Volume 5, Number 36 September 4, 2006

Physical sciences and technology Magnetars Star formation Carbon nanotubes Global warming Extrasolar planets Quantum cryptographic network Nanotechnology Spintronics CO2 absorption by phytoplankton Supernovae Martian water Artificial intelligence Photonic crystals Lab-on-a-chip techology Molecular transistors Molecular computers Life sciences Cancer Avian flu Cultural learning in chimpanzees Nuclear receptor expression Object-recognition regions in the brain Feedback loops in embryonic development Language acquisition MicroRNA switch affecting cell division Dietary sources of phenolics AIDS Stem cells Brain-imaging studies Negative frequency-dependent selection T cell reaction to protozoan parasites Genome of a basal eukaryote Microchip for flu strain diagnosis Vaccines Omega-3 fatty acids Indications of health risks of obesity Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease Multiply repeated genes Gene therapy and cancer Evolutionary developmental biology Cell polarity Resistance to weight loss Protein folding Methylation of Arabidopsis genes Bacterial membranes Nutritional value of raw vegetables Glycosylation Bacterial diversity in the oceans Memory-related protein kinsase

Magnetars

1. August 28, 2006 - Astronomers Find Unexpected 'Heartbeats' In Star
2. August 28, 2006 - Strange Pulsing Star Puzzles Astronomers

Star formation

1. August 28, 2006 - AKARI's view on birth and death of stars

Carbon nanotubes

1. August 28, 2006 - Carbon-nanotube 'strings' may ID single molecules
2. August 31, 2006 - Nanotube Ink: Desktop Printing Of Carbon Nanotube Patterns
3. August 31, 2006 - Nanotube resonators break gigahertz barrier

Global warming

1. August 28, 2006 - Marine Methane Heats Things Up
2. August 29, 2006 - Global Warming Spurs Ocean Methane Release
3. August 29, 2006 - Cities in peril as Andean glaciers melt
4. August 30, 2006 - Greenhouse Methane Released From Ice Age Ocean
5. August 31, 2006 - Top scientist's fears for climate
6. September 1, 2006 - Gene-altered flies testify to global warming
7. September 1, 2006 - Global Warming Shows Up in Fly Genes
8. September 1, 2006 - Evolution of Old World fruit flies on three continents mirrors climate change - also here
9. September 2, 2006 - Climate panel lowers global warming forecast

Extrasolar planets

1. August 28, 2006 - Famous Star Hosts Distant World

Quantum cryptographic network

1. August 29, 2006 - First Quantum Cryptographic Data Network Demonstrated - also here

Nanotechnology

1. August 29, 2006 - 'Nanocantilevers' Yield Surprises Critical For Designing New Detectors - also here

Spintronics

1. August 30, 2006 - The Spin On Spintronics
2. September 1, 2006 - Nano-signals get a boost from magnetic spin waves

CO₂ absorption by phytoplankton

1. August 30, 2006 - Ocean plankton absorbs less CO₂ than expected
2. August 30, 2006 - Anemic Phytoplankton Absorb Less Carbon than Thought
3. August 30, 2006 - Ocean plankton absorb less CO₂

Supernovae

1. August 30, 2006 - X-Ray Burst Leads Scientists to See Supernova in Action
2. August 30, 2006 - Flashing out a Star's Demise
3. August 30, 2006 - Strange Exploding Star Unlocks Supernova Secrets
4. August 30, 2006 - Supernova captured in 'real time'
5. August 31, 2006 - Scientists Watch Supernova In Real-time
6. August 31, 2006 - Supernova caught on camera

Martian water

1. August 30, 2006 - Kasei Valles outflow channel system

Artificial intelligence

1. August 31, 2006 - Crossword software thrashes human challengers
2. September 1, 2006 - Computer defeats humans at crossword

Photonic crystals

1. September 1, 2006 - Photonic crystals go magnetic

Lab-on-a-chip techology

1. September 1, 2006 - Polymers Show Promise For Lab-on-a-chip Technology

Molecular transistors

1. September 1, 2006 - Physicists Turn Single Molecules Into Working Transistors
2. September 8, 2006 - Quantum effect offers molecular transistors

Molecular computers

1. September 3, 2006 - 'Molecular computers' act as tiny ID tags

Cancer

1. August 28, 2006 - New Compound Causes Cancer Cell Suicide
2. August 28, 2006 - Cancer cell 'executioner' found
3. August 28, 2006 - Scientists find molecule that tricks cancer cells into dying
4. August 28, 2006 - Do cancer cells cooperate with each other?
5. August 28, 2006 - No Cell Walls, No New Cancer Cells
6. August 28, 2006 - Obesity Leads To More Aggressive Ovarian Cancer - also here
7. August 29, 2006 - Obesity may make ovarian cancer more aggressive
8. August 29, 2006 - Pinning Down A Cancer Threesome
9. August 29, 2006 - Toward An Ultra-sensitive Blood Test For Breast Cancer
10. August 29, 2006 - Decrease In Progression Of Prostate Cancer With Plant-based Diet And Stress Reduction
11. August 29, 2006 - Low-risk prostate cancer poses a treatment dilemma - also here
12. August 29, 2006 - New Method For Making Potential Cancer Fighter
13. August 29, 2006 - Study Links Lead Exposure To Brain Cancer In Adults - also here
14. August 30, 2006 - Scientists Explain Cancer Cell Metabolism Changes - also here
15. August 30, 2006 - Understanding of How Cells Turn Cancerous Advances
16. August 31, 2006 - Synthetic Molecule Causes Cancer Cells To Self-destruct - also here
17. August 31, 2006 - Study Finds That Vioxx Reduces The Risk Of Colorectal Polyps - also here
18. August 31, 2006 - New Celebrex Study: Unlocking Colon Cancer With Key Of Prevention
19. August 31, 2006 - Celebrex may slow colon cancer
20. August 31, 2006 - Semen 'may fuel cervical cancer'
21. September 1, 2006 - Semen aggravates cervical cancer
22. September 1, 2006 - Viral oncoprotein inactivation of p53
23. September 1, 2006 - Cell's fight against cancer revealed - also here, here
24. September 1, 2006 - Mature Muscle Fibers Can Revert to Become Cancerous - also here
25. September 1, 2006 - Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockers May Not Cause Cancer After All
26. September 1, 2006 - Discovering How Environment Contributes To Breast Cancer
27. September 4, 2006 - Semen Can Worsen Cervical Cancer

Avian flu

1. August 28, 2006 - Vietnam finds H5N1 virus on duck farm
2. August 28, 2006 - Bird flu vaccine declared safe by testers
3. August 28, 2006 - China: Tests Find Bird Flu Vaccine Safe - also here
4. August 30, 2006 - Battling a Virus and Disbelief
5. September 2, 2006 - Low-risk H5N1 bird flu found in Pennsylvania ducks
6. September 2, 2006 - Tests Find Milder Strain of Bird Flu - also here

Cultural learning in chimpanzees

1. August 28, 2006 - Chimps make great teachers and students
2. August 30, 2006 - Chimpanzees Can Transmit Cultural Behavior To Multiple 'Generations' - also here

Nuclear receptor expression

1. August 28, 2006 - First 'Encyclopedia' Of Nuclear Receptors Reveals Organisms' Focus On Sex, Food

Object-recognition regions in the brain

1. August 28, 2006 - Researchers identify brain cells used to categorize images
2. August 31, 2006 - More Than Just Pretty Faces For This Brain Region, Says Researcher - also here

Feedback loops in embryonic development

1. August 28, 2006 - Study finds how organs monitor themselves during early development

Language acquisition

1. August 28, 2006 - Children's way with words sparks research

MicroRNA switch affecting cell division

1. August 28, 2006 - A switch between life and death - also here, here

Dietary sources of phenolics

1. August 28, 2006 - Cider 'may have health benefits'
2. August 30, 2006 - Could A Pint Of Cider Help Keep The Doctor Away? - also here

AIDS

1. August 28, 2006 - Fighting AIDS with renewed hope
2. August 29, 2006 - HIV protein acts as solvent, releasing viral particles from the surface of their host cell
3. August 31, 2006 - Air-blast injection supercharges HIV vaccine
4. August 31, 2006 - AIDS vaccine nears human testing
5. September 1, 2006 - Swedish Scientists Report Over 90 Of Subjects In HIV Vaccine Trial Develop Immune Response To AIDS Virus

Stem cells

1. August 29, 2006 - 'Hype' accusation blights stem cell breakthrough
2. September 1, 2006 - Scientists identify compounds that stimulate stem cell growth in the brain - also here
3. September 1, 2006 - Nature to modify stem cell study report

Brain-imaging studies

1. August 29, 2006 - Researchers Identify Brain Cells Used To Categorize Images
2. August 30, 2006 - Brain Scan Of Nuns Finds No Single 'God Spot' In The Brain
3. August 30, 2006 - Nuns go under the brain scanner

Negative frequency-dependent selection

1. August 29, 2006 - Red Fish, Blue Fish: Distinctive Color Keeps Gene Pools Healthy

T cell reaction to protozoan parasites

1. August 29, 2006 - How The Body's T Cells React To Parasitic Diseases - also here

Genome of a basal eukaryote

1. August 29, 2006 - Researchers sequence the basal eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila
2. August 29, 2006 - What's Shaped Like a Pear and Has Two Genomes? Check The Pond

Microchip for flu strain diagnosis

1. August 29, 2006 - Quick diagnosis of flu strains possible with new microchip test
2. August 29, 2006 - New Test Speeds Diagnosis of Lethal Avian Flu Strain

Vaccines

1. August 29, 2006 - How a Vaccine Search Ended in Triumph

Omega-3 fatty acids

1. August 29, 2006 - Some fatty acids better than electronics

Indications of health risks of obesity

1. August 30, 2006 - BMI, girth best indicate obesity health risks

Alzheimer's disease

1. August 30, 2006 - Stress Significantly Hastens Progression Of Alzheimer's Disease - also here
2. August 31, 2006 - Professor Explores Alzheimer's Causes
3. August 31, 2006 - Juices May Reduce Alzheimer's Disease Risk
4. August 31, 2006 - Juice could help stave off Alzheimer's
5. August 31, 2006 - Juices 'may cut Alzheimer's risk'
6. September 1, 2006 - Study shows fruit and vegetable juice consumption may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
7. September 1, 2006 - Drinking juiced fruit and veg 'cuts Alzheimer's risk by 76%'
8. September 5, 2006 - Fruit and vegetable juice may ward off Alzheimer's - also here

Parkinson's disease

1. August 30, 2006 - Brain stimulation seen best for late Parkinson's
2. August 30, 2006 - Brain Stimulation Effective for Parkinson's

Multiply repeated genes

1. August 31, 2006 - Human Evolution: The More the Merrier
2. August 31, 2006 - Multiple copies of a mystery gene may make us human

Gene therapy and cancer

1. August 31, 2006 - Gene therapy breakthrough against skin cancer
2. August 31, 2006 - Engineered Immune Cells Beat Back Cancer
3. August 31, 2006 - Building a Better Tumor Killer
4. August 31, 2006 - Scientists Alter Cells to Fight Melanoma - also here
5. August 31, 2006 - Gene therapy grapples with cancer
6. September 1, 2006 - New Method Of Gene Therapy Offers Hope For Treatment Of Melanoma, Other Common Cancers
7. September 1, 2006 - Gene therapy rids men of cancer
8. September 1, 2006 - Gene therapy used to treat skin cancer
9. September 1, 2006 - Researchers genetically transform immune cells into tumor fighters
10. September 1, 2006 - Scientists Hail Cancer Study
11. September 1, 2006 - Gene Therapy Completely Suppresses Ovarian Cancer Growth In Animal Model
12. September 1, 2006 - Gene therapy used to zap melanoma

Evolutionary developmental biology

1. August 31, 2006 - Manatee Bones Lead To New Insight On Evolution

Cell polarity

1. August 31, 2006 - Molecular Motor Helps Cells Tell Which Way Is Up

Resistance to weight loss

1. August 31, 2006 - We Are Programmed To Resist Weight Loss

Protein folding

1. September 1, 2006 - Researchers Provide Evidence of How Proteins Fold - also here

Methylation of Arabidopsis genes

1. September 1, 2006 - Scientists take a global view of the epigenome

Bacterial membranes

1. September 1, 2006 - Solution to bacterial mystery promises new drugs

Nutritional value of raw vegetables

1. September 1, 2006 - Study details nutritional value of salad

Glycosylation

1. September 2, 2006 - Researchers Find New Way To 'Sweeten' Key Drugs

Bacterial diversity in the oceans

1. September 2, 2006 - Ocean Microbe Census Discovers Diverse World Of Rare Bacteria

Memory-related protein kinsase

1. September 3, 2006 - Scientists Discover Memory Molecule

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