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for the Week of January 2 to January 9, 2011
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Posted 2011-01-07:
- Origin of life on Earth: 'Natural' asymmetry of biological molecules may have come from space
- More evidence that malaria drug could help combat cancer, and that breaks from treatment could improve results
- Packaging that knows when food is going bad
- Potential new anti-cancer mechanism
- What carbon cycle? College students lack scientific literacy, study finds
- Evidence lacking for widespread use of costly antipsychotic drugs, study suggests
- Scientists construct synthetic proteins that sustain life
- High dietary fat, cholesterol linked to increased risk of breast cancer
- Andromeda’s once and future stars
- IVF breakthrough to hit the world market
- Health chip gives instant diagnoses
- Regional dialects are alive and well on Twitter: Slang terms like y'all, yinz, koo, coo and suttin predict location of tweet authors
- Lice DNA study shows humans first wore clothes 170,000 years ago
- Blood test for Alzheimer's disease?
- Perception of our heartbeat influences our body image
- Tomatoes found to contain nutrient which prevents vascular diseases
- Sulfur proves important in the formation of gold mines
- Standing tall is key for success: 'Powerful postures' may trump title and rank
- Gulf oil spill: Methane gas concentrations in Gulf of Mexico quickly returned to near-normal levels, surprising researchers
- Stem cell discovery could lead to improved bone marrow transplants
- Co-management holds promise of sustainable fisheries worldwide
- Tablet splitting is a highly inaccurate and potentially dangerous practice, says drug study
- Elevated rates of 'sarcoid-like' granulomatous pulmonary disease in World Trade Center responders
- Secondhand television exposure linked to eating disorders
- Longstanding mystery of Sun's hot outer atmosphere solved
- Routine blood test may identify people with pre-diabetes, cutting later treatment costs
- Pain therapy for piglets
- Deaths from anesthesia during childbirth plummet; Better monitoring, new techniques have reduced mortality rates
- Atlantic sturgeon recovery efforts may benefit from new study tracking oceanic migrations
- Why some cancers become malignant and others don't
- Solar research instrument 'fills the gap,' views sun's innermost corona
- New method to quantify protein changes could advance study, treatment of various diseases including cancer
- Using cassava to address vitamin A deficiency
- Digital reminiscence systems: Life-logging assists dementia sufferers, research finds
Posted 2011-01-07:
- Border collie comprehends over 1,000 object names as verbal referents
- Neural stem cells maintain high levels of reactive oxygen species, study finds
- Hidden literary references discovered in the Mona Lisa
- Carbon swap bank to beat climate change, Australian researchers propose
- Is your convertible damaging your hearing?
- Major advance in MRI allows much faster brain scans
- Genetic abnormalities identified in pluripotent stem cell lines
- Telescope calibration may help explain mystery of universe's expansion
- Metabolic syndrome found in 52 percent of patients after liver transplantation
- Functionally graded shape memory polymers developed
- British Medical Journal declares MMR study 'an elaborate fraud' -- autism claims likened to 'Piltdown man' hoax
- Newly developed cloak hides underwater objects from sonar
- Bacteria eyed for possible role in atherosclerosis
- Household sewage: Not waste, but a vast new energy resource
- Women with multiple sclerosis more likely to have MS-related gene than men
- How to soften a diamond
- How to look younger without plastic surgery
- Widespread, persistent oxygen-poor conditions in Earth's ancient oceans impacted early evolution of animals
- Vitamin D accelerates recovery from tuberculosis
- Mother’s milk improves physical condition of future adolescents, study finds
- Exercise may lower risk of death for men with prostate cancer
- How studded winter tires may damage public health, as well as pavement
- First screening tool for war veterans to assess traumatic brain injury
- Is the hornet our key to renewable energy? Physicist discovers that hornet's outer shell can harvest solar power
- Antibiotic treatment effective in treating irritable bowel syndrome
- Protective properties of green tea uncovered
- Thermostatic mixer valves could significantly reduce the risk of scalding in children, study finds
- New method for making large quantities of deuterium-depleted drinking water
- Consumers prefer products with few, and mostly matching, colors
- Identity parade clears cosmic collisions of the suspicion of promoting black hole growth
- Malfunctioning gene associated with Lou Gehrig's disease leads to nerve-cell death in mice
- Helicopter transport increases survival for seriously injured patients, study finds
- Where MRSA colonizes on the human body: Study identifies quantity and locations of MRSA colonization
- Filtering kitchen wastewater for plants
- Call for truth in trans fats labeling by US FDA: Study shows how deceptive food labels lead to increased risk of deadly diseases
- Male pattern balding may be due to stem cell inactivation
- Advancements in fertility preservation provide oncology patients new options
- Time running out to save climate record held in unique eastern European Alps glacier
- Optimizing patient outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury
- Films for façades: New building material offers new design options
- Mothers key to college-age women receiving HPV vaccine, study suggests
- Web-based curriculum improves surgical residents' knowledge of health care business
- Drinking recycled water? Study establishes methods to assess recycled aquifer water
Posted 2011-01-06:
- Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice: Approach could also stop addiction to other drugs, including heroin and nicotine
- Birch bark ingredient comes with many metabolic benefits
- Diamond detectors provide a glimpse into artificial suns
- Metabolic cost of human sleep deprivation quantified by researchers
- Recycled Haitian concrete can be safe, strong and less expensive, researchers say
- Resiliency on the battlefield: Soldiers with a positive outlook less likely to suffer anxiety, depression
- 'Nanoscoops' could spark new generation of electric automobile batteries
- Walking speed associated with survival in older adults
- New glaucoma test allows earlier, more accurate detection
- Vitamin D deficiencies may impact onset of autoimmune lung disease
- Infant hydrocephalus, seasonal and linked to farm animals in Uganda
- Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
- Prehistoric bird used club-like wings as weapon
- Fueling the body on fat: Critical tuning dial for controlling energy found
- On the trail of a stealthy parasite Biologist shows why some strains of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others
- Model predicts a drug's likelihood of causing birth defects
- Corals provide evidence of changes to oceanic currents
- Trust your gut ... but only sometimes
- Large-scale study reveals major decline in bumble bees in US
- Experimental drug more potent, longer lasting than morphine
- Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
- Body temperature sensor, TRPM2, promotes insulin secretion
- A toast to history: 500 years of wine-drinking cups mark social shifts in ancient Greece
- Adopting healthy habits in youth associated with more favorable cholesterol levels in adulthood
- Oceanic 'garbage patch' not nearly as big as portrayed in media
- Obesity research targets brain's use of fatty acids
- Detecting esophageal cancer with light
- Dampening inflammation with aspirin
- US does not have infrastructure to consume more ethanol, study finds
- Europe reins in the smoking habit
- Long-term framework for Minnesota water sustainability
Posted 2011-01-05:
- Even healthy cats act sick when their routine is disrupted
- Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis; Tagging an enzyme with chemical also is crucial to bone cell formation
- Impregnating plastics with carbon dioxide
- Kids frequently exposed to medical imaging procedures that use radiation, study finds
- New system for analyzing information on WikiLeaks, social media
- US soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder more likely to feel long-term psychological effect
- The ecosystem engineer: Research looks at beavers' role in river restoration
- Peptide delivers one-two punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study
- Parallels between cancers, infection suppression: Same proteins involved, but cancer takes hold when response gets out of control
- Clostridium bacteria infecting increasing numbers of hospitalized children
- Researchers helping electric-wheelchair users move more easily
- Brain imaging studies examine how anti-smoking medications may curb cravings
- Resurrecting the so-called 'depression gene': new evidence that our genes play a role in our response to adversity
- PET scans provide insight into fever-induced epilepsy in children
- Eating low-fat, thanks to lupin proteins
- Women with both diabetes and depression at higher risk of dying from heart disease, other causes
- The movement of tree sap analyzed
- Authorities often aware of previous incidents of victimization among children and adolescents, report finds
- Food bioterrorism: Safety precautions used by country club restaurants to protect food and beverages studied
- Medicare payments for medical imaging are higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists
- Clinical decision support systems help control inappropriate medical imaging, study suggests
Posted 2011-01-04:
- Not so bird-brained: 3D X-rays piece together the evolution of flight from fossils
- CPAP therapy reduces fatigue, increases energy in patients with sleep apnea, study suggests
- Firefly protein lights pathway to improved detection of blood clots
- Protein that drives survival of gastrointestinal tumors identified
- Global network of new-generation telescopes will track astrophysical events as they happen
- Hair color of unknown offenders is no longer a secret
- Even molds can suffer jet lag: Simple organisms shed light on inner clock
- Biological diversity of ovarian cancer lessens value of screening
- How cells export and embed proteins in the membrane
- Expert analysis of HER2 tests reveals issues with reliability
- How does your green roof garden grow?
- Humans helped vultures colonize the Canary Islands
- Education programs could increase parent-child interactions in at-risk families
- New statement on the treatment of pulmonary fungal infections
- Tonsillectomy in children: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline
Posted 2011-01-03:
- Bizarre bioluminescent snail: Secrets of strange mollusk and its use of light as a possible defense mechanism revealed
- Walking slows progression of Alzheimer's, study suggests
- Calculating tidal energy turbines' effects on sediments and fish
- Type 1 diabetes computer model's predictive success validated through lab testing
- Enzyme cocktail could eliminate a step in biofuel process
- Most women do not get recommended mammograms, study finds
Posted 2011-01-02:
- Neandertals’ extinction not caused by deficient diets, tooth analysis shows
- Alzheimer's disease: Are plaques and tangles a symptom, not the cause?
- Budding research links climate change and earlier flowering plants
- Esophageal cancer risk lower than expected for patients with GERD
- Technique turns computer chip defects into an advantage
- When the brain knows no fear: Fear discovery could lead to new interventions for PTSD
- New genetic alterations associated with human height identified
- Key protein discovered that allows nerve cells to repair themselves
- Scientists peer into the future of stem cell biology
- Blood-thinning treatment standards changing for heart patients, new research shows
- Cloud atlas: Scientist maps the meaning of mid-level clouds
- Study probes obesity link to fibromyalgia
Posted 2011-01-01:
- What triggers mass extinctions? Study shows how invasive species stop new life
- Alzheimer's: Therapy for brain disease could target blood
- New cognitive robotics lab tests theories of human thought
- Strict heart rate control provides no advantage over lenient approach, study finds
- Demise of large satellite may have led to the formation of Saturn’s rings and inner moons
- Lower levels of education are associated with increased risks of heart failure
- Was Israel the birthplace of modern humans?
- Consistent exercise associated with lower risk of colon cancer death
- New technology to speed cleanup of nuclear contaminated sites
- Key role for a protein in cell division described
- System for detecting noise pollution in the sea and its impact on cetaceans
- Home health care could help sustain health care systems, study finds
- What makes a face look alive? Study says it's in the eyes
- Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity
- When their tools get dull, leaf-cutters switch jobs
- Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, study shows
- Study classifies and uses artificial proteins to analyze protein-protein interfaces
- George Clooney Effect? High-earning women want older, more attractive partners, research finds
- Your genome in minutes: New technology could slash sequencing time
- New test for major killer of lung transplant patients: High stem cell count after transplant predicts debilitating syndrome
- Evolutionary arms race between smut fungi and maize plants
- Why does dialysis fail?
- Crops: Improving nitrogen use efficiency lessens environmental impact
- Depressed smokers less likely to stay tobacco free
Posted 2010-12-31:
- Light dawns on dark gamma-ray bursts
- Gene protects against dementia in high-risk individuals, study finds
- New imaging advance illuminates immune response in breathing lung
- Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival
- Link between ancient lizard fossil in Africa and today's Komodo dragon in Indonesia
- Visual skills required for independence are impaired in children with autism, research finds
- Bacteria provide example of one of nature's first immune systems, research shows
- Link between light signal and circadian rhythms pinpointed
- Indoor plant intervention: New answers for health care design?
- New regulator plays critical role in development B cells
- Gatekeeper for tomato pollination identified
- Wake up, Mom: Gender differences in accepting sleep interruptions
- 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit ideal temperature for keeping fungi away and food at bay
- Coma and general anesthesia demonstrate important similarities
- Mariana crow will go extinct in 75 years, study suggests
- Diabetes: Poor response to anti-anemia drug predicts higher risk of heart disease or death
- Catching video pirates: Invisible DNA-like fingerprint on video assist law enforcement
- Doctors should be required to disclose sleep deprived status to patients before elective surgeries, experts urge
- MRI scans reveal brain changes in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer's
- Protein involved in cystic fibrosis also plays role in emphysema, chronic lung disease
- Back to the Dead Sea: Climate change study digs into half a million years of history
- African-Americans with liver cancer more likely to die, study finds
- Vertical search across the educational horizon: New search tools could facilitate access to online educational resources
- Mortality rates are an unreliable metric for assessing hospital quality, study finds
- GOES satellites watch 2011 approach, look back at 2010
- Prevention of bad lifestyle habits should be tackled even before 13 years, researcher argues
Posted 2010-12-30:
- 'Breathalyzers' may be useful for medical diagnostics
- Human protein improves muscle function of muscular dystrophy mice
- Microfluidic device rapidly orients hundreds of embryos for high-throughput experiments
- How cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbors
- New chemical-free, anti-bacterial plastic 'skins' inspired by dolphin skin
- Structure deep within the brain may contribute to a rich, varied social life
- Rodents were diverse and abundant in prehistoric Africa when our human ancestors evolved
- Gene alteration in mice mimics heart-building effect of exercise
- Protein helps parasite, toxoplasma gondii, survive in host cells
- Food in early life affects fertility, study suggests
- Comprehensive report on sudden oak death
- Doctors on Facebook risk compromising doctor-patient relationship, study suggests
- Dust shatters like glass: Several times more dust particles in atmosphere than previously thought
- Key interaction in hepatitis C virus identified
- SOHO spots 2,000th comet
- Activity of certain stem cell genes linked with worse outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients
- Hot embossing glass -- to the nearest micrometer
- Environmental factors limit species diversity, lizard study finds
- Many cancer cells found to have an 'eat me' signal
- Mechanism for signaling receptor recycling discovered
- Virus previously linked to chronic fatigue syndrome was a lab contaminant, not cause of disease, new study shows
- New technology improves greenhouse, plant microclimates
- Quitting menthol cigarettes may be harder for some smokers
Posted 2010-12-29:
- Finest chocolate may get better: Cacao tree genome sequenced
- New clues uncover how 'starvation hormone' works
- Malaria-infected cells stiffen, block blood flow
- Exposure to North Dakota road material may increase risk of lung cancer
- Mechanisms of juvenile hormone action in insects could help fine tune pesticides
- Parents' social problems affect their children -- even in birds
- When the black hole was born: Astronomers identify the epoch of the first fast growth of black holes
- Newborns with low vitamin D levels at increased risk for respiratory infections
- Woodland strawberry genome sequenced
- High red blood cell folate levels linked to silenced tumor-suppressors
- Major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production overcome with new yeast strain
- Psychologists find skill in recognizing faces peaks after age 30
- Bees one of many pollinators infected by virus implicated in colony collapse disorder
- Not all infant formulas are alike: Differential effects on weight gain
- Some brain tumors mimic the genetic program of germline cells
- Features of the metabolic syndrome common in persons with psoriasis
- Choose a movie's plot -- while you watch it
- Prayer can help people handle difficult emotions, study suggests
- Structure of key molecule in immune system provides clues for designing drugs
- New study upends thinking about how liver disease develops
- New cell biological mechanism that regulates protein stability in cells uncovered
- Outcomes after recurrence of oral cancer vary by timing, site
- Sardine Run: Headlong race for survival of the species
- Bonding with newborn baby: Once upon a time in the Intensive Care Unit ...
Posted 2010-12-28:
- How often do giant black holes become hyperactive?
- Human immune system has emergency backup plan
- Platinum and blue light combine to combat cancer
- A new surgical tool -- the IKEA pencil
- New kind of blast-resistant glass
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