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Posted 2011-07-09:
- Sex -- as we know it -- works thanks to ever-evolving host-parasite relationships, biologists find
- Scientists discover how best to excite brain cells
- Prototype 'optics table on a chip' places microwave photon in two colors at once
- First whole-genome lung cancer study: Review of lung tumor from a patient who never smoked
- Chesapeake Bay pesticides: Some diminish, some persist
- How visual cues help us understand bodily motion
- A change of heart: Researchers reprogram brain cells to become heart cells
- Gene study offers clues on memory puzzle
- Increased protection urgently needed for tunas, experts urge
- Targeted agent addition to herceptin has positive effect on metastatic HER-2 breast cancer, study finds
- Viruses bathe in rivers and at the beach, too, European study finds
- Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic, study finds
- Loss of motion after knee surgery may increase osteoarthritis risk, research suggests
Posted 2011-07-09:
- Holes in fossil bones reveal dinosaur activity
- Brain stimulation preserves a memory when other memories interfere
- World War II bombing raids offer new insight into the effects of aviation on climate
- Why patients with epidermolysis bullosa suffer extreme pain
- Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China
- Heart disease and stroke worldwide tied to national income
- How memory is read out in the fly brain: MB-V2 nerve cells enable the read-out of associative memories
- Stem cell injections may offer hope to angina patients with no other options
- NASA's final space shuttle mission begins with Atlantis' launch
- Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk
- Robotics: Safety without protective barriers
- How decision-makers complicate choice
- Power from the air: Device captures ambient electromagnetic energy to drive small electronic devices
- New strategy to prevent infertility, birth defects
- New plant genus, species discovered in St. Johns River, Florida
- Half-matched transplants widen pool of donors for leukemia and lymphoma
- Chips hold the key to understanding the human brain
- Body's natural marijuana-like chemicals make fatty foods hard to resist
- Ancestry of polar bears traced to Ireland
- To combat deadly brain cancer, target the stem cells
- ‘Cling-film’ solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
- Breastfeeding does not protect against multiple sclerosis relapses, study suggests
- Nano detector for deadly anthrax
- New study on childbearing and education offers surprising findings
- Brain co-opts the body to promote moral behavior, study finds
- A drugstore within: Mesenchymal stem cells protect and heal
- Fire to become increasingly important driver of atmospheric change in warming world
- Heavy exercise not too high a hurdle for bariatric surgery patients
- Molecular gastronomy: Science behind the art of cooking
- Reported costs of drug R&D questioned
- Discovery of natural antibody brings a universal flu vaccine a step closer
- Using vital signs to predict severity of illness in children
- Big step forward for SKA radio telescope
- Understanding the antiepileptic benefits of an Atkins-like diet
- Graphene: What can go wrong? New studies point to wrinkles, process contaminants
- Future labor shortfalls of medical professionals in U.S. predicted due to new demands of health-care reform
- Brain tumor discovery could lead to new treatment
Posted 2011-07-08:
- Coating boosts nanowire efficiency and sensitivity: Promise for photodetectors and solar cells
- Drug can reverse overgrown hearts to help prevent heart failure, study suggests
- Research bolsters importance of horseshoe crab spawning for migrating shorebirds
- Kidney cancer discovery could expand treatment options
- Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to 1 billion
- Blame game: Sleepier college students are more likely to blame others and plan revenge
- Stardust in our backyard provides new clues to galaxy evolution
- Unexpected cell repairs the injured spinal cord
- Cellular origin of deadly brain cancer identified
- Stem cells know where they want to go: Pluripotent cells are not all equal
- Sex is not about promoting genetic variation, researchers argue
- Ironic effects of anti-prejudice messages
- First successful transplantation of a synthetic tissue engineered windpipe
- Drug 'shield' helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria
- Evolution and domestication of seed structure shown to use same genetic mutation
- Mutations in one gene cause craniosynostosis, delayed tooth eruption and supernumerary teeth
- Promising fire retardant results when clay nanofiller has space
- Leaving anger on the field: Statistics show that sports help ease aggression in boys
- Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets
- Scientists devise way to sort brain cells for potential transplants
- Eye of Gaia: billion-pixel camera to map Milky Way
- ‘Brake-override’ proteins that enable development of some cancers identified
- Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop
- Childhood asthma linked to depression during pregnancy
- The rise and rise of the flying reptiles: Pterosaurs not driven into extinction by birds, study reveals
- Discovery of why sunburn hurts could lead to new pain relief for inflammatory conditions
- 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
- Cutting down on salt doesn't reduce your chance of dying, review suggests
- Cosmic 'axis of evil': Masses of universe's largest objects appear to depend on which method is used to weigh them
- Gene therapy stimulates protein that blocks immune attack and prevents type 1 diabetes in mice
- Mushroom lights up the night in Brazil: Researcher finds bioluminescent fungus not seen since 1840
- Genetic defects hold clues to risk for sudden cardiac death
- Gene secrets of the reef revealed: Genome of staghorn coral Acropora millepora sequenced
- Women less likely than men to fake soccer injuries
- Beauty is in the medial orbito-frontal cortex of the beholder
- Cheap, common drug could dramatically reduce malaria transmission in Africa
- Being small has its advantages -- if you are a leaf
- Combination therapy as good as old regimen to prevent full-blown TB in people with/without HIV
- Baseball cheaters can't hide from the laws of physics
- Healthy lifestyle associated with low risk of sudden cardiac death in women
- Mechanical micro-drum cooled to quantum ground state
- Diabetes drug side effects traced to fat action
- Natural iron fertilization influences deep-sea ecosystems off the Crozet Islands
- Blood pressure drug shows some muscle: Researchers discover losartan protects against loss of old or damaged muscle
- Branch offices: New family of gold-based nanoparticles could serve as biomedical 'testbed'
- Post-traumatic stress disorder common following significant orthopedic trauma
- Adult stem cells may improve cardiac function in angina patients; Study finds improvement in chest pain and exercise tolerance
- Juno mission: Gas giant spacecraft all gassed up
- Herschel helps solve mystery of cosmic dust origins
- 'Pinkwashing' is a form of social injustice, experts assert
- Detecting hearing defects in newborns
- Organizational climate at universities drives commercialization of scientific and engineering discoveries
- With climate changes, polar bear and brown bear lineages intertwine
- Seven new mice species discovered
- UK education: Special needs students and teachers are victims of 'muddled' approach to schooling
- Oceanographic campaign for the study of the large submarine valleys of Catalonia
- U.S. Health: Large state disparities in progress against colorectal cancer
- Previous cancer history increases chances of clotting disorders after knee surgery, study suggests
- Graft size and patient age may be predictor of need for future anterior cruciate ligament revisions
- Possible gender link in knee injuries
- Cancer patients with blood clots gain no benefit from adding IVCF to fondaparinux
- Endosonography followed by surgical staging improves quality of life, according to new study
- Non-small cell lung cancer: TEMLA shows higher diagnostic yield than EBUS or EUS in largest reported series to date
- Lung cancer: Amrubicin improved response rate and progression-free survival vs. topotecan in Phase III trial
Posted 2011-07-07:
- Rhesus monkeys appear to have a form of self-awareness not previously attributed to them, research suggests
- Celecoxib may prevent lung cancer in former smokers
- Dealing with pollution, James Bond style
- Researchers link genetic marker to rectal cancer treatment
- NMR/MRI applied to microfluidic chromatography
- Thinking globally to improve mental health
- Cassini captures images and sounds of Saturn storm
- Those aching joints could be in your genes
- Surprising culprits behind cell death from fat and sugar overload
- Vitamin D can help elderly women survive, review suggests
- A look back: Scientists raced to estimate oil flow from Deepwater Horizon Macondo well
- Distract yourself or think it over? Two ways to deal with negative emotions
- New force driving Earth's tectonic plates
- Higher daily dose of aspirin could play key role in preventing heart attacks for those with diabetes
- 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
- You are what you tweet: Tracking public health trends with Twitter
- Socioeconomic status as child dictates response to stress as adult
- Hydrogen peroxide found in space
- Eggs' antioxidant properties may help prevent heart disease and cancer, study suggests
- Unique gel capsule structure enables co-delivery of different types of drugs
- What causes brain cancer? Understanding glioblastoma at the genetic, molecular level
- 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 flip the switch between development and aging in C. elegans
- New technology makes textiles permanently germ-free
- Metabolic shift may offer early cancer clue
- Researchers push the boundary with high carbon emission scenarios
- How the body learns to make accurate movements: In motor learning, it's actions -- not intentions -- that count
- Naked mole-rat genome: Scientists sequence DNA of cancer-resistant rodent
- High folate intake may reduce risk of colorectal cancer
- New salmonella-based 'clean vaccines' aid the fight against infectious disease
- Botulinum toxin does not cure common forms of neck pain
- Sounding rockets study how winds in space drive currents in the upper atmosphere
- Air pollution linked to learning and memory problems, depression
- Functioning small intestine created in laboratory experiments
- 'Gifted' natural vitamin E tocotrienol protects brain against stroke in three ways
- Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer
- Test for chromosome abnormalities sheds light on genetic origins of faulty eggs
- Fisher decline documented in California
- Rose-colored beer goggles: Some drinkers believe social benefits of heavy drinking outweigh harms
- How hot did Earth get in the past? Team of scientists uncovers new information
- Twin study shows lifestyle, diet can significantly influence course of macular degeneration
- Bone loss prevention experiment on the last space shuttle flight
- Dietary leucine may fight pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome: Study shows improvements in animals with amino acid in diet
- New method used to detect 20 drugs in cow, goat and human milk
- Voting in elections is stressful -- emotionally and physiologically
- John Theurer Cancer Center BMT researchers highlight the importance of social support
- Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage
- Worldwide study identifies top global challenges in mental health
- Experiment aboard shuttle Atlantis will test novel therapy to build bone during space travel
- Food-process engineering: Environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics
- Sun's 'DNA' revealed
- New microsystem for better drug-testing
- For the first time, the European IVF Monitoring Group reports on cycles using frozen eggs
- Nordic study shows marginally higher but overall low risk of stillbirth in ART children
- Increased investment in thoracic surgical expertise increased UK lung cancer resection rate
- Elderly Dutch lung patients' survival improved by new treatment options between 2003-2009
- Women, elderly, minorities poorly represented in lung cancer drug trial data submitted to US FDA
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
- HIV disrupts blood-brain barrier: Cellular study suggests way virus may cause neurological deficits
- Researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss
- Fifty-year search for calcium channel ends: Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein
- One skull + two brains = four objects in mind
- New laser technology could kill viruses and improve DVDs
- Preventive use of one form of natural vitamin E may reduce stroke damage
- NASA's Hubble makes one millionth science observation
- Moving beyond embryonic stem cells: Encouragement on the horizon
- Kinetochores prefer the 'silent' DNA sections of the chromosome
- New research shows that we control our forgetfulness
- Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
- Findings in mice have potential to curb obesity and Type 2 diabetes
- Laser, electric fields combined for new 'lab-on-chip' technologies
- New technology enables quick and scarless surgery for stomach tumors
- Australian volcano eruptions overdue, new study confirms
- Behavioral treatment for migraines a cost-effective alternative to meds, study finds
- Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils
- Answers for treating obesity-related diseases may reside in fat tissue, study shows
- Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron
- How many embryos to transfer? Swedish researchers develop new method to avoid twins while maintaining high live birth rates
- Key ingredient: Change in material boosts prospects of ultrafast single-photon detector
- Taller women more likely to have twins after double embryo transfer
- Ultimate energy efficiency: Magnetic microprocessors could use million times less energy than today's silicon chips
- Prenatal exposure to certain antidepressants may modestly increase risk of autism spectrum disorders, study suggests
- Pigeons never forget a face
- Radiation protection in pediatric radiology
- New technique advances bioprinting of cells
- Dentists' role in painkiller abuse
- Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma
- Patients with eating disorders have an elevated rate of death
- Study sheds light on tunicate evolution
- Overlooked peptide reveals clues to causes of Alzheimer's disease
- Specialized seeds can really float your boat
- Massage eases low back pain in randomized controlled trial
- 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
- Patients at small, isolated, rural hospitals in US more likely to receive lower quality of care
- Processes for obtaining ecological compound that can optimize biodiesel enhanced
- PET scan with [11C]erlotinib may provide noninvasive method to identify TKI-responsive lung tumors
- ALK rearrangement found in nearly 10 percent of patients in Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium
- High EGFR expression a predictor for improved survival with cetuximab plus chemotherapy
- People who suffer from antibiotic-resistant bacteria must be better addressed in health care, experts urge
Posted 2011-07-05:
- Genetic component of autism spectrum disorders may be moderate compared to environment, twin study suggests
- Smokers using varenicline to quit the habit at greater risk of heart attack, study suggests
- Biofuels from the sea: Seaweed may prove a viable future biofuel, especially if harvested in summer
- New research addresses the major cause of pregnancy loss in IVF
- Design and print your own 3-D chocolate objects
- Length of parental military deployment associated with children's mental health diagnoses, study finds
- 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
- Ingredients of happiness around the world
- Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets, climate models show
- Could ovarian stimulation cause an increase in oocyte chromosome abnormalities?
- First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human
- Zinc and the zebrafish: Fluorescent fish could hold key to understanding diabetes and other diseases
- Important step in next generation of computing: Vital insight into spintronics
- Sport performance follows a physiological law; Study suggests peak at 20-30 years of age, then irreversible decline
- Pregnancy and birth environment may affect development of autism in twins, study finds
- Balance tips toward environment as heritability ebbs in autism? Non-inherited genetic factors also in the mix, study finds
- Exposure to anti-depressants in pregnancy may increase autism risk, study suggests
- Popular smoking cessation drug associated with 72 percent increased risk of serious CV events, study finds
- Varenicline for smoking cessation linked to increased risk of serious harmful cardiac events, study finds
Posted 2011-07-04:
- The smell of danger: Rats instinctively avoid compound in carnivore urine
- Possible new target for sarcoma treatment and prevention
- Red wine: Exercise in a bottle?
- Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
- New light shed on the private lives of electrons: Lasers allow scientists to observe how electrons become entangled
- Women get up sooner than men after a fall in soccer, study finds
- Tongue makes the difference in how fish and mammals chew
- New biomarker predicts breast cancer relapse
- Changes in specific dietary factors may have big impact on long-term weight gain
- Cell rigidity linked to activity in proteins associated with cancer
- Toward a more efficient use of solar energy
- Nuclear waste requires cradle-to-grave strategy, study finds
Posted 2011-07-03:
- 'Odd couple' binary star system makes dual gamma-ray flares
- Key immune substance linked to asthma, study finds
- Web weaving skills provide clues to aging, spider study reveals
- In pilot study, screening detects potentially serious heart conditions in healthy children
- Hawaii is not an evolutionary dead end for marine life, snail study finds
- Good communication in early years key to success at school, UK study shows
- New theory on origin of birds: Enlarged skeletal muscles
- Potential of simple injection on patients with head injury
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