ScienceDaily Top Science Headlines -- for the Week of August 14 to August 21, 2011

ScienceDaily Top Science Headlines

for the Week of August 14 to August 21, 2011

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Posted 2011-08-20:

• Parasite uses the power of attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food
• New piece to the puzzle of brain function
• Under-reported greenhouse gas statistics? Sketchy emission reports revealed by Swiss measurements
• Coronary calcium beats C-reactive protein for predicting heart attack and stroke risk, study finds
• Kinder, gentler cell capture method could aid medical research
• Most U.S. physicians will face malpractice claims, but risk of making payment is low, analysis finds
• Growth of cities endangers global environment, according to new analysis
• Enzyme's structure reveals basis for head, reproductive organ deformities
• Fishing games gone wrong: Trial-and-error behind important cause of female infertility
• Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can reduce the risk of stroke, but sometimes should be avoided, study suggests
• Spoilt food soon a thing of the past?
• Four-year-olds know that being right is not enough
• Active participation in voluntary organizations declining faster than checkbooks can keep up
• Race and poverty often unjustifiably tied to school security measures

Posted 2011-08-20:

• Giant space blob glows from within: Primordial cloud of hydrogen is centrally powered
• Mother's BMI linked to fatter babies
• Lessons learned from the two worst oils spills in US history: Microbes matter
• New treatment approach for Alzheimer's disease: Researchers plan to use specialized cells of the immune system
• Powerful X-rays enable development of successful treatment for melanoma and other life-threatening diseases
• Education leaders call for radical transformation in graduate biomedical curriculum
• Boys reach sexual maturity younger and younger: Phase between being physically but not socially adult is getting longer
• Triple therapy regime puts patients with leukemic form of cutaneous lymphoma in remission
• Molecular scientists develop color-changing stress sensor
• Micro-organisms are 'invisible' to the immune system
• Realistic simulation of ion flux through membrane sheds light on antibiotic resistance
• Researchers alarmed at rise in hookah use among California youth
• First kangaroo genome sequence reveals possible gene responsible for characteristic hop
• Moderate drinking may protect against Alzheimer's and cognitive impairment, study suggests
• Quantum optical link sets new time records
• College students not eating enough fruits and veggies, study finds
• Research team achieves first two-color STED microscopy of living cells
• Long-term, intimate partnerships can promote unhealthy habits
• New images reveal structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth
• Dissimilar interaction of opioid receptors may explain why men and women experience pain differently
• Are those liquids explosive?
• Strengthening fragile immune memories to fight chronic infections
• Climate change and ozone destruction hastened with nitrous oxide used in agriculture
• Robust preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy
• Further, faster, higher: Wildlife responds increasingly rapidly to climate change
• Fat around heart may be early indicator of coronary disease
• DNA construction software saves time, resources and money
• Kidney drugs hampered by high blood phosphate; Lowering phosphate levels could help prevent kidney failure, study suggests
• Cashless parking: Windshield microchip to make it easier
• Sex differences in mental illness: Men more likely to develop substance abuse, antisocial problems; women more likely to develop anxiety, depression
• Researchers chart long-shrouded glacial reaches of Antarctica: Huge rivers of ice are found flowing seaward from continent's deep interior
• Cancer stem cells made, not born: Experiments and modeling reveal how tumors maintain cellular balance
• Ions control shape of nanofibers grown on clear substrate
• A faster, cheaper way to diagnose tuberculosis
• Disordered networks synchronise faster than small world networks
• Researchers outline ways to advance scientific thinking in children
• Biodiversity critical for maintaining multiple 'ecosystem services'
• Insulation from public pressure leads to more accurate suicide reporting by death investigators
• Is oil pricing itself out of the market?
• Acne-treating antibiotic cuts catheter infections in dialysis patients
• Cosmic eye emerges from exhaustive tests in UK space lab

Posted 2011-08-19:

• How sticky egg captures sperm: Discovery could help explain infertility causes and provide new contraceptive targets
• Mutant gene identified that causes abnormal chromosome count, leading to cancer
• Bacteria from dog feces present in outdoor air in urban areas
• Increased celiac disease prevalence in women with unexplained infertility
• Physicists uncover new data on adenine, a crucial building block of life
• Study exposes habit formation in smartphone users
• Honeycomb carbon crystals possibly detected in space
• Switch in cell's 'power plant' declines with age, rejuvenated by drug
• Embryo development obeys the laws of hydrodynamics
• Remembering surgery: Device no better than cheaper alternatives for preventing intraoperative awareness
• Calcifying microalgae are witnesses of increasing ocean acidification
• Majority of pharmaceutical ads do not adhere to FDA guidelines, new study finds
• Biologists' discovery may force revision of biology textbooks: Novel chromatin particle halfway between DNA and a nucleosome
• New research reveals brain's protection mechanism during stroke
• Football analysis leads to advance in artificial intelligence
• Muscle-building effect of protein beverages for athletes investigated
• Ensuring reliable wireless alarm beacons for first responders
• Review highlights flawed logic of segregating boys and girls for education purposes, based on alleged brain differences
• Greenland glacier melting faster than expected
• Treatment with vitamin C dissolves toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer's disease
• New method can speed development of organic semiconductors for flexible displays
• Headaches are common in year following traumatic brain injury, especially among females
• No technical know-how needed: Endless forms web site helps users 'breed' 3-D printable objects
• Impulsive alcoholics likely to die sooner
• Moon younger than previously thought, analysis of lunar rock reveals
• Blocking cancer cell’s energy ‘generator’ could lead to new targeted treatments
• HIV havens: Researchers find new clues about how HIV reservoirs may form
• Virus uses 'Swiss Army knife' protein to cause infection
• Computers will be able to tell social traits from human faces, researchers predict
• Everyday 'clairvoyance:' How your brain makes near-future predictions
• Polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced melting, study shows
• Improved method for capturing proteins holds promise for biomedical research
• Computational method predicts new uses for existing medicines; Match-making program uses gene expression patterns
• Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature
• How microbes travel around Earth: Models show bacteria sized microbes carried between Mexico and Australia
• Ambitious goals equals satisfaction
• Sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, research suggests
• Maternal fat has negative impact on embryo development
• Nature reaches for the high-hanging fruit: Tools of paleontology shed new light on diversity of natural plant chemicals
• New risk score spots patients at high risk of serious blood clots
• Researchers find way to align gold nanorods on a large scale
• Suburban schools have worked to 'hoard' advantages, study finds
• Human pathogen killing corals in the Florida Keys
• Common vein condition increases risk for developing life-threating blood clots
• Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
• Better mattresses improve care, cut hospital costs
• Cellular laser microsurgery illuminates research in vertebrate biology
• Want to improve employee engagement? Make it part of the performance management process
• Emergency workers will respond: Study shows first responders will report to duty, but need assistance with family matters
• Research examines the black-and-white issues surrounding executions in the South
• Gaps in U.S. National Institutes of Health funding success rates for black researchers identified
• Annual cervical cancer screening persists, despite recommended guidelines

Posted 2011-08-18:

• Physicists undo the 'coffee ring effect'
• Hospitalizations due to skin and soft-tissue infections among children have doubled
• First major survey of amphibian fungus in Asia completed
• Relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
• Robotic refueling module, soon to be relocated to permanent space station position
• Can stock markets regulate themselves? History of markets offers insight into effects of regulation on success of initial public offerings
• Getting inside the mind (and up the nose) of our ancient ancestors
• Fish oil's impact on cognition and brain structure identified in new study
• Reliability issues for carbon nanotubes in future electronics uncovered
• Using powder-free latex gloves reduces latex allergy rate in health care workers
• Greenhouse gases: The measurement challenge
• Working together can help battle effects of fatigue: Teams show more flexible thinking when fatigued than individuals, study finds
• Most primitive living eel discovered: Creating a new species, genus and family of animal
• Researchers find new hope for treatment of chronic leukemia
• Wind-turbine placement produces tenfold power increase, researchers say
• Gene combination increases risk of lung cancer, particularly in light smokers, study finds
• New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments
• Fifteen minutes of moderate daily exercise lengthens life, Taiwanese study finds
• It's a small world, after all: Earth is not expanding, NASA research confirms
• Effects of prenatal stress passed across generations in mice
• Gator in your tank: Alligator fat as a new source of biodiesel fuel
• Popular herbal supplements may adversely affect chemotherapy treatment
• Researchers improving GPS accuracy in the third dimension
• Fat and healthy? Study finds slim isn't always superior
• Oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
• 'Methyl magnet' genes can predispose families to increased cancer risk
• Phone losing charge? With photovoltaic polarizers, devices could be powered by sunlight, own backlight
• Use of radioactive iodine for treatment of thyroid cancer on the rise
• A new look below the surface of nanomaterials
• Easy to visualize goal is powerful motivator to finish a race or a task
• Holograms reveal brain's inner workings: Microscopy technique used to observe activity of neurons like never before
• Five inherited genetic variants linked to the most lethal prostate cancers
• Mimicking biological complexity, in a tiny particle
• New drug aids gout patients not helped by standard treatments
• Gemini-Scout robot likely to reach trapped miners ahead of rescuers
• Nut-allergy sufferers face prejudice: Life-threatening nut allergies viewed as 'frivolous' by many
• Breathing new life into Earth: Evidence of early oxygen in the oceans of our planet
• Scientists show how gene variant linked to ADHD could operate; Study offers potential new target for treatment of ADHD
• Cosmological evolution of dark matter is similar to that of visible matter
• Persistent, microscopic blood in urine associated with increased risk of kidney disease
• Diamond’s quantum memory
• Brand-conscious consumers take bad news to heart
• Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants
• Recurrence risk of autism in younger siblings higher than thought, study finds
• Rediscovery of disappeared species: Truly back from the brink?
• New approach to thyroid surgery eliminates neck scar
• Dark beer has more iron than pale beer or non-alcoholic beer
• In job market, social contacts help men, not women
• Moon and Earth may be younger than originally thought
• Parasite-infected rodents attracted to cat odor
• Scientists find new uses for existing drugs by mining gene-activity data banks
• Man in the moon looking younger
• Future of inks, paints and coatings takes shape: Researchers determine that particle shape affects the 'coffee ring effect'
• Consumers willing to pay more for sustainable apparel if business is transparent, study finds

Posted 2011-08-17:

• Key mechanism that regulates shape and growth of plants discovered
• Malignant stem cells may explain why some breast cancers develop and recur
• Carbon nanotube structures changed by ‘attack’ from within, researchers discover
• Defect in A20 gene expression can contribute to onset of rheumatoid arthritis
• Tsunami observed by radar, may lead to better early warning systems
• A tool to measure stress hormone in birds: Feathers
• Speaking and understanding speech share the same parts of the brain
• Cigarette smoking implicated in half of bladder cancers in women; Bladder cancer risk from smoking is higher than previously estimated, study confirms
• Climate change could drive native fish out of Wisconsin waters
• Antibody discovered that may help detect ovarian cancer in earliest stages
• Tiny gold particles boost organic solar cell efficiency: Plasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent
• Research on famous Siamese twins demonstrates how the paradox of American identity played out in the bodies of Chang and Eng
• Possibility of temporarily reversing aging in the immune system
• Scientists expand knowledge of cell process involved in many diseases
• Soft coral builds strong reefs
• Causes of high incidence of breast cancer in African-American women identified
• Dramatic simplification paves the way for building a quantum computer
• Consequences of co-worker rudeness are far-reaching
• Researchers unravel the magic of flocks of starlings
• Daily TV quota of six hours could shorten life expectancy by five years
• What caused a giant arrow-shaped cloud on Saturn's moon Titan?
• Influence of breast milk vs. formula and genetics on gut microbiota composition could help prevent celiac disease
• Bending light with better precision
• Garlic doesn't just repel vampires
• 'Paranoia' about rivals alters insect mating behavior
• Slowing the allergic march
• Hint of elusive Higgs boson: An update from the Large Hadron Collider
• Breast cancer tumor suppressor gene silenced by low oxygen
• Single, key gene discovery could streamline production of biofuels
• Alcohol interferes with the restorative functions of sleep
• Fruit bats navigate with internal maps: Scientists fit bats with world's smallest GPS devices
• New role for protein in hearing
• Novel microscopy generates new view of fuel cells
• Vitamin D levels appear to be associated with risk of skin cancer, although relationship is complex
• Strain and spin may enable ultra-low-energy computing
• Heavy drinkers have poor dietary habits
• Measurements reveal extent of leakage from Japan's damaged Fukushima reactor
• Pre-pregnancy overweight may program teen asthma symptoms
• Researchers discover freshwater mussel species thought to be extinct
• New anti-inflammatory agents silence overactive immune response
• New device exposes explosive vapors
• The nag factor: How do children convince their parents to buy unhealthy foods?
• Biologists confirm sunflower domesticated in eastern North America
• Salmonella stays deadly with a 'beta' version of cell behavior
• Enzyme found disrupting nerve cell communication in Alzheimer's disease
• Stem cells central to pathogenesis of mature lymphoid tumors
• Pathogen research inspires robotics design for medicine and military
• Jailhouse phone calls reveal why domestic violence victims recant
• Medication for severe, chronic gout associated with improvement in symptoms
• Risk of bladder cancer from smoking greater than previously reported, new analysis indicates
• Thyroid cancer treatment varies by hospital, study finds
• Flexible-fiber CO2 laser safe in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery, study suggests

Posted 2011-08-16:

• E. coli, Salmonella may lurk in unwashable places in produce
• Molecular delivery truck serves gene therapy cocktail
• Astronomy: A spectacular spiral in Leo
• How excess alcohol depresses immune function
• Assessing global status of tuna and billfish stocks
• Inflexibility may give pupils with autism problems in multitasking
• Rapid evolution within single crop-growing season increases insect pest numbers
• Inhibiting key enzymes kills difficult tumor cells in mice
• Disorder is key to nanotube mystery
• Scientists find easier, cheaper way to make a sought-after chemical modification to pharmaceuticals
• Staying in shape: How the Internet architecture got its hourglass shape and what that means for future Internet architectures
• Psychologists interrupt the miserable cycle of social insecurity
• Profound reorganization in brains of adults who stutter: Auditory-motor integration located in different part of brain
• Pathway of infection for a common, potentially life-threatening respiratory virus described
• First data from Daya Bay: Closing in on a neutrino mystery
• New insight into the regulation of stem cells and cancer cells
• Acoustic cloaking device echoes advances in optical cloaking
• Conflict levels don't change much over course of marriage
• Increased tropical forest growth could release carbon from the soil
• Exercise may help prevent brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease
• A cosmic inkblot test: Spitzer captures view of Dumbbell Nebula
• Maternal IV fluids linked to newborns' weight loss
• New nanostructured glass for imaging and recording
• Women's quest to be 'romantically desirable' can conflict with scientific pursuits, study suggests
• Mysterious fossils provide new clues to insect evolution
• New clue to Parkinson's: Shape of key protein surprises researchers
• Worldwide map identifies important coral reefs exposed to stress
• A VIP for normal brain development
• Forecasting and preventing pipe fractures
• Male acts of bravery increase accidental death: Effects of male aggression in response to insult most felt in states with 'culture of honor', study suggests
• Effortless sailing with fluid flow cloak
• New discovery may eliminate potentially lethal side effect of stem cell therapy
• Bolstering genetic diversity among cheetahs
• Use of CT scans in emergency rooms increased 330 percent in 12 years, U.S. study shows
• Avatar-based Virtual Co-driver System replaces vehicle owner's manuals
• TV time: Why children watch multi-screens
• Scientists have new help finding their way around brain's nooks and crannies
• In quest for new therapies, clinician-scientist team unlocks hidden information in human genome
• Shifting Atlantic mackerel distribution linked to environmental factors, changing climate
• Seeing a neurologist helps people with Parkinson's live longer, study suggests
• An octave spanning chip-based optical ruler: Scientists develop octave-spanning frequency comb with a microresonator
• How do consumers revise their unreachable goals?
• How butterflies copy their neighbors to fool birds
• Arthritis sufferers' increased risk of heart disease due to disease-related inflammation and other factors, study finds
• How fatty diets cause diabetes
• Trastuzumab raises risk of heart problems in the elderly with history of heart disease or diabetes, study suggests
• Rural road maintenance may accidentally push spread of invasive plants
• When you can recite a poem but not remember who asked you to learn it a few days earlier
• The aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 polymorphism affects alcohol dependence differently by gender
• Childhood cancer survivors in poor health at greater risk for unemployment in adulthood
• Chicago's south side suffers most from unhealthy neighborhoods

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