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

ScienceDaily Top Science 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
• Protein 'switches' could turn cancer cells into tiny chemotherapy factories
• Nature shows the way: Self-healing membranes
• Infant mortality linked to subsequent risk of stillbirth, new U.S. study finds
• NASA's UARS satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere
• How devoted moms buffer kids in poverty
• Nature offers key lessons on harvesting solar power, say chemists
• Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems, study suggests
• NASA to demonstrate communications via laser beam
• Two new cost-effective ways to predict prostate cancer
• Fluid equilibrium in prehistoric organisms sheds light on a turning point in evolution
• Stress drives alcoholics' children to drink, study suggests
• Treatment of rectal cancer varies enormously between different European countries

Posted 2011-09-24:

• Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers
• Cancer protein's surprising role as memory regulator
• No harm to mice testes from BPA in utero: Data on female mice less encouraging
• Researchers pinpoint the cause of MRI vertigo: Machine's magnetic field pushes fluid in the inner ear's balance organ
• New source of super-chilled neutrons provides tools for understanding fundamental physics concepts
• Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia
• Some brain wiring continues to develop well into our 20s
• Combating obesity and diabetes: Researchers identify pathways leading to activation of 'good' fat
• 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
• Science and religion do mix? Only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict
• Cloaking magnetic fields: First antimagnet developed
• Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine
• Archaeologists uncover evidence of large ancient shipyard near Rome
• Kidney damage and high blood pressure: Faulty filtration allows detrimental enzymes to wreak havoc on fluid balance, research suggests
• Producing flexible CIGS solar cells with record efficiency
• One million more U.S. children living in poverty since 2009, new census data shows
• Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind
• Virus discovery helps scientists predict emerging diseases
• Singing after stroke? Why rhythm and formulaic phrases may be more important than melody
• Twin study reveals epigenetic alterations of psychiatric disorders
• Solar activity can affect re-entry of UARS satellite
• Cannabinoids after a traumatic experience may prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms, rat study suggests
• Particles appear to travel faster than light: OPERA experiment reports anomaly in flight time of neutrinos
• 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
• Fear of childbirth increases likelihood of C-section, study suggests
• Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration
• Five new genes affecting the risk of coronary artery disease identified
• 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
• Single-sex schooling does not improve academic performance and can lead to gender stereotyping, study finds
• 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
• Error rate higher in breast imaging reports generated by automatic speech recognition, study finds
• Spiral constriction: How dynamin mediates cellular nutrient uptake
• Extent of peer social networks influences onset of adolescent alcohol consumption
• 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
• New treatment for kala azar, the most deadly parasitic disease after malaria
• Study 'changes our understanding' of youth voting behavior
• Scientists lay out plans for efficient harvesting of solar energy
• University students who use cannabis, tobacco and alcohol take too many non-prescribed drugs, study suggests
• Finding clues as to how early man adapted to marine environments
• Corruption is slowing economic growth in low-income countries
• Faster than light? Neutrino finding puzzles scientists

Posted 2011-09-23:

• Nanoscale nonlinear light source optical device can be controlled electronically
• Newly identified antibodies may improve pneumonia vaccine design
• Close up look at a microbial vaccination program
• Cellular origin of a rare form of breast cancer identified
• Religion and ecology among China's Blang people
• With more choice, friends are more similar, but not closer
• Aquarium fishes are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds
• Virus kills breast cancer cells in laboratory
• Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state
• Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma, study suggests
• New technique for dating silk
• Hedging your bets: How the brain makes decisions based on related information
• Carnivorous plant inspires coating that resists just about any liquids
• Radiation boost for artificial joints
• Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence
• Vitamin D deficiency linked with airway changes in children with severe asthma
• Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice
• Men and women cooperate equally for the common good, study finds
• Bionic bacteria may help make new drugs, biofuels: Artificially enhanced bacteria capable of producing new kinds of synthetic chemicals
• New system finds prostate cancer spread earlier than conventional imaging
• Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?
• The 'disinhibited' brain: New findings on CRPS -- a disease characterized by severe pain
• Steep increase in global CO₂ emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries with binding Kyoto targets
• Information technologies foster freedom or reinforce repression
• Scientists play ping-pong with single electrons
• Scientists induce hibernation at will: Discovery puts scientists closer to human application
• Queen bee or worker bee? New insights into honeybee society caste system
• Good night's sleep may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in obese teens
• From protein to planes and pigskin: Discovery in insects' skin points to improved pest control, new bioplastics technology
• Do women's voices really allow men to detect ovulation? No, says new study
• Biologists discover genes that repair nerves after injury
• Blood pressure drugs may lengthen lives of melanoma patients
• Genetic 'GPS' system to comprehensively locate and track inhibitory nerve cells created
• Important new familial motor neuron disease gene identified
• Researchers use liquid crystal to replace space motors
• 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
• Potential target for treating common form of early-onset dementia identified
• How our liver kills 'killer cells'
• Overweight older women have less leg strength, power
• Super-sized heart valve provides clues to blood flow
• Stressed and strapped: Caregivers for friends, relatives suffer emotional and financial strain
• Electrical stimulation of brain boosts birth of new cells: Animal study suggests deep brain stimulation improves memory
• Anti-aging creams: Is the 'longevity gene' nearing the end of its life?
• Chinese researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus
• Early antiretroviral therapy for HIV shown cost-effective, Haiti study finds
• Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin
• YouTube videos can inaccurately depict Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, study finds
• Elderly breast cancer patients risk treatment discrimination
• Time to stop giving toxic drugs to kidney transplant patients?
• Early research shows dietary supplement may lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• New approach challenges old ideas about plant species and biomass
• Opioids linked to higher risk of pneumonia in older adults
• Sex segregation in schools detrimental to equality
• Scientists sequence genome of man who was Aboriginal Australian
• Development of a new chip for characterizing ultrafast optical pulses
• The key to lower dose CT fluoroscopy for spine injections is reducing the dose of the planning CT
• Rise found in prostate biopsy complications and high post-procedure hospitalization rate

Posted 2011-09-22:

• Researchers discover how 'promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells
• Zinc regulates communication between brain cells
• Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations
• Key molecule that blocks abnormal blood vessel growth in tumors identified
• Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight
• Allowing native language in school benefits Mexican-American students, researcher finds
• Using human genomes to illuminate the mysteries of early human history
• New genetic mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia
• New theory explains collapse of World Trade Center's Twin Towers
• Weakness in heart attack therapy identified
• New 'smart window' system with unprecedented performance
• Advice To divorcees: Go easy on yourself
• Scientists discover rare theropod dinosaur wounded in action in southern Utah
• New research could extend life of arthritic joints
• An angry bird in the sky: Lambda Centauri Nebula
• New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease
• Crystal structure shows how motor protein works
• Rude employee behavior quietly sabotages the bottom line
• Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things
• Common stimulant may speed recovery from general anesthesia
• Fast-evolving genes control developmental differences in social insects
• Potential of new nanoparticle design for cancer therapy demonstrated
• Extreme summertime temperatures to become a regular occurrence, researcher predicts
• Political preferences play different role in dating, mating
• Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat
• Stem cells, potential source of cancer-fighting T cells
• Cassini presents Saturn moon quintet
• Using bone marrow to protect the brain: Stem cell technology begins clinical trial for Lou Gehrig's disease
• Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish
• 'Silent majority' agrees with me, voters believe
• NASA's WISE mission captures black hole's wildly flaring jet
• Possible new blood test to diagnose heart attacks
• Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier
• Study on emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon controlled burns completed
• Buyer beware: Advertising may seduce your brain, researchers say
• Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate
• Preterm birth associated with higher risk of death in early childhood, young adulthood
• NASA's Dawn collects a bounty of beauty from asteroid Vesta
• Human body rids itself of damage when it really matters
• Social media for dementia patients
• Power corrupts, especially when it lacks status
• Scientists turn back the clock on adult stem cells aging
• Breast cancer: Stress receptor found to stimulate growth and migration of cancer cells
• Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs, biologists say
• Continued treatment for lupus may boost survival of those patients with end-stage kidney disease
• Sifting out genetic defects from mounds of data
• Depression associated with increased risk of stroke and stroke-related death
• Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater
• Large study finds genetic 'overlap' between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
• Looking closely at personality disorders: Should DSM-5 reduce and redefine them?
• Gene for Lou Gehrig's disease and frontotemporal dementia identified
• New genetic mutation is the most common cause of familial forms of frontotemporal dementia and ALS
• Human genetics study identifies the most common cause of ALS and dementia
• Air quality has continued to improve in Finnish Lapland
• New hybrid carbon material discovered
• 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
• Discovery of gene fusion in ovarian cancer could lead to earlier diagnoses
• Autonomous car navigates the streets of Berlin
• Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults; Early intervention could prevent slide toward speech comprehension difficulties
• Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies: New calibration satellite required to make accurate predictions, say scientists
• Adding cognitive behavioral therapy to drug treatment of pediatric OCD appears to improve symptoms
• Continents influenced ancient human migration, spread of technology
• Lasers light the path to neuron regeneration
• Certain heavy metals boost immunity, study suggests
• Back pain? Patients who followed recommendations to move despite back pain fared better than those that rested in small study
• Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate
• Stopping smoking boosts everyday memory, research finds
• Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light
• Diabetes may significantly increase the risk of dementia
• Researchers make visible the structure of the smallest crystals
• Natural therapies: Cardiologists examine alternatives to halt high blood pressure
• Big step towards redefining the kelvin: Scientists find new way to determine Boltzmann constant
• Autism, intellectual disabilities related to parental age, education and ethnicity, not income, Utah study finds
• 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
• New imaging technique visualizes cancer during surgery
• TV viewing linked to unhealthy eating
• Not just skin deep: CT study of early humans reveals evolutionary relationships
• Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier
• Biodiversity loss may be contributing to amphibian-killing fungal infection
• Hope for powerful new C. difficile treatment
• Monitoring patients using intelligent T-shirts
• Negative emotions influence brain activity during anticipation and experience of pain
• More than a sign of sleepiness, yawning may cool the brain
• Shark compound proves potential as drug to treat human viruses, says researcher
• Feed your genes: How our genes respond to the foods we eat
• Key regulatory genes often amplified in aggressive childhood tumor of the brainstem
• Saving electricity while playing online game
• Black-white marriages increased rapidly since 1980, study finds
• New technique fills gaps in fossil record
• Common genetic contributions to mental illness discovered
• Understanding methane's seabed escape
• Enriched infant formulas benefit brain and heart, researchers find
• Researchers reinforce gas hydrate strategy: New study goes deeper in proving simple technique to pinpoint valuable energy source
• 'Hidden' child labor: New systematic documentation of the extent in Africa and Asia
• Breakthrough technology identifies prostate cancer cells
• Bidirectional relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy, study finds
• Experts discover oldest DNA regulatory region known to date in vertebrates and invertebrates
• Think locally when treating individually
• Fast switching and printable transistor invented
• Safeguards needed to prevent discrimination of early Alzheimer's patients in the workplace
• Public sector workers more pro-socially motivated than private sector counterparts in many countries, but not all, study finds
• First recurrent gene fusion identified in ovarian cancer
• Experts want practical research to improve mental health of people experiencing humanitarian crises
• No safe level of radiation exposure? Researcher points to suppression of evidence on radiation effects by Nobel Laureate
• Multicenter 1000-patient trial initiated to accelerate development of personalized treatments for multiple myeloma
• Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors
• NRL TacSat-4 spacecraft encapsulated
• Intuitive thinking may influence belief in God
• Living in poor neighborhood a risk factor for out-of-hospital cardiac death
• African-American men living in poor sunlight areas at risk for vitamin D deficiency
• Test could detect breast cancers earlier in young, high-risk African-American women
• High-risk, underserved women benefited from MRI screening for breast cancer, study suggests
• Genetic differences may cause higher rates of prostate cancer in African-American men
• Genetic factors behind high blood pressure

Posted 2011-09-20:

• Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods
• Association found between stress and breast cancer aggressiveness
• Scientists solve long-standing plant biochemistry mystery
• Rise of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea needs urgent action, experts urge
• Unzipping DNA mysteries: Physicists discover how a vital enzyme works
• For kids with ADHD, regular 'green time' is linked to milder symptoms
• Black hole, star collisions may illuminate universe's dark side
• Blocking inflammation could lead to tailored medical treatments
• Catching a breath -- wirelessly: Noninvasive method to watch for SIDS, help surgery patients
• Expanding flu vaccinations to older children reduces emergency visits for flu-like illnesses by 34 percent, study suggests
• Self-steering automated tractor offers more precision in the field
• Have brain fatigue? A bout of exercise may be the cure, mouse study suggests
• Brightest gamma ray on Earth -- for a safer, healthier world
• Breast milk antibody fights HIV but needs boost, study finds
• Genetic defect that leaves some without fingerprints: Researchers trace cause to rare mutation
• 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
• Distinct features of autistic brain revealed in novel analysis of MRI scans
• Learning how gut bacteria influence health: Scientists crack sparse genome of microbe linked to autoimmunity
• Early detection is key in the fight against ovarian cancer

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