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for the Week of March 6 to March 13, 2011
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Posted 2011-03-12:
- Keys to long life? Not what you might expect
- A blood test for lung cancer?
- Low cost solar cells: New European record in efficiency
- Pregnancy anemia linked to childhood wheezing and asthma
- Engineer studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake
- Not actually bad at math or auto repair? Women fear being stereotyped by male service providers
- Giftedness linked to prenatal exposure of higher levels of testosterone
- Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
- Why low birth weight is linked to obesity later in life: Study provides explanation
- Surgery without external scars is gaining traction: Organ removal through body’s orifices is minimally invasive approach to surgery
- Perfect buns: Imaging system controls baking process on production line to improve sandwich bun quality
- Consumer beware: Rejecting an option may make you more likely to choose it later
Posted 2011-03-12:
- Reading in two colors at the same time: Patterns of synesthesia brain activity revealed
- Smoking may increase risk for lung disease
- Radiation expert discusses Japan nuclear power plant concerns
- Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
- West Coast tsunami warnings shouldn’t lull Oregonians to sleep, expert says
- Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
- NASA study goes to Earth's core for climate insights
- New view of human nerve cells opens door to potential drug targets
- Near-real-time map of Japan quake aftershocks
- Trauma patients have higher rate of death for several years following injury
- Pacific Northwest faces nearly identical risks to Japanese quake
- Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
- Speed demon star creates a shock
- New treatment strategy effective for certain lung cancers
- Geologists in the UK trace readings from Japan earthquake
- Pinpointing air pollution's effects on the heart
- New details about medically important protein family
- Sleepy connected Americans
- The most distant mature galaxy cluster: Young, but surprisingly grown-up
- Patient's own bone marrow stem cells may provide treatment for brain injuries
- Snails' complex muscle movements, rather than mucus, key to locomotion
- Depression may increase the risk of kidney failure
- Oldest known wild bird in US returns to Midway to raise chick
- 'GPS system' for protein synthesis in nerve cells gives clues for understanding brain disorders
- Anthropologists link human uniqueness to hunter-gatherer group structure
- Potential Alzheimer's treatment? Newly discovered role for enzyme in neurodegenerative diseases
- Sunlight can influence the breakdown of medicines in the body
- Roundworm could provide new treatment for sepsis
- New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in organic chemistry
- Cerebellum provides clues to the nature of human intelligence
- New technology would dramatically extend battery life for mobile devices
- Coffee drinking linked to reduced stroke risk in women
- Weed-eating fish 'key to reef survival'
- New bowel cancer evidence calls for routine DNA repair test
- New robot system to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity
- Laughter really is the best medicine (for leg ulcers)
- A glove on your hand can change your mind
- Engineered protein has potential for new anti-inflamatory treatment
- Half-time for Mars500: Simulated mission to the Red Planet
- Sildenafil reduces Raynaud's frequency in patients with systemic sclerosis, study finds
- Scientists develop high-tech crop map
- Boy toddlers need extra help dealing with negative emotions, experts urge
Posted 2011-03-11:
- How do people respond to being touched by a robotic nurse?
- Synthetic compound may lead to drugs to fight pancreatic, lung cancer
- Pollution forms an invisible barrier for marine life
- New genetic deafness syndrome identified
- Aerosol plumes downwind of Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from air pollution study have applications beyond Gulf
- Abnormal neural activity recorded from the deep brain of Parkinson's disease and dystonia patients
- Aging rates, gender gap in mortality similar across all primates
- Erectile dysfunction drug improves exercise tolerance in young people with congenital heart disease
- Banana peels get a second life as water purifier
- Vascular brain disorder often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis, study finds
- Defective plastics repair themselves
- Work climate the main reason women leave engineering, survey suggests
- New switching device could help build an ultrafast 'quantum Internet'
- Scientists discover cause of rare skin cancer that heals itself
- 'Love song' of the fly shows how nervous system initiates, controls and utilized behavior
- Alcohol has stronger impact on gastric bypass patients, study finds
- American birds of prey at higher risk of poisoning from pest control chemicals
- How do we combine faces and voices?
- Web-crawling the brain: 3-D nanoscale model of neural circuit created
- As we sleep, speedy brain waves boost our ability to learn
- How long does a tuning fork ring?
- Passive smoking increases risk of stillbirth and birth defects, study suggests
- Voyager seeks the answer blowin' in the wind
- Migrating moths and songbirds travel at similar rates
- Electromechanical circuit sets record beating microscopic 'drum'
- An advance toward blood transfusions that require no typing
- Learning to see consciously: Scientists show how flexibly the brain processes images
- Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
- Surprisingly few white sharks off California, first census finds
- A-ha! The neural mechanisms of insight
- Cell component involved in triggering cat allergy identified
- Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain
- New H1N1 mutation could allow virus to spread more easily
- Aspirin's ability to protect against colorectal cancer may depend on inflammatory pathways
- How plants sort and eliminate genes over millennia
- Which side of the brain rotates a mental picture?
- Foundations of empathy in chickens? Avian maternal response to chick distress studied
- New form of muscular dystrophy identified: Mutation in important muscle protein causes muscle disease and cognitive impairment
- Toward real time observation of electron dynamics in atoms and molecules
- New mouse models generated for MYH9 genetic disorders
- Model organisms? Broadening the biological lexicon to bolster translational research
- Epilepsy-linked memory losss worries more patients than doctors
- High-volume portable music players may impair ability to clearly discriminate sounds
- Novel method could improve the performance of proteins used therapeutically
- Intelligent microscopy: Software runs experiments on its own
- Novel role found for calcium channels in pacemaker cell function
- Open-source software is actually more secure for health care IT, study suggests
- Negative classroom environment adversely affects children's mental health
- Referral to high-volume hospitals for operations fails to improve outcomes statewide, study finds
Posted 2011-03-10:
- 'Singing' mice: The ongoing debate of nature vs. Nurture
- New biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease identified
- Synthetic biology: Novel kind of fluorescent protein developed
- Gene fusion mechanisms offer new clues to origin of pediatric brain tumors
- NASA's Jupiter-bound spacecraft taking shape in Denver
- Giving children the power to be scientists
- Scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
- Curbing cholesterol could help combat infections, study shows
- Deforestation's impact on Mount Kilimanjaro calculated
- New type of secretory cell in the intestine
- New molecular robot can be programmed to follow instructions
- More reasons to be nice: It's less work for everyone
- Missing DNA helps make us human
- Newly identified spider toxin may help uncover novel ways of treating pain and human diseases
- Medical microcamera the size of a grain of salt gives razor-sharp images, very inexpensively
- Blood-brain barrier damaged by Sanfilippo syndrome type B disease, mouse study suggests
- Report identifies priority missions for planetary science in the next decade
- Passive news reports may lead readers to feel they can't find the truth
- Fossil bird study describes ripple effect of extinction in animal kingdom
- Brain implant surgeries dramatically improve symptoms of debilitating condition
- Ultrafast laser 'scribing' technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
- Oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females
- Real March Madness is relying on seedings to determine Final Four
- The science behind the cape: How one physiology researcher is using batman to put some POW! Into physiology studies
- Cassini finds Saturn's moon Enceladus is a powerhouse
- Drug stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice; Medication turns on critical gene, protects brain cells
- Great tits also have age-related defects
- New instrument for analyzing viruses: Sensitive 'PING' device
- Ultra fast photodetectors out of carbon nanotubes
- It's all in a name: 'Global warming' vs. 'climate change'
- Evolution drives many plants and animals to be bigger, faster
- Why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring's long-term health
- Mediterranean diet: A heart-healthy plan for life
- ADAM-12 gene could hold key to cancer, arthritis and cardiac treatments
- Engineers demonstrate use of proteins as raw material for biofuels, biorefining
- Receiving work-related communication at home takes greater toll on women, study finds
- Some of Mars' missing carbon dioxide may be buried
- Chemist discovers shortcut for processing drugs
- Enzymes from garden compost could favour bioethanol production
- 'Cross-talk' research may pave the way to understanding and controlling chronic pain
- NASA develops light microscope for International Space Station
- Intelligence analysts need not fear 'Watson,' study shows
- New wintering grounds for humpback whales discovered using sound
- A new stem cell enters the mix: Induced conditional self-renewing progenitor cells
- Extremely fast magnetic random access memory (MRAM) computer data storage within reach
- Neurologists predict more cases of stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy
- Graphene oxide’s solubility disappears in the wash
- Text messaging may help smokers break the habit: Studies demonstrate brain activity link and use a new technology to monitor smoking
- UK doctors consistently oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide
- International collaboration between researchers results in greater recognition, study shows
Posted 2011-03-09:
- Right-handers, but not left-handers, are biased to select their dominant hand
- Function of 'junk DNA' in human genes
- For birds, the suburbs may not be an ideal place to raise a family
- Stroke survivors with irregular heartbeat may have higher risk of dementia
- How can robots get our attention?
- Cleansing the soul by hurting the flesh: The guilt-reducing effect of pain
- Melting ice sheets now largest contributor to sea level rise
- An Alzheimer's vaccine in a nasal spray?
- Genetic makeup and duration of abuse reduce the brain's neurons in drug addiction
- Malaria’s weakest link: Class of chemotherapy drugs also kills the parasite that causes malaria
- Identifying 'anonymous' email authors
- Big games, close scores lead to more auto fatalities for winning fans
- Rare observation of cosmic explosion
- New weight loss discovery moves us closer to 'the Pill' for obesity
- DNA better than eyes when counting endangered species
- Key mechanism of childhood respiratory disease identified
- Student innovation transmits data and power wirelessly through submarine hulls
- Physician's empathy directly associated with positive clinical outcomes
- Stone tools influenced hand evolution in human ancestors, anthropologists say
- High levels of 'good' cholesterol may cut bowel cancer risk
- Teaching robots to move like humans
- Experts develop tool to predict course of Haiti's cholera outbreak, offer disease control strategies for immediate implementation
- Researchers hunt for green catalysts
- People would rather let bad things happen than cause them, especially if someone is watching
- Laboratory-grown urethras implanted in patients, scientists report
- Body's clock may lead to increased risk for fainting during the nighttime
- California superstorm would be costliest US disaster
- Acupuncture curbs severity of menopausal hot flushes, study suggests
- Microbial forensics used to solve the case of the 2001 anthrax attacks
- Exercise can curb marijuana use and cravings, study finds
- Eating apples extends lifespan of test animals by 10 percent
- Spontaneous smoking cessation may be an early symptom of lung cancer, research suggests
- Peanut worms are annelids
- Surprising behavior of cells during blood-vessel formation
- New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision
- Brain 'network maps' reveal clue to mental decline in old age
- New interpretation of Antarctic ice cores: Prevailing theory on climate history expanded
- Drug delivery with nanoparticles
- Sea sponges: Tweak of nature in fight against cancer
- New peptide could be effective treatment for triple negative breast cancer
- Preparing for the unexpected
- Turning off stress
- Internet catches updated butterfly and moth website
- HBV infection decreases risk of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients
- A novel prognostic marker for biliary atresia
- The safety of daily magnesium oxide treatment for children with chronic constipation
- Eating disorders and body dissatisfaction is double in Muslim teenagers than in Christian, Spanish study finds
- Rituximab combined with a TNF inhibitor and methotrexate shows no safety signal in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, study finds
- ChesapeakeView: Everything you need to know about the bay
Posted 2011-03-08:
- Tobacco smoking impacts teens' brains, study shows
- Gene variants in autism linked to brain development
- NASA studies the body's ability to fight infection
- Health benefits of eating tomatoes emerge
- Relaxation leads to lower elasticity: Model system delivers vital clues on the aging processes of elastic polymers
- Is March Madness always the same?
- Abundant ammonia aids life's origins
- Class of potent anti-cancer compounds discovered
- 'Nano-Velcro' technology used to improve capture of circulating cancer cells
- Solving a traditional Chinese medicine mystery: Discovery of molecular mechanism reveals antitumor possibilities
- Removing arsenic from drinking water
- Web use doesn't encourage belief in political rumors, but e-mail does
- Multiple sclerosis blocked in mouse model: Barring immune cells from brain prevents symptoms
- New compound rids cells of Alzheimer protein debris
- Stretchable balloon electronics get to the heart of cardiac medicine
- Helicobacter pylori infection linked to decreased iron levels in otherwise healthy children
- Japanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity
- Elderly see pedestrians half as often as younger drivers, according to new research
- Enzyme enhances, erases long-term memories in rats; Can restore even old, fading memories, say scientists
- New gene regions identified that predispose people to heart attacks: Some hint at previously unknown mechanisms that increase risk
- New camera makes seeing the 'invisible' possible
- New test for 'pluripotent' stem cells
- Food science challenges for NASA missions to Mars
- Noise distracts fish from their dinner
- 'Elephant trunks' in space: WISE captures image of star-forming cloud of dust and gas
- Human stem cells transformed into key neurons lost in Alzheimer's
- NASA light technology successfully reduces cancer patients painful side effects from radiation and chemotherapy
- Vaccinated children not at higher risk of infections or allergic diseases, study suggests
- Brazilian beef: Greater impact on the environment than we realize
- Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications
- Sea-ice algae can engineer ice to its advantage using own antifreeze
- Gene responsible for severe osteoporosis disorder discovered
- Spitzer captures infrared rays from 'Sunflower' galaxy
- Loss of key protein boosts neuron loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Probing atomic chicken wire: Mounting graphene on boron nitride dramatically improves electronic properties
- The better off sleep better
- Human activity displaces predators more than prey
- Stem cell study could aid motor neuron disease research
- Hawaiian volcano crater floor collapse followed by eruption in fissue along Kilauea's east rift zone
- A misunderstanding leads to method for making nanowells
- Depression and anxiety differentially influence physical symptom reporting
- The scars of impacts on Mars
- Life-saving blood test for fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries
- Large forest animals contribute to plant diversity
- Boron neutron capture therapy is effective in advanced head and neck cancer, study suggests
- Speedy generic approval may not benefit consumers as much as expected, mathematical model shows
- Racial identity tied to happiness, study finds
- Older parents are happier with more children; young parents, with fewer
- UCLA performs first hand transplant in the western United States
- One in three doctors afraid to report underperforming colleagues, UK study finds
- Alcohol consumption after age 75 associated with lower risk of developing dementia
- Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Posted 2011-03-07:
- No such thing as a dormant volcano? Magma chambers awake sooner than thought
- Possible role of damaged DNA in tumor development
- Human cues used to improve computer user-friendliness
- Cadmium in children’s jewelry: 100 times recommended maximum exposure if mouthed or swallowed
- Fast laser could revolutionize data communications
- Does Guinness beer taste better in Ireland?
- New microscope produces dazzling 3-D movies of live cells
- Novel mechanism for control of gene expression revealed
- Bone-creating protein could improve dental implant success
- Weight-loss surgery successful in treating overweight adolescents, study suggests
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