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

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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
• Discovery opens new options for improving transfusions
• NASA's Aura satellite measures pollution 'Butterfly' from fires in Central Africa
• Scientists discover new role for vitamin C in the eye and the brain
• Breakthrough toward quantum computing
• When the first choice isn't available, why don't consumers choose the obvious second choice?

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
• Maternal nutrition: What impact does it have on gene expression?
• Your brain on androids
• Shop when you're happy: Positive feelings improve consumer decision-making abilities
• Dramatic climate swings likely as world warms: Ancient El Niño clue to future floods
• Diabetes drug may prevent or delay development of polycystic ovary syndrome, the most common cause of infertility in women
• Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells by blocking their response to oxidative stress
• Weight-loss surgery cost-effective for all obese, study suggests
• Virtual natural environments and benefits to health
• Size matters: Why do people eat less when they have big forks?
• Most elliptical galaxies are 'like spirals'
• New gene identified for restless legs syndrome
• Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain cancer treatment
• Childhood cancer no higher in vicinity of nuclear power plants, Swiss study suggests
• Separated for 20 million years: Blind beetle from Bulgarian caves clarifies questions
• When the brain remembers but the patient doesn’t
• Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate
• Breaking the chain: 'Molecular cap' blocks processes that lead to Alzheimer's, HIV
• 'Amplified' nanotubes may power the future
• Novel combined therapy extends life, diminishes pain in brain cancer patients
• Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry
• Eating disorders impact brain function, new brain research suggests
• First adenovirus to jump between monkeys and humans confirmed
• Protein switch controls how stem cells turn into new heart tissue
• How to grow wires and tiny plates: Liquid processing method can control shapes of nanowires and produce complete electronic devices
• Obstructive sleep apnea linked to blood vessel abnormalities
• Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say
• Abnormal brain ultrasounds in premature infants indicate future risk of psychiatric disorders
• Editing the genome: Scientists unveil new tools for rewriting the code of life
• Large waist doubles risk of kidney disease mortality, study finds
• Fast-shrinking Greenland glacier experienced rapid growth during cooler times
• Poor bone health may start early in people with multiple sclerosis
• New opportunity for AM radio
• Ghrelin increases willingness to pay for food
• Brainy lizards pass test for birds
• PSA test for men could get a second life for breast cancer in women
• 'Dry rot' genome offers lessons for biofuel pretreatment processes: Breaking down cellulose without blasting lignin
• New study may lead to quicker diagnosis, improved treatment for fatal lung disease
• A LEAP in controlling cardiac fibrillation: Researchers develop a new low-energy defibrillation method
• Half of patients with Parkinson's disease and psychosis treated with antipsychotic agents, including drugs that may worsen Parkinson symptoms, study finds
• Children with public health insurance less likely to receive comprehensive primary care
• Dynamics behind magical thinking and charismatic leadership revealed
• Conducting energy on a nano scale: Are 'doped' nanocrystals the future of technology?

Posted 2011-07-15:

• What activates a supermassive black hole? Galaxy collisions not the culprits, even in the jam-packed early universe
• Early-stage melanoma tumors contain clues to metastatic potential
• Enzymes for cell wall synthesis conserved across species barriers
• Benefit of blood glucose lowering to near-normal levels remains unclear
• Red light from carbon nanotubes
• Secret to successful aging: How 'positivity effect' works in brain
• Loss of large predators has caused widespread disruption of ecosystems
• Mutation in a protein-sorting gene is linked with Parkinson's disease
• Chemistry: Separation a thousand-fold faster may lead to new composite materials
• Bone marrow transplant survival more than doubles for young high-risk leukemia patients
• NASA spacecraft to enter asteroid's orbit on July 15
• Database explains strange survival of irregular verbs
• Soft memory device opens door to new biocompatible electronics
• Cancer gene therapy from camels
• Molecules 'light up' Alzheimer's roots
• Study challenges baby formula claim
• Life in 'inner space': Joint mission to film marine life three kilometers down
• Humans 'predisposed' to believe in gods and the afterlife
• New planets feature young star and twin Neptunes
• Print your own teeth: Rapid prototyping comes to dentistry
• Brain network connections revealed
• Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Pediatric cardiologists not always accurate in interpreting ECG results, study finds
• Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system
• Is meditation the push-up for the brain? Study shows practice may have potential to change brain's physical structure
• New way to store sun's heat: Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely, then be recharged by exposure to the sun
• Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows
• Pixel perfect: Lens-free, pinhead-size camera developed
• Why stored transfusion blood may become less safe with age
• New method for making human-based gelatin
• Higher cigarette taxes don't deter all smokers, study finds; Smokers aged 25 to 44 most unresponsive to price increases
• Neuroscientists uncover neural mechanisms of object recognition
• Stem cell 'memory' can boost insulin levels
• Narrowest bridges of gold are also the strongest, study finds
• Unsolved mystery of kava toxicity
• Genetically modified Atlantic salmon mating study reveals danger of escape to wild gene pool
• People at risk for panic buffered from stressor by high levels of physical activity
• Soil microbes accelerate global warming
• Why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer
• Spread of fungus-farming beetles is bad news for trees
• Pivotal study in Africa finds that HIV medications prevent HIV infection
• Faster 3-D nanoimaging a possibility with full color synchrotron light
• Goalies tend to dive right in World Cup penalty shoot-outs when their team is behind ... why?
• Breathing restored after spinal cord injury in rodent model
• Modulation of inhibitory output is key function of antiobesity hormone
• Colorful boundary trespassers: Burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago
• Health-care model improves diabetes outcomes and health, study finds
• Expert help from a distance
• Positive reframing, acceptance and humor are the most effective coping strategies
• 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'
• Supercomputer: SDSC's Trestles provides rapid turnaround for diverse researchers
• Environmental factors predict underserved children's physical activity
• Current, not prior, depression predicts crack cocaine use
• 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
• Short-term hormone therapy plus radiation therapy increases survival for men with early-stage prostate cancer, study finds
• Atomic structure discovered for a sodium channel that generates electrical signals in living cells
• Talking about faith increases hospital patients' overall satisfaction, study finds
• Evolved stars locked in fatalistic dance
• Researchers demystify a fountain of youth in the adult brain
• Climate adaptation of rice
• Molasses extract decreases obesity caused by a high-fat diet, research suggests
• Computerized system to prevent SIDS: 'BabyBeat' also has applications in telemedicine and remote monitoring
• A closer look at the placebo effect
• African and non-African populations intermixed well after migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago, genome studies show
• Immune system suppression linked to blood vessel formation in tumors
• 25 Tesla, world-record 'split magnet' makes its debut
• Progesterone inhibits growth of neuroblastoma cancer cells
• New understandings of circadian rhythms
• Stereotypes about leadership still pose barriers to women's advancement
• Efficient process using microRNA converts human skin cells into neurons
• Contact allergies may trigger immune system defences to ward off cancer
• Popular fungicides failing, may cause hard choices for apple growers
• The metabolic effects of antipsychotic drugs
• New electric concept car has excellent driving dynamics
• Respiratory disorders prevalent in the Middle East: Desert climate, chemical warfare, water-pipe smoking contribute to lung diseases
• Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered
• New means of overcoming antiviral resistance in influenza
• Supramolecules get time to shine: Technique reveals interactions between nanotubes, photoluminescent materials
• Cancer mortality rates are higher in men than women in U.S., study finds
• Cat litter to become an edible product?
• Your mother was right: Good posture makes you tougher
• Ancient algae: Genetically engineering a path to new energy sources?
• Newly discovered molecule essential to resetting 'body clocks'
• Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps
• Multiple 'siblings' from every gene: Alternate gene reading leads to alternate gene products
• Intelligent street lighting saves up to 80% on energy
• Accentuating the positive may eliminate the negative in teenagers with anxiety
• Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection
• Advice to drink eight glasses of water a day 'nonsense,' argues doctor
• Scientists model physics of a key dark-energy probe: Simulations improve characterization of cosmology’s 'standard ruler’
• Study investigates association between intake of sodium and potassium and deaths among U.S. adults
• Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in U.S. Midwest, study finds
• Family meals remain important through teen years, expert says
• Bodyguard for the brain: Researchers identify mechanism that seems to protect brain from aging
• Low dose naltrexone: Harnessing the body's own chemistry to treat human ovarian cancer
• 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
• Male flirts less happy at work
• Cancer data not readily available for future research
• Existence of 'trial effect' in HIV clinical trials confirmed
• New approaches for aircraft operations aboard carriers examined
• Biologists discover an 'evening' protein complex that regulates plant growth
• Improving surgical outcomes for children, cancer patients
• Number of Mexican immigrants returning home dropped during latest recession, study finds
• Neural mechanisms of object recognition discovered
• Message in a bottle: Teaching business skills in developing countries
• Structural factors integral to understanding girls' vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
• Rise in risk inequality helps explain polarized US voters
• Stem cell treatment may restore cognitive function in patients with brain cancer
• Psychological adaptation of adopted children examined in Spanish study

Posted 2011-07-13:

• Computer learns language by playing games
• Positron emission tomography may help identify the presence of Alzheimer's disease lesions in the brain
• Deeper insight in the activity of cortical cells
• Younger age associated with greater treatment response in children with amblyopia
• Pesticide pathways into the atmosphere
• Neighborhood fast food availability related to an individual's fast food consumption
• Border fences pose threats to wildlife on US-Mexico border, study shows
• Indirubin, component Of Chinese herbal remedy, might block brain tumor's spread, study suggests
• Hubble's Neptune anniversary pictures
• Researchers suggest ways for physicians to individualize cost-effectiveness of treatments
• Greener disaster alerts: Low-energy wireless sensor networks warn of hurricanes, earthquakes
• Cracking the code of the mind
• One in 10 species could face extinction: Decline in species shows climate change warnings not exaggerated, research finds
• Too much sitting may be bad for your health
• Eating nuts daily could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent complications, study suggests
• Effects of exercise on meal-related gut hormone signals
• Long distance: Research shows ancient rock under Haiti came from 1,000+ miles away
• Evidence for 'food addiction' in humans
• Biomarker for autism discovered
• HPV infection highly prevalent among organ transplant recipients, study reveals
• Switch from corn to grass would raise ethanol output, cut emissions
• Seven in one blow: Scientists discover DNA regions influencing prostate cancer risk
• Lie of the land beneath glaciers influences impact on sea levels
• Consortium warns U.S. policymakers against clear-cutting selected science budgets
• 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
• Even before language, babies learn the world through sounds
• Forest trees remember their roots
• Nervous system stem cells can replace themselves, give rise to variety of cell types, even amplify
• Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from blessing to curse for zooplankton
• New way to classify post-cardiac arrest patients to better predict outcomes
• Plants in cities are an underestimated carbon store
• Parkinson's disease patients may benefit from virtual-reality-based therapies
• Most of world's 'missing species' live in known hotspots, study finds
• Scientists solve mystery of nerve disease genes; Findings may lead to new therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and other conditions
• E. coli can survive in streambed sediments for months
• Arthroscopic treatment of common hip problem improves range of motion, study finds
• 'Automotive Internet': New app reduces motorway pile-ups by 40 percent
• Smoking does not keep you slim, Swedish research shows
• Deformed limbs one of several birth defects linked to smoking in pregnancy
• Mutations can spur dangerous identity crisis in cells
• Telomeres: Two genes linked to why they stretch in cancer cells
• Vitamin D insufficiency prevalent among psoriatic arthritis suffers
• LiquidText software supports active reading through fingertip manipulation of text
• Satisfaction with the components of everyday life appears protective against heart disease
• Not all U.S. hospitals are following guidelines for percutaneous revascularization procedures for some patients with an occluded artery following a heart attack
• Researchers urge awareness of dietary iodine intake in postpartum Korean-American women who consume brown seaweed soup
• An often illegal sales tactic contributed to housing crash
• Scleroderma study identifies roadblocks to employment
• New genetic risk factor for sudden cardiac death
• First-ever review finds smoking causes serious birth defects; March of Dimes urges women to quit smoking to save babies
• 3-D integrated DRAM-on-logic for low-power mobile applications demonstrated
• Implant-free quantum-well SiGe pFETs for future high-performance CMOS architectures
• Breakthroughs in enabling future DRAM and RRAM

Posted 2011-07-12:

• Owl study expands understanding of human stereovision
• Key role of microRNAs in melanoma metastasis identified
• When viruses infect bacteria: Looking in vivo at virus-bacterium associations
• More oxygen in eyes of African-Americans may help explain glaucoma risk
• First student hydrogen racing car revealed
• Mortality rises, efficiency declines at teaching hospitals, due to 'July Effect'
• Physicists discover new way to produce antimatter-containing atom
• Do-it-yourself brain repair following stroke
• Genetic basis of rare human diseases described
• PXR: A stepping stone from environmental chemical to cancer?
• California groundwater management trickles up from local sources
• Resilience amongst the long term ill
• Genetic switch for limbs and digits found in primitive fish: Before animals first walked on land, fish carried gene program for limbs
• Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer
• Just add water and treat brain cancer: Freeze-dried gene therapy system avoids virus, potential complications
• 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims, new study suggests
• Biofilters reduce carbon footprint of old landfill sites
• Just like teens, parents get personal on Facebook
• Underwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean
• Large human study links phthalates, BPA and thyroid hormone levels
• 'Unnatural' chemical allows researchers to watch protein action in brain cells
• Fight against sepsis: Fibrin, a product of the blood clotting process, is key to protection during gram-negative sepsis
• Natural pain relief from poisonous shrub?
• The truth about cats and dogs: Pets are good for mental health of 'everyday people'
• Researchers build an antenna for light
• Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics
• High-resolution imaging technology reveals cellular details of coronary arteries
• Male smokers less likely to need joint replacement surgery of hip or knee
• The perfect connection between guitar and computer
• Out-of-body experiences linked to neural instability and biases in body representation
• Climate change reducing ocean's carbon dioxide uptake, new analysis shows
• New genetic clues for schizophrenia; De novo mutations more frequent, study finds
• Ant colonies: Behavioral variability wins
• Vitamin D lower in NFL football players who suffered muscled injuries, study suggests
• A flash of insight: Chemist uses lasers to see proteins at work
• Ethnic, gender stereotypes bias treatment of Parkinson's disease
• Light propagation controlled in photonic chips: Major breakthrough in telecommunications field
• Unlocking the genetics and biology of joint disorder ankylosing spondylitis
• Olympia hypothesis: Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese
• Researchers characterize biomechanics of ovarian cells according to phenotype at stages of cancer

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