Volume 6, Number 13 March 26, 2007

Physical sciences and technology E8 Global warming Nanomagnetic data storage Photonic computers AEGIS galaxy survey Superconductivity Spintronics Hierarchical temporal memory Retinal prostheses Greenhouse gases Future limits of semiconductor electronics Hydrogen as fuel Fuel cells Nanotechnology Robotics Type Ia supernova simulation Nanoscale optics Plate tectonics New Madrid earthquake Earthquakes at subduction-type tectonic boundaries Earthquake modeling Autonomous model vehicles Galactic history Safety of nanoparticles Earth's core-mantle boundary Snowball Earth Carbon nanotubes Life sciences Origins of lentiviruses Cancer biology Co-evolutionary arms race Deinococcus radiodurans Speciation and asexual reproduction in bdelloid rotifers Imitative learning Brain asymmetry Yeast proteome Trichromatic vision Brain-imaging studies Mathematical model of disease genetics Sexual selection MicroRNA knockouts Stochastic fluctuations in cells Migration of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus Memory and survival of new neurons Biofilms Cell metabolism and Coenzyme A Homo rudolfensis Chimpanzee cognition Cloning Health and medicine Avian flu Autism Neurodegenerative disease Inflammation and cancer Cancer Prophylactic cancer vaccines Parkinson's disease Nanoparticle gene therapy for Parkinson's disease Diabetes Inflammation, autoimmune disease, and schizophrenia Tomatoes and antioxidants Addiction to tanning Tuberculosis Stem cells Magnetic nanofactories Exercise, inflammation, and heart disease Schizophrenia Cardiovascular disease Antibiotic-resistant Yersinia pestis Multiple sclerois Brain-imaging studies Low-carbohydrate diets Dyscalculia Genetic risk of coronary artery disease MicroRNA and stress-induced heart disease Cardiovascular benefits of flavonoids in chocolate Autoimmune diseases Antibiotics Grid computing, bioinformatics, and avian flu Tissue engineering Heart failure

E₈

1. March 18, 2007 - Math research team maps E8
2. March 19, 2007 - Mathematicians Map E₈ - also here
3. March 19, 2007 - Mathematicians Team Up with Supercomputer to Crack 248-Dimensional Object
4. March 19, 2007 - Mathematicians finally map 248-dimension structure
5. March 19, 2007 - 248-dimension maths puzzle solved
6. March 19, 2007 - Solved: sum that adds up to a big zero
7. March 19, 2007 - Journey to the 248th dimension
8. March 19, 2007 - Mathematics Leaps into New Dimension
9. March 19, 2007 - Mathematicians solve century-old puzzle
10. March 19, 2007 - Brainiacs Succeed in Mapping 248-Dimensional Object - also here
11. March 19, 2007 - Is this the fabric of the universe?
12. March 19, 2007 - Put on paper, this math calculation would cover Manhattan
13. March 21, 2007 - Team Cracks Century-Old Math Puzzle - also here, here, here
14. March 21, 2007 - Professor part of team to solve century-old math equation
15. March 21, 2007 - Century-old math problem is solved
16. March 27, 2007 - A Mathematical Solution for Another Dimension - also here, here
17. April 1, 2007 - Mathematicians solve E8 structure

Global warming

1. March 19, 2007 - Action on warming could curb nightmare impacts
2. March 19, 2007 - Statistical Analysis Debunks Climate Change Naysayers
3. March 20, 2007 - Flowers, animals signal spring arrived long ago
4. March 21, 2007 - Meteorologists say sure humans cause climate change
5. March 22, 2007 - Southern Ocean current faces slowdown threat
6. March 23, 2007 - Antarctic melting may be speeding up

Nanomagnetic data storage

1. March 19, 2007 - Can Your IPod Hold 100,000 Songs?

Photonic computers

1. March 20, 2007 - Computers That Run On Light? Research Project Could Help Create New Photonic Devices

AEGIS galaxy survey

1. March 20, 2007 - Hubble Pans Across Heavens To Harvest 50,000 Evolving Galaxies

Superconductivity

1. March 20, 2007 - Researchers Study Superconductivity, Magnetism In Novel Material
2. March 20, 2007 - New research reveals subtlety of superconductivity

Spintronics

1. March 20, 2007 - Advancing How Computers and Electronics Work - also here, here
2. March 22, 2007 - Spins take their time to relax

Hierarchical temporal memory

1. March 20, 2007 - Learn Like a Human

Retinal prostheses

1. March 21, 2007 - Researchers Begin Tests On Next Generation Of Retinal Implant
2. March 21, 2007 - A chip in the eye boosts sight

Greenhouse gases

1. March 21, 2007 - Movies map global greenhouse gas movement
2. March 21, 2007 - First Greenhouse Gas Animations Produced Using New Envisat Data
3. March 21, 2007 - Powerful New Tool To Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide By Source - also here, here
4. March 21, 2007 - Scientists announce new system for tracking carbon dioxide

Future limits of semiconductor electronics

1. March 21, 2007 - Moore's Law hits physics in memory chips

Hydrogen as fuel

1. March 21, 2007 - Hydrogen cars face technological hurdles: experts

Fuel cells

1. March 21, 2007 - Innovative Fuel Cell Project Aimed At Meeting Large Power Needs
2. March 22, 2007 - Improving Microbial Fuel Cells Using A Brush Full Of Microbes - also here

Nanotechnology

1. March 21, 2007 - Biologically Based Quantum Computers? DNA, Proteins, And Peptides Could Help Construct New Nanoscale Electronics - also here
2. March 23, 2007 - Nanotechnology Being Used In Next-generation LED Lights
3. March 25, 2007 - Cutting-edge Technology: The World's Smallest Scissors
4. March 26, 2007 - 'Nano-scissors' Make The Cut

Robotics

1. March 22, 2007 - If you're happy, the robot knows it
2. March 22, 2007 - Robots with rhythm could rock your world
3. March 23, 2007 - Working To Develop Robotic Locomotion That Mimics Amoeba - also here
4. March 23, 2007 - S. Korean scientists want android to walk

Type Ia supernova simulation

1. March 22, 2007 - At last, virtual stars go kaboom on cue
2. March 22, 2007 - Scientists compute death throes of white dwarf star in 3D - also here
3. March 22, 2007 - Wow! Astronomers Explode a Virtual Star

Nanoscale optics

1. March 22, 2007 - Physicists control light at the nanoscale

Plate tectonics

1. March 22, 2007 - Oldest chunk of Earth's crust ever found
2. March 22, 2007 - Primordial rocks show early Earth as dynamic place
3. March 23, 2007 - Geophysicists Find Evidence Of First Plate Tectonics - also here, here
4. March 23, 2007 - Found! Oldest chunk of Earth's crust
5. March 23, 2007 - Sea floor records ancient Earth

New Madrid earthquake

1. March 22, 2007 - Cause of historic New Madrid quake found - also here
2. March 29, 2007 - Deep-diving West Coast Plate May Have Triggered Massive Central U.S. Quake
3. May 2, 2007 - Source of Major Earthquakes Discovered Beneath U.S. Heartland

Earthquakes at subduction-type tectonic boundaries

1. March 23, 2007 - The Next Great Earthquake - also here, here

Earthquake modeling

1. March 23, 2007 - Faulted modeling

Autonomous model vehicles

1. March 23, 2007 - Autonomous driving systems aim to drive dirty

Galactic history

1. March 23, 2007 - Fingerprinting the Milky Way - also here, here

Safety of nanoparticles

1. March 23, 2007 - Test finds manufactured nanoparticles don't harm soil ecology - also here, here
2. March 25, 2007 - When it comes to risk, not all nanomaterials are created equal - also here
3. March 27, 2007 - Soil May Counteract Buckyball Danger

Earth's core-mantle boundary

1. March 24, 2007 - Mineral Physics Illuminates Lower Mantle Hypothesis

Snowball Earth

1. March 25, 2007 - New Evidence Puts 'Snowball Earth' Theory Out In The Cold - also here
2. March 28, 2007 - New Round in Snowball Fight
3. March 31, 2007 - No snowball Earth after all?

Carbon nanotubes

1. March 25, 2007 - Linear arrays of nanotubes offer path to high-performance electronics

Origins of lentiviruses

1. March 19, 2007 - Rabbits Shed Light on Virus's Origins
2. March 23, 2007 - Rabbits hold key to HIV-like virus

Cancer biology

1. March 19, 2007 - Discovery May Lead To 'Smart' Therapies For Breast, Ovarian Cancer - also here, here
2. March 20, 2007 - Protein Found To Shield Pancreatic Cancer Cells From Self-destruction - also here, here
3. March 22, 2007 - Notorious Cancer Gene May Work By Destroying Messenger - also here
4. March 23, 2007 - Researchers Identify Role Of Key Protein In Tumor Growth

Co-evolutionary arms race

1. March 19, 2007 - New Bird Species Found In Idaho, Demonstrates Co-evolutionary Arms Race

Deinococcus radiodurans

1. March 20, 2007 - Conan the Bacterium
2. March 21, 2007 - Researchers Uncover Protection Mechanism Of Radiation-resistant Bacterium - also here, here
3. March 25, 2007 - Tough bug reveals key to radiation resistance

Speciation and asexual reproduction in bdelloid rotifers

1. March 20, 2007 - No Sex For 40 Million Years? No Problem

Imitative learning

1. March 20, 2007 - Monkey See, Monkey Do? Novel Study Sheds Light On Imitation Learning - also here

Brain asymmetry

1. March 21, 2007 - 'Here boy' makes dogs wag to the right
2. March 25, 2007 - Right, left makes a difference in tail wag
3. March 29, 2007 - Happy dogs wag tail to right

Yeast proteome

1. March 21, 2007 - Protein Structures For The Entire Yeast Proteome

Trichromatic vision

1. March 22, 2007 - Now You See It: Expanding the Visible Color Spectrum
2. March 22, 2007 - Seeing the World in a New Light
3. March 22, 2007 - Mice made to see a rainbow of colours
4. March 23, 2007 - Genetic Studies Endow Mice With New Color Vision
5. March 23, 2007 - Making mice with enhanced color vision
6. March 23, 2007 - Inserted human gene makes mice see red
7. March 23, 2007 - Genetically Engineered Mice Show Adaptation to Full-Color Sight
8. March 23, 2007 - Mice See New Hue With Added Gene

Brain-imaging studies

1. March 22, 2007 - Brain Scans Reveal Cause Of Smokers' Cravings

Mathematical model of disease genetics

1. March 22, 2007 - Scientist Develops New Mathematical Model To Study Disease Genetics And Evolution - also here

Sexual selection

1. March 22, 2007 - Why Are Male Antlers And Horns So Large?

MicroRNA knockouts

1. March 23, 2007 - A Tiny Knock Out

Stochastic fluctuations in cells

1. March 23, 2007 - Cells Use 'Noise' To Make Cell-fate Decisions - also here

Migration of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus

1. March 23, 2007 - Mitochondrial genes move to the nucleus - also here

Memory and survival of new neurons

1. March 23, 2007 - Experience affects new neuron survival in adult brain - also here

Biofilms

1. March 23, 2007 - Bacteria thrive on 'film'

Cell metabolism and Coenzyme A

1. March 25, 2007 - Study Shows Metabolic Strategy Of Stressed Cell

Homo rudolfensis

1. March 25, 2007 - Man's earliest direct ancestors looked more apelike than previously believed - also here

Chimpanzee cognition

1. March 25, 2007 - Scientific Meeting to Address How Chimpanzees Think

Cloning

1. March 25, 2007 - Scientists Propose Interspecies Cloning - also here, here

Avian flu

1. March 19, 2007 - Scientists aim for portable bird flu testing kits
2. March 19, 2007 - New Russian drug may help fight bird flu
3. March 19, 2007 - Two-year-old boy becomes Egypt's 26th bird flu case
4. March 20, 2007 - Thai bird flu strain found to be resistant to drug
5. March 21, 2007 - Health alert over Tamiflu, bird flu spreads in Myanmar
6. March 23, 2007 - No person-to-person spread of bird flu yet

Autism

1. March 19, 2007 - Research To Explore Genetic Causes Of Autism
2. March 21, 2007 - Scientists Confirm Genetic Distinction Between Heritable And Sporadic Cases Of Autism - also here

Neurodegenerative disease

1. March 19, 2007 - Researchers Hot On The Trail Of Brain Cell Degeneration - also here, here

Inflammation and cancer

1. March 19, 2007 - Inflammation May Play Role In Metastasis Of Prostate Cancer - also here, here

Cancer

1. March 20, 2007 - High-fat diet may increase breast cancer risk
2. March 21, 2007 - Animal protein & fat raise endometrial cancer risk
3. March 21, 2007 - To avoid colon cancer, eat more fruit, study finds - also here
4. March 21, 2007 - Plant foods may cut breast cancer risk
5. March 21, 2007 - Immunotherapy Does Not Prolong Life When Skin Cancer Spreads
6. March 21, 2007 - Childhood Leukemia Survivors At Risk For Second Tumors In Adulthood - also here
7. March 21, 2007 - Rate of secondary cancers increases over years after treatment for childhood leukemia
8. March 21, 2007 - New Saliva Test May Help Dentists Test For Breast Cancer - also here, here
9. March 21, 2007 - Lymph node evaluation linked to improved survival for colon cancer patients
10. March 21, 2007 - Blood sugar 'boosts cancer risk'
11. March 22, 2007 - Scientists find gene that may regulate colon cancer
12. March 22, 2007 - Gene Mutation Cuts Colon Polyps, May Suppress Cancer - also here
13. March 22, 2007 - Scientists identify a gene that may suppress colorectal cancer - also here
14. March 22, 2007 - Mutation To Mismatch Repair Gene Associated With Colorectal Cancer
15. March 22, 2007 - Plant Compound In Diet Associated With Decreased Risk Of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer
16. March 22, 2007 - Increased Breast Cancer Risk Associated With Greater Fat Intake
17. March 22, 2007 - Colon Cancer Survival Linked To Number Of Lymph Nodes Examined - also here
18. March 22, 2007 - Small Molecule Could Act As Cancer Therapeutic - also here, here
19. March 23, 2007 - Leukemic cells find safe haven in bone marrow - also here, here
20. March 25, 2007 - Targeting tumors the natural way

Prophylactic cancer vaccines

1. March 20, 2007 - Creating A Vaccine To Prevent The Development Of Cancer

Parkinson's disease

1. March 20, 2007 - Smoking lowers Parkinson's disease risk
2. March 21, 2007 - Dietary Supplement for Parkinson's Eyed - also here, here
3. March 22, 2007 - U.S. to test supplement against Parkinson's disease
4. March 22, 2007 - NIH announces phase III clinical trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease - also here
5. March 23, 2007 - Supercomputer Simulations May Pinpoint Causes Of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Diseases - also here, here
6. March 23, 2007 - Energy Supplement Under Study For Parkinson's Disease - also here
7. March 23, 2007 - Institute to conduct Phase III Clinical Trial of creatine for Parkinson's disease
8. March 26, 2007 - Creatine Parkinson trial begins

Nanoparticle gene therapy for Parkinson's disease

1. March 20, 2007 - DNA Nanoparticles Hold Promise In Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease

Diabetes

1. March 20, 2007 - Risk score predicts development of type 2 diabetes
2. March 21, 2007 - Dietary patterns linked to type 2 diabetes risk
3. March 22, 2007 - Successful Islet Cell Transplant Without Immunosuppressive Therapy In Mice With Type 1 Diabetes

Inflammation, autoimmune disease, and schizophrenia

1. March 20, 2007 - Schizophrenia may be linked to inflammation: study - also here

Tomatoes and antioxidants

1. March 20, 2007 - Tomatoes Grow Well In Diluted Seawater And Produce More Natural Antioxidants

Addiction to tanning

1. March 20, 2007 - New Study Indicates Tanning May Be Addictive

Tuberculosis

1. March 20, 2007 - Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis
2. March 21, 2007 - Why Is Long-term Therapy Required To Cure Tuberculosis? - also here, here
3. March 22, 2007 - TB fight could take centuries without new tools: UN
4. March 22, 2007 - Slowdown in TB decline worries experts
5. March 22, 2007 - Deadly TB strain seen in Africa now in rich nations

Stem cells

1. March 21, 2007 - Fresh questions on stem cell findings
2. March 21, 2007 - Can Stem Cells Cure Heart Disease?
3. March 22, 2007 - Stem Cell Signaling Mystery Solved - also here, here

Magnetic nanofactories

1. March 21, 2007 - A Nanofactory In A Pill?

Exercise, inflammation, and heart disease

1. March 21, 2007 - Why Aerobic Exercise Is Good For The Heart

Schizophrenia

1. March 21, 2007 - Researchers Uncover Genetic Risk For Schizophrenia - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. March 21, 2007 - Artery risk looms in seemingly healthy patients

Antibiotic-resistant Yersinia pestis

1. March 22, 2007 - Will The Plague Pathogen Become Resistant To Antibiotics? - also here

Multiple sclerois

1. March 22, 2007 - Inhibiting blood to save the brain - also here
2. March 25, 2007 - Could Estriol Be The Elixir For Multiple Sclerosis? - also here

Low-carbohydrate diets

1. March 23, 2007 - Low-carb diet speeds initial weight loss: study

Dyscalculia

1. March 23, 2007 - Finding Math Hard? Blame Your Right Parietal Lobe - also here

Genetic risk of coronary artery disease

1. March 23, 2007 - Tiny Clue Reveals New Path Toward Heart Disease - also here, here

MicroRNA and stress-induced heart disease

1. March 23, 2007 - Tiny molecule controls stress-induced heart disease - also here, here

Cardiovascular benefits of flavonoids in chocolate

1. March 24, 2007 - Chocolate improves blood vessel function: study - also here, here, here

Autoimmune diseases

1. March 24, 2007 - Gene Connected To A Chronic Skin Condition And Other Autoimmune Diseases Identified

Antibiotics

1. March 25, 2007 - New Protein Fights Superbugs by Boosting Immune System

Grid computing, bioinformatics, and avian flu

1. March 25, 2007 - Global Computer Grid To Analyze Bird Flu

Tissue engineering

1. March 25, 2007 - Scientists Progress In Successful Tissue Engineering - also here

Heart failure

1. March 25, 2007 - Heart failure drug helps symptoms - also here, here, here

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