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for the Week of July 31 to August 7, 2011
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Posted 2011-08-06:
- What shapes a bone? Diet and genetics dictate adult jaw shape
- Sea lampreys fear the smell of death: Repellant could be key to better controlling destructive invasive species
- Ocean probes to help refine climate change forecasting
Posted 2011-08-06:
- Females can place limits on evolution of attractive features in males, research shows
- New field of hydrothermal vents discovered along the mid-Atlantic ridge
- Small molecules hit it big: New therapeutic approaches against viruses, bacteria, and cancer
- Innate cells shown to form immunological 'memory' and protect against viral infection
- Better desalination technology key to solving world's water shortage
- Gazpacho ingredients lose vitamin C during preparation
- Light shed on South Pole dinosaurs
- Researchers discover natural food preservative that kills food-borne bacteria
- Northern humans had bigger brains, to cope with the low light levels, study finds
- Screening effort turns up multiple potential anti-malaria compounds; Possible resistance-proof drug pairs found
- Targeting innate immunity in malaria: Novel DNA sensing pathway linked to increased susceptibility to malaria
- Earliest image of Egyptian ruler wearing 'white crown' of royalty brought to light
- Tools to imagine the forest of the future
Posted 2011-08-05:
- Large variations in Arctic sea ice: Polar ice much less stable than previously thought, study finds
- Surprising condition occurs in lungs after an invasion of mold, study shows
- Are pet owners healthier and happier? Maybe not
- Fossils of forest rodents found in highland desert
- La Nina's distant effects in East Africa: Droughts and floods are remote-controlled climate effects
- Cells die so defensive organs can live
- Bellybutton microbiomes: Ecological research on the human biome
- Aggressive drug therapy aids superbug evolution, research finds
- Researchers develop fully cooked food-aid product
- Mold exposure during infancy increases asthma risk, study finds
- A wise man's treatment for arthritis: Frankincense?
- What steers vampire bats to blood: Heat-detecting molecules on noses discovered
- Human hearts respond differently than mouse hearts to two cardiovascular drugs
- Rising carbon dioxide could reverse drying effects of higher temperatures on rangelands
- Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide
- New paper examines future of seawater desalinization
- East Africa's climate under the spell of El Niño since the last Ice Age
- Potato trials and research provide grower information
- Learning to live with fire
- Protection against falling rock
- Better flood forecasting is possible
Posted 2011-08-04:
- Six million years of savanna: Grasslands, wooded grasslands accompanied human evolution
- Scientists find way to identify synthetic biofuels in atmosphere
- One species of pathogen can produce two distinct biofilms
- Natural killer cells participate in immune response against HIV
- Carbon hitches a ride from field to market: Agriculture's mobile nature makes predicting regional greenhouse gas impacts more complex
- Cape Cod Bay holds hidden risk for dining North Atlantic right whales
- Cooked green vegetables, dried fruit, legumes, and brown rice associated with fewer colon polyps
- Simulated atmosphere research to help NASA interpret data from Juno mission to Jupiter
- Plant biologists dissect genetic mechanism enabling plants to overcome environmental challenge
- Ethanol-loving bacteria accelerate cracking of pipeline steels
- Breeding crops with deeper roots could 'slash CO<sub>2</sub> levels'
- African rodent uses 'poison arrow' toxin to deter predators: First known mammal to use plant poison in defense
- Scientists probe the energy transfer process in photosynthetic proteins
- Why diets don't work: Starved brain cells eat themselves, study finds
- Special software helps researchers identify individual animals when studying behavior in the wild
- Some plants duplicate their DNA to overcome adversity
- New freeze-dry method good for processing fish
Posted 2011-08-03:
- First true view of global erosion
- Mice point to a therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Avoiding Nemesis: Does impact rate for asteroids and comets vary periodically with time?
- Researchers help find natural products potential of frankia bacteria
- Solar cells get a boost from bouncing light
- Ancient tides quite different from today -- some dramatically higher, some lower
- New study identifies emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of salmonella
- Minority microbes in the colon mapped
- A hot topic: Radioactive decay is key ingredient behind Earth's heat, research shows
- Exposure to magnetic fields in pregnancy increases asthma risk, study suggests
- Bear bile chemical could help keep hearts in rhythm
- Microbial study reveals sophisticated sensory response
- A new catalyst for ethanol made from biomass: Potential renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents
- Ancient glacial melting shows that small amount of subsurface warming can trigger rapid collapse of ice shelves
- US sets drought monitor's 'exceptional drought' record in July
- Researchers 'genetically fingerprinting' E. coli from watersheds
- NASA satellite tracks severity of African drought
- Report offers framework to guide EPA on incorporating sustainability in its decision making
- Menu labels in university canteens do not influence meal choices
Posted 2011-08-02:
- The last great wilderness: Human impact on the deep sea
- Aerosols affect climate more than satellite estimates predict
- Microbes consumed oil in Gulf slick at unexpected rates, study finds
- Nobel Prize winner’s unfinished symphony
- Greenhouse gas impact of hydroelectric reservoirs downgraded
- Physics could be behind the secrets of crop-circle artists
- Chemists transform acids into bases: Research offers vast family of new catalysts for use in drug discovery, biotechnology
- Without competition, island frogs evolve rapidly
- New duck-billed dinosaur gives scientists clues to evolution of head ornamentation and provinciality
- Pathogens and insecticides: A lethal cocktail for honeybees
- Evolution in the back yard: Census of 750,000 banded snails leads to surprising results
- Rainforest plant developed 'sonar dish' to attract pollinating bats
- Researchers map long-range migrations and habitats of leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean
- New discoveries on gene regulation in the evolution of the vertebrate brain
- Cows clock-in for monitored mealtimes
- Electronic tongue identifies cava wines
- Possible association between maternal exposure to magnetic fields and development of asthma in children
- New insight into silica deposition in horsetail
Posted 2011-08-01:
- Researchers target, switch off serotonin-producing neurons in mice; New insights may be relevant to sudden infant death syndrome
- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics: The more they resist, the more they divide
- Using a 'systems biology' approach to look under the hood of an aggressive form of breast cancer
- Soybean genetic treasure trove found in Swedish village
Posted 2011-07-31:
- How bats stay on target despite the clutter
- Warming climate could give exotic grasses edge over natives
- Largest-ever map of plant protein interactions
- Powerful fluorescence tool lights the way to new insights into RNA of living cells
Posted 2011-07-30:
- Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of modern humans infiltrating Europe cited as critical factor
- Oral interferon may prevent and control avian influenza virus infection
- Doggedly tracking badgers
- Gene discovery in truffle dogs sheds new light on mechanisms of childhood epilepsy
- Genetic evidence clears Ben Franklin: Invasive tree afflicting Gulf Coast was not brought to U.S. by famed statesman
- NASA measures wildfire pollution pour over Niagara Falls
- Aging brains are different in humans and chimpanzees; Evolution of human longevity led to both a large brain and brain shrinkage
- Emulating nature for better engineering
- Common Korean surname tells tale of nationhood
- Sea level rise less from Greenland, more from Antarctica, than expected during last interglacial
- Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone
- Earth's atmosphere may be more efficient at releasing energy to space than climate models indicate, satellite data suggest
Posted 2011-07-29:
- World population to surpass 7 billion in 2011; Explosive population growth means challenges for developing nations
- Unexpected discovery on hormone secretion
- Geographic analysis offers new insight into coral disease spread
- Toucans wearing GPS backpacks help Smithsonian scientists study seed dispersal
- Researchers tap yeasts as source of 'green' surfactants
- Reservoirs of ancient lava shaped Earth
- Organized crime is wiping out wildlife, report finds
- Researchers look to dogs to better understand intricacies of bone cancer
- Artificial cilia open new nanotech possibilties; One step closer to learning how cilia movement is coordinated
- NASA's WISE finds Earth's first 'trojan' asteroid
- German E. Coli code cracked: Rapid, high-tech study of ongoing epidemic creates new paradigm for outbreak
- Bacterial spite: When kamikaze-like behavior is a good strategy
- Growing up on livestock farm linked to increased risk of blood cancers
- Social media poised to drive disaster preparedness and response
- Wave power can drive sun's intense heat
- Cod resurgence in Canadian waters
- A new target to inhibit malaria and toxoplasmosis infection
- Bacteria can 'fertilize' copper-polluted soil
- Closer look at cells: Fluorescence microscopy lets scientists observe exchanges across cell membranes
- Scientists report dramatic carbon loss from massive Arctic wildfire
- Scientists map attack tactics of plant pathogens
- First large-scale map of a plant's protein network addresses evolution, disease process
- Plant immunity discovery boosts chances of disease-resistant crops
- Veterinary medicine students experience higher depression levels than peers, research finds
Posted 2011-07-28:
- Tundra fires could accelerate climate warming
- Social deficits associated with autism, schizophrenia induced in mice with new technology
- More powerful 'lab-on-a-chip' made for genetic analysis
- How early reptiles moved
- Social networking elephants never forget
- Can amphibian fungal disease be beaten?
- Are cancers newly evolved species?
- Seeing the wood for the trees: New study shows sheep in tree-ring records
- How the modular structure of proteins permits evolution to move forward
- Electronic publishing 'goes live': News from the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne
- Largest recorded tundra fire yields scientific surprises
Posted 2011-07-27:
- Heavy metal hardens battle: Body armor hindered Medieval warriors
- Detailed picture of ice loss following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves
- Reforestation's cooling influence is a result of farmers' past choices
- New mouse model for testing cancer drugs
- Beetles play an important role in reducing weeds
- Newly developed fluorescent protein makes internal organs visible
- Modeling plant metabolism to optimize oil production
- Newly discovered gene sheds light on the evolution of life on Earth
- What is war good for? Sparking civilization, suggest archaeology findings from Peru
- Little crayfish is big glutton in Arctic waters
- Unique volcanic complex discovered on Moon's far side
- Antibiotic appears more effective than cranberry capsules for preventing urinary tract infections
- Biofuels: Novel gene increases yeast's appetite for plant sugars
- Turtles next to lizards on family tree, discovery based on microRNAs shows
- Making biological images sharper, deeper and faster
- World's largest sheep is an international traveler
- IV fluids may reduce severity of kidney failure in kids with E. coli infection
- Pacific Northwest trees struggle for water while standing in it
- Winning the battle against the Asian tiger mosquito
- Saving fuel while plowing
- Mitochondria share an ancestor with SAR11, a globally significant marine microbe
- Global bioterrorism threat analyzed for world animal health office
Posted 2011-07-26:
- Eat, prey, rain: New model of dynamics of clouds and rain is based on a predator-prey population model
- Catching the West Nile virus in action
- Hot species for cool structures: Complex proteins in 3-D thanks to simple heat-loving fungus
- Climate change to increase Yellowstone wildfires dramatically
- Dolphins' 'remarkable' recovery from injury offers important insights for human healing
- Scavenger cells accomplices to viruses
- Epigenetic 'memory' key to nature versus nurture
- The origin of malaria: The hunt continues
- New photonic crystals have both electronic and optical properties
- Chromosome number changes in yeast
- Climate-change-induced wildfires may alter Yellowstone forests
- Warming climate likely to dramatically increase Yellowstone fires by mid-century
- Underwater video camera opens window into the behavior of jellyfish
- Animal species large and small follow same rule for how common they are in ecosystems
- Double jeopardy: Tuna and billfish
Posted 2011-07-25:
- Battle of the microbes: Pseudomonas breaches cell walls of rival bacteria without hurting itself
- Cellular stress can induce yeast to promote prion formation
- U.S. Northwest Forest Plan has unintended benefit – carbon sequestration
Posted 2011-07-24:
- Fool's gold gives scientists priceless insight into Earth's evolution
- New target found for nitric oxide's attack on salmonella bacteria
Posted 2011-07-23:
- How to combat hospital-acquired infections and life-threatening toxins
- Collaboration encourages equal sharing in children but not in chimpanzees
- Quick test to diagnose bacterial or viral infection
- Fingerprinting fugitive dust: Tracking soil microbes back to their source
- Identical virus, host populations can prevail for centuries
- Deepwater Horizon crude less toxic to bird eggs after weathering at sea
- Computer simulations aid understanding of bacterial resistance against commonly used antibiotics
- Diamonds pinpoint start of colliding continents
- Software helps synthetic biologists customize protein production
- Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed down to the atomic level
- Targeting toxin trafficking in plants and bacteria
- Butterfly study sheds light on convergent evolution: Single gene controls mimicry across different species
- New mechanism in the regulation of human genes
- NASA catches three tropical cyclones at one time
Posted 2011-07-22:
- Parasites help reveal new ecological rules: Animal species large and small follow same rule for how common they are in ecosystems
- Proteins enable essential enzyme to maintain its grip on DNA
- 'Freaky mouse' defeats common poison: House mice found unexpected ways to evolve resistance, study shows
- Nanotechnology for water filter
- Researchers identify seventh and eighth bases of DNA
- Paternity testing helps fill in family tree for Puget Sound's killer whales: Inbreeding could reduce whales' genetic diversity
- Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
- Controlling movements with light
- Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients
- Full moon indicates impending danger from lion attack, study shows
- Mother knows best for urban fox families
- Evolution provides clue to blood clotting
- Prehistoric crocodile Terminonaris was Texas native, fossil suggests
- Eye gene colors butterfly wings red
- CARE positions disaster relief with promising discipline of humanitarian logistics
- Texas experts bring science and policy to hydraulic fracturing debate
- With secondhand gene, house mice resist poison
Posted 2011-07-21:
- Bold new approach to wind 'farm' design may provide efficiency gains
- EHEC 2011 outbreak: Scientists publish prospective genomic characterization
- Technology to throw new light on ancient artifacts
- Gene required to maintain male sex throughout life discovered: Loss of gene Dmrt1 leads to male cells becoming female
- How the honey bee tolerates some synthetic pesticides
- First artificial neural network created out of DNA: Molecular soup exhibits brainlike behavior
- Newly designed molecule blocks chlamydia bacteria
- The tallest tree in all the land
- Ancient footprints show human-like walking began nearly 4 million years ago
- Environmental pollutants lurk long after they 'disappear'
- New 'electronic tongue' system assesses the antioxidant power of juices and fruit
- Hummingbirds catch flying bugs with the help of fast-closing beaks
- Engineering excitable cells for studies of bioelectricity and cell therapy
- Vegetarian diet may protect against common bowel disorder
- Rapid venom evolution in pit vipers may be defensive; Marsupials that prey on venomous snakes also evolve rapidly
- Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies
- Decoding slowness: How sloths perfected energy saving
- Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants
- World's forests' role in carbon storage immense, research reveals
- Landsat satellites track continued Missouri River flooding
- Chemical make-up of Gulf of Mexico plume determined
Posted 2011-07-20:
- Avian 'Axe effect' attracts attention of females and males
- Stated calories on menus of certain restaurants appear to be accurate overall
- Making blood sucking deadly for mosquitoes
- Soil samples reveal urban mercury footprints
- Solar panels keep buildings cool
- How dairy farms contribute to greenhouse gas emissions
- The face of a frog: Time-lapse video reveals never-before-seen bioelectric pattern
- Research in 'Westie' dogs may hold answers to similar human diseases
- Fewer aphids in organic crop fields, study finds
- Soy/milk protein dietary supplements linked to lower blood pressure
- Bacteria use Batman-like grappling hooks to 'slingshot' on surfaces, study shows
- Scientists analyze, explain the chemical makeup of Gulf plume
- Antibiotic disrupts termite microflora, reducing fertility, longevity
- 2011 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could be biggest ever
- Cadmium selenide quantum dots degrade in soil, releasing their toxic guts, study finds
- Dry onion skin has a use
- Six new species of Eucalantica micro-moths discovered from the New World
- Reinventing the toilet for safe and affordable sanitation
Posted 2011-07-19:
- Monitoring cellular interactions at nano-scale in more detail than ever before
- Origami in seed capsules: Lids on seed cases of the ice plant unfold when honeycomb structure swells inside them
- Gene migration helps predict movement of disease
- Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock
- Parasitism: Wasp uses ladybug as 'zombie bodyguard'
- Study of soil effects from March 11 Japan earthquake could improve building design
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