Volume 6, Number 39 September 24, 2007

Physical sciences and technology Global warming Magellanic Clouds Climate effects of permafrost thawing Arctic ice cover Large Hadron Collider Neutrons Earthquakes Nanowire data storage Carbon nanotubes Surface plasmon polaritons on nanostructures Primordial black holes Methane and global warming Iron in the lower mantle Water on Mars Intergalactic star formation Magnetars Carbon nanotube integrated circuits Quantum communications on a chip Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Graphene Nanotechnology Neutron stars Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array Quantum entanglement Life sciences Synthetic biology Gene evolution Caspases Protein folding Animal hybrid vigor Homo erectus Evolution of menopause Cancer biology Metagenomics Selective attention and hearing Homo floresiensis Sirtuins, mitochondria, and longevity Spatial perception of sounds Heat shock proteins and cancer Necrosis Adipocyte caveolae Synesthesia Testerone depletion and neurodegeneration Speciation Neurotransmitter receptors and memory Cell differentiation in multicellular organisms Formation of nuclear membrane during mitosis RNA interference P53 and longevity Health and medicine Parkinson's disease Diabetes Avian flu Gene therapy Cardiovascular disease Cancer Stem cells Tuberculosis Serotonin and depression Alzheimer's disease AIDS Seasonal affective disorder Stress and the immune system Rheumatoid arthritis Nanobiotechnology Statins, lipases, and atherosclerosis Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics Common cold viruses Influenza Autoimmune disease Cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and cancer T cell response suppression in infection Control of inflammatory disease and leukemia Multiple sclerosis Cancer stem cells Fat metabolism

Physical sciences and technology

Global warming

1. September 17, 2007 - Shipping smoke plumes cool the atmosphere
2. September 19, 2007 - Increase In Atmospheric Moisture Tied To Human Activities - also here, here
3. September 23, 2007 - Scientists Hopeful Despite Climate Signs - also here, here

Magellanic Clouds

1. September 17, 2007 - Milky Way keeps a light grip on speedy neighbours
2. September 17, 2007 - Magellanic clouds: Single measurement throws out everything we thought we knew - also here
3. September 18, 2007 - Milky Way Companions Just Passing Through

Climate effects of permafrost thawing

1. September 17, 2007 - Peat And Forests Save Permafrost From Melting
2. September 20, 2007 - A Climate Bomb Defused?

Arctic ice cover

1. September 18, 2007 - Arctic sea ice at record low
2. September 19, 2007 - Arctic summer ice just 1 metre thick
3. September 20, 2007 - Arctic ice ebbs to record level: scientists - also here
4. September 20, 2007 - Rising Surface Temperatures Drive Back Winter Ice In Barents Sea, Researchers Find
5. September 21, 2007 - The North Pole Is Melting
6. September 21, 2007 - Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Shatters All-time Record Low, Report Scientists - also here, here
7. September 21, 2007 - Ice withdrawal 'shatters record'
8. September 21, 2007 - Record sea ice melt this summer larger than Texas and Alaska
9. September 21, 2007 - Scientists Report Severe Retreat of Arctic Ice
10. September 21, 2007 - Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low, Scientists Say
11. September 21, 2007 - Arctic ice caps shrink to smallest ever size
12. September 21, 2007 - Researchers stunned by rapid ice retreat

Large Hadron Collider

1. September 18, 2007 - Large Hadron Collider Project To Study The Origins Of Matter

Neutrons

1. September 18, 2007 - Accepted Notion Of Neutron's Electrical Properties Overturned By New Research - also here, here

Earthquakes

1. September 18, 2007 - Does Underground Water Regulate Earthquakes?

Nanowire data storage

1. September 18, 2007 - Computer Memory Designed In Nanoscale Can Retrieve Data 1,000 Times Faster - also here

Carbon nanotubes

1. September 18, 2007 - New carbon nanotube technology to reduce large-scale emissions

Surface plasmon polaritons on nanostructures

1. September 18, 2007 - Surface plasmons enhance nanostructure possibilities

Primordial black holes

1. September 19, 2007 - Did the big bang spawn trillions of black holes?

Methane and global warming

1. September 19, 2007 - Ancient British bog provides clue to global warming - also here, here, here
2. September 19, 2007 - Bog helps build climate insights
3. September 19, 2007 - Belching British Bogs Fueled Ancient Global Warming
4. September 19, 2007 - Ancient British bog may hold climate change clues - also here

Iron in the lower mantle

1. September 20, 2007 - Getting a Handle on the Mantle
2. September 20, 2007 - Physicists discover new layer in Earth's mantle
3. September 20, 2007 - Earth's mantle in a spin
4. September 21, 2007 - Deep Earth Model Challenged By New Experiment - also here
5. September 24, 2007 - Researchers locate mantle's spin transition zone, leading to clues about Earth's structure

Water on Mars

1. September 20, 2007 - Lava may have buried signs of Mars water
2. September 20, 2007 - Mars Images Reveal Few Signs of Recent Liquid Water
3. September 20, 2007 - Hope for Water on Mars Dims with Sharp New Images
4. September 20, 2007 - Mars Close-Up Casts Doubts on Signs of Recent Water
5. September 23, 2007 - Insights About Mars Water And Climate From NASA Orbiter - also here

Intergalactic star formation

1. September 20, 2007 - Orphan Stars Found in Long Galaxy Tail - also here, here, here
2. September 20, 2007 - Galaxy Sports Vast Comet-Like Tail
3. September 21, 2007 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Lonely Stars
4. September 28, 2007 - New Stars in a Galaxy's Wake

Magnetars

1. September 20, 2007 - Astronomers Pinpoint Origin of Nature's Most Powerful Magnetic Bursts

Carbon nanotube integrated circuits

1. September 20, 2007 - Toward Next-generation Integrated Circuits Made From Carbon Nanotubes

Quantum communications on a chip

1. September 20, 2007 - Single-photon microwave source fits on a chip

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

1. September 20, 2007 - NASA to launch gamma-ray telescope - also here, here, here

Graphene

1. September 20, 2007 - Graphene logic gate makes its debut

Nanotechnology

1. September 21, 2007 - Nanomaterials With A Bright Future

Neutron stars

1. September 21, 2007 - 'Starquake' reveals star's powerful magnetic field

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

1. September 21, 2007 - NASA resurrects cancelled black hole mission
2. September 21, 2007 - NASA Plans Black Hole Finder
3. September 21, 2007 - NASA Revives Probe to Study Black Holes - also here, here
4. September 24, 2007 - NASA Restarts Telescope Mission to Detect Black Holes

Quantum entanglement

1. September 21, 2007 - Imaging Quantum Entanglement - also here, here

Life sciences

Synthetic biology

1. September 17, 2007 - Synthetic Genes Give Cells Something to Remember

Gene evolution

1. September 17, 2007 - New Method Can Reveal Ancestry Of All Genes Across Many Different Genomes

Caspases

1. September 18, 2007 - New Cell Death Pathway Involved In Sperm Development - also here

Protein folding

1. September 18, 2007 - Secrets Of Protein Folding Coming Unlocked - also here

Animal hybrid vigor

1. September 18, 2007 - New Light Shed On Hybrid Animals - also here
2. September 27, 2007 - Thriving Hybrid Salamanders Contradict Common Wisdom - also here

Homo erectus

1. September 19, 2007 - Human ancestor had mix of primitive, modern traits - also here
2. September 19, 2007 - Georgia clues to human origins
3. September 19, 2007 - Treasure trove of Homo erectus found
4. September 19, 2007 - Odd Fossil Skeletons Show Both Apelike and Human Traits
5. September 19, 2007 - Humanlike legs took homo out of Africa
6. September 20, 2007 - Human ancestor had new legs but old skull
7. September 20, 2007 - Fossils Reveal Clues on Human Ancestor
8. September 26, 2007 - Human Ancestors More Primitive That Once Thought

Evolution of menopause

1. September 19, 2007 - Caring grandmas explain evolutionary role of menopause
2. September 20, 2007 - Menopause: blame it on evolution

Cancer biology

1. September 19, 2007 - DNA 'Packaging' Important: If You Think Cancer Genes Are Simple, You Don't Know JAK - also here, here
2. September 21, 2007 - Controlling for size may also prevent cancer - also here, here

Metagenomics

1. September 19, 2007 - Metagenomics of the deep Mediterranean - also here, here

Selective attention and hearing

1. September 19, 2007 - Selective attention increases both gain and feature selectivity of the human auditory cortex - also here

Homo floresiensis

1. September 20, 2007 - 'Hobbit' wrist bones suggest a distinct species
2. September 20, 2007 - 'Hobbit' wrists 'were primitive'
3. September 20, 2007 - Wrist bones bolster hobbit status
4. September 20, 2007 - Hobbits of Indonesia were different human species
5. September 20, 2007 - Case Grows for 'Hobbit' as Human Ancestor
6. September 20, 2007 - Scientists Confirm 'Hobbit' Species Was Human
7. September 21, 2007 - Wrist gives hobbit theory the flick
8. September 21, 2007 - Hobbit likely to be new species
9. September 21, 2007 - New research sheds light on 'hobbit' - also here, here
10. September 21, 2007 - Scientists: Hobbit Wasn't a Modern Human - also here, here, here, here
11. September 21, 2007 - Yes, it's a Hobbit. The debate that has divided science is solved at last (sort of)
12. September 21, 2007 - Study Says Bones Found in Far East Are of a Distinct Species
13. September 21, 2007 - Human or Hobbit: it is all in the wrist
14. September 21, 2007 - Hobbit evidence will silence critics, scientist says
15. September 21, 2007 - New bone to pick with hobbit theory

Sirtuins, mitochondria, and longevity

1. September 20, 2007 - Eat (Less) to Live (Longer)
2. September 20, 2007 - U.S. study finds potential new ways to fight aging - also here
3. September 20, 2007 - Researchers Pinpoint Link Between Caloric Restriction and Longevity - also here, here
4. September 21, 2007 - Researchers find connection between caloric restriction and longevity - also here
5. September 21, 2007 - New Clue To Why Eating Fewer Calories Can Help You Live Longer

Spatial perception of sounds

1. September 20, 2007 - Hear That? How the Brain Finds Noise
2. September 21, 2007 - Sensitivity of brain center for 'sound space' defined - also here
3. September 22, 2007 - Brain Center For 'Sound Space' Identified - also here, here

Heat shock proteins and cancer

1. September 20, 2007 - Cancer Cells Chill Out to Survive
2. September 24, 2007 - Ancient Mechanism For Coping With Stresses Also Gives Cancer A Boost
3. September 25, 2007 - Heat Shock Proteins Are Co-opted For Cancer

Necrosis

1. September 20, 2007 - Putting the Brakes on Cell Death
2. September 21, 2007 - Pathway to cell death redefined in landmark study - also here

Adipocyte caveolae

1. September 20, 2007 - Intriguing Structures On The Surface Of Fat Cells

Synesthesia

1. September 20, 2007 - Synesthesia: Common Letters And Numbers Are Brighter, Study Suggests - also here

Testerone depletion and neurodegeneration

1. September 20, 2007 - Cell Death In Sparrow Brains May Provide Clues In Age-related Human Diseases - also here, here

Speciation

1. September 20, 2007 - Why Are Some Groups Of Animals So Diverse? - also here

Neurotransmitter receptors and memory

1. September 20, 2007 - New understanding of basic units of memory - also here, here
2. September 24, 2007 - Understanding The Neuron's Green Architecture

Cell differentiation in multicellular organisms

1. September 21, 2007 - Why a person doesn't evolve in one lifetime

Formation of nuclear membrane during mitosis

1. September 21, 2007 - Mystery Behind How Nuclear Membrane Forms During Mitosis Solved

RNA interference

1. September 21, 2007 - Mechanism For The In-vivo Transport Of SiRNA - also here, here

P53 and longevity

1. September 21, 2007 - Key To Longer Life (in Flies) Lies In Just 14 Brain Cells - also here

Health and medicine

Parkinson's disease

1. September 17, 2007 - Gene abnormality linked to early-onset Parkinson's - also here
2. September 17, 2007 - Gene Abnormality Tied To Getting Parkinson's Disease At A Younger Age

Diabetes

1. September 17, 2007 - Study finds any kind of exercise helps diabetes - also here
2. September 18, 2007 - Gestational diabetes ups obesity risk in offspring - also here
3. September 18, 2007 - Both Aerobic And Resistance Exercise Improved Blood Sugar Control In People With Diabetes
4. September 19, 2007 - Actos beats Avandia in sugar, fat control: study - also here
5. September 20, 2007 - Diabetes may raise risk of death from pneumonia - also here
6. September 21, 2007 - Novo's Levemir has mixed results in diabetes study - also here

Avian flu

1. September 17, 2007 - Possible bird flu outbreak occurs in China
2. September 17, 2007 - China confirms bird flu outbreak in Guangdong
3. September 17, 2007 - China confirms bird flu outbreak - also here
4. September 18, 2007 - China confirms bird flu, says food supplies safe - also here
5. September 23, 2007 - Scientists create device to detect H5N1 - also here

Gene therapy

1. September 17, 2007 - No Easy Answers in Gene Therapy Death
2. September 18, 2007 - Role of Gene Therapy In Death Called Unclear

Cardiovascular disease

1. September 17, 2007 - Drug Used For Treatment For Heart Failure In Adults May Not Be Beneficial For Children And Teens
2. September 19, 2007 - Preventing Or Reducing Enlarged Heart Decreases Risk Of Heart Failure
3. September 19, 2007 - Cholesterol Byproduct Blocks Heart Health Benefits Of Estrogen - also here
4. September 19, 2007 - Article analyzes relationship of apolipoprotein E genotypes with lipid levels and coronary risk
5. September 19, 2007 - Eating competence may lower risk of heart disease - also here
6. September 20, 2007 - New research shows ACTOS is associated with a 38 percent lower risk of heart attack
7. September 20, 2007 - Researchers provide genetic associations from a genome-wide scan for cardiovascular disease traits - also here, here
8. September 21, 2007 - Overweight kids show heart risks as teens - also here

Cancer

1. September 18, 2007 - Simple blood test spots early stage lung cancer
2. September 18, 2007 - New Study Refutes Belief That Black Men Have More Aggressive Prostate Cancer - also here
3. September 18, 2007 - Linchpin Gene May Be Useful Target For New Breast Cancer Therapies - also here
4. September 19, 2007 - Brain Tumors Need Treatment With Multiple 'Targeted' Drugs, Study Suggests
5. September 19, 2007 - Targeting Nerve Growth Factor May Lead To Cure For Liver Cancer, Study Suggests - also here
6. September 19, 2007 - Test for lung cancer looks for discomforting quiet among protective genes - also here, here
7. September 20, 2007 - 'Cancer-resistant' people lend out their killer cells
8. September 20, 2007 - Gene chip helps doctor target cancer treatment - also here
9. September 20, 2007 - Gene chip data improved therapy in some patients with incurable cancer
10. September 20, 2007 - Gene Profiling Can Single Out The Worst Cases Of Multiple Myeloma And Guide Therapy - also here, here
11. September 20, 2007 - Re-engineered Human T Cells Effectively Target And Kill Cancerous B Cells - also here, here
12. September 20, 2007 - Liver Cancer Marker Could Yield Blood Test For Early Detection - also here, here
13. September 20, 2007 - Cancer-fighting transplant hope
14. September 20, 2007 - Drinking linked to endometrial cancer risk
15. September 21, 2007 - Blood Protein Detects Lung Cancer, Even At Earliest Stage
16. September 21, 2007 - Radiation therapy technique reduces length of prostate cancer treatment - also here
17. September 21, 2007 - Researchers Studying Model to Learn Why Certain Cancers Become Resistant to Drugs
18. September 21, 2007 - Growth hormone could promote cancer, according to new research
19. September 21, 2007 - Genetic test for prostate cancer
20. September 22, 2007 - New Technology For Cancer Screening Listens For The Signs Of Cancer - also here
21. September 24, 2007 - Gene Chip Data Improved Therapy In Some Patients With Incurable Cancer

Stem cells

1. September 18, 2007 - Stem cells show potential to repair lungs in mice - also here
2. September 19, 2007 - Testes May Prove Fertile Source of Stem Cells
3. September 19, 2007 - Cells that make sperm make stem cells, too: study - also here
4. September 19, 2007 - Testicle stem cell harvest plan
5. September 20, 2007 - Testes may be man's repair kit
6. September 20, 2007 - Stem cells derived from adult testes produce wide range of tissue types - also here
7. September 20, 2007 - Stem cells in adult testes provide alternative to embryonic stem cells for organ regeneration

Tuberculosis

1. September 18, 2007 - New drug combo could speed TB treatment: U.S. study - also here
2. September 19, 2007 - Studies give hope for treating TB in a few months
3. September 19, 2007 - New Antibiotic Drug Combo To Speed Up Treatment Of Tuberculosis - also here, here

Serotonin and depression

1. September 18, 2007 - Women More Depressed And Men More Impulsive With Reduced Serotonin Functioning - also here, here

Alzheimer's disease

1. September 18, 2007 - Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease In Earliest Stages: New Method - also here, here

AIDS

1. September 18, 2007 - J&J says Prezista matches Kaletra in HIV trial
2. September 19, 2007 - Pfizer touts successful tests on new anti-AIDS drug
3. September 21, 2007 - Merck halts study of "ineffective" HIV vaccine - also here
4. September 21, 2007 - Merck abandons HIV vaccine trials
5. September 22, 2007 - Failure of Vaccine Test Is Setback in AIDS Fight
6. September 22, 2007 - SA halts its largest ever HIV vaccine trial
7. September 22, 2007 - Merck vaccine's failure shatters AIDS fighters' hopes
8. September 23, 2007 - Dismay over failed HIV vaccine
9. September 23, 2007 - Experimental AIDS Vaccine Fails - also here, here, here
10. September 25, 2007 - HIV Vaccine Hopeful Fails
11. September 25, 2009 - HIV vaccine trials stopped

Seasonal affective disorder

1. September 19, 2007 - Chemical clue sheds light on winter depression

Stress and the immune system

1. September 20, 2007 - Chronic Stress Can Steal Years From Caregivers' Lifetimes
2. September 25, 2007 - Alzheimer's caregivers' cells seen to age faster - also here

Rheumatoid arthritis

1. September 20, 2007 - Closing In On Genes Involved With Rheumatoid Arthritis - also here

Nanobiotechnology

1. September 20, 2007 - New Nanoparticle Vaccine Is Both More Effective And Less Expensive - also here, here
2. September 22, 2007 - Gold-drug Combo Could Target Tumors

Statins, lipases, and atherosclerosis

1. September 20, 2007 - Research to shed new light on how statins benefit heart patients
2. September 22, 2007 - How A Statin Drug Reduces Cholesterol And Fat In Blood Vessels

Antibiotic resistance

1. September 20, 2007 - Antibiotic Resistance: Drug Resistance Gene Has Spread From East Coast To Midwest Bacteria

Antibiotics

1. September 21, 2007 - Scientists decipher mechanism behind antimicrobial 'hole punchers' - also here, here

Common cold viruses

1. September 21, 2007 - Research tools offer new look at common cold - also here

Influenza

1. September 21, 2007 - Flu Virus Trots Globe During Off Season, Mixes With Other Viral Strains - also here

Autoimmune disease

1. September 21, 2007 - Possible Key To Autoimmune Disease - also here

Cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and cancer

1. September 21, 2007 - Link Between Cholesterol And Heart Disease Explained - also here, here

T cell response suppression in infection

1. September 21, 2007 - Chronic Infection Persists By Targeting Stromal Cell Network In Lymphoid Organs - also here, here

Control of inflammatory disease and leukemia

1. September 21, 2007 - Drug Discovery May Revolutionize Treatment Of Inflammatory Diseases And Leukemia

Multiple sclerosis

1. September 21, 2007 - Cell-surface sugar defects may trigger nerve damage in multiple sclerosis patients - also here, here

Cancer stem cells

1. September 22, 2007 - To Evade Chemotherapy, Some Cancer Cells Mimic Stem Cells - also here

Fat metabolism

1. September 23, 2007 - How Nutrition Affects The Breakdown Of Fats
2. September 23, 2007 - Brain System Serves As 'Remote Control' For Fat Metabolism - also here, here

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