Volume 7, Number 1 January 7, 2008

Physical sciences and technology Global warming Superconductivity Extrasolar planets Pulsing white dwarf Large Hadron Collider Supercomputers Arctic warming Astrochemistry Earthquakes Dark matter Nanotechnology Plate tectonics Gamma-ray bursts Spin ice Life sciences Bacterial communication Cancer biology Synesthesia Insect immune systems Speciation Antisense microRNA Avalon explosion Orexin-A and sleep-deprivation RNA enzymes Error correction in protein synthesis Sexual orientation and spatial learning Actin networks Brain-imaging studies Eusociality Role of RNA cache in genetics NMDA, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory Evolution of lifespan Mapping brain language centers Health and medicine Avian flu Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Tuberculosis Cancer Biofilms Parkinson's disease Alzheimer's disease Depression Interleukin 17 and autoimmune disease Hepatitis C Interleukin 22 and inflammatory bowel disease Hepatitis B Autism Gene therapy Malaria Immunotherapy for cancer Stem cells Inheritance of obesity Metabolic syndrome Influenza Sleep and obesity Health benefits of polyphenols AIDS Allergic reactions

Physical sciences and technology

Global warming

1. December 31, 2007 - 2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe
2. January 3, 2008 - Global Warming May Reduce Carbon Sink Capacity In Northern Forests - also here, here, here
3. January 3, 2008 - Trees absorbing less CO2 as world warms, study finds
4. January 5, 2008 - North Atlantic Warming Tied To Natural Variability - also here, here

Superconductivity

1. December 31, 2007 - Physicists Find New Explanation For Superconductivity's 'Glue'

Extrasolar planets

1. January 2, 2008 - First planet discovered around a youthful star
2. January 2, 2008 - A Baby Planet's First Steps?
3. January 2, 2008 - Distant star sheds light on the birth of planets
4. January 2, 2008 - Young Planet Orbits Sun-Like Star
5. January 3, 2008 - Telescope spies newborn planet
6. January 3, 2008 - At 10 million years old, it's a giant baby planet

Pulsing white dwarf

1. January 2, 2008 - White Dwarf Pulses Like a Pulsar - also here, here, here, here

Large Hadron Collider

1. January 2, 2008 - Large Hadron Collider At CERN Expected To Go Live Summer Of 2008

Supercomputers

1. January 2, 2008 - Inside the UK's fastest machine

Arctic warming

1. January 3, 2008 - Melting ice may not explain warming Arctic
2. January 3, 2008 - Nature and Man Jointly Cook Arctic - also here, here

Astrochemistry

1. January 3, 2008 - Red Dust in Planet-Forming Disk May Harbor Precursors to Life - also here, here, here, here

Earthquakes

1. January 3, 2008 - Sound Waves Can Trigger Earthquake Aftershocks - also here, here

Dark matter

1. January 3, 2008 - Quantum leap in technology to unravel 'cosmic web' of universe - also here, here
2. January 7, 2008 - Our Universe: Dark and Messy

Nanotechnology

1. January 4, 2008 - Boron nanotubes could outperform carbon

Plate tectonics

1. January 4, 2008 - Earth's Plates May Take a Break
2. January 4, 2008 - Plate tectonics may take a break - also here, here
3. January 10, 2008 - Earth's Moving Crust May Occasionally Stop

Gamma-ray bursts

1. January 4, 2008 - Lack Of Gravitational Wave Prompts Fresh Look At Gamma Ray Burst - also here, here
2. January 16, 2008 - Cosmic explosion, but no gravitational waves

Spin ice

1. January 4, 2008 - 'Spin ice' could contain magnetic monopoles

Life sciences

Bacterial communication

1. December 31, 2007 - Toward A Rosetta Stone For Microbes' Secret Language

Cancer biology

1. January 2, 2008 - Third Gene Copy Is a Charm
2. January 2, 2008 - Growth Factor Receptor Affects Prostate Cancer Progression
3. January 2, 2008 - Cancer Cell Line Developed That Is Resistant To New Cancer Therapy
4. January 2, 2008 - Breast cancer cells have to learn to walk before they can run - also here, here
5. January 3, 2008 - Gene Dose Affects Tumor Growth - also here
6. January 4, 2008 - Researchers paint picture of cancer-promoting culprit - also here, here

Synesthesia

1. January 2, 2008 - One Person Out Of Every 1,000 Has Synesthesia

Insect immune systems

1. January 2, 2008 - Violent Sex Acts Boost Insect's Immunity System

Speciation

1. January 2, 2008 - Giraffes And Frogs Provide More Evidence Of New Species Hidden In Plain Sight
2. January 5, 2008 - New Model Of Competitive Speciation Unifies Insights From Earlier Work

Antisense microRNA

1. January 2, 2008 - Making sense of antisense microRNAs

Avalon explosion

1. January 3, 2008 - Another Big Bang for Biology
2. January 4, 2008 - Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History Of Multicellular Life - also here

Orexin-A and sleep-deprivation

1. January 3, 2008 - Researchers Reverse Effects Of Sleep Deprivation - also here
2. January 7, 2008 - Neurotransmitter reverses sleep deprivation

RNA enzymes

1. January 3, 2008 - Scientists find missing evolutionary link using tiny fungus crystal - also here, here

Error correction in protein synthesis

1. January 3, 2008 - Scientists Discover Remarkable Editing System For Protein Production - also here

Sexual orientation and spatial learning

1. January 3, 2008 - Gay Men Navigate In A Similar Way To Women, Virtual Reality Researchers Find

Actin networks

1. January 3, 2008 - How actin networks are actin' - also here
2. January 12, 2008 - Insights Into Cell Movement Likely To Aid Immune Study, Cancer Research - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. January 4, 2008 - Brain Imaging Shows If You Are Thinking Of Familiar Object - also here, here
2. January 4, 2008 - Neuroimaging Fails To Demonstrate ESP Is Real - also here, here
3. January 14, 2008 - Brain scan tests fail to support validity of ESP

Eusociality

1. January 4, 2008 - Insects' 'Giant Leap' Reconstructed By Founder Of Sociobiology - also here, here

Role of RNA cache in genetics

1. January 4, 2008 - New Route For Heredity Bypasses DNA - also here

NMDA, synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory

1. January 4, 2008 - Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified - also here

Evolution of lifespan

1. January 5, 2008 - Why Do Some Animals Live Longer Than Others?

Mapping brain language centers

1. January 6, 2008 - Language Centers Revealed, Brain Surgery Refined With New Mapping - also here, here

Health and medicine

Avian flu

1. December 31, 2007 - Two Egyptian women die of bird flu virus
2. January 1, 2008 - Bird flu forces Bangladesh to cull 20,000 chickens
3. January 1, 2008 - Fourth bird flu death in a week in Egypt: reports
4. January 2, 2008 - Bird flu infects new Bangladesh farm
5. January 2, 2008 - Bird flu hits geese flocks in southern Vietnam: officials
6. January 3, 2008 - Barrier to bird flu transmission found in humans
7. January 3, 2008 - Israel says H5N1 bird flu strain found in chickens
8. January 4, 2008 - China reports bird flu outbreak in far west
9. January 4, 2008 - Bird flu hits farm in northern Vietnam: officials
10. January 6, 2008 - Scientists discover new key to flu transmission - also here
11. January 7, 2008 - Key To Avian Flu In Humans Discovered - also here
12. January 7, 2008 - How bird flu jumps to humans
13. January 7, 2008 - Study of sugars on cell surface identifies key factor in flu infection

Cardiovascular disease

1. December 31, 2007 - Restless legs ups heart disease, stroke risk
2. December 31, 2007 - Restless legs linked with heart problems
3. January 1, 2008 - Restless Legs Syndrome Doubles Risk Of Stroke And Heart Disease, Study Shows - also here
4. January 1, 2008 - Hostility tied to lower levels of antioxidants
5. January 2, 2008 - Happiness may be good for your health
6. January 2, 2008 - Similar Outcomes For Patients With ACS Treated With Different Anticoagulant Regimens
7. January 4, 2008 - Antibiotics cut stroke risk from heart infection
8. January 4, 2008 - Heart risk factors vary in effect in arthritis
9. January 4, 2008 - Ovarian disorder linked with early heart disease

Diabetes

1. December 31, 2007 - Lack of deep sleep may raise diabetes risk
2. January 1, 2008 - Disturbed sleep link to diabetes
3. January 2, 2008 - Lack Of Deep Sleep May Increase Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes - also here
4. January 2, 2008 - Sleep Disruptions May Up Diabetes Risk - also here
5. January 3, 2008 - Yeast-Based Oral Diabetes Treatment Discovered

Tuberculosis

1. December 31, 2007 - New Drug Targets May Fight Tuberculosis And Other Bacterial Infections In Novel Way

Cancer

1. December 31, 2007 - Cancer-fighting agent found in beer
2. January 1, 2008 - Some sun may guard against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
3. January 1, 2008 - "Swish-and-spit" test screens for cancer
4. January 1, 2008 - Potential Drug Target For Treatment-resistant Prostate Cancer Discovered - also here, here
5. January 2, 2008 - Study links ovarian cancer survival to gene change
6. January 2, 2008 - Nonfat milk linked to prostate cancer
7. January 2, 2008 - Chronic inflammation not linked to ovarian cancer
8. January 2, 2008 - Study sheds light on how Down's prevents cancer
9. January 2, 2008 - Gleevec, The Targeted Cancer Pill, Delivers More Good News To Patients
10. January 2, 2008 - Ashkenazi Ovarian Cancer Patients With BRCA Mutations Live Longer Than Those With Normal Gene - also here, here
11. January 2, 2008 - Gene Variation May Elevate Risk Of Liver Tumor In Patients With Cirrhosis - also here
12. January 2, 2008 - New Drug Candidate Knocks Out Resistant Form Of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
13. January 2, 2008 - Just 4 months of hormone therapy can delay prostate cancer growth by up to 8 years - also here
14. January 3, 2008 - Short-term hormone therapy slows prostate cancer
15. January 3, 2008 - High-dose Chemo And Stem Cell Transplant Shows Little Or No Survival Benefit For Breast Cancer, Analysis Shows
16. January 3, 2008 - Gentler Chemotherapy Before Stem Cell Transplant Causes Long-term Remission Of Follicular Lymphoma, Study Suggests
17. January 3, 2008 - Scientists studying the effects of high-dose vitamin C on non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients - also here
18. January 3, 2008 - Colon Cancer Risk In US Traced To Common Ancestor
19. January 4, 2008 - Body Abnormalities Associated With Childhood Cancer - also here, here
20. January 4, 2008 - Novel anticancer strategy moves from laboratory to clinic - also here, here
21. January 4, 2008 - Down's gene boost fights cancers
22. January 5, 2008 - 'Swish-and-spit' Test Accurate For Cancer - also here, here
23. January 5, 2008 - New Treatment Suitable For All Patients With Least Treatable Brain Tumors, Study Suggests - also here
24. January 5, 2008 - Turning Anthrax Toxin Into A Cancer Killer

Biofilms

1. January 1, 2008 - Doctors Target Germs' Ability to Cluster

Parkinson's disease

1. January 2, 2008 - U.S. team identifies possible Parkinson's trigger
2. January 3, 2008 - Possible Parkinson's trigger identified
3. January 3, 2008 - Researchers discover important clue to the cause of Parkinson's disease - also here, here

Alzheimer's disease

1. January 2, 2008 - Anti-Alzheimer's Mechanism In Omega-3 Fatty Acids Found

Depression

1. January 2, 2008 - Possible Genetic Predictor For Response To Lithium Augmentation In Depressed Patients

Interleukin 17 and autoimmune disease

1. January 2, 2008 - Protein's New Role Discovered In Autoimmune Disease - also here, here

Hepatitis C

1. January 2, 2008 - Shorter HCV treatment shows notable success - also here

Interleukin 22 and inflammatory bowel disease

1. January 3, 2008 - Il-22 gene delivers the goods and decreases intestinal inflammation - also here, here

Hepatitis B

1. January 3, 2008 - Drug found better at suppressing hep B virus

Autism

1. January 3, 2008 - First autism prevention study launched

Gene therapy

1. January 3, 2008 - Gene therapy can reduce long-term drinking among rodents - also here

Malaria

1. January 4, 2008 - 'Knockout' Surprise: Mice More Likely To Survive Malaria When Key Gene Is Disabled In White Blood Cell

Immunotherapy for cancer

1. January 4, 2008 - New Strategies Work To Put Cancer On The Firing Line - also here

Stem cells

1. January 4, 2008 - Growing Artificial Skin From Hair Roots

Inheritance of obesity

1. January 4, 2008 - Mom's Obesity During Conception Phase May Set The Stage For Offspring's Obesity Risk - also here, here

Metabolic syndrome

1. January 4, 2008 - Human hormone blocker found to help prevent obesity and diabetes: study - also here

Influenza

1. January 4, 2008 - Universal flu jab works in people
2. January 7, 2008 - Is a universal flu vaccine on its way?

Sleep and obesity

1. January 5, 2008 - Short Sleep Duration Linked To Overweight Condition And Behavioral Problems In Children - also here

Health benefits of polyphenols

1. January 6, 2008 - Chemical In Red Wine, Fruits And Vegetables Counters Unhealthy Effects Of High-fat Foods - also here

AIDS

1. January 6, 2008 - HIV Isolate From Kenya Provides Clues For Vaccine Design - also here, here

Allergic reactions

1. January 6, 2008 - Protein A Possible Key To Allergy And Asthma Control - also here, here, here

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