Volume 5, Number 40 October 2, 2006

Physical sciences and technology Global warming Laser wakefield acceleration Grid computing Earthquake fault rupture modes Microfluidics Measurement of matter-antimatter oscillations Extrasolar planets Asymmetry of the microwave background Methane emissions Quantum computing Nanotechnology Growth of massive stars Methane on Titan Thermonuclear fusion Quantum encryption Ancient climate change Bose-Einstein condensates Carbon nanotubes Fullerenes Hydrogen storage Planetary system formation Error correcting codes for quantum information Dark matter Life sciences Stem cells Aging in bacteria The "island rule" in evolution Diabetes AIDS Cell-free protein synthesis Cancer Perceptual multitasking Agricultural biotechnology Genetic atlas of mouse brain Neurogenesis and depression Brain-imaging studies Genetics of language Parkinson's disease Avian flu Butterfly wing patterns Alzheimer's disease Gene therapy Role of copper in brain function Alternative inheritance mechanism Excessive inflammatory response to Spanish flu Extremophiles Association between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis Health benefits of unsaturated fatty acids Neanderthals Genetic connectivity map Allergy therapy Evolution of the cell cycle Psychoneuroimmunology Leptin Antioxidants in pecans Salmonella Metastasis Genetic variability in the immune system Apolipoprotein A-I variant and heart disease Appetite suppressant Inflammation Cloning

Global warming

1. September 25, 2006 - Earth may be at warmest point in 1 million years
2. September 25, 2006 - Global Temperature Highest in Millennia - also here
3. September 26, 2006 - Global warming nears a million-year high
4. September 26, 2006 - Earth almost as hot as in ancient times
5. September 26, 2006 - NASA Study Finds World Warmth Edging Ancient Levels
6. September 27, 2006 - 'One degree and we're done for'
7. September 27, 2006 - China, Wetlands Driving Global Warming
8. September 27, 2006 - Scientists Document Warm Water Surging Into Arctic - also here
9. September 28, 2006 - Rare Mineral Further Implicates CO₂ in Last Global Warming
10. September 29, 2006 - Greenland Ice Sheet Still Losing Mass

Laser wakefield acceleration

1. September 25, 2006 - From zero to a billion electron volts in 3.3 centimeters - also here
2. October 3, 2006 - GeV Acceleration in Only 3 Centimeters

Grid computing

1. September 25, 2006 - Open Science Grid receives $30 million award
2. September 27, 2006 - World's Largest Scientific Computing Grid Sustains A Million Jobs Per Month

Earthquake fault rupture modes

1. September 25, 2006 - Researchers Reveal Three Distinct Modes of Dynamic Friction Rupture with Implications for Earthquake Behavior

Microfluidics

1. September 25, 2006 - New Method Creates Nanowire Detectors Exactly Where Needed
2. September 26, 2006 - Shrinking medical labs onto tiny chips

Measurement of matter-antimatter oscillations

1. September 26, 2006 - Switching Between Matter And Antimatter -- 3 Trillion Times A Second! - also here

Extrasolar planets

1. September 26, 2006 - Third 'puffed-up planet' discovered
2. September 26, 2006 - Two More Planets Are Discovered
3. September 26, 2006 - Astronomers Discover Two New Planets, Both Among The Hottest Ever - also here
4. September 26, 2006 - Planets have scientists buzzing
5. September 28, 2006 - Astronomers Spy First Planetary Disk around Large Star

Asymmetry of the microwave background

1. September 26, 2006 - Ellipsoidal Universe
2. October 9, 2006 - Bursting the Spherical Bubble: Universe Might Be Pill-Shaped

Methane emissions

1. September 27, 2006 - Methane emissions on the rise
2. September 28, 2006 - Methane Mystery: Scientists Explain Why Atmospheric Levels Of Greenhouse Gas Have Stabilized - also here
3. September 28, 2006 - Methane levels could rise again

Quantum computing

1. September 27, 2006 - The Cool Way To Build The World's Fastest Computer

Nanotechnology

1. September 27, 2006 - 55,000 Tiny Thomas Jeffersons Show Power Of New Method

Growth of massive stars

1. September 27, 2006 - Massive Star Forms by Absorption, Not Collision
2. September 28, 2006 - Doughnuts cause stars to gain weight
3. September 28, 2006 - Astronomers Gain Important Insight On How Massive Stars Form
4. September 28, 2006 - Supersizing Stars

Methane on Titan

1. September 28, 2006 - 'Disappearing' lakes may dot Titan

Thermonuclear fusion

1. September 28, 2006 - China tests thermonuclear fusion reactor
2. September 28, 2006 - China Carries out Test of Fusion Reactor
3. October 4, 2006 - Chinese reports of fusion wildly exaggerated

Quantum encryption

1. September 28, 2006 - Team Sends Quantum Encryption 'Keys' Over Record Distances - also here
2. October 3, 2006 - Quantum encryption sets long-distance record

Ancient climate change

1. September 28, 2006 - Dinosaurs' Climate Shifted Too, Reports Show - also here
2. October 3, 2006 - Dinosaurs suffered climate change too

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. September 28, 2006 - BECs confound at higher temperatures
2. September 28, 2006 - Bose-Einstein condensation in the solid state

Carbon nanotubes

1. September 28, 2006 - The CNT-DNA wrap: A hefty hybrid for carbon nanotubes

Fullerenes

1. September 29, 2006 - Improbable 'Buckyegg' Hatched

Hydrogen storage

1. September 30, 2006 - Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better -- In Hydrogen Storage

Planetary system formation

1. September 30, 2006 - Watching How Planets Form: Anatomy Of A Planet-forming Disc Around A Star More Massive Than The Sun - also here

Error correcting codes for quantum information

1. September 30, 2006 - Entanglement Unties A Tough Quantum Computing Problem - also here
2. October 4, 2006 - Spooky steps to a quantum network

Dark matter

1. October 1, 2006 - How Fast Does Dark Matter Fall?
2. October 3, 2006 - No Extra Gravity for Dark Matter

Stem cells

1. September 25, 2006 - Stem cell trial to combat childhood brain disease

Aging in bacteria

1. September 25, 2006 - Ageing may be a lifestyle 'choice' for bacteria

The "island rule" in evolution

1. September 25, 2006 - Island mammal dwarfism not just a matter of size

Diabetes

1. September 25, 2006 - Diabetes, Not Obesity, Increases Risk Of Developing Critical Illness And Early Death - also here
2. September 25, 2006 - Diabetes, not obesity, raises severe health risk
3. September 27, 2006 - Pancreas cell transplant offers temporary diabetes fix
4. September 28, 2006 - Insulin cell transplant helps control diabetes
5. September 28, 2006 - Islet Transplantation Is A Promising Procedure For Certain Patients With Severe Type 1 Diabetes, Clinical Trial Shows - also here
6. September 28, 2006 - Edmonton Protocol clinical trial shows islet transplantation shows promising results
7. September 28, 2006 - Diabetes Treatment Fails to Live Up to Promise

AIDS

1. September 25, 2006 - Heavy Drinking Can Hasten Progression Of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Disease - also here
2. September 27, 2006 - HIV "load" not indicative of AIDS progress
3. September 27, 2006 - AIDS Study Challenges Conventional Treatment Guidelines For HIV Patients - also here
4. September 27, 2006 - HIV measurement appears to be less reliable than thought in predicting loss of CD4 cells
5. September 27, 2006 - HIV measurement is questioned
6. September 28, 2006 - Sangamo says compound makes cells resistant to HIV

Cell-free protein synthesis

1. September 25, 2006 - Engineer Ramps Up Protein Production, Develops Versatile Viral Spheres

Cancer

1. September 25, 2006 - Cancer And Infections: Are There Common Mechanisms?
2. September 25, 2006 - Japanese adults with diabetes have increased cancer risk
3. September 26, 2006 - Gene Therapy Study Takes Aim At Prostate Cancer
4. September 26, 2006 - Exercise curbs precancerous changes in the colon
5. September 26, 2006 - New Path From Estrogen To Survival In Breast Cancer Cells Described - also here
6. September 26, 2006 - Can A Spoonful Of Sugar Treat Cancer?
7. September 27, 2006 - Web Tool Helps Gauge Risk Of Having Genetic Mutation Linked To Colon Cancer
8. September 27, 2006 - Model predicts colon cancer inheritable genetic defects - also here
9. September 27, 2006 - Sensitive And Specific Biomarker For Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer Identified
10. September 27, 2006 - Prediction models help identify increased risk of gene mutation linked with colorectal cancer
11. September 27, 2006 - Lung cancer drug 'extends life'
12. September 28, 2006 - Immune response vital in cancer fight
13. September 28, 2006 - Long-term Outcomes For Prostate Cancer Show Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Curative
14. September 29, 2006 - Acid reflux may raise risk of cancer of larynx - also here
15. September 29, 2006 - Major Cancer Study Aims To Identify Protein Markers For Early-stage Disease - also here, here
16. September 29, 2006 - New angiogenesis finding may help fight cancer growth - also here
17. September 30, 2006 - U.S. OKs new uses for Genentech, Biogen lymphoma drug

Perceptual multitasking

1. September 25, 2006 - Human concentration study is reported
2. September 28, 2006 - Multitasking Is No Problem, But Double Talk Overwhelms Us

Agricultural biotechnology

1. September 25, 2007 - Bt Pesticide No Killer on Its Own, Overturning Orthodoxy

Neurogenesis and depression

1. September 25, 2006 - Does Sprouting New Brain Cells Cure Depression?

Genetic atlas of mouse brain

1. September 26, 2006 - Billionaire spends millions mapping mouse brains - also here
2. September 26, 2006 - Well-Funded Scientists Map Mouse Brain - also here
3. September 26, 2006 - Brain Map Wraps Up
4. September 27, 2006 - Gene-by-Gene Detail of the Mouse Brain Online
5. October 1, 2006 - 3-D Brain Atlas To Help Unlock Mysteries Of Neurological Disorders

Brain-imaging studies

1. September 26, 2006 - Is Hysteria Real? Brain Images Say Yes
2. September 26, 2006 - Tone deafness shows up in the brain
3. September 29, 2006 - Study Identifies Part Of Brain Responsible For Tone Deafness - also here

Genetics of language

1. September 26, 2006 - Pool knowledge to find the origins of language

Parkinson's disease

1. September 26, 2006 - Melanoma often seen before Parkinson's disease
2. September 26, 2006 - Laser probe of a brain pigment's anatomy may offer insight into Parkinson's disease - also here, here
3. September 29, 2006 - Genetic Variation In Parkinson's Disease Study Yields Results - also here

Avian flu

1. September 26, 2006 - H9N2 Avian Flu Vaccine Paired With Adjuvant Provokes Strong Human Immune Response At Low Doses
2. September 26, 2006 - Indonesia probes possible bird flu cluster in family
3. September 27, 2006 - Bird Flu Vaccine Additive May Stretch Supply - also here
4. September 28, 2006 - Thailand reports another bird flu death
5. September 28, 2006 - WHO: Deadly Bird Flu Virus Mutating - also here
6. September 29, 2006 - High doses of new bird flu drug safe in U.S. study
7. September 30, 2006 - New drug boosts bird flu survival in animals
8. September 30, 2006 - China Reports New H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak - also here

Butterfly wing patterns

1. September 26, 2006 - How Butterflies Got Their Spots: A 'Supergene' Controls Wing Pattern Diversity - also here
2. September 29, 2006 - Painting by numbers

Alzheimer's disease

1. September 26, 2006 - Microscopic Brain Damage Detected In Early Alzheimer's Disease - also here
2. September 28, 2006 - Nerve stimulation promising for Alzheimer's
3. September 29, 2006 - Key Function Of Nervous System Enzyme Found; Impact On Drug Development Against Alzheimer's
4. September 30, 2006 - Early Alzheimer's signs detected

Gene therapy

1. September 26, 2006 - Jumping Gene Could Provide Non-viral Alternative For Gene Therapy - also here

Role of copper in brain function

1. September 26, 2006 - Copper Circuits Help Brain Function -- Could Tweaking The Circuits Make Us Smarter? - also here

Alternative inheritance mechanism

1. September 27, 2006 - Radical genetic finding called into question

Excessive inflammatory response to Spanish flu

1. September 27, 2006 - Scientists uncover why Spanish Flu was so deadly - also here
2. September 27, 2006 - 1918 Flu Remedy May Be Worth Resurrecting
3. September 28, 2006 - Researchers Link Deadliness Of 1918 Flu To Severe Immune System Response
4. September 28, 2006 - Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus induces immune response that fails to protect
5. September 28, 2006 - 1918 flu virus's secrets revealed
6. September 29, 2006 - Digging Deeper Into the 1918 Flu Mystery
7. September 29, 2006 - Mouse study reveals new clues about virulence of 1918 influenza virus

Extremophiles

1. September 27, 2006 - Cheating DNA Death: How an Extremophile Repairs Shattered Chromosomes

Association between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis

1. September 27, 2006 - New Study Finds A Positive Association Between Periodontal Disease And Coronary Heart Disease - also here

Health benefits of unsaturated fatty acids

1. September 27, 2006 - What Are The Health Effects Of Unsaturated Fatty Acids?

Neanderthals

1. September 27, 2006 - Neanderthal 'butcher shop' found in France

Genetic connectivity map

1. September 28, 2006 - Genetic database to fight disease
2. September 29, 2006 - Gene Signatures Match Cancer And Other Diseases With Potentially Effective Drugs - also here
3. September 29, 2006 - Genetic 'roadmap' charts links between drugs and human disease - also here
4. September 29, 2006 - Chemical genomic screening identifies novel therapeutic strategies for cancer
5. October 5, 2006 - Googling for a cure

Allergy therapy

1. September 28, 2006 - Distraction tactic wipes out allergies

Evolution of the cell cycle

1. September 28, 2006 - How Nature Tinkers With The Cellular Clock - also here

Psychoneuroimmunology

1. September 28, 2006 - An 'om' a day could keep inflammation at bay

Leptin

1. September 29, 2006 - Leptin Has Powerful Effect On Reward Center In The Brain - also here

Antioxidants in pecans

1. September 29, 2006 - Research confirms antioxidant-rich pecans protect against unhealthy oxidation - also here

Salmonella

1. September 29, 2006 - An infectious agent of deception, exposed through proteomics - also here, here

Metastasis

1. September 29, 2006 - Molecular scissors help cancer cells break out and spread

Genetic variability in the immune system

1. September 30, 2006 - International Team Analyzes Human Genetic Variation In Key Immune Region - also here

Apolipoprotein A-I variant and heart disease

1. September 30, 2006 - Gene Transfer Using Mutant Form Of Good Cholesterol Cuts Vascular Plaque And Inflammation - also here

Appetite suppressant

1. October 1, 2006 - Potent brain molecule curbs appetite
2. October 1, 2006 - Scientists identify agent that regulates appetite - also here

Inflammation

1. October 1, 2006 - Body reveals its inflammation 'off switch'
2. October 3, 2006 - New way to control inflammation

Cloning

1. October 1, 2006 - Cell Differentiation No Barrier to Cloning
2. October 2, 2006 - Cloned Mice Created From Fully Differentiated Cells, A Milestone In Cloning Research - also here
3. October 2, 2006 - Cloning without stem cells works
4. October 2, 2006 - Mice cloned from white blood cells
5. October 3, 2006 - Stem cells may not be the best tool for cloning
6. October 4, 2006 - Scientists create new cloning method

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