ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of August 28 to September 4, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of August 28 to September 4, 2011

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Posted 2011-09-03:

• Manipulating plants' circadian clock may make all-season crops possible
• Researchers investigate new mechanism for predicting how diseases spread
• Elusive prey: Selection pressures imposed by predator fungi have shaped escape behavior in microscopic worms
• Attractive dads have more grandchildren, zebra finch study shows
• Aquarius makes first ocean salt measurements
• Climatic benefits from carbon sequestration are largely offset by increased nitrous oxide emissions, study finds

Posted 2011-09-03:

• Powerful antioxidant resveratrol prevents metabolic syndrome in lab tests, study finds
• New insight in how cells' powerhouse divides
• Up from the depths: How bacteria capture carbon in the 'twilight zone'
• Woolly rhino fossil discovery in Tibet provides important clues to evolution of Ice Age giants
• Cryptococcus infections misdiagnosed in many AIDS patients, study suggests
• New microscope might see beneath skin in 4-D
• Biological 'computer' destroys cancer cells: Diagnostic network incorporated into human cells
• First long-term study of WTC workers shows widespread health problems 10 years after Sept. 11
• To clear digital waste in computers, 'think green,' researchers say
• World Trade Center-exposed NYC firefighters face increased cancer risk, study finds
• Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs
• Glowing, blinking bacteria reveal how cells synchronize biological clocks

Posted 2011-09-02:

• Warming streams could be the end for spring-run Chinook salmon in California
• Insect gut microbe with a molecular iron reservoir: Researchers analyze the structure of an iron storage protein
• 'Plastic bottle' solution for arsenic-contaminated water threatening 100 million people
• A 'nano,' environmentally friendly, and low toxicity flame retardant protects fabric
• Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago: Advanced tool-making methods pushed back in time
• Medicinal chemists modify sea bacteria byproduct for use as potential cancer drug
• Extreme 2010 Russian fires and Pakistan floods linked meteorologically, study suggests
• Cutting soot emissions: Fastest, most economical way to slow global warming?
• Down to the wire: Inexpensive technique for making high quality nanowire solar cells
• Tasmanian tiger's jaw was too small to attack sheep, study shows
• Rare Siamese crocodiles hatched in Lao PDR
• NASA Earth-observing satellite arrives in California for launch

Posted 2011-09-01:

• NASA satellite observes unusually hot July in the U.S. Great Plains
• New bacterium found causing tick-borne illness ehrlichiosis in Wisconsin and Minnesota
• Some desert birds less affected by wildfires and climate change
• First lizard genome sequenced: Green anole lizard's genome sheds light on vertebrate evolution
• Cracking cellulose: A step into the biofuels future
• Solar industry responsible for lead emissions in developing countries, research finds
• Great tits sing low to be loved or high to be heard
• Sandfly saliva provides important clues for new Leishmaniasis treatments
• 'Landlubber' fish leap for love when tide is right: Research sheds light on how animal life first evolved to colonize land
• Putting the squeeze on fruit with 'pascalization' boosts healthful antioxidant levels
• Panda poop may be a treasure trove of microbes for making biofuels
• New way to disarm malaria parasite
• Viruses in the human gut show dynamic response to diet
• Vitamin C may be beneficial for asthmatic children, study suggests
• Are New England's iconic maples at risk?
• Taking a fresh look at the weather: Traditional model for how low pressure systems evolve is deeply flawed, researcher argues
• Tropical coral could be used to create novel sunscreens for human use, say scientists
• What's really in that luscious chocolate aroma?
• Understanding the Swiss lakes
• Argentina's Santa Fe government reducing lead ammunition for sports hunters
• Malaria discovery gives hope for new drugs and vaccines
• MIABE standard opens up new opportunities in drug discovery
• Farming Commercial Miscanthus

Posted 2011-08-31:

• Decade-long study reveals recurring patterns of viruses in the open ocean
• Monitoring ground-level ozone from space
• Hurricane Irene: Scientists collect water quality and climate change data from huge storm
• From mild-mannered to killer: Study explains plague's rapid evolution and sheds light on fighting deadly diseases
• Community ecology: For marine microbes, it's not who you are, but what you do
• Green tea is effective in treating genetic disorder and types of tumors, study suggests
• Natural anti-oxidant deserts aging body: Cell’s reserve fighting force shrinks with age, new study finds
• Wolves may aid recovery of Canada lynx, a threatened species
• Future climate change may increase asthma attacks in children
• Microscope on the go: Cheap, portable, dual-mode microscope uses holograms, not lenses
• New method reveals parts of bacterial genome essential to life
• Heavy chocolate consumption may be linked to heart health, study suggests
• Rotavirus vaccination of infants also protects unvaccinated older children and adults, study finds
• Watching viruses 'friend' a network: Researchers develop Facebook application to track the path of infection
• Preserving 4 percent of the ocean could protect most marine mammal species, study finds
• Discovery turns seaweed into biofuel in half the time
• Mind-altering microbes: Probiotic bacteria may lessen anxiety and depression
• Females choose mates for their personalities, zebra finch study shows
• Mysteries of ozone depletion continue 25 years after the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole
• 'Unfounded' pesticide concerns adversely affect health of low-income populations, expert argues
• Kelp farming is on its way

Posted 2011-08-30:

• Meiosis: Oocytes have intracellular stream to push chromosomes off center for cell division
• Species share perceptual capabilities that affect how communication evolves, research finds
• Black Death bacterium identified: Genetic analysis of medieval plague skeletons shows presence of Yersinia pestis bacteria
• Wastewater recycling can multiply greenhouse gas emissions
• New roles emerge for non-coding RNAs in directing embryonic development
• Geometry of sex: How body size could lead to new species
• Filling the pantry for the first voyages to the Red Planet
• Virus attacks childhood cancers
• Ancient clams yield new information about greenhouse effect on climate
• Giant claw helps fiddler crabs stay cool in more ways than one
• Nano-thermometers show first temperature response differences within living cells
• New method detects emerging sunspots deep inside the sun, provides warning of dangerous solar flares
• New imaging method sheds light on cell growth
• Detailed map of gene activity in mouse brain completed
• Stopping dengue fever with bacteria and math
• Following the trail of conservation successes

Posted 2011-08-29:

• Arabidopsis: Thanks to its flexible genome, the plant can adapt to various environmental conditions
• In cell culture, like real estate, the neighborhood matters
• NASA satellite shows a mean Irene's fury
• Research from Everest: Can leucine help burn fat and spare muscle tissue during exercise?
• Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm
• Cholera pandemic's source discovered
• Little plant tells big stories: Researchers capture codes to genetic variation in 'model' plant
• Genome of mesopolyploid crop Brassica rapa sheds new light on the study of genome evolution

Posted 2011-08-28:

• Possible biological control discovered for pathogen devastating amphibians
• Novel control of Dengue fever
• Molecular chaperones traffic signaling proteins between cells in plant stem-cell maintenance pathway
• Wide gap in immune responses of people exposed to the flu
• Florida's reefs cannot endure a 'cold snap'
• Summer drought limits the positive effects of CO₂ and heat on plant growth in future climate

Posted 2011-08-27:

• Could new drug cure nearly any viral infection? Technology shows promise against common cold, influenza and other ailments, researchers say
• Cars could run on recycled newspaper, scientists say
• Adapting to climate change with floating houses?
• Biological communities studied at historical WWII shipwrecks along North Carolina
• Heat in chili peppers can ease sinus problems, research shows
• Earth-bound asteroids come from stony asteroids, new studies confirm
• Claims of drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food security refuted: Modeling errors produced exaggerated claims
• No bones about it: Eating dried plums helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis, study suggests
• Simple way to grow muscle tissue with real muscle structure
• Could the Spanish flu devastate us again?
• New model predicts environmental effect of pharmaceutical products

Posted 2011-08-26:

• 'Hidden' differences of chromosome organization become visible
• Slim down by targeting the hormone uroguanylin
• Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola
• Darwin's butterflies? Spectacular species radiation in the Caribbean studied with 'DNA barcoding'
• Malaria mosquito is disappearing, but it is not necessarily just good news
• Irrigation's impacts on global carbon uptake
• Interbreeding between modern humans and evolutionary cousins gave healthy immune system boost to human genome, study finds
• Discovery explains why influenza B virus exclusively infects humans: Opens door for new drugs
• Protein-making machinery in bacteria successfully re-engineered
• NASA satellites Hurricane Irene almost one-third the size of U.S. east coast
• New sensors streamline detection of estrogenic compounds
• Why spiders don't drop off of their threads: Source of spider silk's extreme strength unveiled
• Scientists reengineer antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Fast asleep to wide awake: Hibernating bears, predation and pregnancy
• Storing vertebrates in the cloud: Cloud-based data make searching the world’s museum collections easier
• Cod’s surprising immune system
• Caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer: Coffee-based sunscreen might work best
• NASA satellites detect pothole on road to higher seas
• Gene study sheds new light on origins of British men
• DNA cages 'can survive inside living cells'
• Pacific walruses studied as sea ice melts
• New Jersey researchers have an eye on the science of Hurricane Irene
• E. coli in the countryside: whose problem is it anyway?
• Researchers produce viable bacterium in which one of four DNA bases is replaced by synthetic analog

Posted 2011-08-25:

• Global warming may cause higher loss of biodiversity than previously thought
• Researchers identify protein essential in transmission of Ebola virus
• New theory may shed light on dynamics of large-polymer liquids
• Scientists identify point of entry for deadly Ebola virus
• Climate cycles are driving wars: When El Nino warmth hits, tropical conflicts double
• A better test for a potato pest
• Discovery of a 160-million-year-old fossil represents a new milestone in early mammal evolution
• Scented laundry products emit hazardous chemicals through dryer vents
• Gene silencing: Researchers have paved the way for functional analysis of non-protein-coding genes
• Scientists develop new approaches to predict the environmental safety of chemicals
• How many species on Earth? About 8.7 million, new estimate says
• Newfound hijacked proteins linked to salmonella virulence
• Magnitude-5.8 earthquake strikes U.S. National Capital Area
• Afghan patients a common source of drug-resistant bacteria, study finds
• Human gait could soon power portable electronics
• Diet that combines cholesterol-lowering foods results in greater decrease in LDL than low-saturated fat diet, study finds
• Permafrost could release vast amounts of carbon and accelerate climate change by end of century
• Coriander oil could tackle food poisoning and drug-resistant infections
• Hake population has withstood overfishing, thanks to the warming of the sea
• Poverty and national parks: Decade-long study finds surprising relationship
• Ancient 'daddy long legs' revealed in 3-D models
• Research vessel Polarstern at North Pole
• Single protein, key to Ebola virus infection, could aid in drug design
• Protein essential for Ebola virus infection is a promising antiviral target
• Researchers find 'key' used by Ebola virus to unlock cells and spread deadly infection
• Database of water, wastewater pipeline infrastructure systems
• Magnitude-5.3 earthquake rattles southern Colorado

Posted 2011-08-24:

• Ancient wild horses help unlock past
• Scientists define cellular pathway essential to removing damaged mitochondria
• New set of building blocks for simple synthesis of complex molecules
• Melanin's 'trick' for maintaining radioprotection studied
• Food security helps wildlife
• Low oxygen triggers moth molt: Caterpillars have a respiratory system that is fixed in size
• Southern South American wildfires expected to increase
• Saffron shows promise in preventing liver cancer, study suggests
• Regenerative powers in the animal kingdom explored
• Genetic markers show something fishy with certified Chilean sea bass sales
• Not so fast: Lasting evolutionary change takes about one million years, researchers find
• Chemists discover most naturally variable protein in dental plaque bacterium
• When well-known flu strains 'hook up' dangerous progeny can result
• Scale models: How patterns stay in sync with size as an embryo grows and develops
• Ancient whale skulls and directional hearing: A twisted tale
• Milk better than water to rehydrate kids, study finds
• Doctors' nutrition advice hits home quickly

Posted 2011-08-23:

• Yeast's epic journey 500 years ago gave rise to lager beer
• Hyenas' ability to count helps them decide to fight or flee
• Newly discovered Icelandic current could change North Atlantic climate picture
• Secret life of millipedes
• Tuning natural antimicrobials to improve their effectiveness at battling superbugs
• Genomewide mapping reveals developmental and environmental impacts
• Species affected by climate change: To shift or not to shift?
• Breeding ozone-tolerant crops
• Deadly ancient Egyptian medication? German scientists shed light on dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut's flacon
• Restoration as science: Case of the collared lizard
• Oldest fossils on Earth discovered
• At last, a reason why stress causes DNA damage
• New way to treat common hospital-acquired infection: Novel approach may offer treatment for other bacterial diseases
• Computational chemistry shows the way to safer biofuels
• Imaging probe allows noninvasive detection of dangerous heart-valve infection
• Plants and fungi play the 'underground market'
• Student turns paper mill waste into ‘green’ material for industrial applications
• Nitrogen in the soil cleans the air: Nitrogen-containing soil is a source of hydroxyl radicals that remove pollutants from the atmosphere
• Researchers on the trail of a treatment for cancer of the immune system
• B chromosomes affect sex determination in cichlid fishes
• Cause of stress-related DNA damage pinpointed: Findings suggest new model for developing novel therapeutic approaches
• How nitrous oxide is decomposed: Researchers identify structure of enzyme that breaks down potent greenhouse gas
• New scenario for the formation of Denmark Strait Overflow Water

Posted 2011-08-22:

• Making a bee-line for the best rewards
• Three waves of evolutionary innovation shaped diversity of vertebrates, genome analysis reveals
• Neuroscientists show activity patterns in fly brain are optimized for memory storage
• New mechanism of genomic instability revealed
• New defense discovered against common hospital-acquired infection

Posted 2011-08-21:

• Parasite uses the power of attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food
• Under-reported greenhouse gas statistics? Sketchy emission reports revealed by Swiss measurements
• Kinder, gentler cell capture method could aid medical research
• Growth of cities endangers global environment, according to new analysis
• Spoilt food soon a thing of the past?

Posted 2011-08-20:

• Lessons learned from the two worst oils spills in US history: Microbes matter
• Education leaders call for radical transformation in graduate biomedical curriculum
• Molecular scientists develop color-changing stress sensor
• Micro-organisms are 'invisible' to the immune system
• Realistic simulation of ion flux through membrane sheds light on antibiotic resistance
• First kangaroo genome sequence reveals possible gene responsible for characteristic hop
• College students not eating enough fruits and veggies, study finds
• Research team achieves first two-color STED microscopy of living cells
• New images reveal structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth
• Climate change and ozone destruction hastened with nitrous oxide used in agriculture
• Further, faster, higher: Wildlife responds increasingly rapidly to climate change
• DNA construction software saves time, resources and money
• Researchers chart long-shrouded glacial reaches of Antarctica: Huge rivers of ice are found flowing seaward from continent's deep interior
• A faster, cheaper way to diagnose tuberculosis
• Biodiversity critical for maintaining multiple 'ecosystem services'

Posted 2011-08-19:

• How sticky egg captures sperm: Discovery could help explain infertility causes and provide new contraceptive targets
• Bacteria from dog feces present in outdoor air in urban areas
• Physicists uncover new data on adenine, a crucial building block of life
• Calcifying microalgae are witnesses of increasing ocean acidification
• Biologists' discovery may force revision of biology textbooks: Novel chromatin particle halfway between DNA and a nucleosome
• Greenland glacier melting faster than expected
• Moon younger than previously thought, analysis of lunar rock reveals
• Virus uses 'Swiss Army knife' protein to cause infection
• Polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced melting, study shows
• Improved method for capturing proteins holds promise for biomedical research
• How microbes travel around Earth: Models show bacteria sized microbes carried between Mexico and Australia
• Sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, research suggests
• Nature reaches for the high-hanging fruit: Tools of paleontology shed new light on diversity of natural plant chemicals
• Human pathogen killing corals in the Florida Keys
• Cellular laser microsurgery illuminates research in vertebrate biology

Posted 2011-08-18:

• First major survey of amphibian fungus in Asia completed
• Getting inside the mind (and up the nose) of our ancient ancestors
• Fish oil's impact on cognition and brain structure identified in new study
• Greenhouse gases: The measurement challenge
• Most primitive living eel discovered: Creating a new species, genus and family of animal
• Wind-turbine placement produces tenfold power increase, researchers say
• It's a small world, after all: Earth is not expanding, NASA research confirms
• Gator in your tank: Alligator fat as a new source of biodiesel fuel
• Popular herbal supplements may adversely affect chemotherapy treatment
• Researchers improving GPS accuracy in the third dimension
• Oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
• Mimicking biological complexity, in a tiny particle
• Gemini-Scout robot likely to reach trapped miners ahead of rescuers
• Nut-allergy sufferers face prejudice: Life-threatening nut allergies viewed as 'frivolous' by many
• Breathing new life into Earth: Evidence of early oxygen in the oceans of our planet
• Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants
• Rediscovery of disappeared species: Truly back from the brink?
• Dark beer has more iron than pale beer or non-alcoholic beer

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