ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of May 22 to May 29, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of May 22 to May 29, 2011

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Posted 2011-05-28:

• Significant role played by oceans in ancient global cooling
• Cystic fibrosis-associated bacteria could help fight back against antibiotic resistance
• Better viewing through fluorescent nanotubes when peering into innards of a mouse
• Climate change and marine mammals: Winners and losers
• Human impacts of rising oceans will extend well beyond coasts
• What fish is on your plate? How new technologies can tackle fishing fraud

Posted 2011-05-28:

• Bleach in the Icelandic Volcanic Cloud
• Green and lean: Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production
• Naturally occurring plant alkaloids could slow down Alzheimer's disease, study suggests
• Secret lives of feral and free-roaming house cats tracked
• Nanoengineers invent new biomaterial that more closely mimics human tissue
• Innate immune system proteins attack bacteria by triggering bacterial suicide mechanisms
• Extensive protein interaction network controls gene regulation
• Nuclear radiation affects sex of babies, study suggests
• 'Policing' stops cheaters from dominating groups of cooperative bacteria
• Researchers evaluate red wine compound for treating concussions in pro boxers
• Structure formed by strep protein can trigger toxic shock
• Orphan chimpanzees successfully released into the wild using advanced GPS technology
• Medicines from plants

Posted 2011-05-27:

• High risk of Parkinson's disease for people exposed to pesticides near workplace: Pesticide ziram implicated as possible cause for disease
• Fossil of giant ancient sea predator discovered
• Two gene classes linked to new prion formation
• Estimating landfill gas potential
• Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon
• Antibiotics overused for children with asthma and urinary tract infections, studies suggest
• Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture
• Scientists debunk theory on end of 'Snowball Earth' ice age
• Monkeys can play Monday morning quarterback, too
• Unique canine tooth from 'Peking man' found in Swedish museum collection
• Teaching algae to make fuel: New process could lead to production of hydrogen using bioengineered microorganisms
• Northern abalone: Endangered gourmet sea snail could be doomed by increasing ocean acidity
• Substance in tangerines fights obesity and protects against heart disease, research suggests
• 'Sweet wheat' for tastier and more healthful baking

Posted 2011-05-26:

• Long-term study of swine flu viruses shows increasing viral diversity
• 2020 vision of vaccines for malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS
• Smallest insect filmed in flight
• Using microbes to generate electricity?
• Improving health assessments with a single cell: Portable microchip for immune monitoring and clinical applications
• Chlorine and childhood cancer
• NASA's TRMM satellite saw heavy rainfall in supercell that spawned Joplin, Missouri tornado
• Do bacteria play role in weather events? High concentration of bacteria in center of hailstones, researchers report
• Bacteria use caffeine as food source
• Dual parasitic infections deadly to marine mammals
• T. rex leech, Titanic-eating bacterium, batfish that hops and glow-in-the-dark fungi: Scientists list top 10 new species
• Birch mouse ancestor discovered in Inner Mongolia is new species of rare 'living fossil'
• Heart failure risk lower in women who often eat baked/broiled fish
• Unusual earthquake gave Japan tsunami extra punch, say scientists
• Healing power of hydrogen peroxide: How injured cells regenerate during wound healing

Posted 2011-05-25:

• Beyond the barn: Keeping dairy cows outside is good for the outdoors
• Population genetics reveals shared ancestries: DNA links modern Europeans, Middle Easterners to Sub-Saharan Africans
• Rethinking extinction risk? Criteria for assessing risk of extinction in plants should be reconsidered, experts argue
• Two Greenland glaciers lose enough ice to fill Lake Erie
• Cockroach allergens in homes associated with prevalence of childhood asthma in some neighborhoods
• New way to analyze a bloody crime scene: Chicken wing sauce and trigonometry brought to bear on CSI enigma
• Common fire retardant harmful to aquatic life
• Natural product shows pain-killing properties
• Scientists find odd twist in slow 'earthquakes': Tremor running backwards
• Mushroom compound suppresses prostate tumors
• New device could reduce surgical scarring
• Mediterranean Sea invaded by hundreds of alien species
• Globalization exposes food supply to unsanitary practices, scientists say
• Ants give new evidence for interaction networks
• Scientists identify most proteins made by parasitic worm
• California's energy future: Aggressive efficiency and electrification needed to cut emissions

Posted 2011-05-24:

• Spiders suffer from human impact
• Mummies tell history of a 'modern' plague
• Comfort food: Protein from probiotic bacteria may alleviate inflammatory bowel disorders
• Pre-meal dietary supplement can help overcome fat and sugar problems, study suggests
• U.S. honey bee losses at 30% for 2010-2011 winter
• Ulcer bacteria may contribute to development of Parkinson's disease
• Scientists explore hidden world of ancient maritime Maya
• Platform developed to monitor hematopoietic stem cells
• Species reemergence after collapse: Possible but different, mathematical model shows
• Gulf currents primed bacteria to degrade oil spill
• The dance of the cells: A minuet or a mosh?
• Genetic fine print with big consequences: Multiple stop points in genes are more important than thought
• South America's oldest textiles identified with carbon dating
• How animals sense potentially harmful acids
• Changes in vegetation determine how animals migrate
• New green technology for hydrogen production
• Movement without muscles: Zoologists on trail of evolution of body contractions
• Scientists observe single gene activity in living cells in detail for first time
• Livestock also suffer traffic accidents during transport
• 'Death anxiety' prompts people to believe in intelligent design, reject evolution, study suggests
• Oceanic land crab extinction linked to colonization of Hawaii
• Evolutionary conservation of fat metabolism pathways
• Emissions trading doesn't cause pollution 'hot spots,' study finds
• Freedom in the swamp: Unearthing the secret history of the Great Dismal Swamp

Posted 2011-05-23:

• Out of Africa: How the fruit fly made its way in the world
• Embryonic cells: Predicting fate of personalized cells may be next step toward new therapies
• Chinese herbal paste may help prevent exacerbations of COPD
• Engineers scale up process that could improve economics of ethanol production
• Octopuses make some pretty good moves
• How retinas develop: Scientists make strides in vision research
• Scientists discover switch to speed up stem cell production
• New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry beyond Asia
• How ants tame the wilderness: Rainforest species use chemicals to identify which plants to prune
• Wildlife in trouble from oil palm plantations, researchers say
• New strategy aims to reduce agricultural ammonia

Posted 2011-05-22:

• Young graphite in old rocks challenges the earliest signs of life
• The wetter the better for daddy longlegs -- and birds
• Traditional remedy bitter cumin is a great source antioxidant plant phenols, study suggests
• Errors in protein structure sparked evolution of biological complexity
• Herbal remedies offer hope as the new antibiotics
• Proboscis monkeys regurgitating their food, like cows
• Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds
• The way to (kill) a bug's heart is through its stomach

Posted 2011-05-21:

• Work with RNA silencing and plant stem cells may lead to controlling fruit, seed and leaves
• Long reach of the deep sea: Oceanographers document effect of equatorial deep currents on West African rainfall
• Wolbachia bacteria reduce parasite levels and kill the mosquito that spreads malaria
• Record efficiency of 18.7 percent for flexible solar cells on plastics, Swiss researchers report
• From gene to protein: Control is mainly in the cytoplasm, not cell nucleus
• Building a better mouse model to study depression
• Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in the Americas
• Sniff sniff: Smelling led to smarter mammals, researchers say
• Localizing fruit, vegetable consumption doesn't necessarily solve environmental, health issues, study suggests
• Atomic-scale structures of ribosome could help improve antibiotics: How protein-making machine bends without breaking
• Malaria risk reduced by genetic predisposition for cell suicide, study finds
• Can river sediment be used to repair the coast?
• Peculiar feeding mechanism of the first vertebrates
• Ocean warming detrimental to inshore fish species, Australian scientists report
• Wireless sensor network monitors microclimate in the forest
• Japan's 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: Surprising findings about energy distribution over fault slip and stress accumulation
• New understanding of chronic otitis media may inform future treatment
• Studies focus on feed ingredient's effects on levels of E. coli O157:H7 in cattle
• 440-year-old document sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule

Posted 2011-05-20:

• New level of genetic diversity discovered in human RNA sequences
• It's not easy being green: Scientists grow understanding of how photosynthesis is regulated
• Curcumin compound improves effectiveness of head and neck cancer treatment, study finds
• Packaging process for genes discovered
• Liquid crystal droplets discovered to be exquisitely sensitive to an important bacterial lipid
• Of frogs, chickens and people: Highly conserved dual mechanism regulates both brain development and function
• Eat a protein-rich breakfast to reduce food cravings, prevent overeating later, researcher finds
• 'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale
• China fossil shows bird, crocodile family trees split earlier than thought
• New technique sheds light on the mysterious process of cell division
• Standing up to fight: Does it explain why we walk upright and why women like tall men?
• What electric car convenience is worth
• Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently
• Potentially toxic flame retardants detected in baby products
• Preserving plants and animals caught between forest 'fragments'
• Sun protects against childhood asthma
• Goat milk can be considered as functional food, Spanish researchers find
• Investigations of changes in Weddell Sea habitat: Research ship Polarstern returns from Antartica
• Cause of Demetz Syndrome in Tyrolean Grey cattle discovered

Posted 2011-05-19:

• Imaging technology reveals intricate details of 49-million-year-old spider
• Lichens may aid in combating deadly chronic wasting disease in wildlife
• Risk of wetland habitat loss in southern United States predicted
• Species extinction rates have been overreported, new study claims -- but global extinction crisis remains very serious
• Genetic 'wiring' of seeds revealed
• Do microbes swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? Research answers long-standing question
• Earth's core is melting ... and freezing
• Dairy consumption does not elevate heart-attack risk, study suggests
• Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with humanized BLT mice
• Sodium channels evolved before animals' nervous systems
• Splitting water for renewable energy simpler than first thought? Manganese-based catalyst shows promise
• Scientists track environmental influences on giant kelp with help from satellite data
• New evidence shows mobile animals could have evolved much earlier than previously thought
• Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate
• Landslides: How rainfall dried up Panama's drinking water
• New strategy for drought tolerance in crops: Shutting down the plant's growth inhibition under mild stress
• Temperature, humidity affect health benefits of green tea powders
• Radiation protection expert criticises comparison of Fukushima to Chernobyl

Posted 2011-05-18:

• Mass extinction of marine life in oceans during prehistoric times offers warning for future
• Molecular technique advances soybean rust resistance research
• Ancient Egyptian princess now known to be first person in human history with diagnosed coronary artery disease
• Vaccine protects from deadly Hendra virus
• Stem cell study could pave the way to treatment for age-related muscle wasting
• There's no magic number for saving endangered species
• New cell that attacks dengue virus identified
• Of moose and men: Removal of roadside salt pools can protect salt-toothed moose from crossing roads
• Anthropologist discovers new fossil primate species in West Texas
• New imaging technology 'sees' camouflaged marine animals in the eyes of their predators
• Researchers identify new dental cavity-causing species
• Tarantulas shoot silk from their feet
• Graduation contamination through handshaking?
• Genomic archeology reveals early evolution of sex chromosomes
• Smoke-related chemical discovered in the atmosphere could have health implications
• Zebrafish regrow fins using multiple cell types, not identical stem cells
• Third of tested plastic products found to leach toxic substances in Swedish study

Posted 2011-05-17:

• Striking ecological impact on Canada's Arctic coastline linked to global climate change
• Secrets of plague unlocked with stunning new imaging techniques
• When is it worth remanufacturing? Sometimes it saves energy, sometimes it doesn’t — and sometimes it makes things worse
• Biophysics of snakebites: How do venomous snakes inject venom into victim's wound?
• Patterns of ancient croplands give insight into early Hawaiian society, research shows
• Penguins continue diving long after muscles run out of oxygen
• Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
• First habitable exoplanet? Climate simulation reveals new candidate that could support Earth-like life
• Seaports need a plan for weathering climate change, researchers say
• Tiny variation in one gene may have led to crucial changes in human brain
• Seals sense shapes using their whiskers to feel wakes
• Foot and mouth disease may spread through shedding skin cells
• Evolutionary adaptations can be reversed, but rarely
• Marine ecosystems of Antarctica under threat from human activity
• New power elite emerged in medieval Iceland as the island became Norwegian
• Oklahoma graduate student developing solutions for water problems in Ethiopia
• Research aircraft Polar 5 returned from spring measurements in the high Arctic

Posted 2011-05-16:

• Crowdsourcing science: Researcher uses Facebook to identify thousands of fish
• Vitamins may one day hitch a protected ride on corn starch
• Same fungus, different strains: A comparative genomics approach for improved 'green' chemical production

Posted 2011-05-15:

• Sense of smell: Single giant interneuron in locusts controls activity in 50,000 neurons, enabling sparse codes for odours
• New algorithm offers ability to influence systems such as living cells or social networks
• Eucalyptus tree genome deciphered: Key to new possibilities for renewable bioproducts
• New pathway affecting lifespan identified: Discovery advances study of diet and longevity
• Massive tornado onslaught raises questions about building practices, code enforcement
• Scientists design new anti-flu virus proteins using computational methods
• Satellite images display extreme Mississippi River flooding from space

Posted 2011-05-14:

• How do honeybees control their flight speed to avoid obstacles?
• Discovery of DNA silencing mechanism reveals how plants protect their genome
• On prehistoric supercontinent of Pangaea, latitude and rain dictated where species lived
• Nuclear desalination: Fresh water from waste heat of power plants
• Risking one's neck for better grog: Mutinies reveal tipping points for collective unrest
• Last Neanderthals near the Arctic Circle?
• Bacterium found to kill malaria in mosquitoes
• Pigs susceptible to virulent ebolavirus can transmit the virus to other animals
• Exposing ZnO nanorods to visible light removes microbes, researchers in Thailand show
• How a flatworm regenerates missing tissues: Pluripotent adult stem cells power planarian regeneration
• Irritable bowel syndrome: Common gastrointestinal disorder linked to bacterial overgrowth, food poisoning
• Ancient gene gives planarians a heads-up in regeneration
• Why some genes are silenced: Researchers find clue as to how notes are played on the 'genetic piano'
• New method for engineering human tissue regeneration
• Water for Mongolia: How vital resource can be efficiently managed and used
• Reforesting rural lands in China pays big dividends, researchers say
• Extensive methane leaks discovered under streets of Boston

Posted 2011-05-13:

• Smarter treatment for killer infections
• 'Fasting pathway' points the way to new class of diabetes drugs
• Action needed to manage climate change risks: U.S. response should be durable, but flexible, experts urge
• Improving photosynthesis? Solar cells beat plants at harvesting sun's energy, for now
• Cats pass disease to wildlife, even in remote areas
• Salinity in Outer Banks wells traced to fossil seawater
• Sharing musical instruments means sharing germs
• Mother and kid goat vocals strike a chord
• Whales have accents and regional dialects: Biologists interpret the language of sperm whales
• Change is the order of the day in the Arctic
• Marine lab research tracks pollutants in dolphins and beluga whales
• Silver cycle: New evidence for natural synthesis of silver nanoparticles
• Stay-at-home parents make for a cooperative family of lizards
• Can clouds help mitigate global warming? Missing links found in biology of cloud formation over oceans
• Sugar boosters could lead to cheap, effective treatments for chronic bacterial infections
• Deepwater Horizon spill threatens more species than legally protected, study finds
• High numbers of barred owls likely in Pacific Northwest forests
• Animal-like urea cycle in ocean's tiny diatoms enables marine phytoplankton to use carbon and nitrogen from their environment
• 2,300-year climate record suggests severe tropical droughts as northern temperatures rise
• Antarctic icebergs help ocean take up carbon dioxide
• Monkey studies reveal promising vaccine approach for HIV
• University pond reveals hidden history of fungi
• Cold homes cost lives, experts argue
• First ocean acidification buoy installed in Alaska waters

Posted 2011-05-12:

• It's not easy flying green: Large variability in greenhouse gas emissions from alternative fuels
• Mississippi flooding captured by NASA satellites
• First signs of progress in saving Indian vultures from killer drug
• Beware of predatory male American black bears: Attack rates are rising with human population growth
• Wine yeasts reveal prehistoric microbial world
• Beneficial bacteria help repair intestinal injury by inducing reactive oxygen species
• Following your steak's history from pasture to plate
• Coffee reduces breast cancer risk, study suggests
• 'Liquid smoke' from rice shows potential health benefits
• Neanderthals died out earlier than previously thought, new evidence suggests
• Adrenaline given before snakebite anti-venom treatment reduces allergic reactions, study finds
• The skinny on how shed skin reduces indoor air pollution
• Genomes of fungi that threaten wheat, poplars sequenced
• Harnessing the energy of the Sun: New technique improves artificial photosynthesis
• California's Chumash Indians: Roughly hewn beads are child's play, archaeologist finds
• New evidence details spread of amphibian-killing disease from Mexico through Central America

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