ScienceDaily Top Science Headlines -- for the Week of June 19 to June 26, 2011

ScienceDaily Top Science Headlines

for the Week of June 19 to June 26, 2011

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Posted 2011-06-25:

• Modern fish communities live fast and die young
• Chemist solves riddle of killer diseases
• 'Orca ears' inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone
• Interplay between cancer and aging in mice: Aging due to reduction in cell proliferation, not molecular damage, data suggest
• Lowering the color of crystals in sugar factories
• Life expectancy for those with Type 1 diabetes improving
• 'Quantum magic' without any 'spooky action at a distance'
• Drug shows improved kidney function for type 2 diabetics
• Pollinators make critical contribution to healthy diets
• Screen developed to identify new anticancer drug targets
• Tracing cancer back to its source using computer dissection
• Exposure to parental stress increases pollution-related lung damage in children
• Artificial pancreas being developed to ease diabetes burden
• Common drugs linked to cognitive impairment and possibly to increased risk of death, study suggests
• New insights into the cohesive forces of crystal structures
• Biologist discovers key regulators for biofilm development
• Astronomers reach for the stars to discover new cancer therapy
• Hidden lives of Baltimore's Irish immigrants unearthed for first time

Posted 2011-06-25:

• Some captive chimpanzees show signs of compromised mental health, research shows
• Sepsis: Leaking blood vessels may be cause of infection-spreading condition, researchers suggest
• Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition CDs, DVDs
• Heart valve replacement without opening the chest gives new option for non-operable patients
• High technology, not low taxes, may drive US states' economic growth
• Cut down on 'carbs' to reduce body fat, study authors say
• Deep history of coconuts decoded: Origins of cultivation, ancient trade routes, and colonization of the Americas
• Lithium profoundly prevents brain damage associated with Parkinson's disease, mouse study suggests
• Optical circuit enables new approach to quantum technologies
• Oxytocin promises hope in Prader-Willi syndrome, research suggests
• Northern Eurasian snowpack could be a predictor of winter weather in US, team from UGA reports
• Prejudice linked to women's menstrual cycle, study suggests
• Genes at the flick of a light switch: Human cells fitted with synthetic signaling cascade
• Competition between brain cells spurs memory circuit development
• Ovenbirds eavesdrop on chipmunks to protect nests
• Rare genetic disorder provides unique insight into Parkinson's disease
• Newspaper archives help to understand coastal flooding along the South of England
• Patients with bowel disease eager to test 'fecal' therapy
• Sun and planets constructed differently than thought, NASA mission suggests
• Next-generation gene sequencing brings personal genomics closer, IDs mutation in new syndrome
• Discovering lost salmon at sea
• Protein unique to avian retina contributes to visual acuity by helping eyes 'breathe'
• Physicist's discovery alters conventional understanding of sight
• Imagination can influence perception
• Brain-like computing a step closer to reality
• Effects of stress can be inherited, and here's how
• Scientists uncover an unhealthy herds hypothesis
• Compound may provide drug therapy approach for Huntington's disease
• Birds 'flap run' instead if flying over obstacles to save energy
• Building a better math teacher
• Social amoebae rely on genetic 'lock and key' to identify kin
• Slow growth of childhood brain tumors linked to genetic process seen in skin moles
• Physicists observe 'campfire effect' in blinking nanorod semiconductors
• Potential new approaches to treat myelofibrosis
• No two strands are alike: New mechanism for elongation of viral genome termini
• Smaller companies hit hardest during emerging market crises
• When matter melts: Scientists map phase changes in quark-gluon plasma
• To fix diabetic nerve damage, blood vessels and support cells may be the real targets of treatment
• Even in flies, enriched learning drives need for sleep, study finds
• Computational software provides rapid identification of disease-causing gene variations
• Study of phytoremediation benefits of 86 indoor plants published; Japanese royal fern tops list for formaldehyde removal effectiveness
• Planning is key to a healthy and happy retirement, studies find
• Getting more innovative with Facebook?
• Biodiversity in a changing Middle East

Posted 2011-06-24:

• Flames of Betelgeuse: New image reveals vast nebula around famous supergiant star
• A step toward controlling Huntington's disease? Potential new way of blocking activity of gene that causes HD
• Marine turtle movements tracked
• Long-term inhaled corticosteroid use increases fracture risk in lung disease patients, study finds
• Smartphone app helps you find friends in a crowd
• Policies that promote healthy eating, activity and sleep are needed to curb obesity in infants, toddlers and preschoolers
• Sleep switch found in fruit flies
• Who goes there? Novel complex senses viral infection
• Large numbers of birth defects seen near mountaintop mining operations
• Hereditary colon cancer syndrome marked by abnormally dense blood vessel growth in mouth
• Dawn spacecraft nears start of year-long stay at giant asteroid Vesta
• Deadly drugged driving: Drug use tied to fatal car crashes
• Body temperatures of dinosaurs measured for first time: Some dinosaurs were as warm as most modern mammals
• Hybrid Leishmania parasites on the loose
• Model helps pinpoint cyanobacterial genes that capture the sun's energy
• Cautionary tale for people with diabetes: Dog consumed part of a sleeping patient's toe
• Scientists a step closer to understanding 'natural antifreeze' molecules
• Youth cybercrime linked to friends' influence
• Speed of brain signals clocked: New studies illuminate brain's complex neurotransmission machinery
• Influenza vaccination during pregnancy protects newborns, study suggests
• Obese dieters' brain chemistry works against their weight-loss efforts
• Properties of 'confined' water within single-walled carbon nanotube pores clarified
• Science education: U.S. report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education, calls on policymakers
• Harnessing electron spin: Toward a new breed of computers that can process data using less power
• New biomarker may help with early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
• New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples
• Blood pressure changes are age-related, study finds
• 'Super sand' for better purification of drinking water
• Stress in the city: Brain activity and biology behind mood disorders of urbanites
• Birds' eye view is far more colorful than our own
• Scientists accurately predict age with saliva sample
• Current strategy for medicating patients may be giving many drug-resistant diseases a big competitive advantage
• Reasons for dramatic rise in cesarean births identified
• Stiff sediments made 2004 Sumatra earthquake deadliest in history
• Psychologists find link between ovulation and women's ability to identify heterosexual men
• Evolution to the rescue: Species may adapt quickly to rapid environmental change, yeast study shows
• Breakthrough in treatment of hepatitis C
• Tracking down motion perception
• Hospitalizing children with normal CT scans after blunt head trauma is not necessary, study suggests
• Electrical water detection
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual youth bullied, abused more often than peers
• Pandora's cluster: A galactic crash investigation
• Discovery offers molecular insights into link between Parkinson's and pesticides
• Driving a vehicle with one hand
• Genetic finding offers hope for orphan disease
• New physics research to deepen understanding of the universe
• The myth of the 'queen bee': Work and sexism
• Drug side effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s, study finds
• Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
• Contaminated cocaine triggers decaying, dying skin
• NASA Mars rover arrives in Florida after cross-country flight
• Migration patterns of marine predators
• New application for iPhone may support monitoring and research on Parkinson's disease
• Thermometer for dinosaurs: Researchers identify body temperature of these long-extinct giant saurians
• Community health worker interventions improve rates of US mammography screening
• Leftover embryonic cells connect gastric reflux and cancer
• Neutrino oscillations caught in the act
• Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus water plumes

Posted 2011-06-23:

• Corporal punishment: Mothers' self-recorded audio gives unique real-time view of spanking
• Molecular glue sticks it to cancer
• Gold nanoparticles help earlier diagnosis of liver cancer
• Angioplasty may be feasible for liver transplantation candidates with heart disease
• Cassini captures Saturn's icy moon Helene
• Powerful, intoxicated, anonymous: The paradox of the disinhibited
• Teeming with life, Pacific's California current likened to Africa's Serengeti Plain
• Weaker brain 'sync' may be early sign of autism
• Economic cost of weather may total 5 billion in US
• Trigger to fatal neurodegenerative disease uncovered using computer simulation
• Caribou in Alberta's oil sands stressed by human activity, not wolves, research suggests
• Church congregations can be blind to mental illness, study suggests
• Is Enceladus hiding saltwater ocean? Cassini captures ocean-like spray at Saturn's moon
• Source of mystery pain uncovered
• Wild Cuban crocodiles hybridize with American crocs
• Angioplasty with stents may be safe in long-term for low-risk heart patients
• Researchers create tool to put the lid on solar power fluctuations
• Nudging doctors in intensive care unit reduces deaths, study finds; Physicians for critically ill need 'copilots' to remind them of important details
• Oldest Eurasian hominoids lived in Swabia: Molar tooth dated at 17 million years old
• New discoveries in diabetes suggest novel ways to treat, delay the disease
• Picky pollinators: Native U.S. bees are selective about where they live and feed
• Cause of a hereditary form of blindness discovered
• The end for ATV Johannes Kepler
• An explanation of how advertising music affects brand perception
• Cutting edge training developed the human brain 80,000 years ago
• Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse
• Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells
• A mother's determination, next-generation sequencing provide solutions for twins
• Livestock manure and agricultural by-products to produce biogas
• Surprising connection between two types of perception
• Astronomers discover that galaxies are either asleep or awake
• Smoking may increase risk of prostate cancer recurrence, death
• Surprises from the ocean: Marine plankton and ocean pH
• Diabetic kidney disease on the rise in America, despite improved diabetes care
• Lyme disease tick adapts to life on the (fragmented) prairie
• Consumer views on eating cloned animals: Americans more accepting than Europeans, study suggests
• How dense is a cell? Combining ancient principle with new technology, researchers devise new way to answer question
• Stem cell model offers clues to cause of inherited ALS
• Strawberries boost red blood cells, study finds
• Common rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis medications are associated with reduced diabetes risk
• Where will grizzly bears roam? Conservation value of roadless public land in Montana's Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
• Anti-smoking policies for adults also reduce kids' smoking
• Quantum leap: Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time
• Intensive-dose statin therapy associated with increased risk of diabetes
• 'Lover's lane' for birds found in Arctic
• Most heart-attack patients needing procedure at another hospital not transferred in recommended time
• Yeast genomes: Genetic codes for species of yeasts identified and compared
• Depression, age, other factors linked to dependence after stroke
• Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colors
• Early-season strawberry tested in high elevation conditions
• Artificial light quality affects herbivore preference for seedlings
• Strongest evidence yet indicates icy Saturn moon hiding saltwater ocean
• Decade-long study of Pacific predators shows importance of biological 'hotspots'
• Radar for Mars gets flight tests at NASA Dryden
• Plant growth rate, stem length unaffected by rice hull, peat substrate
• Out of sync: Neural activity is disrupted in autistic toddlers
• Positive results for unprotected left main coronary artery PCI with drug-eluting stents
• It's not about the money for long-term care nurses
• New technology for improving FIFA refereeing
• Still hope for GAD diabetes vaccine, researchers believe

Posted 2011-06-22:

• Multiple ocean stresses threaten 'globally significant' marine extinction, experts warn
• Smoking during pregnancy lowers levels of 'good' HDL cholesterol in children
• Forklift trucks that run on a green charge
• Decoding chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Forensics: Lamps and spectrometers used to age bruises precisely
• Hypnosis/local anesthesia combination during surgery helps patients, reduces hospital stays, study finds
• Survival of the weakest? Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community
• Exercise associated with longer survival after brain cancer diagnosis
• Device could improve harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood
• Vitamin D deficiency is associated with different types of obesity in black and white children
• Acrobatics for anyons: New test for elusive fundamental particle proposed
• Do kids prefer playmates of same ethnicity?
• Earliest art in the Americas: Ice Age image of mammoth or mastodon found in Florida
• First genetic mutation linked to heart failure in pregnant women
• Blueberries help lab rats build strong bones
• Adulterated cocaine causing serious skin reactions; With up to 70 percent contaminated, doctors warn of potential public health epidemic
• Shipwrecks no more: Recycling old boats
• What do we pay attention to?
• Can humans sense Earth's magnetism? Human retina protein can function as light-sensitive magnetic sensor
• Resveratrol studies confirms potential health boost
• Causes of melting tropical glaciers over past 10,000 years identified
• Millions with peripheral artery disease not getting vital medications, study finds
• 'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs
• Marriage improves odds of surviving colon cancer
• Seven new species of mammals discovered in Philippines
• Breakthrough in the search for new treatments for multiple sclerosis
• Natural Alzheimer's weapon suggests better treatment
• Link between low birth weights and obesity later in life: Altering hormone levels changes cellular development in the brain
• Keeping bugs out of software for self-driving cars: Analysis verifies safety of distributed car control system
• Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds
• Fastest sea-level rise in 2,000 years linked to increasing global temperatures
• Heart disease: Stabalizing vulnerable plaques could wipe out half of coronary events, report suggests
• Scientists find simple way to produce graphene
• Study compares two types of botulinum toxin for cosmetic use
• Quantum cryptography: Perfect eavesdropper illustrates overlooked loophole in secure communications technology
• Energy drinks linked to substance use in musicians, study shows
• Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new computer vision that mimics how humans perceive 3-D shapes
• Every second counts when performing CPR: Increase in survival when AED used less than 10 seconds after CPR pause
• Fighting massive declines in frog populations with bacteria and fungicides
• Exercise training program improves outcomes in 'Grinch Syndrome' patients
• Madagascar marine resources plundered by international seafood markets
• Need a nap? Find yourself a hammock
• Unexpected function of dyslexia-linked gene: Controlling cilia of cells
• Discoveries in mitochondria open new field of cancer research
• Mimicking nature at the nanoscale: Selective transport across a biomimetic nanopore
• How the immune system responds to hepatitis A virus
• New measurement into biological polymer networks
• Learning from mom boosts low-income kids' school readiness
• Thousands of patients prescribed high-risk drugs, Scottish study finds
• Stretching old material yields new results for energy- and environment-related devices
• Certain drugs lower risk of diabetes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis
• Diabetic kidney disease more prevalent in US
• Being a smoker at time of prostate cancer diagnosis linked with increased risk of death
• New evidence of the benefits of home dialysis for kidney patients

Posted 2011-06-21:

• Buzz kills: No amount of alcohol safe to drive
• Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells
• Horse blind date could lead to loss of foal
• Genetic factor controls health-harming inflammation in obese: Trigger holds promise for treating diabetes, other chronic illnesses
• Production of mustard oils: On the origin of an enzyme
• Young adults struggle with online political participation
• Fat substitutes linked to weight gain: Rats on high-fat diet gained more weight after eating low-calorie potato chips made with fat substitutes
• First ever drug to treat ‘Celtic Gene’ in cystic fibrosis sufferers
• Lab-on-chip sensing: New compact microspectrometer design achieves high resolution and wide bandwidth
• Guidelines for ventilator use help premature infants breathe easier
• Enzymes will play a key role in development of sustainable society, expert says
• Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
• Atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup unlikely to spark abrupt climate change, scientists find
• Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region, study finds
• Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk
• Inducing labor is not associated with higher rates of cesarean sections, study finds
• 'My dishwasher is trying to kill me': New research finds harmful fungal pathogens living in dishwasher seals
• Informal daycare not as good for kids' cognitive development as formal daycare, study suggests
• Shock and recall: Negative emotion may enhance memory
• High prevalence and severity of childhood food allergy in the US
• Ancient Mycenaean fortress uncovered
• Proteins used to map the aging process
• Improving LED lighting
• Dangers of portable pools uncovered
• Did climate change cause Greenland's ancient Viking community to collapse?
• Genetic mutation linked to asbestos exposure, mouse study suggests
• Self-assembling electronic nano-components
• New genes for risk and progression of rare brain disease identified
• Could bacterial predator be harnessed to mop up biofilms?
• Careless behaviour of cloud users leads to crucial security threats, experts find

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