Volume 9, Number 1 January 4, 2010 Physical sciences Technology Life sciences Neuroscience, psychology, behavior Health and medicine

Physical sciences Oscillations of Earth's core Global warming K-T mass extinction Paleoclimatology James Webb Space Telescope Supernova remnants WISE telescope Lithospheric stress Water on Mars Herschel telescope Earthquakes Very early galaxies Technology Lab-on-a-chip DNA sequencing by ligation DNA sequencing with carbon nanotubes Nanotechnology Life sciences Systems biology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Chaperone proteins in Escherichia coli Genomics Tumor-targeting CD8+ T cells and BTLA Evolutionary mechanisms for biological diversity Optimal mutation rate for bacterial evolution RNA elongation during transcription Iron respiration in Shewanella oneidensis Giant viruses Rate of DNA mutations Bacterial electrokinesis Antibody enhancers Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior Semaphorins and synapses Attention and the superior colliculus Ghrelin and appetite Schizophrenia Autism Astrocytes, RORα, and neuron protection Health and medicine Cancer Stem cells RNA interference therapeutics Alzheimer's disease Diabetes Parkinson's disease Cardiovascular disease Dementia Vitamin E Prions Inflmmatory bowel disease Cancer biology Malaria Mycobacterium disease

Physical sciences

Oscillations of Earth's core

1. December 28, 2009 - As the World Churns - also here

Global warming

1. December 28, 2009 - Scientists Argue for a New Type of Climate Target
2. December 30, 2009 - Soils give clean look at past carbon dioxide
3. December 31, 2009 - Natural Variability Led to Extra-Cold 2008, Research Finds
4. December 31, 2009 - Is the Airborne Fraction of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Increasing?
5. January 3, 2010 - Indian Ocean Climate Event Recurs Quicker With Global Warming

K-T mass extinction

1. December 28, 2009 - Dinosaur-Killing Firestorm Theory Questioned

Paleoclimatology

1. December 29, 2009 - Arctic could face warmer and ice-free conditions - also here

James Webb Space Telescope

1. December 29, 2009 - New Video Reveals Secrets of Webb Telescope's MIRI - also here

Supernova remnants

1. December 30, 2009 - Suzaku Finds 'Fossil' Fireballs from Supernovae - also here

WISE telescope

1. December 30, 2009 - NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons Its Cover - also here

Lithospheric stress

1. December 31, 2009 - Continental Roots Stress Earth's Surface

Water on Mars

1. December 31, 2009 - How Much Ice Needed to Create Martian Land Formations?

Herschel telescope

1. December 31, 2009 - Looking Back in Time 12 Billion Years With New Instruments on Herschel Space Observatory

Earthquakes

1. January 2, 2010 - Major Offshore Quake Could Surge Inland to Seattle Area

Very early galaxies

1. January 3, 2010 - New-found galaxies may be farthest back in time and space yet - also here

Technology

Lab-on-a-chip

1. December 28, 2009 - Adjusting Acidity With Impunity

DNA sequencing by ligation

1. December 28, 2009 - DNA sequencing gets SOLiD with built-in error detection

DNA sequencing with carbon nanotubes

1. December 31, 2009 - Carbon nanotubes show promise for high-speed genetic sequencing - also here, here

Nanotechnology

1. January 1, 2010 - Quelling Casimir: Scientists to Control Quantum Mechanical Force

Life sciences

Systems biology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

1. December 28, 2009 - Simplest bacteria unravelled at the cellular level

Chaperone proteins in Escherichia coli

1. December 28, 2009 - Molecular chaperone keeps bacterial proteins from slow-dancing to destruction - also here

Genomics

1. December 28, 2009 - Researchers Create New Way To Locate Big Genetic Variants

Tumor-targeting CD8+ T cells and BTLA

1. December 28, 2009 - Human Tumor-Targeting Immune Cells Inhibited by the Protein BTLA

Evolutionary mechanisms for biological diversity

1. December 28, 2009 - Seeing How Evolutionary Mechanisms Yield Biological Diversity

Optimal mutation rate for bacterial evolution

1. December 28, 2009 - High mutation rates don't necessarily spell rapid evolution

RNA elongation during transcription

1. December 29, 2009 - Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers

Iron respiration in Shewanella oneidensis

1. December 29, 2009 - Scientists Show How Bacteria Move Electrons Across a Membrane

Giant viruses

1. December 31, 2009 - Marseillevirus -- A New Member of the Giant Viruses

Rate of DNA mutations

1. January 1, 2010 - Scientists measure how quickly genomes change - also here

Bacterial electrokinesis

1. January 2, 2010 - Bacteria seen swimming the electron shuffle

Antibody enhancers

1. January 3, 2010 - Scientists Identify DNA That Regulates Antibody Production

Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior

Semaphorins and synapses

1. December 28, 2009 - Scientists discover a controller of brain circuitry - also here

Attention and the superior colliculus

1. December 28, 2009 - Seeing without looking - also here

Ghrelin and appetite

1. December 28, 2009 - Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full - also here
2. January 4, 2010 - Diet Demystified: Why We Overeat

Schizophrenia

1. December 28, 2009 - Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder - also here

Autism

1. December 29, 2009 - Texas study confirms lower autism rate in Hispanics

Astrocytes, RORα, and neuron protection

1. December 29, 2009 - RORalpha, the Orchestrator of Neuron Protection

Health and medicine

Cancer

1. December 28, 2009 - Antibody finds, wipes out prostate cancer: study
2. December 28, 2009 - 'Notch'ing up a role in the multisystem disease tuberous sclerosis complex - also here
3. December 29, 2009 - Pfizer ends late-stage lung-cancer study
4. December 29, 2009 - Statins don't curb colorectal cancer risk
5. December 29, 2009 - The cancer 'TRAP' - also here
6. December 29, 2009 - Scientists discover how wild mushroom cancer drug works
7. December 30, 2009 - Proteins show promise for ovarian cancer screening
8. December 31, 2009 - Smoking, drinking up risks of gut, throat cancers
9. December 31, 2009 - Fewer left-sided colorectal tumors observed after colonoscopies - also here
10. December 31, 2009 - Assessing lead time of selected ovarian cancer biomarkers - also here
11. December 31, 2009 - Gene Increases Effectiveness of Drugs Used to Fight Cancer and Allows Reduction in Dosage

Stem cells

1. December 28, 2009 - A 'fountain of youth' for stem cells? - also here
2. December 29, 2009 - Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines - also here

RNA interference therapeutics

1. December 28, 2009 - New RNA interference technique can silence up to five genes - also here
2. January 4, 2010 - New and improved RNA interference

Alzheimer's disease

1. December 28, 2009 - How amyloid beta reduces plasticity related to synaptic signaling - also here
2. December 30, 2009 - Vascular Pathology in Familial Alzheimer Disease

Diabetes

1. December 28, 2009 - Genetic causes identified for disturbances in lipid metabolism - also here
2. December 29, 2009 - A burger or fried chicken with a side of diabetes?
3. December 29, 2009 - Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis
4. December 29, 2009 - Study Puts Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes to the Test
5. December 31, 2009 - Effects of diet on diabetes risk vary by ethnicity
6. December 31, 2009 - Diabetes on the rise among older Mexican Americans

Parkinson's disease

1. December 28, 2009 - Small molecules found to protect cells in multiple models of Parkinson's disease - also here

Cardiovascular disease

1. December 28, 2009 - Overweight men at higher risk of heart attack, stroke, premature death
2. December 28, 2009 - Heart study targets immune cells in the arteries
3. December 30, 2009 - Quitting smoking after heart attack extends lives
4. December 31, 2009 - Early menstruation linked to heart disease risk
5. December 31, 2009 - Why Diseased Heart Muscle Cells Don't Communicate Properly
6. December 31, 2009 - Champagne Is Good for Your Heart, Study Suggests -- But Only in Moderation

Dementia

1. December 29, 2009 - Ginkgo extract doesn't slow cognitive decline
2. December 29, 2009 - Ginkgo biloba does not appear to slow rate of cognitive decline - also here
3. December 29, 2009 - Gingko Doesn't Slow Cognitive Decline in Elderly

Vitamin E

1. December 30, 2009 - Putting limits on vitamin E: The potent antioxidant may do more harm than good - also here

Prions

1. December 31, 2009 - Scientists show 'lifeless' prions capable of evolutionary change and adaptation - also here
2. December 31, 2009 - Discovery of New Function of Prion Protein Improves Understanding of Epilepsy
3. December 31, 2009 - Even without DNA, prions can evolve like organisms, study says
4. January 1, 2010 - 'Lifeless' prion proteins are 'capable of evolution'
5. January 4, 2010 - Prions evolve without the benefit of DNA

Inflmmatory bowel disease

1. December 31, 2009 - Bacteria Wins First Round Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Cancer biology

1. December 31, 2009 - Unusual protein modification involved in muscular dystrophy, cancer - also here
2. December 31, 2009 - NEDD9 Protein Supports Growth Of Aggressive Breast Cancer

Malaria

1. December 31, 2009 - Weakened Plasmodium Generates Protective Immunity

Mycobacterium disease

1. January 1, 2010 - Mutation Leads to New and Severe Form of Bacterial Disease

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