Volume 9, Number 7 February 15, 2010 Physical sciences Technology Life sciences Neuroscience, psychology, behavior Health and medicine

Physical sciences Enceladus Earthquakes Large Hadron Collider Global warming Chemical reactions in ultracold gases Quantum fractals Solar Dynamics Observatory Gas content of early galaxies Star forming regions Milky Way mapping Black holes Climate modeling Sea level variability Dark matter Supermassive black hole jets Neutrino mass Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Earth's core Technology Lab-on-a-chip Future accelerator technology Hydrogen production Nanotechnology Photovoltaics DNA sequencing Graphene Multiferroic metal-organic frameworks Organic electronics Supercomputing Spin-torque-transfer MRAM Carbon nanotubes Quantum-optical state engineering Supersolids Plasmonics Life sciences Viral biofilms Method of SV40 infection Sexual selection Negative-strand RNA viruses Respiratory tube development Transcription of damaged DNA Synthetic biology Immune system evasion by Helicobacter pylori DNA replication Induced pluripotent stem cells Neanderthals Evolutionary origins of myc Histone deacetylases Antibodies and dengue virus infection Biofilms Circadian rhythm and feeding behavior Cholera bacteria virulence Allele-specific DNA methylation P62, ERK, adipogenesis, obesity, and insulin resistance Bacterial antisense protein-coding genes Artificial genetic code Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior Fear and the amygdala Autism Hands and visual perception Brain-imaging studies Depression and cognition Interventions on subjective memory complaints Sleep deprivation Benzodiazepine drugs and GABA Schizophrenia Auditory perception Oxytocin Health and medicine Cancer biology Cancer Cardiovascular disease Inflammatory bowel disease Antibiotics Nanobiotechnology Parkinson's disease Health benefits of Mediterranean diet Alzheimer's disease Diabetes Dementia Obesity Stem cells Bioinformatics and genetic disease Control of complement overreaction in reperfusion Multiple sclerosis Hepatitis B Prions Tuberculosis AIDS Antibiotic resistance Anti-aging dietary supplement Hepatitis C

Physical sciences

Enceladus

1. February 8, 2010 - Scientists find signs of liquid water in Saturn's moon - also here
2. February 8, 2010 - Cassini detection adds to Enceladus liquid water story
3. February 9, 2010 - Saturn's Moon Does Harbor an Ocean, New Evidence Suggests

Earthquakes

1. February 8, 2010 - Characteristics of Earthquakes That Have Caused Exceptional Ground Accelerations and Velocities
2. February 9, 2010 - Haiti earthquake only moved half the fault
3. February 10, 2010 - Future Earthquake Risk in Haiti: Startling Images of Ground Motion Help Scientists Understand Risk of Aftershocks

Large Hadron Collider

1. February 8, 2010 - CERN Gears Up Its Computers for More Atom Smashing
2. February 13, 2010 - Powerful collider set to smash protons

Global warming

1. February 9, 2010 - Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster - also here, here
2. February 9, 2010 - Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected
3. February 9, 2010 - Soil impact underestimated: climate study
4. February 12, 2010 - More Mega-Snowstorms Coming -- Global Warming to Blame?

Chemical reactions in ultracold gases

1. February 9, 2010 - Ultra-Cold Chemistry: First Direct Observation of Exchange Process in Quantum Gas
2. February 11, 2010 - Scientists control chemical reactions of ultracold molecules - also here
3. February 11, 2010 - Ultracold Reactions Probe the Frontiers of Quantum Chemistry
4. February 16, 2010 - Physicists watch chemistry in slow motion

Quantum fractals

1. February 9, 2010 - Fractal patterns spotted in the quantum realm

Solar Dynamics Observatory

1. February 9, 2010 - New Solar Observatory to Unlock Sun's Mysteries
2. February 11, 2010 - A new view of our volatile star

Gas content of early galaxies

1. February 10, 2010 - Young galaxies gorge on gas
2. February 10, 2010 - Early Galaxies Formed Stars Fast Because They Had More Gas
3. February 10, 2010 - Ancient Galaxies Packed More Raw Material for Stellar Formation
4. February 11, 2010 - Why Today's Galaxies Don't Make As Many Stars As They Once Did - also here
5. February 11, 2010 - Stellar Baby Boom of Early Universe Explained

Star forming regions

1. February 10, 2010 - A new VISTA on stellar birthplace
2. February 10, 2010 - New Telescope Captures Dazzling Image of Orion Nebula
3. February 10, 2010 - Orion in a New Light - also here
4. February 10, 2010 - Astronomers release stunning view of Orion Nebula
5. February 10, 2010 - New Image Penetrates Heart of Orion Nebula

Milky Way mapping

1. February 10, 2010 - PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way - also here

Black holes

1. February 10, 2010 - Fall Into A Black Hole At The Speed Of Light With New Simulator

Climate modeling

1. February 10, 2010 - Alternative futures of a warming world - also here

Sea level variability

1. February 11, 2010 - Sea levels erratic during latest ice age
2. February 11, 2010 - Sea-level records challenged
3. February 11, 2010 - Can Sea Level Rise and Fall With Lightning Speed?
4. February 11, 2010 - Research challenges models of sea level change during ice-age cycles - also here, here
5. February 12, 2010 - Sea Caves Reveal Rapid Rise in Ancient Ocean Levels
6. February 12, 2010 - Measuring Climate Change in Mediterranean Caves

Dark matter

1. February 11, 2010 - Dark matter or background noise? Results intriguing but not conclusive - also here
2. February 11, 2010 - Warm white dwarfs could reveal 'inelastic' dark matter
3. February 11, 2010 - Study hints at dark matter action
4. February 12, 2010 - Hints of dark matter detected on Earth

Supermassive black hole jets

1. February 11, 2010 - Black hole spin may create jets that control galaxy
2. February 12, 2010 - Backward Black Holes Control Fate of Galaxies

Neutrino mass

1. February 12, 2010 - Stalking the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

1. February 12, 2010 - AMS experiment embarks on first leg of mission into space

Earth's core

1. February 12, 2010 - Zonal swishing at the Earth's core

Technology

Lab-on-a-chip

1. February 8, 2010 - Researchers develop 'lab on a chip' that detects viruses

Future accelerator technology

1. February 9, 2010 - Scientist explore future of high-energy physics - also here

Hydrogen production

1. February 9, 2010 - Energy from light and water: New photocatalytic method for the clean production of hydrogen from water

Nanotechnology

1. February 9, 2010 - Nanoscale Structures with Superior Mechanical Properties Developed - also here, here
2. February 14, 2010 - Digging deep into diamonds, physicists advance quantum science and technology - also here, here
3. February 15, 2010 - For Nanowires, Nothing Sparkles Quite Like Diamond

Photovoltaics

1. February 11, 2010 - IBM develops promising contender for cheaper solar cells
2. February 14, 2010 - Silicon whiskers catch rays well
3. February 14, 2010 - A new wire twist on silicon solar cells - also here
4. February 15, 2010 - New twist on solar cell design

DNA sequencing

1. February 11, 2010 - Scientists develop universal DNA reader to advance faster, cheaper sequencing efforts - also here

Graphene

1. February 11, 2010 - Graphene Electronics: Single-step Technique Produces Both P-type and N-type Doping for Future Devices - also here

Multiferroic metal-organic frameworks

1. February 11, 2010 - Researchers Envision High-Tech Applications For 'Multiferroic' Crystals - also here

Organic electronics

1. February 11, 2010 - Chemists create molecule with promising semiconductor properties - also here

Supercomputing

1. February 12, 2010 - Computational Science Programming Model Crosses the Petaflop Barrier

Spin-torque-transfer MRAM

1. February 12, 2010 - High-Reliability Read-Method for Spin-Torque-Transfer MRAM, Next-Generation Non-Volatile Memory

Carbon nanotubes

1. February 12, 2010 - Adenosine triphosphate detection in living cells with carbon nanotubes and luciferase

Quantum-optical state engineering

1. February 14, 2010 - Using quantum entanglement to stack light particles: Physicists play Lego with photons - also here

Supersolids

1. February 14, 2010 - Frictionless supersolid a step closer

Plasmonics

1. February 14, 2010 - Scientists Turn Light Into Electrical Current Using a Golden Nanoscale System - also here

Life sciences

Viral biofilms

1. February 8, 2010 - Biofilms: Discovery of a New Mechanism of Virus Propagation

Method of SV40 infection

1. February 8, 2010 - Virology: Some Viruses Use Fats to Penetrate a Cell

Sexual selection

1. February 9, 2010 - Fastest Wings on Earth Show Extremes of Sexual Selection

Negative-strand RNA viruses

1. February 9, 2010 - Researchers reveal 3-D structure of bullet-shaped virus with potential to fight cancer, HIV - also here

Respiratory tube development

1. February 9, 2010 - A study reveals how respiratory tubes and capillaries form - also here

Transcription of damaged DNA

1. February 9, 2010 - Cells can read damaged DNA without missing a beat - also here

Synthetic biology

1. February 9, 2010 - Engineering bacterial cells

Immune system evasion by Helicobacter pylori

1. February 9, 2010 - New finding of the expression of Helicobacter pylori in Chilean patients - also here

DNA replication

1. February 10, 2010 - Scientists crash test DNA's replication machinery - also here

Induced pluripotent stem cells

1. February 11, 2010 - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Fall Short of Potential Found in Embryonic Version
2. February 11, 2010 - Still No Truce in the Stem-Cell Wars
3. February 12, 2010 - Stem cell alternatives show early aging abnormalities
4. February 15, 2010 - Induced neural stem cells: Not quite ready for prime time - also here
5. February 16, 2010 - The Trouble With Lab-Created Stem Cells - and Why They Won't Displace Embryonic Ones

Neanderthals

1. February 11, 2010 - Could Neanderthals live again?

Evolutionary origins of myc

1. February 11, 2010 - Cancer: 'Primitive' gene discovered - also here

Histone deacetylases

1. February 11, 2010 - Shaping the tree of DNA's regulators

Antibodies and dengue virus infection

1. February 11, 2010 - Scientists prove hypothesis on the mystery of dengue virus infection - also here

Biofilms

1. February 11, 2010 - Grasping bacterial 'friending' paves the way to disrupt biofilm creation - also here

Circadian rhythm and feeding behavior

1. February 11, 2010 - Tiny fruit fly could offer big clues in fight against obesity - also here, here

Cholera bacteria virulence

1. February 12, 2010 - Researchers describe how the cholera bacteria becomes infectious - also here

Allele-specific DNA methylation

1. February 12, 2010 - Epigenetic signals differ across alleles - also here

P62, ERK, adipogenesis, obesity, and insulin resistance

1. February 12, 2010 - Research Highlights Role of Protein Pair in Obesity Regulation - also here

Bacterial antisense protein-coding genes

1. February 12, 2010 - Bacteria Are Better Gene Packers Than We Thought

Artificial genetic code

1. February 14, 2010 - Genetic coding revamp

Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior

Fear and the amygdala

1. February 8, 2010 - Study shows why it is so scary to lose money
2. February 8, 2010 - Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money - also here
3. February 9, 2010 - Study shows why it's scary to lose money
4. February 9, 2010 - Brain Location for Fear of Losing Money Pinpointed -- The Amygdala
5. February 9, 2010 - Patients with amygdala injury 'unafraid' to gamble
6. February 9, 2010 - Damage to Brain's Decision-Making Area May Encourage Dicey Gambles

Autism

1. February 8, 2010 - Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study
2. February 8, 2010 - New study confirms link between advanced maternal age and autism - also here, here
3. February 8, 2010 - Autism Risks Detailed in Children of Older Mothers
4. February 9, 2010 - Study links mother's age to child's risk of autism
5. February 10, 2010 - Developmental delay in brain provides clue to sensory hypersensitivity in autism - also here
6. February 11, 2010 - Extremely premature babies show higher autism risk
7. February 11, 2010 - New clue why autistic people don't want hugs - also here, here
8. February 11, 2010 - Study Confirms Link between Older Maternal Age and Autism
9. February 12, 2010 - Brain clue may explain condition's 'hug avoidance'

Hands and visual perception

1. February 9, 2010 - Hand has role in how we see objects in space, researchers find

Brain-imaging studies

1. February 9, 2010 - Sporting Prowess Through Brain Power - also here
2. February 10, 2010 - fMRIs reveal brain's handling of low-priority ideas - also here
3. February 10, 2010 - People with anxiety disorder less able to regulate response to negative emotions, study shows - also here
4. February 10, 2010 - Brain Scans Track Hoop Fans' Happy Memories - also here
5. February 12, 2010 - Valentine's Science: Why Gauging Sexiness Is Sophisticated

Depression and cognition

1. February 9, 2010 - Depression and lack of concentration do not necessarily go together - also here

Interventions on subjective memory complaints

1. February 9, 2010 - Can Memory Be Improved? A Meta-Analysis Suggests It Does

Sleep deprivation

1. February 9, 2010 - Bank sleep to fight tiredness, research says

Benzodiazepine drugs and GABA

1. February 10, 2010 - Scientists find clue to anxiety drug addiction
2. February 12, 2010 - Why valium is addictive

Schizophrenia

1. February 10, 2010 - Mom's anemia may raise schizophrenia risk in offspring

Auditory perception

1. February 10, 2010 - Researchers find how brain hears the sound of silence - also here, here
2. February 10, 2010 - Seeing the Brain Hear Reveals Surprises About How Sound Is Processed

Oxytocin

1. February 12, 2010 - Love: What's oxytocin got to do with it?

Health and medicine

Cancer biology

1. February 8, 2010 - Researchers find sex-specific lung cancer genes - also here
2. February 9, 2010 - Rab25: A Suppressor of Tumor Formation in Intestines?
3. February 11, 2010 - Research team targets self-cannibalizing cancer cells - also here
4. February 12, 2010 - Spindles give cancer clues
5. February 12, 2010 - Master gene SRC-3 enables breast cancer growth, invasion - also here
6. February 14, 2010 - Dental researcher finds switch that turns on the spread of cancer - also here

Cancer

1. February 8, 2010 - U.S. FDA staff questions small ChemGenex study
2. February 8, 2010 - Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer
3. February 8, 2010 - Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study
4. February 8, 2010 - FDA staff questions Cell Therapeutics drug data
5. February 8, 2010 - Cell Therapeutics drug draws US FDA staff concerns
6. February 8, 2010 - Study reveals new details on the dangers of third-hand smoke - also here
7. February 8, 2010 - Soft drink consumption may increase risk of pancreatic cancer - also here
8. February 8, 2010 - Enhancing arrest of cell growth to treat cancer in mice - also here
9. February 8, 2010 - A potent suppressor of endometrial cancer is revealed - also here
10. February 8, 2010 - Metabolite common among cancers - also here
11. February 8, 2010 - Lower detection of prostate cancer with PSA screening in US than in a European randomized trial - also here
12. February 8, 2010 - Marker of Ewing sarcoma: Potential new drug target? - also here
13. February 8, 2010 - Soft Drinks Could Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk
14. February 8, 2010 - Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study
15. February 8, 2010 - Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study
16. February 8, 2010 - Amgen: denosumab prostate cancer trial meets goals
17. February 9, 2010 - 'Thirdhand smoke' may pose health risk
18. February 9, 2010 - Using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer shows potential to halt disease - also here
19. February 9, 2010 - New approach to treating breast and prostate cancers - also here
20. February 9, 2010 - Racial disparities persist in the diagnosis of advanced breast cancer and colon cancer in the U.S. - also here
21. February 9, 2010 - Low forms of cyclin E reduce breast cancer drug's effectiveness - also here
22. February 9, 2010 - Researchers publish promising findings for advanced cervical cancer - also here
23. February 9, 2010 - Molecular pathways linked to sex, age affect outcomes in lung cancer
24. February 9, 2010 - Researchers discover new way to kill pediatric brain tumors - also here
25. February 9, 2010 - Which intestinal metapasia is closer with gastric cancer? Simple or atypical?
26. February 9, 2010 - Red Wine, Microwaves and Local Produce: Preventing Cancer Through Our Diets
27. February 9, 2010 - Detecting Cancer Early
28. February 9, 2010 - 'Third-hand smoke' could damage health
29. February 9, 2010 - Amgen's denosumab offers hope in rare bone tumours
30. February 10, 2010 - Helicobacter pylori and EBV in gastric carcinomas
31. February 10, 2010 - Genetic 'hotspots' flag up opportunities for more personalised bowel cancer treatment
32. February 10, 2010 - Short-term radiation therapy successful on breast cancer - also here
33. February 11, 2010 - Red wine and dark chocolate cancer killers: researcher
34. February 11, 2010 - Researchers create drug to keep tumor growth switched off - also here
35. February 11, 2010 - Predicting prognosis and treatment response in a subset of pancreatic cancer patients - also here
36. February 11, 2010 - Less is more in cancer imaging - also here
37. February 11, 2010 - Certain Genetic Profiles Associated With Recurrence-Free Survival for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
38. February 12, 2010 - Pricey scans have no impact in breast cancer: study - also here
39. February 12, 2010 - Scientists Synthesize Unique Family of Anti-Cancer Compounds - also here
40. February 12, 2010 - Single Gene Mutation Induces Endometrial Cancer
41. February 12, 2010 - Baked Rhubarb Could Help Fight Cancer

Cardiovascular disease

1. February 8, 2010 - U.S. clears wider use of AstraZeneca cholesterol drug
2. February 8, 2010 - Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack than men - also here
3. February 9, 2010 - Butter leads to lower blood fats than olive oil - also here
4. February 9, 2010 - Auto exhaust linked to thickening of arteries, possible increased risk of heart attack - also here
5. February 9, 2010 - Early life stress may predict cardiovascular disease - also here
6. February 10, 2010 - Migraines tied to risks of heart attack, stroke
7. February 10, 2010 - Low IQ among top heart health risks, study finds
8. February 10, 2010 - IQ among strongest predictors of cardiovascular disease -- second only to cigarette smoking - also here
9. February 10, 2010 - High prevalence of AF found among cross-country skiers
10. February 10, 2010 - Migraine may double risk of heart attack - also here
11. February 10, 2010 - Are You Too Smart to Have a Heart Attack?
12. February 10, 2010 - Isis says cholesterol drug works; but safety weighs
13. February 11, 2010 - Compound Shows Promise Against Intractable Heart Failure - also here
14. February 11, 2010 - Can chocolate lower your risk of stroke? - also here
15. February 11, 2010 - The Health Benefits of Chocolate
16. February 12, 2010 - Low levels of natural antibodies behind stroke - also here
17. February 14, 2010 - Shifting cellular energy metabolism may help treat cardiovascular disease - also here
18. February 15, 2010 - Highway pollution drives up heart risk

Inflammatory bowel disease

1. February 8, 2010 - Inflammatory bowel disease hikes blood clots
2. February 9, 2010 - Bowel disease flare-ups raise risk of blood clots
3. February 9, 2010 - Blueberries counteract intestinal diseases - also here
4. February 10, 2010 - Bowel disease link to blood clots - also here

Antibiotics

1. February 8, 2010 - Newly engineered enzyme is a powerful staph antibiotic
2. February 9, 2010 - Eyeing an enzyme to stop deadly infections

Nanobiotechnology

1. February 8, 2010 - Scientists discover novel materials approach to fighting cancer - also here
2. February 12, 2010 - New nanoparticle could improve cancer detection, drug delivery

Parkinson's disease

1. February 8, 2010 - Industrial cleaner linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease - also here
2. February 10, 2010 - Communication breakdown: What happens to nerve cells in Parkinson's disease - also here

Health benefits of Mediterranean diet

1. February 8, 2010 - Mediterranean diet may lower risk of brain damage that causes thinking problems - also here

Alzheimer's disease

1. February 8, 2010 - Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment: research - also here
2. February 9, 2010 - Neuroimaging study may pave way for effective Alzheimer's treatments - also here
3. February 12, 2010 - Catching calcium waves could provide Alzheimer's insights - also here

Diabetes

1. February 8, 2010 - Researchers Find Link Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Diabetes Risk
2. February 10, 2010 - Self-control impaired in type 2 diabetics
3. February 11, 2010 - Roche diabetes drug cuts blood sugar in 5 studies

Dementia

1. February 8, 2010 - Hypertension may predict dementia in older adults with certain cognitive deficits - also here

Obesity

1. February 9, 2010 - Surgery better than diet, exercise in obese teens
2. February 9, 2010 - Questions remain on bariatric surgery for adolescents
3. February 9, 2010 - Maternal obesity puts a load on her offspring that lasts a lifetime - also here
4. February 10, 2010 - Debate over gastric surgery for teens
5. February 10, 2010 - Obese Teens Who Receive Gastric Banding Achieve Significant Weight Loss
6. February 10, 2010 - Child Obesity Risks Death at Early Age, Study Finds
7. February 11, 2010 - 2 years old -- a childhood obesity tipping point? - also here
8. February 12, 2010 - Gut bacteria can cause obesity
9. February 13, 2010 - Obesity 'often set before age of two'

Stem cells

1. February 9, 2010 - Testing time for stem cells
2. February 10, 2010 - UK firm gets final green light for stem cell trial
3. February 11, 2010 - MCG to conduct first FDA-approved stem cell trial in pediatric cerebral palsy - also here
4. February 14, 2010 - Biologists image birth of blood-forming stem cells in embryo

Bioinformatics and genetic disease

1. February 9, 2010 - Comprehensive study using bioinformatics predicts the molecular causes of many genetic diseases - also here

Control of complement overreaction in reperfusion

1. February 9, 2010 - Research could lead to way to halt deadly immune response - also here

Multiple sclerosis

1. February 9, 2010 - Drinking milk during pregnancy may lower baby's risk of MS - also here
2. February 10, 2010 - First blinded study of venous insufficiency prevalence in MS shows promising results - also here
3. February 10, 2010 - Blocking cell movement for cancer, MS treatment - also here
4. February 10, 2010 - Brain blood vessels clue to MS

Hepatitis B

1. February 9, 2010 - Is hepatitis B virus genotype C independently associated with cirrhosis?

Prions

1. February 9, 2010 - Prion Protein in Cell Culture

Tuberculosis

1. February 10, 2010 - Secondhand smoke raises TB risk: study

AIDS

1. February 10, 2010 - Untangling HIV transmission in men
2. February 10, 2010 - Origin of HIV transmission between males pinpointed - also here
3. February 14, 2010 - Treatment for herpes in patients co-infected with herpes and HIV could delay HIV disease progression

Antibiotic resistance

1. February 11, 2010 - Antibiotics Breed Superbugs Faster Than Expected
2. February 11, 2010 - What Doesn't Kill Microbes, Makes Them Stronger
3. February 11, 2010 - Antibiotics as active mutagens in the emergence of multidrug resistance - also here
4. February 11, 2010 - A new theory of how low doses of antibioitics create antibiotic resistance
5. February 12, 2010 - Low Levels of Antibiotics Cause Multidrug Resistance in 'Superbugs'

Anti-aging dietary supplement

1. February 11, 2010 - Researchers find formula that forestalls aging - also here

Hepatitis C

1. February 11, 2010 - New screening system for hepatitis C - also here, here

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