Volume 6, Number 32 August 6, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Submillimeter astronomy Solar cells Black holes and active glactic nuclei Quintessence particles Global warming Fuel cells Flexible polymer digital storage Nanotechnology Ultrafast lasers Nanoelectronics Extrasolar planets Detection of extraterrestrial communications Graphene R Coronae Borealis variable stars Superconductivity Early solar system evolution Magneto-optic data storage Life sciences Cancer and body size Human gene copy number variation Proteomics Macrophages and autoimmune disease Evolution of skill acquisition Orangutan communication 3D visual perception Evolution of animal limbs Cancer biology Evolution of placental reproduction Regulation of cell size in bacteria Neurological development Brain-imaging studies Glia and circadian timing Human stem cells from parthenogenesis Language acquisition Visual perception of emotion in faces Active learning Neurochemistry of fear Nicotine addiction and cognitive benefits Skull differences between Neanderthals and modern humans Polycephaly Model of cell signaling Cell surveillance pathways Multicellularity and 'immune system' of amoebae DNA repair Lymphoid chemokines and immune response Toll-like receptors Fragile DNA and chromosome breakage Brain excitation waves Serotonin and sleep Fever response to infection Genetics of brain gender differences Health and medicine Autism Cancer and caffeine Possible cholesterol-control drug Hepatitis C Lupus Antibiotics Gene therapy Stem cells Tuberculosis vaccine Diabetes Cancer Cardiovascular disease AIDS Genes and antidepressant drugs Avian flu Nanoparticles and cancer Antibiotic resistance Nanoparticles for drug delivery and gene therapy Bipolar disorder Role of hostility, anger, and depression in inflammation Inflammatory Bowel Disease MircoRNA and cancer Anthrax Multiple sclerosis Fat metabolism and obesity Alzheimer's disease Regnerative medicine Cancer vaccine Antioxidants Malaria Migraine Psoriasis

Physical sciences and technology

Submillimeter astronomy

1. July 30, 2007 - Huge telescope to probe galactic origins

Solar cells

1. July 30, 2007 - Team Sets Solar Cell Record
2. August 1, 2007 - Researchers Think Pink To Produce 'Green' Solar Energy - also here

Black holes and active glactic nuclei

1. July 30, 2007 - New Type Of Active Galaxy Discovered - also here
2. July 31, 2007 - Some black holes are 'closet eaters'
3. July 31, 2007 - Hidden Black Holes Revealed
4. July 31, 2007 - Black Holes Exposed
5. August 2, 2007 - Supermassive black holes seen through dust

Quintessence particles

1. July 31, 2007 - 'Seesaw' explains light dark-energy particles

Global warming

1. August 1, 2007 - Stronger Evidence For Human Origin Of Global Warming - also here
2. August 1, 2007 - Asia's brown clouds heat the Himalayas
3. August 1, 2007 - Brown Haze from Cooking Fires Cooking Earth, Too
4. August 1, 2007 - Brown clouds boost global warming
5. August 1, 2007 - Early springs show Siberia is warming fast
6. August 1, 2007 - Asia's brown clouds 'warm planet'
7. August 1, 2007 - "Brown Clouds" Contribute to Himalaya Glacier Melt
8. August 2, 2007 - New statistical analysis confirms human role in climate change
9. August 2, 2007 - Pollution Amplifies Greenhouse Gas Warming Trends To Jeopardize Asian Water Supplies - also here
10. August 2, 2007 - Surface Warming And The Solar Cycle
11. August 3, 2007 - Europe's recent heatwaves aren't a mirage
12. August 3, 2007 - Europe hotter than thought in last century: study
13. August 3, 2007 - European heat waves double in length since 1880 - also here, here
14. August 4, 2007 - Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests
15. August 4, 2007 - European heatwaves 'have doubled'

Fuel cells

1. August 1, 2007 - Two Bacteria Better Than One In Cellulose-fed Fuel Cell - also here
2. August 3, 2007 - Nanotechnology Provides Bendy Sensors For Hydrogen Vehicles - also here, here

Flexible polymer digital storage

1. August 1, 2007 - Scientists Make Flexible, Polymer-Based Data Storage

Nanotechnology

1. August 2, 2007 - Automated Technique Paves Way For Nanotechnology's Industrial Revolution - also here, here
2. August 3, 2007 - Proposed 'Nanomechanical' Computer is Both Old-School and Cutting-Edge
3. August 3, 2007 - Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes - also here, here
4. August 15, 2007 - Engineers Ready A Blueprint For A Nanomechanical Computer

Ultrafast lasers

1. August 2, 2007 - Controlling Ultrafast Light Pulses: Big Step Toward Advanced Sensors, Communications - also here, here

Nanoelectronics

1. August 2, 2007 - Tunneling Electrons Do Math

Extrasolar planets

1. August 2, 2007 - Newfound Planet Has Earth-Like Orbit
2. August 3, 2007 - Planet Orbiting A Giant Red Star Discovered With Hobby-Eberly Telescope - also here, here, here

Detection of extraterrestrial communications

1. August 3, 2007 - Slim chance of tuning in to alien TV

Graphene

1. August 3, 2007 - Graphene Sniffs Out Dangerous Molecules - also here

R Coronae Borealis variable stars

1. August 3, 2007 - Star caught smoking

Superconductivity

1. August 3, 2007 - A Superconducting Ferromagnet at Normal Pressure

Early solar system evolution

1. August 4, 2007 - Crystals On Meteorite Reveal Clues To Early Solar System Evolution - also here

Magneto-optic data storage

1. August 4, 2007 - Laser flips magnetic bit without any help

Life sciences

Cancer and body size

1. July 30, 2007 - Are big beasts' cancers self-defeating?

Human gene copy number variation

1. July 30, 2007 - Duplicate genes help humans go the extra mile
2. July 30, 2007 - Gene Duplications Give Clues to Humanness
3. July 31, 2007 - Genomics Study Provides Insight Into The Evolution Of Unique Human Traits - also here, here
4. July 31, 2007 - Most complete primate gene study reported

Proteomics

1. July 30, 2007 - Proteomics: First Genome Sequencing, Now Protein Mapping

Macrophages and autoimmune disease

1. July 30, 2007 - Macrophages In The Spleen Regulate The Immune Response And Immune Tolerance

Evolution of skill acquisition

1. July 30, 2007 - Learning to evolve: With a little help from my ancestors

Orangutan communication

1. August 1, 2007 - Orangutans Play Charades When Misunderstood
2. August 2, 2007 - Orang-utan communication is like charades
3. August 2, 2007 - Orangutans Communicate As If They Were Playing Charades
4. August 2, 2007 - Orangutans use 'charades' to talk
5. August 2, 2007 - Two Fingers Means "Give Me a Banana"
6. August 2, 2007 - Orang-utans are cunning communicators
7. August 3, 2007 - Orangutans play charades to get food

3D visual perception

1. August 1, 2007 - 3-D brain centers pinpointed - also here
2. August 1, 2007 - 3D Vision Comes Into View

Evolution of animal limbs

1. August 1, 2007 - Coelacanth Fossil Sheds Light On Fin-to-limb Evolution - also here
2. August 10, 2007 - How the coelacanth got its fins

Cancer biology

1. August 1, 2007 - Normal But Out-of-control Enzyme May Be Culprit That Signals Some Cells To Become Cancer - also here, here
2. August 1, 2007 - Flip Of Genetic Switch Causes Cancers In Mice To Self-destruct - also here
3. August 3, 2007 - Unknotting DNA clue to cancer syndrome - also here

Evolution of placental reproduction

1. August 1, 2007 - Rare Example Of Darwinism Seen In Action - also here

Regulation of cell size in bacteria

1. August 1, 2007 - Researchers Find Pathway That Controls Cell Size And Division - also here, here

Neurological development

1. August 1, 2007 - Zebrafish Research Provides Answers About Neurological Development - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. August 1, 2007 - Hallucinations In Schizophrenia Linked To Brain Area That Processes Voices - also here, here
2. August 2, 2007 - When the music stops, the brain gets going
3. August 3, 2007 - The Sound Track of Our Minds
4. August 5, 2007 - Music Moves Brain To Pay Attention, Study Finds

Glia and circadian timing

1. August 1, 2007 - New study demonstrates important role of glia in circadian timing - also here

Human stem cells from parthenogenesis

1. August 2, 2007 - Fabricated stem cell line origin revealed
2. August 2, 2007 - Korean Cloned Human Cells Were Product of "Virgin Birth"
3. August 2, 2007 - Goal Achieved by Discredited Scientist
4. August 2, 2007 - S. Korean stem cells derived from eggs alone: study - also here, here
5. August 2, 2007 - Origin of Hwang's Stem Cell Line Explained
6. August 2, 2007 - Korean stem cells unmasked
7. August 2, 2007 - Stem Cell Case May Have Missed Advance
8. August 3, 2007 - Discredited Korean Embryonic Stem Cells' True Origins Revealed - also here
9. August 3, 2007 - Scientists prove that disputed Korean stem cell line comes from an unfertilized egg and not cloning
10. August 3, 2007 - Fraudulent Stem Cells Actually a Scientific First
11. August 3, 2007 - Shamed scientist's 'breakthrough'
12. August 3, 2007 - Hwang Woo-Suk, Korean Cloning Fraudster, Did Something Cool But Didn't Know It
13. August 4, 2007 - Stem cell fraudster accidentally created first 'virgin conception'

Language acquisition

1. August 2, 2007 - Computer model may explain toddlers' chattering
2. August 2, 2007 - How Baby Babbles Become Talking Tsunami - also here
3. August 2, 2007 - Secret to Toddler Vocabulary Explosion Revealed
4. August 3, 2007 - What Explains Toddlers' Linguistic Leap? Math
5. August 3, 2007 - Toddlers ready for 'language explosion'
6. August 3, 2007 - Why Do Children Experience A Vocabulary Explosion At 18 Months Of Age? - also here

Visual perception of emotion in faces

1. August 2, 2007 - Reading A Face Is Tricky Business - also here

Active learning

1. August 2, 2007 - Monkeys Learn In The Same Way As Humans, Psychologists Report - also here, here

Neurochemistry of fear

1. August 2, 2007 - Altering A Protein Makes Mice Less Fearful - also here, here

Nicotine addiction and cognitive benefits

1. August 2, 2007 - Two Nicotine Addiction Puzzles Explained

Skull differences between Neanderthals and modern humans

1. August 2, 2007 - Handsome by Chance

Polycephaly

1. August 2, 2007 - Mythical Monster Hydra in the Petri Dish

Model of cell signaling

1. August 3, 2007 - How To Predict Cells' Response To Drugs

Cell surveillance pathways

1. August 3, 2007 - Pathway That Eliminates Genetic Defects In Red Blood Cells Discovered - also here

Multicellularity and 'immune system' of amoebae

1. August 3, 2007 - Immunity in social amoeba suggests ancient beginnings - also here

DNA repair

1. August 3, 2007 - Where Broken DNA is Repaired - also here

Lymphoid chemokines and immune response

1. August 3, 2007 - Immune mechanism could help explain transient immune suppression often seen in acute infections - also here

Toll-like receptors

1. August 3, 2007 - Researchers Learn Why Immune System's Watch Dogs Howl - also here, here

Fragile DNA and chromosome breakage

1. August 3, 2007 - Biologists discover one reason why chromosomes break, often leading to cancer - also here

Brain excitation waves

1. August 4, 2007 - For The First Time, Patterns Of Excitation Waves Found In Brain's Visual Processing Center - also here

Serotonin and sleep

1. August 5, 2007 - Rotating Shift Workers Have Lower Levels Of Serotonin - also here, here

Fever response to infection

1. August 5, 2007 - Study identifies source of fever - also here, here
2. August 5, 2007 - Researchers pinpoint fever center in brain

Genetics of brain gender differences

1. August 5, 2007 - Organ removal gives female mice a masculine thrust
2. August 5, 2007 - Inside Every Girl Mouse Brain Is a Swaggering Boy Mouse
3. August 6, 2007 - Turning on the Female Brain
4. August 6, 2007 - Nose job turns dancing queen into macho man
5. August 6, 2007 - Sensory Organ, Not Brain, Differentiates Male And Female Behavior In Some Mammals - also here
6. August 6, 2007 - Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice

Health and medicine

Autism

1. July 30, 2007 - Pesticide link to autism suspected
2. July 31, 2007 - Increased White Matter Linked To Poor Motor Skills In Children With Autism - also here, here
3. August 5, 2007 - The Matrix Of Autism - also here, here

Cancer and caffeine

1. July 30, 2007 - Caffeine, exercise may help ward off skin cancer - also here, here
2. July 30, 2007 - Caffeine And Exercise Can Team Up To Prevent Skin Cancer
3. July 30, 2007 - Buzzed, fit and cancer-free
4. July 30, 2007 - Exercise Plus Coffee May Ward Off Skin Cancer - also here, here
5. July 30, 2007 - Caffeine, Exercise May Cut Skin Cancer
6. July 31, 2007 - Exercise and Caffeine Fight Skin Cancer? - also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
7. July 31, 2007 - Exercise and caffeine 'ward off skin cancer'
8. August 2, 2007 - Coffee Drinking Related To Reduced Risk Of Liver Cancer
9. August 6, 2007 - Combination of exercise and caffeine can fight skin cancer

Possible cholesterol-control drug

1. July 30, 2007 - Activation Of Liver X Receptor-Beta Lowers Cholesterol And Reverses Atherosclerosis

Hepatitis C

1. July 30, 2007 - Hepatitis C Helicase Unwinds DNA In A Spring-loaded, Three-step Process

Lupus

1. July 30, 2007 - Anti-viral Protein That May Predict Risk Of Developing Lupus Identified
2. August 2, 2007 - Controlling stress helps fight chronic diseases such as Lupus - also here

Antibiotics

1. July 30, 2007 - Researchers Watch Antibiotics, Bacteria Meet At Atomic Level

Gene therapy

1. July 30, 2007 - FDA Statement On Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
2. July 31, 2007 - Gene therapy trial on hold

Stem cells

1. July 30, 2007 - Using stem cells to help heart attack victims - also here
2. July 31, 2007 - System To Analyze Beating Heart Stem Cells Could Lead To Heart Attack Treatments - also here
3. August 1, 2007 - Scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation - also here, here
4. August 1, 2007 - Zebrafish study may point way to blindness cure - also here, here, here
5. August 3, 2007 - Initial trigger is not enough to determine a stem cell's fate

Tuberculosis vaccine

1. July 30, 2007 - Trials begin for 'essential' new TB vaccine
2. August 1, 2007 - New TB vaccine shows promise in animal studies
3. August 2, 2007 - Handicapping Tuberculosis May Be The Way To A Better Vaccine

Diabetes

1. July 30, 2007 - Scientists grow insulin in tobacco plants
2. July 31, 2007 - Insulin Grown In Plants Relieves Diabetes In Mice: Holds Promise For Humans - also here
3. August 4, 2007 - Reducing Inflammation Plays Key Role In Type 1 Diabetes Therapy - also here
4. August 7, 2007 - Insulin produced in genetically modified plants

Cancer

1. July 30, 2007 - Alcohol link to bowel cancer risk
2. July 31, 2007 - Two Drugs Work Better Together Than Either Alone Against Kidney Cancer
3. July 31, 2007 - Bacteria Residing In The Gut Boost Immune Response To Tumors
4. July 31, 2007 - Promising Treatment Target Found In Hodgkin Lymphoma - also here, here
5. July 31, 2007 - Alcohol consumption linked to bowel cancer
6. August 1, 2007 - Japan study finds coffee may prevent colon cancer
7. August 1, 2007 - Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
8. August 1, 2007 - Alcohol linked to bowel cancer
9. August 2, 2007 - More-Accurate Cancer Treatment
10. August 2, 2007 - Aggressive Therapy Best For Certain AML Patients
11. August 2, 2007 - COX-2 Inhibitors Delay Pancreatic Cancer Precursors In Mice - also here, here
12. August 2, 2007 - Gene Fusions Trigger Cancer Growth
13. August 2, 2007 - Shining Light On Pancreatic Cancer: Method Shows Promise For Early Detection - also here, here
14. August 2, 2007 - New minimally invasive sampling technique allows for earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
15. August 2, 2007 - Broccoli 'stops' prostate cancer
16. August 3, 2007 - Colon Cancer A Disease Of Hormone Deficiency, Scientists Suggest - also here
17. August 3, 2007 - Electric fields have potential as a cancer treatment - also here
18. August 3, 2007 - Radiofrequency Ablation Highly Effective In Treating Kidney Tumors, Study Shows - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. July 31, 2007 - Origins Of Cardiac Fibrosis In Patients With Heart Disease Illuminated - also here
2. August 1, 2007 - New research shows saturated and trans fats increase risk of severe heart attacks
3. August 2, 2007 - How A Pain In The Neck Could Be Bad For Your Blood Pressure - also here, here

AIDS

1. August 1, 2007 - Study Helps Explain How HIV Becomes AIDS
2. August 1, 2007 - Unfit viruses cause worse disease
3. August 2, 2007 - Discovery In Plant Virus May Help Prevent HIV And Similar Viruses - also here, here

Genes and antidepressant drugs

1. August 1, 2007 - Gene helps predict whether antidepressant will work

Avian flu

1. August 1, 2007 - India monitors four children after bird flu outbreak

Nanoparticles and cancer

1. August 1, 2007 - Gold Nanoparticles May Pan Out As Tool For Cancer Diagnosis - also here, here

Antibiotic resistance

1. August 1, 2007 - Could Pets Be A Source Of Multi Resistant Bacteria Infections In Humans? - also here

Nanoparticles for drug delivery and gene therapy

1. August 1, 2007 - Under Magnetic Force, Nanoparticles May Deliver Gene Therapy - also here, here

Bipolar disorder

1. August 1, 2007 - 'Wake-Up Pill' Under Study to Treat Patients with Bipolar Disorder - also here
2. August 3, 2007 - New Databases Put Wings On Search For Bipolar Risk Genes - also here

Role of hostility, anger, and depression in inflammation

1. August 2, 2007 - Hostility, anger linked to chronic inflammation
2. August 4, 2007 - Hostile Men Could Have Greater Risk For Heart Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

1. August 2, 2007 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetically Linked To Arthritis (Ankylosing Spondylitis)

MircoRNA and cancer

1. August 2, 2007 - Molecule Blocks Gene, Sheds Light On Liver Cancer - also here

Anthrax

1. August 2, 2007 - Taming The Anthrax Threat - also here

Multiple sclerosis

1. August 3, 2007 - Early interferon therapy may delay MS disability

Fat metabolism and obesity

1. August 3, 2007 - Fat-burning defect in liver may cause obesity

Alzheimer's disease

1. August 3, 2007 - Drug Improves Symptoms Of Severe Alzheimer's Disease

Regnerative medicine

1. August 3, 2007 - Scientists Move Closer To Bio-engineered Bladders - also here

Cancer vaccine

1. August 3, 2007 - Phase II Study Of Therapeutic Vaccine Shows Efficacy In Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer - also here

Antioxidants

1. August 3, 2007 - Native fruits bear sweet antioxidants - also here, here

Malaria

1. August 3, 2007 - Identified mechanism in the malaria parasite to help it adapt to infected individuals

Migraine

1. August 3, 2007 - Why Women Get More Migraines Than Men - also here

Psoriasis

1. August 4, 2007 - Drug Effective In Treatment Of Heavy Psoriasis Patients

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