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for the Week of April 10 to April 17, 2011
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Posted 2011-04-16:
- 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
- High dose of oxygen enhances natural cancer treatment, researchers find
- New role for cilia protein in mitosis
- Tree growth and fecundity affected more by climate change than previously thought
- NASA airborne radar set to image Hawaiian volcano
- Sleeping through danger: The dormouse approach to survival
- West and Central African lions are genetically different from those in East and southern Africa
- Researchers electrify polymerization
- The Population Bomb: How we survived it
- First broad-scale maps of life on Australia's sea-shelf
- Magnesium deficiency: Not always a nutritional problem
- Lambs provide crucial link in understanding obesity
- Rare discovery of plant genus
- SeaWiFS' 13 years of observing our home planet
- Student confidence correlated with academic performance, horticultural science class study finds
Posted 2011-04-04:
- Getting closer to a better biocontrol for garden pests
- ‘SKIP’-ing splicing forces tumor cells to undergo programmed cell death
- Novel technique reveals how glaciers sculpted their valleys
- Ants and termites boost dryland wheat yields
Posted 2011-04-03:
- Optical transistor advance: Physicists rotate beams of light with semiconductor
- Soy increases radiation's ability to kill lung cancer cells, study shows
- Manage biological invasions like natural disasters, biologists say
- Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy
- When food is scarce, hungry female spiders alter mating preferences
- Sun and shade leaves play different roles in tree canopies
Posted 2011-04-02:
- Green toad inhabited Iberian Peninsula one million years ago
- Three square meals a day paired with lean protein help people feel full during weight loss
- Some populations of Fraser River salmon more likely to survive climate change
- Cat allergy vaccine safe and effective, study suggests
- Probiotic bacteria could help treat Crohn's disease
- Salt-seeking spacecraft arrives at launch site; NASA instrument will measure ocean surface salinity
- Spread of invasive ladybugs explained
- Scientists unlock mystery of how the 22nd amino acid is produced
- Got a craving for fast food? Skip the coffee, study suggests
- Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
- Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated
- Immune therapy can control fertility in mammals: Technique could prevent pregnancy in pets, human use is also envisioned
- Making the leap to whole-cell simulations
- Economic importance of bats in the 'billions a year' range
- Hidden elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch elm disease
- Scientists reach beyond the clouds with a mobile phone app to explore the outer atmosphere
- Advance toward making biodegradable plastics from waste chicken feathers
- First report on bioaccumulation and processing of antibacterial ingredient TCC in fish
- Insight into lignin biosynthesis
Posted 2011-04-01:
- Fruit fly's response to starvation could help control human appetites
- Aimless proteins may be crucial to disease
- Scat reveals an immigrant in Isle Royale wolves' gene pool
- US troops exposed to polluted air in Iraq, researchers report
- Fossil is best look yet at an ancestor of buttercups
- Repulsive smell could combat bed bugs
- Hands-free electronic water faucets found to be hindrance in infection control; Manual faucets work better, study shows
- Archaeologists explore Iraqi marshes for origins of urbanization
- Gesture-controlled microscope developed by Finnish researchers
- Common yellow lab dye profoundly extends lifespan in healthy nematodes
- Vaccine to cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies?
- Worm research defines role of multiple disease genes at base of cilia
- Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks
- Sensory wiring for smells varies among individuals
- How to make skinny worms fat and fat worms skinny
- 'Informant' jumping gene offers new method for studying how genes are regulated
- New wind tunnel will evaluate wind effects and thermal situations to improve urban climate
Posted 2011-03-31:
- Butterflies that explore and colonize new habitats are genetically different from cautious cousins
- Blocking carbon dioxide fixation in bacteria increases biofuel production
- Spiders target mate-luring signals from 'vibrating' insects
- Carbon labeling of products could help consumers make environmentally friendly choices
- Newly discovered natural arch in Afghanistan one of world's largest
- 54 beneficial compounds discovered in pure maple syrup
- US earthquake resilience needs strengthening, says new report
- Warm water causes extra-cold winters in northeastern North America and northeastern Asia
- Physicists detect low-level radioactivity from Japan arriving in Seattle
- Updating the Mary Poppins solution with a better bitter blocker
- River water and salty ocean water used to generate electricity
- Next-generation device developed to track world's air quality
- 'Bacterial dirigibles' emerge as next-generation disease fighters
- Ocean circulation plays important role in transporting heat to Greenland glaciers
- Measurements of winter Arctic sea ice shows continuing ice loss, study finds
- Like products, plants wait for optimal configuration before market success
Posted 2011-03-30:
- New insight into how 'tidying up' enzymes work
- Communicating uncertain climate risks
- Treadmill tests for poison frogs show toxic species are more physically fit
- Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
- Some ingredients in 'green' products come from petroleum rather than natural sources
- Satellites detect extensive drought impact on Amazon forests
- Chemists' biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection
- Wind can keep mountains from growing
- Next-generation chemical mapping on the nanoscale
- From crankcase to gas tank: New microwave method converts used motor oil into fuel
- Researchers close in on technology for making renewable petroleum
- Bones conjure Yellowstone's ecological ghosts
- GPS study shows wolves more reliant on a cattle diet
- Evolution: Not only the fittest survive
- Speeding up Mother Nature's very own CO<sub>2</sub> mitigation process
- Tiger numbers increase in India
- Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas; Finding confirms that serious diseases can pass to gorillas from people
- No longer pining for organic molecules to make particles in the air
- Even Canadian rocks are different: Sedimentary differences on either side of border date back 120 million years
- Malaria as a complication to landmines and war injuries
- Will we hear the light? Surprising discovery that infrared can activate heart and ear cells
- First applications of Europe's Galileo satellite nagivation system showcased
Posted 2011-03-29:
- How do plants fight disease? Breakthrough research offers a clue
- Dark side of spring? Pollution in our melting snow
- Scientists trace violent death of Iron Age man
- Twinkle, twinkle, quantum dot: New particles can change colors and tag molecules
- New trash-to-treasure process turns landfill nuisance into plastic
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