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UC research uncovers ancient Mycenaean fortress

(University of Cincinnati) The University of Cincinnati's most recent research in Cyprus reveals the remnants of a Late Bronze Age (1500-750 B.C.) fortress that may have functioned to protect an important urban economic center in the ancient world

Dato: Mon, 20 Jun 2011

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Did climate change cause Greenland's ancient Viking community to collapse?

(Wiley-Blackwell) Our changing climate usually appears to be a very modern problem, yet new research from Greenland published in Boreas, suggests that the AD 1350 collapse of a centuries old colony established by Viking settlers may have been caused by declining temperatures and a rise in sea-ice. The authors suggest the collapse of the Greenland Norse presents a historical example of a society which failed to adapt to climate change

Dato: Mon, 20 Jun 2011

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Dawn of agriculture took toll on health

(Emory University) When populations around the globe started turning to agriculture around 10,000 years ago, regardless of their locations and type of crops, a similar trend occurred: the height and health of the people declined. The pattern holds up across standardized studies of whole skeletons in populations, the Emory University study found in the first comprehensive, global review of the literature regarding stature and health during the agriculture transition

Dato: Wed, 15 Jun 2011

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Science explains ancient copper artifacts

(Northwestern University) Northwestern University researchers ditched many of their high-tech tools and turned to large stones, fire and some old-fashioned elbow grease to recreate techniques used by Native American coppersmiths who lived more than 600 years ago.

Dato: Mon, 13 Jun 2011

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Tut, tut: Microbial growth in pharaoh's tomb suggests burial was a rush job

(Harvard University) In the tomb of King Tutankhamen, the elaborately painted walls are covered with dark brown spots that mar the face of the goddess Hathor, the silvery-coated baboons — in fact, almost every surface. A Harvard researcher thinks those brown spots reveal something: that the young pharaoh was buried in an unusual hurry, before the walls of the tomb were even dry.

Dato: Wed, 08 Jun 2011

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An 'all natural' diet? There's no such thing

(Ohio State University) From the paleolithic diet to the raw food diet, many health-conscious Americans now want to eat the way they believe our ancient ancestors ate. But some of these dietary prescriptions make little sense for modern humans, according to a new book on the evolution of the use of food and eating habits among prehistoric people.

Dato: Tue, 07 Jun 2011

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Huge ancient language dictionary finished after 90 years

(University of Chicago) An ambitious project to identify, explain and provide citations for the words written in cuneiform on clay tablets and carved in stone by Babylonians, Assyrians and others in Mesopotamia between 2500 B.C. and A.D. 100 has been completed after 90 years of labor, the University of Chicago announced June 5.

Dato: Sun, 05 Jun 2011

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AAAS Pacific Division to convene joint session with world mummy scholars in San Diego

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) The AAAS Pacific Division will convene in San Diego from June 12-16 for an annual meeting that will range broadly across the sciences and arts — including, this year, a focus on mummies.

Dato: Fri, 03 Jun 2011

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Ancient hominid males stayed home while females roamed, says CU-Boulder study

(University of Colorado at Boulder) The males of two bipedal hominid species that roamed the South African savanna more than a million years ago were stay-at-home kind of guys when compared to the gadabout gals, says a new high-tech study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Dato: Wed, 01 Jun 2011

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New synchrotron technique could see hidden building blocks of life

(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils. The results have been published May 29, 2011, in Nature Materials as an advance online publication

Dato: Sun, 29 May 2011

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Iowa State physicists explain the long, useful lifetime of carbon-14

(Iowa State University) James Vary and Pieter Maris, Iowa State University physicists, have discovered the reasons behind the unexpectedly slow decay of carbon-14. That slow decay makes it possible for scientists to use carbon dating techniques to accurately date the relics of history. Understanding the decay of carbon-14 could also help researchers unravel other mysteries of matter. The physicists' findings were recently published online by the journal Physical Review Letters

Dato: Thu, 26 May 2011

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'The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation'

(Wiley-Blackwell) From the charts of ancient mariners exploring new found lands to the age of Google Earth, maps are about far more than just navigation. They reflect the latest technologies, culture and the distribution of power and politics of their age.

Dato: Wed, 25 May 2011

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EurekAlert! – Atmospheric Science

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Atmospheric Science

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AGU: Charles Petit and Steve Connor win AGU journalism awards
<font size=4" (American Geophysical Union) The American Geophysical Union awards journalism prizes to veteran science writer Charles Petit and science editor Steve Connor of London's The Independent newspaper.
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ONR award ceremony recognizes achievements and service of 4 Navy employees

(Office of Naval Research) The Office of Naval Research honored four employees — Dr. Bernard Douda, William Coleman, Dr. Ted Clem and Marguerite Bass — who have helped shape the future of the Navy and Marine Corps' science and technology efforts with its highest awards during a ceremony at ONR headquarters July 19. "These civilian Navy employees have invested a significant amount of personal and professional equity to ensure their work advances America's national security," said Rear Adm. Nevin Carr

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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NASA satellites show heavy rainfall at southeastern coast of Japan

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Some of the strongest thunderstorms within Typhoon Ma-on are now affecting the southeastern coast of Japan and appeared on satellite imagery from two NASA satellites. Rough surf, gusty winds and heavy rainfall is affecting eastern coastal Japan today

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Laboratory signs agreement with China to develop clean energy technology

(DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) The Laboratory has signed an agreement with the Clean Energy Research Institute in China to conduct joint research and development of clean energy technologies. The Clean Energy Research Institute was formed by Huaneng Power International Inc., the largest power company in the world.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Dora was just a depression yesterday. Since then, NASA satellite imagery has watched Dora continue to strengthen as thunderstorm cloud tops have grown much colder. Dora is now stirring up high seas in the eastern Pacific and beach goers in southwestern will encounter warnings because of high surf Dora is kicking up. Warnings are also posted for three western Mexican states.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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How dairy farms contribute to greenhouse gas emissions

(United States Department of Agriculture – Research, Education and Economics) US Department of Agriculture scientists have produced the first detailed data on how large-scale dairy facilities contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases. This research was conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory in Kimberly, Idaho.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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NASA's infrared satellite data shows warming cloud tops in Tropical Storm Bret

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm Bret's cloud tops are getting warmer on NASA infrared satellite imagery. That's an indication that the cloud top heights are dropping and Bret is weakening.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Book examines how trees change as they age and grow: What do these clues tell us?

(USDA Forest Service – Pacific Northwest Research Station) Knowing how trees grow and how they age may be key to further understanding how trees react to a warmer climate, for instance, and other changes. Little is known, however, about the cause of the physical changes associated with tree growth. The book, "Size- and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function," published recently by Springer Science and Business Media addresses these issues.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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MIT: The tallest tree in the land

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Knowing how tall trees can grow in any given region can give ecologists a wealth of information, from the potential density of a forest and size of its tree canopy to the amount of carbon stored in woodlands and the overall health of an ecosystem. Now an MIT researcher, along with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, has come up with a simple model to predict the maximum tree height in different environments across the United States.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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GOES-13 movie catches Tropical Storm Bret form and intensify

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The GOES-13 satellite that monitors weather over the eastern US recorded a movie of the birth and strengthening of the Atlantic Ocean season's second tropical storm. Tropical Storm Bret was born in the northwestern Bahamas and continues to strengthen.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Clemson University automotive research center to co-host electric vehicle conference

(Clemson University) One of the world's foremost professional associations will meet in South Carolina next year when the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers holds a prestigious first-of-a-kind conference in the Upstate.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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National Museum of the American Indian hosts climate change symposium

(Smithsonian) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will host a symposium on climate change, sustainability and indigenous values Saturday, July 23, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the museum’s Rasmuson Theater as part of the museum's Living Earth Festival

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Green light for EU co-funding of TUM Institute for Advanced Study fellowships

(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) The European Union's Research Executive Agency has given the Technische Universitaet Muenchen a green light to begin negotiations on a five-year, $8.7 million co-funding grant through the Marie Curie Program. The main aim is to expand three TUM Institute for Advanced Study fellowship programs that are strongly focused on fostering international collaboration and unleashing the creativity of innovative younger scientists. The ultimate funding amount and other details are yet to be negotiated

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) For the first time, scientists gathered oil and gas directly as it escaped from a deep ocean wellhead — that of the damaged Deepwater Horizon oil rig. What they found allows a better understanding of how pollution is partitioned and transported in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and permits superior estimation of the environmental impact of escaping oil, allowing for a more precise evaluation of previously estimated repercussions on seafloor life in the future

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Rising oceans — too late to turn the tide?

(University of Arizona) Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a team led by scientists at the University of Arizona has found. The results further suggest that ocean levels continue to rise long after warming of the atmosphere levels off.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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World's forests' role in carbon storage immense, profound

(University of Alaska Fairbanks) Until now, scientists were uncertain about how much and where in the world terrestrial carbon is being stored. In the July 14 issue of Science Express, scientists report that, between 1990 and 2007, the world's forests stored about 2.4 gigatons of carbon per year.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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NASA's Aura satellite measures pollution 'butterfly' from fires in central Africa

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Fires raging in central Africa are generating a high amount of pollution that is showing up in data from NASA's Aura Satellite, with the ominous shape of a dark red butterfly in the skies over southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Typhoon Ma-on's eye seen in NASA satellite Images

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The eye of a tropical cyclone is an indication of a strong storm, and Typhoon Ma-on's eye was apparent in visible and infrared imagery captured by NASA's Aqua satellite. Ma-on just achieved Category Four status on the Saffir-simpson scale that measures hurricane intensity.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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AGU journal highlights — July 15, 2011

(American Geophysical Union) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Model gives 3-month warning of fire-prone season in Amazon forest"; "Episodic tremor triggers small earthquakes";"Melting glaciers can change Earth's gravity field"; "Model determines likelihood of freak waves"; "Tremor activity changes following two San Andreas Fault earthquakes"; and more.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Strong El Niño could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast

(NOAA Headquarters) Coastal communities along the US East Coast may be at risk to higher sea levels accompanied by more destructive storm surges in future El Niño years, according to a new study by NOAA. The study was prompted by an unusual number of destructive storm surges along the East Coast during the 2009-2010 El Niño winter.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Loss of large predators caused widespread disruption of ecosystems

(National Science Foundation) The study looked at research results from a wide range of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems and concluded, "the loss of apex consumers is arguably humankind's most pervasive influence on the natural world."

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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NASA satellite sees Typhoon Ma-on soaking Guam

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA satellite data shows Typhoon Ma-on soaking Guam, and the National Weather Service office there has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for all of Guam until 2 a.m. CHST (local time) and a coastal hazard message and small craft advisories because of high waves and gusty winds.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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'Changing Planet' town hall at Arizona State University: Adapting to our water future

(Arizona State University) On Aug. 25, NBC Learn, National Science Foundation and DISCOVER magazine partner with Arizona State University to host a dynamic Town Hall discussion about water resources, shifting climate patterns and development of better, more sustainable water practices.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Fast-shrinking Greenland glacier experienced rapid growth during cooler times

(University at Buffalo) Large, marine-calving glaciers have the ability not only to shrink rapidly in response to global warming, but to grow at a remarkable pace during periods of global cooling, according to University at Buffalo geologists working in Greenland.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Wood products part of winning carbon-emissions equation, researchers say

(University of Washington) The amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere by forests could be quadrupled in 100 years by harvesting regularly and using the wood in place of steel and concrete that devour fossil fuels during manufacturing, producing carbon dioxide.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011
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EurekAlert! – Biology

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ONR award ceremony recognizes achievements and service of 4 Navy employees
<font size=4" (Office of Naval Research) The Office of Naval Research honored four employees — Dr. Bernard Douda, William Coleman, Dr. Ted Clem and Marguerite Bass — who have helped shape the future of the Navy and Marine Corps' science and technology efforts with its highest awards during a ceremony at ONR headquarters July 19. "These civilian Navy employees have invested a significant amount of personal and professional equity to ensure their work advances America's national security," said Rear Adm. Nevin Carr
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reclamation signs research agreement to improve quagga and zebra mussel larvae detection

(Bureau of Reclamation) The Bureau of Reclamation and Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to improve the capacity and speed of Fluid Imaging Technologies' FlowCAM instrument to detect and document quagga and zebra mussel larvae in water samples.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy

(Duke University) By altering the genetic makeup of normally "unexcitable" cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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BUSM: Testosterone deficiency and replacement therapy in men

(Boston University Medical Center) Testosterone deficiency (TD), often referred to as hypogonadism, is associated with aging and affects approximately 30 percent of men ages 40-79. To highlight some of the challenges and controversies encountered in diagnosis and treatment of men with TD, the authors of a review article in the American Journal of Medicine introduced a clinical vignette to illustrate the implication of TD on men's overall health and analyzed a number of studies in men receiving testosterone replacement therapy to treat TD.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New lung-cancer gene found

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A major challenge for cancer biologists is figuring out which among the hundreds of genetic mutations found in a cancer cell are most important for driving the cancer's spread

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Kidney dopamine regulates blood pressure, life span

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) The neurotransmitter dopamine is best known for its roles in the brain — in signaling pathways that control movement, motivation, reward, learning and memory. Now, Vanderbilt University investigators report in the July Journal of Clinical Investigation that dopamine produced outside the brain — in the kidneys — is important for renal function, blood pressure regulation and life span. Their studies suggest that the kidney-specific dopamine system may be a therapeutic target for treating hypertension and kidney diseases.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies

(University of Washington) Using a gene delivery vehicle called HDAd researchers induced prolonged, stable expression of a therapeutic gene in the carotid artery wall in rabbits. The transgenes' production of apoA-1 in the cells lining the artery wall significantly retards atherosclerosis. ApoA-1 pumps bad cholesterol out of cells that form plaques. The vector didn't produce an immune response, and was placed in long-living arterial wall cells. Both account for longevity of apoA-1 production.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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'Sarcophaga of France (Diptera: Sarcophaidae)' published by Pensoft

(Pensoft Publishers) The most comprehensive and up-to-date study of Sarcophaga of France, a fly genus, has been published by Pensoft. The book deals with the taxonomy and nomenclature of flies from this genus, as well as their biology, locality data and distribution. The book includes also identification key for all European species.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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University of Maryland researchers discover possible drug targets for common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

(University of Maryland Medical Center) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a novel interaction between two proteins involved in regulating cell growth that could provide possible new drug targets for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a new study in Nature Communications. The scientists report that they have found a complex relationship between ERK, a protein that helps to regulate cell survival, and CHK2, a protein involved in the cellular DNA damage response

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Avian 'Axe effect' attracts attention of females and males

(Michigan State University) In a case of life imitating art, avian scents given off by male songbirds have the females (and males) flocking in. A Michigan State University researcher revealed the process of how males draw attention to themselves through chemical communication in the current issue of Behavioral Ecology. Scents are used in all organisms for many purposes, such as finding, attracting and evaluating mates. But this is the first study of its kind that demonstrates that it is happening among songbirds.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hummingbirds catch flying bugs with the help of fast-closing beaks

(National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)) The shape of a hummingbird's beak allows for a "controlled elastic snap" that allows it to snatch up flying insects in a mere fraction of a second — with greater speed and power than could be achieved by jaw muscles alone, says a new study by researchers at Cornell University and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Does food act physiologically like a 'drug of choice' for some?

(American Society for Nutrition) The authors concluded that reducing variety in food choices may represent an important strategy for those trying to lose weight.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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E-health records should play bigger role in patient safety initiatives, researchers advocate

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Patient safety researchers are calling for the expanded use of electronic health records to address the disquieting number of medical errors in the health care system that can lead to readmissions and even death. Their commentary is in the July 6 issue of JAMA.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

(Delft University of Technology) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, the Netherlands) a grant to "Reinvent the toilet". Aim of this project is to develop new technology for processing human waste without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and at costs affordable to the poor in developing countries.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Study finds some desert birds less affected by wildfires and climate change

(Baylor University) A new Baylor University study has found that some bird species in the desert southwest are less affected, and in some cases positively influenced, by widespread fire through their habitat. In fact, the Baylor researchers say that fire actually helps some bird species because of the habitat that is formed after a fire is positive for the bird's prey needs.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints

(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science) A new study from the School of Science at IUPUI investigates mercury deposits in industrialized city soil near coal-fired power plants. While wind patterns vary by cities, the process in various urban areas is similar with mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants contaminating soil that is then transported downstream. Since cities have a high percentage of impervious surfaces like roads and parking lots, the mercury enters waterways rapidly.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Women who have breastfeeding difficulties in the first two weeks after giving birth are more likely to suffer postpartum depression two months later compared to women without such difficulties, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew U. scientists show for first time how early human embryo acquires its shape

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) How is it that a disc-like cluster of cells transforms within the first month of pregnancy into an elongated embryo? This mechanism is a mystery that man has tried to unravel for millennia

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew U. scientists identify molecular basis for DNA breakage

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Scientists from the Hebrew University have identified the molecular basis for DNA breakage, a hallmark of cancer cells. The findings of this research have just been published in the journal Molecular Cell

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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The decoding of slowness

(Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena) Zoologists of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena found out how sloths move and how their locomotive system adapted to their unhurried lifestyle in the course of evolution.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Some cutaneous HPV types may be involved in non-melanoma skin cancer development

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) In a joint paper published on July 14, 2011, in PLoS Pathogens, the German Cancer Research Center and the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer conclude that a viral infection with a certain type of human papillomavirus may cooperate with UV light exposure in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Plenary speakers address challenges in the delivery of sustained antiretroviral therapy in developing countries, call for social scientists to take their place at the HIV/AIDS policy-making table, and stress the need for a long-term response to AIDS

(International AIDS Society) Researchers speaking in the second plenary session of the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) have today provided insights into the future direction of HIV/AIDS policy making and alerted delegates to the challenges that developing countries continue to face in the delivery of large- scale antiretroviral therapy coverage.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Pensoft Publishers launch a new mycological open-access journal

(Pensoft Publishers) MycoKeys, a new journal in systematic and biology of fungi (including lichens), was launched by Pensoft Publishers. All content is published open access and is free to read, download, print, and distribute.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Tortoise populations can withstand fires every 30 years

(FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Populations of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca), a species classified as vulnerable and at risk of extinction, can withstand fires if outbreaks occur once every three decades or more. However, the youngest tortoises are more vulnerable, and disappear after each fire. These are the results of a study by Spanish researchers, who analyzed the impact of a 2004 forest fire in the Sierra de la Carrasquilla mountains in Murcia (Spain) on these reptiles

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants

(Pensoft Publishers) Recent botanical exploration efforts in the rugged Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) have increased the known flora of the archipelago by an impressive 20 percent. Field research and collecting in conjunction with the Vascular Flora of the Marquesas Islands and Flore de la Polynesie française projects have yielded 62 new species of ferns and flowering plants bringing the total native species to 360, of which 18 are newly described and illustrated in a special issue of PhytoKeys.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Business and Economics

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium
<font size=4" (DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Fourteen companies have agreed to join with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to establish the Oak Ridge Carbon Fiber Composites Consortium, which will work to accelerate the development, demonstration and commercial application of new low-cost carbon fiber and composites materials in many different industry sectors.
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers

(University of Washington) A new study of female engineering students' perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings could help institutions better attract and retain particular groups of underrepresented students.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Encouraging women to pursue careers in chemical sciences earns award

(University of Houston) On a career-long mission to make science fun, professor Mamie Moy recently was recognized by the world's largest scientific society for encouraging women to pursue careers in the chemical sciences. Dedicating more than 50 years to the University of Houston, Moy is UH's longest-serving professor. Moy plans to use the $10,000 grant that comes with the award to hold a mini-conference for girls in grades K-12, as well as female undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New report shows seniors' economic security falling

(Brandeis University) The threat of budget negotiations stalling crucial social security payments have highlighted the growing pain felt by America's seniors. A new report "From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity On the Rise," from the The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University and national policy center Demos, underscores how seniors have too few resources and too little time to plan for a fulfilling retirement. Report proposes real solutions to fix this growing crisis.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Report offers new framework to guide K-12 science education, calls for shift in the way science is taught in US

(National Academy of Sciences) A report released today by the National Research Council presents a new framework for K-12 science education that identifies the key scientific ideas and practices all students should learn by the end of high school.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competition

(Elsevier) The Research4Life partners today announced two winners in the "Access to Scientific Research Literature" global case study competition on how HINARI, AGORA, and/or OARE have impacted both work and communities. Dr. Arun Neopane a pediatrician from Nepal and Mr. Mulugeta Bayisa, a physiotherapist from Ethiopia were chosen as joint winners from over 60 entries to the competition held in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the launch of HINARI and the Research4Life program.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew University and São Paulo Research Foundation launch $500,000 agreement

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the São Paulo Research Foundation have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of joint research projects in all areas of scientific knowledge.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Columbia University Medical Center receives $38.9 million to help translate science into treatment

(Columbia University Medical Center) A Columbia University institute, whose goal is to accelerate the pace of translating science into real-life treatments for patients, received $38.9 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand its work over the next five years.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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IBD, LCPD health research in 'Westie' dogs may hold answers to similar human diseases

(Westie Foundation of America) The Westie Foundation of America (WFA) announced today preliminary findings in two major studies involving the health of West Highland White Terriers also known as Westies. Findings in these and other studies of Westies and other dogs may hold answers for similar human conditions like inflammatory bowel disease

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Preschool-age kids in different countries improve academically using self-regulation game

(Oregon State University) Children who regularly participated in a Simon Says-type game designed to improve self-regulation — called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task — may have better math and early literacy scores.The study found that the higher academic outcomes associated with the game, which emphasizes careful listening and following instructions, does not just benefit students in the United States, but also benefits children tested in Taiwan, China and South Korea.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Innovations in cardiovascular therapies and treatments will be presented at TCT 2011

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) is the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest research developments in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Now in its 23rd year, it is the world's largest privately-run medical conference and attended by more than 10,000 participants each year. TCT 2011 will be held Nov. 7-11 in San Francisco, Calif.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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US joins over 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing

(NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service) The United States joined more than 50 countries Thursday in a recommendation to regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs) to better track vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for tunas, swordfish, sharks and other highly migratory species. Annual global economic losses due to IUU fishing are estimated to be as high as $23 billion.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Workshop to address critical need for technology to track first responders in buildings

(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Worcester Polytechnic Institute will host the sixth annual International Workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking Technology Aug. 1-2. Precision indoor location technology is designed to help first responders rescue colleagues inside buildings. Sponsored by the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, the workshop will bring leading researchers together with first responders and government representatives. It will feature keynote addresses by speakers from NASA and Qualcomm and technology demonstrations.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Structure helps new employees adjust, study finds

(University of Guelph) With people often changing jobs and careers, organizations need to know how to help integrate and engage newcomers in order to retain them. A new University of Guelph study shows that new employees adjust better to their workplace with structured processes, such as orientation training and mentorship programs.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Wiley-Blackwell partners with TESOL to publish TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal

(Wiley-Blackwell) Wiley-Blackwell, the Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is pleased to announce a new partnership beginning in 2012 with the TESOL International Association (TESOL) to publish its two journals, TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal, both of which are currently self-published.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows

(University College Dublin) After examining 18,000 online articles published by the Financial Times, The New York Times, and the BBC, scientists discovered that verbs and nouns used by financial commentators converge in a 'herd-like' fashion in the lead up to a stock market bubble. The findings presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, show that trends in word use financial journalists correlate closely with changes in leading stock indices.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Launch of the Rome Statement for an HIV Cure

(International AIDS Society) Members of the Advisory Board for a Global Scientific Strategy "Towards an HIV Cure" today launched the Rome Statement for an HIV Cure calling for an acceleration of HIV cure research. The announcement was made at the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) currently being held in Rome.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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New study details the path to success for social investing

(Santa Clara University, Center for Science, Technology and Society) A new study by researchers at Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society sheds light on the current investment methods and profit expectations of 45 "impact investors," who invest in social-entrepreneur ventures around the world. The study aims to be a first step toward creating a more coordinated, venture-capital-style system for such social-venture startups

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Newer techniques are making cardiac CT safer for children

(Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation) Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has excellent image quality and diagnostic confidence for the entire spectrum of pediatric patients, with significant reduction of risk with recent technological advancements, according to a study to be presented at the Sixth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Denver, July 14-17.

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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New health-care payment system slows spending while improving patient care

(Harvard Medical School) In a new study with implications for state and federal efforts to reform payments to doctors and hospitals to encourage greater coordination of care, Harvard Medical School researchers found that a global payment system underway in Massachusetts lowered medical spending while improving the quality of patient care relative to the traditional fee-for-service system.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Massachusetts health-care reform increased access to care, particularly among disadvantaged

(Harvard Medical School) A Harvard research team has found that Massachusetts health reform has effectively increased access to health care and reduced disparities

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Research reveals dynamics behind magical thinking and charismatic leadership

(Columbia Business School) Research by Columbia Business School's Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership; Maia Young, assistant professor of Human Resources and Organization Behavior, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Vicki Scherwin, Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources Management, California State University, Long Beach, suggests that we attribute certain leaders to be charismatic through "magical thinking." The paper, recently published in the Journal of Management, reveals how this deep-seated process in human cognition is involved in the attribution of charisma

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Social enterprise project brings 'Right Light' to African communities

(University of Southampton) Entrepreneurial students from the University of Southampton have set up a new project to improve standards of living and future economic opportunities in rural African communities, by replacing kerosene with solar lamps

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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'Amplified' nanotubes may power the future

(Rice University) Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will be a weave of metallic nanotubes that can carry electricity with negligible loss over long distances. It will be an ideal replacement for the nation's copper-based grid, which leaks electricity at an estimated 5 percent per 100 miles of transmission.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Cancer

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New lung-cancer gene found
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University of Maryland researchers discover possible drug targets for common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ASTRO announces 2011 Fellows class

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) The American Society for Radiation Oncology has named its 2011 class of Fellows. These 21 distinguished members will receive their Fellow designation at a ceremony during the Society's 53rd Annual Meeting being held Oct. 2-6, 2011, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New mouse model for testing cancer drugs

(Goethe University Frankfurt) Only one in twenty cancer drugs makes its way from the laboratory to the market. The majority of new agents are only shown to be unsuitable in the later phases of clinical development which would explain the exorbitantly high development costs. A new mouse model developed by a research group under the guidance of the Goethe University Frankfurt could help to recognize effects and side effects at an earlier stage.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Are drinking guidelines adequate regarding the risk of cancer?

(Boston University Medical Center) A group of French scientists (from the Unit of Research on Nutritional Epidemiology, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Bobigny, France; the French Institute for Prevention and Health Education, St. Denis, France; and the French National Cancer Institute) have published a paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on guidelines for drinking and the relation of alcohol to cancer

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew U. scientists identify molecular basis for DNA breakage

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A new therapy without side effects could improve dramatically chemotherapy

(University of Granada) This significant progress — based on nanotechnology — has been achieved by researchers of the universities of Granada, Edimbourgh and Kebangsaan (Malaisie). This therapy is based on the encapsulation of a catalyst (palladium) into microspheres, to synthesize artificial materials or activate drugs into human cells, thus avoiding any toxicity

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Some cutaneous HPV types may be involved in non-melanoma skin cancer development

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Therapy appears to reduce rate of chemotherapy-induced early menopause for women with breast cancer

(JAMA and Archives Journals) Temporarily suppressing ovarian function with use of the hormone analogue triptorelin reduced the occurrence of early menopause induced by chemotherapy among women with breast cancer, according to a study in the July 20 issue of JAMA.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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USC research: Cancer cells and stem cells share same origin

(University of Southern California) Oncogenes are generally thought to be genes that, when mutated, change healthy cells into cancerous tumor cells. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have proven that those genes also can change normal cells into stem-like cells, paving the way to a safer and more practical approach to treating diseases like multiple sclerosis and cancer with stem cell therapy.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Key metabolic pathway implicated in intractable form of breast cancer

(Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research) Using a new in vivo screening system, Whitehead Institute researchers have identified a protein in a key metabolic pathway that is essential in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer. When the expression of the gene that codes for this protein — phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase or PHGDH — is suppressed in tumors and cell lines with an overabundance of the protein, the rate of cellular growth declines markedly. PHGDH is overexpressed in approximately 70 percent of ER-negative breast cancer patients

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Grants awarded to help bring promising bioscience discoveries to market

(National Jewish Health) National Jewish Health researchers have been awarded more than $400,000 in grants to help develop promising bioscience discoveries into new products, services and businesses. The state of Colorado awarded grants for work on potential new therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, autoimmune disease, cancer and arthritis. Funds awarded by the state are matched by National Jewish Health.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Chloroquine finding may lead to treatments for arthritis, cancer and other diseases

(Van Andel Research Institute) In a study published recently in the journal Science Signaling Van Andel Research Institute scientists demonstrate on the molecular level how the anti-malaria drug chloroquine represses inflammation, which may provide a blueprint for new strategies for treating inflammation and a multitude of autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis and certain cancers.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

(American Society for Microbiology) The following articles appear in the July issues of journals from the American Society for Microbiology: "How Flu Virus Spreads To College Community: Major Implications for Control";"Research Illuminating Long-Term Non-Progression Suggests Novel Vaccination Strategy for HIV";"Protein Boosts Lung Cancer In Smokers, Non-Smokers; Potential Anti-Oncogenic Target";and "Antibiotic Disrupts Termite Microflora, Reducing Fertility, Longevity."

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Research identifies genes vital to preventing childhood leukemia

(University of Western Ontario) Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have identified genes that may be important for preventing childhood leukemia. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood that occurs primarily in young children. Working with mice, researchers led by Rodney DeKoter identified two key genes called PU.1 and Spi-B that appear essential in the prevention of B cell ALL, the most common form of ALL in children

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Cancer stem cells recruit normal stem cells to fuel ovarian cancer, U-M study finds

(University of Michigan Health System) Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that a type of normal stem cell fuels ovarian cancer by encouraging cancer stem cells to grow.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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John Theurer Cancer Center researchers shared 14 leading edge studies at recent ASCO meeting

(John Theurer Cancer Center) Researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center presented results from 14 cancer-related studies during the recently concluded American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, which took place June 3-7, 2011 in Chicago. The studies examined new cancer treatments, ways to predict the best treatment outcomes, and patient quality of life issues.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Esophageal cancer risk higher in medically treated GERD patients with fewest symptoms

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Medically treated patients with mild or no symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at higher risk for developing esophageal cancer than those with severe GERD symptoms, according to a University of Pittsburgh study published in the current issue of Archives of Surgery.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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New anti-cancer agents show promise for treating aggressive breast cancers

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer are more vulnerable to chemotherapy when it is combined with a new class of anti-cancer agent, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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UT Southwestern research reveals that significantly more genetic mutations lead to colon cancer

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center say there are at least 70 genetic mutations involved in the formation of colon cancer, far more than scientists previously thought

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Melanoma screening by physicians associated with finding more cancers than patient self-detection

(JAMA and Archives Journals) Physician-based screening for melanoma is associated with higher rates of physician-detected melanoma and detection of thinner melanoma, according to a report published Online First today by Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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JCI online early table of contents: July 18, 2011

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, July 18, 2011, in the JCI: "'IDOLizing' low cholesterol"; "Platinum-based drugs: double trouble for tumors"; "The protein 3BP2 performs a balancing act in bone"; "Home for progenitor cells modified in cystic fibrosis airways"; "New mechanistic insight into salt-induced high blood pressure"; "Endurance protein IL-15R-alpha"; and others.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Screening new colon cancer patients for Lynch syndrome would be cost-effective, study shows

(Stanford University Medical Center) Screening every new colon cancer patient for a particular familial disorder extends lives at a reasonable cost, say Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The team hopes the results will encourage more medical centers to adopt widespread screening policies.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for July 19, 2011

(American College of Physicians) Below is information about articles being published in the July 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The information is not intended to substitute for the full articles as sources of information. Also attached is the complete table of contents. All information in the articles and TOC is under strict embargo until July 18 at 5 p.m. Eastern. Annals of Internal Medicine attribution is required for all coverage

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Trastuzumab and chemotherapy improved survival in HER2-postive breast and brain cancer patients

(American Association for Cancer Research) The use of trastuzumab, chemotherapy and surgery among women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer significantly improved survival from the time central nervous system metastases were diagnosed.

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EurekAlert! – Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Piece of cake: Arrays of long nanotubes may help measure terahertz laser power
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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AGU: Charles Petit and Steve Connor win AGU journalism awards

(American Geophysical Union) The American Geophysical Union awards journalism prizes to veteran science writer Charles Petit and science editor Steve Connor of London's The Independent newspaper.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ONR award ceremony recognizes achievements and service of 4 Navy employees

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Fourteen companies have agreed to join with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to establish the Oak Ridge Carbon Fiber Composites Consortium, which will work to accelerate the development, demonstration and commercial application of new low-cost carbon fiber and composites materials in many different industry sectors.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Encouraging women to pursue careers in chemical sciences earns award

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Laboratory signs agreement with China to develop clean energy technology

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Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hummingbirds catch flying bugs with the help of fast-closing beaks

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Patients who use anti-depressants are more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds

(McMaster University) Patients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major depression than those who use no medication at all, concludes a McMaster researcher.In a paper that is likely to ignite new controversy in the hotly debated field of depression and medication, evolutionary psychologist Paul Andrews concludes that patients who have used anti-depressant medications can be nearly twice as susceptible to future episodes of major depression.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe to launch open access chemistry journal

(Wiley-Blackwell) Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), and ChemPubSoc Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies, have announced the launch of ChemistryOpen, the first open access chemical society journal. The societies are joining a new open access publishing program announced by John Wiley & Sons in February.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Small hippocampus associated with depression in the elderly: Risk factor or shrinkage?

(Elsevier) Imaging studies have repeatedly found that people with depression have smaller hippocampal volumes than healthy individuals. The hippocampus is a brain region involved in learning and memory, spatial navigation, and the evaluation of complex life situations or "contexts". It has been unclear whether a small hippocampus renders a person vulnerable to developing depression, or whether it is a consequence of depression.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. The research team demonstrated how the flow of water over surfaces coated with the nanomaterial graphene could generate small amounts of electricity.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Hydrogen may be key to growth of high-quality graphene

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) A new approach to growing graphene greatly reduces problems that have plagued researchers in the past and clears a path to the crystalline form of graphite's use in sophisticated electronic devices of tomorrow.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed

(Rice University) Rice University scientists have used X-ray crystallography to define the structure — down to the atomic level — of a common virus that causes juvenile diarrhea. The new research is online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and could help direct efforts to develop medications that block the virus before it becomes infectious.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds

(University at Buffalo) Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Rapid venom evolution in pit vipers may be defensive

(American Museum of Natural History) Research published recently in PLoS One delivers new insight about rapid toxin evolution in venomous snakes. New molecular research on snake-eating opossums by scientists affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History suggests that predators factor into the rapid evolution of snake venom.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Iowa State physicist to test next-generation neutrino detector for major experiment

(Iowa State University) Iowa State University's Mayly Sanchez has won a National Science Foundation early career grant that allows her to contribute to the proposed $900 million Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment. Sanchez is working to develop new, better and cheaper photodetectors that will help physicists pick up the faint trails of neutrinos, subatomic particles that normally race through matter without leaving a trace

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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John Theurer Cancer Center researchers shared 14 leading edge studies at recent ASCO meeting

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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New contrast agents detect bacterial infections with high sensitivity and specificity

(Georgia Institute of Technology Research News) Novel contrast agents that sneak into bacteria disguised as glucose food can detect bacterial infections in animals with high sensitivity and specificity. These agents — called maltodextrin-based imaging probes — can also distinguish a bacterial infection from other inflammatory conditions.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Clemson University automotive research center to co-host electric vehicle conference

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Nanotech: injections or sampling? New 'molecular syringes' under testing

(Università di Bologna) Which is better, a quick vertical jab on the buttock or the delicately soft entry of a blood sample? A group of researchers from the University of Bologna (Italy) has no doubt. The easiest way of penetrating a cell membrane with a carbon nanotube, is at an angle which is almost flat against the membrane surface. Just as a nurse does to "find" a vein.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Keeping it together

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have discovered how condensin keeps chromosome arms folded and easy-to-transport during cell division, potentially acting as a cord-stopper

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Green light for EU co-funding of TUM Institute for Advanced Study fellowships

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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EurekAlert! – Earth Science

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ONR award ceremony recognizes achievements and service of 4 Navy employees

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reclamation signs research agreement to improve quagga and zebra mussel larvae detection

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Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium

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NASA satellites show heavy rainfall at southeastern coast of Japan

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Laboratory signs agreement with China to develop clean energy technology

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Avian 'Axe effect' attracts attention of females and males

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

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NASA's infrared satellite data shows warming cloud tops in Tropical Storm Bret

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Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints

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The decoding of slowness

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Evolution of the evolutionarily minded

(Public Library of Science) Since Charles Darwin's publication of "The Origin of Species," evolutionary theory has become the bedrock of modern biology, yet its application to the understanding of the human mind remains controversial. For the past 30 years, evolutionary interpretation of human cognition has been dominated by the field of evolutionary psychology — a field based on a set of widely held assumptions, which are now being questioned by new findings and approaches from genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary biology.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Mysterious fossils provide new clues to insect evolution

(Brill) German scientists at the Stuttgart Natural History Museum were leading in the discovery of a new insect order from the Lower Cretaceous of South America. The spectacular fossils were named Coxoplectoptera by their discoverers and their findings were published in a special issue on Cretaceous Insects in the scientific journal Insect Systematics & Evolution.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Book examines how trees change as they age and grow: What do these clues tell us?

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds

(University at Buffalo) Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Rapid venom evolution in pit vipers may be defensive

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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University of Tennessee scientist helps NASA mission that could determine building blocks of life

(University of Tennessee at Knoxville) University of Tennessee professor Josh Emery is seeking to recover an asteroid's precious planetary science clues, while at the same time learning enough to prevent any collision with Earth.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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US joins over 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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MIT: The tallest tree in the land

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GOES-13 movie catches Tropical Storm Bret form and intensify

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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EARTH: Great Lakes geologic sunken treasure

(American Geological Institute) Shipwreck enthusiasts find a bounty of nautical relics preserved in the chilly depths of the Great Lakes. But only within the last decade have explorers and scientists begun to reveal the secrets of a much different — and much more ancient — sunken treasure in Lake Huron: sinkholes.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Clemson University automotive research center to co-host electric vehicle conference

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Education

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers
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Encouraging women to pursue careers in chemical sciences earns award

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Report offers new framework to guide K-12 science education, calls for shift in the way science is taught in US

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew University and São Paulo Research Foundation launch $500,000 agreement

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Preschool-age kids in different countries improve academically using self-regulation game

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Innovations in cardiovascular therapies and treatments will be presented at TCT 2011

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US joins over 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing

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Wiley-Blackwell partners with TESOL to publish TESOL Quarterly and TESOL Journal

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Seminal historical text now online in culmination of 20 year project

(University of Sheffield) The University of Sheffield today (July 18, 2011) announces the publication of an interactive version of "The Acts and Monuments," by John Foxe, a work of ecclesiastical history that is second only to The Bible as a resource for researchers of English history, religion and literature.

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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Scientists seek to increase science literacy

(University of Alaska Fairbanks) A scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and colleague at Emory University are seeking to persuade the National Science Foundation to reevaluate its decision to cancel a program that has placed 10,000 science graduate students in more than 6,000 K-12 public schools across the country.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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SDSC Visualizations win 'OASCR' Awards at SciDAC 2011

(University of California – San Diego) Two visualizations created by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, and other academic institutions are among the recipients of the people's choice OASCR awards announced this week at the 2011 SciDAC (Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing Program) conference

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Social enterprise project brings 'Right Light' to African communities

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'Amplified' nanotubes may power the future

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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'Changing Planet' town hall at Arizona State University: Adapting to our water future

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Environmental factors predict underserved children's physical activity, Wayne State research finds

(Wayne State University – Office of the Vice President for Research) In 2005, Jeffrey Martin, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology, health and sport studies in Wayne State University's College of Education, found that children living in underserved communities are less physically active than their higher-income counterparts. Now, in a follow-up study, Martin has found environmental factors that may affect underserved children's physical activity and fitness levels: classmate support, gender and confidence. The study was published in the June 2011 issue of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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NSF sponsors $18.5 million effort to create mind-machine interface

(University of Washington) The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington. The interdisciplinary center will combine neuroscience and robotics to develop new rehabilitation technologies.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Breaking down cellulose without blasting lignin

(DOE/Joint Genome Institute) Dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. Published online July 14 in Science Express, a comparative analysis involving Serpula lacrymans, the second brown rot fungus to have its genome sequenced, sheds light on the mechanism by which Serpula breaks down cellulose and the role of brown rot fungi in the global carbon cycle.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Improving K-12 science education in the US

(National Academy of Sciences) A framework for K-12 science education, new from the National Research Council, identifies the key scientific concepts and practices that all students in these grades should learn. The framework offers a new vision for K-12 education in science and engineering and embodies a significant shift in how these subjects are viewed and taught

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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25 Tesla, world-record 'split magnet' makes its debut

(Florida State University) A custom-built, $2.5 million "split magnet" system with the potential to revolutionize scientific research in a variety of fields has made its debut at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Sociologists to explore social conflict at annual meeting in Las Vegas, Aug. 20-23

(American Sociological Association) More than 5,000 sociologists will convene in Las Vegas, Nev., this August to explore ideas and scientific research relating to sociology and social conflict, as part of the American Sociological Association's 106th Annual Meeting. The conference will feature nearly 600 sessions and 3,200 studies covering such timely topics as same-sex marriage, the recession, war, religion, immigration, sex, race, bullying, crime, families, politics, relationships, technology, poverty, health and health care, education and many others.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Molecules 'light up' Alzheimer's roots

(Rice University) A breakthrough in sensing at Rice University could make finding signs of Alzheimer's disease nearly as simple as switching on a light. The technique reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society should help researchers design better medications to treat the devastating disease.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Message in a bottle: Teaching business skills in developing countries

(Baylor University) Two Baylor University professors use a bottle of Coca-Cola to teach basic business principles to minimally educated entrepreneurs in developing countries. Sold in more than 200 countries and territories, it is a readily available resource for teaching business lessons.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Natural gas produced from fine milling of precious metals

(X9 Gold Development, Inc.) Roger Anderson, President of X9 Gold Development, Inc., announced today that multiple tests conducted over the past 18 months have demonstrated that carbon in precious metal ores can be converted to natural gas (methane) during fine milling utilizing X9 Gold's Bubble Mill Technology.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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New research demonstrates damaging influence of media on public perceptions of chimpanzees

(Public Library of Science) How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers based at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo sought to uncover in a new nationwide study. Their findings reveal the potential role that media plays in creating widespread misunderstandings about the conservation status and nature of this great ape

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Computerized system to prevent SIDS developed by Ben-Gurion University students

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The new system called "BabyBeat" was developed by students in the BGU Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. It uses computer algorithms to convert video footage to pulses that represent a baby's heartbeat and skin tone. In the event that the system detects an abnormal heartbeat, an alarm sounds to awaken the baby, change its breathing pattern and alert the parents.After further testing, if BabyBeat continues to perform as expected, the students will seek to commercially produce and market the innovation

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011
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EurekAlert! – Infectious and Emerging Diseases

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Only one-third of HIV-positive patients remain in care before starting treatment

(Public Library of Science) In sub-Saharan Africa, only about one third of patients who test positive for HIV but are not yet eligible for antiretroviral treatment remain in care until they become eligible and start treatment. These findings from a study by Sydney Rosen and Matthew Fox, based at Boston University in the USA, highlight one of the challenges of improving outcomes for patients in HIV/AIDS programs in resource-limited settings.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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HIV patient care by clinic nurses rather than hospital doctors clinically successful, cost effective

(Public Library of Science) Health outcomes for stable patients with HIV on antiretroviral therapy 12 months after their care was transferred to a primary health clinic (a community clinic) where they were managed by nurses were equivalent, or even better, than the outcomes of similar patients on antiretroviral therapy who remained at a hospital-based, doctor-managed outpatient clinic

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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It's simple: increasing complexity of models does not necessarily increase their accuracy

(BioMed Central) Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important tool in the understanding and prediction of epidemics. Knowledge of social interactions is used to understand how infectious diseases spread through populations and how to control epidemics. New research published in BMC Medicine shows that a model, which included dynamic information about the heterogeneity of contact length and rate of making new contacts, was as effective as a more complex model which included the order of contacts.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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HIV therapies provide near normal lifespan in Africa

(University of British Columbia) The first large-scale analysis of life expectancy outcomes in Africa for HIV patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) shows that such patients can expect to live a near normal lifespan. The study also shows significant variance between patient subgroups.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes

(University of Arizona) Inhibiting a molecular process cells use to direct proteins to their proper destinations causes more than 90 percent of affected mosquitoes to die within 48 hours of blood feeding, a team of biochemists at the University of Arizona discovered. The approach could be used as an additional strategy in the worldwide effort to curb mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue fever, yellow fever and malaria.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Informed-consent forms should be shortened, simplified, Johns Hopkins bioethicists confirm

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) An in-depth review of consent forms provided to volunteers for HIV/AIDS research in the United States and abroad about study procedures, risks and benefits has found that the forms were extremely long and used wording that may have been complex enough to hinder full understanding, according to bioethicists at the Johns Hopkins University. Their study, in the August issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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The first studies utilizing the Collaborative Cross mice are published in Genome Research

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) The Collaborative Cross represents a large collection of new inbred mouse strains created by the mouse genetics community aimed at revolutionizing the study of complex genetic traits and diseases. Genome Research has published three articles online in-advance utilizing strains from the emerging Collaborative Cross mouse strains.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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'Swine flu' breath test could reduce future vaccination shortages, research suggests

(Institute of Physics) A novel breath test, measuring the immune response to the H1N1 flu virus, could help to ease future vaccine shortages by identifying the people who have already been infected with the flu virus

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Novel adenovirus confirmed to infect both humans and monkeys

(Public Library of Science) A novel virus that spread through a California New World titi monkey colony in late 2009 has been shown to have also infected a human researcher and a household family member, in a documented example of an adenovirus "jumping" from one species to another and remaining contagious after the jump. Researchers confirmed that the virus was the same in the New World monkeys and humans, and that the virus is highly unusual in both populations. Their findings appear July 14 in PLoS Pathogens.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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UCSF confirms first adenovirus to jump between monkeys and humans

(University of California – San Francisco) A novel virus that spread through a California monkey colony in late 2009 also infected a human researcher and a family member, UCSF researchers have found, the first known example of an adenovirus "jumping" from one species to another and remaining contagious after the jump.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Research provides insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes

(Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) Hospitals struggle to prevent the infections that complicate treatment for cancer, joint replacement, heart surgery and other conditions. Hospital-acquired infections are often resistant to multiple antibiotics. Drugs are being developed, but resistance invariably emerges Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School scientists and the pharmaceutical company Cubist, have teamed up to discover the basis for resistance that has now begun to emerge to daptomycin in the enterococci. Their findings provide new insight.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Localized reactive badger culling raises bovine tuberculosis risk, new analysis confirms

(Imperial College London) Localized badger culling in response to bovine tuberculosis outbreaks increases the risk of infection in nearby herds, according to a new analysis.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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VOICE study will continue as it considers what action to take after results of 2 trials

(Microbicide Trials Network) Today, researchers from two major HIV prevention trials announced favorable results of an approach called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which involves the use of drugs commonly used for treating HIV. One of these, the Partners PrEP study, provides the strongest evidence yet of PrEP's effectiveness. A full evaluation is needed to determine the best course for VOICE, an ongoing study of more than 5,000 women in sub-Saharan Africa testing both PrEP and the vaginal microbicide tenofovir gel

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Smelly socks could be a key to preventing malaria deaths in the developing world

(McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health) Tanzanian researchers will receive two years' funding to further develop a device based on their successful use of human foot odor to lure disease-spreading mosquitoes into a trap.Such outdoor devices could one day complement indoor spraying programs and bed nets in reducing malaria and perhaps other mosquito-borne diseases like elephantiasis and leishmaniasis. Funding by Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be announced July 13.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Purdue biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection

(Purdue University) Biologists identified a new way in which bacteria hijack healthy cells during infection, which could provide a target for new antibiotics.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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UCI study points to new means of overcoming antiviral resistance in influenza

(University of California – Irvine) UC Irvine researchers have found a new approach to the creation of customized therapies for virulent flu strains that resist current antiviral drugs.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Alternative methods of smear collection are effective at diagnosing TB

(Public Library of Science) Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases are published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The studies have important implications for the ways in which diagnosis for the endemic infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), can be done in poor countries

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis twice as prevalent in women over 40

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert is calling for all sexually active American women age 40 and older to get tested for the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis after new study evidence found that the sexually transmitted disease is more than twice as common in this age group than previously thought. Screening is especially important because in many cases there are no symptoms.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women

(University of Copenhagen) Researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites are able to hide from the immune defenses of expectant mothers.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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Gladstone to receive $5.6 million in federal funds to seek a cure for AIDS

(Gladstone Institutes) The Gladstone Institutes will receive grants totaling $5.6 million over five years as part of the first-ever major funding initiative focusing on HIV eradication. The funds will help three principal investigators at Gladstone, an independent biomedical-research organization, to explore the molecular basis for HIV latency where the virus that causes AIDS "hides" dormant within cells waiting for an opportunity to reemerge when therapy is withdrawn.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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NIH supports new research strategy for finding a cure for HIV

(University of California – San Francisco) "Even though existing anti-HIV drugs have dramatically changed the course of HIV disease for many patients, the drugs are expensive and require daily dosing for life, they are not available to everyone who needs them, they have side effects and they do not fully restore health. Our hope is to have a single or combination regimen that truly cures the disease and that we could eventually deliver to people infected with HIV throughout the world."

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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UNC tapped to lead national effort to find a cure for AIDS

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a $32 million, five-year federal grant to develop ways to cure people with HIV by purging the virus hiding in the immune systems of patients taking antiretroviral therapy

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011
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EurekAlert! – Mathematics and Statistics

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Mathematics and Statistics

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UT Austin Villa wins World RoboCup championships
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Preschool-age kids in different countries improve academically using self-regulation game

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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MIT: The tallest tree in the land

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Workshop to address critical need for technology to track first responders in buildings

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Green light for EU co-funding of TUM Institute for Advanced Study fellowships

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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It's simple: increasing complexity of models does not necessarily increase their accuracy

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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SDSC Visualizations win 'OASCR' Awards at SciDAC 2011

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Steven Ruuth receives SIAM's Germund Dahlquist Prize

(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Steven J. Ruuth, a professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics at Simon Fraser University has been awarded the Germund Dahlquist Prize.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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U.Va.'s Pfister accomplishes breakthrough toward quantum computing

(University of Virginia) To build a quantum computer, one needs to create and precisely control individual quantum memory units, called qubits, for information processing. Olivier Pfister, a professor of physics in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, has just published findings in the journal Physical Review Letters demonstrating a breakthrough in the creation of massive numbers of entangled qubits, more precisely a multilevel variant thereof called Qmodes.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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ONR-funded researchers examine new approaches for aircraft operations aboard carriers

(Office of Naval Research) An Office of Naval Research-sponsored effort to examine how aircraft carrier flight deck crews will manage manned and unmanned air vehicles completed a successful live demonstration, ONR announced July 13. The Deck operations Course of Action Planner (DCAP) demonstration was performed at the Humans and Automation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DCAP is a software tool designed to aid in planning on aircraft carrier flight decks — a congested and often times chaotic environment.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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25 Tesla, world-record 'split magnet' makes its debut

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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New elegant technique used for genomic archaeology

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Researchers have probed deeper into human evolution by developing an elegant new technique to analyze whole genomes from different populations. One key finding from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute's study is that African and non-African populations continued to exchange genetic material well after migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago. This infers that interbreeding between these groups continued long after the original exodus.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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MU psychology study finds key early skills for later math learning

(University of Missouri-Columbia) Psychologists at the University of Missouri have identified the beginning of first grade math skills that teachers and parents should target to effectively improve children's later math learning.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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Online consumers willing to pay premium for Net privacy, says study in INFORMS Journal

(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Online consumers thought to be motivated primarily by savings are, in fact, often willing to pay a premium for purchases from online vendors with clear, protective privacy policies, according to a new study in the current issue of a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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ICT and automotive: New app reduces motorway pile-ups by 40 percent

(Università di Bologna) What do you do if you're driving down the motorway and 500 meters ahead of you there is an accident? Now there is an app that tells your car to stop. It does it in half the time of any of the applications, and in contrast to the systems already available on the market, not only does it act on what can be seen from your car but also on what is happening miles away.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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Clyde fish stock at 80-year high — but most are too small to be landed

(University of Strathclyde) Stocks of seabed-living fish in the Firth of Clyde have reached their highest level since 1927 — according to research by academics at the University of Strathclyde.

Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011

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Scientists discover how best to excite brain cells

(University of Michigan) Oh, the challenges of being a neuron, responsible for essential things like muscle contraction, gland secretion and sensitivity to touch, sound and light, yet constantly bombarded with signals from here, there and everywhere.

Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011

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'Research Explorer' and 'Higher Education Compass' — comprehensive online information

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The HRK, DAAD and the DFG have linked up to offer new search options for studying and researching in Germany. The two online systems, "Research Explorer" and "Higher Education Compass" (Hochschulkompass), are now connected to one another, offering even more comprehensive information on researching and studying in Germany.

Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011

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Safer skies

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) The FAA has mandated that by 2020, all aircrafts must be equipped with a new tracking system that broadcasts GPS data, providing more accurate location information than ground-based radar. MIT researchers will present an early result of an investigation, a new algorithm that uses data from the tracking system to predict and prevent collisions between small aircraft

Dato: Tue, 05 Jul 2011

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Elsevier launches online catalogue of 2,000 16th-18th century books

(Elsevier) Elsevier announced today the launch of an online catalogue of the Elsevier Heritage Collection, comprising over 2,000 rare books published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to 1712. The original company published groundbreaking work from contemporary scholars including Descartes, Huygens and Galileo. Elsevier, the modern publisher was named after the original firm when it was founded in 1880 as a tribute to the publishing achievements of the Elzeviers.

Dato: Tue, 05 Jul 2011

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Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets

(University of Arizona) Warming of the ocean's subsurface layers will melt underwater portions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets faster than previously thought, according to new University of Arizona-led research. The research, based on 19 state-of-the-art climate models, proposes a new mechanism by which global warming will accelerate the melting of the great ice sheets during this century and the next. Such melting would increase the sea level more than already projected.

Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011

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Using fear to guide smart investments

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Professor Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel Aviv University's study, based on an examination of 50 years of market volatility in 10 stock markets in seven different countries, demonstrates that a smart stock market portfolio takes into account both negative returns and the dynamics of psychological volatility

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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Aircraft influence the local weather, new study shows

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) As airplanes fly through the clouds, they often punch holes through the ones that contain supercooled water, or water that has remained in liquid form below its freezing point. Now, researchers say that this phenomenon can lead to increased snowfall around the world's major airports

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Vascular disease management increasingly important
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy

(Duke University) By altering the genetic makeup of normally "unexcitable" cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Falls may be early sign of Alzheimer's

(Washington University School of Medicine) Falls and balance problems may be early indicators of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported July 17, 2011, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Paris.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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BUSM: Testosterone deficiency and replacement therapy in men

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New lung-cancer gene found

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Kidney dopamine regulates blood pressure, life span

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New report shows seniors' economic security falling

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Heartburn treatment may extend survival in IPF patients

(American Thoracic Society) Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who report treatment for gastroespophageal reflux (GER) appear to have longer survival than IPF patients who are not treated for GERD, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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'Sarcophaga of France (Diptera: Sarcophaidae)' published by Pensoft

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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University of Maryland researchers discover possible drug targets for common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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ASTRO announces 2011 Fellows class

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Patients who use anti-depressants are more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Does food act physiologically like a 'drug of choice' for some?

(American Society for Nutrition) The authors concluded that reducing variety in food choices may represent an important strategy for those trying to lose weight.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New mouse model for testing cancer drugs

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Painful legacy of teen sports

(Springer) Vigorous sports activities, like basketball, during childhood and adolescence can cause abnormal development of the femur in young athletes, resulting in a deformed hip with reduced rotation and pain during movement. This may explain why athletes are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than more sedentary individuals, according to Dr. Klaus Siebenrock, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, and colleagues, whose work is published online in Springer's journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competition

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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RI Hospital researchers find common test may be unnecessary for bariatric surgery candidates

(Lifespan) A new study by researchers from Rhode Island Hospital has found that stress testing with myocardial perfusion imaging as part of a pre-operative workup for bariatric surgery candidates may be unnecessary.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New threshold values for fine particulates at the workplace

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The 2011 MAK and BAT Values List compiled by the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area, a Senate Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, recommends reducing the general threshold limit value for dust for the alveolar fraction in light of recent studies and classifies such dusts as carcinogenic when these thresholds are exceeded.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Are drinking guidelines adequate regarding the risk of cancer?

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Hebrew U. scientists identify molecular basis for DNA breakage

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Small hippocampus associated with depression in the elderly: Risk factor or shrinkage?

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Nanotechnology

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors
<font size=4" (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. The research team demonstrated how the flow of water over surfaces coated with the nanomaterial graphene could generate small amounts of electricity.
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Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds

(University at Buffalo) Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Nanotech: injections or sampling? New 'molecular syringes' under testing

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Heated AFM tip allows direct fabrication of ferroelectric nanostructures on plastic

(Georgia Institute of Technology Research News) Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL), researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer-scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would be unable to withstand the processing temperatures normally required to create such nanostructures

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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Researchers provide means of monitoring cellular interactions

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Using nanotechnology to engineer sensors onto the surface of cells, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a platform technology for monitoring single-cell interactions in real-time

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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U.Va.'s Pfister accomplishes breakthrough toward quantum computing

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Conducting energy on a nano scale

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Professor Eran Rabani of Tel Aviv University has succeeded in making delicate and sensitive nanocrystals susceptible to the engineering techniques that would make them practical semi-conductors. His new method of "doping" these crystals may lead to advances in solar panels, cell phones and cameras.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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'Amplified' nanotubes may power the future

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Cancer gene therapy from camels

(University of Copenhagen) Nanobodies produced from camel blood have unique properties, which can be used in future drug development. New research published in Journal of Controlled Release confirms that camel blood can help scientists in the fight against cancer.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Narrowest bridges of gold are also the strongest, study finds

(University at Buffalo) At an atomic scale, the tiniest bridge of gold — that made of a single atom — is actually the strongest, according to new research by engineers at the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Quantum Devices.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2011

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) July 2011's story tips from ORNL include: "Nanoscale robots that can flow through blood may yet be a possibility"; "Making Industry Part of the Climate Solution"; "New band magnetism"; "Clean energy production"; and "Thermochemical degradation of plant materials."

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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MIT research update: New way to store sun's heat

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A novel application of carbon nanotubes, developed by MIT researchers, shows promise as an innovative approach to storing solar energy for use whenever it's needed.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Warwick wins $2.7 million research grant to help 'cooltronics'

(University of Warwick) The University of Warwick Department of Physics has been awarded a prestigious five-year grant to the sum of £1.7 ($2.7) million for "Creating Silicon Based Platforms for New Technologies." The initiative will open up new technologies ranging from energy harvesting to "cooltronics," enabling zero-power electronics and could be key to combating global climate change

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows

(University of Edinburgh) Tiny chemical particles emitted by diesel exhaust fumes could raise the risk of heart attacks, research has shown.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Hitachi partnership brings new tools and electron microscope reference center to Edmonton

(National Institute for Nanotechnology) Thanks to an international collaboration with Hitachi, Canadian companies will now have access to a uniquely configured transmission electron microscope, the first of its kind outside of Japan.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Cat litter to become an edible product?

(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) Sepiolite is a porous clay material used for example in cat litter that absorbs more liquid than any other known mineral. A Franco-Spanish team of scientists has analyzed twenty different sepiolites extracted from mines around the world, using X-ray and electron diffraction. The results open the path to industrial synthesis of sepiolites and to the design of completely new materials for use in catalysis, energy storage and food.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Cracking the code of the mind

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Mark Shein of Tel Aviv University has applied advanced mathematical and engineering techniques to connect neurons with electronics and understand how neuronal networks work. In addition to real-world applications, Shein's research also permits scientists to investigate activity patterns of many neurons simultaneously, providing a window on how different parts of the brain communicate with each other.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Sandia's 'cooler' technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer

(DOE/Sandia National Laboratories) Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics and lab officials are now seeking licensees in the electronics chip cooling field to license and commercialize the device.The "Sandia Cooler," also known as the "Air Bearing Heat Exchanger," is a novel, proprietary air-cooling invention developed by Sandia researcher Jeff Koplow.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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U of T researchers build an antenna for light

(University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering) University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from light.

Dato: Sun, 10 Jul 2011

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Light propagation controlled in photonic chips — major breakthrough in telecommunications field

(Columbia University) Columbia Engineering researchers have built optical nanostructures that enable them to slow photons down and fully control light dispersion. They have shown that it is possible for light to propagate from point A to point B without accumulating any phase, spreading through the artificial medium as if the medium is completely missing in space. This is the first time simultaneous phase and zero-index observations have been made on the chip-scale and at the infrared wavelength.

Dato: Sun, 10 Jul 2011

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Nanocrystal transformers

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Using the TEAM 0.5 microscope, Berkeley Lab researchers have recorded the first direct observation of structural transformations within a single nanocrystal of copper sulfide. The results break new ground for the design of novel materials that will serve next-generation energy storage batteries and solar energy harvesting devices.

Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011

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Ben-Gurion U. part of expert consortium to create Israeli Renewable Energy Center

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The group of 27 senior researchers will include nine researchers from Ben-Gurion University who are leaders in production of biomass; photo-catalysis of CO2 and water to fuels; gasification of biomass; and production of liquid fuels from biomass and mixtures of CO2 and water.

Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011

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Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer

(University of Southampton) Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumors.

Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011

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Promising fire retardant results when clay nanofiller has space

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Materials scientists from NIST and the University of Maryland have demonstrated that the more widely and uniformly dispersed nanoscale plates of clay are in a polymer, the more fire protection the nanocomposite material provides.

Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011

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Graphene: What can go wrong? new studies point to wrinkles, process contaminants

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team has demonstrated how some relatively simple processing flaws can seriously degrade the otherwise near-magical electronic properties of graphene.

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EurekAlert! – Oceanography

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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US joins over 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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WHOI scientists analyze, explain the chemical makeup of Gulf plume

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Taking another major step in sleuthing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has determined what chemicals were contained in a deep, hydrocarbon-containing plume at least 22 miles long that WHOI scientists mapped and sampled last summer in the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Moreover, they have taken a big step in explaining why some chemicals, but not others, made their way into the plume.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Rising oceans — too late to turn the tide?

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Strong El Niño could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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One-third of central Catalan coast is very vulnerable to storm impact

(FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have developed a method for evaluating the vulnerability of coastal regions to the impact of storms. The method, which has been applied on the Catalan coastline, shows that one-third of the region's coasts have a high rate of vulnerability to flooding, while 20 percent are at risk of erosion.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Lie of the land beneath glaciers influences impact on sea levels

(University of Edinburgh) Fresh research into glaciers could help scientists better predict the impact of changing climates on global sea levels.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas

(United Nations University) Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the open ocean migrations of marine fish larvae that take them from one home to another sometimes hundreds of kilometers away.Research published today in the international journal Oecologia sheds new light on the dispersal of marine fish in their larval stages, important information for the effective design of marine protected areas (MPAs), a widely advocated conservation tool.

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans

(University of Chicago Press Journals) Published this month by the University of Chicago Press, "The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans" by Don Hinrichsen documents the fraught relationship between humans and Earth's largest bodies of water — and outlines the conservation steps needed to protect the marine environment for generations to come

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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Mantle drilling initial feasibility study completed

(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program has announced completion of a feasibility study of drilling and coring activities that would be conducted in an ultra-deepwater environment into very high temperature igneous rocks to reach the upper oceanic mantle

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011

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Climate change reducing ocean's carbon dioxide uptake

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) How deep is the ocean's capacity to buffer against climate change?As one of the planet's largest single carbon absorbers, the ocean takes up roughly one-third of all human carbon emissions, reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide and its associated global changes.

Dato: Sun, 10 Jul 2011

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Natural iron fertilization influences deep-sea ecosystems off the Crozet Islands

(National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Geo-engineering schemes aimed at tackling global warming through artificial iron fertilization of the oceans would significantly affect deep-sea ecosystems, according to research involving scientists from the United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre as well as former Ocean and Earth Science research students of the University of Southampton, which is based at the Centre

Dato: Wed, 06 Jul 2011

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Antarctic krill help to fertilize Southern Ocean with iron

(British Antarctic Survey) A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role in fertilizing the Southern Ocean with iron — stimulating the growth of phytoplankton (microscopic plant-like organisms). This process enhances the ocean's capacity for natural storage of carbon dioxide

Dato: Mon, 04 Jul 2011

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Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets

Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011

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More rain, less snow leads to faster Arctic ice melt

(University of Melbourne) Rising air temperatures in the Arctic region have led to an increase in rainfall and a decrease in snowfall, making the sea ice more susceptible to melting, a new Australian study has revealed.

Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011

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Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from blessing to curse for zooplankton

(University of Rhode Island) Zooplankton can use specialized adaptations that allow them to hide from predators in areas of the ocean where oxygen levels are so low that almost nothing can survive, but they may run into trouble as these areas expand due to climate change

Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011

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Scripps study finds plastic in 9 percent of 'garbage patch' fishes

(University of California – San Diego) The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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The seasonal potato

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) The "Potsdam Gravity potato," as this representation of terrestrial gravity has become known, can for the first time display gravity variations that change with time.

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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Sea urchins see with their whole body

(University of Gothenburg) Many animals have eyes that are incredibly complex — others manage without. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have shown that sea urchins see with their entire body despite having no eyes at all. The study has been published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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Heavy metal meets hard rock: Battling through the ocean crust's hardest rocks

(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) Scientists and drillers recovered a remarkable suite of heat-tempered basalts that provide a detailed picture of the rarely seen boundary between magma and seawater. These samples were collected during a return to ODP Hole 1256D, one of the deepest "hard rock" penetration sites of scientific ocean drilling. ODP Hole 1256D has been stabilized, cleared to its full depth, and primed for further deepening.

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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Scientists study earthquake triggers in Pacific Ocean

(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) New samples of rock and sediment from the depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean may help explain the cause of large, destructive earthquakes similar to the Tohoku Earthquake that struck Japan in mid-March.Nearly 1,500 meters (almost one mile) of core collected from the ocean floor near the coast of Costa Rica reveal detailed records of approximately two million years of tectonic activity along a seismic plate boundary

Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011

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NOAA and Navy to conduct archaeological survey of 2 Civil War shipwrecks in Hampton Roads, Va.

(NOAA Headquarters) On Monday, June 27, NOAA and the US Navy embarked today on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va., for nearly 150 years

Dato: Tue, 28 Jun 2011

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Researchers find a keystone nutrient recycler in streams

(University of Georgia) Researchers from the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology have found that certain neotropical stream ecosystems rely almost entirely on a single fish species known as the banded tetra for the critical nutrient phosphorus. In a paper recently published in the journal Ecology, the researchers, led by Gaston E. "Chip" Small, explain why this particular species plays such a crucial role — and why these stream systems are vulnerable as a result.

Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011

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Fossilized pollen reveals climate history of northern Antarctica

(Rice University) A painstaking examination of the first direct and detailed climate record from the continental shelves surrounding Antarctica reveals that the last remnant of Antarctic vegetation existed 12 million years ago. The research, which was led by researchers at Rice University and Louisiana State University, appears online this week and will be featured on the cover of the July 12 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011

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EurekAlert! – Policy and Ethics

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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New report shows seniors' economic security falling

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Report offers new framework to guide K-12 science education, calls for shift in the way science is taught in US

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Resource center focus on jail leadership

(Sam Houston State University) With many senior and mid-level administrators reaching retirement age, American jails are facing a crisis. To address the challenge, Sam Houston State University, along with several national corrections partners, developed a resource center for jail leadership and succession planning.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competition

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IBD, LCPD health research in 'Westie' dogs may hold answers to similar human diseases

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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New grant supports Hastings work on ethics of medical research with animals

(The Hastings Center) A new Hastings Center project will explore the ethical, scientific, and legal issues involved in using animals in medical research and prospects for using alternative models. Arguments about animal experimentation are changing. The longstanding view that one is either pro-medical progress or pro-animal welfare is giving way to more nuanced thinking, which upholds the values of both medical progress and animal welfare and seeks to greatly increase the use of alternatives to animals

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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US joins over 50 nations in adopting recommendation to list vessels engaged in illegal fishing

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity endorsed by ESF's Governing Council

(European Science Foundation) The European Science Foundation (ESF) announces the endorsement of The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity by its Governing Council in Lisbon June 22-23, 2011.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Promising developments in vaccine research, development of a vaginal gel and PrEP lead to calls for a combination of biomedical and non biomedical approaches to HIV prevention policy

(International AIDS Society) Researchers speaking in the first plenary session of the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention have today offered insights into current and future HIV prevention research and discussed how biomedical developments over the past two years are beginning to shape debate on the future of HIV prevention policy.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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AIDS is at a scientific watershed, says IAS 2011 International Chair Elly Katabira at the opening of the world's largest open scientific conference on HIV and AIDS

(International AIDS Society) More than 5,000 AIDS researchers, scientists, clinicians, community leaders and policy experts gathered in Rome for the opening of the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention have welcomed the growing momentum in biomedical research, but have warned that the benefits of these advances need to be evenly shared between the global North and South.

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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Newer techniques are making cardiac CT safer for children

Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011

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Massachusetts health-care reform increased access to care, particularly among disadvantaged

(Harvard Medical School) A Harvard research team has found that Massachusetts health reform has effectively increased access to health care and reduced disparities

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Machines to compare notes online?

(SAGE Publications) The best way for autonomous machines, networks and robots to improve in future will be for them to publish their own upgrade suggestions on the Internet. This transparent dialogue will help humans to both guide and trust them, according to research published today in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, published by SAGE.

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Informed-consent forms should be shortened, simplified, Johns Hopkins bioethicists confirm

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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When will a message of social responsibility backfire?

(University of Chicago Press Journals) Consumers don't react positively to all messages of corporate social responsibility, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The message needs to line up with consumers' mindsets and understanding of the brands

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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'Changing Planet' town hall at Arizona State University: Adapting to our water future

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Current, not prior, depression predicts crack cocaine use

(Brown University) Even after accounting for current crack use, a new study finds that women in drug court who are experiencing current major depression are more likely to use crack within four months than other women in drug court. The paper's lead author argues that depression screening and treatment may be important components of drug court services for crack-using women.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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'Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense,' 2nd edition

(Wiley-Blackwell) From the vaults of the former Soviet Union to the weapons factories of Iran, this groundbreaking new title explores the threat of bioterrorism and how prepared we are to prevent it

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry

(Kansas State University) A Kansas State University geographer is part of a research team out to prove what environmental scientists have suspected for years: Increasing the production of soybean and biofuel crops in Brazil increases deforestation in the Amazon. Although this cause-and-effect finding seems fairly straightforward, the issue of deforestation in the Amazon is more complex and more devastating than previously believed.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Roll out treatment as prevention now to stop HIV and AIDS

(International AIDS Society) The Lancet, a leading global medical journal, published an editorial comment today that emphasizes the critical role of expanding access to HIV treatment under a "treatment as prevention" strategy to stop the HIV pandemic

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Improving K-12 science education in the US

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Cancer data not readily available for future research

(National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)) A new study finds that — even in a field with clear standards and online databases — the rate of public data archiving in cancer research is increasing only slowly. Furthermore, research studies in cancer and human subjects are less likely than other research studies to make their datasets available for reuse. The results come from a study of patterns of research data availability conducted by Dr. Heather Piwowar of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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ONR-funded researchers examine new approaches for aircraft operations aboard carriers

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EurekAlert! – Social and Behavioral Science

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Time and numbers mix together in the brain
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium

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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers

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Falls may be early sign of Alzheimer's

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New report shows seniors' economic security falling

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Resource center focus on jail leadership

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Patients who use anti-depressants are more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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E-health records should play bigger role in patient safety initiatives, researchers advocate

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competition

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Small hippocampus associated with depression in the elderly: Risk factor or shrinkage?

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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International AIDS Society to launch Virtual Media Centre in July to support opioid substitution therapy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

(International AIDS Society) As a part of its new initiative, Expanding Access to Opioid Substitution Therapy for People Who Inject Drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the International AIDS Society will launch a Virtual Knowledge Centre in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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The decoding of slowness

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Suicide and homicide rates in mental health patients revealed

(University of Manchester) Suicide rates among people with mental illness in England and Wales have fallen over the last decade, latest figures show.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Over half of Alzheimer's cases may be preventable, say researchers

(University of California – San Francisco) Over half of all Alzheimer's disease cases could potentially be prevented through lifestyle changes and treatment or prevention of chronic medical conditions, according to a study led by Deborah Barnes, Ph.D., a mental health researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Positive teens become healthier adults

(Northwestern University) Teenagers are known for their angst-ridden ways, but those who remain happy and positive during the tumultuous teenage years report better general health when they are adults, according to a new Northwestern University study

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Studies evaluate the association between physical activity and lower rates of cognitive impairment

(JAMA and Archives Journals) Engaging in regular physical activity is associated with less decline in cognitive function in older adults, according to two studies published online first by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The articles are being released on July 19 to coincide with the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Paris and will be included in the July 25 print edition.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Evolution of the evolutionarily minded

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Only one-third of HIV-positive patients remain in care before starting treatment

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HIV patient care by clinic nurses rather than hospital doctors clinically successful, cost effective

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Study shows new evidence of age-related decline in the brain's master circadian clock

(University of California – Los Angeles) A new study of the brain's master circadian clock reveals that a key pattern of rhythmic neural activity begins to decline by middle age. The study may have implications for the enormous number of older people who have difficulty sleeping and adjusting to time changes.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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No increase in commonest preventable cause of intellectual disability over 20 years

(University of Montreal) A new study that was prompted by recent reports of an increase in cases of congenital hypothyroidism in the United States, and aimed at assessing the incidence of this condition among Quebec newborns, suggests that the increase is entirely artifactual.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Penn researchers find neural signature of 'mental time travel'

(University of Pennsylvania) Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have provided the first neurobiological evidence that memories formed in the same context become linked, the foundation of the theory of episodic memory.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Space and Planetary Science

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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NASA satellites show heavy rainfall at southeastern coast of Japan

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

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NASA's infrared satellite data shows warming cloud tops in Tropical Storm Bret

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University of Tennessee scientist helps NASA mission that could determine building blocks of life

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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GOES-13 movie catches Tropical Storm Bret form and intensify

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Green light for EU co-funding of TUM Institute for Advanced Study fellowships

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NASA's Aura satellite measures pollution 'butterfly' from fires in central Africa

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Typhoon Ma-on's eye seen in NASA satellite Images

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AGU journal highlights — July 15, 2011

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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Strong El Niño could bring increased sea levels, storm surges to US East Coast

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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When minor planets Ceres and Vesta rock the Earth into chaos

(Astronomy & Astrophysics) Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a new study of the orbital evolution of minor planets Ceres and Vesta, a few days before the flyby of Vesta by the Dawn spacecraft. A team of astronomers found that close encounters among these bodies lead to strong chaotic behavior of their orbits, as well as of the Earth's eccentricity. This means, in particular, that the Earth's past orbit cannot be reconstructed beyond 60 million years

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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NASA satellite sees Typhoon Ma-on soaking Guam

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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New ways to measure magnetism around the sun

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA researchers have made use of old mathematical techniques and new insights on how CMEs travel to devise a fresh way to measure this magnetic environment in the sun's upper atmosphere, the corona.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Fuel cell mobile lighting system featured at Space Shuttle Atlantis launch

(DOE/Sandia National Laboratories) Fuel cells are used in the space shuttle as one component of the electrical power system, so perhaps it was appropriate that a hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system could be seen on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space last week, the 135th and final mission for the NASA Space Shuttle Program

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Galaxy sized twist in time pulls violating particles back into line

(University of Warwick) A University of Warwick physicist has produced a galaxy sized solution which explains one of the outstanding puzzles of particle physics, while leaving the door open to the related conundrum of why different amounts of matter and antimatter seem to have survived the birth of our universe.

Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011

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Twin ARTEMIS probes to study moon in 3-D

(University of California – Berkeley) Almost 2 years ago, two of five THEMIS satellites were boosted from their orbits around Earth toward the moon. The first transitioned into a lunar orbit on June 27, while the second is destined to arrive on Sunday, July 17, to begin mapping the moon's surface magnetic fields and magnetic environment in 3-D. The probes, renamed the ARTEMIS mission, will also look for evidence of plasmoids produced by magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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25 Tesla, world-record 'split magnet' makes its debut

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Moessbauer group of Mainz University preparing for participation in Japanese moon mission

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) The Moessbauer Group at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, has made a significant contribution towards the exploration of Mars during its long-term cooperation with the US space agency NASA. The Mainz research team led by Dr. Goestar Klingelhoefer is now building up new contacts with the aim of cooperating with JAXA, the Japanese space agency.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Evolved stars locked in fatalistic dance

(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) White dwarfs are the burned-out cores of stars like our sun. Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarfs spiraling into one another at breakneck speeds. Today, these white dwarfs are so near they make a complete orbit in just 13 minutes, but they are gradually slipping closer together. About 900,000 years from now — a blink of an eye in astronomical time — they will merge and possibly explode as a supernova.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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What activates a supermassive black hole?

(ESO) A new study combining data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space observatory has turned up a surprise. Most of the huge black holes in the centres of galaxies in the past 11 billion years were not turned on by mergers between galaxies, as had been previously thought.

Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011

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Hubble's Neptune anniversary pictures

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary pictures" of the blue-green giant planet.

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AIAA to present awards at 47th Joint Propulsion Conference

(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will honor achievement in technical and literary fields, as well as sustained service, at a noon awards luncheon on August 3 as part of the 47th AIAA/ASME/ASE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, to be held July 31-Aug. 3 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, Calif

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Scientists model physics of a key dark-energy probe

(Ohio Supercomputer Center) Ohio State University researchers are leveraging powerful supercomputers to investigate one of the key observational probes of "dark energy." The project focuses on simulations created on Ohio Supercomputer Center systems to simplify and better characterize a subtle dark-matter clustering feature. The new model allows cosmologists to gain a more accurate understanding of certain aspects of large-scale structure, such as the effect of the expansion of the universe on the growth of density fluctuations.

Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011

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Shuttle Atlantis to launch with yeast

(University of Toronto) When NASA's final space shuttle mission launches today it will carry four astronauts and some unusual passengers — yeast cell growth experiments developed by Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Technology, Engineering and Computer Science

The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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EurekAlert! – Technology, Engineering and Computer Science

The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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ONR award ceremony recognizes achievements and service of 4 Navy employees

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Reclamation signs research agreement to improve quagga and zebra mussel larvae detection

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Oak Ridge establishes carbon fiber composites consortium

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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers

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Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy

(Duke University) By altering the genetic makeup of normally "unexcitable" cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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NASA satellites show heavy rainfall at southeastern coast of Japan

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UT Austin Villa wins World RoboCup championships

(University of Texas at Austin) The UT Austin Villa team beat 21 other teams from 11 nations for the trophy. In the process they scored 136 goals and conceded none.

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011

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Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies

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Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

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E-health records should play bigger role in patient safety initiatives, researchers advocate

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Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation

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Joint winners announced in Research4life global case study competition

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NASA's infrared satellite data shows warming cloud tops in Tropical Storm Bret

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Small hippocampus associated with depression in the elderly: Risk factor or shrinkage?

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New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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UCLA study shows bacteria use Batman-like grappling hooks to 'slingshot' on surfaces

(University of California – Los Angeles) Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have diagnosed a complex sequence of movements that make-up the "twitching" motility in bacteria with type IV pili (TFP). TFP act like Batman's grappling hooks that extend and bind to a surface to retract and pull the cell along. Using a high-speed camera and a novel two-point tracking algorithm, UCLA researchers also noticed the bacteria had the additional capability to "slingshot" on surfaces

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Hydrogen may be key to growth of high-quality graphene

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Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds

(University at Buffalo) Quantum dots made from cadmium and selenium degrade in soil, unleashing toxic cadmium and selenium ions into their surroundings, a University at Buffalo study has found.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Solar Panels Keep Buildings Cool

(University of California – San Diego) Those solar panels on top of your roof aren't just providing clean power; they are cooling your house, or your workplace, too, according to a team of researchers led by Jan Kleissl, a professor of environmental engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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IADR/AADR publish study on use of Twitter for public health surveillance of dental pain

(International & American Associations for Dental Research) Today the IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research released a study titled "Public Health Surveillance of Dental Pain via Twitter." In it, researchers demonstrated that Twitter users are extensively sharing their experiences of toothache and seeking advice from other users. The microblogging service Twitter is a new means for the public to communicate health concerns and could afford health care professionals new ways to communicate with patients

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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Click chemistry with copper — a biocompatible version

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to make copper-catalyzed click chemistry biocompatible. By adding a ligand that minimizes the toxicity of copper but still allows it to catalyze the click chemistry reaction, the researchers can safely use their reaction in living cells.

Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011

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John Theurer Cancer Center researchers shared 14 leading edge studies at recent ASCO meeting

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GOES-13 movie catches Tropical Storm Bret form and intensify

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New contrast agents detect bacterial infections with high sensitivity and specificity

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

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Quantum theory gets physical
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New work finds physical basis for quantum mechanics

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News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:33:49 -0400

Runaway planets, the return of Neptune and tricky antineutrinos in this week's news

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Dawn on Vesta
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Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:28:07 -0400

New image from NASA asteroid mission

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
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Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:58:42 -0400

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news

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News in Brief: Earth/Environment
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Dato: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:05:08 -0400

Tracking carbon dioxide, fingerprinting uranium and understanding phthalates in boys in this week's news

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Mirror system gets an assist
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:47:47 -0400

In amputee, brain systems work in tandem to understand observed task

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:19:07 -0400

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week's news

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Issue for the week of July 30th, 2011
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:49:00 -0400

July 30, 2011 issue of Science News

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Narcissists need no reality check
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:46:42 -0400

Despite inflated egos, they evaluate themselves with unexpectedly clear eyes

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Crime's digital past
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:24:36 -0400

Computer science makes history in a Victorian-era courthouse

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Lighting the universe
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:23:35 -0400

Rethinking what the first stars were like

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Residents of the brain
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:20:37 -0400

Scientists turn up startling diversity among nerve cells

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Book Review : BOOK REVIEW: The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty by Simon Baron-Cohen
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:25:05 -0400

Review by Erika Engelhaupt

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Book Review : BOOK REVIEW: Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:24:31 -0400

Review by Daniel Strain

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Book Review : The Stem Cell Hope: How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives by Alice Park
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:23:58 -0400

A narrative account explores the history of stem cells through the stories of scientists and patients.Hudson Street Press, 2011, 318 p., $25.95

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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:38 -0400

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Science & the Public: Airports' leaden fallout may taint some kids
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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:38 -0400

Study makes link between blood lead and the gasoline used to fuel small planes

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Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:07:16 -0400

Increasing dose works at critical times in virus's life cycle

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Science & the Public: Metal water bottles may leach BPA
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Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:47 -0400

The estrogen-mimicking pollutant traces to a polymer resin lining affected bottles

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Science & the Public: Some comfort about broken CFLs
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Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:37:45 -0400

Mercury release rates are low, new data show, but can build to toxic levels if broken bulbs aren't cleaned up right away.

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Batteries not included
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Dato: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:22:31 -0400

New sensor uses movement to power transmission of wireless signals

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Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:32:29 -0400

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Bone may display oldest art in Americas
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Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:32:29 -0400

Mammoth engraved on fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

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Quantum theory gets physical
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

New work finds physical basis for quantum mechanics

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News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos
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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:33:49 -0400

Runaway planets, the return of Neptune and tricky antineutrinos in this week's news

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Dawn on Vesta
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Dato: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:28:07 -0400

New image from NASA asteroid mission

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
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Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:58:42 -0400

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news

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News in Brief: Earth/Environment
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Dato: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:05:08 -0400

Tracking carbon dioxide, fingerprinting uranium and understanding phthalates in boys in this week's news

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Mirror system gets an assist
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:47:47 -0400

In amputee, brain systems work in tandem to understand observed task

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:19:07 -0400

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week's news

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Narcissists need no reality check
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:46:42 -0400

Despite inflated egos, they evaluate themselves with unexpectedly clear eyes

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A cloak in time
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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:22:41 -0400

Physicists hide lab events for trillionths of a second

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Baboon bosses get stressed for success
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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:52:43 -0400

Alpha males incur a surprising level of strain

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Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:07:16 -0400

Increasing dose works at critical times in virus's life cycle

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Oil spill didn't hurt seagrass-dwelling juvenile fish
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:52:25 -0400

Gulf fishes' health remains unknown

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FOR KIDS: Plant-powered plastics
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:12:49 -0400

Scientists are using green materials to create more Earth-friendly plastics

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Learnin' lizards
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:25:06 -0400

Underappreciated reptiles can cope when the old rules change

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News in Brief: Atom & Cosmos
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Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:16:57 -0400

A Saturnian storm, an asteroid visit, a leaky Betelgeuse and more in this week's news

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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:52:43 -0400

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Baboon bosses get stressed for success
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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:52:43 -0400

Alpha males incur a surprising level of strain

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Gulf fishes' health remains unknown

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Learnin' lizards
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Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:25:06 -0400

Underappreciated reptiles can cope when the old rules change

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Chimp has an ear for talk
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Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:02:12 -0400

Language-trained ape recognizes distorted speech surprisingly well

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DNA hints at polar bears' Irish ancestry
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Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:45:32 -0400

Maternal line traced back to brown bears on Emerald Isle

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News in Brief: Life
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Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:20:26 -0400

Happy orangutans, vitamins from pollinators and ancient bug eyes in this week's news

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Weevils evolved nut-and-screw joint
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Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:41:55 -0400

Mother Nature beat hardware stores by millions of years

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News in Brief: Life
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Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:11:28 -0400

The perils of insect enslavement, bats' hairy flight and crustacean-inspired optics in this week's news

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Lionfish no match for big groupers
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Dato: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:22:50 -0400

Despite its invasive success, the lionfish can't withstand grouper appetites

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Tasmanian devil genomes offer some hope, few answers
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Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:16:07 -0400

Two new sets of genetic blueprints offer no clues to stopping population's cancer epidemic but do reveal stable, if low, genetic diversity

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Big dinosaurs kept their cool
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Dato: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:42:27 -0400

Body temperature of long-gone beasts resembled that of mammals

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News in Brief: Life
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Dato: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:46:08 -0400

Ultrasonic ribbits, saving dead trees and fishy retribution in this week's news

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Multicellular life arises in a test tube
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Dato: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:27:57 -0400

Evolution experiment turns singleton yeast into multicellular organisms

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Dato: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:19:18 -0400

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Snakebite treatment buys time
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Dato: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:19:18 -0400

Ointment slows venom's progress to vital organs

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Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:38 -0400

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Study makes link between blood lead and the gasoline used to fuel small planes

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Science & the Public: Young minds at risk from secondhand smoke
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Dato: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:38:34 -0400

Keeping homes smokefree can greatly limit cases of neurobehavioral disorders in young children, a massive study finds.

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Science & the Public: Metal water bottles may leach BPA
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Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:47 -0400

The estrogen-mimicking pollutant traces to a polymer resin lining affected bottles

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Science & the Public: Some comfort about broken CFLs
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Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:37:45 -0400

Mercury release rates are low, new data show, but can build to toxic levels if broken bulbs aren't cleaned up right away.

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Science & the Public: AAAS board defends climate scientists
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Dato: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:44:39 -0400

Group decries intimidation of researchers, expresses concern that public access to important data may be in jeopardy

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Deleted Scenes: A fine how-do-you-do from an asteroid
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Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:05:15 -0400

Five days after being discovered, an interplanetary visitor whizzes past

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On the Scene: Bright minds tackle global health
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Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:44:10 -0400

Nobel laureates, young scientists meet in Germany to exchange ideas for fighting disease

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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:25:05 -0400

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Review by Erika Engelhaupt

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Review by Daniel Strain

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A narrative account explores the history of stem cells through the stories of scientists and patients.Hudson Street Press, 2011, 318 p., $25.95

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Book Review : Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature by Douglas T. Kenrick
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332427/title/Book_Review Sex%2C_Murder%2C_and_the_Meaning_of_Life_A_Psychologist_Investi gates_How_Evolution%2C_Cognition%2C_and_Complexity_are_Revolutioni zing_our_View_of_Human_Nature_by_DouglasT._Kenrick Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:23:07 -0400

Anecdotes enliven a psychologist's take on the role of evolution in murderous fantasies, racial prejudice and other unsavory aspects of human nature.Basic Books, 2011, 238 p., $26.99

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Book Review : Saving Sea Turtles: Extraordinary Stories from the Battle against Extinction by James R. Spotila
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332426/title/Book_Review Saving_Sea_Turtles_Extraordinary_Stories_from_the_Battle_against_Extin ction_by_James_R._Spotila Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:22:47 -0400

A turtle biologist makes a plea to save sea turtles, remarkable creatures that start life buried in up to two feet of sand.Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2011, 216 p., $24.95

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Book Review : The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song by Elena Mannes
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332425/title/Book_Review The_Power_of_Music_Pioneering_Discoveries_in_the_New_Science_of_ Song_by_Elena_Mannes Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:22:27 -0400

A music lover interviews scientists and musicians in this fun exploration of the science of music.Walker & Company, 2011, 263 p., $26

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Book Review : The Quest for the Cure: The Science and Stories Behind the Next Generation of Medicines by Brent R. Stockwell
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332424/title/Book_Review The_Quest_for_the_Cure_The_Science_and_Stories_Behind_the_Next_G eneration_of_Medicines_by_BrentR._Stockwell Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:22:01 -0400

In this well-researched look into the complexities of making  medicines, a chemical biologist gives a history of drug making and details innovative methods of drug discovery.Columbia Univ. Pres…

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Book Review : Book Review: A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332024/title/Book_Review Book_Review_A_Planet_of_Viruses_by_Carl_Zimmer Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:12:33 -0400

Review by Tina Hesman Saey

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Book Review : Book Review: Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332022/title/Book_Review Book_Review_Incognito_The_Secret_Lives_of_the_Brain_by_David_Eagl eman Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:12:15 -0400

Review by Laura Sanders

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Book Review : The Ragged Edge of the World by Eugene Linden
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332021/title/Book_Review The_Ragged_Edge_of_the_World_by_Eugene_Linden Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:11:27 -0400

Buy this bookA journalist follows cargo cults in New Guinea, Pygmies in Africa and other groups to trace industrialization's effects.Viking, 2011, 256 p., $26.95

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Book Review : Epigenetics by Richard C. Francis
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332020/title/Book_Review Epigenetics_by_Richard_C._Francis Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:11:04 -0400

Buy this book A rollicking narrative goes beyond the gene to show how external influences shape genetic legacy.W. W. Norton & Co., 2011, 224 p., $25.95

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Book Review : Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter by Ellen Prager
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332019/title/Book_Review _Sex%2C_Drugs%2C_and_Sea_Slime_The_Oceans_Oddest_Creatures_ and_Why_They_Matter_by_Ellen_Prager Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:10:44 -0400

Buy this bookA tastefully scandalous tour of defensive secretions and extreme sexual flexibility backs up a plea for ocean conservation.Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 200 p., $26

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Book Review : Antarctic Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide by James Lowen
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332018/title/Book_Review Antarctic_Wildlife_A_Visitor%E2%80%99s_Guide_by_James_Lowen</lin k>
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:10:20 -0400

Buy this bookThis photographic field guide could come in handy on a cruise of the Antarctic Peninsula, or just be a fun way to learn about life way down under.Princeton Univ. Press, 2011, 240 p., $2…

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Book Review : Out of Character: Surprising Truths About the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us by David DeSteno and Piercarlo Valdesolo
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332017/title/Book_Review Out_of_Character_Surprising_Truths_About_the_Liar%2C_Cheat%2C_Si nner_%28and_Saint%29_Lurking_in_All_of_Us_by_David_DeSteno_and_Pi ercarlo_Valdesolo Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:09:55 -0400

Subtle changes in environment and context can lead anyone to act as either a saint or a sinner, two psychologists argue, highlighting the flexibility of character.Crown Archetype, 2011, 259 p., $2…

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Science News]]>
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These are the latest Blog Entries from Science News / Deleted Scenes.]]>

Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:05:15 -0400

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Deleted Scenes: A fine how-do-you-do from an asteroid
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331905/title/A_fine_how-d o-you-do_from_an_asteroid Link.
Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:05:15 -0400

Five days after being discovered, an interplanetary visitor whizzes past

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Science News: Matter & Energy]]>
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These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic "Matter & Energy".]]>

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

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Quantum theory gets physical
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332557/title/Quantum_theo ry_gets_physical Link.
Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

New work finds physical basis for quantum mechanics

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332513/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:58:42 -0400

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news

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A cloak in time
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332458/title/A_cloak_in_ti me Link.
Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:22:41 -0400

Physicists hide lab events for trillionths of a second

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Science & the Public: Metal water bottles may leach BPA
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332291/title/Metal_water_ bottles_may_leach_BPA Link.
Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:47 -0400

The estrogen-mimicking pollutant traces to a polymer resin lining affected bottles

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332287/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:44:01 -0400

Tibetan singing bowls, supersized Rubik's Cubes and sound-squeezing soda cans in this week's news

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Science & the Public: Some comfort about broken CFLs
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332178/title/Some_comfort _about_broken_CFLs Link.
Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:37:45 -0400

Mercury release rates are low, new data show, but can build to toxic levels if broken bulbs aren't cleaned up right away.

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Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332099/title/Rare_earth_el ements_plentiful_in_ocean_sediments Link.
Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:25:28 -0400

Economically vital metals could be mined from deep sea, Japanese geologists propose

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332109/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:24:27 -0400

Electrifying ink, superelastic alloys, knotty molecules and more in this week's news

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You haven't heard it all
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331994/title/You_havent_h eard_it_all Link.
Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:07:41 -0400

Experimental cloak makes objects sound like they aren't there

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331882/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:00:12 -0400

Human magnetism, electronic fungus sniffers and heat-triggered tumor killers in this week's news

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New data zap views of static electricity
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331803/title/New_data_za p_views_of_static_electricity_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:09:35 -0400

Charges build up due to exchange of material, study suggests

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Better putting in a few simple steps
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331745/title/Better_putting _in_a_few_simple_steps_ Link.
Dato: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:41:50 -0400

A physicist's advice on getting the ball in the hole

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Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

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Quantum theory gets physical
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332557/title/Quantum_theo ry_gets_physical Link.
Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

New work finds physical basis for quantum mechanics

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332513/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:58:42 -0400

Shaking off snake venom, flexible display screens and krill-sniffing penguins in this week's news

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A cloak in time
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332458/title/A_cloak_in_ti me Link.
Dato: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:22:41 -0400

Physicists hide lab events for trillionths of a second

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Science & the Public: Metal water bottles may leach BPA
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332291/title/Metal_water_ bottles_may_leach_BPA Link.
Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:47 -0400

The estrogen-mimicking pollutant traces to a polymer resin lining affected bottles

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332287/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:44:01 -0400

Tibetan singing bowls, supersized Rubik's Cubes and sound-squeezing soda cans in this week's news

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Science & the Public: Some comfort about broken CFLs
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332178/title/Some_comfort _about_broken_CFLs Link.
Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:37:45 -0400

Mercury release rates are low, new data show, but can build to toxic levels if broken bulbs aren't cleaned up right away.

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Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332099/title/Rare_earth_el ements_plentiful_in_ocean_sediments Link.
Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:25:28 -0400

Economically vital metals could be mined from deep sea, Japanese geologists propose

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332109/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:24:27 -0400

Electrifying ink, superelastic alloys, knotty molecules and more in this week's news

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You haven't heard it all
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331994/title/You_havent_h eard_it_all Link.
Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:07:41 -0400

Experimental cloak makes objects sound like they aren't there

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News in Brief: Molecules/Matter & Energy
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331882/title/News_in_Brie f_MoleculesMatter_%2B_Energy Link.
Dato: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:00:12 -0400

Human magnetism, electronic fungus sniffers and heat-triggered tumor killers in this week's news

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New data zap views of static electricity
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331803/title/New_data_za p_views_of_static_electricity_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:09:35 -0400

Charges build up due to exchange of material, study suggests

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Better putting in a few simple steps
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331745/title/Better_putting _in_a_few_simple_steps_ Link.
Dato: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:41:50 -0400

A physicist's advice on getting the ball in the hole

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Science News]]>
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Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:20:57 -0400

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Feedback: Letters
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332431/title/Letters Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:20:57 -0400

Irrational with moneyBruce Bower's excellent article on "Simple heresy" (SN: 6/4/11, p. 26) showcases the blindness of mainstream economics. Namely, economics is often more like the weathe…

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Feedback: Letters
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332025/title/Letters Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:53:15 -0400

Yawn and open your earsI read with interest your article on yawning ("Yawn," SN: 5/7/11, p. 28). Over the years I have formulated a private theory on at least one of the reasons why we yawn a…

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Science News: Physics]]>
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These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic "Physics".]]>

Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

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Quantum theory gets physical
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332557/title/Quantum_theo ry_gets_physical Link.
Dato: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:23:47 -0400

New work finds physical basis for quantum mechanics

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Science News: Genes & Cells]]>
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These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic "Genes & Cells".]]>

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:19:07 -0400

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332486/title/News_in_Brie f_Genes_%2B_Cells Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:19:07 -0400

Human livers implanted in mice, plus new eye of newt, the potato genome and more in this week's news

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332258/title/News_in_Brie f_Genes_%2B_Cells Link.
Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:07:46 -0400

Chromosomal risks of fertility treatment, vitamin A for vaccines and clues to brain cancer in this week's news

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Environment blamed for autism
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332202/title/Environment_ blamed_for_autism Link.
Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:01:46 -0400

Controversial twin study challenges idea that genes determine autism risk

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332103/title/News_in_Brie f_Genes_%2B_Cells Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:01:29 -0400

A sticky E. coli outbreak, clues to pancreatic cancer and a double whammy that leads to cancer in this week's news

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Alzheimer's plaques due to purging flaw
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331955/title/Alzheimers_pl aques_due_to_purging_flaw Link.
Dato: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:00:18 -0400

Disease-related gene controls clearance of plaque protein

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Two new sets of genetic blueprints offer no clues to stopping population's cancer epidemic but do reveal stable, if low, genetic diversity

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New gene therapy fixes mistakes
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331892/title/New_gene_th erapy_fixes_mistakes Link.
Dato: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:20:17 -0400

Existing techniques only compensate for mutations

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News in Brief: Genes & Cells
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331843/title/News_in_Brie f_Genes_%2B_Cells_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:08:15 -0400

Self-sufficient pancreatic cells, tingly spinal cells and vitamin D for gum disease in this week's news

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Blue light used to treat diabetes
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331835/title/Blue_light_use d_to_treat_diabetes_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:53:25 -0400

Engineered cells in mice make protein that controls blood sugar

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From Z's to A's
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331678/title/From_Zs_to_ As Link.
Dato: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:43:00 -0400

New studies confirm that 'sleeping on it' makes for better learning and memory

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Science News: Earth Science]]>
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These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic "Earth Science".]]>

Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:59:52 -0400

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Simulation tracks ocean's missing heat
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332299/title/Simulation_tra cks_oceans_missing_heat Link.
Dato: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:59:52 -0400

Climate scientists suggest energy is buried deep undersea or released to space

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Science News: Body & Brain]]>
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These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic "Body & Brain".]]>

Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:47:47 -0400

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Mirror system gets an assist
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332498/title/Mirror_system _gets_an_assist_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:47:47 -0400

In amputee, brain systems work in tandem to understand observed task

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Narcissists need no reality check
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332492/title/Narcissists_ne ed_no_reality_check Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:46:42 -0400

Despite inflated egos, they evaluate themselves with unexpectedly clear eyes

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Residents of the brain
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/332400/title/Residents_of_t he_brain_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:20:37 -0400

Scientists turn up startling diversity among nerve cells

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Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332386/title/Varying_effica cy_of_HIV_drug_cocktails_explained Link.
Dato: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:07:16 -0400

Increasing dose works at critical times in virus's life cycle

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Keeping homes smokefree can greatly limit cases of neurobehavioral disorders in young children, a massive study finds.

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Fats stimulate binge eating
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332253/title/Fats_stimulate _binge_eating_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:38:58 -0400

Rat study suggests strategy for combating the munchies

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News in Brief: Body & Brain
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332207/title/News_in_Brie f_Body_%2B_Brain Link.
Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:51:53 -0400

A good massage can help, plus bed nets for babies, sugar counteracts fish and more in this week's news

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Environment blamed for autism
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332202/title/Environment_ blamed_for_autism Link.
Dato: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:01:46 -0400

Controversial twin study challenges idea that genes determine autism risk

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The power of D
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/332009/title/The_power_of _D_ Link.
Dato: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:45:03 -0400

Sunshine vitamin's potential health benefits stir up, split scientists

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News in Brief: Body & Brain
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332073/title/News_in_Brie f_Body_%2B_Brain Link.
Dato: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:52:05 -0400

The right speed for a caress, plus the punny brain, rocking babies and more in this week's news

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