ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of April 17 to April 24, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of April 17 to April 24, 2011

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Posted 2011-04-23:

• Brown recluse spider: Range could expand in N. America with changing climate
• Starting a new metabolic path: New technique will help metabolic engineering
• How molecules get to the right place at the right time
• New approach to defeating flu shows promise
• C. difficile colonization accompanied by changes in gut microbiota: Study hints at probiotics as treatment
• Democrats and Republicans increasingly divided over global warming, study finds

Posted 2011-04-23:

• Parasite strategy offers insight to help tackle sleeping sickness
• Lawn of native grasses beats traditional lawn for lushness, weed resistance
• Jurassic spider from China is largest fossil specimen discovered
• Clouds, clouds, burning bright
• Photovoltaic systems boost the sales price of California homes
• Learning to tolerate our microbial self: Bacteria co-opt human immune cells for mutual benefit
• New technique improves sensitivity of PCR pathogen detection
• Bacteria interrupted: Disabling coordinated behavior and virulence gene expression
• Scotland's first marine reserve already producing benefits
• Prenatal pesticide exposure tied to lower IQ in children, study finds
• Salmonella utilize multiple modes of infection: New mechanism that helps with invading host cells discovered

Posted 2011-04-22:

• Genes causing antimalarial drug resistance identified
• Biologist illuminates how seedlings regulate growth
• Organic and conventional farming methods compete to eliminate weed seeds in soil
• Historic church's subterranean secrets revealed
• Earth recovered from prehistoric global warming faster than previously thought
• Simple fungus reveals clue to immune system protection
• American pikas: Contemporary climate change alters the pace and drivers of extinction
• Melting ice on Arctic islands a major player in sea level rise
• Antimalarial trees in East Africa threatened with extinction
• Fat turns into soap in sewers, contributes to overflows
• MicroRNA mediates gene-diet interaction related to obesity, researchers find
• Gold prices spur six-fold spike in Amazon deforestation
• Mega wind turbines of 20 MW
• Low carbohydrate diet may reverse kidney failure in people with diabetes
• Ring around the hurricanes: Satellites can predict storm intensity
• Why are the Seychelles free of malaria?
• All U.S. federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico once closed to fishing due to spill now open
• What's your gut type? Gut bacteria could help with diagnostics and influence treatments
• Routine rotavirus vaccination in Brazil has reduced diarrhea deaths in children
• Drug development speeds up with more advanced microarray technology

Posted 2011-04-21:

• Protein-patterned fibers: Researchers combine active proteins with material derived from fruit fly
• Air pollution exposure affects chances of developing premenopausal breast cancer, study finds
• How TRIM5 fights HIV: Scientists discover mechanism of protein that makes certain monkeys resistant
• Breakthrough in malaria treatment in the run up to World Malaria Day
• Scientists prove new technology to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes
• Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world
• Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making
• Ends of chromosomes protected by stacked, coiled DNA caps
• Hundreds of barrier islands newly identified in global survey
• Antibiotics cure anthrax in animal models
• How peppermint helps to relieve irritable bowel syndrome
• Antibiotics disrupt gut ecology, metabolism
• Professor notices Abe Lincoln's signature on a picture hanging in his office
• Right-handedness prevailed 500,000 years ago
• Propeller turbulence may affect marine food webs, study finds
• Canola oil protects against colon cancer, study suggests
• Biologically inspired catalysts being developed
• Collecting the sun's energy: Novel electrode for flexible thin-film solar cells
• Mercury on the rise in endangered Pacific seabirds
• New biosensor microchip could speed up drug development, researchers say
• Life in extreme environments paves the way for international collaboration: New roadmap for research launched

Posted 2011-04-20:

• One year later, oil spill’s impact on Gulf not fully understood
• LED efficiency puzzle solved by theorists using quantum-mechanical calculations
• Pronghorn tracked by satellite
• Gene necessary for successful repair of muscle damage identified
• Nearly 3,000 new Walt Whitman papers discovered
• Marine organisms with eternal life can solve the riddle of aging
• Could black trees blossom in a world with two suns?
• Tibetian Terrier dogs could play key role in developing therapy for early-onset Parkinson’s
• Americans believe climate change is occurring, but disagree on why
• Sugar helping map new ground against deadly bug
• Bioartificial organs: Spanish researchers replace pig corneal cells with human stem cells
• X‑rays shed new light on regulation of muscle contraction
• Limiting carbs, not calories, reduces liver fat faster, researchers find
• Molecular messages from moth antennae: Scientists assemble genes involved in regulating olfaction
• Biological arms races in birds result in sophisticated defenses against cuckoos
• Genetic study offers insight into the social lives of bees
• Using leaves' characteristics improves accuracy measuring past climates
• Did a supernova mark the birth of the Merry Monarch?

Posted 2011-04-19:

• 'Liquefaction' key to much of Japanese earthquake damage
• New pollutants: Flame retardants detected in peregrine falcon eggs
• Closer look at cell membrane shows cholesterol 'keeping order'
• Many restaurant staff are undertrained and misinformed about food allergies, study finds
• Oxygenation at a depth of 120 meters could save the Baltic Sea, researchers demonstrate
• Oldest known toothache? Infection in jaw of ancient reptilian fossil revealed
• Breast cancer: Tumor marker same in dogs and humans
• Carbon sequestration estimate in US increased, barring a drought
• Sugarcane cools climate, study finds
• Probiotic may reduce rate of recurrent urinary tract infections in women, study suggests
• Why ancient Mayan communities were 'living on the edge' of what is now a massive wetland
• Bone-munching worms from the deep sea thrive on fish bones
• Vanilla: Preserving a world favorite flavor
• Paleontologists audition modern examples of ancient behavior
• Ocean front is energetic contributor to mixing, data shows
• Safer treatment for millions suffering from trypanosome parasite infection
• Miniature sensors to measure the ocean

Posted 2011-04-18:

• Hydrocarbons deep within Earth: New computational study reveals how
• Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lake
• Biochemist uses computer models to study protein involved with cancer, aging and chronic disease
• Earth's dust and plankton from space: New views from Envisat satellite
• Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear
• GPS data used to model effects of tidal loads on Earth's surface
• Successful blueprints are recycled by evolution, study suggests
• Vegetarians may be at lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke
• Recipe for radioactive compounds aids nuclear waste and fuel storage pools studies
• Toward a 'green grid' for delivering solar and wind-based electricity

Posted 2011-04-17:

• Online calculator allows households to track carbon footprint
• Non-lethal way of switching off essential genes in mice perfected
• Dietary yeast extracts tested as alternative to antibiotics in poultry

Posted 2011-04-16:

• Africa the birthplace of human language, analysis suggests
• Childhood eczema and hay fever leads to adult allergic asthma, study finds
• US meat and poultry is widely contaminated with drug-resistant Staph bacteria, study finds
• Forest byproducts, shells may be key to removing radioactive contaminants from drinking water
• The eyes have it: Dinosaurs hunted by night
• Humpback whale songs spread eastward like the latest pop tune
• Studies of marine animals aim to help prevent rejection of transplanted organs
• Sensor determines if packaged meat has spoiled
• Pig stem cell transplants: The key to future research into retina treatment
• Changes in 'good' fatty acid concentration of inner organs might be largely independent of diet

Posted 2011-04-15:

• DNA nanoforms: Miniature architectural forms -- some no larger than viruses -- constructed through DNA origami
• Recent census in war-torn DR Congo finds gorillas have survived, even increased
• Europe's wildlife under threat from nitrogen, study warns
• Weak evidence for word-order universals: Language not as 'innate' as thought?
• First 3-D topographic map of early Maya city 'Head of Stone' delineates ancient buildings
• Climate change from black carbon depends on altitude
• Polluted air leads to disease by promoting widespread inflammation
• Algae could replace 17 percent of US oil imports, study finds
• Crystal 'eyes' let simple mollusks called chitons see predators
• Filtering out pesticides with genetically modified bacteria
• Keeping beer fresh longer
• Espresso makers: Coffee in capsules contains more furan than the rest
• Experimental treatment for COPD in development
• Loch fossils show life harnessed sun and sex early on
• Ocean drilling deep into the Pacific crust

Posted 2011-04-14:

• Death -- not just life -- important link in marine ecosystems
• Giant fire-bellied toad's brain brims with powerful germ-fighters
• Birds inherited strong sense of smell from dinosaurs
• Natural gas from shale contributes to global warming, researchers find
• Device proves solar cell potential of high bandgap inorganic nanowire arrays
• New species of dinosaur bridges gap in dinosaur family tree
• Eco-friendly treatment for blue jeans offers alternative to controversial 'sandblasting'
• Combating plant diseases is key for sustainable crops
• Antibiotic resistance spreads rapidly between bacteria
• Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
• Scotland's carbon emissions could be halved in two decades, study suggests
• Scientists make bamboo tools to test theory explaining East Asia's Stone Age tool scarcity
• Bioengineering uses vetiver grass to save coral reefs near Guam

Posted 2011-04-13:

• Greenhouse gases from forest soils
• Bacteria in wasp antennae produce antibiotic cocktails
• Can alcohol help the brain remember? Repeated ethanol exposure enhances synaptic plasticity in key brain area, study finds
• Circadian rhythms spark plants' ability to survive freezing weather
• Forensics: Developing a tool for identification -- even using very degraded DNA samples
• Tuberculosis strain spread by the fur trade reveals stealthy approach of epidemics
• Insights gained from growing cold-causing virus on sinus tissue
• Some features of human face perception are not uniquely human, pigeon study shows
• Environmental E. coli: New way to classify E. coli bacteria and test for fecal contamination
• Social wasps show how bigger brains provide complex cognition
• Tissue engineers use new system to measure biomaterials, structures
• St. John's wort compound: Potential benefit of synthetic hypericin for recurrent brain tumors
• New citrus variety is very sweet, juicy and low-seeded
• Delhi air quality regulations improve respiratory health
• Louisiana, Florida residents differ on views of long-term effects of oil spill

Posted 2011-04-12:

• Penguins that shun ice still lose big from a warming climate
• Blueberries may inhibit development of fat cells
• Diesel-engine exhaust filter reduces harmful particles by 98 percent
• Squid and octopuses experience massive acoustic trauma from noise pollution in the oceans
• Fracking controversy: Using water, sand and chemicals to extract natural gas from shale
• Positioning enzymes with ease
• Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity image hints supervolcano plume is bigger than thought
• Letting there be more mosquitoes may lead to fewer malaria deaths, say researchers
• New technique tracks viral infections, aids development of antiviral drugs
• EPA's draft health assessment for formaldehyde needs improvement, experts say
• Health halo effect: Don't judge a food by its organic label
• What sea squirts can teach us about the heart
• Odd corn plant provides insight into how corn makes hormones
• Ozone reduces fungal spoilage of fruits and vegetables
• Big picture of how interferon-induced genes launch antiviral defenses revealed
• West Antarctic warming triggered by warmer sea surface in tropical Pacific
• Accelerated lab evolution of biomolecules could yield new generation of medicines
• Ancient corals provide insight on the future of Caribbean reefs
• New genetic study helps solve Darwin's mystery about ancient evolution of flowering plants
• Virtual reality lab focuses on conservation
• Are invasive plants a threat to native biodiversity? It depends on the spatial scale
• Alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors found in Mediterranean people
• How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane
• Excessive nitrogen harms the economy and environment: First Europe-wide assessment published

Posted 2011-04-11:

• Scientists to sequence DNA of cystic fibrosis superbug
• Avalanche risk: Monitoring system warns of slippery slopes
• Ancient fossils hold clues for predicting future climate change
• Bacterial genome may hold answers to mercury mystery
• Giant batteries for green power
• Scientists have new measure for species threat
• New insights into predator/prey relationships

Posted 2011-04-10:

• New genetic technique probes the cause of skin cell differentiation in mammals
• Fighting malaria with African plant extracts
• 'Naked' penguins baffle experts
• E. coli enzyme must move to function

Posted 2011-04-09:

• Dopamine controls formation of new brain cells, salamander study shows
• Japan earthquake caused a displacement of about two meters
• Entomologists propose pesticide-free method to increase egg production
• For NASA's Aquarius, quest for salt a global endeavor
• Nature helps to solve a sticky problem: Beetle foot pads may inspire novel artificial adhesives
• Atherosclerotic plaques form during a late and limited time period in life, atom bomb residues reveal
• Simple chemical cocktail shows first promise for limb re-growth in mammals
• Caffeine and diabetes: Helpful or harmful?
• Mussel adhesive inspires tough coating for living cells
• Fish oil boosts responses to breast cancer drug tamoxifen, researchers find
• Instant evolution in whiteflies: Just add bacteria
• Monkeys provide malaria reservoir for human disease in Southeast Asia
• Clear link found between height and longevity in historical records
• Record ozone loss over the North Pole
• Cave fish insomniacs: Fishes that sleep less point to genetic basis for slumber, biologists find
• iPad helps archaeologists

Posted 2011-04-08:

• Mathematical model simulating rat whiskers provides insight into sense of touch
• If plants generate magnetic fields, they're not saying
• New technology developed to screen and analyze genetic mutations
• Climate change poses major risks for unprepared cities
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Indian public water supply
• Fukushima-related radioactive materials measured across entire Northern Hemisphere
• Common nanoparticles found to be highly toxic to Arctic ecosystem
• Self-made eye: Formation of optic cup from embryonic stem cells
• Personal 'geo data' as sensitive as private genetic information, experts argue
• Some people's climate beliefs shift with weather
• Chimpanzees' contagious yawning evidence of empathy, not just sleepiness, study shows
• Biodiversity improves water quality in streams through a division of labor
• Strong Indian crust thrust beneath the Tibetan Plateau, new study suggests
• Treating newborn horses: A unique form of pediatrics

Posted 2011-04-07:

• Common dietary fat and intestinal microbes linked to heart disease
• Nano fitness: Helping enzymes stay active and keep in shape
• Strawberries may slow precancerous growth in the esophagus, study suggests
• Seeing rice with X-rays may improve crop yields
• Birds must choose between mating and migrating
• Hotspots of genetic rearrangement: Findings in mice could aid understanding of how mammals genetically adapt
• Climate change is making our environment 'bluer'
• Third dimension of specific cell cultivation
• Microbe responsible for methane from landfills identified
• Did dinosaurs have lice? Researchers say it's possible
• Where will the debris from Japan's tsunami drift in the ocean?
• Active electromagnetic suspension system can increase ride quality of cars by 60 percent
• Electron microscopy: New type of genetic tag illuminates life in never-before-seen detail
• Addressing the nuclear waste issue with common algae
• Repulsion more important than cohesion in embryonic tissue separation
• Dead midges reveal living conditions of fish

Posted 2011-04-06:

• Chimp, bonobo study sheds light on the social brain
• Cost-effective manure management, thanks to computer-simulated farms
• Economics, physics are roadblocks for mass-scale algae biodiesel production, study finds
• Vitamin A derivative can inhibit early forms of breast cancer, researchers show
• World's reef fishes tussling with human overpopulation
• History of nuclear power needs to be addressed, expert says
• Scientists find new type of mineral in historic meteorite
• Rare alpine insect may disappear with glaciers
• Record depletion of Arctic ozone layer causing increased UV radiation in Scandinavia
• Air France wreckage located nearly 2.5 miles below surface of Atlantic Ocean
• Facial structures of men and women have become more similar over time
• Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics; Coastal trees key to lowering greenhouse gases
• Ancient enzymes: Protein adaptation shows that life on early Earth lived in a hot, acidic environment
• When African animals hit the hay: Fossil teeth show who ate what and when as grasses emerged
• Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries
• Caterpillars aren't so bird-brained after all: Clever behavioral strategies help them outwit predators
• Novel compounds for fighting against parasitic diseases
• Food safety study of beef 'trim' leads to ongoing research collaboration

Posted 2011-04-05:

• Declining rainfall is a major influence for migrating birds
• Chemists produce first high-resolution RNA 'nano square'
• 'In-depth' radar: Seeing what lies beneath the surface
• Algae that live inside the cells of salamanders are the first known vertebrate endosymbionts
• Leatherback sea turtle nests increasing in Florida
• Formaldehyde: Poison could have set the stage for the origins of life

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