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for the Week of December 12 to December 19, 2010
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Posted 2010-12-18:
- Rise in oxygen drove evolution of animal life 550 million years ago
- Wind turbines help crops by channelling beneficial breezes over nearby plants
- Using digitized books as 'cultural genome,' researchers unveil quantitative approach to humanities
- Prions mutate and adapt to host environment
- As earthquakes take their toll, engineers look at enhancing building designs
- Researchers develop mouse model to help find how a gene mutation leads to autism
- Circadian rhythm: Clock-controlled genes discovered in C. elegans
Posted 2010-12-18:
- Small islands in the Pacific: Duel between freshwater and sea water
- More than 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2010
- Beetroot juice could help people live more active lives
- An answer to green energy could be in the air
- Proximity to freeway associated with autism
- Molecular fossil: Crystal structure shows how RNA, one of biology's oldest catalysts, is made
- Tiny 3-D images shed light on origin of Earth's core
- High-tech software, umanned planes allow scientists to keep tabs on Arctic seals
- Why humans are more sensitive to certain viruses: Primate immune system differences identified
- Snail fever: Scientists pinpoint key defense against parasite infection
- How pollinators sculpt flowers
- Faster method of engineering zinc-finger nucleases developed
Posted 2010-12-17:
- Organ size is determined by p53 protein
- How foot-and-mouth disease virus begins infection in cattle
- Age doesn't matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones
- Staph bacteria: Blood-sucking superbug prefers taste of humans
- Unique orangutan reintroduction project under imminent threat
- Restoration activities speed seagrass recovery in the Florida Keys
- Loss of Arctic ice may promote hybrid marine mammals
- Garlic could protect against hip osteoarthritis
- Geologist develops improved seismic model for monitoring nuclear explosions in Middle East
- New discoveries make it harder for HIV to hide from drugs
- Rapid diagnostic test for common type of pneumonia developed
- Earthworms absorb discarded copper nanomaterials present in soil
- Ancient forest emerges mummified from the Arctic: Clues to future warming impact
- Seaweed as biofuel? Metabolic engineering makes it a viable option
- Feast, famine and the genetics of obesity: You can't have it both ways
- How hard are we pushing the land? Plant consumption rising significantly as population grows and economies develop
- Protecting the Amazon rainforest: Extensive inventory forms basis for legislation governing when trees in the Brazilian rainforests can be logged
Posted 2010-12-16:
- Similarities in the embryonic development of various animal species are also found at molecular level
- 'Green genes' in yeast may boost biofuel production by increasing stress tolerance
- Polar bears still on thin ice, but cutting greenhouse gases now can avert extinction, experts say
- Plasma therapy: An alternative to antibiotics?
- Epstein-Barr: Scientists decode secrets of a very common virus that can cause cancer
- Compound derived from curry spice is neuroprotective against stroke and traumatic brain injury
- New method for making tiny catalysts holds promise for air quality
- Fabric softener sheets repel gnats: Scientists prove Bounce sheets fend off insect pests
- Increased BPA exposure linked to reduced egg quality in women
- Earthshaking possibilities may limit underground storage of carbon dioxide
- Champion hydrogen-producing microbe
- Asthma? Allergens could be growing in your lungs
- Human networking theory gives picture of infectious disease spread
- Satellites pinpoint drivers of urban heat islands in northeastern U.S.
- US EPA removes saccharin from hazardous substances listing
- Satellite data provide a new way to monitor groundwater in agricultural regions
- Power and corruption may be good for society
- Tubeworms colony discovered off Cyprus
Posted 2010-12-15:
- Sweet and biodegradable: Sugar and cornstarch make environmentally safer plastics
- Geologist's discoveries resolve debate about oxygen in Earth's mantle
- Biological computers: Genetically modified cells communicate like electronic circuits
- Transcription factor clears protein clumps in Huntington's mice models
- What 'pine' cones reveal about the evolution of flowers
- Hot stuff: Magma at shallow depth under Hawaii
- Potential chink in armor of African sleeping sickness parasite: It's social
- Continued death of forests predicted in southwestern US due to climate change
- Parasite and bacterium illustrate convergent evolution: Both hijack cells' 'post office'
- Cells 'feel' the difference between stiff or soft and thick or thin matrix
- Early settlers rapidly transformed New Zealand forests with fire
- Blooming jellyfish in northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean: Over-fishing, warming waters to blame
- 'Array of arrays' coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
- Tracing microbes between individuals towards personalized oral health care
- Southeastern U.S., with exception of Florida, likey to have serious water scarcity issues
- Hot with decades of drought: Expectations for southwestern United States
- More details of plant cell-wall construction revealed
- Bioengineers discover how particles self-assemble in flowing fluids
- Tracking down particulates
- Oldest fossils found in Cordillera Bética mountain range
Posted 2010-12-14:
- Bering Sea was ice-free and full of life during last warm period, study finds
- When it comes to selecting a mate, the eyes have it
- Right or left handling at birth: What impact does it have on development?
- Large uncertainty in carbon footprint calculating
- Children who don’t like fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to be constipated
- More fruits and vegetables unlikely to protect against cancer, study suggests
- Assessing the seismic hazard of the central eastern United States
- Whey supplements lower blood pressure: Low-cost protein gets big results in people with elevated blood pressure
- Pomegranate juice components could stop cancer from spreading, research suggests
- Moderate drinking benefits kidney transplant recipients, study suggests
- Carbon fluxes in the oceans: The strange behavior of small particles at density interfaces
- Shoo, fly! Catnip oil repels bloodsucking flies
- Shrubby crops can help fuel Africa's green revolution
- Fire disaster in Israel is a typical example of expected climate change effects in the Mediterranean
- Cellular protein hobbles HIV-1
Posted 2010-12-13:
- How natural drug, abscisic acid, fights inflammation
- Tigers and polar bears are highly vulnerable to environmental change
- Synchrotron study shows how nitric oxide kills
- Tiny protozoa may hold key to world water safety
- Blue whale-sized mouthfuls make foraging super efficient
- Drug-resistant HIV genes identified
- 'Green' water treatments may not kill bacteria in large building cooling systems
Posted 2010-12-12:
- Thought for food: Imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption
- Bering Sea chill yields fatter plankton, pollock diet changes
- Simulations aim to unlock nature's process of biomineralization
Posted 2010-12-11:
- Bizarre reptile challenges notion of crocodiles as 'living fossils'
- Details of microbe's extraordinary maintenance and repair system revealed
- There's a new 'officer' in the infection control army
- 35,000 new species ‘sitting in cupboards’
- Ice-age reptile extinctions provide a glimpse of likely responses to human-caused climate change
- Massive gene loss linked to pathogen's stealthy plant-dependent lifestyle
- Cholera strain in Haiti matches bacteria from south Asia
- Bioengineers develop bacterial strain to increase ethanol biofuel production
- Cloud 'feedback' affects global climate and warming
- Genome of barley disease reveals surprises
- New insights into formation of Earth, the Moon, and Mars
- Gene hunters tackle crop diseases
Posted 2010-12-10:
- Stricter testing for federal ground beef program may not lead to safer meat
- Double-edged sword of dominance: Top chimps tend to suffer from more parasites
- Viable female and male mice from two fathers produced using stem cell technology
- Greenland ice sheet flow driven by short-term weather extremes, not gradual warming, research reveals
- Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread
- Fleshing out the life histories of dead whales
- Children who attend group child care centers get more infections then, but fewer during school years
- Redrawing the map of Great Britain based on human interaction
- Mastermind steroid found in plants
- Eutrophication makes toxic cyanobacteria more toxic
- Study assesses nuclear power assumptions
- 'Greener' climate prediction shows plants slow warming
- How do DNA components resist damaging UV exposure?
- Fledgling ecosystem in former open-pit coal mine in Germany lets scientists observe how soil, flora and fauna develop
Posted 2010-12-09:
- Cranberry juice not effective against urinary tract infections, study suggests
- Parents' influence on children's eating habits is limited
- Extending the life of oil reserves: Greener, cheaper more efficient oil extraction made possible
- 'Logic gates' made to program bacteria as computers
- Lost civilization under Persian Gulf?
- Soaring is better than flapping for birds big and small
- Blueberries and other purple fruits to ward off Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's
- Duelling dipoles: In search of a new theory of photosynthetic energy transfer
- How flowering time of plants can be controlled
- Vitamin supplements reduce deaths caused by measles and diarrhea, study finds
- Nanoparticle gives antimicrobial ability to fight Listeria longer
- Social relationships in animals have a genetic basis, new research reveals
- Creating 'Living' Buildings
- Using chaos to model geophysical phenomena
- Ginseng just got better -- not as bitter
- Soil needs decades to recover from a spill
- Climate scientist warns world of widespread suffering if further climate change is not forestalled
- MOTIVE case studies look for the best adaptive management options
Posted 2010-12-08:
- Plants 'remember' winter to bloom in spring with help of special molecule
- Scientists map changes in genetic networks caused by DNA damage
- Pacific sperm whales exposed to PAHs, pesticides, other pollutants
- Milestone in fight against deadly disease: 500 protein structures mapped and solved
- Teens get more ear infections when someone smokes at home
- Life found thriving in porous rock deep beneath the seafloor
- Butter contaminated by PBDE flame retardant
- Drugs can pass through human body almost intact: New concerns for antibiotic resistance, pollution identified
- Flu vaccine grown in bacteria works like vaccine grown in chicken eggs
- Warring Greeks found peace in ancient Egypt: Researcher uncovers origins of Greek trade city in Egypt's Nile delta region
- Shy trout size it up
- Power grid of the future saves energy
- Plants engineered to produce new drugs
- Mechanism responsible for spreading biofilm infections identified
- Ravenous foreign pests threaten U.S. national forests
- Life-saving in the bacterial world: How Campylobacter rely on Pseudomonas to infect humans
- New microscopic life aboard the RMS Titanic
- Measuring air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in the open ocean
- Diners may be willing to pay more to eat at 'green' restaurants
- Towards an efficient, effective and equitable REDD+
Posted 2010-12-07:
- Threshold sea surface temperature for hurricanes and tropical thunderstorms is rising
- LouseBuster: Head lice shrivel with chemical-free warm-air device
- Pregnant mother's diet impacts infant's sense of smell, alters brain development
- Cultured kidney cell layer is a step towards improved dialysis
- Oh deer: Protecting this year’s Christmas tree crop
- Change in temperature uncovers genetic cross talk in plant immunity; Discovery sheds light on how plants fight off bacterial infections
- First horned dinosaur from South Korea discovered
- Mystery of repetitive DNA segments unraveled
- Chemists design molecule that responds to stimuli
- Faster-growing E. coli strain suitable for gene therapy or vaccine use
- Killing salmonella and E. coli on fresh produce with half the normal food-irradiation levels
- Season, time of day appear to predict higher UV levels, need for sun safety measures among skiers
- Using earthworms to process hazardous materials containing heavy metals
- Medieval England twice as well off as today’s poorest nations
- Carbon monoxide trapped in ice cores reveals unexpected trends regarding burning biomass
- 'Shotgun' method allows scientists to dissect cells' sugar coatings
- It’s not the size of the salamander, it’s the size of the fight in the salamander
- Over-reactive immune system kills young adults during pandemic flu
- Northern wildfires threaten runaway climate change, study reveals
- Satellite tracking campaign tests European abilities
- 'Clueless' housekeeping genes are activated randomly, study finds
- El Nino: Better understanding of long-term changes in climate system
- Sows ears and silk purses: Packing more flavor into modern pork
Posted 2010-12-06:
- Heat helped hasten life's beginnings on Earth, research suggests
- Biologist tracks spiders' eyes to learn how tiny brains process information
- Early detection is possible for prion diseases, study suggests
- Protein essential for cell division in blood-forming stem cells discovered
- New approach to blocking malaria transmission developed
- Electronic cigarettes are unsafe and pose health risks, study finds
- Method developed to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater
Posted 2010-12-05:
- 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 heat climate as much as one million cars do, 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
- China learning from Norway’s mercury experience
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:
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