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for the Week of December 20 to December 27, 2009
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Posted 2009-12-27:
- Exposure to young triggers new neuron creation in females exhibiting maternal behavior
- Physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults
- New clues emerge for understanding morphine addiction
- Researchers find evidence of survival gains in bone marrow disease
- Flowering powers genetic understanding
- Iranian Scholars Share Avicenna's Medieval Medical Wisdom
Posted 2009-12-27:
- Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars
- Further progress toward AIDS vaccine: Rabies-virus vaccine protects monkeys
- How the daisy got its spot: Insect mimicry
- Physical activity associated with lower risk of mortality in men with history of colon cancer
- Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature
- Calorie restriction: Scientists take important step toward 'fountain of youth'
- Genomic toggle switches divide autoimmune diseases into distinct clusters
- Tourists in Antarctica cause of major concern
- Signaling decreases blood pressure, study finds
- Certain genes boost chances for distributing variety of traits, drive evolution
- Do consumers always approach pleasure and avoid pain? New study suggests an alternative
- The past matters to plants
- Antibody-guided drug shows encouraging activity in metastatic breast cancer
- New warning system warns of driver drowsiness and distraction
- Bone control of glucose levels
- Low-cost temperature sensors: Tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack
- Who gets expensive cancer drugs? A tale of two nations
Posted 2009-12-26:
- Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault
- New inherited eye disease discovered
- Microscopic flower petal ridges flash to attract pollinating insects; scientists now know how ridges form
- Growing evidence suggests progesterone should be considered a treatment option for traumatic brain injuries
- Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research
- Do computers understand art?
- How the brain encodes memories at a cellular level
- Cause of nonallergic itch identified
- Ski runs are not created equal
- Sensitizing leukemic cells to death-inducing compounds
- Method makes refineries more efficient
- Could acetaminophen ease psychological pain?
- Keck telescopes gaze into young star's 'life zone'
- Novel gene found for childhood-onset asthma
- Hatchery-raised salmon too crowded
- Chicago Cancer Genome Project studies genetics of 1,000 tumors
- Fungal footage yields insight into plant, animal disease
- Wii Fit may not help families get fit
Posted 2009-12-25:
- Santa’s sleigh: Researcher explains science of Christmas magic
- Genetic study reveals the origins of cavity-causing bacteria
- Cassini Holiday Movies Showcase Dance of Saturn's Moons
- Good cholesterol not as protective in people with type 2 diabetes
- Canopy giants and miniature fungi among 250 new species discovered in Kew's 250th anniversary year
- Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health
- Herschel Space Telescope uncovers sources of cosmic infrared background
- Alzheimer's disease may protect against cancer and vice versa
- New insights into mushroom-derived drug promising for cancer treatment
- Fight infection by disturbing how bacteria communicate
- Soil studies reveal rise in antibiotic resistance
- Santa Claus at risk? Unhealthy lifestyle, unreasonable working conditions, and stress
- World's first molecular transistor created
- How flu succeeds
- Dental delight: Tooth of sea urchin shows formation of biominerals
- Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths
- How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
- Brain training can help improve specific abilities in older people
- Youthful appearance of stars known as blue stragglers explained
- Two genes discovered that drive aggressive brain cancers
- Chemical energy influences tiny vibrations of red blood cell membranes
- Is nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?
- Conservation areas threatened nationally by housing developments
- Fine-tuning Treatments For Depression
- Scientists map speed of climate change for different ecosystems
- Key protein helps control blood pressure
- New warbler discovered in Laos
- Heart transplant patients appear to have elevated risk for multiple skin cancers
- Consumers 'Key Part Of Solution' To Global Warming
- Disproportionate effects of global warming and pollution on disadvantaged communities
- Opening new frontiers: First volume of microbial encyclopedia published
- Synergistic interaction enhances pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
- Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry
- IKK may act as both inhibitor and promoter of Huntington's disease
- Marine Research Is Key To 'Super Foods' Market
- Number of 85-year-olds in the UK will increase by a third by 2020
Posted 2009-12-24:
- Broken genomes behind breast cancers, research finds
- Subtle change dramatically reduces pathogenic potential of Huntington's protein
- Motility mechanism of malaria pathogens explained
- New pathway discovered that may prevent tissue damage resulting from inflammation
- Air pollution linked to hospitalizations for pneumonia in seniors
- Role of addiction cannot be ignored in obesity epidemic
- Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire
- Altering malignant cells' structure said to possibly slow spread of cancer
- SPARKy devices helps amputees return to normal lives
- Older adults may have a higher risk of complications and death after abdominal surgery
- System developed to detect plastic anti-personnel mines
- Enhanced sweet taste: Endocannabinoids act directly on tongue taste receptors
- Australian fossil unlocks secrets to the origin of whales
- Brain controls formation of bone, researchers find
- Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists
- Adverse consequences of obesity may be greater than previously thought
- Bacteria make artificial blood vessels of the future
- Teenagers use violence to boost their social standing
- Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used
- Tuberculosis strain thrives on antibiotic
- School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air
- Embryo biopsy safe for singleton pregnancies, largest study of PGD children suggests
- Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells
- Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline
- Brown dwarf pair mystifies astronomers
- New human reproductive hormone could lead to novel contraceptives
- Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful
- Deadly infection more common than realized
- New-generation reactors help reduce nuclear waste
- Drug and placebo: Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment
- Fossil shelved for a century reworks carnivore family tree: Limbs changes understanding of early carnivore locomotion
- New, virulent strain of MRSA poses renewed antibiotic resistance concerns
- Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature
- Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may help treat severe hip pain
- List helps computers understand expressions with more than one meaning
- Pot and pop: New research finds stronger link between music and marijuana use among teens
- Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought
- Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills
- Study finds that 77 percent of European pigs are castrated without anesthetic
- Role for immune cells known as mast cells in atrial fibrillation
- Gravity in Potsdam and a dignified Christmas tree ball
- Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
- Rise in human-made carbon dioxide affects ocean acoustics
- New compounds may control deadly fungal infections
- Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece
- New Web tool may help predict risk of second stroke
- Improved recipe for catalysts
- Home-based child care meeting nutritional standards; widespread use of TV a concern
Posted 2009-12-23:
- Story of 4.5-million-year-old whale found in Spain
- Gene for devastating kidney disease discovered
- New insight in nerve cell communication
- Discovery of new gene called Brd2 that regulates obesity and diabetes
- Students reaffirm work of 1920s paleontologist, contrary to later revision
- Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life
- Attention demands may explain why texting while driving is so dangerous
- Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria
- Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria
- Obesity increases the risk for obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents, but not in younger children
- Hypoxia tends to increase as climate warms, study finds
- Electronic health records: Concerns about potential privacy breaches remain an issue
- Among apes, teeth are made for the toughest times
- Microcephaly genes associated with human brain size
- Pomegranates: Latest weapon in the fight against MRSA
- Twin study identifies factors associated with skin aging
- Scientists shed light on a mysterious particle, the neutrino
- Discrimination in the citations that scientists use
- Next-generation lens promises wider view, greater detail
- Compound found to safely counter deadly bird flu
- Fisheries and aquaculture face multiple risks from climate change
- Genomes of identical twins reveal epigenetic changes that may play role in lupus
- Electronic nose can select produce with appealing aromas
- Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry
- Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered in China
- Gene therapy makes mice breath easier: Preventing progression of emphysema
- Sensor can detect single nanoparticle and take its measurement
- Proline repeats help protein grow tooth enamel
- What are the amounts of greenhouse gases released in your area and what are the sources?
- New research sheds light on our reactions to humanitarian crises
- Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than thought
- Women at high risk of significant bone loss on injectable birth control identified
- Added sugar in raisin cereals increases acidity of dental plaque
- Study casts doubt on provocative tuberculosis theory
- Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects
- Elderly most at risk for major depression identified
- Little stars from the early galaxy: Understanding the Milky Way's oldest stellar population
- Most plentiful cell type in the heart -- the fibroblast -- contributes to heart failure
- NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Unlock Secrets of the Cosmos
- Are patients losing sleep over blood pressure monitors?
- France was once home to the Atlantic sturgeon, previously unknown on its territory
- Orphanages are viable options for some children, study finds
- Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method devised
- Naturally occurring lipid blocks respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in lungs
- Forty years of farmed salmon ... and one genetic mystery
- Urinary tract cancer associated with Chinese herbal products containing aristolochic acid
- Fertilizer use not always helpful in revegetation efforts
- Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable
Posted 2009-12-22:
- Mystery of golden ratio explained
- New Aging Studies Improving Vaccine Efficacy For The Elderly
- When it comes to fish families, the bigger and bossier the better
- Combination therapy with midostaurin improves survival of acute myeloid leukemia patients with FLT3 mutations, phase 1
- Quantum information: Disentangling a billion-dollar opportunity
- Alcohol outlets lead to specific problems among youth and young adults
- African leaf-eating primates 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change
- Inhibiting The Cellular Process Autophagy Makes Mice Leaner
- Your Christmas tree has seven times more DNA than you do!
- Physicians knowledge of childhood food allergies needs room for improvement, study shows
- Headwater stream nutrient enrichment disrupts food web, study finds
- Postural sway among abstinent alcoholics can be improved up to a point
- Supernova remnants reveal how the star exploded
- One dose of H1N1 vaccine may provide sufficient protection for infants and children
- Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards
- Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death, study finds
- Predicting insurgent attacks with a mathematical model
- Preschoolers in Child Care Centers Not Active Enough
- Sixty headless skeletons -- 3,000 years old -- discovered in Pacific Ocean archipelago Vanuatu
- Use and misuse of alcohol and marijuana can be traced to common set of genes
- Physicist sees through the opaque with 'T-rays'
- Cannabis hope for inflammatory bowel disease
- Computer algorithm identifies authentic Van Gogh
- Having children makes you more like your own parents
- Black holes in star clusters stir up time and space
- Daily Pot Smoking May Hasten Onset of Psychosis
- Bioactive glass nanofibers produced
- Better understanding of the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis
- Fewer migratory birds in Dutch woods due to climate change
- Happiest Americans live in states ranked highest for quality of life
- Ancient koalas may have been loud and lazy but they didn't chew gum
- Researchers prove key cancer theory: Animal study demonstrates how whole chromosome changes cause cancer
- Machine that visually inspects and sorts strawberry plants invented
- Movement comes with appetite
- New filling, cooling and storage system may prevent bacterial growth and prolong shelf life of orange juice
- Doctors' bedside skills trump medical technology
- Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems, geologists say
- Metastasis formation revealed in detail in real time
- The buzz on fruit flies: New role in the search for addiction treatments
- Septic shock: Nitric oxide beneficial after all
- Scientists take a step towards uncovering the histone code
- Adolescent boys seeking 'the norm' may take risks with their appearances
- Deepest explosive eruption on sea floor: Underwater remotely operated vehicle Jason images discovery
- Moderate fish consumption may lower risk in patients with a history of heart failure
- Programmed cell death: Pores finding reveals targets for cancer and degenerative disease
- New insight into selective binding properties of infectious HIV
- Conflict Over War Deaths: Researchers attack British Medical Journal review process
- Now you see it, now you know you see it
Posted 2009-12-21:
- Fog discovered on Saturn's largest moon, Titan
- Antimicrobial peptide from ancient organism may be effective against multiresistant human pathogens including MRSA
- Cannabis damages young brains more than originally thought, study finds
- Intensive therapy for narrowed arteries linked to fewer heart events
- Warming climate chills Sonoran Desert's spring flowers
- Fear of lawsuits may prompt some doctors to overprescribe antibiotics
- Colliding auroras produce an explosion of light
- Skull bone may hold the key to tackling osteoporosis
- Tropical birds waited for land crossing between North and South America, study finds
- How cancer cells protect themselves from low levels of oxygen
- Nocturnal wind maximum mapped for first time
- Alzheimer's detection: What's his name again? How celebrity monikers can help us remember
- Hubble's festive view of a grand star-forming region
- New nasal vaccine blocks parasite transmission to mosquitoes
- Food-borne illness: Researchers redefine the invasion mechanism of Salmonella
- Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements
- Type of cell proves to be highly significant in genetic studies
- Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women
Posted 2009-12-20:
- Hubble finds smallest Kuiper Belt object ever seen
- Link between infertility, low egg reserve, and breast/ovarian cancer gene (BRCA1) suggested
- Dyslexia: Some very smart accomplished people cannot read well
- New study links DHA type of omega-3 to better nervous-system function
- Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream
- Santa should get off his sleigh and walk, says public health doctor
- Why some insects can survive freezing: Huge X-ray microscope provides clues
- 'Smart' nanocapsule delivery system created for use in protein therapy
- Within a cell, actin keeps things moving
- Stem-cell activators switch function, repress mature cells
- Missing piece of DNA replication puzzle identified
- Shift working aggravates metabolic syndrome development among middle-aged males
- Why does a human baby need a full year before starting to walk?
- Eat fruits and vegetables for better vision
- Researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development
- Immune cell activity linked to worsening COPD
- Large-scale sequencing: The future of genomic sciences?
- Negative emotions outweigh intent to exercise at health clubs
Posted 2009-12-19:
- Rate of autism disorders climbs to one percent among 8-year-olds
- Genetic variant may control lung function and risk of COPD
- Europe's flora is becoming impoverished
- Gene linked to a rare form of progressive hearing loss in males identified
- Chicken or egg question looms over climate debate
- Bourbon versus vodka: Bourbon hurts more the next day, due to byproducts of fermenting process
- Avatar's moon Pandora could be real, planet-hunters say
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