Volume 8, Number 38 September 21, 2009

Physical sciences and technology Paleoclimatology Herschel telescope Black holes International Linear Collider M87's black hole Local Lorentz invariance Memristors Ocean acidification Star formation Titan's atmosphere Carbon nanotubes James Webb Space Telescope Double nucleus galaxies Water on Mars Atmospheric oxygenation Climate modeling Extrasolar planets Very early galaxies Allen Telescope Array Global warming Combined silicon and gallium nitride microchips Star formation in M31 Nanotechnology Graphene Planck telescope Exobiology Bose-Einstein condensates Magnetism in ultracold gas Gravitational waves Fuel cells Organic nanoelectronics Origins of homochirality Millipede data storage Black holes and gamma-ray bursts Supernovae Hubble Space Telescope Quantum computing Linac Coherent Light Source Life sciences Evolution of cellular machinery Wnt signaling and regeneration in planaria Cell stress and apoptosis Functional evolution in proteins Polyploidy and mitosis DNA sequencing Blood vessel development Biological role for D-amino acids Pds5 and meiosis Stromatolites Insulin and the circadian clock Bacterial metabolic network Invadolysin and fat storage Proteins related to conformational diseases Protection of telomeres from DNA repair Evolution of chromosomal sex determination Induced pluripotent stem cells Ancient retroviruses Prebiotic organic chemistry Listeria Regulation of appetite and metabolism Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior Animal metacognition Intelligence and curiosity Effects of palmitic acid on appetite, leptin, and insulin Comprehension of metaphoric language Two-level neural integration model Neural circuits in the retina Alertness, consciousness, and anesthesia Autism Development of brain structure Endocannabinoids Sleep and memory formation Brain-imaging studies AMPA receptors and synaptic plasticity Formation of cortical columns Genetics of sleep need Acquisition of vision after infancy Calcium channels and learning Motor neuron development Consciousness and learning Health and medicine Cancer Physical activity and longevity Antioxidants Cardiovascular disease Vaccines Dementia MicroRNA and cancer Alzheimer's disease Nanobiotechnology Parkinson's disease Cancer biology Asthma Stem cells Cancer stem cells Docosahexaenoic acid and infant cognitive development Diabetes Immunoglobin E and allergy Tuberculosis Celiac disease Multiple sclerosis Gene therapy Hepatitis C Hepatitis B AIDS Immune deficiency diseases Zinc finger gene editing Weight loss

Physical sciences and technology

Paleoclimatology

1. September 14, 2009 - Scientists find CO2 link to Antarctic ice cap origin
2. September 14, 2009 - Global Warming Could Cool N. America in a Few Decades?

Herschel telescope

1. September 14, 2009 - Space telescope suffers instrument delay

Black holes

1. September 14, 2009 - Black Hole Pumps Iron
2. September 15, 2009 - Sophisticated telescope camera debuts with peek at nest of black holes - also here

International Linear Collider

1. September 14, 2009 - Silicon Detector Validated, Moves Forward
2. September 17, 2009 - American-made SRF Cavity Makes The Grade

M87's black hole

1. September 14, 2009 - Astrophysics: High Energy Galactic Particle Accelerator Located

Local Lorentz invariance

1. September 14, 2009 - Michelson-Morley experiment is best yet

Memristors

1. September 14, 2009 - Electronics 'missing link' united with rest of the family

Ocean acidification

1. September 15, 2009 - Ocean acidification: impact on key organisms of oceanic fauna - also here

Star formation

1. September 15, 2009 - Making Massive Stars

Titan's atmosphere

1. September 15, 2009 - Scientists unravel the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere - also here
2. September 15, 2009 - Saturn's moon Titan has a foggy bottom
3. September 16, 2009 - Global view of valleys on Titan shows north south contrast - also here

Carbon nanotubes

1. September 15, 2009 - Friction force differences offer new means for manipulating nanotubes - also here
2. September 20, 2009 - A recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes - also here

James Webb Space Telescope

1. September 15, 2009 - James Webb Space Telescope Begins to Take Shape at Goddard - also here

Double nucleus galaxies

1. September 15, 2009 - Double Nucleus Galaxies: Ravenous Black Holes And Ripples In Space-Time Continuum

Water on Mars

1. September 15, 2009 - Giant Cracks on Mars Hint at Ancient Lakes
2. September 16, 2009 - Patterns in Mars crater floors give picture of drying lakes - also here

Atmospheric oxygenation

1. September 15, 2009 - Drilling Project Pulls Up Evidence for Early Oxygen in the Oceans

Climate modeling

1. September 15, 2009 - Heavy water could add weight to climate models

Extrasolar planets

1. September 16, 2009 - CoRoT-7b, the Lava Planet
2. September 16, 2009 - Smallest exoplanet is shown to be a solid, rocky world
3. September 16, 2009 - First Solid Evidence for a Rocky Exoplanet - also here, here
4. September 16, 2009 - Scientists say "super-Earth" has rocky surface
5. September 16, 2009 - Rock solid planet
6. September 16, 2009 - First Real Evidence for a Rocky Exoplanet
7. September 16, 2009 - First Rocky World Confirmed Around Another Star
8. September 16, 2009 - Astronomers confirm rocky nature of new exoplanet
9. September 16, 2009 - Distant world 'has rocky surface'
10. September 16, 2009 - COROT-7b: Earth-like planet discovered outside solar system
11. September 17, 2009 - Rocky planet found outside Earth's solar system
12. September 21, 2009 - An exoplanet as dense as Earth

Very early galaxies

1. September 16, 2009 - Galaxies that go the distance
2. September 16, 2009 - Hubble Goes Deep, Finds Farthest Galaxies Yet
3. September 17, 2009 - Newly found galaxies could be most distant known

Allen Telescope Array

1. September 16, 2009 - Ear to the Universe starts listening

Global warming

1. September 16, 2009 - Climate change warning from Greenland
2. September 16, 2009 - Melting of the Greenland ice sheet mapped - also here
3. September 16, 2009 - Worlds oceans warmest on record this summer
4. September 17, 2009 - Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record
5. September 17, 2009 - New insights into Greenland icesheet
6. September 17, 2009 - Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2009, third lowest ever recorded - also here
7. September 17, 2009 - Pause in Arctic's melting trend
8. September 17, 2009 - Arctic sea ice melt still heavy, but no record
9. September 18, 2009 - Arctic sea ice levels third-lowest on record
10. September 18, 2009 - Arctic ice pack at third lowest extent since 1979: US

Combined silicon and gallium nitride microchips

1. September 16, 2009 - Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials

Star formation in M31

1. September 16, 2009 - Swift makes best-ever ultraviolet portrait of Andromeda Galaxy - also here
2. September 16, 2009 - Best UV View Ever of Andromeda Galaxy

Nanotechnology

1. September 16, 2009 - Engineers Produce 'How-To' Guide for Controlling the Structure of Nanoparticles
2. September 16, 2009 - DNA origami - also here
3. September 16, 2009 - New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance
4. September 17, 2009 - Putting a Strain on Nanowires Could Yield Colossal Results - also here
5. September 17, 2009 - Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable

Graphene

1. September 16, 2009 - Graphene and gallium arsenide: Two perfect partners find each other - also here

Planck telescope

1. September 17, 2009 - Planck first light yields promising results - also here, here
2. September 17, 2009 - Planck Telescope Snaps First Images
3. September 17, 2009 - Planck telescope's first glimpse
4. September 17, 2009 - Probe gets clearest glimpse yet of cosmic dawn
5. September 22, 2009 - Planck Sees "First Light"

Exobiology

1. September 17, 2009 - New 'Drake equation' for alien habitats
2. September 17, 2009 - New Drake equation to quantify habitability? - also here
3. September 18, 2009 - Exotic life beyond Earth? Looking for life as we don't know it - also here
4. September 22, 2009 - The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Gets Weird

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. September 17, 2009 - Buffer gas cooling could open up the field of ultracold physics

Magnetism in ultracold gas

1. September 17, 2009 - Magnetism observed in gas for the first time - also here
2. September 18, 2009 - Magnetized Gas Points to New Physics

Gravitational waves

1. September 17, 2009 - Galaxy-Sized Observatory for Gravitational Waves

Fuel cells

1. September 17, 2009 - Researchers make progress in optimizing solid oxide fuel cells
2. September 17, 2009 - Catalyst simulations could lower fuel cell cost - also here

Organic nanoelectronics

1. September 17, 2009 - New Material For Nanoscale Computer Chips

Origins of homochirality

1. September 17, 2009 - Nanosatellite to Test Life's Handedness in Space

Millipede data storage

1. September 17, 2009 - Super-dense data stores cool down

Black holes and gamma-ray bursts

1. September 18, 2009 - Invading black holes explain cosmic flashes - also here
2. September 22, 2009 - Radical New Theory: Black Holes Attack and Devour Stars from the Inside

Supernovae

1. September 18, 2009 - Watching a Supernova Come and Go

Hubble Space Telescope

1. September 18, 2009 - 'Extraordinary Results' Expected from Revamped Hubble

Quantum computing

1. September 18, 2009 - Tricolour entanglement could connect qubits

Linac Coherent Light Source

1. September 18, 2009 - First Test of New X-ray Laser Strips Neon Bare

Life sciences

Evolution of cellular machinery

1. September 14, 2009 - Evolution still scientifically stable - also here

Wnt signaling and regeneration in planaria

1. September 14, 2009 - Figuring out the heads or tails decision in regeneration

Cell stress and apoptosis

1. September 14, 2009 - Prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases

Functional evolution in proteins

1. September 14, 2009 - Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Polyploidy and mitosis

1. September 14, 2009 - When you've doubled your genes, what's 1 chromosome more or less? - also here

DNA sequencing

1. September 15, 2009 - New sequencing technique could boost pine beetle fight, improve cancer research

Blood vessel development

1. September 15, 2009 - Blood vessels contribute to their own growth and oxygen delivery to tissues and tumors

Biological role for D-amino acids

1. September 16, 2009 - New role for righty molecules

Pds5 and meiosis

1. September 16, 2009 - Landmark study sheds new light on human chromosomal birth defects - also here

Stromatolites

1. September 17, 2009 - High window on the past

Insulin and the circadian clock

1. September 17, 2009 - Genes controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock
2. September 21, 2009 - Two-way Communication Between Common Biological Pathways And Body's Daily Clock

Bacterial metabolic network

1. September 17, 2009 - Building a complete metabolic model

Invadolysin and fat storage

1. September 17, 2009 - Scientists pinpoint protein link to fat storage - also here

Proteins related to conformational diseases

1. September 17, 2009 - Mechanism related to the onset of various genetic diseases revealed - also here

Protection of telomeres from DNA repair

1. September 17, 2009 - Scientists demonstrate role of protein in distinguishing chromosome ends from DNA breaks - also here

Evolution of chromosomal sex determination

1. September 17, 2009 - Live Birth -- Key To Much Marine Life -- Depends Upon Evolution Of Chromosomal Sex Determination

Induced pluripotent stem cells

1. September 18, 2009 - Memories of the way they used to be - also here

Ancient retroviruses

1. September 18, 2009 - HIV's ancestors 'plagued first mammals' - also here

Prebiotic organic chemistry

1. September 18, 2009 - Could salt crusts be key ingredient in cooking up prebiotic molecules? - also here

Listeria

1. September 19, 2009 - Listeria L-forms: Discovery Of An Unusual Form Of Bacterial Life
2. September 21, 2009 - Scientists uncover how bugs evade capture
3. September 21, 2009 - Study finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread - also here

Regulation of appetite and metabolism

1. September 20, 2009 - Mutant mice living the dieter's dream

Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior

Animal metacognition

1. September 14, 2009 - Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Nonhuman Animals - also here
2. September 15, 2009 - Animals Think About Thinking, Research Suggests

Intelligence and curiosity

1. September 14, 2009 - Researchers discover the first-ever link between intelligence and curiosity

Effects of palmitic acid on appetite, leptin, and insulin

1. September 14, 2009 - Ice cream may target the brain before your hips, study suggests - also here
2. September 14, 2009 - Enzyme Crucial to Insulin Resistance Found in Brain
3. September 15, 2009 - Ice-cream and burgers can control your brain: study
4. October 19, 2009 - Lard Lesson: Why Fat Lubricates Your Appetite

Comprehension of metaphoric language

1. September 14, 2009 - Figures of speech -- understanding idioms requires both sides of the brain - also here

Two-level neural integration model

1. September 14, 2009 - Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College - also here

Neural circuits in the retina

1. September 14, 2009 - Visual detection: new neural circuits identified in the retina - also here

Alertness, consciousness, and anesthesia

1. September 14, 2009 - Discovery of 'alert status' area in brain opens door to treatment of impaired consciousness disorders - also here

Autism

1. September 14, 2009 - Eye Movements May Help Detect Autism

Development of brain structure

1. September 14, 2009 - Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Endocannabinoids

1. September 14, 2009 - Endocannabinoids, Closely Related To Active Ingredients In Cannabis Plant, Can Promote Pain

Sleep and memory formation

1. September 15, 2009 - Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. September 15, 2009 - Brain's response to seeing food may be linked to weight loss maintenance - also here

AMPA receptors and synaptic plasticity

1. September 15, 2009 - AMPA Receptors On Cell Membrane Make Us Smarter

Formation of cortical columns

1. September 16, 2009 - Scientists find mechanism that constructs key brain structure - also here

Genetics of sleep need

1. September 16, 2009 - Gene variation that lets people get by on fewer zees transferred to create insomniac mice - also here

Acquisition of vision after infancy

1. September 17, 2009 - Out of darkness, sight: How the brain learns to see - also here

Calcium channels and learning

1. September 18, 2009 - Calcium channels optimize learning

Motor neuron development

1. September 18, 2009 - Antioxidant controls spinal cord development - also here

Consciousness and learning

1. September 20, 2009 - Can unresponsive brains learn?
2. September 20, 2009 - Scientists find that individuals in vegetative states can learn - also here
3. September 20, 2009 - Minimally conscious patients can learn
4. September 20, 2009 - Patients in Vegetative States Can Learn, Predicting Recovery

Health and medicine

Cancer

1. September 14, 2009 - Depression 'cuts cancer survival'
2. September 14, 2009 - Depression can affect cancer survival: researchers
3. September 14, 2009 - Depression in cancer patients tied to earlier death - also here
4. September 14, 2009 - Depression increases cancer patients' risk of dying - also here
5. September 14, 2009 - Blood test helps guide treatment and can impact quality of life for breast cancer patients - also here
6. September 14, 2009 - Information About Use And Accuracy Of Breast Cancer Tests Is Lacking, Study Finds
7. September 14, 2009 - Ariad says independent experts positive on cancer drug
8. September 14, 2009 - GTx says committee positive on cancer drug trial
9. September 15, 2009 - Watch and wait good option in prostate cancer: study
10. September 15, 2009 - Outcomes appear to be improving for conservative management of localized prostate cancer
11. September 15, 2009 - Immune Reaction At Tumour Site Determines Clinical Outcome In Patients With Colorectal Cancer
12. September 15, 2009 - New drug 'can treat more cancers'
13. September 15, 2009 - Benign neglect may be best for many prostate cancers
14. September 15, 2009 - Is there really a skin cancer epidemic?
15. September 16, 2009 - Guide on lung cancer in 'never-smokers': A different disease and different treatments - also here
16. September 16, 2009 - Cases of liver cancer reduced in a younger population vaccinated for HBV - also here
17. September 16, 2009 - Imaging features of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas - also here
18. September 16, 2009 - Remodeling Tumor Vasculature: A New Approach To Therapy
19. September 17, 2009 - Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma - also here
20. September 17, 2009 - Killing cancer like a vampire slayer - also here
21. September 17, 2009 - Roles of S100A2 and p63 in the carcinogenesis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - also here
22. September 17, 2009 - Roche's Rituxan stops lymphoma worsening-study
23. September 20, 2009 - New blood tests promise simple cancer detection

Physical activity and longevity

1. September 14, 2009 - Activity adds years to life, even for octogenarians
2. September 14, 2009 - Active older adults live longer, have better functional status - also here
3. September 14, 2009 - Exercise can extend survival even in 'oldest old'

Antioxidants

1. September 14, 2009 - Antioxidant ingredient proven to relieve stress - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. September 14, 2009 - Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack - also here
2. September 14, 2009 - Less than 10 percent of Americans have low risk for heart disease - also here
3. September 14, 2009 - Study: More Americans at Higher Risk of Heart Disease
4. September 14, 2009 - Most Adult Americans at Some Risk for Heart Disease
5. September 14, 2009 - New insights into cardiac aging - also here
6. September 14, 2009 - Only 10 percent of U.S. adults have low heart risk
7. September 15, 2009 - Comprehensive cardiac CT scan may give clearer picture of significant heart disease - also here
8. September 15, 2009 - Heart study shows many suffer poor quality of life
9. September 15, 2009 - Heartbreak increases heart attack risk: study
10. September 15, 2009 - Two treatment innovations improve heart function after heart attack
11. September 17, 2009 - Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - also here
12. September 17, 2009 - Triple heart threat cuts decade off lifespan: study
13. September 17, 2009 - Researchers seek clues to high blood pressure's origins, impacts
14. September 17, 2009 - Unhealthy men 'may lose 10 years'
15. September 18, 2009 - Bad habits take a decade off life: study

Vaccines

1. September 14, 2009 - New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development - also here

Dementia

1. September 14, 2009 - Difficulties with daily activities associated with progression to dementia

MicroRNA and cancer

1. September 14, 2009 - Lung cancer suppresses miR-200 to invade and spread - also here
2. September 17, 2009 - Scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumor progression - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. September 14, 2009 - New marker for Alzheimer's discovered - also here
2. September 15, 2009 - Alzheimer's disease -- crosses boundaries of education and gender
3. September 16, 2009 - Alzheimer's Disease Results In Greater Language Impairments In More Highly-educated Than Less Learned Patients, New Study Suggests

Nanobiotechnology

1. September 14, 2009 - Nanoparticle treatment for burns curbs infection, reduces inflammation - also here
2. September 16, 2009 - Anticancer nanotech
3. September 20, 2009 - Nanoparticle-based Erectile Dysfunction Therapy Shows Promise

Parkinson's disease

1. September 14, 2009 - On-the-job pesticide exposure associated with Parkinson's disease - also here

Cancer biology

1. September 14, 2009 - Polyclonality of BRAF mutations in acquired melanocytic nevi - also here
2. September 16, 2009 - Reactive oxygen's role in metastasis - also here

Asthma

1. September 14, 2009 - Asthma: Epidemiology, etiology and risk factors

Stem cells

1. September 14, 2009 - Improvement Of Liver Stem Cell Engraftment By Protein Delivery
2. September 17, 2009 - Rare genetic disease successfully reversed using stem cell transplantation - also here

Cancer stem cells

1. September 14, 2009 - Diabetes drug kept breast tumors away in mice
2. September 14, 2009 - Diabetes drug kills cancer stem cells in combination treatment in mice - also here
3. September 17, 2009 - Research isolates liver cancer stem cells prior to tumor formation - also here

Docosahexaenoic acid and infant cognitive development

1. September 15, 2009 - Supplementing babies' formula with DHA boosts cognitive development - also here

Diabetes

1. September 15, 2009 - Diabetes drugs alone seen not easing key heart risk
2. September 15, 2009 - Diabetes drugs alone do not ease key heart risk
3. September 15, 2009 - Diabetes drugs don't fight inflammation
4. September 15, 2009 - Insulin, metformin do not reduce inflammatory biomarkers for diabetes patients - also here
5. September 15, 2009 - Lexicon diabetes drug trial shows promise
6. September 18, 2009 - Researcher offers a greater incentive to eat your greens

Immunoglobin E and allergy

1. September 15, 2009 - Solving the Mystery of IgE - also here

Tuberculosis

1. September 15, 2009 - Tuberculosis patients can reduce transmissability by inhaling interferon through a nebulizer - also here
2. September 15, 2009 - Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines - also here
3. September 16, 2009 - Researchers discover new antituberculosis compounds - also here
4. September 16, 2009 - Inhibitors of Important Tuberculosis Survival Mechanism Identified - also here

Celiac disease

1. September 15, 2009 - Study finds increased risk of death for patients with celiac disease-related disorders - also here

Multiple sclerosis

1. September 15, 2009 - Linking Epstein-Barr Virus To Multiple Sclerosis

Gene therapy

1. September 16, 2009 - Monkeys get full color vision
2. September 16, 2009 - Color-blindness Cured by Gene Injection in Monkeys
3. September 16, 2009 - Colorblind monkeys see new light
4. September 16, 2009 - Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys
5. September 16, 2009 - Colour blindness corrected by gene therapy
6. September 16, 2009 - Gene Therapy Gives Monkeys Color Vision
7. September 16, 2009 - Color blindness cured in monkeys - also here
8. September 16, 2009 - 'Gene cure' for colour blindness
9. September 16, 2009 - Gene therapy cures colour-blind monkeys
10. September 16, 2009 - Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blindness in Adult Monkeys
11. September 17, 2009 - Cold virus helps monkeys see red

Hepatitis C

1. September 16, 2009 - Genetic hint for ridding the body of hepatitis C - also here

Hepatitis B

1. September 16, 2009 - HBV genotype B/B3 and C/C1 are the major genotypes in Indonesia? - also here

AIDS

1. September 16, 2009 - The difficult Way to HIV Vaccine
2. September 16, 2009 - Clinical trial of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies for women now under way
3. September 16, 2009 - How HIV cripples immune cells - also here
4. September 18, 2009 - FDA approves new HIV test from Abbott Laboratories
5. September 19, 2009 - HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure - also here

Immune deficiency diseases

1. September 18, 2009 - The Many Causes Of Immune Deficiency

Zinc finger gene editing

1. September 18, 2009 - Genetic seamstress uses molecular fingers to tweak DNA

Weight loss

1. September 18, 2009 - Arena weight-loss trial yields mixed results
2. September 18, 2009 - Arena weight-loss trial disappoints investors
3. September 18, 2009 - Arena weight-loss trial met goals, but shares fall
4. September 18, 2009 - Arena Pharma says weight-loss trial meets goals

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