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for the Week of September 4 to September 11, 2011
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Posted 2011-09-10:
- Groundbreaking DNA tests could trap deer poachers
- Snakebites a public health problem in Africa
- U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record: Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
- Invasive forest insects cost homeowners, taxpayers billions
- Hummingbirds all a-flutter during courtship: How fluttering feathers can generate courtship sounds
- MRSA may increase mortality rate by 50 percent, study finds
- 2,000-year-old burial box could reveal location of the family of Caiaphas
Posted 2011-09-10:
- Using 61 years of tropical storm data, scientists uncover landfall threat probabilities
- Captivated by critters: Humans are wired to respond to animals
- Deep-sea fish in deep trouble: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable
- How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together
- Mantis shrimp: Ocean floor critters communicate in synchronized rumbles
- Mother's diet influences baby's allergies, research suggests
- Where does all Earth's gold come from? Precious metals the result of meteorite bombardment, rock analysis finds
- New cooling system raises efficiency of oil and gas processing
- National forests can provide public health benefits, U.S. study finds
- Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
- Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance
- Handier than Homo habilis? Versatile hand of Australopithecus sediba makes a better candidate for an early tool-making hominin
- New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled: New material may find use in reconstructive surgery, cosmetics, tissue engineering
- Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays: Experiment reveals brain shape of an early human ancestor
- Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests
- Local government, homeowners paying price for non-native forest insects, U.S. study finds
- Biology, crop injury, and management of thrips in cotton seedlings
- Cotton's potential for padding nonwovens
- Whole-parasite malaria vaccine shows promise in clinical trial; Vaccine is first of its kind to earn FDA approval to test in humans
Posted 2011-09-09:
- 800,000 years of abrupt climate variability: Earth's climate is capable of very rapid transitions
- Combination therapy rids common infection from implanted medical devices, researchers report
- Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago
- Weakened malaria parasites form basis of new vaccine strategy
- Scientists overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research
- Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates
- Australopithecus sediba paved the way for Homo species, new studies suggest
- New substances accelerate drug transport into cells
- King crabs threaten seafloor life near Antarctica
- Neutron scattering confirms DNA is as stretchy as nylon
- Space instrument observes new characteristics of solar flares; Findings may lead to improved space weather forecasting
- New drugs hope for dangerous yeast infections
- Potatoes reduce blood pressure in people with obesity and high blood pressure
- 'Dirty' wild mice may be more relevant immunology model
- New material shows promise for trapping pollutants
- Researchers eye newer, safer birth control method
- Biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis associated with increased skin cancer risk, review finds
- Jumping gene's preferred targets may influence genome evolution
- Flaxseed no help for hot flashes during breast cancer or menopause, study finds
- Clouds don't cause climate change, study shows
- Smartphones as helpers during disasters: Software for autonomous smartphone network developed
- Evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories
- Scientists identify viral gene driving sick gypsy moth caterpillars to climb high and die
- Sediba hominid skull hints at later brain evolution
- Fossil discovery could be our oldest human ancestor
- Fossil discovery supports evolutionary link between Australopiths and Homo
- New evidence suggests that Au. sediba is the best candidate for the genus Homo
- Mathematics will increase aluminium recycling
Posted 2011-09-08:
- New cellular surprise may help scientists better understand human mitochondrial diseases
- How the mole got its twelve fingers
- The geophysicist's guide to striking it rich
- First global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights
- Evidence for a persistently iron-rich ocean changes views on Earth's early history
- Baker’s yeast substance can aid healing, Norwegian researchers show
- New type of solar cell retains high efficiency for long periods
- Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set
- Evidence suggests La Niña will return this winter
- Expert calls for change in trans fat labelling
- Growing meat in the lab: Scientists initiate action plan to advance cultured meat
- Prenatal exposure to phthalates linked to decreased mental and motor development
- Scientists pinpoint shape-shifting mechanism critical to protein signaling
- Scientists develop new technologies for understanding bacterial infections
- Hospitalized children who carry MRSA at risk for full-blown infections
- 'Proton flux hypothesis' offers new explanation for effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs
- When it comes to speaking out, cells wait their turn: Revealing how cells communicate, research could lead to new cancer drugs and more
- Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass
- Direct ancestor of Homo genus? Fossils show human-like hand, brain and pelvis in early hominin
- Something new on the sun: SDO spots a late phase in solar flares
- Evolution's past is modern human's present: DNA evidence of ancient interbreeding inside Africa
- 'TF beacons' may light path to new cancer tests and drugs
Posted 2011-09-07:
- Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste
- Circadian clocks in a blind fish
- Study sharpens picture of how much oil and gas flowed in Deepwater Horizon spill
- In more socially engaging environment, white fat turns to brown, mouse study suggests
- Adaptation secrets of the 'desert bacterium'
- A step toward a saliva test for cancer
- Crowd-sourcing the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
- Ancient humans were mixing it up: Anatomically modern humans interbred with more archaic hominin forms while in Africa
- Bedrock nitrogen may help forests buffer climate change, study finds
- Stomach bacterium damages human DNA; Risk factor for gastric cancer
- Scientists discover secret life of chromatin: DNA/histone combination, a destination for cell signals, also talks to other proteins
- All for the grandkids: Promiscuity in female birds results in genetic 'trade-up,' more offspring, research finds
- Breast cancer risk drops when diet includes walnuts, researchers find
- Scientists discover switch that turns white fat brown
Posted 2011-09-06:
- New map shows where tastes are coded in the brain
- Sparing or sharing? Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land
- Mystery of disappearing bird digit solved?
- Potential vaccine readies immune system to kill tuberculosis in mice
- Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer
- Growth hormone helps repair the zebrafish ear
- Tree-killing pathogen traced back to California
- First stem cells from endangered species
- U.S. high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate,' according to experts
Posted 2011-09-05:
- Rock rafts could be 'cradle of life'
- Sporulation may have given rise to the bacterial outer membrane
- Climate in the past million years determined greatly by dust in the Southern Ocean
Posted 2011-09-04:
- 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 CO<sub>2</sub> 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
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