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for the Week of May 1 to May 8, 2011
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Posted 2011-05-07:
- Engineers patch a heart: Tissue-engineering platform enables heart tissue to repair itself
- It takes a community of soil microbes to protect plants from disease
- Direct proof of how T cells stay in 'standby' mode: Study offers means of activating T cells to fight disease without antigenic triggers
- Green roof proves a cost-effective way to keep water out of sewers
- How shifts in temperature prime immune response
- Vatican science panel calls attention to the threat of glacial melt
- Chemistry curbs spreading of carbon dioxide: Research could have implications for carbon sequestration
Posted 2011-05-07:
- Malaria mosquitoes accurately find their way to smelly feet
- Parental exposure to BPA during pregnancy associated with decreased birth weight in offspring
- Advanced instrument analyzes immune cells in far more detail: Technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies
- Sticking their necks out for evolution: Why sloths and manatees have unusually long (or short) necks
- Cigarette smoking and arsenic exposure: A deadly combination
- Antibodies help protect monkeys from HIV-like virus, scientists show
- Selaginella genome adds piece to plant evolutionary puzzle
- Universal signaling pathway found to regulate sleep
- DNA from common stomach bacteria minimizes effects of colitis, study says
- After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise may return to N. America's West Coast
- Succulent plants waited for cool, dry Earth to make their mark
- Drug-resistance fears for deadly fungal disease
- Capt. Kidd shipwreck site to be dedicated 'Living Museum of the Sea'
- Why more species live in Amazon rainforests: Evolution of treefrogs sheds light on the mystery
- Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease
- Can social deficits of autism and schizophrenia be modeled in animals?
Posted 2011-05-06:
- Expert panel calls for 'transforming US agriculture': Changes in markets, policies and science needed for more sustainable farming
- Corn gene provides resistance to multiple diseases, study shows
- Reptile 'cousins' shed new light on end-Permian extinction
- Hunting for deadly bacteria
- Worm discovery could help one billion people worldwide
- Small sea birds hold heat rather than cranking up the furnace
- What lies beneath the seafloor? Results from first microbial subsurface observatory experiment
- Turning 'bad' fat into 'good': A future treatment for obesity?
- Air pollution near Michigan schools linked to poorer student health, academic performance
- Evolutionary lessons for wind farm efficiency
- Horsetail plant developed successful set of tools for extreme environments -- for millions of years
- Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at .6 billion per year
- California's draft Bay Delta conservation plan needs better integration to be more scientifically credible, report finds
Posted 2011-05-05:
- Genome duplication encourages rapid adaptation of plants
- Economic analysis updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
- Unlocking the metabolic secrets of the microbiome
- Technique developed for measuring stressed molecules in cells
- Chronic fatigue syndrome not related to XMRV retrovirus, comprehensive study finds
- Marine snails get a metabolism boost
- Battle scars found on an ancient sea monster
- Natural protection against radiation
- Portable tech might provide drinking water, power to villages
- New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant in coffee
- Climbers leave rare plants' genetic variation on the rocks
- Effects of climate change in Arctic more extensive than expected, report finds
- Cola detectives test natural flavoring claims for pricey soft drinks
- Marsupial wolf or Tasmanian tiger? Extinct Australian thylacine was more cat than dog, researchers find
- Mouse study turns fat-loss/longevity link on its head
- Climate change analysis predicts increased fatalities from heat waves
- Market lighting affects nutrients in salad greens, researchers find
- First rainforests arose when plants solved plumbing problem
- Tiger-parrots show their true evolutionary stripes
- Rotational grazing in native pasturelands benefits wildlife
- Chesapeake Bay program's two-year milestones improve upon past strategies, but accounting of progress remains a challenge
- Ecology: Undergraduate institutions should play larger research role, experts say
Posted 2011-05-04:
- Keeping oysters, clams and mussels safe to eat
- Formidable fungal force counters biofuel plant pathogens
- Rice's origins point to China, genome researchers conclude
- Saving the Asiatic wild ass in the Mongolian Gobi
- Scientists track evolution and spread of deadly fungus, one of the world's major killers
- Early history of genetics revised: New light shed on 'rediscovery' of Mendel's laws of heredity
- Shootingstars provide clues to likely response of plants to global warming
- Receptor for Ebola virus identified
- 'Apple a day' advice rooted in science
- Minor cause, major effect: Interactions in ecosystems can intensify impact of climate change
- Lichen evolved on two tracks, like marsupials and mammals
- 'Small fry' fish just as vulnerable to population plunges as sharks or tuna
- No nuts for 'Nutcracker Man': Early human relative apparently chewed grass instead
- Global warming won't harm wind energy production, climate models predict
- Winners of mass extinction: With predators gone, prey thrive
- Caves and their dripstones reveal the uplift of mountains
- A billion tons of biomass a viable goal, but at high price, new research shows
- Germ Genie kills keyboard germs -- even C. difficile, scientists find
Posted 2011-05-03:
- Model of island ecology sheds new light on the origins of island species
- Lesser-known Escherichia coli types targeted in food safety research
- Washing with contaminated soap increases bacteria on hands, research finds
- Endogenous proteins found in a 70-million-year-old giant marine lizard
- Rare deep-sea starfish stuck in juvenile body plan
- Eddies found to be deep, powerful modes of ocean transport connecting atmospheric events and deep ocean
- Chemical in plastic, BPA, exposure may be associated with wheezing in children
- New material could improve safety for first responders to chemical hazards
- Ancestors of land plants revealed
- Several baffling puzzles in protein molecular structure solved with new method
- Actin filaments, cellular 'workhorses,' caught in action
- Biocontrol: Fungus and wasps released to control emerald ash borer
- Animal-assisted therapy decreases patient anxiety in pre-MRI setting, study suggests
Posted 2011-05-02:
- Scorpion venom: Bad for bugs, good for pesticides
- Spiders in space: Researchers observe arachnid habits in a microgravity environment
- Cells send signals via membrane nanotubes
- Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease: Fetal exposure to solvents may damage heart
- NASA building instrument to study magnetic reconnection
- 'Explosive' evolution in pupfish
- Thinking outside the column: New insights into brain structure reveal new facets of information processing in nervous system
- Database on environmental impact of major urban ecosystems created
Posted 2011-05-01:
- 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
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