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for the Week of June 26 to July 3, 2011
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Posted 2011-07-02:
- '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
- Flapping micro air vehicles inspired by swifts
- More sensitive test for cardiac biomarker may better identify patients who experienced heart attack
- Breaking Kasha's rule: Scientists find unique luminescence in tetrapod nanocrystals
- 'Goat plague' threat to global food security and economy must be tackled, experts warn
Posted 2011-07-02:
- Clocking Neptune's spin by tracking atmospheric features
- 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
- Intravenous nutrition for critically ill patients must not be administered too early, Belgian study finds
- NASA's Aura Satellite measures pollution from New Mexico, Arizona fires
- Money and mimicry: Examining the psychological effect of money and how it affects our behavior and emotions
- Loudest animal is recorded for the first time
- New class of antiangiogenesis drugs: Natural plant compound blocks blood vessel growth by interfering with cellular adhesion
- Making a spectacle of star formation in Orion
- Variation in susceptibility to a virus is the key to understanding infection biology
- Why 'event cloaks' could be the key to the ultimate bank heist
- Foot positioning during walking and running may influence ankle sprains
- Quantum 'graininess' of space at smaller scales? Gamma-ray observatory challenges physics beyond Einstein
- HIV-inhibiting mechanism identified
- 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
- WiFi 'napping' doubles phone battery life
- Sound localization at cocktail parties is easier for men
- Scientists use 'optogenetics' to control reward-seeking behavior
- Electromagnetic fields can disturb learning, study suggests, but only at very high levels
- Babies are specially attuned to our voices and emotions
- Adult stem cells carry their own baggage: Epigenetics guides stem cell fate
- La Niña's exit leaves climate forecasts in limbo
- Social networking -- 400 years ago
- NASA's Spitzer finds distant galaxies grazed on gas
- New clues to the cause of Alzheimer’s disease
- Don't show, don't tell? Direct instruction can thwart independent exploration
- New approach to link genome-wide association signals to biological function
- Neuroscientists' discovery could bring relief to epilepsy sufferers; Computational model of epileptic seizures at molecular level
- Learning faces of different races: Clues to why 'they' all look alike
- Plastic found in nine percent of 'garbage patch' fishes: Tens of thousands of tons of debris annually ingested
- Novel genetic variation linked to increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest
- Scientists hope to get glimpse of adolescent universe from revolutionary instrument-on-a-chip
- Massive genome studies identify genetics behind white blood cell counts
- Transmission lines for nanofocusing of infrared light
- Combining physical activity with classroom lessons results in improved test scores
- Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation near airports, researchers find
- Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis
- Recalculation of the Potsdam geoid shows time-dependent variation of gravity
- Structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit
- ‘Nanocrystal doping’ results in semiconductor nanocrystals with enhanced electrical function
- Obese people can suffer from social anxiety disorder due to weight alone
- Solving the puzzle of cognitive problems caused by HIV infection
- Washington, D.C. study shows racial disparities in emergency stroke treatment
- Time to make more out of waste
- Health providers should emphasize breast cancer screening, research finds
- Big hole filled in cloud research
- Self-referral: A significant factor in imaging growth
- Extended sleep improves the athletic performance of collegiate basketball players
- Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) improves radiologists' use of clinical decision support systems
Posted 2011-07-01:
- How social pressure can affect what we remember: Scientists track brain activity as false memories are formed
- New mechanism used by cells to reverse silenced genes
- Scientists study earthquake triggers in Pacific Ocean
- Novel analysis method organizes genomic cancer data
- 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
- Heart transplant patients at risk for serious skin cancers, study finds
- Evolutionary kings of the hill use good, bad and ugly mutations to speed ahead of competition
- Women win out in gastrointestinal surgery
- The future of chip manufacturing
- TV food advertising increases children's preference for unhealthy foods, study finds
- New fossils demonstrate that powerful eyes evolved in a twinkling
- Your brain on nicotine: Nicotine receptors affect social behavior
- Squeezed light from single atoms
- Variation in make-up of generic epilepsy drugs can lead to dosing problems, study suggests
- 'Dirty hack' restores Cluster mission from near loss
- Why do we share stories, news and information with others?
- 'Zombie' stars key to measuring dark energy
- Genetic alterations in pig tissue may allow for human transplantation
- MicroRNAs in the songbird brain respond to new songs
- Resistant mice provide clues about successful immune response to retroviruses
- Water can flow below -130°C
- Using fear to guide smart investments
- Human ancestor older than previously thought; Finding offers new insights into evolution
- Scientists identify order of mutations that lead to cancer
- Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots: Intelligent machines develop 'self-awareness'
- Osteoarthritis incidence significantly higher among U.S. military personnel compared to general population, study finds
- Metal particle generates new hope for hydrogen energy
- Fidgeting your way to fitness
- Researchers can predict future actions from human brain activity
- Lung cancer: Study shows 20 percent reduction in mortality with low-dose CT vs chest X-ray
- Ladybirds -- wolves in sheep's clothing
- Getting enough 'sunshine vitamin' may not just be about catching rays, new blood test reveals
- Researchers image graphene electron clouds, revealing how folds can harm conductivity
- Drink-fueled memory blackouts among students predict future injury risk
- Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells to deliver cancer-fighting drugs
- New therapy for childhood neuroblastoma proves feasible and safe, study finds
- Average U.S. temperature increases by 0.5 degrees F
- Internet program reduces infant and toddler sleep problems, helps moms sleep better too
- Scientists developing robotic hand of the future
- Text message support for smokers doubles quit rates
- 2010 one of two warmest years on record; El Niño-Southern Oscillation and other climate patterns play major role
- Possible way to make bladder cancer cells more susceptible to chemotherapy
- 'Sensing skin' could monitor the health of concrete infrastructure continually and inexpensively
- Blocking molecular target could make more cancers treatable with PARP inhibitors
- Outpatient electronic prescribing systems don't cut out common mistakes, study suggests
- Flexible schedule is key to keeping working moms on the job
- Sun and planets constructed differently, analysis from NASA mission suggests
- Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from a blessing to a curse for zooplankton
- Up to 220,000 California children excluded from health care reform due to immigrant status, experts say
- 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
- Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis
- The over-80s are locked out of modern banking
- Targeted contrast agent reveals colon cancer
Posted 2011-06-30:
- Rockin' tortoises: A 150-year-old new species
- Components of speech recognition pathway in humans identified
- New malaria protein structure upends theory of how cells grow and move
- Model of a migraine indicates increased neuronal excitability as a possible cause
- Ultra-sensitive graphene device for spintronics
- Can soda tax curb obesity? Surprising reason why soda tax to reduce obesity won't work
- Who's happy? How long we look at happy faces is in our genes
- Multiple sclerosis-like disease discovered in monkeys
- Ghrelin likely involved in why we choose 'comfort foods' when stressed
- SIV-resistant monkeys close the gates to viral infection
- Growing plants on oil contaminated land
- Many Americans approve of stem cell research for curing serious diseases
- Silver pen has the write stuff for flexible electronics
- Low body fat may not lower risk for heart disease and diabetes, genetic study shows
- New method for imaging molecules inside cells
- Mechanism by which chronic stress causes brain disease identified
- Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
- Lack of empathy following traumatic brain injury associated with reduced responsiveness to anger
- Universe's most distant quasar found, powered by massive black hole
- Natural gases as a therapy for heart disease?
- A happy life is a long one for orangutans
- Evolution of skin and ovarian cancer cells
- Farm animal disease to increase with climate change, scientists say
- Dyslexia linked to difficulties in perceiving rhythmic patterns in music
- Domed dinosaur was king of the head butt
- Children’s hay fever relieved by cellulose powder without adverse effects, study suggests
- How bumblebees tackle the traveling salesman problem
- New molecular pathway involved in wound-healing and temperature sensation
- Gene flow may help plants adapt to climate change
- Jackson Pollock, artist and physicist?
- Bacterium engineered with DNA in which thymine is replaced by synthetic building block
- Chemical produced in pancreas prevented and reversed diabetes in mice
- Genes influence memory and sense of orientation
- New procedure treats atrial fibrillation
- Climate change makes some chemicals more toxic to aquatic life, study finds
- Mood and experience: Life comes at you
- 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
- Quality of hospital care in US territories appears lower than in US states, report finds
- Splitsville for boron nitride nanotubes
- Black members of Adventist church defy health disparities, study shows
- BPA-exposed male deer mice are demasculinized and undesirable to females, new study finds
- Finding could lead to reduced side effects in anti-cancer antibiotics
- Female mate choice enhances offspring fitness in an annual herb
- Obesity is a killer in nonsmoking women
- Peat wildfire smoke linked to heart failure risk
- Alcohol blamed for high suicide rates in Northern Ireland
- New method to determine order of mutations that lead to cancer
- CT scans unleash a breakthrough in catching early stage lung cancer
- European Society of Cardiology calls for greater awareness of potential for adverse events from bleeding as a result of PCI
- Screening with low-dose spiral CT scanning reduces lung cancer deaths by 20 percent
- Lung cancer screening trial shows screening with CT scans reduces lung cancer deaths
- Study confirms CT lung cancer screens save lives; other analyses underway
- Lung cancer screening program: Experts mobilize after national clinical trial shows CT scanning reduces deaths by 20 percent
- GOES satellites see ash still spewing from Chilean volcano
- Parent-adolescent cell phone conversations reveal a lot about the relationship
- Sequence of ovarian genome identifies predominant gene mutations, points to possible treatment
- Astronomers discover Universe’s most distant quasar
- Researchers contribute to global plant database, expanding ecosystems research
- Tripping the fluid dynamic: The physics of Jackson Pollock
- Studying solar wind
- Workplace mental health disability leave recurs sooner than physical health leave, CAMH study shows
- Public prefers limited informed consent process for biobanks
- 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
- Single gene defect causes brain tumor
- High levels of toxic compounds found on coasts of West Africa
- Certain populations may benefit most from alcohol-dependence treatment naltrexone
- Natural sequence farming could affect global climate change
- Social class makes no difference to water contamination risk from chemicals formed in chlorinated water, Spanish study suggests
- Subatomic quantum memory in diamond demonstrated
- Scientists identify new breast cancer tumor suppressor and explain how it works
- Does grilling kill E. coli O157:H7?
- Improved stepladder design may decrease injuries
- Starch-controlling gene fuels more protein in soybean plants
- Are the wealthiest countries the smartest countries?
- Inkjet printing could change the face of solar energy industry
- New gene therapy for heart failure developed
- Tropical birds return to harvested rainforest areas in Brazil
- Long-term benefits of breast screening
- Model finds optimal fiber optic network connections 10,000 times more quickly
- Sweating the small stuff: Early adversity, prior depression linked to high sensitivity to stress
- Neutron star bites off more than it can chew
- New clues to how cancer spreads
- How cavity-causing microbes invade heart
- False negative tests in breast cancer may lead to wrong drug choice, study finds
- Highest magnetic fields ever created
- Effects of Asperger syndrome noticeable in babies
- Ancient symbiosis between animals and bacteria discovered
- Potent antiplatelet drug effective with low-dose aspirin, study suggests
- Tapping titanium's colorful potential
- Will new drugs block hepatitis C virus in its tracks?
- Active self-defense strategy best deterrent against cyber-attacks
- Attachment to cellphones more about entertainment, less about communication
- Scientists sequence endangered Tasmanian devil's genome
- Calcium plus vitamin D may reduce melanoma risks in some women, study finds
- Microbe vs. microbe: Meta-analysis reveals patterns of bacteria-virus infection networks
- Stem cell scientists discover new airway stem cell
- Synthetic collagen from maize has human properties
- A little practice can change the brain in a lasting way, study finds
- It's not an apple a day after all -- it's strawberries: Flavonoids could represent two-fisted assault on diabetes and nervous system disorders
- Waistlines in people, glucose levels in mice hint at sweeteners' effects: Related studies point to the illusion of the artificial
- Scientists discover dielectron charging of water nano-droplet
- Diastolic dysfunction of the heart associated with increased risk of death, study finds
- Landsat satellite images reveal extent of historic North Dakota flooding
- Surprising drop in physicians' willingness to accept patients with insurance, U.S. study finds
- Fossilized pollen reveals climate history of northern Antarctica: Tundra persisted until 12 million years ago
- Childhood cancer survivors are at high risk for multiple tumors as they age
- Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds
- In chronic kidney disease, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring seems more accurate in predicting subsequent health events
- Student publishes case for faster, less expensive DNA analysis
- Studies examine impact of media use among youth, recommend preventative measures
- Body temperature of dinosaurs measured for the first time
- New report offers roadmap for success in K-12 STEM education
- Gene variant increases fatty liver risk and fibrosis progression
Posted 2011-06-28:
- Flooding of ancient Salton Sea linked to San Andreas earthquakes
- Soluble fiber strikes a blow to belly fat
- Cooling system may build eggs' natural defenses against salmonella
- Severe psoriasis linked to major adverse cardiovascular events
- Two talks with teens leads to less marijuana use for at least a year, study finds
- Brain rhythm associated with learning also linked to running speed, study shows
- Tiny cell patterns reveal the progression of development and disease
- Fighting back from extinction, New Zealand right whale is returning home
- BRCA2 mutations associated with improved survival for ovarian cancer
- Golden window electrodes developed for organic solar cells
- Most parents unaware of teen workplace risks, study finds
- First patients receive lab-grown blood vessels from donor cells
- Master switch for adult epilepsy discovered
- New material promises faster electronics
- Researchers learn how lung fibrosis begins and could be treated
- Wildlife surviving conflict in Afghanistan
- Possible brain damage in young adult binge-drinkers revealed in new study
- How humpback whales catch prey with bubble nets
- Rogue blood cells may contribute to post-surgery organ damage
- Terahertz light to illuminate cell biology and cancer research
- Vitamin D supplements found to be safe for healthy pregnant women
- Unique lab seeks drought-tolerant traits in cotton, other plants
- Innovative duct tape strategy saves hospitals time, money; improves infection prevention
- Premature aging caused by some HIV drugs, study shows
- Living antibiotic effective against Salmonella, study suggests
- Mechanics of speciation: Model examines factors that contribute to emergence of new species
- Preterm babies could be at greater risk of developing kidney disease later in life, study suggests
- New solar cell: Engineers crack full-spectrum solar challenge
- Work got you down? Researchers identify risk factors associated with development of different burnout types
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