Volume 6, Number 29 July 16, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Graphene spin valve Fuel cells Extrasolar planets Very early galaxies Solar activity and global warming Gamma-ray bursts Photonic crystals Global warming Nanotechnology Neutron stars Robotics Supercomputing Density waves in galaxies Supernovae Solar cells Dark energy and extra dimensions Surface plasmon polaritons Acoustic plasmons Molecular electronics Water on Mars Graphene Carbon nanotubes Möbius strip Life sciences Helicase and DNA replication Cancer biology Agricultural biotechnology Transfer RNA Vision and attention Speciation in plants Evolutionary developmental biology of flowers Sexual selection and biological diversity Synthetic biology Butterfly mimicry MicroRNA control of protein synthesis EGFR and myelination Neutral genetic drift Computer prediction of protein function Early human ancestors Brain-imaging studies Rapid butterfly evolution Model of early evolution Macrophage filopodia Cyanobacteria Recent human genome evolution Adiponectin, appetite, and metabolism Micro RNA Mitochondria and apoptosis Short-term memory Gene expression Developmental biology of fruit flies Neutrophils Mathematical modeling of embryo development Functions of non-coding DNA Health and medicine Avian flu Parkinson's disease Diabetes Prions Cardiovascular disease Cancer Cancer vaccines Stem cells Antibiotic resistance Fat metabolism Cancer drug delivery Alzheimer's disease Western diet and breast cancer risk Gene therapy for cancer AIDS MicroRNA and psoriasis Protein marker of visceral fat Stem cells and Parkinson's disease Metabolic syndrome

Physical sciences and technology

Graphene spin valve

1. July 9, 2007 - A new type of spin valve that uses graphene

Fuel cells

1. July 9, 2007 - Nanocrystals Key to Better Fuel Cells

Extrasolar planets

1. July 9, 2007 - Why Some Huge Planets Hug Stars So Tight
2. July 10, 2007 - Stellar Tiramisu: Astronomers Find Hints of Distant Planetary Pollution - also here
3. July 10, 2007 - NASA's Stardust And Deep Impact Will Observe More Comets And Extrasolar Planets
4. July 11, 2007 - NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien Planet - also here, here
5. July 11, 2007 - Water, water everywhere - on an extrasolar planet - also here
6. July 11, 2007 - Water Found on Distant Planet
7. July 11, 2007 - Scientists find signs of water beyond solar system
8. July 11, 2007 - Hot Jupiters Wet Too
9. July 11, 2007 - 'Clear Signs of Water' on Distant Planet
10. July 11, 2007 - Water found on distant planet
11. July 12, 2007 - Signs of water beyond solar system
12. July 12, 2007 - Astronomers find water on extra-solar planet - also here
13. July 12, 2007 - Astronomers detect water in distant planet's atmosphere
14. July 13, 2007 - Giant Outer Extrasolar Planets Are Rare, Survey Suggests - also here, here

Very early galaxies

1. July 10, 2007 - Baby galaxies sighted at dawn of universe
2. July 10, 2007 - Astronomers Strain to Glimpse Oldest Galaxies Yet
3. July 10, 2007 - Astronomers spot most distant galaxies ever seen
4. July 10, 2007 - Astronomers Find Farthest Known Galaxies
5. July 10, 2007 - Early Universe's First Stars Spied in Distant Galaxies
6. July 11, 2007 - Astronomers find the most distant known galaxies
7. July 11, 2007 - Astronomers claim galaxy record
8. July 14, 2007 - Telescope Gives Deepest View of Space - also here, here, here

Solar activity and global warming

1. July 10, 2007 - 'No Sun link' to climate change
2. July 11, 2007 - Sun's activity rules out link to global warming
3. July 11, 2007 - Study clears sun of global warming
4. July 11, 2007 - Sun's in the clear over global warming, says study
5. July 11, 2007 - New analysis counters claims that solar activity is linked to global warming

Gamma-ray bursts

1. July 10, 2007 - GROND Takes Off: Will Image Gamma-Ray Bursts - also here

Photonic crystals

1. July 10, 2007 - Nonlinearities could be strengthened by photonic crystals

Global warming

1. July 11, 2007 - Gloomy Outlook for Northeast Climate
2. July 12, 2007 - Study Paints Dire Picture of Warmer Northeast

Nanotechnology

1. July 11, 2007 - How To Make Polymeric Micro- And Nanoparticles - also here, here

Neutron stars

1. July 11, 2007 - Chandra Finds Star With a Mystery Partner - also here

Robotics

1. July 12, 2007 - Animal-like 'instinct' keeps robot marching
2. July 12, 2007 - Walking robot offers clues to human movement
3. July 12, 2007 - Robot unravels mystery of walking
4. July 12, 2007 - A bot's life
5. July 13, 2007 - A walking robot goes mountaineering - also here
6. July 15, 2007 - Lazy robots look more natural on the move

Supercomputing

1. July 12, 2007 - Supercomputing On Demand: New Resource for Rapid Response

Density waves in galaxies

1. July 12, 2007 - Astronomers Get Better View Of Density Waves In Galaxies - also here, here
2. July 25, 2007 - Astronomers Develop New Method To Describe Galaxy Features

Supernovae

1. July 12, 2007 - Astronomers discover the power behind supernovae
2. July 13, 2007 - The Gobbling Dwarf that Exploded
3. July 15, 2007 - Dwarf Star Gulps Giant To Form Supernova - also here

Solar cells

1. July 13, 2007 - Exfoliation produces lighter, cheaper solar cells
2. July 15, 2007 - Higher Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Created - also here, here

Dark energy and extra dimensions

1. July 13, 2007 - Is dark energy lurking in hidden spatial dimensions?

Surface plasmon polaritons

1. July 13, 2007 - On a Wire or in a Fiber, a Wave is a Wave - also here, here, here, here
2. July 17, 2007 - Understanding light at the nanoscale: a nano-sized double-slit experiment

Acoustic plasmons

1. July 13, 2007 - New Phenomenon In Physics Discovered On Illumination Of Metal Surfaces - also here

Molecular electronics

1. July 13, 2007 - Chemists Close In On Molecular Switch - also here

Water on Mars

1. July 13, 2007 - The origin of perennial water-ice at the South Pole of Mars - also here, here, here

Graphene

1. July 13, 2007 - Speed bumps less important than potholes for graphene - also here, here

Carbon nanotubes

1. July 14, 2007 - Nanotubes strengthen artificial muscles

Möbius strip

1. July 15, 2007 - Möbius strip unravelled
2. July 16, 2007 - Moebius Strip Riddle Solved at Last
3. July 16, 2007 - A New Twist on the Möbius Strip
4. July 16, 2007 - Moebius strip unravelled at last
5. July 17, 2007 - Shaping Up a Möbius Strip
6. July 26, 2007 - 'Endless Ribbon' Mystery Solved

Life sciences

Helicase and DNA replication

1. July 9, 2007 - Researchers Solve Mystery Of How DNA Strands Separate

Cancer biology

1. July 9, 2007 - Antibiotic Used To Treat Fungal Infections Also Kills Cancer Cells, Research Suggests
2. July 9, 2007 - Common gene link seen between prostate and colorectal cancer
3. July 10, 2007 - Digging for DNA that Drives Colon Cancer
4. July 11, 2007 - Advance Made In Search For Genes Associated With Colon Cancer
5. July 11, 2007 - Common Genetic Risk Factor For Colorectal And Prostate Cancer Identified - also here
6. July 15, 2007 - Potential new target for cancer found - also here, here

Agricultural biotechnology

1. July 9, 2007 - Genetically Engineered Maize Is Resistant To Maize Streak Virus - also here

Transfer RNA

1. July 9, 2007 - Study Goes 'Back to the Future' to Learn More About DNA Codes

Vision and attention

1. July 10, 2007 - From The Corner Of The Eye: Paying Attention To Attention

Speciation in plants

1. July 10, 2007 - Rapid Evolution Of Defense Genes In Plants May Produce Hybrid Incompatibility

Evolutionary developmental biology of flowers

1. July 10, 2007 - Decoding The Evolution Of Flowers: From Genomes To Petals

Sexual selection and biological diversity

1. July 10, 2007 - Best Males Have Less Successful Daughters

Synthetic biology

1. July 11, 2007 - Countdown to a synthetic lifeform

Butterfly mimicry

1. July 11, 2007 - Mimicry: Research Ends Debate Over Benefits Of Butterfly Defenses

MicroRNA control of protein synthesis

1. July 11, 2007 - How MicroRNAs Control Protein Synthesis - also here

EGFR and myelination

1. July 11, 2007 - Fundamental Protein Instrumental To Brain Development And Repair Identified

Neutral genetic drift

1. July 11, 2007 - Neutral Evolution Has Helped Shape Our Genome - also here

Computer prediction of protein function

1. July 11, 2007 - Researchers use new approach to predict protein function - also here

Early human ancestors

1. July 11, 2007 - Ethiopia yields ancestral fossils

Brain-imaging studies

1. July 12, 2007 - You can forget the unhappy past: study
2. July 12, 2007 - Bad memories can be supressed
3. July 12, 2007 - Fuggedaboudit, or Remember - It Just Takes Practice
4. July 12, 2007 - Research suggests brain can be trained to suppress bad memories
5. July 13, 2007 - Scans reveal how we suppress traumatic memories
6. July 13, 2007 - Learning to forget your unhappy past
7. July 13, 2007 - Emotional Memories Can Be Suppressed With Practice, Study Says - also here
8. July 13, 2007 - Feet That Know What Hands Are Doing

Rapid butterfly evolution

1. July 12, 2007 - Samoa butterflies quickly evolve, avoid extinction
2. July 12, 2007 - But Madame Butterfly, Where Are All the Males?
3. July 14, 2007 - Natural Selection At Work In Dramatic Comeback Of Male Butterflies - also here

Model of early evolution

1. July 12, 2007 - A First-principles Model Of Early Evolution - also here

Macrophage filopodia

1. July 12, 2007 - A Stepwise Retreat: How Immune Cells Catch Pathogens - also here

Cyanobacteria

1. July 12, 2007 - Piecing Together The Cyanobacteria Puzzle - also here

Recent human genome evolution

1. July 12, 2007 - Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed - also here

Adiponectin, appetite, and metabolism

1. July 12, 2007 - Insulin Sensitizer Also Serves As Energy-conserving Signal To The Brain - also here

Micro RNA

1. July 12, 2007 - Ago2 and hematopoiesis

Mitochondria and apoptosis

1. July 12, 2007 - Bak protein sets stressed cells on suicide path, researchers show - also here

Short-term memory

1. July 12, 2007 - Short-term memory ability may predict IQ
2. July 15, 2007 - Researchers Fine-tune Theories On How Short-term Memory Works

Gene expression

1. July 12, 2007 - Cells take risks with their identities - also here

Developmental biology of fruit flies

1. July 12, 2007 - Precision in fly patterning
2. July 18, 2007 - Fruit fly research may 'clean up' conventional impressions of biology

Neutrophils

1. July 13, 2007 - White Blood Cells Are Picky About Sugar - also here, here

Mathematical modeling of embryo development

1. July 14, 2007 - New Data About The Laws Governing Embryo Development In Organisms Emerge - also here, here

Functions of non-coding DNA

1. July 15, 2007 - One Man's Junk May Be A Genomic Treasure - also here

Health and medicine

Avian flu

1. July 9, 2007 - Six-year-old boy dies of bird flu in Indonesia - also here
2. July 9, 2007 - Indonesian boy dies of bird flu-health ministry
3. July 12, 2007 - Czechs confirm H5N1 bird flu at two more farms - also here

Parkinson's disease

1. July 9, 2007 - Study finds smoking wards off Parkinson's disease - also here
2. July 11, 2007 - Smoking Associated With Lower Parkinson's Disease Risk - also here
3. July 11, 2007 - People With Early Parkinson's Report Hallucinations, Sleepiness
4. July 11, 2007 - Two Distinct Parkinson's Networks Identified - also here
5. July 14, 2007 - Hope for new Parkinson's therapy

Diabetes

1. July 9, 2007 - Selenium supplements linked to diabetes in U.S. study
2. July 9, 2007 - Pumpkin: A Fairytale End To Insulin Injections? - also here, here
3. July 10, 2007 - New diabetes drug class effective, caution urged
4. July 10, 2007 - Chemical In Brain Acts Like A Fuel Gauge
5. July 10, 2007 - Cholesterol Drug Hits Diabetes With One-two Punch, Study Says - also here
6. July 10, 2007 - Selenium Supplements Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
7. July 11, 2007 - Anti-malarial drug may reduce risk of diabetes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
8. July 12, 2007 - Class Of Medications May Offer Alternative Option For Treating Type 2 Diabetes - also here
9. July 12, 2007 - Drug Derived From Gila Monster Saliva Helps Diabetics Control Glucose, Lose Weight
10. July 12, 2007 - Common Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Shows Potential For Diabetes Prevention - also here
11. July 13, 2007 - Trimming the waist may trim diabetes, heart risks
12. July 13, 2007 - Selenium Supplements Linked With Increased Risk For Diabetes In 8-year Study
13. July 15, 2007 - New Gene Linked to Type 1 Diabetes in Children
14. July 15, 2007 - Selenium Supplements May Increase The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes - also here, here
15. July 16, 2007 - Gene Discovered For Type 1 Diabetes In Children - also here
16. July 16, 2007 - Type 1 diabetes gene found

Prions

1. July 9, 2007 - Soil Particles Found To Boost Prion's Capacity To Infect
2. July 10, 2007 - Study Advances Variant CJD Prion Detection

Cardiovascular disease

1. July 9, 2007 - Blood Protein Offers Clues To Heart Attack In Seemingly Healthy People
2. July 9, 2007 - Older Patients Reap Positive Benefits With High Dose Statins, Study Finds
3. July 10, 2007 - New Heart Disease Risk Score Will Help Minimize Health Inequalities
4. July 12, 2007 - Higher statin dose cuts heart risk in elderly
5. July 12, 2007 - Newer beta-blocker doesn't up weight in diabetics
6. July 12, 2007 - Viagra Boosts Heart Performance And May Save Lives, Study Suggests - also here
7. July 13, 2007 - High Blood Pressure May Mask Potentially Deadly Heart Condition - also here
8. July 13, 2007 - High blood pressure medication strategy proves effective in Hispanic women - also here

Cancer

1. July 9, 2007 - Control Acid Reflux To Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer
2. July 9, 2007 - Breast Cancers Is More Aggressive In African-American Women, Study Shows
3. July 10, 2007 - Breast cancer drug backfires in rare cases
4. July 10, 2007 - Cancer Risk In HIV, Transplant Patients
5. July 10, 2007 - Analysis Confirms Benefits Of Combining Trastuzumab And Chemotherapy - also here
6. July 10, 2007 - Sausage additive linked to cancer
7. July 11, 2007 - Breast tumor genes no hinder to cancer survival
8. July 11, 2007 - Scientists Follow Familiar 'TRAIL' To New Cancer Therapy
9. July 11, 2007 - Tiny Tweezers And Yeast Help Explain How Cancer Drug Works - also here
10. July 12, 2007 - Scientists Gain Important Insights Into Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
11. July 12, 2007 - Gene's Activity Points To More Lethal Subtype Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
12. July 12, 2007 - Cell Toxin Found To Inhibit Survival Proteins In Cancer Cells - also here, here
13. July 13, 2007 - New breath test detects lung cancer - also here
14. July 13, 2007 - Outcomes of breast cancer may be inherited
15. July 13, 2007 - Temporary Improvement Of Tumor Blood Flow Can Improve Chemotherapy, Study Suggests - also here
16. July 13, 2007 - Risks And Benefits Of Folic Acid Fortification Considered - also here
17. July 13, 2007 - No Strong Link Between Tomatoes And Reduced Cancer Risk, FDA Finds - also here, here
18. July 13, 2007 - Kaposi Sarcoma Arises Independently From Multiple Cells - also here
19. July 13, 2007 - Antibody Retards Growth And Induces Death In Liver Cancer Cells - also here
20. July 13, 2007 - Cancer Cures Could Work For Canines And Humans - also here
21. July 13, 2007 - Nodal status is best predictor of outcome after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer - also here, here

Cancer vaccines

1. July 9, 2007 - First brain cancer vaccine approved in Switzerland
2. July 9, 2007 - Pioneering Treatment for Brain Cancer Gets Swiss Approval

Stem cells

1. July 9, 2007 - Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies - also here
2. July 11, 2007 - Scientists Peer Into Stem Cells in Live Brain
3. July 13, 2007 - Human Embryonic Stem Cells Are The Ultimate Perpetual Fuel Cell, Study Shows - also here

Antibiotic resistance

1. July 9, 2007 - Antibiotic resistance countered
2. July 10, 2007 - Disrupt an Enzyme, Destroy Drug-Resistant Superbugs
3. July 10, 2007 - Battling bad germs
4. July 12, 2007 - New Way To Target And Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Found - also here

Fat metabolism

1. July 10, 2007 - Fat switch may offer new obesity approach: study - also here
2. July 10, 2007 - Metabolic switch delivers healthy fat
3. July 12, 2007 - Scientists Find Brown Fat Master Switch - also here

Cancer drug delivery

1. July 10, 2007 - Bubbles deliver cancer drugs to tumors with a pop
2. July 13, 2007 - Nanobubbles Deliver Targeted Cancer Drugs Using Ultrasound - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. July 10, 2007 - New Risk Factors Discovered For Alzheimer's Disease

Western diet and breast cancer risk

1. July 10, 2007 - Western diet ups breast cancer risk among Chinese - also here
2. July 10, 2007 - Western diet linked to increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal Asian women - also here
3. July 10, 2007 - Western diet risk to Asian women
4. July 10, 2007 - Study links breast cancer to western diet in Chinese women
5. July 10, 2007 - Study Reveals Diet's Heavy Role in Cancers
6. July 12, 2007 - Cancer Risk Higher with Western Diet - also here, here, here
7. July 13, 2007 - Western-style 'Meat-sweet' Diet Increases Risk Of Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, Study Finds
8. August 4, 2007 - Western diet linked to high risk of breast cancer - study

Gene therapy for cancer

1. July 11, 2007 - Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer In Preclinical Trial - also here

AIDS

1. July 11, 2007 - Compound From Olive-pomace Oil Inhibits HIV Spread
2. July 11, 2007 - How HIV Interferes With Infected Cell Division - also here
3. July 13, 2007 - New treatment model for HIV - also here

MicroRNA and psoriasis

1. July 12, 2007 - Small Molecules May Explain Psoriasis - also here, here

Protein marker of visceral fat

1. July 12, 2007 - New Blood Test Might Offer Early Warning Of Deep Belly Fat - also here

Stem cells and Parkinson's disease

1. July 13, 2007 - Neuroscientist Comments On Stem Cell Study's Success In Helping Primates With Parkinson's

Metabolic syndrome

1. July 13, 2007 - Drinking milk cuts diabetes risk
2. July 13, 2007 - Boosting Key Milk Nutrients May Help Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk - also here, here
3. July 17, 2007 - Dairy lovers show lower metabolic syndrome risk

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