ScienceDaily Environment Headlines -- for the Week of September 18 to September 25, 2011

ScienceDaily Environment Headlines

for the Week of September 18 to September 25, 2011

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Posted 2011-09-24:

• Monkeys also reason through analogy, study shows
• Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes
• NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere
• Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists
• Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution

Posted 2011-09-24:

• Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers
• No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging
• Ecologists use power of network science to challenge long-held theory
• Mother’s occupation while pregnant can increase risk of asthma in children
• Unprecedented role reversal: Ground beetle larvae lure amphibians and prey upon them
• Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine
• Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome
• Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases
• Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite
• Cannabinoids after a traumatic experience may prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms, rat study suggests
• New targets for the control of HIV predicted using a novel computational analysis
• Size matters: Length of songbirds’ playlists linked to brain region proportions
• XMRV, related viruses not confirmed in blood of healthy donors or chronic fatigue syndrome patients
• Springs of life in the Dead Sea: Dense and diverse microbial communities in and around fresh water springs
• Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration
• Aquarius yields NASA's first global map of ocean salinity
• Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously
• New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage
• Evolutionary tree of life for mammals greatly improved
• BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome, study suggests
• El Niño and the tropical Eastern Pacific annual cycle run to the same beat
• Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake
• Congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning
• Lessons to be learned from nature in photosynthesis
• Excavation of islands around Britain to establish origins of Neolithic period
• Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy
• Finding clues as to how early man adapted to marine environments

Posted 2011-09-23:

• Close up look at a microbial vaccination program
• Religion and ecology among China's Blang people
• Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds
• New technique for dating silk
• Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids
• Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice
• Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals
• Steep increase in global CO₂ emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets
• Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application
• Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system
• From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology
• Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created
• U.S. Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated, new analysis suggests
• Smells may help birds find their homes, avoid inbreeding; Research may bring help to endangered species
• Chinese researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus
• New approach challenges old ideas about plant species and biomass
• Scientists sequence genome of man who was Aboriginal Australian

Posted 2011-09-22:

• Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells
• Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight
• Using human genomes to illuminate the mysteries of early human history
• New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance
• Scientists discover rare theropod dinosaur wounded in action in southern Utah
• New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease
• Crystal structure shows how motor protein works
• Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things
• Fast-evolving genes control developmental differences in social insects
• Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence, researcher predicts
• Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish
• Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier
• Study on emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon controlled burns completed
• Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate
• Human body rids itself of damage when it really matters
• Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs, biologists say
• Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater
• Air quality has continued to improve in Finnish Lapland
• Did the orientation of the continents hinder ancient settlement of the Americas?

Posted 2011-09-21:

• Epigenetic changes often don’t last, probably have limited effects on long-term evolution, research finds
• Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies: New calibration satellite required to make accurate predictions, say scientists
• Continents influenced ancient human migration, spread of technology
• Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate
• Natural therapies: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure
• NASA's WISE raises doubt about asteroid family believed responsible for dinosaur extinction
• Scientists disarm HIV in step towards vaccine
• 50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of future of El Nino phenomenon
• One size doesn't fit all for vitamin D and men: African-American men in northern regions especially need high doses of supplements
• Not just skin deep: CT study of early humans reveals evolutionary relationships
• Biodiversity loss may be contributing to amphibian-killing fungal infection
• Hope for powerful new C. difficile treatment
• Shark compound proves potential as drug to treat human viruses, says researcher
• Feed your genes: How our genes respond to the foods we eat
• Saving electricity while playing online game
• New technique fills gaps in fossil record
• Understanding methane's seabed escape
• Researchers reinforce gas hydrate strategy: New study goes deeper in proving simple technique to pinpoint valuable energy source
• Experts discover oldest DNA regulatory region known to date in vertebrates and invertebrates
• Think locally when treating individually
• No safe level of radiation exposure? Researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by Nobel Laureate
• African-American men living in poor sunlight areas at risk for vitamin D deficiency

Posted 2011-09-20:

• Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods
• Scientists solve long-standing plant biochemistry mystery
• Unzipping DNA mysteries: Physicists discover how a vital enzyme works
• For kids with ADHD, regular 'green time' is linked to milder symptoms
• Self-steering automated tractor offers more precision in the field
• Breast milk antibody fights HIV but needs boost, study finds
• Soy peptide plus chemo drug block colon cancer's spread to liver, study finds
• Volcanic ash and aircraft safety
• Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area, study finds
• 'Inexhaustible' source of hydrogen may be unlocked by salt water, engineers say
• Why carbon nanotubes spell trouble for cells
• Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage
• Sequencing 'dark matter' of life: Elusive genomes of thousands of bacteria species can now be decoded
• Virus as a potential future cancer medicine?
• Some like it hot: European fish stocks changing with warming seas
• Researchers demonstrate antibiotic sensing event central to MSRA antibiotic resistance
• Gamers succeed where scientists fail: Molecular structure of retrovirus enzyme solved, doors open to new AIDS drug design
• Previously unknown ocean bacteria lead scientists to entirely new theories
• Amateur botanists in Brazil discover a genuflexing plant
• Ground glass solution for cleaner water
• Fukushima: Reflections six months on

Posted 2011-09-19:

• Desert beetles shelter broods from attacking parasitic wasps under stacks of dummy eggs
• New light on detection of bacterial infection: Polymers fluoresce in the presence of bacteria
• Low-fat yogurt intake when pregnant linked to increased risk of child asthma and hay fever, study suggests
• Restoring reefs: Study underway in underwater lab may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral reefs

Posted 2011-09-18:

• Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father
• Invasive amphibians, reptiles in Florida outnumber world, study finds
• Are genes our destiny? Scientists discover 'hidden' code in DNA evolves more rapidly than genetic code
• New threat closes in on iconic Galápagos wildlife

Posted 2011-09-17:

• Switch that controls stem cell pluripotency discovered
• It’s all in the head: Songbirds with bigger brains have benefited from the end of communism
• Biochemical cell signals quantified: Data capacity much lower than expected, scientists find
• Resistance to antibiotics is ancient
• Cities to grab lands equaling size of Mongolia In next 20 years, study predicts
• Tree resin captures evolution of feathers on dinosaurs and birds
• Carbon nanoparticles break barriers -- and that may not be good
• Ancient crocodile competed with Titanoboa, world's largest snake, for food, paleontologists discover
• An apple or pear a day may keep strokes away
• New method for detecting lung cancer unveiled
• New rapid test tells difference between bacterial and viral infections
• A wild and woolly discovery: Tibetan expedition ends with prehistoric find
• International innovation needed for efficient nitrogen management
• Producer responsibility solution to electronic waste in developing countries

Posted 2011-09-16:

• NASA Mars research helps find buried water on Earth
• Meteor likely cause of Southwest U.S. light show
• When ticks transmit dangerous pathogens: Local antibiotic therapy stops Lyme disease
• Carbon cycle reaches Earth's lower mantle: Evidence of carbon cycle found in 'superdeep' diamonds From Brazil
• New model for treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Mouse model that replicates human OCD can point to more effective treatments
• Team discovers treatable mechanism responsible for often deadly response to flu
• Salmon and other fish predators rely on 'no guts, no glory' survival tactic
• Inner workings of virus responsible for rare skin cancer
• Human-chimp evolutionary divergence: Methylation and gene sequence co-evolved, study suggests
• Arctic ground squirrels muscle up to hunker down
• Scientists take first step towards creating 'inorganic life'
• Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans
• Researchers analyze the evolving human relationship with fire
• 'Super-spaghetti' with heart-healthy label now possible
• New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock
• 'Synthetic' chromosome permits rapid, on-demand 'evolution' of yeast; Artificial system has built-in diversity generator
• Researchers map the global spread of drug-resistant influenza
• Hitchhiking snails fly from ocean to ocean
• Researchers develop mouse genetic blueprint; Mouse study drives forward understanding of human biology
• Water evaporated from trees cools global climate, researchers find
• Arctic sea ice reaches minimum 2011 extent, making it second lowest in satellite record
• Mouse genome sequences reveal variability, complex evolutionary history
• Journey to the lower mantle and back: Minerals from ocean-floor rocks are found in ultra-deep diamonds
• Diamonds show depth extent of Earth's carbon cycle
• Avoiding fatal responses to flu infection
• In rapidly warming seas, some fish lose while others gain
• A call to arms for synthetic biology
• Scorched Earth: The past, present and future of human influences on wildfires

Posted 2011-09-15:

• Strange vent-fellows: Chemosynthetic shrimp, tubeworms together for first time at hydrothermal vent
• Accidental sea turtle deaths drop 90 percent in U.S. fisheries; Improvements in fishing equipment seem to be preventing lethal 'bycatch'
• Air pollution caused by ships plummets when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulfur fuels, study finds
• Breakthrough opens new avenues for hep C vaccine
• 'Synthetic biology' could replace oil for chemical industry
• New invention unravels mystery of protein folding
• Arctic sea ice nears minimum extent
• Novel software used in first global camera trap mammal study
• Study of metabolites reveals health implications from small molecules
• Messy better than neat: Tangled coat of nanowires increases solar cell efficiency by absorbing more light
• Crashes common among helicopters used in oil and gas operations, study finds
• Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards
• High-fat diet and lack of enzyme can lead to heart disease in mice
• Primary component in curry spice kicks off cancer-killing mechanisms in human saliva
• In immune cells, super-resolution imaging reveals natural killers' M.O.
• Team finds stable RNA nano-scaffold within virus core
• Our future will be shaped by fire

Posted 2011-09-14:

• In the early life of an embryo, a monster lurks: Newly fertilized cells only narrowly avoid degenerating into fatal chaos
• More evidence that spicing up broccoli boosts its cancer-fighting power
• Bats adjust their 'field-of-view': Use of biosonar is more advanced than thought
• Using lasers to vaporize tissue at multiple points simultaneously
• Observations of climate change from indigenous Alaskans
• Major threats foreseen due to Europe's changing marine environments
• Sea level rise may take economic toll on California coast, study predicts
• Can scientists look at next year's climate?
• 'White-coat effect' elevates greyhounds' blood pressure
• The breathtaking dance of plants: How plants space out the pores through which they breathe
• Recycling fat might help worms live longer
• Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition
• Blood vessels from your printer?
• Methodology applied to historical walls may explain why moss gathers and how paint blackens

Posted 2011-09-13:

• Endangered horse has ancient origins and high genetic diversity, new study finds
• Sustainability scientists suggest how countries can cooperate on climate
• New species of ancient predatory fish discovered
• Health fears over CO₂ storage are unfounded, study shows
• 'Trojan Horse' particle sneaks chemotherapy in to kill ovarian cancer cells
• Physicist detects movement of macromolecules engineered into our food
• Exposure to 'white' light LEDs appears to suppress body's production of melatonin more than certain other lights, research suggests
• Breath and sweat used to detect trapped humans
• Mitosis: New techniques expose surprises in cell division
• Gypsy moth caterpillars hormonal slaves to virus gene
• Scientists offer way to address 'age-old' questions
• Sea urchins see with their whole body
• Genetic link to cattle diseases uncovered
• Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is a hybrid of two other swallowtails, scientists find
• A tale of (more than) 2 butterflies: Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is hybrid of other swallowtails

Posted 2011-09-12:

• Sea levels much less stable than earlier believed, new coral dating method suggests
• Researchers team with glowing cats against AIDS, other diseases; New technique gives cats protection genes
• Improvements are needed for accuracy in gene-by-environment interaction studies, experts say
• Microbes travel through the air: But how, and where?
• Research on US nuclear levels after Fukushima could aid in future nuclear detection
• Tiny teeth indicate ancient shark nurseries
• Researcher sees spring-like protein as key to muscle behavior
• Gray blobs floating after Hurricane Irene identified as potato sponges

Posted 2011-09-11:

• Groundbreaking DNA tests could trap deer poachers
• Snakebites a public health problem in Africa
• U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record: Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
• Invasive forest insects cost homeowners, taxpayers billions
• Hummingbirds all a-flutter during courtship: How fluttering feathers can generate courtship sounds
• MRSA may increase mortality rate by 50 percent, study finds
• 2,000-year-old burial box could reveal location of the family of Caiaphas

Posted 2011-09-10:

• Using 61 years of tropical storm data, scientists uncover landfall threat probabilities
• Captivated by critters: Humans are wired to respond to animals
• Deep-sea fish in deep trouble: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable
• How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together
• Mantis shrimp: Ocean floor critters communicate in synchronized rumbles
• Mother's diet influences baby's allergies, research suggests
• Where does all Earth's gold come from? Precious metals the result of meteorite bombardment, rock analysis finds
• New cooling system raises efficiency of oil and gas processing
• National forests can provide public health benefits, U.S. study finds
• Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
• Genomic analysis of superbug provides clues to antibiotic resistance
• Handier than Homo habilis? Versatile hand of Australopithecus sediba makes a better candidate for an early tool-making hominin
• New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled: New material may find use in reconstructive surgery, cosmetics, tissue engineering
• Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays: Experiment reveals brain shape of an early human ancestor
• Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests
• Local government, homeowners paying price for non-native forest insects, U.S. study finds
• Biology, crop injury, and management of thrips in cotton seedlings
• Cotton's potential for padding nonwovens
• Whole-parasite malaria vaccine shows promise in clinical trial; Vaccine is first of its kind to earn FDA approval to test in humans

Posted 2011-09-09:

• 800,000 years of abrupt climate variability: Earth's climate is capable of very rapid transitions
• Combination therapy rids common infection from implanted medical devices, researchers report
• Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago
• Weakened malaria parasites form basis of new vaccine strategy
• Scientists overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research
• Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates
• Australopithecus sediba paved the way for Homo species, new studies suggest
• New substances accelerate drug transport into cells
• King crabs threaten seafloor life near Antarctica
• Neutron scattering confirms DNA is as stretchy as nylon
• Space instrument observes new characteristics of solar flares; Findings may lead to improved space weather forecasting
• New drugs hope for dangerous yeast infections
• Potatoes reduce blood pressure in people with obesity and high blood pressure
• 'Dirty' wild mice may be more relevant immunology model
• New material shows promise for trapping pollutants
• Researchers eye newer, safer birth control method
• Biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis associated with increased skin cancer risk, review finds
• Jumping gene's preferred targets may influence genome evolution
• Flaxseed no help for hot flashes during breast cancer or menopause, study finds
• Clouds don't cause climate change, study shows
• Smartphones as helpers during disasters: Software for autonomous smartphone network developed
• Evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories
• Scientists identify viral gene driving sick gypsy moth caterpillars to climb high and die

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