Volume 6, Number 42 October 15, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Greenhouse gases Large Hadron Collider Nanotechnology Global warming Black holes Neutron stars and quantum gravity Allen Telescope Array Methane on Titan Ferroelectric random-access memory Magnetic vortex data storage Controlled fusion Supernovae Quantum entanglement swapping Dark energy Solar power satellites Superconductivity Quantum dots Plate tectonics on extrasolar planets Life sciences Brain-imaging studies Survival of bacteria in ice Synthetic biology Evolution of the human genome Cancer biology Cannabinoid receptors Baboon cognition Modeling the immune system Origins of mammalian bipedalism Metagenomics Language evolution Asexual reproduction 1918 Spanish flu Jumping genes Retinal ganglion cells Common ancestry of plants and animals Molecular evolution Gastrulation Tactile sensation Cell division of rod-shaped bacteria SIRT1 and cholesterol eflux Aging and cancer genes Perception of facial expression of fear Neanderthals Angiogenesis Genomics Health and medicine Ebola virus gene swapping Cardiovascular disease Cancer Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer Parkinson's disease Avian flu Alzheimer's disease Malaria Health benefits of weight loss AIDS Tissue engineering Multiple sclerosis Stem cells Health-promoting potato phytochemicals Brain proteins Stress and disease Gene therapy Inflammation and macular degeneration Quantum dot drug delivery for cancer Epigenetic cancer therapy Anti-microbial properties of resveratrol Enzyme stimulation of fat cell formation

Physical sciences and technology

Greenhouse gases

1. October 9, 2007 - Scientist: Emissions Levels Accelerating - also here
2. October 9, 2007 - Aussie scientist: Greenhouse gases worse

Large Hadron Collider

1. October 9, 2007 - CERN boss quashes LHC delay rumours

Nanotechnology

1. October 10, 2007 - Taming Tiny, Unruly Waves For Nano Optics - also here, here
2. October 11, 2007 - Light Shed On Light-emitting Nanodevice - also here
3. October 13, 2007 - New Path For Designing Novel Nanomaterials Discovered - also here
4. October 14, 2007 - Sol-gel Inks Produce Complex Shapes With Nanoscale Features - also here, here

Global warming

1. October 10, 2007 - Earth getting wetter and stickier, researchers say - also here
2. October 10, 2007 - Warmth makes the world more humid
3. October 10, 2007 - Global Warming May Make Humidity Worse - also here, here
4. October 10, 2007 - Humans have made the skies more moist
5. October 11, 2007 - Earth getting steamier and steamier

Black holes

1. October 10, 2007 - Astronomers Trace Humans' Dusty Origins - also here, here, here
2. October 11, 2007 - Dusty Winds Bursting Out Of Black Holes May Have Seeded Planets, Life - also here

Neutron stars and quantum gravity

1. October 10, 2007 - New-School 'Aether' May Shed Light on Neutron Stars

Allen Telescope Array

1. October 11, 2007 - New radio telescope begins search for alien signals
2. October 11, 2007 - Hunt for extra-terrestrial life starts in California
3. October 11, 2007 - Stretching the Search for Signs of Life
4. October 12, 2007 - Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Allen Telescope Array Begins Scientific Observations

Methane on Titan

1. October 11, 2007 - Forecasters predict morning drizzle on Titan
2. October 11, 2007 - Bring an umbrella on Saturn's moon Titan - also here
3. October 11, 2007 - Methane drizzle on Saturn's moon Titan
4. October 11, 2007 - On Titan, A Dreary Drizzle
5. October 11, 2007 - Titan Forecast: Cold, Drizzly Mornings
6. October 12, 2007 - Titan's North Pole: Land O' Lakes
7. October 12, 2007 - Saturn's Moon Titan -- Land Of Lakes And Seas - also here, here
8. October 12, 2007 - Drizzly mornings on Xanadu - also here
9. October 15, 2007 - New images from Titan

Ferroelectric random-access memory

1. October 11, 2007 - How Ferroelectric Computer Memory Works - also here, here

Magnetic vortex data storage

1. October 11, 2007 - Storing Data On Atomic Roundabouts - also here
2. October 11, 2007 - Laser reveals new type of magnetic ordering
3. October 12, 2007 - Atoms In A Roundabout

Controlled fusion

1. October 11, 2007 - NIST Light Source Illuminates Fusion Power Diagnostics - also here
2. October 12, 2007 - Wanted: the right wall material for ITER

Supernovae

1. October 11, 2007 - Astronomers find most powerful supernova - also here
2. October 11, 2007 - Stellar Explosion Outshines Sun 100 Billion Times
3. October 12, 2007 - Enigmatic supernova smashes brightness record
4. October 12, 2007 - Superduper Nova

Quantum entanglement swapping

1. October 11, 2007 - Entanglement Swapping: A New Quantum Trick

Dark energy

1. October 11, 2007 - Testing Einstein: Is Dark Energy Constant?

Solar power satellites

1. October 11, 2007 - Pentagon backs plan to beam solar power from space
2. October 11, 2007 - Orbiting solar panels' day may be near

Superconductivity

1. October 12, 2007 - Quantum Mechanics Predicts Unusual Lattice Dynamics Of Vanadium Metal Under Pressure

Quantum dots

1. October 12, 2007 - New quantum dot transistor counts individual photons - also here, here

Plate tectonics on extrasolar planets

1. October 14, 2007 - Super-Earths will have plate tectonics
2. October 17, 2007 - The plate tectonics of alien worlds
3. October 19, 2007 - Do super-Earths have geology suited to life?
4. November 21, 2007 - 'Super Earths' Will Have Plate Tectonics, Scientists Predict

Life sciences

Brain-imaging studies

1. October 8, 2007 - Memory shuts down as you doze off
2. October 9, 2007 - Spontaneous brain activity causes 'unforced errors'

Survival of bacteria in ice

1. October 8, 2007 - Microbes can survive 'deep freeze' for 100,000 years

Synthetic biology

1. October 8, 2007 - Geneticists on verge of creating artificial life

Evolution of the human genome

1. October 9, 2007 - New Insights Into The Evolution Of The Human Genome - also here

Cancer biology

1. October 9, 2007 - Gene May Hold Key To Future Cancer Hope - also here
2. October 10, 2007 - Three New Genes That Cause Lung Cancer Discovered - also here, here
3. October 12, 2007 - Genome Update Defines Landscape Of Breast And Colon Cancers - also here
4. October 12, 2007 - Analysis of breast and colon cancer genes finds many areas of differences between tumors - also here

Cannabinoid receptors

1. October 9, 2007 - How do cannabinoids make us feel that way?

Baboon cognition

1. October 9, 2007 - How Baboons Think (Yes, Think)

Modeling the immune system

1. October 10, 2007 - Mathematicians Help Unlock Secrets Of The Immune System - also here, here
2. October 12, 2007 - Modeling pathogen responses - also here

Origins of mammalian bipedalism

1. October 10, 2007 - Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues - also here

Metagenomics

1. October 10, 2007 - New tool spots tiny neighbors

Language evolution

1. October 10, 2007 - Why Language Changes over Time
2. October 11, 2007 - Rare words 'mutate' faster than common ones

Asexual reproduction

1. October 11, 2007 - No sex for 40 mln years? No problem for 1 organism - also here
2. October 12, 2007 - Benefits Of 80 Million Years Without Sex
3. October 12, 2007 - Eighty million years without sex

1918 Spanish flu

1. October 11, 2007 - From Flu to Superflu
2. October 11, 2007 - Avian Flu -- 1918 and Today -- Protein Enhances Lethality Of Virus - also here

Jumping genes

1. October 11, 2007 - New Insights On 'Jumping Genes' - also here

Retinal ganglion cells

1. October 11, 2007 - Discovery Of Retinal Cell Type Ends 40-year Search - also here, here

Common ancestry of plants and animals

1. October 11, 2007 - Scientists Sequence Genome of Soil-Dwelling Green Alga
2. October 12, 2007 - Green Algae: The Nexus Of Plant-Animal Ancestry - also here
3. October 12, 2007 - Study involving more than 100 scientists provides new insights on green algae

Molecular evolution

1. October 12, 2007 - Spread Of Endogenous Retrovirus K Is Similar In The DNA Of Humans And Rhesus Monkeys - also here, here
2. October 12, 2007 - A Gene Divided Reveals The Details Of Natural Selection - also here, here

Gastrulation

1. October 12, 2007 - Difference Between Fish And Humans: Century-old Developmental Question Answered - also here, here

Tactile sensation

1. October 12, 2007 - Brain Circuits Used In Sensation Of Touch Identified - also here, here

Cell division of rod-shaped bacteria

1. October 12, 2007 - New Mathematical Model Unravels The Mechanics Of Microbe Reproduction - also here

SIRT1 and cholesterol eflux

1. October 12, 2007 - Gene Believed To Promote Long Life Linked To Cholesterol Flushing - also here, here

Aging and cancer genes

1. October 13, 2007 - Genes found that slow both aging and cancer - also here
2. October 15, 2007 - Genes That Both Extend Life And Protect Against Cancer Identified - also here

Perception of facial expression of fear

1. October 14, 2007 - Fearful looks get brain's attention fast: study
2. October 15, 2007 - Humans Perceive Others' Fear Faster Than Other Emotions - also here
3. October 15, 2007 - Horror shows in the whites of your eyes

Neanderthals

1. October 14, 2007 - Inconsistencies With Neanderthal Genomic DNA Sequences

Angiogenesis

1. October 14, 2007 - Study reveals a key to blood vessel growth and possible drug target - also here, here

Genomics

1. October 14, 2007 - New method of selecting DNA for resequencing accelerates discovery of subtle DNA variations - also here, here

Health and medicine

Ebola virus gene swapping

1. October 8, 2007 - Gene-swapping Ebola is a slippery target

Cardiovascular disease

1. October 8, 2007 - A bad relationship can cause heart attack: study - also here
2. October 8, 2007 - Carriers Of 'Plaque' Gene At Greater Risk
3. October 8, 2007 - Tiny scanners used to spot hidden artery plaque
4. October 9, 2007 - Study ties marital strife, heart disease - also here
5. October 9, 2007 - Blood pressure and weight predict heart failure - also here
6. October 9, 2007 - Job strain raises risk of heart disease recurrence - also here
7. October 9, 2007 - Had a heart attack? Be careful going back to work - also here
8. October 9, 2007 - High mortality in stroke patients who stop statins - also here
9. October 9, 2007 - Treating small strokes can prevent bigger one
10. October 9, 2007 - Even Mild Thyroid Problems Double Risk Of Heart Condition
11. October 9, 2007 - Chronic Arguing With Your Spouse May Raise Your Heart Disease Risk - also here
12. October 10, 2007 - Study shows persistent benefits of statin drug - also here
13. October 10, 2007 - Prostate Cancer Therapy Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Disease Death - also here
14. October 10, 2007 - Job Strain After Heart Attack Linked To Risk For Another Heart Attack - also here
15. October 10, 2007 - Marital, job stress linked to heart disease
16. October 11, 2007 - Women With High Or Increasing Blood Pressure Are Up To Three Times More Likely To Develop Diabetes - also here
17. October 11, 2007 - Heart drugs 'have longer effect'
18. October 11, 2007 - Study: Statin Helps Prevent Heart Attack - also here, here

Cancer

1. October 8, 2007 - Study backs surgery for prostate cancer - also here
2. October 8, 2007 - Using Additional Biopsy-scoring Data May Help Determine Prostate Cancer Prognosis
3. October 8, 2007 - AGA Institute statement on CT colonography study
4. October 8, 2007 - New Pill Is Better Than Traditional Chemotherapy, Study Suggests - also here, here
5. October 9, 2007 - Low-fat diet cuts ovarian cancer risk: study - also here
6. October 9, 2007 - Low-fat diet may lower ovarian cancer risk - also here
7. October 9, 2007 - Study: Low-fat diet may cut cancer risk - also here, here, here
8. October 9, 2007 - Small Papillary Thyroid Cancer Is Not Without Risk
9. October 9, 2007 - Breast Cancer Linked To Pesticide DDT, Study Suggests
10. October 9, 2007 - New Gene Linked To Breast Cancer Identified - also here
11. October 9, 2007 - First Clinical Trial Of Apatone For Cancer Treatment Promising - also here
12. October 9, 2007 - Hip size 'gives cancer risk clue'
13. October 10, 2007 - Allergic reactions may guard against brain cancer
14. October 10, 2007 - Some women can reduce breast cancer chemo: study - also here
15. October 10, 2007 - PSA Velocity's Clinical Usefulness Remains Unclear - also here
16. October 10, 2007 - Prostate Cancer More Likely To Return In Blacks Than Whites
17. October 10, 2007 - Low-fat Dietary Pattern May Lower Risk Of Ovarian Cancer - also here
18. October 10, 2007 - Low-fat diet possibly linked to lower risk of ovarian cancer - also here
19. October 10, 2007 - An AIDS-related Virus Reveals More Ways To Cause Cancer - also here
20. October 10, 2007 - Allergies Linked To Lower Risk Of Brain Cancer
21. October 10, 2007 - Hip Size Of Mothers Linked To Breast Cancer In Daughters - also here
22. October 10, 2007 - Taxol Doesn't Treat Common Breast Cancer - also here, here
23. October 11, 2007 - Surgery May Offer Best Chance Of Long-term Prostate Cancer Survival - also here
24. October 11, 2007 - 'Network' Approach Identifies Potential Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene - also here
25. October 11, 2007 - New Radioactive Agents For Colon Cancer Work Inside Cells - also here, here
26. October 11, 2007 - Three Genetic Prostate Cancer Risk Factors Identified
27. October 11, 2007 - 18F-DG PET/CT can highly increase the detection of colorectal cancer - also here
28. October 11, 2007 - Endoscopic resection is a safe and effective treatment for gastrointestinal smooth muscle tumors
29. October 11, 2007 - New 'seed' therapy helps pinpoint breast tumors with more accuracy - also here, here
30. October 12, 2007 - The pill doesn't boost breast cancer death risk - also here
31. October 12, 2007 - Interleukin-8, Key Marker For Colorectal Cancer Treatment - also here
32. October 12, 2007 - Potential Early Warning System For Lung Cancer Identified - also here, here
33. October 12, 2007 - Obesity Boosts Gullet Cancer Risk Six Fold - also here, here
34. October 12, 2007 - Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer More Successful If Certain Protein Is Expressed, Study Suggests
35. October 12, 2007 - Young Women Suffering From Breast Cancer Do Not Necessarily Benefit From Chemotherapy - also here
36. October 12, 2007 - Protein May Be Key In Developing Deadly Form Of Pancreatic Cancer - also here
37. October 12, 2007 - New research may show why some prostate cancer recurs after treatment
38. October 12, 2007 - Hope for ovarian cancer vaccine
39. October 13, 2007 - Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Can Replicate In Human Cells
40. October 14, 2007 - Researchers to reveal comprehensive dos and don'ts for prostate cancer

Nanoparticle drug delivery for cancer

1. October 8, 2007 - Nanoballs deliver drugs
2. October 13, 2007 - Nanoengineers mine tiny diamonds for drug delivery - also here, here

Parkinson's disease

1. October 8, 2007 - Family dementia risk seen with Parkinson's disease - also here
2. October 10, 2007 - Relatives Of Patients With Parkinson's Disease Risk Developing Dementia, Cognitive Impairment - also here

Avian flu

1. October 8, 2007 - Indonesia woman dies of bird flu, toll up to 87
2. October 8, 2007 - New bird flu strain dangerous to humans
3. October 9, 2007 - Grid Computing Offers New Hope In Race Against Bird Flu
4. October 10, 2007 - Influenza: Insights Into Cell Specificity Of Human Vs. Avian Viruses - also here
5. October 13, 2007 - Indonesian boy dies of bird flu: health ministry - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. October 8, 2007 - Alzheimer's Disease: Injectable Antibody May Attack Source Of Problem - also here
2. October 12, 2007 - Anti-dementia drugs effective over long-term - also here
3. October 12, 2007 - Innovative 3D-imaging technique captures brain damage linked to Alzheimer's disease - also here
4. October 14, 2007 - Blood proteins may diagnose Alzheimer's
5. October 14, 2007 - Preventing Alzheimer's Disease Early On

Malaria

1. October 8, 2007 - Malaria Research Booming, But Scientific And Technical Gaps Apparent, Report Shows

Health benefits of weight loss

1. October 9, 2007 - Widespread weight loss may reap health benefits - also here

AIDS

1. October 9, 2007 - Drug Cocktail Stops Brain Damage Caused By HIV
2. October 11, 2007 - New Hope For HIV Patients: Potent Peptides Inhibit HIV Entry Into Cells - also here
3. October 11, 2007 - More collaboration needed after HIV vaccine flop
4. October 11, 2007 - New class of drug offers hope to treatment-resistant AIDS patients
5. October 12, 2007 - Merck says FDA approves new AIDS treatment - also here
6. October 12, 2007 - Glaxo says FDA OKs use of HIV drug Lexiva with ritonavir
7. October 12, 2007 - FDA Approves Anti-AIDS Pill From Merck - also here

Tissue engineering

1. October 9, 2007 - Blood Vessels Grown From Patient's Skin

Multiple sclerosis

1. October 9, 2007 - MS nerve damage repaired in lab
2. October 10, 2007 - Multiple Sclerosis: Myelin Sheath Repaired With Antibody In Mice - also here, here
3. October 11, 2007 - No new cases of brain infection with Biogen drug - also here
4. October 11, 2007 - Genes That Affect Responses Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients To Copaxone Identified - also here
5. October 14, 2007 - MS That Runs In Families Appears More Severe Than Non-familial MS - also here
6. October 14, 2007 - Cigarette Smoking May Accelerate Disability In Those With MS - also here
7. October 14, 2007 - Genzyme MS drug effective but monitoring required

Stem cells

1. October 10, 2007 - Neighborly care keeps stem cells young
2. October 10, 2007 - Doubts raised over stem-cell marker
3. October 11, 2007 - Adult Stem Cells Lack Key Pluripotency Regulator - also here
4. October 11, 2007 - Adult Stem Cells Implanted By Catheter Rejuvinate Heart After Heart Attack
5. October 11, 2007 - Neighborly Care Keeps Stem Cells Young
6. October 11, 2007 - Physicians Breathe Life Into Cutting-edge Stem Cell Procedure
7. October 12, 2007 - How Stem Cells Decide To Become Either Skeletal Or Smooth Muscle - also here
8. October 12, 2007 - Repressor Protein Blocks Neural Stem Cell Development - also here
9. October 13, 2007 - Dual Intrinsic And Extrinsic Control Of Stem Cell Aging Demonstrated - also here, here

Health-promoting potato phytochemicals

1. October 10, 2007 - Potatoes Chock Full Of Phytochemicals

Brain proteins

1. October 10, 2007 - Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases By Studying Proteins In The Brain

Stress and disease

1. October 10, 2007 - Stress Contributes To Range Of Chronic Diseases, Review Shows - also here

Gene therapy

1. October 10, 2007 - One Shot Of Gene Therapy Spreads Through Brain In Animal Study - also here, here

Inflammation and macular degeneration

1. October 10, 2007 - Elevated Inflammatory Marker May Be Linked To Increased Risk Of Age-related Eye Disease - also here, here

Quantum dot drug delivery for cancer

1. October 12, 2007 - Nanoparticle lights up at the site of cancer

Epigenetic cancer therapy

1. October 12, 2007 - New molecules discovered that block cancer cells from modifying cell DNA - also here

Anti-microbial properties of resveratrol

1. October 13, 2007 - Red Wine And Grape Juice Help Defend Against Food-borne Diseases, Study Suggests - also here

Enzyme stimulation of fat cell formation

1. October 14, 2007 - Enzyme Promotes Fat Formation - also here, here

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