Volume 5, Number 37 September 11, 2006

Physical sciences and technology Global warming Solar cells The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect Effect of supermassive black holes on star formation Hydrogen storage Proposed gravitation experiments Strange quarks and charge distribution in protons Methane from thawing permafrost Fuel cells Nanotechnology Laser optical antennas Dark matter vs. modified theories of gravity Extrasolar planets Large Hadron Collider Direct measurement of deuterium abundance Supercomputers Quantum entanglement in superconducting wires Recycling of stardust in galaxies Plasmonic laser antenna Next-generation magnetic storage Climate modeling Black holes Life sciences Cancer Synaesthesia AIDS Stem cells Malaria High-protein diet and PYY hormone Control of carbohydrate-fat metabolism Imitation in monkeys Evolution of photosynthesis Evolution of genomes Mathematical biology Psychoneuroimmunology Genetics and personality Balance between aging and cancer susceptibility Use of ultrasound for drug delivery Location of semantic memory Diabetes Altruistic behavior in chimpanzees Long-term memory and growth factors Dual-purpose gene in C. elegans Tuberculosis Olive oil, polyphenols, and heart disease Avian flu Protein rearrangement Weight-loss drugs Knockout Mouse Project Brain-imaging studies Vaccines Alzheimer's disease Acetylcholine transporter Inflammation Brain control of feeding behavior Anti-aging medicine Abdominal fat and high blood pressure Genetic change and speciation Glycosylation The "island rule" in evolution Visual perception Drug delivery Methylation map of Arabidopsis genome RNA-directed DNA methylation Antibiotics

Global warming

1. September 4, 2006 - Ice core evidence of human impact on CO₂ in air
2. September 4, 2006 - Deep ice tells long climate story
3. September 4, 2006 - Focus on climate adaptation urged
4. September 5, 2006 - The Antarctic Canary - the human impact on climate change - also here
5. September 5, 2006 - Scientist: Adapt for global warming
6. September 7, 2006 - Global warming taking earth back to dinosaur era
7. September 10, 2006 - Kyoto protocol: Adapt or fry

Solar cells

1. September 4, 2006 - Solar cells go thin and flimsy
2. September 4, 2006 - Green leaves inspire solar cells

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

1. September 5, 2006 - Big Bang's Afterglow Fails Intergalactic 'Shadow' Test
2. September 11, 2006 - Study Questions Big Bang (Scientists Question the Study)

Effect of supermassive black holes on star formation

1. September 5, 2006 - Huge Black Holes Stifle Star Formation

Hydrogen storage

1. September 5, 2006 - Middle-sized holes best for storing hydrogen

Proposed gravitation experiments

1. September 6, 2006 - Atom optics moves into space

Strange quarks and charge distribution in protons

1. September 6, 2006 - Physicists charged over strange quarks

Methane from thawing permafrost

1. September 6, 2006 - Siberia's pools burp out nasty surprise
2. September 6, 2006 - Melting lakes in Siberia emit greenhouse gas
3. September 6, 2006 - Study Says Methane a New Climate Threat - also here
4. September 7, 2006 - Greenhouse Gas Bubbling From Melting Permafrost Feeds Climate Warming - also here
5. September 7, 2006 - Methane bubbles climate trouble
6. September 7, 2006 - Melting permafrost spews out more methane
7. September 8, 2006 - Siberian lakes burp "time-bomb" greenhouse gas
8. September 13, 2006 - Greenhouse gas bubbling from Siberian permafrost

Fuel cells

1. September 6, 2006 - Enzymes may hold answer to harnessing hydrogen power

Nanotechnology

1. September 6, 2006 - Nanoscientists Create Biological Switch From Spinach Molecule
2. September 6, 2006 - Container transport on a nano scale
3. September 7, 2006 - From Bubbles To Capsules

Laser optical antennas

1. September 6, 2006 - Laser Optical Antennas

Dark matter vs. modified theories of gravity

1. September 6, 2006 - Dark matter 'proof' called into doubt

Extrasolar planets

1. September 7, 2006 - Star pair masquerades as a planetary system
2. September 7, 2006 - Earthlike planets may be common - also here
3. September 7, 2006 - Earth-like planets may be common
4. September 7, 2006 - Several Planetary Systems May Include Earth-like Waterworlds
5. September 8, 2006 - A Plethora of Alien Seas
6. September 8, 2006 - Alien planet poised to reveal all its secrets
7. September 8, 2006 - Planet Or Failed Star? One Of Smallest Stellar Companions Seen By Hubble - also here
8. September 8, 2006 - Earth-like planets form in the wake of giants
9. September 10, 2006 - Earth-like Planets May Be More Common Than Once Thought - also here, here
10. September 12, 2006 - Water Worlds: Astronomer Predicts Many Earth-Like Planets

Large Hadron Collider

1. September 7, 2006 - Giant machine set to probe secrets of the universe
2. September 7, 2006 - The story of a 27km long machine and the fundamental building blocks of the Universe

Direct measurement of deuterium abundance

1. September 7, 2006 - Grand deuterium challenge unveiled

Supercomputers

1. September 7, 2006 - New IBM supercomputer aiming for petaflop

Quantum entanglement in superconducting wires

1. September 7, 2006 - Quantum Entanglement Demonstrated in Superconducting Wires
2. September 8, 2006 - Superconducting qubits get entangled

Recycling of stardust in galaxies

1. September 7, 2006 - Spitzer Spies Eternal Life Of Stardust

Plasmonic laser antenna

1. September 7, 2006 - Engineers demonstrate laser nanoantenna - also here

Next-generation magnetic storage

1. September 9, 2006 - Physicists Trap, Map Tiny Magnetic Vortex: Cell-sized 3-D Structure Could Hold Key For Next-gen Hard Drives - also here

Climate modeling

1. September 9, 2006 - Precision Climate Modeling Forecast By ORNL Researchers - also here

Black holes

1. September 10, 2006 - How Many Black Holes Are There In The Universe? - also here

Cancer

1. September 4, 2006 - Study Shows How Cancer Drug Aids Anti-cancer Virus
2. September 6, 2006 - Tuning the body's defence to cancer
3. September 6, 2006 - Test predicts chemotherapy benefit for lung cancer
4. September 6, 2006 - Clue Found To Epstein-Barr Virus' Ability To Form And Sustain Tumors - also here, here
5. September 6, 2006 - Combined Therapies May Boost Immune Response And Long-term Protection Against Brain Tumors
6. September 6, 2006 - Breast density helps predict breast cancer risk
7. September 6, 2006 - Gene signature assesses breast cancer outcomes
8. September 6, 2006 - Cell-regulating gene may predict survival outcomes for breast cancer patients
9. September 7, 2006 - Genetic map identifies close to 200 cancer genes
10. September 7, 2006 - Killer cancer genes ID'd
11. September 7, 2006 - Tumour survey unearths wealth of mutants
12. September 7, 2006 - Study uncovers mechanism of drug resistance in form of lung cancer - also here
13. September 8, 2006 - Scientists Tie About 200 Genes to Cancer - also here
14. September 8, 2006 - Genome code cracked for breast and colon cancers
15. September 8, 2006 - New switch found for turning off a tumor signal
16. September 9, 2006 - Unusual Three-drug Combo Inhibits Growth Of Aggressive Tumors - also here, here

Synaesthesia

1. September 4, 2006 - Paintings can be heard as well as seen - also here
2. September 5, 2006 - Did Kandinsky hear his paintings?

AIDS

1. September 4, 2006 - Research at Argonne helps Abbott Labs develop anti-HIV drug
2. September 6, 2006 - AIDS Vaccine Progress Published in Virology
3. September 10, 2006 - Researchers Discover HIV Dependence On A Human Protein - also here

Stem cells

1. September 5, 2006 - Researchers Map Out Networks That Determine Cell Fate
2. September 5, 2006 - Lost In The Labyrinth: Decoding The Instructions That Tell Cells How To Become Blood - also here
3. September 5, 2006 - Genetic secrets of human egg discovered
4. September 6, 2006 - Scientists Crack Genetic Secrets Of Human Egg - also here
5. September 6, 2006 - Who gives stem cells their marching orders? - also here
6. September 6, 2006 - Italians report stem-cell advances
7. September 8, 2006 - Lab Links Gene To Aged Skin Problems, Cancer

Malaria

1. September 5, 2006 - New Findings Could Lead To Vaccine For Severe Malaria

High-protein diet and PYY hormone

1. September 5, 2006 - High-protein diet reduces appetite
2. September 6, 2006 - Eating Protein Boosts Hormone That Staves Off Hunger
3. September 6, 2006 - Hello Protein, Goodbye Fat

Control of carbohydrate-fat metabolism

1. September 5, 2006 - Disabling A Carbohydrate Trigger Reduces Obesity And Appetite

Imitation in monkeys

1. September 5, 2006 - Proved: Monkey see, monkey do
2. September 5, 2006 - Social Imitation In Neonatal Monkeys - also here
3. September 5, 2006 - Social imitation found in rhesus monkeys

Evolution of photosynthesis

1. September 5, 2006 - Recent Symbiosis Offers Clues to Plant Photosynthesis
2. September 16, 2006 - Rare Evolutionary Example Of 'Recent' Embosymbiont Offers Clues To How Plants Came To Be

Evolution of genomes

1. September 5, 2006 - Researcher Studies Gene Families To Explore Diversity And Evolution

Mathematical biology

1. September 5, 2006 - Spread Of Plant Diseases By Insects Can Be Described By Equations That Model Interplanetary Gravity - also here

Psychoneuroimmunology

1. September 5, 2006 - A new approach to rheumatoid arthritis
2. September 7, 2006 - Mind-body Connection: How Central Nervous System Regulates Arthritis - also here

Genetics and personality

1. September 5, 2006 - Party animal? Don't blame your genes

Balance between aging and cancer susceptibility

1. September 6, 2006 - Loss of Anticancer Gene Retards Aging in Stem Cells
2. September 6, 2006 - The Price of Preventing Cancer
3. September 6, 2006 - Gene Found to Switch Off Stem Cells During Aging
4. September 7, 2006 - Studies find general mechanism of cellular aging - also here, here
5. September 7, 2006 - Gene Called Link Between Life Span and Cancers

Use of ultrasound for drug delivery

1. September 6, 2006 - Ultrasound helps drugs get into cells - also here
2. September 6, 2006 - Ultrasound Delivers Therapeutic Molecules Into Living Cells - also here, here

Location of semantic memory

1. September 6, 2006 - Scientists identify brain's concept control core
2. September 6, 2006 - Strange ducks shape brain science
3. September 7, 2006 - Semantic memory pinpointed in the brain

Diabetes

1. September 6, 2006 - New hypertension pills cut diabetes risk by third
2. September 8, 2006 - Drug unlikely to slow type 2 diabetes progression
3. September 8, 2006 - Claiming diagnostic tests for diabetes genes is misleading, say experts

Altruistic behavior in chimpanzees

1. September 6, 2006 - Male Chimpanzees Show a Caring Side
2. September 6, 2006 - Chimps consider risk when crossing roads
3. September 7, 2006 - Why did the chimp cross the road?
4. September 10, 2006 - Road-crossing In Chimpanzees: A Risky Business
5. September 14, 2006 - How did the chimpanzee cross the road?

Long-term memory and growth factors

1. September 6, 2006 - Proteins Necessary For Brain Development Found To Be Critical For Long-term Memory - also here, here

Dual-purpose gene in C. elegans

1. September 6, 2006 - Biologists identify gene that coordinates two cellular processes - also here

Tuberculosis

1. September 6, 2006 - 'Virtually untreatable' TB found
2. September 6, 2006 - Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa Draws Attention From U.N.
3. September 6, 2006 - Interview: Fatal TB Likely Widespread - also here

Olive oil, polyphenols, and heart disease

1. September 6, 2006 - Virgin olive oil deemed especially heart healthy - also here

Avian flu

1. September 7, 2006 - Trial of H5N1 vaccine effective in low doses
2. September 7, 2006 - Chinese bird flu vaccine shows best results yet
3. September 10, 2006 - Study Adds Details on Bird Flu, Humans - also here

Protein rearrangement

1. September 7, 2006 - 'Frankenstein protein' defies biology textbooks
2. September 8, 2006 - Protein splicing upsets the DNA colinearity paradigm - also here, here
3. September 8, 2006 - 'Mix and match' proteins found

Weight-loss drugs

1. September 7, 2006 - Diet drug offers multiple health benefits
2. September 8, 2006 - Korean pine nut may offer help for obesity

Knockout Mouse Project

1. September 7, 2006 - NIH Launches Knockout Mouse Project
2. September 7, 2006 - A Mouse for Every Gene
3. September 7, 2006 - NIH Launches Attack on Mouse Genome

Brain-imaging studies

1. September 7, 2006 - Anticipation Plays A Powerful Role In Human Memory, Brain Study Finds - also here
2. September 7, 2006 - Cracking The Real Da Vinci Code: What Happens In The Artist's Brain? - also here

Vaccines

1. September 7, 2006 - Toward Cracking The Mystery Of Disease-fighter QS-21A

Alzheimer's disease

1. September 7, 2006 - Untangling a pathology of Alzheimer's - also here
2. September 7, 2006 - Study suggests a second dimension to Alzheimer's disease - also here
3. September 10, 2006 - Alzheimer's 'self-defence found'
4. September 11, 2006 - Natural Protective Mechanism Against Neuronal Death In Alzheimer's Found

Acetylcholine transporter

1. September 7, 2006 - Single genetic defect produces specific cognitive deficit in mice - also here
2. September 7, 2006 - Defects in crucial brain protein implicated in memory loss - also here

Inflammation

1. September 7, 2006 - Researchers create mouse lacking key inflammation gene - also here

Brain control of feeding behavior

1. September 7, 2006 - Appetite - it's a brain thing

Anti-aging medicine

1. September 8, 2006 - Life begins at 100? Experts question age frontiers

Abdominal fat and high blood pressure

1. September 8, 2006 - Abdominal fat may raise blood pressure

Genetic change and speciation

1. September 8, 2006 - Genetic Surprise Confirms Neglected 70-Year-Old Evolutionary Theory - also here
2. September 8, 2006 - Wandering Fly Gene Supports New Model of Speciation

Glycosylation

1. September 8, 2006 - Researchers report full humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast - also here, here

The "island rule" in evolution

1. September 8, 2006 - Scientist’s persistence sheds light on marine science riddle

Visual perception

1. September 8, 2006 - Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one - also here

Drug delivery

1. September 8, 2006 - Researcher lights the way to better drug delivery

Methylation map of Arabidopsis genome

1. September 9, 2006 - In A Technical Tour De Force, Scientists Take A Global View Of The Epigenome
2. September 14, 2006 - Researchers Develop Epigenetic Map of Common Lab Plant

RNA-directed DNA methylation

1. September 10, 2006 - Pathway Toward Gene Silencing Described In Plants

Antibiotics

1. September 10, 2006 - Novel antibiotics hunted with microwaves

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