Volume 7, Number 9 March 3, 2008

Physical sciences and technology Earthquakes White dwarfs Ocean circulation collapse Solar cells NMR on a chip Quantum information Carbon nanotubes Star formation Metal organic frameworks Dark matter Graphene Protein sensor Bose-Einstein condensates Controlled fusion Spacecraft velocity anomalies Extrasolar planets Global warming Water on Mars Large Hadron Collider Hydrogen storage Nanotechnology Amino acid chirality Life sciences Gene regulation and metabolism Ocean oxygenation and Ediacaran evolution Innate immune response Notch and bone growth Brain-imaging studies Induced pluripotent stem cells Cancer biology Heat shock protein 90 Cell wall formation Bacterial defense against immune system Ubiquitin and obesity Neural receptor complex Chimpanzees and language Synthetic biology Neanderthals Co-release of neurotransmitters Health and medicine Cocaine addiction Diabetes Avian flu Tuberculosis Cancer Hepatitis B Autoimmunity Stem cells Antidepressants Cardiovascular disease Antibiotics Blood biomarkers for mood disorders T cell activation therapy Nanobiotechnology Inflammatory diseases Gingko biloba and cognitive impairment Hepatitis C and insulin resistance Health effects of selenium Nerve cell tissue engineering Autism Parkinson's disease Schizophrenia Innate immunity and asthma Disease-related human genetic differences Lupus AIDS Nanoemulsion vaccines Alzheimer's disease Influenza Sepsis Psychoneuroimmunology and cancer Rheumatoid arthritis

Physical sciences and technology

Earthquakes

1. February 25, 2008 - Heavy rain can trigger earthquakes
2. February 25, 2008 - Earthquake theory stretched in Central Asia study
3. February 27, 2008 - Earthquake predictions prove accurate for researchers

White dwarfs

1. February 25, 2008 - Stellar runts could harbour alien worlds

Ocean circulation collapse

1. February 25, 2008 - Has An Ocean Circulation Collapse Been Triggered?

Solar cells

1. February 25, 2008 - IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7 for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate
2. February 26, 2008 - Special Coating Greatly Improves Solar Cell Performance - also here
3. March 1, 2008 - Inexpensive Solar Cells Made More Efficient With New Sensitizers

NMR on a chip

1. February 26, 2008 - 'NMR On A Chip' Features NIST Magnetic Mini-sensor

Quantum information

1. February 26, 2008 - Physicists Demonstrate Qubit-Qutrit Entanglement
2. February 29, 2008 - Physicists Successfully Store and Retrieve Nothing
3. March 6, 2008 - Physicists Capture Unique Form Of Void, Enhance Understanding Of The Universe - also here, here

Carbon nanotubes

1. February 27, 2008 - Nano makes it big

Star formation

1. February 27, 2008 - Universe's biggest stars form in the densest gas clouds
2. February 27, 2008 - Super Stars Require Right Environment to Rise
3. February 28, 2008 - Small 'helper' stars needed for massive star formation
4. March 1, 2008 - Hefty Find: Density has starring role in making stars massive

Metal organic frameworks

1. February 27, 2008 - Novel Organic Metal Hybrids Will Revolutionize Materials Science And Chemical Engineering

Dark matter

1. February 27, 2008 - Crystal Bells Stay Silent As Physicists Look For Dark Matter - also here, here, here, here
2. February 28, 2008 - Physicists Search For Dark Matter Deep In Minnesota Mine
3. February 29, 2008 - X marks the spot in dark matter web
4. March 5, 2008 - Bright hopes pervade dark matter

Graphene

1. February 27, 2008 - Graphene continues to amaze - also here

Protein sensor

1. February 28, 2008 - 'Protein-friendly' chip offers rapid disease testing

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. February 28, 2008 - Pancake Shape Prevents Collapse Of Quantum Gases

Controlled fusion

1. February 28, 2008 - New 'snapshots' aid quest for fusion energy
2. February 28, 2008 - Protons bring fusion into view

Spacecraft velocity anomalies

1. February 28, 2008 - More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies
2. March 3, 2008 - NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force Acting on Space Probes
3. March 4, 2008 - Earth's rotation may account for wayward spacecraft
4. March 4, 2008 - Anomalies spotted in spacecraft flight

Extrasolar planets

1. February 29, 2008 - Nearest star's wobbles could reveal Earth's twin

Global warming

1. February 29, 2008 - Only zero emissions can prevent a warmer planet
2. March 2, 2008 - West Antarctic Glaciers Melting At 20 Times Former Rate, Rock Analysis Shows - also here

Water on Mars

1. February 29, 2008 - Study casts doubt on water on Mars surface
2. February 29, 2008 - Recent Water on Mars? Not So Fast
3. March 2, 2008 - Liquid Water Found Flowing On Mars? Not Yet - also here, here
4. March 11, 2008 - Doubt cast on liquid water on Mars

Large Hadron Collider

1. February 29, 2008 - Physics lab completes world's largest jigsaw puzzle
2. February 29, 2008 - ATLAS completes world's largest jigsaw puzzle - also here
3. March 3, 2008 - Particle collider's last big piece set - also here, here
4. March 3, 2008 - Last large piece of ATLAS detector lowered underground

Hydrogen storage

1. February 29, 2008 - Hydrogen Gas Fueled Vehicles A Step Closer, With New Insights Into Hydrogen Storage - also here

Nanotechnology

1. February 29, 2008 - Magnetic Atoms Of Gold, Silver And Copper Have Been Obtained - also here, here

Amino acid chirality

1. February 29, 2008 - Key To Life Before Its Origin On Earth May Have Been Discovered - also here

Life sciences

Gene regulation and metabolism

1. February 26, 2008 - New Details Of A Gene-regulatory Network Governing Metabolism Discovered - also here

Ocean oxygenation and Ediacaran evolution

1. February 26, 2008 - Two Oxygenation Events In Ancient Oceans Sparked Spread Of Complex Life - also here, here

Innate immune response

1. February 26, 2008 - New Switch Of The Immune Response Discovered

Notch and bone growth

1. February 26, 2008 - Notch Controls Bone Formation And Strength - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. February 26, 2008 - Study sheds light on parental instinct
2. February 27, 2008 - Why Do We Love Babies? Parental Instinct Region Found In The Brain - also here, here
3. February 28, 2008 - This Is Your Brain On Jazz: Researchers Use MRI To Study Spontaneity, Creativity
4. February 28, 2008 - Brain Stress System Presents Possible Treatment - also here, here
5. February 28, 2008 - First Peek Into Deepest Recesses Of Human Brain - also here
6. March 1, 2008 - Maternal Love: How A Mother's Brain Responds To Her Infant - also here, here
7. March 10, 2008 - Creativity Jazzes Your Brain - also here

Induced pluripotent stem cells

1. February 27, 2008 - Stem cell breakthrough may reduce cancer risk
2. February 28, 2008 - Biotech claims for safer stem cells

Cancer biology

1. February 27, 2008 - Biochemists Solve Structure Of TGF-beta And Its Receptor
2. February 28, 2008 - Atypical Protein Kinase C Stabilizes SRC-3 Levels In Breast Cancer Cells - also here
3. February 29, 2008 - Inverted DNA Turns Quiet Developmental Gene Into A Potent Driver Of T-cell Lymphoma - also here, here
4. February 29, 2008 - Family Of Liver Cancer Genes Discovered
5. March 2, 2008 - Genetic Cancer Link Between Humans And Dogs Discovered - also here, here
6. March 2, 2008 - Protein Protects Lung Cancer Cells From Efforts To Fix Or Kill Them - also here

Heat shock protein 90

1. February 27, 2008 - Protein 'Shocks' Evolution Into Action

Cell wall formation

1. February 27, 2008 - Clues to How Plants Form New Cell Walls Could Aid Biofuels, Nanotechnology

Bacterial defense against immune system

1. February 28, 2008 - Bubonic Plague: How The 'Syringe' Assembly In Plague Bacteria Works

Ubiquitin and obesity

1. February 28, 2008 - Adult-Onset Obesity Seen In Mice When Gene Disrupted

Neural receptor complex

1. February 28, 2008 - New Receptor Complex Identified In Brain

Chimpanzees and language

1. February 28, 2008 - Nattering chimps think like humans
2. February 28, 2008 - Chimp's gestures share language roots
3. February 29, 2008 - Chimps May Have A 'Language-ready' Brain - also here

Synthetic biology

1. February 28, 2008 - Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel - also here, here

Neanderthals

1. February 29, 2008 - Cannibalism may have killed Neanderthals

Co-release of neurotransmitters

1. February 29, 2008 - Neurons Use Chemical 'Chords' To Shape Signaling - also here, here

Health and medicine

Cocaine addiction

1. February 25, 2008 - Scientists pinpoint why some people become addicts - also here
2. February 28, 2008 - Common Heart Drug May Reduce Cocaine Cravings - also here

Diabetes

1. February 25, 2008 - China gene experts search for answers on diabetes
2. February 25, 2008 - Indian herb may help diabetics control blood sugar
3. February 26, 2008 - Embryo defects may give predisposition to diabetes
4. February 27, 2008 - Diabetic mice 'cured' with drugs
5. February 28, 2008 - Restricting Insulin Doses Increases Mortality Risk In Women With Type 1 Diabetes, Study Suggests - also here, here
6. February 29, 2008 - Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill - also here
7. February 29, 2008 - Mayo researchers look for explanation behind high incidence of diabetes among Asian Indians - also here, here
8. March 2, 2008 - Tea could help combat diabetes

Avian flu

1. February 25, 2008 - China reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry
2. February 25, 2008 - Bird flu kills Vietnamese woman
3. February 25, 2008 - Egyptian girl tests positive for bird flu-MENA
4. February 25, 2008 - China bird flu victim ate sick chickens: officials
5. February 25, 2008 - Woman dies in southern China, tested positive for bird flu
6. February 26, 2008 - China, Pakistan and Vietnam on bird flu alert
7. February 26, 2008 - Chinese Woman Dies of Bird Flu
8. February 27, 2008 - WHO rules out human transmission in bird flu deaths
9. February 27, 2008 - Bird flu can strike again in India: FAO
10. February 28, 2008 - Spread Of Bird Flu Strains Slowed At Some Borders - also here
11. March 1, 2008 - GSK bird flu vaccine shows broad cross protection

Tuberculosis

1. February 25, 2008 - Vitamin E use may raise tuberculosis risk in heavy smokers
2. February 26, 2008 - Drug-resistant TB seen at record levels globally
3. February 27, 2008 - Drug-Resistant TB Rates Soar in Former Soviet Regions
4. February 27, 2008 - WHO Says Drug-Resistant TB Spreads Fast - also here
5. February 27, 2008 - Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the rise

Cancer

1. February 25, 2008 - Cancer risk up in Japanese women exposed to smoke
2. February 25, 2008 - New Anti-cancer Agent Can Overcome Resistance To Drugs, Says Study
3. February 25, 2008 - Chicken Antibodies To Help Detect HER2 Breast Cancer
4. February 26, 2008 - Breast cancer gene carriers need dual screening
5. February 26, 2008 - Hormone therapy skews breast cancer diagnosis - also here
6. February 26, 2008 - Hepatitis C: a risk factor for lymphoma
7. February 26, 2008 - New Bladder Cancer Therapy Under Study For Patients Unresponsive To Standard Treatment - also here
8. February 26, 2008 - Obesity And Carbs Linked To Esophageal Cancer, Study Suggests - also here
9. February 26, 2008 - Protein Shines Light On Cancer Response - also here
10. February 27, 2008 - Viral DNA Testing Is Cost-Effective for Cervical Cancer Screening
11. February 27, 2008 - Acid-seeking 'Warheads' Promise Safer, More Effective Cancer Weapons - also here
12. February 27, 2008 - Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice Treated - also here
13. February 27, 2008 - Hormone Therapy Increases Frequency Of Abnormal Mammograms, Breast Biopsies, Study Finds - also here, here
14. February 28, 2008 - Protein That Fuels Ovarian Cancer Identified and Shut Down By Researchers - also here, here
15. February 28, 2008 - Test Can Reduce Recurrence Of Breast Cancer - also here
16. February 28, 2008 - New Blood Marker May Predict Prostate Cancer Spread - also here, here
17. February 28, 2008 - Drug once feared now offers hope to women
18. February 29, 2008 - Glaxo's Tykerb goes head-to-head with Herceptin
19. February 29, 2008 - Japan clears Herceptin for breast cancer: Roche
20. February 29, 2008 - Salmonella Bacteria Turned Into Cancer Fighting Robots - also here
21. February 29, 2008 - Thalidomide Shows Promise For Treatment Of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Study Suggests - also here, here
22. February 29, 2008 - Potential New Drug Targets Against Hormone-dependent Breast Cancer Identified
23. February 29, 2008 - Extract Of Broccoli Sprouts May Protect Against Bladder Cancer - also here, here
24. February 29, 2008 - Certain vitamin supplements may increase lung cancer risk, especially in smokers - also here, here
25. February 29, 2008 - New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer -- model for global clinical trials - also here
26. February 29, 2008 - Vitamin E linked to lung cancer
27. March 1, 2008 - Breast Cancer Subtypes Linked To Survival From Secondary Brain Tumors - also here
28. March 1, 2008 - Blocking Protein Kills Prostate Cancer Cells, Inhibits Tumor Growth, Study Find - also here
29. March 1, 2008 - How Cigarette Smoke Causes Cancer: Study Points To New Treatments, Safer Tobacco - also here
30. March 2, 2008 - Common Variations In Gene Segments That Increase The Risk For Prostate Cancer

Hepatitis B

1. February 25, 2008 - Working Toward Effective Treatment for HBV Infection
2. February 25, 2008 - Who found some new mechanisms of HBV virulence?

Autoimmunity

1. February 25, 2008 - Genetic Mutation May Lead To Increased Autoimmunity

Stem cells

1. February 25, 2008 - Stem Cell-based Therapy May Be Able To Treat Muscular Dystrophy
2. February 26, 2008 - Gene At Intersection Of Stem Cells, Immunity
3. February 27, 2008 - Nano Scaffold Developed To Rebuild Nerve Damage
4. February 28, 2008 - Adult Stem Cells May Be Beneficial For Certain Cardiovascular Disorders And Autoimmune Diseases - also here, here

Antidepressants

1. February 26, 2008 - Prozac does not work in majority of depressed patients
2. February 26, 2008 - Study doubts effectiveness of antidepressant drugs
3. February 26, 2008 - Anti-depressants' 'little effect'
4. February 27, 2008 - The Problem with Prozac
5. February 27, 2008 - Hidden data 'shows antidepressants hyped'
6. February 27, 2008 - Antidepressants Only Benefit Certain Depressed Patients, Study Suggests
7. February 29, 2008 - Wyeth wins OK to sell Pristiq for depression

Cardiovascular disease

1. February 26, 2008 - Total cholesterol tied to risk of plaque rupture
2. February 26, 2008 - Early Blood Pressure Reduction May Improve Stroke Outcomes, Study Suggests - also here
3. February 26, 2008 - Many Stroke, Heart Attack Patients May Not Benefit From Aspirin, Study Suggests - also here, here
4. February 27, 2008 - Study finds degenerative eye disease raises stroke risk
5. February 27, 2008 - Low-fat dairy may help control blood pressure
6. February 28, 2008 - Overweight Hispanic Children Shown To Have Vascular Inflammation - also here
7. February 29, 2008 - Urine Protein May Be Present Before Hypertension Diagnosis In At-risk Adolescents - also here
8. February 29, 2008 - New Drug Targets For Preventing Cell Death Discovered - also here
9. February 29, 2008 - New study shows low-fat diets more likely to reduce risk of heart disease than low-carb diets
10. March 1, 2008 - Degenerative Eye Disease More Than Doubles Heart Attack And Stroke Risk
11. March 1, 2008 - Snoring 'linked to heart disease'
12. March 3, 2008 - Snoring Linked To Cardiovascular Disease, Increased Health-care Utilization - also here

Antibiotics

1. February 26, 2008 - How Bacteria Gain Resistance To Multiple Types Of Antibiotics: Mechanism Discovered - also here
2. February 27, 2008 - Bacterial 'Battle For Survival' Leads To New Antibiotic - also here
3. February 27, 2008 - Proteins That Help Bacteria Put Up A Fight Identified - also here
4. February 29, 2008 - Researchers find possible target to treat deadly bloodstream infections - also here, here

Blood biomarkers for mood disorders

1. February 26, 2008 - Mood Markers Isolated In Blood Open Informative Window Into Brain Functioning And Disease - also here
2. March 1, 2008 - Blood test hope for mood disorder

T cell activation therapy

1. February 26, 2008 - Immune Response Dramatically Boosted With Engineered Artificial 'Cells' - also here

Nanobiotechnology

1. February 26, 2008 - Silica Smart Bombs Deliver Knock-out To Bacteria - also here, here
2. February 29, 2008 - Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests
3. March 2, 2008 - Nanomagnets 'could target cancer'

Inflammatory diseases

1. February 27, 2008 - FDA approves Regeneron drug for rare disorders

Gingko biloba and cognitive impairment

1. February 27, 2008 - Ginkgo biloba may protect memory: study
2. March 1, 2008 - Does Gingko Biloba Affect Memory? - also here

Hepatitis C and insulin resistance

1. February 27, 2008 - Insulin resistance tied to hepatitis C infection

Health effects of selenium

1. February 27, 2008 - Moderate selenium levels tied to longer life

Nerve cell tissue engineering

1. February 27, 2008 - First System Of Human Nerve-cell Tissue Engineered - also here

Autism

1. February 27, 2008 - Autism's Origins: Mother's Antibody Production May Affect Fetal Brain - also here, here
2. February 27, 2008 - Listening to prozac, for autism
3. February 28, 2008 - Neurofeedback Helps Those With Autistic Disorders, Study Finds

Parkinson's disease

1. February 27, 2008 - Out-of-whack Protein May Boost Parkinson's Disease - also here

Schizophrenia

1. February 27, 2008 - Gene with possible link to schizophrenia identified
2. February 29, 2008 - New Genetic Association With Schizophrenia Discovered - also here
3. February 29, 2008 - New Gene Discovery Could Help Schizophrenics
4. March 1, 2008 - Comparison Of Antipsychotic Treatments In Adolescents With Schizophrenia - also here, here

Innate immunity and asthma

1. February 27, 2008 - Researchers investigate link between fungal proteins, innate immunity and asthma

Disease-related human genetic differences

1. February 28, 2008 - Trawl of two groups' genes shows differences - also here
2. February 29, 2008 - Gene Expression Differences Between Europeans And Africans Affect Response To Drugs, Infections - also here
3. February 29, 2008 - Immune system differences found

Lupus

1. February 28, 2008 - Autoantibodies And Neuropsychiatric Events In Lupus - also here

AIDS

1. February 28, 2008 - New Approach Stops HIV At Earliest Stage Of Infection - also here
2. February 29, 2008 - Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once - also here
3. February 29, 2008 - HIV's ancient legacy
4. February 29, 2008 - Gene That Can Block The Spread Of HIV Discovered - also here
5. March 3, 2008 - Monkey Gene That Blocks AIDS Viruses Evolved More Than Once - also here, here
6. March 5, 2008 - Understanding Primate Evolution Could Aid HIV Research

Nanoemulsion vaccines

1. February 28, 2008 - Smallpox, HIV: Oil-based Nasal Vaccine Technique Produces Immunity - also here, here

Alzheimer's disease

1. February 29, 2008 - Cancer-related Protein May Play Key Role In Alzheimer's Disease - also here

Influenza

1. February 29, 2008 - Step Toward Better Flu Vaccine - also here, here
2. March 2, 2008 - U.S. study shows why winter is "flu season"
3. March 3, 2008 - Why flu virus loves the cold

Sepsis

1. February 29, 2008 - Potential Drug Targets For Sepsis Discovered - also here
2. February 29, 2008 - Customized treatments for sepsis lower treatment time and reduce length of ICU stays - also here

Psychoneuroimmunology and cancer

1. February 29, 2008 - Stress And Fear Can Affect Cancer's Recurrence - also here

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. March 1, 2008 - Hormone Replacement Therapy Appears To Have No Effect On Risk And Severity Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. March 2, 2008 - Anti-TNF Therapy Can Help Heart Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Study Suggests - also here

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