Volume 6, Number 22 May 28, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Faster growth of CO2 emissions DNA computing for diagnostic applications Extrasolar planets Star formation Large Hadron Collider Testing the equivalence principle Water on Mars Neutron stars Bose-Einstein condensates Global Environment for Network Innovations Carbon nanotubes Bioconjugated quantum dots Cavity quantum electrodynamics Star mergers Photonic crystals Hydrogen production Global warming and hurricanes Slow light in optical fibers Catalysis of big bang nucleosynthesis by supersymmetric particles Oceanography Origins of the solar system James Webb Space Telescope Hydrogen storage Gamma-ray bursts Luminous red novae Hydrocarbon seas on Titan Nanocrystal lasers Black holes Gas heating in galaxy clusters Quantum computing Brown dwarfs Neutrino astronomy Axions Nanotechnology Atom interferometry Global warming Life sciences Nanoparticles in agricultural biotechnology Gene regulation in liver tissue of mice and humans Brca2 and DNA repair Evolutionary history of metabolism Intestinal microbes and metabolism Yoga and GABA levels Parthenogenesis in sharks Plasticity of adult-formed neurons and memory Evolutionary developmental biology of limbs Astrocyte theory of aging Synthetic evolution of new proteins Sexual orientation and performance on mental tasks Genomics of ocean microbes T cells Synaptic plasticity Agricultural biotechnology Visual discrimination of languages Cannabinoids and brain development Vitamin C production in plants Neuregulin-1 signaling in the brain MircroRNA and cancer Archaea DNA damage response Potassium channels and sleep Health and medicine Alzheimer's disease Diabetes Cancer Nanoparticles and siRNA in cancer therapy Tuberculosis Health benefits of green tea Sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes Gene therapy Stem cells Nanotechnology and nerve cell regeneration Hepatitis C Cannabis addiction Flavonoids and heart disease Health risks of high-fat, high-fructose diet Beneficial role of macrophages in metabolism and obesity Toxic shock syndrome Benefits of alcohol in delaying progression of dementia AIDS Hypertension Correlation of imaging and gene activity to detect cancer Genetic susceptibility to autoimmune diseases Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer therapy Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids Avian flu Malaria Stem cells and cancer History of obesity and disability in old age Parkinson's disease Antibiotic resistance Schizophrenia Diets and weight loss Hormone replacement therapy, COX-2 inhibitors, and heart disease risk Choline requirements in the diet C. difficile toxicity Yersinia bacteria infection Phosphorus and cardiovascular risk Benefits of alcohol in reducing heart attack risk Autism Leptin, ghrelin, and alcohol craving Crohn's disease

Physical sciences and technology

Faster growth of CO₂ emissions

1. May 21, 2007 - Recent CO₂ rises exceed worst-case scenarios
2. May 21, 2007 - Climate Changing Pollution Rising - Again
3. May 21, 2007 - World CO2 emissions speed up since 2000
4. May 21, 2007 - World CO2 output to rise 59 pct by 2030: U.S.
5. May 21, 2007 - Alarming Acceleration In Carbon Dioxide Emissions Worldwide - also here
6. May 22, 2007 - World growth spurs faster climate change: report
7. May 22, 2007 - Carbon emissions have sped up since 2000
8. May 22, 2007 - More Carbon per Kilowatt
9. May 22, 2007 - CO2 emissions increasing faster than expected
10. May 22, 2007 - Global carbon emissions in overdrive

DNA computing for diagnostic applications

1. May 21, 2007 - DNA Computer Works in Human Cells
2. May 22, 2007 - In A First, Scientists Develop Tiny Implantable Biocomputers

Extrasolar planets

1. May 21, 2007 - Astronomers seek life at end of rainbow

Star formation

1. May 21, 2007 - Star-forming Gasses Seen In Orion Nebula With Revolutionary Instruments

Large Hadron Collider

1. May 21, 2007 - Physicists Plan To Pop Protons

Testing the equivalence principle

1. May 21, 2007 - Testing the Equivalence Principle

Water on Mars

1. May 21, 2007 - NASA Rover Finds Surprising Evidence for Mars' Watery Past
2. May 22, 2007 - Hints of past hot springs found on Mars
3. May 22, 2007 - Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence Of Wetter Past - also here
4. May 23, 2007 - Even More Evidence for a Wet Mars
5. May 23, 2007 - Mars rover's disability leads to major water discovery
6. May 23, 2007 - Breathtaking Views Of Deuteronilus Mensae On Mars - also here

Neutron stars

1. May 22, 2007 - Chemistry of neutron stars modelled for first time

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. May 22, 2007 - Bose-Einstein Condensate Makes Sensitive Magnetometer - also here, here

Global Environment for Network Innovations

1. May 22, 2007 - Three Wishes For A Future Internet? GENI Project Will Soon Be At Your Command - also here, here

Carbon nanotubes

1. May 22, 2007 - Nanoscale Pasta: Toward Nanoscale Electronics - also here
2. May 23, 2007 - Tiny tubes set chemical reactions racing
3. May 24, 2007 - Nanotube textile could make super-light armour
4. May 27, 2007 - Bubbles offer solution to nanotube tangles

Bioconjugated quantum dots

1. May 22, 2007 - Evaluating Multiple Biomarkers With Quantum Dots
2. May 25, 2007 - Quantum Dots Reach Clinical Lab

Cavity quantum electrodynamics

1. May 22, 2007 - Scientists demonstrate quantum state exchange between light and matter

Star mergers

1. May 23, 2007 - Merging stars may explain mysterious observations

Photonic crystals

1. May 23, 2007 - Inverse Woodpile Structure Has Extremely Large Photonic Band Gap - also here

Hydrogen production

1. May 23, 2007 - Novel sugar-to-hydrogen technology promises transportation fuel independence

Global warming and hurricanes

1. May 23, 2007 - Global warming's impact on hurricanes more complex than thought
2. May 24, 2007 - Study Finds Hurricanes Frequent in Some Cooler Periods

Slow light in optical fibers

1. May 23, 2007 - Son et Lumiere

Catalysis of big bang nucleosynthesis by supersymmetric particles

1. May 23, 2007 - Catalyzing Primordial Nuclear Chemistry

Oceanography

1. May 23, 2007 - UCSD wins grant to launch massive study of the oceans

Origins of the solar system

1. May 24, 2007 - Did a One-Two Punch Form the Solar System?
2. May 24, 2007 - Our solar system started with a nudge, not a bang

James Webb Space Telescope

1. May 24, 2007 - Hubble's successor could be fixed in space after all

Hydrogen storage

1. May 24, 2007 - Hydrogen Breakthrough Could Open The Road To Carbon-free Cars

Gamma-ray bursts

1. May 24, 2007 - Gamma-ray Bursts Active Longer Than Thought - also here

Luminous red novae

1. May 24, 2007 - Astronomers Identify a New Class of Cosmic Explosions

Hydrocarbon seas on Titan

1. May 24, 2007 - Cassini Radar Images Sea, Islands and Mountains

Nanocrystal lasers

1. May 24, 2007 - Scientists create new type of nanocrystal
2. May 25, 2007 - Brighter Prospects for Cheap Lasers in Rainbow Colors

Black holes

1. May 24, 2007 - Wandering Black Holes Take Food With Them
2. May 30, 2007 - How To Spot The Speediest Black Holes - also here

Gas heating in galaxy clusters

1. May 25, 2007 - Booming sound waves heat up galaxy cluster

Quantum computing

1. May 25, 2007 - Marching Single File Toward Qubits

Brown dwarfs

1. May 25, 2007 - Brown Dwarf Star Joins The Jet-set - also here, here

Neutrino astronomy

1. May 25, 2007 - Scientists Build An 'Ice Top' At The Bottom Of The World - also here

Axions

1. May 25, 2007 - Quasar eclipses could clarify axion mystery

Nanotechnology

1. May 26, 2007 - New Fabrication Technique Yields Nanoscale UV LEDs - also here, here

Atom interferometry

1. May 26, 2007 - Atom Interferometry Displays New Quantum Tricks - also here, here, here, here

Global warming

1. May 26, 2007 - Warming threatens Arctic glaciers

Life sciences

Nanoparticles in agricultural biotechnology

1. May 21, 2007 - Scientists Demonstrate First Use Of Nanotechnology To Enter Plant Cells - also here, here

Gene regulation in liver tissue of mice and humans

1. May 22, 2007 - Mice And Men Make Livers Differently

Brca2 and DNA repair

1. May 22, 2007 - Repair Of DNA By Brca2 Gene Guides Embryonic Nervous System Development, Study Suggests - also here

Evolutionary history of metabolism

1. May 22, 2007 - Study Of Protein Folds Offers Insight Into Metabolic Evolution - also here, here

Intestinal microbes and metabolism

1. May 22, 2007 - Transplanting Human Gut Bugs Into Mice Helps Understanding Of Metabolic System - also here, here
2. May 23, 2007 - The Gut's Long Grip

Yoga and GABA levels

1. May 22, 2007 - Yoga May Elevate Brain GABA Levels, Suggesting Possible Treatment For Depression - also here, here

Parthenogenesis in sharks

1. May 22, 2007 - Study: Female Sharks Fertilize Own Eggs - also here
2. May 23, 2007 - Shark pup result of 'virgin birth'
3. May 23, 2007 - No Need for Dad: Female Shark Reproduces Without Sex
4. May 23, 2007 - Hammerhead shark gives "virgin" birth
5. May 23, 2007 - No Sex Please, We're Female Sharks
6. May 23, 2007 - Captive shark had 'virgin birth'
7. May 23, 2007 - Female Sharks Can Reproduce Alone, Researchers Find
8. May 24, 2007 - Shark has virgin birth

Plasticity of adult-formed neurons and memory

1. May 23, 2007 - Adult-formed brain cells important for memory
2. May 23, 2007 - New Neurons in Old Brains Exhibit Babylike Plasticity
3. May 24, 2007 - Adult brain cells rediscover their inner child - also here
4. May 25, 2007 - New Adult Brain Cells May Be Central To Lifelong Learning - also here

Evolutionary developmental biology of limbs

1. May 23, 2007 - Ancient gene kit came in handy for limbs
2. May 23, 2007 - Genes shed light on fish fingers
3. May 24, 2007 - New Genetic Data Overturn Long-held Theory Of Limb Development

Astrocyte theory of aging

1. May 23, 2007 - Reason For Mammals' Aging Lies In The Brain

Synthetic evolution of new proteins

1. May 23, 2007 - Scientists Evolve New Proteins From Scratch - also here

Sexual orientation and performance on mental tasks

1. May 23, 2007 - Sexual Orientation Affects How We Navigate And Recall Lost Objects, According To Study - also here

Genomics of ocean microbes

1. May 23, 2007 - New Method To Analyze Marine Microbe DNA - also here, here

T cells

1. May 23, 2007 - Thymic Nurse Cells Help Decide Fate Of Baby T-Cells - also here
2. May 30, 2007 - 'Nurse cells' make life and death decisions for infection-fighting cells - also here

Synaptic plasticity

1. May 23, 2007 - Key Pathway In Synaptic Plasticity Discovered - also here

Agricultural biotechnology

1. May 24, 2007 - Genetically Modified Crops Survive Weed-Whacking Herbicide
2. May 24, 2007 - Geneticists create 'next generation' of GM crops

Visual discrimination of languages

1. May 24, 2007 - Babies can spot languages on facial clues alone
2. May 24, 2007 - Parlez Vous English, Baby?
3. May 24, 2007 - Looking Language in the Face
4. May 25, 2007 - Babies show bilingual potential
5. May 25, 2007 - Babies Able To Tell Through Visual Cues When Speakers Switch Languages

Cannabinoids and brain development

1. May 24, 2007 - Marijuana-Like Chemicals Guide Fetal Brain Cells
2. May 25, 2007 - Endogenous cannabinoids linked to fetal brain damage imposed by maternal cannabis use - also here

Vitamin C production in plants

1. May 24, 2007 - Could Plants Be Engineered To Produce More Vitamin C? - also here

Neuregulin-1 signaling in the brain

1. May 24, 2007 - Check And Balance For Neuron Activity Provides Insight Into Schizophrenia, Seizures
2. May 25, 2007 - Activity In Brain Synapses Linked To Developmental Abnormalities With Schizophrenia Gene - also here

MircroRNA and cancer

1. May 24, 2007 - Tiny genes may increase cancer susceptibility, scientists find - also here, here

Archaea

1. May 25, 2007 - Archaea In Hot Springs Use Ammonia For Energy: May Shed Light On Early Evolution - also here, here

DNA damage response

1. May 25, 2007 - Analysis Reveals Extent Of DNA Repair Army - also here

Potassium channels and sleep

1. May 26, 2007 - Second Sleep Gene Identified

Health and medicine

Alzheimer's disease

1. May 21, 2007 - Hopes rise for Alzheimer's drug from Elan & Wyeth
2. May 21, 2007 - Elan, Wyeth Plan Advanced Trials of Drug - also here
3. May 21, 2007 - A drink a day may slow mental decline to dementia
4. May 23, 2007 - Immune antibodies penetrate neurons to clear Alzheimer's-linked amyloid
5. May 27, 2007 - Turning off gene makes mice smarter

Diabetes

1. May 21, 2007 - Chromium no help in controlling diabetes
2. May 21, 2007 - Sleep Apnea May Increase Risk Of Diabetes - also here

Cancer

1. May 21, 2007 - Birthmarks may signal risk of childhood cancer
2. May 21, 2007 - Chronic gum disease linked to tongue cancer - also here
3. May 21, 2007 - Discovery Of The Cellular Origin Of Ewing's Sarcoma
4. May 21, 2007 - Genetic Marker Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer - also here, here
5. May 21, 2007 - Statin Use Linked With Decreased Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates, Lower PSA Levels
6. May 21, 2007 - Soy Estrogens And Breast Cancer: Researcher Offers Overview
7. May 21, 2007 - Nanocomposite Labeled Cancer Cells Can Be Targeted And Destroyed Using Lasers - also here, here, here
8. May 21, 2007 - Papillomavirus Vaccine Could Reduce Rate Of Vulval And Vaginal Cancers
9. May 21, 2007 - Some Vitamin Supplements Don't Protect Against Lung Cancer - also here
10. May 22, 2007 - Fighting Cancer With Salmonella
11. May 22, 2007 - Chemotherapy Drug Shrinks Brain Tumors - also here
12. May 22, 2007 - Scientists Isolate Anti-cancer Compounds From Apple Peel
13. May 22, 2007 - Stopping The Spreading Of Tumours: A Possible New Therapy
14. May 22, 2007 - Breast MRI may help determine surgical management of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
15. May 23, 2007 - Life Long Vegetarian Diet Reduces The Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
16. May 23, 2007 - Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
17. May 24, 2007 - Chronic Gum Disease Associated With Tongue Cancer
18. May 24, 2007 - Aspirin's Colorectal Cancer Prevention Mechanism Revealed
19. May 24, 2007 - Researcher Lays Out Benefits Of Aspirin To Prevent Colon Cancer - also here
20. May 24, 2007 - Alteration In Gene Associated With Uterine Cancer Identified - also here
21. May 25, 2007 - Cruciferous veggies may ward off bladder cancer
22. May 25, 2007 - New Mouse Model Closely Mimics Human Cancers
23. May 25, 2007 - Close-up On Pancreatic Disease: How Do We Improve The Odds?
24. May 25, 2007 - Prostate Cancer: High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome - also here
25. May 26, 2007 - Red Wine Protects The Prostate, Research Suggests
26. May 27, 2007 - Researchers find big batch of breast cancer genes
27. May 27, 2007 - Some Cancers Linked To Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Study Suggests
28. May 27, 2007 - Possible New Breast Cancer Gene Discovered

Nanoparticles and siRNA in cancer therapy

1. May 21, 2007 - Targeted Nanoparticles Incorporating SiRNA Offer Promise For Cancer Treatment - also here, here

Tuberculosis

1. May 21, 2007 - Epidemiology Of TB: Updates From CDC
2. May 21, 2007 - Extremely drug-resistant TB spreading in India
3. May 22, 2007 - Extremely Drug Resistant TB, A Growing Problem In India

Health benefits of green tea

1. May 21, 2007 - Green Tea May Protect Bladder From Becoming Inflamed - also here, here

Sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes

1. May 21, 2007 - Sleep Apnea Increases Risk Of Heart Attack Or Death By 30 Percent - also here
2. May 23, 2007 - Sleep Apnea Increases Risk Of Diabetes And Hypertension In Pregnant Women - also here

Gene therapy

1. May 21, 2007 - Gene Therapy Restores Vision Cells In Blind Mice - also here
2. May 23, 2007 - Gene Therapy Used to Cure Mice Blindness - also here
3. May 24, 2007 - Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure In Animals - also here, here
4. May 25, 2007 - Gene therapy helps arthritis pain, damage in mice
5. May 25, 2007 - Experimental Gene Therapy 'Abolishes' Arthritis Pain And Lessens Joint Damage - also here, here

Stem cells

1. May 21, 2007 - Muscle Stem Cells Effectively Treat Urinary Incontinence Long Term
2. May 23, 2007 - Japanese scientists explore pluripotency
3. May 25, 2007 - Adult Stem Cells From Human Cord Umbilical Cord Blood Succesfully Engineered To Make Insulin - also here
4. May 25, 2007 - Cord blood stem cells produce insulin: researchers
5. May 26, 2007 - Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin: study

Nanotechnology and nerve cell regeneration

1. May 21, 2007 - Nanomedicine Opens The Way For Nerve Cell Regeneration - also here, here, here

Hepatitis C

1. May 21, 2007 - Study Suggests Cure for Hepatitis C - also here
2. May 22, 2007 - Cure For Hepatitis C Announced By Researcher - also here, here
3. May 22, 2007 - Hepatitis C drugs provide 'cure'
4. May 25, 2007 - Scientists Model Hepatitis C Virus

Cannabis addiction

1. May 22, 2007 - Plant extract may block cannabis addiction

Flavonoids and heart disease

1. May 22, 2007 - Study questions heart protection from flavonoids

Health risks of high-fat, high-fructose diet

1. May 22, 2007 - Watch What You Put In That Sippy Cup, Experts Warn - also here
2. May 24, 2007 - 'Supersize Me' Mouse Research Offers Grim Warning For America's Fast Food Consumers - also here

Beneficial role of macrophages in metabolism and obesity

1. May 22, 2007 - Scavenger Cells May Block Obesity, Study Shows

Toxic shock syndrome

1. May 22, 2007 - New, More Effective Treatment For Toxic Shock Syndrome - also here

Benefits of alcohol in delaying progression of dementia

1. May 22, 2007 - Drink A Day May Delay Dementia, Study Suggests

AIDS

1. May 22, 2007 - HIV's Effect On White Blood Cells Questioned By New Research - also here, here

Hypertension

1. May 22, 2007 - To Get Blood Pressure Under Control, Combination Of Medicines May Be Best - also here

Correlation of imaging and gene activity to detect cancer

1. May 22, 2007 - 'Star Trek'-type Scanning May Reveal Genetic Activity Of Tumors, Study Shows
2. May 22, 2007 - Imaging finding goes boldly into genetic frontiers - also here, here
3. May 23, 2007 - Decoding Gene Expression In Cancer Tumors Using Noninvasive Imaging - also here

Genetic susceptibility to autoimmune diseases

1. May 22, 2007 - Genetic research increases understanding of autoimmune disease risk

Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer therapy

1. May 22, 2007 - Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors

Health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids

1. May 22, 2007 - Fish oil urged for heart patients
2. May 23, 2007 - Fish oil plus exercise may banish body fat - also here

Avian flu

1. May 23, 2007 - Bird flu infects Vietnamese man: media
2. May 23, 2007 - Indonesian girl dies of bird flu: health ministry
3. May 26, 2007 - Chinese soldier ill with bird flu
4. May 27, 2007 - China reports human case of bird flu

Malaria

1. May 23, 2007 - Certain Combination Therapy Found More Effective For Treating Malaria In African Children - also here
2. May 24, 2007 - Vaccine Hope For Malaria - also here, here
3. May 25, 2007 - Team ID's Cell Mechanics Of Hallmark Malaria Protein - also here, here, here

Stem cells and cancer

1. May 23, 2007 - Stem Cells Provide Clues To Cancer Spread - also here, here
2. May 26, 2007 - Stem Cells May Look Malignant, Not Act It - also here

History of obesity and disability in old age

1. May 23, 2007 - Healthy Body Weight Throughout Adulthood May Help Delay Disability

Parkinson's disease

1. May 23, 2007 - Parkinson's Protein Protects Neurons From Stress-induced Cell Death - also here

Antibiotic resistance

1. May 23, 2007 - Resistance Genes In Our Food Supply - also here

Schizophrenia

1. May 23, 2007 - Check and balance for neuron activity provides insight into schizophrenia, seizures
2. May 24, 2007 - Study evaluates the effectiveness of Aripiprazole in adolescents with schizophrenia

Diets and weight loss

1. May 24, 2007 - Low-calorie foods spur healthy weight loss

Hormone replacement therapy, COX-2 inhibitors, and heart disease risk

1. May 24, 2007 - Anti-inflammatory Drugs Interact With Hormone Replacement Therapy, And More
2. May 24, 2007 - COX Inhibitors May Weaken Protective Qualities Of Estrogen Hormone Therapy

Choline requirements in the diet

1. May 24, 2007 - New study indicates that people may need more dietary choline than previously thought

C. difficile toxicity

1. May 24, 2007 - Understanding why C. difficile causes disease -- it's Hungry - also here

Yersinia bacteria infection

1. May 24, 2007 - How plague-causing bacteria disarm host defense - also here

Phosphorus and cardiovascular risk

1. May 25, 2007 - High phosphorus levels tied to heart disease

Benefits of alcohol in reducing heart attack risk

1. May 25, 2007 - Moderate Drinking Lowers Women's Risk Of Heart Attack - also here, here

Autism

1. May 26, 2007 - Gene in the frame for autism

Leptin, ghrelin, and alcohol craving

1. May 27, 2007 - Appetite-regulating Peptide Leptin Influences Alcohol Craving For Some Alcoholics

Crohn's disease

1. May 27, 2007 - New Treatment For Crohn's Disease Appears Promising - also here, here

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