Volume 6, Number 33 August 13, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Extrasolar planets 4-way galaxy merger Gamma-ray bursts Global warming Organic compound synthesis Carbon-rich supergiant stars Climate modeling Proposed dark matter candidate Water on Mars Graphene Nanotechnology Nanohole data storage Supergiant stars Very early ultraluminous infrared galaxies Deep ocean turbulence and climate Permian-Triassic mass extinction Controlled nuclear fusion Quasars MEMS Lab on a chip Life sciences Ancient bacteria Memory reinforcement with exercise and stimulation Nerve cell modulator Gene transcription Carbon sequestration in trees Human evolution Cancer biology HDL cholesterol Cloning Skeletal regulation of metabolism Antidepressants Memory and maturity Categorization and brain networks Cell motility Bacillus anthracis Adaptive mutation rate in bacteria Ancient microbial remains Neanderthals DNA repair Direct path for extracellular material to nucleus Health and medicine Caffeine and memory function Stem cells Cancer Alzheimer's disease Diabetes Gene therapy Dopamine and ADHD Metabolic syndrome Psoriasis Malaria Genes and antidepressant drugs AIDS Cardiovascular disease Crohn's disease Drug delivery AMPK, obesity, and diabetes Leptin and food craving Stem cells and Alzheimer's disease Estrogen deficiency, hypertension, and obesity Avian flu Genetics of schizophrenia

Physical sciences and technology

Extrasolar planets

1. August 6, 2007 - Largest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Found Around A Distant Star - also here, here, here
2. August 6, 2007 - Keck Confirms Largest Exoplanet to Date
3. August 6, 2007 - Largest known exoplanet puzzles astronomers
4. August 6, 2007 - Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered
5. August 6, 2007 - Alien planet 'could float on water'
6. August 7, 2007 - Team finds largest exoplanet yet
7. August 7, 2007 - Mega-planet spotted orbiting fading star
8. August 7, 2007 - Down the Stellar Hatch
9. August 8, 2007 - The Most Puffed-Up Planet
10. August 8, 2007 - Scientists Discover Largest-Known Planet - also here
11. August 17, 2007 - Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets Like Earth May Have Formed Around Other Stars - also here, here

4-way galaxy merger

1. August 6, 2007 - Spitzer Space Telescope Spies Monster Galaxy Pileup - also here, here
2. August 6, 2007 - Largest merger of galaxies discovered
3. August 6, 2007 - Astronomers Witness Whopper Galaxy Collision
4. August 6, 2007 - Galaxies clash in four-way merger
5. August 7, 2007 - Monster galaxy pileup sighted
6. August 7, 2007 - Colossal Four-Galaxy Collision Discovered
7. August 8, 2007 - Four-Galaxy Pileup Caught on Cosmic Camera
8. August 9, 2007 - Galaxy Monster Mash

Gamma-ray bursts

1. August 7, 2007 - Nearby black hole caught burping gamma rays

Global warming

1. August 7, 2007 - Early 2007 saw record-breaking extreme weather: U.N.
2. August 9, 2007 - Glaciers wasting away on Mexico's legendary peaks
3. August 9, 2007 - U.S. Coal-Burning Boom Drastically Warmed Arctic
4. August 9, 2007 - Humans Leave Sooty Footprint in Arctic - also here
5. August 10, 2007 - Rising temperatures "will stunt rainforest growth"
6. August 10, 2007 - Arctic sea ice 'lowest in recorded history': scientists
7. August 10, 2007 - Soot 'influences Arctic climate'

Organic compound synthesis

1. August 7, 2007 - New Oxidation Methods Streamline Synthesis Of Important Compounds

Carbon-rich supergiant stars

1. August 7, 2007 - Star Caught Smoking
2. August 7, 2007 - Dust Cloud Sheds Light on Stellar Brightness Phenomenon
3. August 8, 2007 - Astronomers close in on cause of 'smoking' stars
4. August 8, 2007 - Stars that Smoke

Climate modeling

1. August 7, 2007 - Researchers Work To Track North American Climate Change
2. August 9, 2007 - Prepare for another ten scorching years
3. August 9, 2007 - Model approach to climate prediction
4. August 9, 2007 - Global warming forecast predicts rise in 2014
5. August 9, 2007 - Climate model predicts hot decade
6. August 9, 2007 - Global warming will step up after 2009: scientists
7. August 9, 2007 - Ten-year climate model unveiled
8. August 10, 2007 - The forecast for 2014...
9. August 10, 2007 - Global warming: Met Office predicts plateau then record temperatures
10. August 10, 2007 - Global warming to step up after 2009
11. August 12, 2007 - Scientists try new ways to predict climate risks

Proposed dark matter candidate

1. August 7, 2007 - New Dark Matter Candidate Proposed

Water on Mars

1. August 7, 2007 - Mars Meteorites Create Water Mystery

Graphene

1. August 7, 2007 - Graphene could bridge terahertz gap

Nanotechnology

1. August 9, 2007 - Nano 'resonators' form tiny logic gate
2. August 9, 2007 - Ultra-strong, flexible nanofiber-based 'paper' step closer to commercialization
3. August 9, 2007 - Nanoparticle Technique Could Lead To Improved Semiconductors - also here, here
4. August 9, 2007 - Why are silver clusters magnetic?
5. August 10, 2007 - Side-to-side Shaking Of Nanoresonators Throws Off Impurities - also here, here
6. August 10, 2007 - Researchers Directly Deposit Gold Nanoparticles In Suspension - also here, here

Nanohole data storage

1. August 9, 2007 - Ideally Ordered Nanohole Patterned Media Enables Capacity Potential to 1.2TB for 2.5'' HDD

Supergiant stars

1. August 9, 2007 - Largest swarm of giant stars is a 'supernova factory'

Very early ultraluminous infrared galaxies

1. August 9, 2007 - Astronomers Spot Brightest Galaxies in the Distant Universe - also here
2. August 9, 2007 - Astronomers Spot Most Distant Bright Galaxies
3. August 10, 2007 - Growing Up Fast in the Cosmos
4. August 13, 2007 - Bright Galaxies Hidden In Distant Universe Unveiled
5. August 15, 2007 - Bright Galaxies You Can't See

Deep ocean turbulence and climate

1. August 10, 2007 - One Of Deep Ocean's Most Turbulent Areas Has Big Impact On Climate - also here, here

Permian-Triassic mass extinction

1. August 10, 2007 - What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth - also here, here

Controlled nuclear fusion

1. August 10, 2007 - Coil design confines plasma in stellarator fusion reactor

Quasars

1. August 10, 2007 - Quasars Caught Eating Galaxies

MEMS

1. August 10, 2007 - Physicists minimize 'sticky friction' in tiny machines

Lab on a chip

1. August 11, 2007 - Researchers Developing Diagnostic 'Lab On A Chip' - also here, here

Life sciences

Ancient bacteria

1. August 6, 2007 - Life From the Oldest Ice?
2. August 7, 2007 - Scientists revive life frozen in Antarctic
3. August 13, 2007 - Locked In Glaciers, Ancient Ice May Return To Life As Glaciers Melt

Memory reinforcement with exercise and stimulation

1. August 6, 2007 - Exercise And Mental Stimulation Both Boost Mouse Memory Late In Life - also here, here

Nerve cell modulator

1. August 6, 2007 - Discovery Of Novel Nerve Cell Modulator Offers Potential For Mood Disorders, Epilepsy Treatments - also here

Gene transcription

1. August 7, 2007 - Scientists Discover The Dynamics Of Transcription In Living Mammalian Cells - also here

Carbon sequestration in trees

1. August 7, 2007 - Carbon Dioxide 'Tree Banking' May Help, Provided Trees Have Optimal Water And Nutrient Levels - also here, here

Human evolution

1. August 8, 2007 - Early Human Fossils Change Concepts of Human Evolution
2. August 8, 2007 - Fossils paint new picture of human evolution
3. August 8, 2007 - Twin fossil find adds twist to human evolution
4. August 8, 2007 - Fossil Discoveries Challenge Theory of Human Evolution
5. August 8, 2007 - New Fossils Illustrate "Bushiness" of Human Evolution
6. August 8, 2007 - The Human Family Shrub?
7. August 8, 2007 - Kenyan Fossils May Add New Branch to Human Family Tree
8. August 8, 2007 - Finds test human origins theory
9. August 8, 2007 - Fossils Challenge Old Evolution Theory - also here, here
10. August 9, 2007 - Kenyan fossils reveal early human evolution
11. August 9, 2007 - Fossils in Kenya Challenge Linear Evolution
12. August 9, 2007 - Anthropologists split on what fossil find means about early humans
13. August 9, 2007 - Fossils in Kenya Challenge Linear Evolution
14. August 9, 2007 - Ancient human fossils show women much smaller - also here
15. August 9, 2007 - Evolution theory overhauled after the discovery of 'handy man' fossil
16. August 9, 2007 - African skulls find throws story of human evolution into disarray
17. August 9, 2007 - New fossils rewrite human family tree
18. August 9, 2007 - New fossils reveal different theory on human ancestors
19. August 9, 2007 - New fossil finds challenge story of human evolution
20. August 9, 2007 - Were early humanlike species neighbors?
21. August 13, 2007 - New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views On Early Evolution Of Our Genus Homo

Cancer biology

1. August 8, 2007 - First Detailed View Of Molecular Structure May Usher In New Class Of Cancer Drugs
2. August 9, 2007 - Scientists Discover A Control Mechanism For Metastasis - also here
3. August 10, 2007 - Pathway Links Inflammation, Angiogenesis And Breast Cancer - also here, here
4. August 10, 2007 - A New Understanding of Mechanisms That Trigger Cancer Cell Growth - also here

HDL cholesterol

1. August 8, 2007 - Metabolic Study In Mice Could Lead To 'Good Cholesterol' Boosters - also here

Cloning

1. August 8, 2007 - In Japan, world-first fourth generation cloned pig - also here
2. August 8, 2007 - Fourth-Generation Pig Cloned in Japan - also here

Skeletal regulation of metabolism

1. August 9, 2007 - Is Bone-Fat Chitchat the Key to Weight Control?
2. August 9, 2007 - Not Just Meat Scaffolding
3. August 9, 2007 - Not just a bunch of bones
4. August 10, 2007 - Skeleton Is An Endocrine Organ, Crucial To Regulating Energy Metabolism - also here
5. August 11, 2007 - Skeletal Discovery: Bone cells affect metabolism

Antidepressants

1. August 9, 2007 - How antidepressant drugs work as roadblocks for brain chemicals
2. August 13, 2007 - Happy Days: Unraveling the Mystery of How Antidepressants Work

Memory and maturity

1. August 9, 2007 - Maturity Brings Richer Memories - also here

Categorization and brain networks

1. August 9, 2007 - How Dynamic Brain Networks Enable Object Recognition

Cell motility

1. August 9, 2007 - How Cells Change The Pace Of Their Steps

Bacillus anthracis

1. August 9, 2007 - Anthrax Bacterium's Deadly Secrets Probed - also here, here

Adaptive mutation rate in bacteria

1. August 10, 2007 - The best is the enemy of the good

Ancient microbial remains

1. August 10, 2007 - Microbial Remains Of Some Of The Oldest Forms Of Life Discovered - also here, here

Neanderthals

1. August 10, 2007 - Early Modern Human Skull Includes Surprising Neanderthal Feature

DNA repair

1. August 10, 2007 - Chromatin Remodeling Complex Connected To DNA Damage Control - also here, here

Direct path for extracellular material to nucleus

1. August 12, 2007 - New, More Direct Pathways From Outside The Cell-to-cell Nuclei Discovered - also here, here

Health and medicine

Caffeine and memory function

1. August 6, 2007 - Does Caffeine Perk Up Memory?
2. August 6, 2007 - Coffee may slow memory declines in women: study - also here
3. August 6, 2007 - Coffee May Protect Women's Memory, Study Says
4. August 6, 2007 - Memory Slow? Drink Some Joe - also here
5. August 7, 2007 - Coffee 'protects female memory'
6. August 7, 2007 - In Women, Caffeine May Protect Memory - also here, here
7. August 7, 2007 - Caffeine May Protect Memory in Women
8. August 7, 2007 - Regular consumption of coffee may help protect memory in older women
9. August 7, 2007 - Coffee may slow memory decline in women: study
10. August 8, 2007 - Caffeine May Slow Cognitive Decline in Women
11. August 20, 2007 - In Women, Caffeine May Protect Memory

Alzheimer's disease

1. August 6, 2007 - Researchers show Alzheimer's, Glaucoma link
2. August 6, 2007 - Enemy of Brain and Eye
3. August 6, 2007 - Reversing The Signs Of Alzheimer's
4. August 7, 2007 - Alzheimer's Disease Linked To Glaucoma - also here
5. August 7, 2007 - Metal Ions Linked To Neurodegenerative Disease - also here
6. August 14, 2007 - Metals Linked To Alzheimer's And Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

Stem cells

1. August 6, 2007 - Stem Cell Therapy Rescues Motor Neurons In ALS Model
2. August 7, 2007 - Not All Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Are Created Equal - also here
3. August 8, 2007 - Stem Cell Transplantation Procedure Results In Long-term Survival For Amyloidosis Patients - also here
4. August 8, 2007 - Engineers Force Open Novel Protein Targets Within Stem Cells And Blood Cells
5. August 10, 2007 - Functioning Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Produced

Cancer

1. August 6, 2007 - New Lung Tumor-suppressor Gene Discovered - also here
2. August 6, 2007 - Defects in critical gene lead to accelerated lung tumor growth
3. August 7, 2007 - Choline may increase odds of polyps: study
4. August 8, 2007 - Diets High In Choline May Increase Risk For Colorectal Polyps - also here
5. August 8, 2007 - Scientists develop new test for liver cancer - also here, here, here
6. August 8, 2007 - High-Intensity Ultrasound May Launch Attack On Cancer, Wherever It Lurks - also here, here
7. August 8, 2007 - Light shines way to early detection of oral cancer
8. August 8, 2007 - Belgian, Chinese experts invent test to detect early liver cancer
9. August 9, 2007 - Chemists Kill Cancer Cells With Light-activated Molecules - also here
10. August 9, 2007 - Prior Testicular Cancer Diagnosis Has Little Impact On Second Cancer Survival
11. August 9, 2007 - New Test Improves Detection Of Liver Cancer - also here, here, here
12. August 10, 2007 - No Evidence That Widely Prescribed Statins Protect Against Prostate Cancer - also here, here
13. August 10, 2007 - New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer - also here
14. August 11, 2007 - Why Persistent Acid Reflux Sometimes Turns Into Cancer: New Clues - also here
15. August 12, 2007 - Green Tea Boosts Production Of Detox Enzymes, Rendering Cancerous Chemicals Harmless - also here, here

Diabetes

1. August 6, 2007 - Identifying The Mechanism Behind A Genetic Susceptibility To Type 2 Diabetes
2. August 7, 2007 - Diabetes problems 'vitamin link'
3. August 11, 2007 - Vitamin B1 Deficiency Key To Vascular Problems For Diabetic Patients, Study Suggests

Gene therapy

1. August 6, 2007 - Gene Therapy: Identifying Where Genes Can Successfully Integrate
2. August 8, 2007 - Teamwork Between Two Key Proteins Necessary For Normal Development And Regulation Of Red Blood Cells - also here
3. August 10, 2007 - Reasons For Severe Blindness Illluminated

Dopamine and ADHD

1. August 6, 2007 - Brain chemical has key role in ADHD: studies - also here, here
2. August 7, 2007 - Gene variant is associated with brain anatomy, clinical course of ADHD - also here
3. August 8, 2007 - ADHD Appears To Be Associated With Depressed Dopamine Activity In The Brain - also here
4. August 9, 2007 - Adult ADHD linked with dopamine levels
5. August 10, 2007 - Gene Predicts Better Outcome As Cortex Normalizes In Teens With ADHD

Metabolic syndrome

1. August 7, 2007 - Metabolic syndrome in kids ups adult heart risk

Psoriasis

1. August 7, 2007 - Green Tea Holds Promise As New Treatment For Inflammatory Skin Diseases - also here, here

Malaria

1. August 7, 2007 - Mechanism In The Malaria Parasite Aids Its Adaptation To Infected Individuals

Genes and antidepressant drugs

1. August 7, 2007 - Tailor-made Antidepressants? - also here

AIDS

1. August 7, 2007 - FDA approves antiretroviral drug
2. August 11, 2007 - Virus-specific drug approved for HIV
3. August 13, 2007 - FDA Approves Novel Antiretroviral Drug

Cardiovascular disease

1. August 8, 2007 - Novel Candidate Biomarker For Heart Failure Also Strongly Predicts Risk Of Death - also here
2. August 8, 2007 - Statin Drugs May Delay Progressive Artery Damage In Children
3. August 8, 2007 - Managing stress cuts stroke risk
4. August 9, 2007 - Migraines raise women's stroke risk: study
5. August 9, 2007 - Blood-Pressure Lowering Medication Significantly Reduced Stroke and Death Risk In Elderly - also here
6. August 9, 2007 - Testosterone Replacement Therapy
7. August 10, 2007 - Too Many Vitamins? One Antioxidant Linked To Heart Disease, Study Shows
8. August 10, 2007 - Preclinical Study Links Gene To Brain Aneurysm Formation - also here, here
9. August 10, 2007 - Antioxidant overload may underlie a heritable human disease - also here, here
10. August 10, 2007 - Reductive stress linked to heart disease
11. August 11, 2007 - Bad posture could raise your blood pressure
12. August 12, 2007 - Cell Death By Necrosis Leads To Heart Failure
13. August 14, 2007 - Women With Migraines And Visual Symptoms May Have Higher Stroke Risk

Crohn's disease

1. August 8, 2007 - Link Found Between Crohn's Disease And E. Coli Bacteria - also here, here

Drug delivery

1. August 8, 2007 - New Drug Delivery System Minimizes Side Effects

AMPK, obesity, and diabetes

1. August 8, 2007 - Metabolic Disease: AMPK Keeps Energy Balance Steady

Leptin and food craving

1. August 9, 2007 - Appetite-Killing Hormone Negates Joy of Eating
2. August 9, 2007 - "Fat" hormone sheds new light on obesity: study
3. August 10, 2007 - Some of us really are addicted to food
4. August 10, 2007 - Mmm ... Doughnuts
5. August 11, 2007 - Hormone Regulates Fondness For Food - also here, here

Stem cells and Alzheimer's disease

1. August 9, 2007 - Proteins Linked To Stem Cells Could Lead To Alzheimer's Treatment - also here, here

Estrogen deficiency, hypertension, and obesity

1. August 9, 2007 - Estrogen Deficiency Can Lead To Obesity-induced High Blood Pressure After Menopause, Study Suggests - also here
2. August 13, 2007 - Estrogen loss contributes to obesity, high BP

Avian flu

1. August 10, 2007 - Scientists Target Future Pandemic Strains Of H5N1 Avian Influenza - also here
2. August 10, 2007 - New vaccine may beat bird flu before it starts - also here

Genetics of schizophrenia

1. August 10, 2007 - Genetic Variation Helps To Understand Predisposition To Schizophrenia - also here

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