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for the Week of November 28 to December 5, 2010
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Posted 2010-12-04:
- Global sea-level rise at the end of the last Ice Age interrupted by rapid 'jumps'
- Blame the environment: Why vaccines may be ineffective for some people
- Novel metal catalysts may be able to turn greenhouse gases into liquid fuels
- Interspecies electron transfer: Anaerobic bacteria found to cooperate
- New prion discovery reveals drug target for mad cow disease and related illnesses
- Electrocution of birds and collision with power lines: Solutions to a global problem
- Ozone hole affects upper-atmosphere temperature and circulation
- Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth deciphered
- More efficient polymer solar cells fabricated
- Preterm infants may need a boost to protect against invasitve pneumococcal disease
- Vitamins identified as key nutrient which may promote harmful algal blooms in coastal waters
Posted 2010-12-04:
- Do our bodies' bacteria play matchmaker?
- Africa can feed itself in a generation, experts say
- Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century, scientists say
- Dark matter could transfer energy in the Sun
- Anesthetic gases heats climate as much as one million cars, new research shows
- Farmers slowed down by hunter-gatherers: Our ancestors' fight for space
- The future of metabolic engineering: Designer molecules, cells and microorganisms
- Polluted air increases obesity risk in young animals
- 'No fish left behind' approach leaves Earth with nowhere left to fish, study finds
- Scientists home in on chemicals needed to reprogram cells; Groundbreaking discovery moves field closer to therapeutic applications
- Researchers find mathematical patterns to forecast earthquakes
- Scientists ratchet up understanding of cellular protein factory
- Natural reforestation in southern Pyrenees favours orchid
Posted 2010-12-03:
- New microscopy tracks molecules in live tissue at video rate; scientists push SRS microscopy to new levels of spatial, temporal precision
- New method for preventing oxidative damage to cells: Findings could lead to enhanced health supplements, progress on Parkinson's
- Online game drives genetic research
- Discovery could shrink dengue-spreading mosquito population
- Life built with toxic chemical: First known microbe on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using arsenic
- Effects of El Nino land South Pacific reef fish in hot water
- Longevity breakthrough: Scientists 'activate' life extension in worm, discover mitochondria's metabolic state controls life span
- Hurricanes and other swirling natural phenomena explained
- Long-term exposure to pesticides may be linked to dementia
- Can engineered bugs help generate biofuels?
- GPS not working? A shoe radar may help you find your way
- Water resources played important role in patterns of human settlement
- Plant clock gene also works in human cells
- Primates are more resilient than other animals to environmental ups and downs
- Rain gardens are sprouting up everywhere
- Report sets new dietary intake levels for calcium and vitamin D to maintain health and avoid risks associated with excess
- New findings detail how a virus prepares to infect cells
- E. coli outbreak in Connecticut caused by raw milk consumption
Posted 2010-12-02:
- Loss of species large and small threatens human health, study finds
- Researchers show an oncolytic virus switches off cancer cell surival signal
- Dangerous levels of lead found in used consumer products
- New evidence for eye-protective effects of omega-3-rich fish, shellfish
- Transgenic crops: How genes jump from crop to crop
- Couch potato effect: Missing protein leaves mice unable to exercise
- How earthquakes can be predicted: Researchers reveal new means
- Mother’s young alter brain’s response to drug
- Older animals unable to distinguish similar-looking objects
- Predatory bugs can save cornfields
Posted 2010-12-01:
- How some microorganisms bore their way into carbonate substrates: Implications for coral reefs and mussel aquaculture
- Arsenic-polluted water toxic to Bangladesh economy
- Discovering the secrets of Stonehenge
- Biofuels production has unintended consequences on water quality and quantity in Mississippi
- Neuroscience of instinct: How animals overcome fear to obtain food
- Genomic fault zones come and go: Fragile regions in mammalian genomes go through 'birth and death' process
- Worst case scenario: Can we adapt to a world 2 to 4 degrees warmer?
- Snakes on a rope: Researchers take a unique look at the climbing abilities of boa constrictors
- Ecological effects of biodiversity loss underestimated
- Marsupial embryo jumps ahead in development
- Soil microbes define dangerous rates of climate change
- Antibacterial soaps: Being too clean can make people sick, study suggests
- California's controlled fires boost biodiversity
- Apes unwilling to gamble when odds are uncertain
- Seasonal influences help guide cougar prey selection
- Fire forecast technology could help rescue teams save lives
- New oyster farming technique increases productivity, offers entrepreneurial opportunities
Posted 2010-11-30:
- Engineer provides new insight into pterodactyl flight
- Functional amino acids regulate key metabolic pathways
- Superantigens could be behind several illnesses
- Monitoring the health of endangered, wild chimpanzees
- New knowledge on 're-discovered' switchgrass moth
- Earth's lakes are warming, NASA study finds
- Scientists manage to adapt juvenile blue fin tuna to captivity in land installations
- Charging for plastic bags cut bag consumption by half in China
- Crown suggests Queen Arsinoë II ruled ancient Egypt as female pharaoh
- Koala bears may be the 'pickiest' marsupials around
- Reference database to identify origin of elephant ivory
- Earth and space science missions have fewer risks if conducted by a single government agency, report finds
Posted 2010-11-29:
- Dogs have bigger brains than cats because they are more sociable, research finds
- Scientists re-sequence six corn varieties, find some genes missing
- Sensory stimulation protects against brain damage caused by stroke
- Pre-injury exercise may mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury in mice
- NASA's savory sea salt sensor to get cooked, chilled
Posted 2010-11-28:
- Whale sharks use geometry to avoid sinking
- Diabetes drug could work against Alzheimer's, animal study suggests
- Oldest salt mine known to date located in Azerbaijan
- Sewage water bacteria: 'Missing link' in early evolution of life on Earth?
- Finger-trap tension stabilizes cells' chromosome-separating machinery
Posted 2010-11-27:
- Size of mammals exploded after dinosaur extinction, researchers confirm
- 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
- 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
- Carbon emission reduction strategies may undermine tropical biodiversity conservation, conservationists warn
- How cannabis suppresses immune functions: Cannabis compounds found to trigger unique immune cells which promote cancer growth
- 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
- Ancient insects preferred warmer climates
- Haiti cholera outbreaks: Experts urge US to create emergency cholera vaccine stockpile for humanitarian use
- New imaging technique accurately finds cancer cells, fast
- Can cacti 'escape' underground in high temperatures? How a certain species will potentially handle global warming
- Optimizing large wind farms
- Stem cells from amniotic fluid: Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells can generate all types of body cells
- Spice of life: Variety is also good for hares
- City of Vancouver sets transportation records during 2010 Winter Games
Posted 2010-11-25:
- Polar bears unlikely to survive in warmer world, biologists say
- How pathogens hijack host plants
- 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
- Jellyfish-inspired pumps: Researchers investigate next-generation medical and robotic devices
- Secrets of sharks' success: Flexible scales enable fast turning
- Muscle cells point the finger at each other
- 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
- Plant-derived scavengers prowl the body for nerve toxins
- 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
- Heavy metals in seafood: Satisfactory results of interlaboratory comparison
Posted 2010-11-24:
- Excess fructose may play role in diabetes, obesity and other health conditions
- Aerobic exercise may reduce excessive cocaine use
- DNA uncovers one of the world's rarest birds
- Hybrid tugboat cuts emissions
- Flying snakes, caught on camera
- Fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria by treating municipal wastewater at higher temperatures
- The puzzle of biological diversity
- Gene find could lead to healthier food, better biofuel production
- Cloud study predicts more global warming
- HIV drugs interfere with blood sugar, lead to insulin resistance
- 'M8' earthquake simulation breaks computational records, promises better quake models
- Lifeblood of leaves: Vein networks control plant patterns
- How sunlight shapes daily rhythms
- Uptake protein acts as zinc's doorway to the cell
- Cost effectiveness of ecological restoration demonstrated
Posted 2010-11-23:
- Researchers kick-start ancient DNA
- Putting the squeeze on fat cells
- Simple rubber device mimics complex bird songs
- Nanoparticles’ effects on plants examined
- New microscope reveals ultrastructure of cells
- How hummingbirds fight the wind: Robotic wing may reveal answer
- Evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and host plants illuminated
- Enhancing the efficiency of wind turbines
- 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
- Improving ammonia synthesis could have major implications for agriculture and energy
Posted 2010-11-22:
- Genetics determine winter vitamin D status
- Lessons from Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Cement-like creation could help the environment
- Researchers train bacteria to convert bio-wastes into plastic
- Understanding the vulnerable northern bottlenose whale
Posted 2010-11-21:
- Orangutans count on stats for survival
- Microorganisms in the ground don’t slack off in winter
- Designing more effective anti-HIV antibodies
- In fending off diseases, plants and animals are much the same, research shows
- Faster water flow means greater diversity of invertebrate marine life
- Detroit's urban farms could provide a majority of produce for local residents
Posted 2010-11-20:
- Busy microbial world discovered in deepest ocean crust ever explored
- Pomegranate juice reduces damage to tissues, inflammation and infections, study suggests
- E. coli infection linked to long-term health problems
- New disease-resistant food crops under development
- Paw prints and feces offer new hope for saving tigers
- Chemicals' study pinpoints threat to workers' lungs
- Doomsday messages about global warming can backfire, study shows
- Ten years of Soufriere Hills Volcano research
- FDA review on transgenic salmon too narrow, experts say
- Bees take the sting out of mouth ulcers
- Panama Canal, Panama City at risk of large earthquake, says new research
- Why so many antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection
- Defeating potato blight
- Where's George? Researchers follow the money to define communities in US
- Chinese herbs can complement proven allergy treatments, study suggests
Posted 2010-11-19:
- Gangster birds running protection racket give insight into coevolution
- Scientists announce new advance with potential for future cancer targeting
- Estrogen concentrations in manure runoff: Pelletized manure reduces toxic runoff
- For macaques, male bonding is a political move
- Multiple sclerosis drug serves as model for potential drugs to treat botulism poisoning
- One-touch make-up -- for our cells
- Depression-like behavior identified in zebrafish; Inability to cope with stress may play role in depression
- Mortal chemical combat typifies the world of bacteria
- Hearing loss study reveals role of bone hardness in tissue function
- Months of geologic unrest signaled reawakening of Icelandic volcano
- Rare earth elements in US not so rare, report finds
- Critically endangered tree frog bred for first time
- Structure of Lassa virus protein reveals viral thievery
- Sonar inspired by dolphins: New kind of underwater device can detect objects through bubble clouds
- As Arctic temperatures rise, tundra fires increase
- New technology gives on-site assessments in archaeology
- Scientists identify antivirus system in host cells
- Scientists question widely adopted indicator of fisheries health and evidence for 'fishing down marine food webs'
Posted 2010-11-18:
- Global warming could cool down northern temperatures in winter
- Broad new technique for screening proteins devised
- Advance toward controlling fungus that caused Irish potato famine
- Small clumps of tau protein disrupt memory; Animal study suggests possible target for Alzheimer’s disease therapies
- Upending conventional wisdom, certain virus families are ancient
- Low-allergenic wines could stifle sniffles and sneezes in millions of wine drinkers
- How anthrax bacteria impair immune response
- Deepwater Horizon: Not managing danger, not learning from 'near misses'
- Common strain of bacteria found in patients with cystic fibrosis in Canada; associated with greater risk of death
- Feed likely source of salmonella contamination on pig farms
- Immune system involved in depression, animal study suggests
- Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae
- Why you can listen at cocktail parties: Songbirds' individual brain cells are tuned to particular sounds
- Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
- New 3-D model of RNA 'core domain' of enzyme telomerase may offer clues to cancer, aging
- Damaged organs linked to change in biochemical wave patterns
- Landing lights for bumblebees
- Species, rather than diet, has greatest effect on gut bacteria diversity
- Cancer drug target is promising lead for new TB treatments
- New device detects insects in stored wheat
- Using plants against soils contaminated with arsenic
Posted 2010-11-17:
- Heat stress to Caribbean corals in 2005 worst on record; Caribbean reef ecosystems may not survive repeated stress
- One of France's largest dinosaur fossil deposits found in the Charente region
- How do folded structures form?
- Binge drinking in adolescence changes stress response in adulthood
- Sunburnt whales: Three species show signs of sun damage to skin
- Teenage amphetamine abuse affects adult brain cell function
- How the songbird's brain controls timing during singing
- Newly discovered drumlin field provides answers about glaciation and climate
- Adolescent rats more vulnerable to drug addiction than adults; younger animals consumed more cocaine and worked harder for it than did adults
- Earth's lower atmosphere is warming, review of four decades of scientific literature concludes
- Artificial retina more capable of restoring normal vision; animal study shows including retina’s neural 'code' improved prosthetic
- New species of carnivorous plant discovered in Cambodia
- Cilantro ingredient can remove foul odor of 'chitlins'
- T. rex's big tail was its key to speed and hunting prowess
- Ancient African dust caused red soil in Southern Europe, new research reveals
- Gene discovery suggests way to engineer fast-growing plants
- Novel ocean-crust mechanism could affect world's carbon budget and climate
Posted 2010-11-16:
- Microsensors offer first look at whether cell mass affects growth rate
- Modern humans mature more slowly than Neanderthals did, analysis of teeth suggests
- Stomach hormone can fuel or suppress rats’ sugar cravings: Chemical associated with appetite also activates the brain’s pleasure center
- New large squid found in southern Indian Ocean
- Oxytocin and social contact reduce anxiety: Hormone may be less effective at relieving stress for isolated animals
- Prehistoric winged reptiles 'pole-vaulted' into flight
- New DNA sequencing reveals hidden communities
- Bat brains offer clues as to how we focus on some sounds and not others
- A new read on DNA sequencing
- Less salt in teenagers' diet may improve heart health in adulthood
- Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science
- How diving leatherback turtles regulate buoyancy
- Satellites provide up-to-date information on snow cover
- Extensive natural recovery after spinal cord injury uncovered in primate study
- Rare cold water coral ecosystem discovered off coast of Mauritania
- Researchers develop light technology to combat hospital infections
- Invasive species pose major threat to fish in Mediterranean basin, large-scale study finds
- Proteins in motion: World’s largest video database of proteins for the pharmaceutical industry published
- Synchrotron reveals human children outpaced Neanderthals by slowing down
Posted 2010-11-15:
- Redeeming role for a common virus: Ability to kill cancer
- Seeing meat makes people significantly less aggressive
- Genomes of lyme disease bacteria sequenced
- Mathematical equation calculates cost of walking for first time
- Catastrophic drought looms for capital city of Bolivia
- Natural selection on not-so-natural plants
- New explanation for the origin of high species diversity in Amazon
Posted 2010-11-14:
- Discovery could reveal secrets of ancient Martian and terrestrial atmospheres
- Researchers unlock a secret of bacteria's immune system
- New ocean acidification study shows added danger to already struggling coral reefs
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