therapy improves survival time for patients with advanced liver cancer
- Detroit's urban farms could provide a majority of produce for local residents
- New approach finds success in teaching youth with autism
Posted 2010-11-20:
- Busy microbial world discovered in deepest ocean crust ever explored
- First synthetic activator of two critical proteins identified: New approach to treat numerous metabolic disorders?
- Pomegranate juice reduces damage to tissues, inflammation and infections, study suggests
- First successful salivary stone removal with robotics
- Physicists study behavior of enzyme linked to Alzheimer's, cancer
- Study finds evidence of gender bias toward diagnosing boys with autism
- E. coli infection linked to long-term health problems
- Potential genetic target for heart disease discovered
- New disease-resistant food crops under development
- Taking a break from osteoporosis drugs can protect bones, study finds
- Most powerful supercomputers rated for capabilities using tough new system
- Coaching with compassion can 'light up' human thoughts
- Enigma of missing stars in local group of galaxies may be solved
- Scientists discover how estrogen works and flip its switch to reap benefits without risks
- Paw prints and feces offer new hope for saving tigers
- Chemicals' study pinpoints threat to workers' lungs
- Controlling cursors with thoughts: Faster, simpler, and more accurately; advance helps people regulate their own brain response, with therapeutic implications
- Exhaustion syndrome leaves measurable changes in the brain
- Surprise link between weird quantum phenomena: Heisenberg uncertainty principle sets limits on Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance'
- Compound that blocks sugar pathway slows cancer cell growth
- Spacecraft flew through 'snowstorm' on encounter with comet Hartley 2
- Hormone therapy use may increase or decrease dementia risk depending upon timing
- US falls behind other nations in reducing traffic fatalities and injuries
- Doomsday messages about global warming can backfire, study shows
- Well-known molecule may be behind alcohol's benefits to heart health
- Modulating a protein in the brain could help control Alzheimer's disease
- Ten years of Soufriere Hills Volcano research
- Shockwaves work better than surgery for smaller kidney stones trapped in the ureter, study suggests
- FDA review on transgenic salmon too narrow, experts say
- IQ scores fail to predict academic performance in children with autism
- Pushing black-hole mergers to the extreme: Scientists achieve 100:1 mass ratio in simulation
- Key enzyme that regulates the early growth of breast cancer cells identified
- Bees take the sting out of mouth ulcers
- Cough medicine could help doctors identify how breast cancer patients metabolize tamoxifen
- Panama Canal, Panama City at risk of large earthquake, says new research
- Care for prisoners will improve public health, researchers say
- Mechanism behind organ transplant rejection identified
- Why so many antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection
- Innovative neural probe senses and stimulates individual brain cells
- Importance of exercise for those at special risk for Alzheimer's
- Defeating potato blight
- Where's George? Researchers follow the money to define communities in US
- Accelerator supercomputers dominate newest Green500 List’s Top 10
- Chinese herbs can complement proven allergy treatments, study suggests
Posted 2010-11-19:
- Gangster birds running protection racket give insight into coevolution
- Stem cell-secreted protein can be given to improve heart function after experimental heart attack
- New breed of space vehicle: Researchers developing conceptual design for a Mars 'hopper'
- Scientists announce new advance with potential for future cancer targeting
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