ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of July 17 to July 24, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of July 17 to July 24, 2011

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Posted 2011-07-23:

• Fool's gold gives scientists priceless insight into Earth's evolution
• New target found for nitric oxide's attack on salmonella bacteria

Posted 2011-07-23:

• How to combat hospital-acquired infections and life-threatening toxins
• Collaboration encourages equal sharing in children but not in chimpanzees
• Quick test to diagnose bacterial or viral infection
• Fingerprinting fugitive dust: Tracking soil microbes back to their source
• Identical virus, host populations can prevail for centuries
• Deepwater Horizon crude less toxic to bird eggs after weathering at sea
• Computer simulations aid understanding of bacterial resistance against commonly used antibiotics
• Diamonds pinpoint start of colliding continents
• Software helps synthetic biologists customize protein production
• Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed down to the atomic level
• Targeting toxin trafficking in plants and bacteria
• Butterfly study sheds light on convergent evolution: Single gene controls mimicry across different species
• New mechanism in the regulation of human genes
• NASA catches three tropical cyclones at one time

Posted 2011-07-22:

• Parasites help reveal new ecological rules: Animal species large and small follow same rule for how common they are in ecosystems
• Proteins enable essential enzyme to maintain its grip on DNA
• 'Freaky mouse' defeats common poison: House mice found unexpected ways to evolve resistance, study shows
• Nanotechnology for water filter
• Researchers identify seventh and eighth bases of DNA
• Paternity testing helps fill in family tree for Puget Sound's killer whales: Inbreeding could reduce whales' genetic diversity
• Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
• Controlling movements with light
• Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients
• Full moon indicates impending danger from lion attack, study shows
• Mother knows best for urban fox families
• Evolution provides clue to blood clotting
• Prehistoric crocodile Terminonaris was Texas native, fossil suggests
• CARE positions disaster relief with promising discipline of humanitarian logistics
• Texas experts bring science and policy to hydraulic fracturing debate
• With secondhand gene, house mice resist poison

Posted 2011-07-21:

• Bold new approach to wind 'farm' design may provide efficiency gains
• EHEC 2011 outbreak: Scientists publish prospective genomic characterization
• Technology to throw new light on ancient artifacts
• Gene required to maintain male sex throughout life discovered: Loss of gene Dmrt1 leads to male cells becoming female
• How the honey bee tolerates some synthetic pesticides
• First artificial neural network created out of DNA: Molecular soup exhibits brainlike behavior
• Newly designed molecule blocks chlamydia bacteria
• The tallest tree in all the land
• Ancient footprints show human-like walking began nearly 4 million years ago
• Environmental pollutants lurk long after they 'disappear'
• New 'electronic tongue' system assesses the antioxidant power of juices and fruit
• Hummingbirds catch flying bugs with the help of fast-closing beaks
• Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy
• Vegetarian diet may protect against common bowel disorder
• Rapid venom evolution in pit vipers may be defensive; Marsupials that prey on venomous snakes also evolve rapidly
• Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies
• Decoding slowness: How sloths perfected energy saving
• Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants
• World's forests' role in carbon storage immense, research reveals
• Landsat satellites track continued Missouri River flooding
• Chemical make-up of Gulf of Mexico plume determined

Posted 2011-07-20:

• Avian 'Axe effect' attracts attention of females and males
• Stated calories on menus of certain restaurants appear to be accurate overall
• Making blood sucking deadly for mosquitoes
• Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints
• Solar panels keep buildings cool
• How dairy farms contribute to greenhouse gas emissions
• The face of a frog: Time-lapse video reveals never-before-seen bioelectric pattern
• Research in 'Westie' dogs may hold answers to similar human diseases
• Fewer aphids in organic crop fields, study finds
• Soy/milk protein dietary supplements linked to lower blood pressure
• Bacteria use Batman-like grappling hooks to 'slingshot' on surfaces, study shows
• Scientists analyze, explain the chemical makeup of Gulf plume
• Antibiotic disrupts termite microflora, reducing fertility, longevity
• 2011 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could be biggest ever
• Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds
• Dry onion skin has a use
• Six new species of Eucalantica micro-moths discovered from the New World
• Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

Posted 2011-07-19:

• Monitoring cellular interactions at nano-scale in more detail than ever before
• Origami in seed capsules: Lids on seed cases of the ice plant unfold when honeycomb structure swells inside them
• Gene migration helps predict movement of disease
• Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock
• Parasitism: Wasp uses ladybug as 'zombie bodyguard'
• Study of soil effects from March 11 Japan earthquake could improve building design
• Rising oceans: Too late to turn the tide?
• Grand Cayman blue iguana: Back from the brink of extinction
• Lab-grown meat would cut greenhouse gas emissions and save energy, research suggests
• Natural chemical found in grapes may protect against Alzheimer's disease
• When minor planets Ceres and Vesta rock Earth into chaos
• Non-Africans are part Neanderthal, genetic research shows
• Massive enzyme footballs control sugar metabolism
• What keeps Earth cooking?
• Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: New molecular model better explains diffusion of spill under water
• Equinome launches elite performance test for thoroughbred horses
• Efficiency -- not cost -- drives value of hospital environmental services, study finds

Posted 2011-07-18:

• Early talking doll recording discovered
• Lymphoma drug shrinks dog tumors, could lead to human treatment

Posted 2011-07-17:

• Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs
• NASA's Aura satellite measures pollution 'Butterfly' from fires in Central Africa

Posted 2011-07-16:

• High social rank comes at a price, wild baboon study finds
• The genome guardian's dimmer switch: Regulating p53 is a matter of life or death
• Strong El Niño could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast
• Dramatic climate swings likely as world warms: Ancient El Niño clue to future floods
• Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells by blocking their response to oxidative stress
• Virtual natural environments and benefits to health
• Separated for 20 million years: Blind beetle from Bulgarian caves clarifies questions
• Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate
• Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry
• First adenovirus to jump between monkeys and humans confirmed
• Protein switch controls how stem cells turn into new heart tissue
• Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say
• Editing the genome: Scientists unveil new tools for rewriting the code of life
• Fast-shrinking Greenland glacier experienced rapid growth during cooler times
• Brainy lizards pass test for birds
• 'Dry rot' genome offers lessons for biofuel pretreatment processes: Breaking down cellulose without blasting lignin

Posted 2011-07-15:

• Enzymes for cell wall synthesis conserved across species barriers
• Loss of large predators has caused widespread disruption of ecosystems
• Cancer gene therapy from camels
• Life in 'inner space': Joint mission to film marine life three kilometers down
• Print your own teeth: Rapid prototyping comes to dentistry
• Brain network connections revealed
• Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system
• New way to store sun's heat: Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely, then be recharged by exposure to the sun
• Unsolved mystery of kava toxicity
• Genetically modified Atlantic salmon mating study reveals danger of escape to wild gene pool
• Soil microbes accelerate global warming
• Spread of fungus-farming beetles is bad news for trees
• Breathing restored after spinal cord injury in rodent model
• Colorful boundary trespassers: Burrowing parrots crossed the Andes 120,000 years ago
• Loss of large predators disrupting multiple plant, animal and human ecosystems
• Loss of top animal predators has massive ecological effects
• Latin American blueberries found to be 'extreme superfruits'
• New clues to the structural dynamics of BK channels
• Dust storms: New way to undercut dust emissions

Posted 2011-07-14:

• Snow leopard population discovered in Afghanistan
• Insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes
• Twin ARTEMIS probes to study moon in 3-D
• Atomic structure discovered for a sodium channel that generates electrical signals in living cells
• Climate adaptation of rice
• Molasses extract decreases obesity caused by a high-fat diet, research suggests
• African and non-African populations intermixed well after migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago, genome studies show
• New understandings of circadian rhythms
• Popular fungicides failing, may cause hard choices for apple growers
• Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered
• Cat litter to become an edible product?
• Ancient algae: Genetically engineering a path to new energy sources?
• Newly discovered molecule essential to resetting 'body clocks'
• Intelligent street lighting saves up to 80% on energy
• Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection
• Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in U.S. Midwest, study finds
• A novel enzymatic catalyst for biodiesel production
• No substantial link between swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, experts confirm
• Innovative system for producing carpets
• Biologists discover an 'evening' protein complex that regulates plant growth

Posted 2011-07-13:

• Pesticide pathways into the atmosphere
• Border fences pose threats to wildlife on US-Mexico border, study shows
• Greener disaster alerts: Low-energy wireless sensor networks warn of hurricanes, earthquakes
• One in 10 species could face extinction: Decline in species shows climate change warnings not exaggerated, research finds
• Eating nuts daily could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent complications, study suggests
• Long distance: Research shows ancient rock under Haiti came from 1,000+ miles away
• Switch from corn to grass would raise ethanol output, cut emissions
• Lie of the land beneath glaciers influences impact on sea levels
• Energy-storage capacity of ancient microorganism could lead to power source for synthetic cells
• Hypoallergenic dogs don't have lower household allergen levels than other dogs, study finds
• Tarantula's double beating heart revealed by MRI
• Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women
• 'Resilience' of U.S. metros measured by online index developed by researchers
• Forest trees remember their roots
• Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from blessing to curse for zooplankton
• Plants in cities are an underestimated carbon store
• Most of world's 'missing species' live in known hotspots, study finds
• E. coli can survive in streambed sediments for months
• Telomeres: Two genes linked to why they stretch in cancer cells
• Researchers urge awareness of dietary iodine intake in postpartum Korean-American women who consume brown seaweed soup

Posted 2011-07-12:

• Owl study expands understanding of human stereovision
• When viruses infect bacteria: Looking in vivo at virus-bacterium associations
• California groundwater management trickles up from local sources
• Genetic switch for limbs and digits found in primitive fish: Before animals first walked on land, fish carried gene program for limbs
• Biofilters reduce carbon footprint of old landfill sites
• Underwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean
• Natural pain relief from poisonous shrub?
• Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics
• Climate change reducing ocean's carbon dioxide uptake, new analysis shows
• Ant colonies: Behavioral variability wins
• A flash of insight: Chemist uses lasers to see proteins at work
• Olympia hypothesis: Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese
• Salamanders spell out evolution in action
• Chromosomes' big picture: Similarities found in genomes across multiple species; Platypus still out of place
• Fewer rain storms across southern Australia with global warming
• Extremely rapid water: Scientists decipher a protein-bound water chain
• Potato genome sequence published
• Simple little spud helps scientists crack potato's mighty genome
• Perfecting the meat of the potato

Posted 2011-07-11:

• Jewel beetles, obtained from local people, turn out to be four species unknown to science
• Geothermal industry to get boost from new research
• Vertebrate jaw design locked early: Study on initial diversification of jaws sheds light on early vertebrate feeding ecology
• Ruminant headgear: Antlers, horns, ossicones and pronghorns may offer medical clues
• Salt-loving microbe provides new enzymes for the production of next-generation biofuels
• Scientists sequence potato genome

Posted 2011-07-10:

• Sex -- as we know it -- works thanks to ever-evolving host-parasite relationships, biologists find
• Chesapeake Bay pesticides: Some diminish, some persist
• Increased protection urgently needed for tunas, experts urge
• Viruses bathe in rivers and at the beach, too, European study finds

Posted 2011-07-09:

• Holes in fossil bones reveal dinosaur activity
• World War II bombing raids offer new insight into the effects of aviation on climate
• Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China
• How memory is read out in the fly brain: MB-V2 nerve cells enable the read-out of associative memories
• Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk
• New plant genus, species discovered in St. Johns River, Florida
• Body's natural marijuana-like chemicals make fatty foods hard to resist
• Ancestry of polar bears traced to Ireland
• ‘Cling-film’ solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
• Nano detector for deadly anthrax
• Fire to become increasingly important driver of atmospheric change in warming world
• Molecular gastronomy: Science behind the art of cooking
• Discovery of natural antibody brings a universal flu vaccine a step closer
• Unraveling potato genome paves way for new varieties
• Fish stock in Scotland's Firth of Clyde at 80-year high -- but most are too small to be landed

Posted 2011-07-08:

• Research bolsters importance of horseshoe crab spawning for migrating shorebirds
• Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to 1 billion
• Sex is not about promoting genetic variation, researchers argue
• Drug 'shield' helps target antibiotic resistant bacteria
• Evolution and domestication of seed structure shown to use same genetic mutation
• Gray whales likely survived the Ice Ages by changing their diets
• Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop
• The rise and rise of the flying reptiles: Pterosaurs not driven into extinction by birds, study reveals
• Can gulls smell out a good partner? Study suggests kittiwakes use body odor to assess genetically compatible mates
• The role of bacteria in asthma and the potential for antibiotic treatment
• Climate change forces early spring in Alberta, Canada
• Mushroom lights up the night in Brazil: Researcher finds bioluminescent fungus not seen since 1840
• Gene secrets of the reef revealed: Genome of staghorn coral Acropora millepora sequenced
• Being small has its advantages -- if you are a leaf
• Natural iron fertilization influences deep-sea ecosystems off the Crozet Islands
• With climate changes, polar bear and brown bear lineages intertwine
• Seven new mice species discovered
• Oceanographic campaign for the study of the large submarine valleys of Catalonia

Posted 2011-07-07:

• Rhesus monkeys appear to have a form of self-awareness not previously attributed to them, research suggests
• Dealing with pollution, James Bond style
• A look back: Scientists raced to estimate oil flow from Deepwater Horizon Macondo well
• New force driving Earth's tectonic plates
• Mercury vapor released from broken compact fluorescent light bulbs can exceed safe exposure levels for humans, study finds
• A mother's salt intake could be key to prenatal kidney development
• Eggs' antioxidant properties may help prevent heart disease and cancer, study suggests
• Cod stick to their own shipwreck
• Bigger than football: Study shows sports can help communities recover from disaster
• Termites' digestive system could act as biofuel refinery
• Researchers push the boundary with high carbon emission scenarios
• Naked mole-rat genome: Scientists sequence DNA of cancer-resistant rodent
• New salmonella-based 'clean vaccines' aid the fight against infectious disease
• Air pollution linked to learning and memory problems, depression
• Functioning small intestine created in laboratory experiments
• Fisher decline documented in California
• How hot did Earth get in the past? Team of scientists uncovers new information
• Dietary leucine may fight pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome: Study shows improvements in animals with amino acid in diet
• Food-process engineering: Environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics

Posted 2011-07-06:

• Environs prompt advantageous gene mutations as plants grow; changes passed to progeny
• Genome analysis will reveal how bacteria in our guts make themselves at home
• Fifty-year search for calcium channel ends: Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein
• One skull + two brains = four objects in mind
• Kinetochores prefer the 'silent' DNA sections of the chromosome
• Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
• Australian volcano eruptions overdue, new study confirms
• Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils
• Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron
• Pigeons never forget a face
• New technique advances bioprinting of cells
• Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma
• Study sheds light on tunicate evolution
• Specialized seeds can really float your boat
• Final space shuttle to carry five University of Colorado at Boulder-built payloads
• Smithsonian's National Zoo welcomes whooping crane

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