Volume 6, Number 26 June 25, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Black holes Global warming Nanotechnology Extrasolar planets NanoSQUIDs Hydrogen storage Climate modeling Supersolids Dark galaxies Carbon nanotubes Hurricanes and global warming Photonic crystal lasers Iron in the Earth's core Composition of mantle rock Quantum dots and teleportation Fundamental constants Quantum entanglement Gravity Probe B Pioneer anomaly Self-organizing systems Large Hadron Collider Gravitational waves Quark stars and extra dimensions Stellar weather Life sciences Chicken brain atlas Listeria monocytogenes virulence Circadian rhythms and gene expression Plant innate immunity Functional development of neurons Calorie restriction and longevity Memory T cells Stem cells from cloned primates Fat metabolism during exercise Communication between brain regions Enzyme mechanism Exobiology Neanderthals Proteomics Cell division Cancer biology Brain-imaging studies CO2 absorption by forests Brain's navigation system Microtubules Speech perception Gene expression in neurons Memory in blind people Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase and memory Mathematical model of tumor development Invertebrate innate immune systems Parthenogenesis in sharks Pitch perception Gene activation by CREB Therapeutic drugs from transgenic mushrooms Health and medicine Viral drug resistance Avian flu Stem cells Alzheimer's disease Cholesterol-lowering drug Rheumatoid arthritis Retinoic acid and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases TRAIL and inflammation control Artificial blood vessels RNAi therapy for brain diseases Metabolic syndrome High-fat diet, insulin resistance, and diabetes Diabetes Cancer Cardiovascular disease Lupus Nanoparticle drug delivery Drug delivery to the brain Zebrafish model of human obesity Myeloproliferative syndrome Parkinson's disease Mycobacterium avium infection Psoriasis Microfluidic cancer test AIDS Nanotechnology and cancer Buckminsterfullerenes and allergies Autism Anti-cholesterol gene Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease Tuberculosis Side-effects of NSAIDs Gene therapy Antibiotic resistance Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Physical sciences and technology

Black holes

1. June 18, 2007 - Do black holes really exist?
2. June 21, 2007 - No More Black Holes?
3. June 21, 2007 - Astronomers May Have Solved Information Loss Paradox To Find Black Holes Do Not Form - also here, here
4. June 22, 2007 - A Solution to the Black Hole Information Paradox

Global warming

1. June 18, 2007 - Med to get five times as many dangerously hot days
2. June 18, 2007 - Arctic Thaw Springs Forward
3. June 18, 2007 - Arctic spring comes two weeks early
4. June 19, 2007 - Arctic spring arriving weeks earlier
5. June 19, 2007 - Arctic Spring Comes Weeks Earlier Than A Decade Ago - also here, here
6. June 20, 2007 - Freak winter is Europe's warmest for 700 years
7. June 23, 2007 - Rising sea levels could divide and conquer Antarctic ice

Nanotechnology

1. June 18, 2007 - Electron beam 'carves' the world's smallest devices
2. June 22, 2007 - New nano-method may help compress computer memory
3. June 23, 2007 - Breakthrough In Nanomachining And Organic Molecular Breakdown - also here

Extrasolar planets

1. June 18, 2007 - Hopes Dashed for Life on Distant Planet
2. June 19, 2007 - New technique for observing faint companions
3. June 21, 2007 - Computer Models Suggest Planetary And Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres - also here
4. June 22, 2007 - Detecting Extra-solar Planets Now Easier With New ESO Imaging Spectrograph
5. June 22, 2007 - Telescope limitation could reveal exoplanets

NanoSQUIDs

1. June 19, 2007 - 'NanoSQUIDs' to improve magnetic microscopes

Hydrogen storage

1. June 19, 2007 - Clean Energy: Carbon Nanohorns For The Storage Of Hydrogen
2. June 19, 2007 - Practical on-board hydrogen storage is goal of new research project

Climate modeling

1. June 19, 2007 - Climate Models Consistent With Ocean Warming Observations - also here, here

Supersolids

1. June 19, 2007 - Single crystals go supersolid

Dark galaxies

1. June 20, 2007 - 'Dark galaxy' continues to puzzle astronomers

Carbon nanotubes

1. June 20, 2007 - Nanotube Adhesive Sticks Better Than A Gecko's Foot - also here, here
2. June 20, 2007 - Carbon nanotube injectors probe living cells without damage

Hurricanes and global warming

1. June 20, 2007 - Is Global Warming Causing An Increase In Hurricane Activity?

Photonic crystal lasers

1. June 21, 2007 - High-performing Room-temperature Nanolaser Uses Honeycomb-like Photonic Crystal - also here, here

Iron in the Earth's core

1. June 21, 2007 - Mystery Of Earth's Innermost Core Solved - also here

Composition of mantle rock

1. June 21, 2007 - Geophysicists Detect A Molten Rock Layer Deep Below The American Southwest - also here, here
2. June 22, 2007 - New Picture Of Earth's Lower Mantle - also here

Quantum dots and teleportation

1. June 21, 2007 - Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation

Fundamental constants

1. June 21, 2007 - Fundamental constant is pretty much constant

Quantum entanglement

1. June 21, 2007 - Single atom entangles two photons

Gravity Probe B

1. June 21, 2007 - Einstein's theory is put to the test in space

Pioneer anomaly

1. June 22, 2007 - Exotic cause of 'Pioneer anomaly' in doubt

Self-organizing systems

1. June 22, 2007 - Catching Waves: Measuring Self-assembly In Action - also here, here
2. July 5, 2007 - Engineers Provide Insight Into the Dynamics of Molecular Self-Assembly

Large Hadron Collider

1. June 22, 2007 - New start-up schedule for world's most powerful particle accelerator
2. June 22, 2007 - World's biggest particle collider to fire up next May, CERN says
3. June 22, 2007 - LHC will switch on in May 2008, says CERN
4. June 25, 2007 - CERN Announces New Start-up Schedule For World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator - also here

Gravitational waves

1. June 23, 2007 - Old Math Model Aids Search For Gravitational Waves

Quark stars and extra dimensions

1. June 24, 2007 - Astronomers look to quark stars for a fifth dimension

Stellar weather

1. June 24, 2007 - Stars May Have Weather
2. June 25, 2007 - Weather observed on a star for the first time
3. June 25, 2007 - Stars Have Earth-Like Weather
4. June 26, 2007 - A Stellar Forecast
5. June 26, 2007 - Big stars have weather too

Life sciences

Chicken brain atlas

1. June 18, 2007 - Inside the brain of a chicken

Listeria monocytogenes virulence

1. June 18, 2007 - Deprived Bacteria Grow Up Meaner

Circadian rhythms and gene expression

1. June 18, 2007 - Circadian Rhythms Dominate All Life Functions, According To Study

Plant innate immunity

1. June 18, 2007 - On The Defense: Conserved Features Of Plant Innate Immunity

Functional development of neurons

1. June 18, 2007 - Protein is linked to functional development of brain neurons

Calorie restriction and longevity

1. June 18, 2007 - Biologists link calorie restriction, endocrine function in worm longevity

Memory T cells

1. June 19, 2007 - How 'Memory' T Cells Curb The Spread Of Viruses Throughout The Body - also here

Stem cells from cloned primates

1. June 19, 2007 - Researchers Derive Stem Cells From Monkeys
2. June 19, 2007 - Stem cells from cloned primates
3. June 20, 2007 - Scientists move closer to human therapeutic cloning
4. June 30, 2007 - Human therapeutic cloning moves closer to reality

Fat metabolism during exercise

1. June 19, 2007 - Burning Fat And Carbohydrate During Exercise

Communication between brain regions

1. June 19, 2007 - You May Not Have Rhythm, but Your Brain Does

Enzyme mechanism

1. June 20, 2007 - How Enzymes Work: Central Mechanism Discovered - also here

Exobiology

1. June 20, 2007 - Plant Life On Extrasolar Earthlike Planets Could Be Black - also here

Neanderthals

1. June 20, 2007 - Neanderthal Man Was An Innovator

Proteomics

1. June 20, 2007 - General 'Control Switch' For Protein Activity Developed

Cell division

1. June 20, 2007 - Modeling Cell Division: How A Cell Interacts With Its Microenvironment

Cancer biology

1. June 20, 2007 - A Novel Approach To Cancer Therapy
2. June 22, 2007 - Targeting key proteins of carcinogenesis - also here, here

Brain-imaging studies

1. June 20, 2007 - Name that feeling: You'll feel better - also here
2. June 21, 2007 - Brain's Voluntary Chain-of-command Ruled By Not One But Two Captains - also here
3. June 27, 2007 - Putting Feelings Into Words Produces Therapeutic Effects In The Brain - also here

CO₂ absorption by forests

1. June 22, 2007 - Scientists Close In On Missing Carbon Sink - also here, here

Brain's navigation system

1. June 21, 2007 - Brain's Inertial Navigation System Pinpointed

Microtubules

1. June 21, 2007 - Surprising Origin Of Cell's Internal Highways - also here

Speech perception

1. June 21, 2007 - Zeroing In On The Brain's Speech 'Receiver' - also here

Gene expression in neurons

1. June 21, 2007 - Scientists Switch Gene Expression On And Off In Neurons - also here

Memory in blind people

1. June 21, 2007 - Blind People Have Superior Memory Skills
2. June 22, 2007 - Blind People Are 'Serial Memory' Whizzes

Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase and memory

1. June 22, 2007 - Dementia Discovery Chosen For Synchrotron Testing

Mathematical model of tumor development

1. June 22, 2007 - Mathematics Reveals Genetic Pattern Of Tumor Growth - also here, here

Invertebrate innate immune systems

1. June 22, 2007 - Invertebrate Immune Systems Are Anything But Simple - also here

Parthenogenesis in sharks

1. June 23, 2007 - Shark Expert Comments On Parthenogenesis
2. June 24, 2007 - Shark Bite Leads to Reproduction Mystery - also here

Pitch perception

1. June 24, 2007 - High notes really are high

Gene activation by CREB

1. June 24, 2007 - Genes Play An Unexpected Role In Their Own Activation, Study Shows

Therapeutic drugs from transgenic mushrooms

1. June 24, 2007 - Modified Mushrooms May Yield Human Drugs - also here, here

Health and medicine

Viral drug resistance

June 18, 2007 - Drug resistance doesn't always come from drugs

Avian flu

1. June 18, 2007 - Bird flu kills hundreds poultry in northern Vietnam
2. June 18, 2007 - Bird flu kills one in Vietnam
3. June 19, 2007 - New Insights Into Enzyme That Enables Avian Flu Virus To Spread
4. June 19, 2007 - Bird flu found in Siberian ducks
5. June 21, 2007 - Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death this month
6. June 22, 2007 - Togo confirms H5N1 bird flu virus at poultry farm
7. June 22, 2007 - Bird flu resurfaces in Vietnam
8. June 22, 2007 - Tamiflu could halve pandemic flu death toll: study
9. June 24, 2007 - Three cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Germany
10. June 24, 2007 - Deadly bird flu strain resurfaces in Germany

Stem cells

1. June 18, 2007 - Blood vessels in rats made from stem cells: study - also here
2. June 19, 2007 - Spare the Embryo, Save the Stem Cell
3. June 21, 2007 - Five Genetic Themes Key To Keeping Stem Cells In A Primitive, Flexible State Have Been Identified - also here
4. June 22, 2007 - Company says grows embryo-safe stem cells - also here
5. June 22, 2007 - How To Boost The Number And Function Of Cardiac Stem Cells
6. June 22, 2007 - Stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle

Alzheimer's disease

1. June 18, 2007 - Alzheimer's-associated Enzyme Can Disrupt Neural Activity In The Brain - also here
2. June 22, 2007 - Omega-3 Supplements Can Help With Alzheimer's Symptoms, Study Suggests - also here, here
3. June 22, 2007 - Paving The Way Toward A Vaccine Against Alzheimer's Disease - also here

Cholesterol-lowering drug

1. June 18, 2007 - New Mechanism Of Cholesterol Lowering Drug Discovered

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. June 18, 2007 - Risk Of Lymphoma In Rheumatoid Arthritis Decreased By Long-term Treatment With Steroids
2. June 18, 2007 - Increased Alcohol Intake Associated With Decreased Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis - also here
3. June 18, 2007 - Smoking, low levels of education and glucose tolerance increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
4. June 20, 2007 - One-fifth Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients In Drug-free Remission Following A Specific Treatment

Retinoic acid and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases

1. June 18, 2007 - Potential Role For Retinoic Acid In Autoimmune And Inflammatory Diseases Identified

TRAIL and inflammation control

1. June 18, 2007 - Hot On The TRAIL Of Controlling Inflammation In Bacterial Meningitis

Artificial blood vessels

1. June 18, 2007 - 'Off-the-shelf' Artificial Blood Vessels Developed - also here

RNAi therapy for brain diseases

1. June 18, 2007 - Research brings hope of curing brain disease

Metabolic syndrome

1. June 18, 2007 - College Students Face Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Metabolic Syndrome

High-fat diet, insulin resistance, and diabetes

1. June 18, 2007 - Uncoupling A High-fat Diet From Insulin Resistance And Diabetes

Diabetes

1. June 18, 2007 - Diabetes poses health risks early on, study finds
2. June 19, 2007 - Women With Diabetes Left Behind In Drop In Death Rates - also here
3. June 19, 2007 - U.S. notes rise in female diabetic deaths
4. June 19, 2007 - Study suggests ominous trend for women with diabetes
5. June 20, 2007 - Spoonful of cinnamon helps blood sugar stay down - also here
6. June 21, 2007 - A drink with meals lowers blood sugar afterwards
7. June 22, 2007 - Stroke risk doubles after diabetes diagnosis
8. June 22, 2007 - Insulin pill may mean end to daily shots
9. June 22, 2007 - 'Insulin pill' hope for diabetes
10. June 24, 2007 - Bristol, Glaxo diabetes drugs test new concept

Cancer

1. June 19, 2007 - Breast Cancer May Come From Dad
2. June 19, 2007 - Breast cancer genes can come from father - also here
3. June 19, 2007 - Toward A Much-needed New Test For Cancer Of The Urinary Bladder
4. June 19, 2007 - Prostate specific antigen: A review of PSA use in screening for prostate cancer
5. June 19, 2007 - Women with few older female relatives face cancer threat
6. June 20, 2007 - Family Tree can reveal much about Breast Cancer
7. June 20, 2007 - Breast cancer risk models flawed, study shows
8. June 20, 2007 - Bones mined for cancer-seeking missiles
9. June 20, 2007 - One-step Breast Cancer Treatment Combines Radiation, Surgery - also here
10. June 20, 2007 - Family Structure Size Could Affect Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Accuracy For BRCA Gene Testing - also here
11. June 20, 2007 - In 'Spontaneous' Liver Cancer, Researcher Sees A Cure - also here, here
12. June 20, 2007 - Gene Test Not Needed If Cancer Drug Given In Low Doses, Study Suggests - also here
13. June 20, 2007 - Breast cancer study halted
14. June 20, 2007 - Breast Cancer Drug Study Canceled
15. June 21, 2007 - Diet plus exercise up survival after breast cancer
16. June 21, 2007 - New Tumour Markers 'Spot The Differences'
17. June 21, 2007 - Novel Version Of Common Virus Pitted Against Cancer - also here
18. June 21, 2007 - Scientists show protein accelerates breast cancer progression in animal models - also here
19. June 22, 2007 - New Method For Combating Prostate Cancer Under Development - also here
20. June 22, 2007 - Potential New Cancer Drug Target Identified
21. June 22, 2007 - Sea squirt may help fight cancer
22. June 23, 2007 - Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Slow Prostate Cancer Growth
23. June 24, 2007 - Marker Predicts Pancreatic Cancer Outcome After Surgery, Surgeon Finds - also here
24. June 24, 2007 - New Treatment Slows Growth Of Colon And Liver Cancers In Mice - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. June 19, 2007 - Stroke raises long-term heart attack risk
2. June 19, 2007 - Blood pressure linked to development of glaucoma
3. June 20, 2007 - Bacterial Pneumonia Patients At Increased Risk Of Major Heart Problems - also here, here
4. June 20, 2007 - Study Revises Risk Factors for Women on Hormones
5. June 21 2007 - Middle-aged U.S. women seen with higher stroke risk - also here
6. June 21, 2007 - HRT may prevent heart symptoms in younger women - also here
7. June 21, 2007 - Estrogen Therapy In Younger Postmenopausal Women Linked To Less Plaque In Arteries - also here, here, here
8. June 21, 2007 - Enlarged Heart Linked To Obesity, Study Shows - also here, here
9. June 21, 2007 - More Women Than Men Having Mid-life Stroke - also here, here
10. June 21, 2007 - Postmenopausal hormone therapy and coronary disease -- the truth of the matter
11. June 21, 2007 - Estrogen use lowered one risk factor for heart disease among some younger postmenopausal women
12. June 21, 2007 - Doctors change course again on estrogen therapy
13. June 21, 2007 - Estrogen may benefit women in their 50s - also here, here, here
14. June 24, 2007 - Type 1 diabetes and heart disease -- Heavier may mean healthier

Lupus

1. June 19, 2007 - Over One-third Of Refractory Lupus Patients Remain Stable After Receiving B-cell Depletion Therapy
2. June 19, 2007 - Treatment Provided Improvement In Symptoms In 46 Percent Of Lupus Patients

Nanoparticle drug delivery

1. June 19, 2007 - Nanoparticle Offers Promise For Treating Glaucoma - also here, here

Drug delivery to the brain

1. June 19, 2007 - Blood-brain Barrier Breached By New Therapeutic Strategy

Zebrafish model of human obesity

1. June 19, 2007 - Fat Fish Put Obesity On The Hook - also here, here

Myeloproliferative syndrome

1. June 19, 2007 - Bone Marrow Microenvironment Can Contribute To Blood Cell Disorder
2. June 20, 2007 - Pre-cancerous Blood Diseases Can Be Products Of Their Environment

Parkinson's disease

1. June 19, 2007 - PINK1 protects from Parkinson's
2. June 20, 2007 - Protein Pathway Involved In Parkinson Disease Development Identified - also here
3. June 21, 2007 - Study identifies novel Parkinson's disease drug target
4. June 22, 2007 - High Blood Levels Of Urate Linked To Lower Risk Of Parkinson's Disease
5. June 23, 2007 - Novel Parkinson's Disease Drug Target Identified

Mycobacterium avium infection

1. June 19, 2007 - 'Acquired' DNA Key To Certain Bacterial Infection - also here, here

Psoriasis

1. June 20, 2007 - Long-term Etanercept Treatment Reduces Psoriasis Severity Without Increased Adverse Events

Microfluidic cancer test

1. June 20, 2007 - FISH On A Chip Offers Quicker, Less Costly Cancer Diagnosis - also here, here

AIDS

1. June 21, 2007 - Ancient trade-off may explain why humans get HIV
2. June 21, 2007 - Ancient disease resistance made us vulnerable to HIV
3. June 21, 2007 - Defense against Ancient Virus Opened Door to HIV
4. June 21, 2007 - Ancient viral battle left people vulnerable to HIV
5. June 21, 2007 - Fossil Virus Gives Clues to HIV Susceptibility
6. June 22, 2007 - Human Immunity To 'Viral Fossil' May Help Explain Our Vulnerability To HIV
7. June 23, 2007 - HIV infection theory challenged

Nanotechnology and cancer

1. June 21, 2007 - Nanospheres leave cancer no place to hide
2. June 24, 2007 - Nanoparticle Seeks Out And Binds With Cancer Cells - also here

Buckminsterfullerenes and allergies

1. June 21, 2007 - Buckyballs To Fight Allergy? - also here
2. July 6, 2007 - Buckyballs could help fight allergies

Autism

1. June 21, 2007 - Autism-related Proteins Control Nerve Excitability, Researchers Find - also here, here
2. June 22, 2007 - Study links autism with growth hormones, big heads

Anti-cholesterol gene

1. June 21, 2007 - Anti-cholesterol gene found in Italians

Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease

1. June 21, 2007 - Gene therapy study shows safety and statistically significant improvement in Parkinson's disease - also here, here
2. June 21, 2007 - Promising results from first gene therapy clinical trial for Parkinson's disease reported - also here
3. June 21, 2007 - Gene therapy offers hope for easing Parkinson's
4. June 22, 2007 - Gene therapy success for Parkinson's patients
5. June 22, 2007 - Genzyme bets on gene therapy as others steer clear
6. June 22, 2007 - Gene therapy treatment offers Parkinson's relief
7. June 22, 2007 - Parkinson's Gene Therapy Breakthrough May Enter Clinical Trials by Year-End
8. June 22, 2007 - A Gene Fix for Parkinson's?
9. June 22, 2007 - Gene therapy promise for Parkinson's
10. June 23, 2007 - New Treatment Promising for Parkinson's - also here
11. June 25, 2007 - Gene Therapy For Parkinson's Disease Is Safe And Some Patients Benefit, According To Study - also here

Tuberculosis

1. June 22, 2007 - Up to 30,000 have new untreatable form of TB: WHO

Side-effects of NSAIDs

1. June 22, 2007 - Why Do Common Anti-inflammatory Drugs Harm Intestines? - also here

Gene therapy

1. June 23, 2007 - Could gene therapy help alcoholics stay on the wagon?

Antibiotic resistance

1. June 24, 2007 - New Pathway Found To Thwart Antibiotic Resistance

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1. June 24, 2007 - Drug resistant super-bug is poised to enter UK population, say campaigners

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