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for the Week of May 15 to May 22, 2011
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Posted 2011-05-21:
- Young graphite in old rocks challenges the earliest signs of life
- The wetter the better for daddy longlegs -- and birds
- Traditional remedy bitter cumin is a great source antioxidant plant phenols, study suggests
- Errors in protein structure sparked evolution of biological complexity
- Herbal remedies offer hope as the new antibiotics
- Proboscis monkeys regurgitating their food, like cows
- Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds
- The way to (kill) a bug's heart is through its stomach
Posted 2011-05-21:
- Work with RNA silencing and plant stem cells may lead to controlling fruit, seed and leaves
- Long reach of the deep sea: Oceanographers document effect of equatorial deep currents on West African rainfall
- Wolbachia bacteria reduce parasite levels and kill the mosquito that spreads malaria
- Record efficiency of 18.7 percent for flexible solar cells on plastics, Swiss researchers report
- From gene to protein: Control is mainly in the cytoplasm, not cell nucleus
- Building a better mouse model to study depression
- Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in the Americas
- Sniff sniff: Smelling led to smarter mammals, researchers say
- Localizing fruit, vegetable consumption doesn't necessarily solve environmental, health issues, study suggests
- Atomic-scale structures of ribosome could help improve antibiotics: How protein-making machine bends without breaking
- Malaria risk reduced by genetic predisposition for cell suicide, study finds
- Can river sediment be used to repair the coast?
- Peculiar feeding mechanism of the first vertebrates
- Ocean warming detrimental to inshore fish species, Australian scientists report
- Wireless sensor network monitors microclimate in the forest
- Japan's 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: Surprising findings about energy distribution over fault slip and stress accumulation
- New understanding of chronic otitis media may inform future treatment
- Studies focus on feed ingredient's effects on levels of E. coli O157:H7 in cattle
- 440-year-old document sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule
Posted 2011-05-20:
- New level of genetic diversity discovered in human RNA sequences
- It's not easy being green: Scientists grow understanding of how photosynthesis is regulated
- Curcumin compound improves effectiveness of head and neck cancer treatment, study finds
- Packaging process for genes discovered
- Liquid crystal droplets discovered to be exquisitely sensitive to an important bacterial lipid
- Of frogs, chickens and people: Highly conserved dual mechanism regulates both brain development and function
- Eat a protein-rich breakfast to reduce food cravings, prevent overeating later, researcher finds
- 'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale
- China fossil shows bird, crocodile family trees split earlier than thought
- New technique sheds light on the mysterious process of cell division
- Standing up to fight: Does it explain why we walk upright and why women like tall men?
- What electric car convenience is worth
- Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently
- Potentially toxic flame retardants detected in baby products
- Preserving plants and animals caught between forest 'fragments'
- Sun protects against childhood asthma
- Goat milk can be considered as functional food, Spanish researchers find
- Investigations of changes in Weddell Sea habitat: Research ship Polarstern returns from Antartica
- Cause of Demetz Syndrome in Tyrolean Grey cattle discovered
Posted 2011-05-19:
- Imaging technology reveals intricate details of 49-million-year-old spider
- Lichens may aid in combating deadly chronic wasting disease in wildlife
- Risk of wetland habitat loss in southern United States predicted
- Species extinction rates have been overreported, new study claims -- but global extinction crisis remains very serious
- Genetic 'wiring' of seeds revealed
- Do microbes swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? Research answers long-standing question
- Earth's core is melting ... and freezing
- Dairy consumption does not elevate heart-attack risk, study suggests
- Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with humanized BLT mice
- Sodium channels evolved before animals' nervous systems
- Splitting water for renewable energy simpler than first thought? Manganese-based catalyst shows promise
- Scientists track environmental influences on giant kelp with help from satellite data
- New evidence shows mobile animals could have evolved much earlier than previously thought
- Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate
- Landslides: How rainfall dried up Panama's drinking water
- New strategy for drought tolerance in crops: Shutting down the plant's growth inhibition under mild stress
- Temperature, humidity affect health benefits of green tea powders
- Radiation protection expert criticises comparison of Fukushima to Chernobyl
Posted 2011-05-18:
- Mass extinction of marine life in oceans during prehistoric times offers warning for future
- Molecular technique advances soybean rust resistance research
- Ancient Egyptian princess now known to be first person in human history with diagnosed coronary artery disease
- Vaccine protects from deadly Hendra virus
- Stem cell study could pave the way to treatment for age-related muscle wasting
- There's no magic number for saving endangered species
- New cell that attacks dengue virus identified
- Of moose and men: Removal of roadside salt pools can protect salt-toothed moose from crossing roads
- Anthropologist discovers new fossil primate species in West Texas
- New imaging technology 'sees' camouflaged marine animals in the eyes of their predators
- Researchers identify new dental cavity-causing species
- Tarantulas shoot silk from their feet
- Graduation contamination through handshaking?
- Genomic archeology reveals early evolution of sex chromosomes
- Smoke-related chemical discovered in the atmosphere could have health implications
- Zebrafish regrow fins using multiple cell types, not identical stem cells
- Third of tested plastic products found to leach toxic substances in Swedish study
Posted 2011-05-17:
- Striking ecological impact on Canada's Arctic coastline linked to global climate change
- Secrets of plague unlocked with stunning new imaging techniques
- When is it worth remanufacturing? Sometimes it saves energy, sometimes it doesn’t — and sometimes it makes things worse
- Biophysics of snakebites: How do venomous snakes inject venom into victim's wound?
- Patterns of ancient croplands give insight into early Hawaiian society, research shows
- Penguins continue diving long after muscles run out of oxygen
- Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
- First habitable exoplanet? Climate simulation reveals new candidate that could support Earth-like life
- Seaports need a plan for weathering climate change, researchers say
- Tiny variation in one gene may have led to crucial changes in human brain
- Seals sense shapes using their whiskers to feel wakes
- Foot and mouth disease may spread through shedding skin cells
- Evolutionary adaptations can be reversed, but rarely
- Marine ecosystems of Antarctica under threat from human activity
- New power elite emerged in medieval Iceland as the island became Norwegian
- Oklahoma graduate student developing solutions for water problems in Ethiopia
- Research aircraft Polar 5 returned from spring measurements in the high Arctic
Posted 2011-05-16:
- Crowdsourcing science: Researcher uses Facebook to identify thousands of fish
- Vitamins may one day hitch a protected ride on corn starch
- Same fungus, different strains: A comparative genomics approach for improved 'green' chemical production
Posted 2011-05-15:
- Sense of smell: Single giant interneuron in locusts controls activity in 50,000 neurons, enabling sparse codes for odours
- New algorithm offers ability to influence systems such as living cells or social networks
- Eucalyptus tree genome deciphered: Key to new possibilities for renewable bioproducts
- New pathway affecting lifespan identified: Discovery advances study of diet and longevity
- Massive tornado onslaught raises questions about building practices, code enforcement
- Scientists design new anti-flu virus proteins using computational methods
- Satellite images display extreme Mississippi River flooding from space
Posted 2011-05-14:
- How do honeybees control their flight speed to avoid obstacles?
- Discovery of DNA silencing mechanism reveals how plants protect their genome
- On prehistoric supercontinent of Pangaea, latitude and rain dictated where species lived
- Nuclear desalination: Fresh water from waste heat of power plants
- Risking one's neck for better grog: Mutinies reveal tipping points for collective unrest
- Last Neanderthals near the Arctic Circle?
- Bacterium found to kill malaria in mosquitoes
- Pigs susceptible to virulent ebolavirus can transmit the virus to other animals
- Exposing ZnO nanorods to visible light removes microbes, researchers in Thailand show
- How a flatworm regenerates missing tissues: Pluripotent adult stem cells power planarian regeneration
- Irritable bowel syndrome: Common gastrointestinal disorder linked to bacterial overgrowth, food poisoning
- Ancient gene gives planarians a heads-up in regeneration
- Why some genes are silenced: Researchers find clue as to how notes are played on the 'genetic piano'
- New method for engineering human tissue regeneration
- Water for Mongolia: How vital resource can be efficiently managed and used
- Reforesting rural lands in China pays big dividends, researchers say
- Extensive methane leaks discovered under streets of Boston
Posted 2011-05-13:
- Smarter treatment for killer infections
- 'Fasting pathway' points the way to new class of diabetes drugs
- Action needed to manage climate change risks: U.S. response should be durable, but flexible, experts urge
- Improving photosynthesis? Solar cells beat plants at harvesting sun's energy, for now
- Cats pass disease to wildlife, even in remote areas
- Salinity in Outer Banks wells traced to fossil seawater
- Sharing musical instruments means sharing germs
- Mother and kid goat vocals strike a chord
- Whales have accents and regional dialects: Biologists interpret the language of sperm whales
- Change is the order of the day in the Arctic
- Marine lab research tracks pollutants in dolphins and beluga whales
- Silver cycle: New evidence for natural synthesis of silver nanoparticles
- Stay-at-home parents make for a cooperative family of lizards
- Can clouds help mitigate global warming? Missing links found in biology of cloud formation over oceans
- Sugar boosters could lead to cheap, effective treatments for chronic bacterial infections
- Deepwater Horizon spill threatens more species than legally protected, study finds
- High numbers of barred owls likely in Pacific Northwest forests
- Animal-like urea cycle in ocean's tiny diatoms enables marine phytoplankton to use carbon and nitrogen from their environment
- 2,300-year climate record suggests severe tropical droughts as northern temperatures rise
- Antarctic icebergs help ocean take up carbon dioxide
- Monkey studies reveal promising vaccine approach for HIV
- University pond reveals hidden history of fungi
- Cold homes cost lives, experts argue
- First ocean acidification buoy installed in Alaska waters
Posted 2011-05-12:
- It's not easy flying green: Large variability in greenhouse gas emissions from alternative fuels
- Mississippi flooding captured by NASA satellites
- First signs of progress in saving Indian vultures from killer drug
- Beware of predatory male American black bears: Attack rates are rising with human population growth
- Wine yeasts reveal prehistoric microbial world
- Beneficial bacteria help repair intestinal injury by inducing reactive oxygen species
- Following your steak's history from pasture to plate
- Coffee reduces breast cancer risk, study suggests
- 'Liquid smoke' from rice shows potential health benefits
- Neanderthals died out earlier than previously thought, new evidence suggests
- Adrenaline given before snakebite anti-venom treatment reduces allergic reactions, study finds
- The skinny on how shed skin reduces indoor air pollution
- Genomes of fungi that threaten wheat, poplars sequenced
- Harnessing the energy of the Sun: New technique improves artificial photosynthesis
- California's Chumash Indians: Roughly hewn beads are child's play, archaeologist finds
- New evidence details spread of amphibian-killing disease from Mexico through Central America
- New antibody for cell labeling: Stem cells can be distinguished on the basis of sugar residues
- Saving Kenya's Lake Naivasha: Efforts to improve sustainability
Posted 2011-05-11:
- Smallest turtle in North America becomes more scarce
- Variety is the spice of life for animal movement: Foraging animals tend to wander randomly
- High-tech approach uses lights, action and camera to scrutinize fresh produce
- Ocean acidification: Carbon dioxide makes life difficult for algae
- Scientists unmask mysterious cells as key 'border patrol agents' in the intestine
- Bats lend an ear to sonar engineering
- Fundamental question on how life started solved: Supercomputer calculates carbon nucleus
- Wild animals age, too: Researchers study senescence in blue-footed booby shows
- Original versus copy: Researchers develop forgery-proof prototypes for product authentication
- Immature skull led young tyrannosaurs to rely on speed, agility to catch prey
- New insect repellant may be thousands of times stronger than DEET
- A simple, mildly invasive solution for conserving historic buildings
- Methane levels 17 times higher in water wells near hydrofracking sites, study finds
- 'Fool's Gold' is ocean life's fertilizer: Pyrite nanoparticles from hydrothermal vents are rich source of iron in deep sea
- Airborne pollutants: New view of how water and sulfur dioxide mix
- Genome of marine organism reveals hidden secrets; New methods to identify promising species in the wild
- More effective and less risky when you paint the hull of your boat
Posted 2011-05-10:
- New models may reduce seabird bycatch
- For peacocks, the eyespots don't lie
- Fast, sensitive blood test for human prion disease
- Parsley, celery carry crucial component for fight against breast cancer, study suggests
- Direct removal of carbon dioxide from air likely not viable, report suggests
- Zombie ants have fungus on the brain, new research reveals
- New DNA role in modifying gene function: Findings suggest new approach could create highly targeted therapeutics
- Antibody-based biosensor can guide environmental clean-ups, provide early warning system for spills
- Giant hummingbirds: Running a little hot, but not on empty
- In a genetic research first, researchers turn zebrafish genes off and on
- What keeps an asexual fish species from taking over?
- A renewable twist on fossil fuels
- Does the central Andean backarc have the potential for a great earthquake?
- Heavy agricultural machinery can damage the soil, Nordic researchers find
- Ethics of biofuels: Framework outlined
Posted 2011-05-09:
- Tree rings tell a 1,100-year history of El Niño
- New online mechanism for electric vehicle charging
- Insects' exuberant helmet is actually an extra set of wings, researchers show
- US farmers dodge the impacts of global warming -- at least for now
- Single-cell marine organisms offer clues to how cells interact with the environment
- Protein keeps sleep-deprived flies ready to learn
- World's blueberries protected in unique, living collection
- When livestock can transmit foot-and-mouth disease: Findings suggest fewer cattle could be culled in the future
Posted 2011-05-08:
- Engineers patch a heart: Tissue-engineering platform enables heart tissue to repair itself
- It takes a community of soil microbes to protect plants from disease
- Direct proof of how T cells stay in 'standby' mode: Study offers means of activating T cells to fight disease without antigenic triggers
- Green roof proves a cost-effective way to keep water out of sewers
- How shifts in temperature prime immune response
- Vatican science panel calls attention to the threat of glacial melt
- Chemistry curbs spreading of carbon dioxide: Research could have implications for carbon sequestration
Posted 2011-05-07:
- Malaria mosquitoes accurately find their way to smelly feet
- Parental exposure to BPA during pregnancy associated with decreased birth weight in offspring
- Advanced instrument analyzes immune cells in far more detail: Technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies
- Sticking their necks out for evolution: Why sloths and manatees have unusually long (or short) necks
- Cigarette smoking and arsenic exposure: A deadly combination
- Antibodies help protect monkeys from HIV-like virus, scientists show
- Selaginella genome adds piece to plant evolutionary puzzle
- Universal signaling pathway found to regulate sleep
- DNA from common stomach bacteria minimizes effects of colitis, study says
- After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise may return to N. America's West Coast
- Succulent plants waited for cool, dry Earth to make their mark
- Drug-resistance fears for deadly fungal disease
- Capt. Kidd shipwreck site to be dedicated 'Living Museum of the Sea'
- Why more species live in Amazon rainforests: Evolution of treefrogs sheds light on the mystery
- Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease
- Can social deficits of autism and schizophrenia be modeled in animals?
- How does the Mississippi River change when the levee breaks?
Posted 2011-05-06:
- Expert panel calls for 'transforming US agriculture': Changes in markets, policies and science needed for more sustainable farming
- Corn gene provides resistance to multiple diseases, study shows
- Reptile 'cousins' shed new light on end-Permian extinction
- Hunting for deadly bacteria
- Worm discovery could help one billion people worldwide
- Small sea birds hold heat rather than cranking up the furnace
- What lies beneath the seafloor? Results from first microbial subsurface observatory experiment
- Turning 'bad' fat into 'good': A future treatment for obesity?
- Air pollution near Michigan schools linked to poorer student health, academic performance
- Evolutionary lessons for wind farm efficiency
- Horsetail plant developed successful set of tools for extreme environments -- for millions of years
- Estimated costs of environmental disease in children at .6 billion per year
- California's draft Bay Delta conservation plan needs better integration to be more scientifically credible, report finds
Posted 2011-05-05:
- Genome duplication encourages rapid adaptation of plants
- Economic analysis updated for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
- Unlocking the metabolic secrets of the microbiome
- Technique developed for measuring stressed molecules in cells
- Chronic fatigue syndrome not related to XMRV retrovirus, comprehensive study finds
- Marine snails get a metabolism boost
- Battle scars found on an ancient sea monster
- Natural protection against radiation
- Portable tech might provide drinking water, power to villages
- New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant in coffee
- Climbers leave rare plants' genetic variation on the rocks
- Effects of climate change in Arctic more extensive than expected, report finds
- Cola detectives test natural flavoring claims for pricey soft drinks
- Marsupial wolf or Tasmanian tiger? Extinct Australian thylacine was more cat than dog, researchers find
- Mouse study turns fat-loss/longevity link on its head
- Climate change analysis predicts increased fatalities from heat waves
- Market lighting affects nutrients in salad greens, researchers find
- First rainforests arose when plants solved plumbing problem
- Tiger-parrots show their true evolutionary stripes
- Rotational grazing in native pasturelands benefits wildlife
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