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for the Week of December 6 to December 13, 2009
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Posted 2009-12-13:
- First known binary star is discovered to be a triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet system
- New model of skin cancer provides insights on second-most common type of cancer
- New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite
- Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered
- Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature
- New screening tool helps identify children at risk for developmental issues
Posted 2009-12-13:
- Brightest-ever 'blazar' flare from distant galaxy spotted by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- With amino acid diet, mice improve after brain injury
- Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic, study finds
- West Nile virus infection may persist in kidneys years after initial infection
- Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells
- Antidepressant may change personality while relieving symptoms
- Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress
- Merkel cells revealed as secret behind sensation of light touch
- Lightning-produced radiation a potential health concern for air travelers
- Higher risk for heart disease and diabetes associated with androgen deprivation therapy
- VISTA: Pioneering new survey telescope starts work
- Don't I know you? How cues and context kick-start memory recall
- Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk
- Hyperglycemia: New mechanism underlying cardiovascular disease described
- Fast, accurate urine test for pneumonia possible, study finds
- Decline in breast cancer: Not just because of hormone therapy
- Forest deal at Copenhagen must avoid creating 'carbon refugees,' scientists urge
- Women researchers less likely to receive major career funding grants, study shows
Posted 2009-12-12:
- Super-massive black holes observed at the center of galaxies
- Cataloging all that goes wrong in a cancer cell
- Pathological gambling may be successfully treated with medications for substance addiction
- RXR activation: Hope for new Parkinson's disease treatment
- Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity
- Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development
- Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn
- MRI detects breast cancer at earlier stage, study shows
- Unexpected weakness in H1N1's method for evading detection by the immune system
- Genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence, secondary cancer among head and neck cancer patients
- Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand
- Fit teenage boys are smarter -- but muscle strength isn't the secret, study shows
- Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, scientists find
- Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease
- Tiny molecule slows progression of Lou Gehrig's disease in mice
- Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies
- Real human bone grown in tissue culture
- Hourly employees happier than salaried
- Bacteria engineered to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
- Stroke drug kills cancer cells and leaves normal cells intact
- 'Fighting' IED attacks with SCARE technology
- 'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis
- U.S. forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of nation's CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, new estimates find
- Personalities accurately judged by physical appearance alone
- Dark side of a Saturnian moon: Iapetus is coated with foreign dust
- Successful stem cell therapy for treatment of eye disease
- Swiss scientists measure glacial melting with light
- Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk
- Fast method for preparing flu vaccine: Use bioreactors instead of chicken eggs
- Student self-testing earns high marks as study tool
- Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists
- Fruit fly neuron can reprogram itself after injury
- Breakthrough in monitoring tropical deforestation announced in Copenhagen
- Many dialysis patients undergoing PCI receive improper medication, with higher risk of bleeding
- White marlin: Abundance of a look-alike species clouds population status of a million dollar fish
- Knowing goalkeeper’s movements in a penalty increases success rate and reduces kicker’s decision time
- Battle of the sexes: Ovaries must suppress their inner male
- New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable pediatric brain tumors
- Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level
- Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers, study suggests
- Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money
- New ethical questions are being raised in stem cell research
Posted 2009-12-11:
- DNA sheds new light on horse evolution
- Fatty food can weaken the immune system
- XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery
- Low-density lipoprotein receptor reduces damage in Alzheimer's brain
- Safer space vehicles thanks to optic fiber sensors
- Antiepileptic drugs not linked to suicide among those with bipolar disorder
- Brain activity exposes those who break promises
- Why cancer cells just won't die: Researcher identifies protein which regulates cell suicide
- Measuring impact of climate change from space: Gravity measurements shed light on key questions
- New mouse could help understand how some lung cancer cells evade drug treatment
- Supportive materials to help regenerate heart tissue
- Formula to detect an author’s literary ‘fingerprint’
- Early carnivorous dinosaur crossed continents, alters evolutionary tree
- Irregular arm swing may point to Parkinson's disease
- First submersible robot glider to cross Atlantic makes landfall in Spain
- Dermatologic infections in cancer patients treated with EGFRI therapy
- New imaging technique reveals different heart motions by age, gender
- Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children
- Faint star orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor discovered
- 'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease
- Newly discovered mechanism allows cells to change state
- Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer
- Electromagnetic fields as cutting tools
- Are holiday and weekend eating patterns affecting obesity rates?
- Noninvasive technique to rewrite fear memories developed
- Coaxing injured nerve fibers to regenerate by disabling 'brakes' in the system
- Chopper drop tests new technology: Expandable honeycomb cushion could make helicopters safer
- Treating cluster headaches with high-flow oxygen appears effective
- Digital avalanche rescue dog: Geolocation system can locate victims to within centimeters
- Patients lack knowledge of medications they were given in hospital, study shows
- First evidence of brain rewiring in children: Reading remediation positively alters brain tissue
- New skin stem cells surprisingly similar to those found in embryos
- Nature's solution to age-old chemical paradox: Chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production
- Children who survive cancer more likely to suffer from heart disease
- Dow Jones Index for Climate Change
- Bullying at school linked to bullying at home
- Saturn's mysterious hexagon emerges from winter darkness
- Potential cancer drug may offer new hope for asthma patients
- New approach to treat lower back pain unveiled
- Possible ovarian cancer treatment target identified
- Robotic Perception, On Purpose
- People affected by autism believe increase is 'real,' not diagnostic
- Entropy alone can create complex crystals from simple shapes; tetrahedra packing record broken
- Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack
- Tropical forests affected by habitat fragmentation store less biomass and carbon dioxide
- Sonic Hedgehog variations linked to recurrence, survival and response to therapy of bladder cancer
- Danish Eco City proves waste management can reverse greenhouse trend
- Gender gap persists in cardiac care, study finds
Posted 2009-12-10:
- Pitch of blue whale songs is declining around the world, scientists discover
- Worms unlock secrets to new epilepsy treatments
- World-Record Energy Collisions Achieved at Large Hadron Collider
- Stem cell derived neurons for research relevant to Alzheimer's and Niemann-Pick type C diseases
- Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings, report finds
- Money changes what we think is fair, research finds
- Why King Kong failed to impress: Humans, apes use odor-detecting receptors differently
- Delivering medicine directly into a tumor
- Fine-tuned laser: Step toward airport scanners that can identify explosives
- H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans
- Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search
- Playing favorites: Parents still involved after children are grown
- Everyday germs in childhood may prevent diseases in adulthood
- Stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV, scientists show
- How to read brain activity with an EEG
- Women with breast cancer who consume soy food have lower risk of cancer recurrence
- Scientists reveal key structure from Ebola virus
- Superior offspring without genetic modification?
- Star power: Astronomers recreate stellar jet with laser blast
- Human umbilical stem cells cleared mice's cloudy eyes
- Precision breeding creates super potato
- Nearly one third of human genome is involved in gingivitis, study shows
- Facebook (and systems biologists) take note: Network analysis reveals true connections
- Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression, study finds
- Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion
- Testosterone does not induce aggression, study shows
- Pistachios may reduce lung cancer risk
- H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease
- Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage
- College football linemen take one for the team in terms of health
- See-through surprise: Lab makes solid material transparent to terahertz waves
- New approach to sickle-cell disease shows promise in mice
- Effort to regenerate damaged spinal cords turns to new model: Mexican axolotl salamander
- Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients
- Engineers on course to make super-efficient solar-electric powered boat
- Low rate of injuries at overnight summer camp, new study finds
- Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'
- Severity of H1N1 flu in US during current flu season may be less than feared
- How dinoflagellates protect themselves during photosynthesis
- Blood cancers: New research demonstrates advances in optimizing treatments and quality of life
- Logging effects vary based on a forest's history, climate
- Food attitudes affect obesity risk in middle-aged women
- Brightness variations of sun-like stars: The mystery deepens
- The thalamus, middleman of the brain, becomes a sensory conductor
- Deep space maintenance deep in Australia's bush
- Advances in diagnosing and treating leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders
- Milling and drilling in cyberspace
- Psychological impacts not found for casual sex among young adults
Posted 2009-12-09:
- Maize was passed from group to group of Southwestern hunter-gatherers, study suggests
- HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer's protein
- Parasite evades death by promoting host cell survival
- Small addition to cancer drug may make big difference
- New software to simulate future financial crises
- People living in poorer neighborhoods at increased risk for death, worse health risks
- Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study
- Gene therapy and stem cells save limb
- Tiny RNA has big impact on lung cancer tumors
- Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of colon cancer
- Turning metal black more than just a novelty: Laser technique could have important medical implications
- Rodent smoke screen: Rat model shows tobacco smoke exposure induces brain changes indicative of nicotine dependence
- Just after the Big Bang: Hubble's deepest view of universe unveils never-before-seen galaxies
- Coffee consumption associated with reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer
- Scientists detect PCBs on South America’s highest peak
- 'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses
- New relationship between gene duplication and alternative splicing in plants discovered
- Young adults' blood lead levels linked to depression, panic disorder
- Sea level could rise from 0.75 to 1.9 meters this century
- Quitting smoking can reverse asthma-inducing changes in lungs
- New technology could boost disease detection tests' speed and sensitivity
- Gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis, study shows
- A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
- Craving hinders comprehension without you realizing it
- Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery
- New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells
- World's smallest semiconductor laser to have big impact in computing, bio-hazard detection
- Exercise reduces death rate in prostate cancer patients
- Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines
- In cancer-ridden rats, loneliness can kill: Isolation and stress identified as contributing to breast cancer risk
- Super cool atom thermometer: New, reliable ways of measuring extreme low temperatures
- New York autopsies show 2009 H1N1 influenza virus damages entire airway
- Mathematical model of simple circuit in chicken brain raises fundamental questions about neural circuitry
- Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients
- Method to detect chocolate fraud becomes an international standard
- Difficult childhood may increase disease risk in adulthood
- Spices halt growth of breast stem cells, study finds
- Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' researchers find
- New clues into how invasive parasite spreads
- Strategies to protect new brain cells against Alzheimer's disease
- Scientists at climate talks say major changes to the nitrogen cycle cannot be ignored
- Recreational drug use is related to impulsive behavior, Spanish research reveals
- Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production
- BMI and waist circumference can predict risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease
- Solving the mysteries of enigmatic binary star system Cygnus X-3
- Poor outcomes for chronically critically ill patients leaving hospitals on ventilators, researchers report
- Untold levels of oil sands pollution on Athabasca River confirmed
- First multilingual overview of 'Spice' drugs raises new concerns
Posted 2009-12-08:
- Lizard changes its diet to avoid predators
- Treatments for asthma and pre-term labor may increase risk of autism in developing fetus
- A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease
- Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief
- The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?
- Many parents encourage underage drinking, Australian study finds
- Ventriloquist birds call to warn friends and enemies
- Controversial kidney transplant technique could provide lifeline for very ill patients
- Breakthrough in 'spintronics' could lead to energy efficient chips
- Innovative strategies improve outcomes and prevent complications of stem cell transplants
- New computer model could lead to safer stents
- Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age
- Undocumented volcano contributed to extremely cold decade from 1810-1819
- Papillomavirus silences innate immune response
- Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists closing in on origin of mysterious particles
- Studies investigate new trends and treatment options for sickle cell disease patients
- Diesel truck engine made with barely measurable emissions
- Military children face more emotional challenges as parental deployments grow longer, study finds
- Scent signals stop incest in lemurs
- Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood
- Discovery of the Jekyll-and-Hyde factors in 'coral bleaching'
- Mathematical model advances heart-related research
- New optical sensors enabling lightning-fast trace gas detectors
- Computer screen pop-ups may slow down your work more than you think
- Brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests, researchers show
- Scientists restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients
- Newly explored bacteria reveal some huge RNA surprises
- Weight-loss proves effective cure for sleep apnea
- Students discover Thomas Jefferson letter among thousands of items donated to library
- Human guinea pigs wary of high-paying medical trials
- Aggression-promoting pheromone discovered in flies
- Multiple myeloma patients experience high response rate with new 3-drug combination
- Stopping MRSA before it becomes dangerous is possible
- Gene module underlying atherosclerosis development discovered
- Remains Of Minoan-style Painting Discovered During Excavations Of Canaanite Palace
- More than 1,000 patients in US admitted annually for aviation-related injuries
- Earth more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought
- New drug shows promise for those with clotting disorders
- Better way for computers to 'see' combines molecular biology and gaming hardware
- Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance
- New study cites lower rate of earthquakes along some subduction zones
- Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health
- Single-atom transistor discovered
- New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia
- Marine Reserves Can Be An Effective Tool For Managing Fisheries
- Light shed on mechanism of action of 'date rape drug'
- Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana
- New mental treatment improves anxiety and depression in secondary education teachers
Posted 2009-12-07:
- Why some monkeys don't get AIDS
- Understanding DNA repair and cancer
- Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message
- Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
- Biodiversity loss can increase infectious diseases in humans
- Wrap rage: A holiday injury waiting to happen
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