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for the Week of April 10 to April 17, 2011
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Posted 2011-04-16:
- Neurological basis for embarrassment described
- MRI may help detect Alzheimer's at early stage, study suggests
- New elastic material changes color in UV light
- Vitamin D may help reduce heart risk in African-Americans
- Online calculator allows households to track carbon footprint
- Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems
- Solar activity heats up: Sunspots finally return
- Therapeutically promising new findings for combating hypertension and cardiovascular disease
- Non-lethal way of switching off essential genes in mice perfected
- Combined use of three markers for kidney disease may help predict risk of kidney failure, death
- Dietary yeast extracts tested as alternative to antibiotics in poultry
- Doctors lax in monitoring potentially addicting drugs, study suggests
Posted 2011-04-16:
- Africa the birthplace of human language, analysis suggests
- 'Thunder' protein regulates memory formation
- Whole-exome sequencing of skin cancer completed: Most comprehensive view of melanoma's genetic landscape
- Childhood eczema and hay fever leads to adult allergic asthma, study finds
- Novel ionic liquid batteries
- Long-term users of ecstasy risk structural brain damage, study suggests
- New spin on graphene makes it magnetic
- How DNA changes: Newly revealed process has implications for understanding cancers, psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
- Parents' 'um's' and 'uh's' help toddlers learn new words, cognitive scientists find
- Heart needs work after heart attack: New study challenges the notion that the heart must rest
- A bicycle built for none: Riderless bike helps researchers learn how balance rolls along
- Stronger regulations of in vitro fertilization may save lives, new study finds
- US meat and poultry is widely contaminated with drug-resistant Staph bacteria, study finds
- Patients' own cells yield new insights into the biology of schizophrenia
- Illusion can halve the pain of osteoarthritis, scientists say
- Rising star of brain found to regulate circadian rhythms
- Forest byproducts, shells may be key to removing radioactive contaminants from drinking water
- Tourette syndrome: Non-drug therapy to reduce tics; Study shows the neurophysiological impacts of psychotherapy
- The eyes have it: Dinosaurs hunted by night
- Genes that control 'aging' steroid identified
- Carbon fiber used to reinforce buildings; protect from explosion
- Antibody response may lead to narrowed arteries and organ rejection
- Fast-rotating asteroid winks for astronomer's camera
- Targeting top 911 callers can trim cost, improve patient care
- Humpback whale songs spread eastward like the latest pop tune
- Evolution points to genes involved in birth timing: New gene may increase risk for preterm birth
- Studies of marine animals aim to help prevent rejection of transplanted organs
- Novel therapy improves immune function in teen with rare disease
- WISE delivers millions of galaxies, stars, asteroids
- Diet plus exercise is more effective for weight loss than either method alone
- Search for dark matter moves one step closer to detecting elusive particle
- Enzyme crucial to DNA replication may provide potent anti-cancer drug target
- Sensor determines if packaged meat has spoiled
- Pig stem cell transplants: The key to future research into retina treatment
- NASA's next generation space telescope marks key milestone
- Human factors/ergonomics research leads to improved bunk bed safety standards
- Lights and flat-panel displays: Researchers 'brighten' the future of organic light-emitting diode technology
- Study links inflammation in brain to some memory decline
- Changes in 'good' fatty acid concentration of inner organs might be largely independent of diet
- Aggressive glycemic control in diabetic CABG patients does not improve survival, study suggests
- NASA announces new homes for shuttle orbiters after retirement
- People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties
Posted 2011-04-15:
- DNA nanoforms: Miniature architectural forms -- some no larger than viruses -- constructed through DNA origami
- Treating high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
- Recent census in war-torn DR Congo finds gorillas have survived, even increased
- New clues about how to prevent aortic aneurysm in patients with Marfan syndrome
- Europe's wildlife under threat from nitrogen, study warns
- Wikipedia deemed a reliable source for political information, according to study
- Weak evidence for word-order universals: Language not as 'innate' as thought?
- Predicting Alzheimer's: Thinning of key cortical areas predicts dementia up to a decade in advance
- First 3-D topographic map of early Maya city 'Head of Stone' delineates ancient buildings
- Lung perfusion system allows high-risk lungs to be safely transplanted, study suggests
- Climate change from black carbon depends on altitude
- Too much information? Risk-benefit data does not always lead to informed decision-making
- Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible
- Possible cause of salt-induced hypertension identified
- Polluted air leads to disease by promoting widespread inflammation
- Challenges in stemming the spread of resistant bacteria in intensive care
- Algae could replace 17 percent of US oil imports, study finds
- Most substance–dependent individuals report poor oral health
- Crystal 'eyes' let simple mollusks called chitons see predators
- Anti-aging hormone Klotho inhibits renal fibrosis, cancer growth
- Chance discovery may revolutionize hydrogen production
- Drug potency: What happens in space?
- Filtering out pesticides with genetically modified bacteria
- Are your values right or left? The answer is more literal than you think
- Brain nerve stimulation could speed up learning, study suggests
- New drug may reduce seizures in epilepsy
- Injectable gel could spell relief for arthritis sufferers
- Needle-free test for premature babies
- Keeping beer fresh longer
- Your flaws are my pain: Experience of vicarious embarrassment is linked to empathy
- Physicists create clouds of impenetrable gases that bounce off each other
- Experimental Alzheimer's disease drugs might help patients with nerve injuries
- Normal breast cells help kill cancer cells, researchers find
- New evidence that chronic ulcerative stomatitis is an autoimmune disease
- Espresso makers: Coffee in capsules contains more furan than the rest
- Gangs don't protect against crime, study suggests
- Star formation linked to sonic booms
- Experimental treatment for COPD in development
- Lightning-fast materials testing using ultrasound
- Increase in deaths in men with type 2 diabetes and testosterone deficiency may be prevented by testosterone replacement, study suggests
- New fracture resistance mechanisms provided by graphene
- A judge's willingness to grant parole can be influenced by breaks
- Loch fossils show life harnessed sun and sex early on
- Possible new approach to treating deadly leukemia in babies
- Low intensity treadmill exercise is best to improve walking in Parkinson's, study suggests
- Comprehensive study reveals patterns in firefighter fatalities
- Ocean drilling deep into the Pacific crust
- Stillbirths: The invisible public health problem
- Highest percentage of Americans in four decades say financial situation has gotten worse
- Domestic violence and pregnancy
- Accountable care organizations have potential to curb costs and improve health care
Posted 2011-04-14:
- Vehicle pollution significantly damages the brain, mouse study suggests
- Multiple sclerosis: Risk factors in children
- Low doses of penta-brominated diphenyl ether flame retardants alter gene expression
- HIV rate in San Francisco could be cut sharply with expanded treatment, study predicts
- Scientists give computers 'hindsight' to anticipate the future: Useful in online auctions
- To students, music piracy and shoplifting are worlds apart
- Bitterness induces nausea, swallowing not required
- Short-term, high-fat diet may initiate protection during heart attack
- Death -- not just life -- important link in marine ecosystems
- Treatment found for rare lung disease, study suggests
- Children victims of most eye injuries from aerosols
- Cultural differences are evident deep in the brain of Caucasian and Asian people
- Mechanism of long-term memory identified
- Neurosurgeons test new device for placing brain implants
- Ceramic coatings may protect jet engines from volcanic ash
- New drug shows potential for treatment-resistant leukemia
- Giant fire-bellied toad's brain brims with powerful germ-fighters
- Men fuel rebound in plastic surgery: Sizeable increases in facelifts and other surgical procedures for men
- Birds inherited strong sense of smell from dinosaurs
- Weight loss improves memory, according to researchers
- Honey can reverse antibiotic resistance, study suggests
- Natural gas from shale contributes to global warming, researchers find
- Psychologists closing in on causes of claustrophobic fear
- Volcanoes reveal the cooling of Mars
- New compounds show promise against hepatitis C infection
- Potential new strategy to reduce catheter blockage
- Heart disease risk factors linked to some cognitive decline
- Device proves solar cell potential of high bandgap inorganic nanowire arrays
- Smokers believe 'silver', 'gold' and 'slim' cigarettes are less harmful
- New species of dinosaur bridges gap in dinosaur family tree
- New target for developing effective anti-depressants
- Eco-friendly treatment for blue jeans offers alternative to controversial 'sandblasting'
- Tool predicts disability timeline for progressive multiple sclerosis patients
- Combating plant diseases is key for sustainable crops
- Media's focus on ideal body shape can boost women's body satisfaction, for a while
- Antibiotic resistance spreads rapidly between bacteria
- First comprehensive gene map of the human brain: More than 90 percent similarity among humans
- Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
- Radiation at time of lumpectomy may offer faster, more precise treatment for breast cancer patients, experts say
- Scotland's carbon emissions could be halved in two decades, study suggests
- Scientists explore new link between genetics, alcoholism and the brain
- Scientists make bamboo tools to test theory explaining East Asia's Stone Age tool scarcity
- Obesity may shut down circadian clock in the cardiovascular system
- Bioengineering uses vetiver grass to save coral reefs near Guam
- Loss of cell adhesion protein drives esophageal and oral cancers in mice
- Controlled production of nanometric drops
- When the pressure is on, product experts can get facts wrong
Posted 2011-04-13:
- Toward a computer model of the brain: New technique poised to untangle brain's complexity
- Parkinson's disease: Investigational drug may reduce involuntary movements
- Greenhouse gases from forest soils
- Distribution of cancers in the HIV/AIDS population is shifting
- Public relatively unconcerned about nanotechnology risks
- Psychologists say well-being is more than 'happiness'
- Bacteria in wasp antennae produce antibiotic cocktails
- Moderate exercise dramatically improves brain blood flow in elderly women
- Rainbow-trapping scientist now strives to slow light waves even further
- Evidence lacking for efficacy of memantine in treating mild Alzheimer's disease, study finds
- Better lasers for optical communications
- 'Alternative vote' electoral system could lock out extremist candidates, UK researcher says
- Can alcohol help the brain remember? Repeated ethanol exposure enhances synaptic plasticity in key brain area, study finds
- Maternal stress during pregnancy may affect child's obesity
- 'Pacman strategy' to boost the immune system to fight cancer
- Omega-3 consumed during pregnancy curbs risk for postpartum depression symptoms
- Cause of irradiation-induced instability in materials' surfaces discovered
- Iraqi refugees at high risk of brain and nervous system disorders
- First galaxies were born much earlier than expected
- Prenatal exposure to certain pollutants linked to behavioral problems in young children
- Circadian rhythms spark plants' ability to survive freezing weather
- Increase in football-related injuries among youth found in new U.S. study
- Forensics: Developing a tool for identification -- even using very degraded DNA samples
- Self-fulfilling prophecy: People's opinion of others determines how cooperative they are
- World's smallest wedding rings: Interlocking rings of DNA visible through scanning force microscope
- First clinical trial of gene therapy for pain shows substantial pain relief for patients
- Tuberculosis strain spread by the fur trade reveals stealthy approach of epidemics
- Insights gained from growing cold-causing virus on sinus tissue
- Space jets in a bottle
- Multitasking study reveals switching glitch in aging brain
- Some features of human face perception are not uniquely human, pigeon study shows
- Nasal spray vaccines can be made more effective against flu, experts say
- How antifreeze proteins bind to surface of ice crystals: Finding may end 30-year debate
- Estrogen treatment with no side effects in sight, Swedish researchers find
- Environmental E. coli: New way to classify E. coli bacteria and test for fecal contamination
- Physicians recommend different treatments for patients than they choose for themselves, study finds
- Social wasps show how bigger brains provide complex cognition
- Oral drug for multiple sclerosis significantly reduces disease activity and slows disability, study suggests
- 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
- Treatments for gambling addiction
- 'Green energy' advance: Tandem catalysis in nanocrystal interfaces
- Link between inflammation and pancreatic cancer discovered
- Complex composite materials: Replacement found for rare material indium tin oxide
- High levels of vitamin D appear to lower risk of age-related macular degeneration in young women
- Delhi air quality regulations improve respiratory health
- Why academic start-up companies can fail
- Louisiana, Florida residents differ on views of long-term effects of oil spill
- Extended schools in U.K. hold the key to tackling social problems
- How do life-threatening medical conditions in children impact quality of life?
Posted 2011-04-12:
- Penguins that shun ice still lose big from a warming climate
- Light, chemistry, action: New technique to target skin cancers?
- Blueberries may inhibit development of fat cells
- Mechanism for esophageal cancer uncovered
- Diesel-engine exhaust filter reduces harmful particles by 98 percent
- Sleep issues contribute to cognitive problems in childhood cancer survivors
- Squid and octopuses experience massive acoustic trauma from noise pollution in the oceans
- Is the wrist bone connected to heart risk?
- Fracking controversy: Using water, sand and chemicals to extract natural gas from shale
- Biologists find another clue to the origins of degenerative diseases
- Positioning enzymes with ease
- Women's voices remain steady throughout the month; New study contradicts prior research suggesting hormonal status affects voice
- Electric Yellowstone: Conductivity image hints supervolcano plume is bigger than thought
- Letting there be more mosquitoes may lead to fewer malaria deaths, say researchers
- Vision loss in eye disease slowed using novel encapsulated cell therapy
- 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
- Physicists discover new way to visualize warped space and time
- New mechanism for invasion of tumorous cells discovered
- What sea squirts can teach us about the heart
- Anatomic differences found after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy
- Odd corn plant provides insight into how corn makes hormones
- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson perform first space-Earth flute duet
- Saturn's moon Titan shaped by weather, not ice volcanoes?
- Experimental drug achieves unprecedented weight loss, clinical trial finds
- 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
- Increased life expectancy discourages religious participation, research finds
- Accelerated lab evolution of biomolecules could yield new generation of medicines
- Flu helps spread pneumonia
- Ancient corals provide insight on the future of Caribbean reefs
- Protein thought to protect against oxidative stress also promotes clogging of arteries
- Free software makes computer mouse easier for people with disabilities
- Demystifying meditation: Brain imaging illustrates how meditation reduces pain
- New genetic study helps solve Darwin's mystery about ancient evolution of flowering plants
- Drinking during pregnancy increases risk of premature birth, study finds
- Virtual reality lab focuses on conservation
- An earlier start on diagnosing breast, prostate cancers
- New research advances understanding of lead selenide nanowires
- Women with false-positive mammograms report high anxiety and reduced quality of life
- Scientists develop 'universal' virus-free method to turn blood cells into 'beating' heart cells
- How marijuana affects the way the brain processes emotional information
- Are invasive plants a threat to native biodiversity? It depends on the spatial scale
- Alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors found in Mediterranean people
- NASA's Jupiter-bound spacecraft arrives in Florida
- How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane
- Excessive nitrogen harms the economy and environment: First Europe-wide assessment published
- Cutting-edge X-ray free electron laser facility unveiled in japan
- Immunization not linked to increased hospitalization for children with inherited disorder, study finds
Posted 2011-04-11:
- Bullying alters brain chemistry, leads to anxiety, mouse study finds
- 'Good cholesterol' nanoparticles seek and destroy cancer cells
- New highly efficient way to make reprogrammed stem cells
- Scientists to sequence DNA of cystic fibrosis superbug
- Avalanche risk: Monitoring system warns of slippery slopes
- Mum’s the word when it comes to children’s happiness
- Ancient fossils hold clues for predicting future climate change
- Aspirin may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer
- Bacterial genome may hold answers to mercury mystery
- Nicotine does not promote lung cancer growth in mouse models, study finds
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