Volume 6, Number 4 January 22, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Star formation in interacting galaxies The strong force Nanotechnology Measurements of gravity at small distances Remnant of Kepler's supernova Dark energy Quantum entanglement Methane on Titan Global warming Variant of Prussian blue for data storage Fuel cells Nanoimprint lithography Terahertz radiation Carbon nanotubes Neutrino detection Extrasolar planets Climate modeling Brain-computer interface Optical data buffering Life sciences Memory and imagination Early modern humans in Russia Neanderthals Stem cells and cancer Origins of RNA Nucleosomes Quantum biology Brain-imaging studies Polyomavirus infection mechanism Cellular ion channels Language learning Cancer biology Consciousness Evolution of altruism Language of gene regulation Health and medicine Parkinson's disease Stress and inflammation Antioxidants in apple juice Stem cells Avian flu Cancer Nanoparticle gene therapy for cancer Stem cell anti-cancer therapy Drug delivery Tuberculosis New treatment for high cholesterol Neuroprotective benefits of folic acid 1918 Spanish flu The immune system Malaria Anti-obesity drugs Antiviral treatment for influenza Nanoparticle cancer drug delivery Methicillin-resistant S. aureus Gene therapy with modified immune cells for AIDS Obesity-regulating protein Alzheimer's disease Diabetes RNAi therapies for cancer

Star formation in interacting galaxies

1. January 15, 2007 - Older Galaxy Pair Has Surprisingly Youthful Glow

The strong force

1. January 15, 2007 - Exploring the Universal Glue

Nanotechnology

1. January 16, 2007 - HP claims advance in semiconductor nanotechnology
2. January 19, 2007 - Nanopolymers make their debut

Measurements of gravity at small distances

1. January 16, 2007 - String Theory's Extra Dimensions Must Be Less Than Half the Width of a Human Hair
2. January 17, 2007 - Pendulum swings away from dark energy

Remnant of Kepler's supernova

1. January 16, 2007 - Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes To Light

Dark energy

1. January 16, 2007 - Dark Energy May Be Vacuum - also here

Quantum entanglement

1. January 16, 2007 - Photonic Schroedinger cat breaks record

Methane on Titan

1. January 17, 2007 - Surprises Continue Two Years After Probe's Landing On Saturn's Moon Titan

Global warming

1. January 18, 2007 - 2100: A world of wild weather
2. January 19, 2007 - Global warming dissenters few at U.S. weather meeting
3. January 19, 2007 - UN climate panel to step up warnings on climate
4. January 19, 2007 - Alaska to get British-style temperatures
5. January 20, 2007 - Deep In Arctic Mud, Geologists Find Strong Evidence Of Climate Change - also here
6. January 20, 2007 - Digging in mud for global warming clues

Variant of Prussian blue for data storage

1. January 18, 2007 - Prussian Blue For Information Storage

Fuel cells

1. January 18, 2007 - New Fuel Cell Design Adds Control, Reduces Complexity - also here
2. January 19, 2007 - Closed System Opens Way for More Practical Fuel Cell

Nanoimprint lithography

1. January 18, 2007 - Research Removes Major Obstacle From Mass Production Of Tiny Circuits - also here

Terahertz radiation

1. January 18, 2007 - Delft nano-detector very promising for remote cosmic realms

Carbon nanotubes

1. January 18, 2007 - Scientists develop atom-scale switch
2. January 19, 2007 - Carbon Nanotube Functions Like Atom-scale Switch

Neutrino detection

1. January 18, 2007 - Neutrino detector is compact yet sensitive

Extrasolar planets

1. January 18, 2007 - COROT sees first light

Climate modeling

1. January 18, 2007 - Your PCs forecast climate future

Brain-computer interface

1. January 19, 2007 - Neural 'extension cord' developed for brain implants

Optical data buffering

1. January 19, 2007 - Ultra-Dense Optical Storage -- On One Photon - also here
2. January 19, 2007 - Putting the Brakes on Light Speed
3. January 23, 2007 - How Can a Single Photon Produce a Whole Image?
4. January 23, 2007 - Caesium slows down optical image
5. February 1, 2007 - Ultra-Sensitive Measurements Of Changes In Images Using Slow Light

Language of gene regulation

1. January 19, 2007 - Learning the language of gene expression

Memory and imagination

1. January 15, 2007 - Amnesiacs struggle to imagine future events
2. January 15, 2007 - I can't imagine...
3. January 15, 2007 - Amnesiacs Not Only Forget the Past, They Cannot Imagine the Future
4. January 16, 2007 - Stuck in the Present
5. January 16, 2007 - Patients With Amnesia 'Live In The Present' - also here, here

Early modern humans in Russia

1. January 15, 2007 - Out of Africa ... and into Russia

Neanderthals

1. January 15, 2007 - Skull Suggests Human-Neanderthal Link - also here
2. January 16, 2007 - Skull shows possible human/Neanderthal breeding
3. January 16, 2007 - 40,000-year-old Skull Shows Both Modern Human And Neandertal Traits

Stem cells and cancer

1. January 16, 2007 - Sacking Cancer Stem Cells
2. January 17, 2007 - Brain tumor researchers find their 'niche'
3. January 19, 2007 - Vascular Niche Nurtures Brain Tumor Stem Cells - also here

Origins of RNA

1. January 16, 2007 - Closing A Loophole In The RNA World Hypothesis - also here

Nucleosomes

1. January 16, 2007 - Scientists Map Key Landmarks In Human Genome: New Method Reveals Positions Of Gene-regulating Nucleosomes - also here

Quantum biology

1. January 16, 2007 - Quantum Biology: Powerful Computer Models Reveal Key Biological Mechanism - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. January 17, 2007 - The Numbers Game: Brains That Prefer Numbers to Words
2. January 18, 2007 - Our Brains May Be Wired for Daydreaming
3. January 18, 2007 - Peering Inside the Wandering Mind
4. January 18, 2007 - Studies Yield Insight Into The Numerical Brain - also here
5. January 19, 2007 - Neural Bottleneck Found That Thwarts Multi-tasking - also here, here
6. January 21, 2007 - Are you a giver? Brain scan finds the truth
7. January 22, 2007 - Selfish or selfless, test reveals all
8. January 22, 2007 - Activation Of Brain Region Predicts Altruism
9. January 22, 2007 - Charity is uppermost in the brain
10. January 22, 2007 - Caught daydreaming? Blame your brain
11. January 22, 2007 - Why Do Good? Brain Study Offers Clues
12. January 23, 2007 - Altruism can be predicted with a brain scan

Polyomavirus infection mechanism

1. January 18, 2007 - Scientists Reveal a Virus’ Secret Weapon

Cellular ion channels

1. January 18, 2007 - Modeling Cell 'Doors' Could Aid Drug Development

Language learning

1. January 19, 2007 - Internationally Adopted Children Shed Light On How Babies Learn Language
2. January 19, 2007 - Why learning a new language may make you forget your old one

Cancer biology

1. January 19, 2007 - Tumor cells evade death through autophagy - also here

Consciousness

1. January 21, 2007 - Consciousness May Be a Sure Bet

Evolution of altruism

1. January 21, 2007 - The Hitchhiker's Guide To Altruism: Study Explains How Costly Traits Evolve - also here

Parkinson's disease

1. January 15, 2007 - Renewed evidence suggests statin/Parkinson's link
2. January 17, 2007 - Researchers Find A Common Genetic Risk Factor For Parkinson's Disease In Asians - also here, here
3. January 18, 2007 - New Study To Test Statin-Parkinson's Link - also here

Stress and inflammation

1. January 15, 2007 - Why childhood abuse harms health as adult

Antioxidants in apple juice

1. January 15, 2007 - "Cloudy" apple juice packs more antioxidants
2. January 16, 2007 - Cloudy apple juice packs more punch
3. January 16, 2007 - Cloudy Apple Juice Four Times Healthier Than Clear - also here

Stem cells

1. January 15, 2007 - Blood stem cells make mouse bone marrow, brain cells
2. January 15, 2007 - Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Promise For Transplant Therapies - also here
3. January 17, 2007 - Geron reports new benefit of its stem cell therapy

Avian flu

1. January 15, 2007 - Japan burns 12,000 chickens following bird flu outbreak
2. January 15, 2007 - Japan Starts Incinerating Chickens - also here
3. January 15, 2007 - Thai Officials Find Bird Flu in Ducks - also here
4. January 19, 2007 - Cause of bird flu outbreak tracked
5. January 20, 2007 - S.Korea to Slaughter Thousands of Birds
6. January 20, 2007 - Bird flu prompts cull in S Korea

Cancer

1. January 15, 2007 - Selective Marker Found To Indicate Aggressive Form Of Breast Cancer - also here
2. January 15, 2007 - New Target For Treatment Of Breast Cancer
3. January 16, 2007 - Gum disease linked with pancreatic cancer in study - also here
4. January 16, 2007 - Gum disease linked to pancreatic cancer - also here
5. January 16, 2007 - Drug effective against some pancreatic cancer
6. January 16, 2007 - Drug May Delay Pancreatic Cancer Return - also here
7. January 16, 2007 - Calcium lowers colon polyp formation up to 5 yrs
8. January 16, 2007 - Worried About Prostate Cancer? Tomato-broccoli Combo Shown To Be Effective - also here, here
9. January 16, 2007 - Novel Approach To Cancer Drug Given Major Boost - also here
10. January 16, 2007 - Researchers Develop New Method For Fighting Leukemia
11. January 17, 2007 - Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers - also here
12. January 17, 2007 - Calorie disposition, not intake, influences cancer risk
13. January 17, 2007 - Family Size Affects Development Of Stomach Cancer
14. January 17, 2007 - Discovery Provides New Hope For People With Advanced Breast Cancer
15. January 17, 2007 - Chemotherapy Appears To Delay Cancer Recurrence Following Surgery For Pancreatic Cancer - also here
16. January 17, 2007 - Link Found Between Periodontal Disease And Pancreatic Cancer - also here
17. January 17, 2007 - Small Molecule Offers Big Hope Against Cancer - also here, here
18. January 17, 2007 - New Angiogenesis Inhibitor Has Promise For Treating Deadly Brain Tumor - also here
19. January 17, 2007 - Unique Collaboration Funded To Develop Nanotechnology For Melanoma
20. January 17, 2007 - Gum Disease, Pancreatic Cancer May Be Linked
21. January 17, 2007 - Cancer Found More Often in Dense Breasts - also here
22. January 18, 2007 - Model identifies low-risk prostate cancer
23. January 18, 2007 - Chlorinated water exposure may boost cancer risk
24. January 18, 2007 - Texas study suggests link between pollution, cancer - also here
25. January 18, 2007 - New Strategy For Treating Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
26. January 18, 2007 - New gene test predicts cancer recurrence risk
27. January 19, 2007 - Smoking ups risk of virus-related Hodgkin lymphoma
28. January 19, 2007 - Sunshine Pill For Prostate Cancer In 2009 - also here
29. January 19, 2007 - New Drug May Help Prolong Survival For Head And Neck Cancer Patients
30. January 19, 2007 - Cetuximab with radiotherapy does not increase side effects for head and neck cancer patients
31. January 19, 2007 - Statin Plus Cancer Drug Deliver Combo Punch To Brain Cancer Cells - also here
32. January 18, 2007 - Better cough test for early-stage lung cancer
33. January 19, 2007 - Simple diagnostic test detects genetic signs of lung cancer in a patient's sputum - also here
34. January 19, 2007 - Gum disease may be linked to pancreatic cancer
35. January 20, 2007 - Pancreatic cancer vaccine may help some patients
36. January 20, 2007 - Vitamin pill for prostate cancer
37. January 21, 2007 - News confirms suspicions of breast cancer survivor
38. January 21, 2007 - Brain cancers shrink in drug test

Nanoparticle gene therapy for cancer

1. January 15, 2007 - Dual Gene Therapy Suppresses Lung Cancer In Preclinical Test - also here

Stem cell anti-cancer therapy

1. January 16, 2007 - Brain Stem Cells Against Cancer?

Drug delivery

1. January 16, 2007 - Polymer Microparticles Show Promise As Ingenious New Druge Delivery System

Tuberculosis

1. January 16, 2007 - Association Of Tuberculosis With Smoking And Indoor Air Pollution - also here, here
2. January 16, 2007 - Review study finds association between tobacco smoking and increased risk of tuberculosis

New treatment for high cholesterol

1. January 16, 2007 - New Therapy Treats Severely Elevated Cholesterol Levels

Neuroprotective benefits of folic acid

1. January 17, 2007 - Folic acid supplements rejuvenate older brains
2. January 19, 2007 - Folic acid may boost brain power in the elderly - also here
3. January 19, 2007 - Folate supplements improve cognitive function

1918 Spanish flu

1. January 17, 2007 - Deadly clue to 1918 Spanish flu virus uncovered - also here, here, here
2. January 17, 2007 - Portrait of a Killer
3. January 17, 2007 - Lethal Secret Of 1918 Influenza Virus Uncovered - also here
4. January 17, 2007 - Scientists Study How Flu Spread in 1918
5. January 17, 2007 - 1918 Killer Flu Tested on Monkeys
6. January 18, 2007 - Monkey clue to how 1918 flu selected its targets
7. January 18, 2007 - Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus
8. January 18, 2007 - Scientists Recreate 1918 Flu and See Parallels to Bird Flu

The immune system

1. January 17, 2007 - A Dose of Worms, Please
2. January 17, 2007 - Protein linked to immune system response identified - also here
3. January 17, 2007 - Built-in Molecular Brakes Curb The Sniffles - also here, here
4. January 17, 2007 - Cold Case: How Sniffles are Stifled
5. January 19, 2007 - Immune system clues
6. January 19, 2007 - Scientists uncover the end of a cold
7. January 19, 2007 - How the end of sniffles could help fight a pandemic
8. January 28, 2007 - Immune system 'brakes' found

Malaria

1. January 17, 2007 - Researchers Discover Drug That Blocks Malaria Parasites

Anti-obesity drugs

1. January 17, 2007 - Natural Gut Hormone Offers Hope For New Obesity Drug - also here

Antiviral treatment for influenza

1. January 17, 2007 - Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus, Analysis Finds - also here

Nanoparticle cancer drug delivery

1. January 17, 2007 - Protein Cage Helps Nanoparticles Target Tumors
2. January 19, 2007 - Buckyballs Used As 'Passkey' Into Cancer Cells

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus

1. January 17, 2007 - Can anything stop the superbug? - also here
2. January 18, 2007 - Staph bug causes new pneumonia - also here
3. January 18, 2007 - Research highlights nastier form of MRSA
4. January 28, 2007 - Bacteria In Staph Infections Can Cause Necrotizing Pneumonia

Gene therapy with modified immune cells for AIDS

1. January 19, 2007 - Can Engineered Immune Cells Stop AIDS? - also here

Obesity-regulating protein

1. January 20, 2007 - SH2B1 In The Brain Regulates Obesity - also here
2. January 29, 2007 - Major Link In Brain-obesity Puzzle Found - also here, here

Alzheimer's disease

1. January 21, 2007 - How brain protein turns toxic in Alzheimer's disease

Diabetes

1. January 21, 2007 - Lifestyle Changes Effective In Protecting Against Type II Diabetes - also here

RNAi therapies for cancer

1. January 21, 2007 - 'Quiet revolution' may herald new RNA therapeutics - also here, here
2. February 2, 2007 - Cancer scientists' gene research offers new treatment hope

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