ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of July 10 to July 17, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of July 10 to July 17, 2011

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Posted 2011-07-16:

• Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs
• NASA's Aura satellite measures pollution 'Butterfly' from fires in Central Africa

Posted 2011-07-16:

• High social rank comes at a price, wild baboon study finds
• The genome guardian's dimmer switch: Regulating p53 is a matter of life or death
• Strong El Niño could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast
• Dramatic climate swings likely as world warms: Ancient El Niño clue to future floods
• Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells by blocking their response to oxidative stress
• Virtual natural environments and benefits to health
• Separated for 20 million years: Blind beetle from Bulgarian caves clarifies questions
• Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate
• Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry
• First adenovirus to jump between monkeys and humans confirmed
• Protein switch controls how stem cells turn into new heart tissue
• Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say
• Editing the genome: Scientists unveil new tools for rewriting the code of life
• Fast-shrinking Greenland glacier experienced rapid growth during cooler times
• Brainy lizards pass test for birds
• 'Dry rot' genome offers lessons for biofuel pretreatment processes: Breaking down cellulose without blasting lignin

Posted 2011-07-15:

• Enzymes for cell wall synthesis conserved across species barriers
• Loss of large predators has caused widespread disruption of ecosystems
• Cancer gene therapy from camels
• Life in 'inner space': Joint mission to film marine life three kilometers down
• Print your own teeth: Rapid prototyping comes to dentistry
• Brain network connections revealed
• Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system
• New way to store sun's heat: Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely, then be recharged by exposure to the sun
• Unsolved mystery of kava toxicity
• Genetically modified Atlantic salmon mating study reveals danger of escape to wild gene pool
• Soil microbes accelerate global warming
• Spread of fungus-farming beetles is bad news for trees
• Breathing restored after spinal cord injury in rodent model
• Colorful boundary trespassers: Burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago
• Loss of large predators disrupting multiple plant, animal and human ecosystems
• Loss of top animal predators has massive ecological effects
• Latin American blueberries found to be 'extreme superfruits'
• New clues to the structural dynamics of BK channels
• Dust storms: New way to undercut dust emissions

Posted 2011-07-14:

• Snow leopard population discovered in Afghanistan
• Insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes
• Twin ARTEMIS probes to study moon in 3-D
• Atomic structure discovered for a sodium channel that generates electrical signals in living cells
• Climate adaptation of rice
• Molasses extract decreases obesity caused by a high-fat diet, research suggests
• African and non-African populations intermixed well after migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago, genome studies show
• New understandings of circadian rhythms
• Popular fungicides failing, may cause hard choices for apple growers
• Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered
• Cat litter to become an edible product?
• Ancient algae: Genetically engineering a path to new energy sources?
• Newly discovered molecule essential to resetting 'body clocks'
• Intelligent street lighting saves up to 80% on energy
• Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection
• Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in U.S. Midwest, study finds
• A novel enzymatic catalyst for biodiesel production
• No substantial link between swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, experts confirm
• Innovative system for producing carpets
• Biologists discover an 'evening' protein complex that regulates plant growth

Posted 2011-07-13:

• Pesticide pathways into the atmosphere
• Border fences pose threats to wildlife on US-Mexico border, study shows
• Greener disaster alerts: Low-energy wireless sensor networks warn of hurricanes, earthquakes
• One in 10 species could face extinction: Decline in species shows climate change warnings not exaggerated, research finds
• Eating nuts daily could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent complications, study suggests
• Long distance: Research shows ancient rock under Haiti came from 1,000+ miles away
• Switch from corn to grass would raise ethanol output, cut emissions
• Lie of the land beneath glaciers influences impact on sea levels
• Energy-storage capacity of ancient microorganism could lead to power source for synthetic cells
• Hypoallergenic dogs don't have lower household allergen levels than other dogs, study finds
• Tarantula's double beating heart revealed by MRI
• Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women
• 'Resilience' of U.S. metros measured by online index developed by researchers
• Forest trees remember their roots
• Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from blessing to curse for zooplankton
• Plants in cities are an underestimated carbon store
• Most of world's 'missing species' live in known hotspots, study finds
• E. coli can survive in streambed sediments for months
• Telomeres: Two genes linked to why they stretch in cancer cells
• Researchers urge awareness of dietary iodine intake in postpartum Korean-American women who consume brown seaweed soup

Posted 2011-07-12:

• Owl study expands understanding of human stereovision
• When viruses infect bacteria: Looking in vivo at virus-bacterium associations
• California groundwater management trickles up from local sources
• Genetic switch for limbs and digits found in primitive fish: Before animals first walked on land, fish carried gene program for limbs
• Biofilters reduce carbon footprint of old landfill sites
• Underwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean
• Natural pain relief from poisonous shrub?
• Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics
• Climate change reducing ocean's carbon dioxide uptake, new analysis shows
• Ant colonies: Behavioral variability wins
• A flash of insight: Chemist uses lasers to see proteins at work
• Olympia hypothesis: Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese
• Salamanders spell out evolution in action
• Chromosomes' big picture: Similarities found in genomes across multiple species; Platypus still out of place
• Fewer rain storms across southern Australia with global warming
• Extremely rapid water: Scientists decipher a protein-bound water chain
• Potato genome sequence published
• Simple little spud helps scientists crack potato's mighty genome
• Perfecting the meat of the potato

Posted 2011-07-11:

• Jewel beetles, obtained from local people, turn out to be four species unknown to science
• Geothermal industry to get boost from new research
• Vertebrate jaw design locked early: Study on initial diversification of jaws sheds light on early vertebrate feeding ecology
• Ruminant headgear: Antlers, horns, ossicones and pronghorns may offer medical clues
• Salt-loving microbe provides new enzymes for the production of next-generation biofuels
• Scientists sequence potato genome

Posted 2011-07-10:

• Sex -- as we know it -- works thanks to ever-evolving host-parasite relationships, biologists find
• Chesapeake Bay pesticides: Some diminish, some persist
• Increased protection urgently needed for tunas, experts urge
• Viruses bathe in rivers and at the beach, too, European study finds

Posted 2011-07-09:

• Holes in fossil bones reveal dinosaur activity
• World War II bombing raids offer new insight into the effects of aviation on climate
• Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China
• How memory is read out in the fly brain: MB-V2 nerve cells enable the read-out of associative memories
• Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk
• New plant genus, species discovered in St. Johns River, Florida
• Body's natural marijuana-like chemicals make fatty foods hard to resist
• Ancestry of polar bears traced to Ireland
• ‘Cling-film’ solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
• Nano detector for deadly anthrax
• Fire to become increasingly important driver of atmospheric change in warming world
• Molecular gastronomy: Science behind the art of cooking
• Discovery of natural antibody brings a universal flu vaccine a step closer
• Unraveling potato genome paves way for new varieties
• Fish stock in Scotland's Firth of Clyde at 80-year high -- but most are too small to be landed

Posted 2011-07-08:

• Research bolsters importance of horseshoe crab spawning for migrating shorebirds
• Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to 1 billion
• Sex is not about promoting genetic variation, researchers argue
• Drug 'shield' helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria
• Evolution and domestication of seed structure shown to use same genetic mutation
• Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets
• Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop
• The rise and rise of the flying reptiles: Pterosaurs not driven into extinction by birds, study reveals
• Can gulls smell out a good partner? Study suggests kittiwakes use body odor to assess genetically compatible mates
• The role of bacteria in asthma and the potential for antibiotic treatment
• Climate change forces early spring in Alberta, Canada
• Mushroom lights up the night in Brazil: Researcher finds bioluminescent fungus not seen since 1840
• Gene secrets of the reef revealed: Genome of staghorn coral Acropora millepora sequenced
• Being small has its advantages -- if you are a leaf
• Natural iron fertilization influences deep-sea ecosystems off the Crozet Islands
• With climate changes, polar bear and brown bear lineages intertwine
• Seven new mice species discovered
• Oceanographic campaign for the study of the large submarine valleys of Catalonia

Posted 2011-07-07:

• Rhesus monkeys appear to have a form of self-awareness not previously attributed to them, research suggests
• Dealing with pollution, James Bond style
• A look back: Scientists raced to estimate oil flow from Deepwater Horizon Macondo well
• New force driving Earth's tectonic plates
• Mercury vapor released from broken compact fluorescent light bulbs can exceed safe exposure levels for humans, study finds
• A mother's salt intake could be key to prenatal kidney development
• Eggs' antioxidant properties may help prevent heart disease and cancer, study suggests
• Cod stick to their own shipwreck
• Bigger than football: Study shows sports can help communities recover from disaster
• Termites' digestive system could act as biofuel refinery
• Researchers push the boundary with high carbon emission scenarios
• Naked mole-rat genome: Scientists sequence DNA of cancer-resistant rodent
• New salmonella-based 'clean vaccines' aid the fight against infectious disease
• Air pollution linked to learning and memory problems, depression
• Functioning small intestine created in laboratory experiments
• Fisher decline documented in California
• How hot did Earth get in the past? Team of scientists uncovers new information
• Dietary leucine may fight pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome: Study shows improvements in animals with amino acid in diet
• Food-process engineering: Environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics

Posted 2011-07-06:

• Environs prompt advantageous gene mutations as plants grow; changes passed to progeny
• Genome analysis will reveal how bacteria in our guts make themselves at home
• Fifty-year search for calcium channel ends: Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein
• One skull + two brains = four objects in mind
• Kinetochores prefer the 'silent' DNA sections of the chromosome
• Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
• Australian volcano eruptions overdue, new study confirms
• Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils
• Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron
• Pigeons never forget a face
• New technique advances bioprinting of cells
• Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma
• Study sheds light on tunicate evolution
• Specialized seeds can really float your boat
• Final space shuttle to carry five University of Colorado at Boulder-built payloads
• Smithsonian's National Zoo welcomes whooping crane
• Cool-season grasses more profitable than warm-season grasses; Swine effluent provides fertilizer boost equal to urea
• Processes for obtaining ecological compound that can optimize biodiesel enhanced

Posted 2011-07-05:

• Biofuels from the sea: Seaweed may prove a viable future biofuel, especially if harvested in summer
• Design and print your own 3-D chocolate objects
• Tree frogs' self-cleaning feet could solve a sticky problem
• 'Megapixel' DNA replication technology promises faster, more precise diagnostics
• Researchers map the physics of Tibetan singing bowls
• Pre-pregnancy diet affects the health of future offspring, mouse study suggests
• Protein structure of key molecule in DNA transcription system deciphered
• Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets, climate models show
• First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human
• Zinc and the zebrafish: Fluorescent fish could hold key to understanding diabetes and other diseases
• Sport performance follows a physiological law; Study suggests peak at 20-30 years of age, then irreversible decline

Posted 2011-07-04:

• The smell of danger: Rats instinctively avoid compound in carnivore urine
• Red wine: Exercise in a bottle?
• Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
• Tongue makes the difference in how fish and mammals chew
• Changes in specific dietary factors may have big impact on long-term weight gain
• Toward a more efficient use of solar energy
• Nuclear waste requires cradle-to-grave strategy, study finds

Posted 2011-07-03:

• Web weaving skills provide clues to aging, spider study reveals
• Hawaii is not an evolutionary dead end for marine life, snail study finds
• New theory on origin of birds: Enlarged skeletal muscles
• Flapping micro air vehicles inspired by swifts
• 'Goat plague' threat to global food security and economy must be tackled, experts warn

Posted 2011-07-02:

• Foods with baked milk may help build tolerance in children with dairy allergies, study suggests
• Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view: Pigeons can inform navigation technology design
• NASA's Aura Satellite measures pollution from New Mexico, Arizona fires
• Loudest animal is recorded for the first time
• Variation in susceptibility to a virus is the key to understanding infection biology
• At the feet of the pharaohs: Capturing the majesty of Luxor in 3-D
• Preventing diabetes damage: Zinc's effects on a kinky, two-faced cohort
• Scientists use 'optogenetics' to control reward-seeking behavior
• La Niña's exit leaves climate forecasts in limbo
• Social networking -- 400 years ago
• New approach to link genome-wide association signals to biological function
• Plastic found in nine percent of 'garbage patch' fishes: Tens of thousands of tons of debris annually ingested
• Scientists hope to get glimpse of adolescent universe from revolutionary instrument-on-a-chip
• Transmission lines for nanofocusing of infrared light
• Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation near airports, researchers find
• Time to make more out of waste
• Big hole filled in cloud research

Posted 2011-07-01:

• Scientists study earthquake triggers in Pacific Ocean
• Moving microscopic vision into another new dimension
• Tranquillity formula could increase health benefits of visiting urban and country parks
• X-rays reveal patterns in the plumage of the first birds
• Evolutionary kings of the hill use good, bad and ugly mutations to speed ahead of competition
• New fossils demonstrate that powerful eyes evolved in a twinkling
• Genetic alterations in pig tissue may allow for human transplantation
• MicroRNAs in the songbird brain respond to new songs
• Human ancestor older than previously thought; Finding offers new insights into evolution
• Ladybirds -- wolves in sheep's clothing
• Average U.S. temperature increases by 0.5 degrees F
• 2010 one of two warmest years on record; El Niño-Southern Oscillation and other climate patterns play major role
• Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from a blessing to a curse for zooplankton
• Unearthing the appearance of ancient animals: X-ray technique for determining fossil pigmentation patterns
• Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past
• Aircraft influence the local weather, new study shows; Inadvertent cloud seeding can increase precipitation around major airports

Posted 2011-06-30:

• Rockin' tortoises: A 150-year-old new species
• New malaria protein structure upends theory of how cells grow and move
• Multiple sclerosis-like disease discovered in monkeys
• SIV-resistant monkeys close the gates to viral infection
• Growing plants on oil contaminated land
• New method for imaging molecules inside cells
• Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
• A happy life is a long one for orangutans
• Farm animal disease to increase with climate change, scientists say
• Domed dinosaur was king of the head butt
• How bumblebees tackle the traveling salesman problem
• Gene flow may help plants adapt to climate change
• Bacterium engineered with DNA in which thymine is replaced by synthetic building block
• Climate change makes some chemicals more toxic to aquatic life, study finds
• Tiny ring laser accurately detects and counts nanoparticles
• Surgeon shows simple cotton swab slashes post-surgical wound infections
• Conservation dollars and sense: A case for shark conservation through ecotourism
• BPA-exposed male deer mice are demasculinized and undesirable to females, new study finds
• Female mate choice enhances offspring fitness in an annual herb
• Peat wildfire smoke linked to heart failure risk
• GOES satellites see ash still spewing from Chilean volcano
• Researchers contribute to global plant database, expanding ecosystems research
• Understanding impacts of aerosols and trace gases on climate and air quality

Posted 2011-06-29:

• Mystery ingredient in coffee boosts protection against Alzheimer's disease, study finds
• High levels of toxic compounds found on coasts of West Africa
• Natural sequence farming could affect global climate change
• Does grilling kill E. coli O157:H7?
• Starch-controlling gene fuels more protein in soybean plants
• Inkjet printing could change the face of solar energy industry
• Tropical birds return to harvested rainforest areas in Brazil
• Ancient symbiosis between animals and bacteria discovered
• Will new drugs block hepatitis C virus in its tracks?

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