ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of April 24 to May 1, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of April 24 to May 1, 2011

Welcome to another edition of ScienceDaily's email newsletter. You can change your subscription options or unsubscribe at any time.

---

Posted 2011-04-30:

• Plant extract may be new therapy for hay fever, study suggests
• Genes control fruit flies' social groupings
• Wild hogs: Researchers examine impact of feral pigs in eastern North Carolina
• Through unique eyes, box jellyfish look out to the world above the water

Posted 2011-04-30:

• New solar cell technology greatly boosts efficiency
• Mutant mouse reveals new wrinkle in genetic code
• Identifying beaked whale foraging habitat in the Bahamas
• When a salad is not a salad: Why are dieters easily misled by food names?
• Monkeys, too, can recollect what they've seen, study suggests
• NASA technology looks inside Japan's nuclear reactor
• How do white blood cells detect invaders to destroy?
• Ivory-billed woodpecker sighted and recorded
• Super-fruits: Tropical blueberries extremely high in healthful antioxidants, study suggests
• Link between theta rhythm and ability of animals to track location probed
• Jump in communication skills led to species explosion in electric fishes
• Mapping pollutant threats to sea turtles: Satellite tracking reveals potential threat posed by human-made chemicals
• International trade may offset reported carbon emission reductions
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have evolved a unique chemical mechanism, new discovery reveals
• Improved recovery of samples from biohazard events

Posted 2011-04-29:

• Early warning signal for ecosystem collapse: Fluctuations before the fall
• Plenty more fish in the sea? New method for measuring biomass reveals fish stocks are more stable than widely believed
• As the worm turns, its secrets are revealed
• Social bonding in prairie voles helps guide search for autism treatments
• From the beginning, the brain knows the difference between night and day
• Mutations in single gene may have shaped human cerebral cortex
• Fish livers contain beneficial fatty acids, study suggests
• Two unsuspected proteins may hold the key to creating artificial chromosomes
• Get a whiff of this: Low-cost sensor can diagnose bacterial infections
• Scientists can track origin of shark fins using 'zip codes' in their DNA
• Record number of whales, krill found in Antarctic bays
• Animals have personalities, too, bird study suggests
• NASA mission seeks to uncover a rainfall mystery
• Indigenous cases of leprosy found in the Southern United States: Human contamination through contact with armadillos
• Geologists solve mystery of the Colorado Plateau
• Novel microorganism 'Nitrososphaera viennensis' isolated
• A surprise: China’s energy consumption will stabilize
• Melatonin might help control weight gain and prevent heart disease associated with obesity

Posted 2011-04-28:

• Agulhas ocean current 'leakage', fueled by global warming, could stabilize Atlantic overturning circulation
• Medical sleuthing linked muscle, kidney problems to kava tea
• Green UV sterilization: Switching on LEDs to save energy and the environment
• How mosquitoes handle the heat of a hot blood meal
• Caterpillars inspire new movements in soft robots
• Mercury converted to its most toxic form in ocean waters
• Novel ash analysis validates volcano no-fly zones
• New heat pump could last 10,000 years, experts say
• RAD-tagging technology is demystifying genome sequencing
• Wind turbines: In the wake of the wind
• Choosing the right electric vehicles batteries for the future
• Can Siberian hot springs reveal ancient ecology?
• Prey-tell: Why right whales linger in the Gulf of Maine
• Collective conservation efforts boosted rhino population in Nepal, new data show
• Streptococci and E. coli continue to put newborns at risk for sepsis
• Water molecules characterize the structure of DNA genetic material
• Prototypes framework developed for evaluating sustainability standards

Posted 2011-04-27:

• Plankton fossils tell tale of evolution and extinction
• Effect of cloud-scattered sunlight on Earth's energy balance depends on wavelength of light
• Scientists identify a surprising new source of cancer stem cells
• Green environments essential for human health, research shows
• King crabs invade Antarctica
• Flame retardants at high levels in pet dogs, study finds
• Safeguarding genome integrity through extraordinary DNA repair
• Solar power goes viral: Researchers use virus to improve solar-cell efficiency
• Chernobyl's radioactivity reduced populations of birds of orange plumage, study finds
• Pioneering animal diabetes treatment: Researchers adapt human continuous glucose monitors for pets
• Reasonable quantities of red pepper may help curb appetite, study suggests
• New tools to tackle a solar data storm
• Global catastrophic amphibian declines have multiple causes, no simple solution
• Tuberculosis discovery paves way for drugs that prevent lung destruction
• Understanding how crops deal with stress -- yield's biggest enemy
• Lollipops with side effects: A plant's sugary offering betrays caterpillars to predatory ants
• Discovery identifies elaborate G-protein network in plants

Posted 2011-04-26:

• Cheaper hydrogen fuel cells: Utility of non-precious-metal catalysts documented
• Fruit flies on meth: Study explores whole-body effects of toxic drug
• 'Going off the grid' helps some bacteria hide from antibiotics
• Phage hunting students find new bacteriophages in soils of St. Louis suburbs
• Radar checks buildings after earthquakes
• Beetle bling: Researchers discover optical secrets of 'metallic' beetles
• How do you get a fruit fly to exercise?
• Ozone hole linked to climate change all the way to the equator
• Breed-specific causes of death in dogs revealed in landmark study
• RNA dynamics deconstructed
• Researcher use trees to detect contaminants and health threats
• Using duck eggs to track climate change
• Missing link in plant defense against fungal disease found
• Development in fog harvesting process may make water available to the world’s poor

Posted 2011-04-25:

• Fossil sirenians, related to today's manatees, give scientists new look at ancient climate
• Evolution can cause a rapid reduction in genome size

Posted 2011-04-24:

• Brown recluse spider: Range could expand in N. America with changing climate
• Starting a new metabolic path: New technique will help metabolic engineering
• How molecules get to the right place at the right time
• New approach to defeating flu shows promise
• C. difficile colonization accompanied by changes in gut microbiota: Study hints at probiotics as treatment
• Democrats and Republicans increasingly divided over global warming, study finds

Posted 2011-04-23:

• Parasite strategy offers insight to help tackle sleeping sickness
• Lawn of native grasses beats traditional lawn for lushness, weed resistance
• Jurassic spider from China is largest fossil specimen discovered
• Clouds, clouds, burning bright
• Photovoltaic systems boost the sales price of California homes
• Learning to tolerate our microbial self: Bacteria co-opt human immune cells for mutual benefit
• New technique improves sensitivity of PCR pathogen detection
• Bacteria interrupted: Disabling coordinated behavior and virulence gene expression
• Scotland's first marine reserve already producing benefits
• Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children, study finds
• Salmonella utilize multiple modes of infection: New mechanism that helps with invading host cells discovered

Posted 2011-04-22:

• Genes causing antimalarial drug resistance identified
• Biologist illuminates how seedlings regulate growth
• Organic and conventional farming methods compete to eliminate weed seeds in soil
• Historic church's subterranean secrets revealed
• Earth recovered from prehistoric global warming faster than previously thought
• Simple fungus reveals clue to immune system protection
• American pikas: Contemporary climate change alters the pace and drivers of extinction
• Melting ice on Arctic islands a major player in sea level rise
• Antimalarial trees in East Africa threatened with extinction
• Fat turns into soap in sewers, contributes to overflows
• MicroRNA mediates gene-diet interaction related to obesity, researchers find
• Gold prices spur six-fold spike in Amazon deforestation
• Mega wind turbines of 20 MW
• Low carbohydrate diet may reverse kidney failure in people with diabetes
• Ring around the hurricanes: Satellites can predict storm intensity
• Why are the Seychelles free of malaria?
• All U.S. federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico once closed to fishing due to spill now open
• What's your gut type? Gut bacteria could help with diagnostics and influence treatments
• Routine rotavirus vaccination in Brazil has reduced diarrhea deaths in children
• Drug development speeds up with more advanced microarray technology

Posted 2011-04-21:

• Protein-patterned fibers: Researchers combine active proteins with material derived from fruit fly
• Air pollution exposure affects chances of developing premenopausal breast cancer, study finds
• How TRIM5 fights HIV: Scientists discover mechanism of protein that makes certain monkeys resistant
• Breakthrough in malaria treatment in the run up to World Malaria Day
• Scientists prove new technology to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes
• Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world
• Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making
• Ends of chromosomes protected by stacked, coiled DNA caps
• Hundreds of barrier islands newly identified in global survey
• Antibiotics cure anthrax in animal models
• How peppermint helps to relieve irritable bowel syndrome
• Antibiotics disrupt gut ecology, metabolism
• Professor notices Abe Lincoln's signature on a picture hanging in his office
• Right-handedness prevailed 500,000 years ago
• Propeller turbulence may affect marine food webs, study finds
• Canola oil protects against colon cancer, study suggests
• Biologically inspired catalysts being developed
• Collecting the sun's energy: Novel electrode for flexible thin-film solar cells
• Mercury on the rise in endangered Pacific seabirds
• New biosensor microchip could speed up drug development, researchers say
• Life in extreme environments paves the way for international collaboration: New roadmap for research launched

Posted 2011-04-20:

• One year later, oil spill’s impact on Gulf not fully understood
• LED efficiency puzzle solved by theorists using quantum-mechanical calculations
• Pronghorn tracked by satellite
• Gene necessary for successful repair of muscle damage identified
• Nearly 3,000 new Walt Whitman papers discovered
• Marine organisms with eternal life can solve the riddle of aging
• Could black trees blossom in a world with two suns?
• Tibetian Terrier dogs could play key role in developing therapy for early-onset Parkinson’s
• Americans believe climate change is occurring, but disagree on why
• Sugar helping map new ground against deadly bug
• Bioartificial organs: Spanish researchers replace pig corneal cells with human stem cells
• X‑rays shed new light on regulation of muscle contraction
• Limiting carbs, not calories, reduces liver fat faster, researchers find
• Molecular messages from moth antennae: Scientists assemble genes involved in regulating olfaction
• Biological arms races in birds result in sophisticated defenses against cuckoos
• Genetic study offers insight into the social lives of bees
• Using leaves' characteristics improves accuracy measuring past climates
• Did a supernova mark the birth of the Merry Monarch?

Posted 2011-04-19:

• 'Liquefaction' key to much of Japanese earthquake damage
• New pollutants: Flame retardants detected in peregrine falcon eggs
• Closer look at cell membrane shows cholesterol 'keeping order'
• Many restaurant staff are undertrained and misinformed about food allergies, study finds
• Oxygenation at a depth of 120 meters could save the Baltic Sea, researchers demonstrate
• Oldest known toothache? Infection in jaw of ancient reptilian fossil revealed
• Breast cancer: Tumor marker same in dogs and humans
• Carbon sequestration estimate in US increased, barring a drought
• Sugarcane cools climate, study finds
• Probiotic may reduce rate of recurrent urinary tract infections in women, study suggests
• Why ancient Mayan communities were 'living on the edge' of what is now a massive wetland
• Bone-munching worms from the deep sea thrive on fish bones
• Vanilla: Preserving a world favorite flavor
• Paleontologists audition modern examples of ancient behavior
• Ocean front is energetic contributor to mixing, data shows
• Safer treatment for millions suffering from trypanosome parasite infection
• Miniature sensors to measure the ocean

Posted 2011-04-18:

• Hydrocarbons deep within Earth: New computational study reveals how
• Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lake
• Biochemist uses computer models to study protein involved with cancer, aging and chronic disease
• Earth's dust and plankton from space: New views from Envisat satellite
• Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear
• GPS data used to model effects of tidal loads on Earth's surface
• Successful blueprints are recycled by evolution, study suggests
• Vegetarians may be at lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke
• Recipe for radioactive compounds aids nuclear waste and fuel storage pools studies
• Toward a 'green grid' for delivering solar and wind-based electricity

Posted 2011-04-17:

• Online calculator allows households to track carbon footprint
• Non-lethal way of switching off essential genes in mice perfected
• Dietary yeast extracts tested as alternative to antibiotics in poultry

Posted 2011-04-16:

• Africa the birthplace of human language, analysis suggests
• Childhood eczema and hay fever leads to adult allergic asthma, study finds
• US meat and poultry is widely contaminated with drug-resistant Staph bacteria, study finds
• Forest byproducts, shells may be key to removing radioactive contaminants from drinking water
• The eyes have it: Dinosaurs hunted by night
• Humpback whale songs spread eastward like the latest pop tune
• Studies of marine animals aim to help prevent rejection of transplanted organs
• Sensor determines if packaged meat has spoiled
• Pig stem cell transplants: The key to future research into retina treatment
• Changes in 'good' fatty acid concentration of inner organs might be largely independent of diet

Posted 2011-04-15:

• DNA nanoforms: Miniature architectural forms -- some no larger than viruses -- constructed through DNA origami
• Recent census in war-torn DR Congo finds gorillas have survived, even increased
• Europe's wildlife under threat from nitrogen, study warns
• Weak evidence for word-order universals: Language not as 'innate' as thought?
• First 3-D topographic map of early Maya city 'Head of Stone' delineates ancient buildings
• Climate change from black carbon depends on altitude
• Polluted air leads to disease by promoting widespread inflammation
• Algae could replace 17 percent of US oil imports, study finds
• Crystal 'eyes' let simple mollusks called chitons see predators
• Filtering out pesticides with genetically modified bacteria
• Keeping beer fresh longer
• Espresso makers: Coffee in capsules contains more furan than the rest
• Experimental treatment for COPD in development
• Loch fossils show life harnessed sun and sex early on
• Ocean drilling deep into the Pacific crust

Posted 2011-04-14:

• Death -- not just life -- important link in marine ecosystems
• Giant fire-bellied toad's brain brims with powerful germ-fighters
• Birds inherited strong sense of smell from dinosaurs
• Natural gas from shale contributes to global warming, researchers find
• Device proves solar cell potential of high bandgap inorganic nanowire arrays
• New species of dinosaur bridges gap in dinosaur family tree
• Eco-friendly treatment for blue jeans offers alternative to controversial 'sandblasting'
• Combating plant diseases is key for sustainable crops
• Antibiotic resistance spreads rapidly between bacteria
• Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
• Scotland's carbon emissions could be halved in two decades, study suggests
• Scientists make bamboo tools to test theory explaining East Asia's Stone Age tool scarcity
• Bioengineering uses vetiver grass to save coral reefs near Guam

Posted 2011-04-13:

• Greenhouse gases from forest soils
• Bacteria in wasp antennae produce antibiotic cocktails
• Can alcohol help the brain remember? Repeated ethanol exposure enhances synaptic plasticity in key brain area, study finds
• Circadian rhythms spark plants' ability to survive freezing weather
• Forensics: Developing a tool for identification -- even using very degraded DNA samples
• Tuberculosis strain spread by the fur trade reveals stealthy approach of epidemics
• Insights gained from growing cold-causing virus on sinus tissue
• Some features of human face perception are not uniquely human, pigeon study shows
• Environmental E. coli: New way to classify E. coli bacteria and test for fecal contamination
• Social wasps show how bigger brains provide complex cognition
• Tissue engineers use new system to measure biomaterials, structures
• St. John's wort compound: Potential benefit of synthetic hypericin for recurrent brain tumors
• New citrus variety is very sweet, juicy and low-seeded
• Delhi air quality regulations improve respiratory health
• Louisiana, Florida residents differ on views of long-term effects of oil spill

Posted 2011-04-12:

• Penguins that shun ice still lose big from a warming climate
• Blueberries may inhibit development of fat cells
• Diesel-engine exhaust filter reduces harmful particles by 98 percent
• Squid and octopuses experience massive acoustic trauma from noise pollution in the oceans
• Fracking controversy: Using water, sand and chemicals to extract natural gas from shale
• Positioning enzymes with ease
• Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity image hints supervolcano plume is bigger than thought
• Letting there be more mosquitoes may lead to fewer malaria deaths, say researchers
• New technique tracks viral infections, aids development of antiviral drugs
• EPA's draft health assessment for formaldehyde needs improvement, experts say
• Health halo effect: Don't judge a food by its organic label
• What sea squirts can teach us about the heart
• Odd corn plant provides insight into how corn makes hormones
• Ozone reduces fungal spoilage of fruits and vegetables
• Big picture of how interferon-induced genes launch antiviral defenses revealed
• West Antarctic warming triggered by warmer sea surface in tropical Pacific
• Accelerated lab evolution of biomolecules could yield new generation of medicines
• Ancient corals provide insight on the future of Caribbean reefs

---

Copyright 1995-2010 © ScienceDaily LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of use.

This message was sent to jaruju03@gmail.com from: ScienceDaily | 1 Research Court, Suite 450 | Rockville, MD 20850

Email Marketing by

Update Profile  |  Forward To a Friend