Volume 6, Number 16 April 16, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Stars near Milky Way's center Global warming AWE cosmology Abrupt climate change Underground CO2 storage Quantum communications Climate modeling Water on an extrasolar planet Solar cells Solar power technology Extrasolar planets Robotics Astrometry and the Hubble constant New evidence against modified Newtonian dynamics Neutrinos Nanotechnology Antimatter Black holes Retinal prostheses Volcanoes and mantle subduction Carbon nanotubes Quantum dot lasers Efficient two-photon source Galactic spiral arms Neutron stars Life sciences Trees and climate change Cancer biology Plant exobiology Cell fusion Evolution of symbiosis Coevolution of beetles and plants Macaque genome Bacterial control of infection Innate immune system Deriving sperm from stem cells Muscle cell fusion Photosynthesis The immune system and atherosclerosis Visual illusion Development of cortical folds Mate selection in female barn swallows Brain-imaging studies Bacterial trigger of immune response Health and medicine Cancer Parkinson's disease Benefits of polyphenols for cardiovascular disease Stem cells Renin-angiotensin system AIDS Antibiotics Genetic indicators of heart disease Aspirin and heart attacks Diabetes Vaccines Diets and glycemic load CD8 T cells and immune system response to viruses Psychoneuroimmunology Genetics of obesity Role of cell growth enzyme in cancer, diabetes, and heart disease Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease Cancer metastasis Autoimmune diseases Chitosan and cholesterol Nanoparticle drug delivery Alzheimer's disease Bipolar disorder Liver regeneration Nerve-cell repair The immune system and high lipid levels Caloric restriction and longevity Tuberculosis AMPK, metabolism, and heart failure Dietary fibre and cholesterol Crohn's disease Cancer vaccines Avian flu Hypertension and blood vessel inflammation in the brain Insomnia

Physical sciences and technology

Stars near Milky Way's center

1. April 9, 2007 - Galaxy's 'wunderkind' stars may actually be old pro's

Global warming

1. April 9, 2007 - Changing Climes: Global Warming Impacts Appearing Around the Globe
2. April 10, 2007 - Warming to bring drought, floods and hunger to Asia
3. April 10, 2007 - Global warming hits Indigenous people most
4. April 10, 2007 - Little time to avert big temperature rise: UN study
5. April 10, 2007 - Gloomy Forecast From Climate Experts
6. April 10, 2007 - IPCC Report: Responding To The Impacts Of Human-caused Climate Change
7. April 10, 2007 - IPCC Report: Climate Proofing North American Cities
8. April 10, 2007 - IPCC Report: Climate Change Hits Hard On Latin America And The Caribbean
9. April 10, 2007 - Millions Face Floods From Climate Change - also here, here, here
10. April 10, 2007 - Millions Face Hunger From Climate Change - also here, here
11. April 10, 2007 - New Climate Change Report Released
12. April 11, 2007 - IPCC Report Underlines Risks To Africa's Agriculture, Infrastructure, Wildlife And Coastal Zones From Rising Greenhouse Gases
13. April 11, 2007 - IPCC Report: Millions At Risk Of Hunger And Water Stress In Asia Unless Global Greenhouse Emissions Cut
14. April 11, 2007 - IPCC Report - The Arctic: Thawing Permafrost, Melting Sea Ice And More Significant Changes
15. April 11, 2007 - IPCC Report: Climate Proofing Small Islands
16. April 11, 2007 - Warming could damage Arctic, release frozen waste
17. April 11, 2007 - Warming could spark water scramble: experts - also here
18. April 11, 2007 - Panel: US Faces Change As Climate Warms - also here, here
19. April 15, 2007 - Far North Feels Worst Effects of Warming - also here

AWE cosmology

1. April 9, 2007 - Toward A Unified Description Of Dark Energy And Dark Matter

Abrupt climate change

1. April 9, 2007 - Abrupt Climate Change Far More Common Than Previously Thought

Underground CO₂ storage

1. April 9, 2007 - Australians to store CO2 underground
2. April 14, 2007 - Carbon Dioxide Storage: Coal Suitable For Filtering Carbon Dioxide - also here, here
3. April 15, 2007 - Carbon Dioxide Capture And Storage Could Help Offset Global Warming - also here

Quantum communications

1. April 9, 2007 - Segment of a 'Quantum Repeater' Demonstrated

Spintronics

1. April 9, 2007 - Spins turn light off

Climate modeling

1. April 10, 2007 - Total destruction of forests predicted to cool Earth

Water on an extrasolar planet

1. April 10, 2007 - Extrasolar Planet's Missing Water Discovered?
2. April 10, 2007 - Signs of water seen on planet outside solar system - also here, here
3. April 10, 2007 - Water Identified In Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere
4. April 10, 2007 - Water Found in Extrasolar Planet's Atmosphere
5. April 10, 2007 - First Sign of Water on Planet Outside Our System
6. April 11, 2007 - First sign of water found on an alien world
7. April 11, 2007 - Exoplanet may have water
8. April 11, 2007 - Alien Water Find Iffy
9. April 11, 2007 - Scientists find water in atmosphere of planet outside solar system
10. April 11, 2007 - Water detected on distant planet

Solar cells

1. April 11, 2007 - 'Nano-Manhattan' 3D solar cells boost efficiency - also here, here, here
2. April 11, 2007 - New solar panel design traps more light - also here
3. April 11, 2007 - Plasmon-Assisted Solar Cells

Solar power technology

1. April 11, 2007 - Cheap, Efficient Solar Power: What's Needed Now To Get There?

Extrasolar planets

1. April 11, 2007 - Deep Impact Mission: Aiming For Close-ups Of Extrasolar Planets
2. April 12, 2007 - Future Space Telescopes Could Detect Earth Twin - also here
3. April 13, 2007 - Search For Extrasolar Planets And Extraterrestrial Life Improved With Darwin's Frictionless Optics - also here

Robotics

1. April 11, 2007 - Futuristic Robot Adapts To People, New Places - also here

Astrometry and the Hubble constant

1. April 11, 2007 - Astronomers improve cosmic distance scale with Hubble

New evidence against modified Newtonian dynamics

1. April 11, 2007 - Newton's Second Law of Motion
2. April 13, 2007 - No Twisting Out of Newton's Law

Neutrinos

1. April 12, 2007 - 'Sterile neutrinos' laid to rest - for now
2. April 12, 2007 - Experiment Nixes Fourth Neutrino
3. April 12, 2007 - Long-standing Neutrino Question Resolved - also here
4. April 12, 2007 - Long-standing Neutrino Question Resolved - also here
5. April 12, 2007 - MiniBooNE findings clarify the behavior of neutrinos
6. April 12, 2007 - How Did the Universe Survive the Big Bang? In This Experiment, Clues Remain Elusive
7. April 12 ,2007 - MiniBooNE rules out new kind of neutrino
8. April 18, 2007 - One Neutrino Anomaly Has Been Resolved
9. April 19, 2007 - Experiment confirms famous physics model - also here

Nanotechnology

1. April 12, 2007 - Smallest Organic Light-emitters Created - also here, here

Antimatter

1. April 12, 2007 - Where Has All The Antimatter Gone? - also here, here

Black holes

1. April 12, 2007 - Black Hole Caught in an Eclipse
2. April 13, 2007 - Astronomers zoom in on black hole during 'eclipse'
3. April 13, 2007 - Chandra Sees Remarkable Eclipse Of Black Hole - also here
4. April 17, 2007 - Black-hole eclipse sizes up X-ray source

Retinal prostheses

1. April 13, 2007 - Retinal implant learns to polish the picture
2. April 13, 2007 - Retinal Implants May Be Significantly Enhanced With New Software - also here

Volcanoes and mantle subduction

1. April 13, 2007 - Volcanic Arc Evolution: Seismologists Discover Complex Structure In Tonga Mantle Wedge - also here, here

Carbon nanotubes

1. April 13, 2007 - NIST's Stretching Exercises Shed New Light On Nanotubes - also here
2. April 13, 2007 - Nanotube-Tipped Probe Considered Vital For Cell Treatment - also here

Quantum dot lasers

1. April 13, 2007 - Quantum Dot Lasers: One Dot Makes All The Difference - also here, here

Efficient two-photon source

1. April 13, 2007 - NIST Develops New Efficient Two-photon Source - also here

Galactic spiral arms

1. April 15, 2007 - Mystery Spiral Galaxy Arms Explained? - also here, here, here, here, here, here
2. April 16, 2007 - Galaxy's Ghostly Arms Finally Explained
3. April 30, 2007 - A 45 Year Old Mystery Cracked?

Neutron stars

1. April 15, 2007 - Neutron Star Surfaces Hotter Than Expected, Helps Explain Superburst Frequency - also here, here

Life sciences

Trees and climate change

1. April 9, 2007 - Deforestation may add to climate warming or cooling, depending on location
2. April 10, 2007 - Planting trees can backfire
3. April 10, 2007 - More Trees, Less Global Warming, Right? -- Not Exactly
4. April 10, 2007 - Careful Where You Plant That Tree
5. April 10, 2007 - Trees to offset the carbon footprint?
6. April 10, 2007 - Snowy forests 'increase warming'
7. April 13, 2007 - Tropical Forests -- Earth's Air Conditioner - also here, here
8. April 14, 2007 - Some forests may speed global warming

Cancer biology

1. April 10, 2007 - RNA Splicing Factor Implicated In Ovarian Tumor Cell Growth - also here
2. April 11, 2007 - New Insight Into Why Some Cancer Treatments Are Ineffective - also here
3. April 11, 2007 - Stress May Help Cancer Cells Resist Treatment - also here, here

Plant exobiology

1. April 11, 2007 - For plants on alien worlds, it isn't easy being green
2. April 11, 2007 - Plants under Alien Suns Could Come in a Variety of Hues
3. April 11, 2007 - New hue: Plants on other planets may be yellow, red
4. April 11, 2007 - NASA Predicts Nongreen Plants On Other Planets - also here, here
5. April 11, 2007 - Alien plants may come in all colours but blue
6. April 12, 2007 - Plants on other planets may be yellow, red

Cell fusion

1. April 11, 2007 - 'Fusion' Protein Found By Researchers - also here, here

Evolution of symbiosis

1. April 11, 2007 - Evolution Of Symbiosis - also here, here

Coevolution of beetles and plants

1. April 11, 2007 - Disputing coevolution in herbivorous insects - also here, here

Macaque genome

1. April 12, 2007 - Macaque joins the genome Hall of Fame
2. April 12, 2007 - Monkey genes help us see what makes us human
3. April 12, 2007 - First monkey genome sequenced
4. April 13, 2007 - Human-Chimp Differences Uncovered With Analysis Of Rhesus Monkey Genome - also here
5. April 13, 2007 - Third primate genome, the rhesus macaque, helps illuminate what makes us human
6. April 13, 2007 - DNA sequence of Rhesus macaque has evolutionary, medical implications
7. April 16, 2007 - Scientists Map Rhesus Monkey DNA

Muscle cell fusion

1. April 12, 2007 - Key Player In Embryonic Muscle Development Discovered - also here

Bacterial control of infection

1. April 12, 2007 - Bacteria Control How Infectious They Become - also here, here

Innate immune system

1. April 12, 2007 - Humans And Plants Share Common Regulatory Pathway - also here, here

Deriving sperm from stem cells

1. April 13, 2007 - Bone stem cells turned into primitive sperm cells
2. April 13, 2007 - Bone stem cells may morph into sperm: report
3. April 13, 2007 - Sperm Cells Created From Human Bone Marrow - also here
4. April 13, 2007 - Sperm made from human bone marrow
5. April 16, 2007 - Baby sperm made from bone marrow

Photosynthesis

1. April 12, 2007 - Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis Revealed - also here, here, here
2. April 13, 2007 - When It Comes to Photosynthesis, Plants Perform Quantum Computation
3. April 13, 2007 - Photosynthesis takes a leaf out of the quantum book

The immune system and atherosclerosis

1. April 13, 2007 - The Immune System's Hardened Truth

Visual illusion

1. April 13, 2007 - Wired For Sound: How The Brain Senses Visual Illusions - also here, here

Development of cortical folds

1. April 13, 2007 - Model Helps Researchers 'See' Brain Development; Could Facilitate Early Detection Of Autism - also here, here

Mate selection in female barn swallows

1. April 13, 2007 - More Flight Than Fancy?

Brain-imaging studies

1. April 14, 2007 - Male And Female Brain Patterns Differ During Reaching

Bacterial trigger of immune response

1. April 15, 2007 - Microbes Start Immune Response By Sneaking Inside Cells - also here, here

Health and medicine

Cancer

1. April 9, 2007 - Off-Label Use: Pain Medication and Antipsychotics May Stop Brain Tumor Growth
2. April 9, 2007 - Veterinary scientists explore poultry virus as cancer killer
3. April 10, 2007 - Hispanic Women At Higher Risk For Breast Cancer -- May Be Biological
4. April 10, 2007 - Progress Against Sarcoma - also here
5. April 10, 2007 - Mouse Knockout Resembles Human Renal Cell Cancer
6. April 10, 2007 - PSA Doubling Predicts Prostate Cancer Recurrence - also here
7. April 10, 2007 - Study provides new clue to family risk for breast cancer
8. April 11, 2007 - Cancer Treatment: External Magnet On Tumor Helps Drugs Get There And Stay Longe
9. April 11, 2007 - Genes control chemotherapy impact
10. April 12, 2007 - Gleevec keeps stomach tumor at bay: study
11. April 12, 2007 - Massive Gene Screening Points Way To More Effective Chemotherapy - also here
12. April 12, 2007 - Study Pries Into Ovarian Cancer's Deadly Secrets - also here, here
13. April 12, 2007 - Brain Tumors Coax Important Support From Nearby Immune System Cells
14. April 12, 2007 - Scientists find key to kinder cancer drugs
15. April 13, 2007 - Gleevec Decreases Cancer Recurrence For Patients With Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor - also here
16. April 13, 2007 - Two Heads Are Better Than One: Dysfunctional DNA Repair Pathways Kill Tumor Cells - also here, here
17. April 13, 2007 - Alternative Inhibition Strategy For Treating Acute Promyleocytic Leukemia
18. April 15, 2007 - Study adds data that vegetables reduce cancer risk
19. April 15, 2007 - Breast Cancer Diagnosis From Combined MRI-Optics Method
20. April 15, 2007 - Minorities more likely to develop cancer: researchers

Parkinson's disease

1. April 9, 2007 - Do coffee and cigarettes protect against Parkinson's?
2. April 10, 2007 - Smoking And Caffeine May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease
3. April 10, 2007 - Smoking and caffeine inversely associated with Parkinson's disease
4. April 10, 2007 - Coffee users at lower risk for Parkinson's: study

Benefits of polyphenols for cardiovascular disease

1. April 9, 2007 - Cocoa, not tea, calms blood pressure, study says
2. April 11, 2007 - Cocoa, But Not Tea, May Lower Blood Pressure - also here

Stem cells

1. April 9, 2007 - Mouse tests show stem cells treat brain disease - also here
2. April 10, 2007 - 'Rebuilt' immune system shakes off diabetes
3. April 10, 2007 - Female Stem Cells Work Better, According To New Study - also here
4. April 10, 2007 - Stem cell transplant promising for type 1 diabetes - also here
5. April 10, 2007 - Type I diabetics live without insulin in stem cell experiment - also here, here
6. April 11, 2007 - Stem Cell Transplant Resets Immune System in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
7. April 11, 2007 - Study suggests use of stem cell transplantation is beneficial treatment of type 1 diabetes
8. April 11, 2007 - Diabetes 'blocked by stem cells'
9. April 11, 2007 - Stem cells shown to rein in Type 1 diabetes
10. April 15, 2007 - Stem cell study homes in on ALS cause - also here, here, here

Renin-angiotensin system

1. April 9, 2007 - We've Got Drinking Water On Our Minds

AIDS

1. April 9, 2007 - AIDS researchers focus on resistant patients in search for vaccine
2. April 13, 2007 - Early success with new HIV drug

Antibiotics

1. April 9, 2007 - Antibiotics found to increasingly fail
2. April 12, 2007 - How E. Coli Becomes Resistant To Many Antibiotics - also here

Genetic indicators of heart disease

1. April 10, 2007 - Tests for heart-disease risk could be misleading
2. April 11, 2007 - Study fails to verify gene variations as risk factors for certain cardiovascular problems

Aspirin and heart attacks

1. April 10, 2007 - Aspirin underutilized for heart attack prevention

Diabetes

1. April 10, 2007 - Blood cells help treat diabetes patients: study - also here
2. April 12, 2007 - Obesity's helper in triggering diabetes
3. April 13, 2007 - New type of drug helpful in type 2 diabetes - also here

Vaccines

1. April 10, 2007 - Flu vaccine grown in insect cells shows promise
2. April 10, 2007 - Caterpillar Cells Could Prove Key to Mass-Producing Flu Vaccine
3. April 11, 2007 - Flu vaccine grown in caterpillar cells is safe
4. April 11, 2007 - Flu vaccine grown in caterpillar cells
5. April 11, 2007 - I'll Take the Flu Shot, Hold the Eggs
6. April 11, 2007 - Pandemic Fears? Try Growing Flu Vaccine Fast In Insect Cells (Not Eggs) - also here
7. April 11, 2007 - Experimental flu vaccine appears promising in early tests
8. April 11, 2007 - Caterpillars help boost flu vaccine

Diets and glycemic load

1. April 10, 2007 - Weight Loss: Glycemic Load Had No Significant Effect - also here
2. April 19, 2007 - "Glycemic load" of diet has no effect on weight loss

CD8 T cells and immune system response to viruses

1. April 10, 2007 - Immune Response Altered For Viruses Like HIV And Hepatitis C - also here

Psychoneuroimmunology

1. April 10, 2007 - Getting Dirty May Lift Your Mood

Genetics of obesity

1. April 10, 2007 - Eating Fatty Foods Without Gaining Weight? May Work For 13% Of Population - also here
2. April 12, 2007 - Hunt for obesity gene yields a new suspect
3. April 12, 2007 - Researchers pinpoint gene linked to obesity risk - also here
4. April 12, 2007 - Having Trouble Squeezing into Your Jeans? Blame it on Your Genes
5. April 12, 2007 - Obesity Risk: New Research Shows Clearest Genetic Link Yet - also here
6. April 12, 2007 - Clear obesity gene link 'found'
7. April 12, 2007 - Researchers uncover genetic link to obesity
8. April 13, 2007 - People With Gene Variant May Weigh More - also here

Role of cell growth enzyme in cancer, diabetes, and heart disease

1. April 10, 2007 - Natural Tumor Suppressor Variants Discovered, Could Lead to New Therapies For Diabetes, Heart Disease - also here, here

Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

1. April 10, 2007 - Diabetes May Be Associated With Increased Risk Of Mild Cognitive Impairment - also here, here

Cancer metastasis

1. April 11, 2007 - Genes gang up to help cancer spread, study finds - also here, here
2. April 11, 2007 - Scientists Identify Protein Key To Breast Cancer Spread, Potential New Drug Target - also here, here
3. April 11, 2007 - How to stop cancer from spreading
4. April 12, 2007 - Genetic 'Gang Of 4' Drives Spread Of Breast Cancer - also here, here
5. April 12, 2007 - Genes set scene for metastasis - also here

Autoimmune diseases

1. April 11, 2007 - Scientists Implicate Gene In Vitiligo And Other Autoimmune Diseases - also here

Chitosan and cholesterol

1. April 11, 2007 - Consuming Shrimp Shell Could Lower Cholesterol Levels

Nanoparticle drug delivery

1. April 11, 2007 - Nanoparticles: New Technique Improves Delivery Of Medicines And Diagnostics - also here, here
2. April 11, 2007 - Nanostructures Show Potential To Aid In The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Pediatric Brain Cancer

Alzheimer's disease

1. April 12, 2007 - Alzheimer's Genetic Roots Explained - also here, here
2. April 12, 2007 - Drug curbs repetition in Alzheimer's patients
3. April 13, 2007 - Plugging A Calcium Leak Linked To Familial Alzheimer Disease
4. April 14, 2007 - Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Boosted By Study - also here, here

Bipolar disorder

1. April 12, 2007 - Lithium Builds Gray Matter In Bipolar Brains - also here, here

Liver regeneration

1. April 12, 2007 - Liver Regeneration May Be Simpler Than Previously Thought - also here, here

Nerve-cell repair

1. April 12, 2007 - Three Proteins May Play Important Role In Nerve-cell Repair - also here, here

The immune system and high lipid levels

1. April 12, 2007 - Immune System And High Plasma Lipid Levels Linked - also here, here

Caloric restriction and longevity

1. April 12, 2007 - Dog study sheds new light on why dietary restriction can lead to a longer life - also here

Tuberculosis

1. April 12, 2007 - Bovine TB 'can spread in humans'

AMPK, metabolism, and heart failure

1. April 13, 2007 - Too Much Energy Can Lead To Heart Failure

Dietary fibre and cholesterol

1. April 14, 2007 - 'Smart' Fibre Flushes Cholesterol

Crohn's disease

1. April 15, 2007 - Study finds strong genetic link to bowel ailment
2. April 15, 2007 - Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease
3. April 16, 2007 - Additional Genetic Risk Factors For Crohn's Disease Identified
4. April 16, 2007 - Scientists find major susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease - also here
5. April 17, 2007 - More genes linked to Crohn's disease

Cancer vaccines

1. April 15, 2007 - Novel antigen-cloning technique may boost efforts to develop a melanoma vaccine - also here, here

Avian flu

1. April 15, 2007 - Bird flu kills Cambodian girl

Hypertension and blood vessel inflammation in the brain

1. April 15, 2007 - Blood pressure 'is in the brain'
2. April 16, 2007 - Blame The Brain For High Blood Pressure - also here

Insomnia

1. April 15, 2007 - Insomnia Worse for Night Owls

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