ScienceDaily Top Science Headlines -- for the Week of September 4 to September 11, 2011

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for the Week of September 4 to September 11, 2011

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Posted 2011-09-10:

• NASA Launches Mission to Study Moon From Crust to Core
• Clue to cause of childhood hydrocephalus: Excess of natural molecule can bring about the devastating 'water on the brain' condition in mice
• Groundbreaking DNA tests could trap deer poachers
• Researchers use new tool to counter multiple myeloma drug resistance
• Snakebites a public health problem in Africa
• Children better witnesses than previously thought, Swedish psychologist finds
• U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record: Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
• Novel approach scores first success against elusive cancer gene
• Nanoscale spin waves can replace microwaves
• New link revealed between Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging
• Invasive forest insects cost homeowners, taxpayers billions
• Emotional impact of 9/11 attacks seen in brain's response to negative visual images
• Hummingbirds all a-flutter during courtship: How fluttering feathers can generate courtship sounds
• Body clock found to regulate platelet function
• Fermi's latest gamma-ray census highlights cosmic mysteries
• MRSA may increase mortality rate by 50 percent, study finds
• 2,000-year-old burial box could reveal location of the family of Caiaphas
• Early motor experiences give infants a social jump start

Posted 2011-09-10:

• Birth control pills affect memory, researchers find
• Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat, researchers find
• Milestones for two radiation machines used to test U.S. defenses against atomic weapons
• New strategy for overcoming resistance to targeted cancer drug
• Using 61 years of tropical storm data, scientists uncover landfall threat probabilities
• Parents' stress leaves lasting marks on children’s genes, researchers find
• Captivated by critters: Humans are wired to respond to animals
• Process that clears cholesterol could reverse major cause of heart attack
• Deep-sea fish in deep trouble: Scientists find nearly all deep-sea fisheries unsustainable
• Newly identified gene mutation linked to Parkinson's: Single 'spelling mistake' affects mechanism for converting a cell's genetic code into proteins
• How an 'evolutionary playground' brings plant genes together
• What's in a name? Names, not social networks, bind us to global cultural and ethnic communities
• Mantis shrimp: Ocean floor critters communicate in synchronized rumbles
• Mother's diet influences baby's allergies, research suggests
• Doctors' and nurses' hospital uniforms contain dangerous bacteria a majority of the time, study shows
• Chronic pain: Watch out before accepting diagnosis and treatment
• Designing high-rise buildings: World still learning lessons of 9/11
• Did the world really change? Marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
• Where does all Earth's gold come from? Precious metals the result of meteorite bombardment, rock analysis finds
• Mutation links inherited narcolepsy with multiple neuropsychiatric disorders
• Scientists discover blood factors that appear to cause aging in brains of mice
• Is estrogen going to your head? Growing deposits of bone in the skull means your hormones are out of whack, say researchers
• 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
• Scientists probe connection between sight and touch in the brain
• Glucose uptake relies on newly identified protein
• Handier than Homo habilis? Versatile hand of Australopithecus sediba makes a better candidate for an early tool-making hominin
• Physicians in varying specialties endure similar levels of mental effort, stress
• New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled: New material may find use in reconstructive surgery, cosmetics, tissue engineering
• Gene that controls chronic pain identified
• Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays: Experiment reveals brain shape of an early human ancestor
• Research gives new hope to those with rare vascular cancer
• Managing intellectual property a challenge for firms, innovators
• White favoritism by Major League home plate umps lowers minority pitcher performance and pay, baseball study finds
• 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
• Regional differences in the care of acute stroke patients
• New twist in diabetes drugs could reduce life-threatening side effects
• Whole-parasite malaria vaccine shows promise in clinical trial; Vaccine is first of its kind to earn FDA approval to test in humans
• Hormone that predicts premature death in kidney patients identified

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
• New record for measurement of atomic lifetime
• Stop signal for leukemia stem cells
• Tree rings reveal forest fires from hundreds of years ago
• Liquor store density linked to youth homicides, U.S. studies find
• Babies distinguish pain from touch at 35-37 weeks, research finds
• Weakened malaria parasites form basis of new vaccine strategy
• Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire
• 'Open wide' for new stem cell potential
• New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus
• Structured homeschooling gets an A+
• 'Invisible' world discovered: Planet alternately runs late and early in its orbit, tugged by second hidden world
• Scientists overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research
• Switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate, study indicates
• Cancer: Antibodies can directly target oncoproteins inside cancer cells to suppress aggressive cancer growth
• New material possible boon for lithium ion batteries
• Parents who lose child during first year of life at significantly increased risk of early death, study finds
• 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
• First U.S. patient receives specially processed donor lungs; Possible new option to increase transplantable lung supply
• Neutron scattering confirms DNA is as stretchy as nylon
• Death tolls spur pro-war stance, study finds; 'Sunk-cost' mindset also keeps losers in the stock market
• 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
• Computer-aided design used for breast tissue reconstruction
• Aerobic exercise may reduce the risk of dementia, researchers say
• New material shows promise for trapping pollutants
• Researchers eye newer, safer birth control method
• Study points to way of improving chemotherapy response
• Biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis associated with increased skin cancer risk, review finds
• Forecasting human behavior by supercomputing global news
• Concerned with safety, hovering 'helicopter parents' can impede child’s ability to play, study shows
• Jumping gene's preferred targets may influence genome evolution
• New 'bouncer' molecule halts rheumatoid arthritis; Protective protein prevents immune system from ravaging joints and bones
• Neutron analysis reveals unique atom-scale behavior of 'cobalt blue'
• Flaxseed no help for hot flashes during breast cancer or menopause, study finds
• New video gaming technology used to detect illness, prevent falls in older adults
• Volunteering to help others could lead to better health; Reduced mortality risk not seen in people motivated by self-centered reasons
• Clouds don't cause climate change, study shows
• Promising target in treating and preventing the progression of heart failure identified
• Researchers expand capabilities of miniature analyzer for complex samples
• Researchers discuss challenges to developing broadly protective HIV vaccines
• Smartphones as helpers during disasters: Software for autonomous smartphone network developed
• Exercise at work boosts productivity, Swedish researchers find
• Music professor analyzes the demographic profile of US high school music ensemble students
• Evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories
• Scientists identify viral gene driving sick gypsy moth caterpillars to climb high and die
• Sediba hominid skull hints at later brain evolution
• Scientists discover genetic mutation that causes Parkinson's disease
• When infants gain the capacity for pain
• Fossil discovery could be our oldest human ancestor
• Fossil discovery supports evolutionary link between Australopiths and Homo
• New evidence suggests that Au. sediba is the best candidate for the genus Homo
• Report offers framework for weighing health consequences of policies, projects
• Sleep disorders affect 40 percent of Canadians
• American politicians have less influence through news media, study finds
• Cam-type deformities linked to MRI detected hip damage in asymptomatic young men
• The last great fundraising opportunity: Study shows how identity can help charities increase legacy giving
• Mathematics will increase aluminium recycling
• Europe needs to tackle legal, ethical and cultural barriers to child organ donation

Posted 2011-09-08:

• New cellular surprise may help scientists better understand human mitochondrial diseases
• Scientists identify key protein linked to acute liver failure: Inhibition of protein protects liver from acetaminophen toxicity in mice
• How the mole got its twelve fingers
• Relationship between two mutated genes can dictate outcome of prostate cancer
• The geophysicist's guide to striking it rich
• One drink a day may be related to good overall health in women when older, study suggests
• Nanosensors made from DNA may light path to new cancer tests and drugs
• Stroke prevention trial has immediate implications for clinical practice
• First global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights
• Sight fails when defective eye cells cripple renewal
• Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity
• Evidence for a persistently iron-rich ocean changes views on Earth's early history
• Malaria prevention strategies could substantially cut killer bacterial infections, study suggests
• Exact brain electrode placement for Parkinson’s patients now possible; Research opens the way to more precise deep brain stimulation
• Baker’s yeast substance can aid healing, Norwegian researchers show
• New type of solar cell retains high efficiency for long periods
• Seeing isn't believing: Intense focus on objects can distort perception of where things are
• Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set
• Drinking pattern linked to alcohol's effect on heart health
• Evidence suggests La Niña will return this winter
• Expert calls for change in trans fat labelling
• Reuse, reliability will launch future, expert says
• Parents' behavior linked to kids' videogame playing
• Growing meat in the lab: Scientists initiate action plan to advance cultured meat
• Prenatal exposure to phthalates linked to decreased mental and motor development
• Innovative nanoparticle purification system uses magnetic fields
• Dangerous arrhythmia analyzed in a heartbeat
• Scientists pinpoint shape-shifting mechanism critical to protein signaling
• Virtual reality may help adults recover from stroke
• Control of fear in the brain decoded: Emotional balance is regulated by molecular factors behind stress response, study finds
• Diabetes: New drug target that stimulates beta cell growth identified
• Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors
• Scientists develop new technologies for understanding bacterial infections
• Ultrasound improves stem cell transplants, Swedish researchers discover
• Family meals help children to be less fussy about food
• Novel magnetic, superconducting material opens new possibilities in electronics
• Poorer movement skills at seven months in children at risk of autism, study finds
• Fetal tissue plays pivotal role in formation of insulin-producing cells; Mysterious mesenchyme is key piece of pancreatic puzzle
• Hospitalized children who carry MRSA at risk for full-blown infections
• 'Proton flux hypothesis' offers new explanation for effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs
• Cognitive changes may predict Alzheimer's disease development more accurately than biomarkers
• Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers
• Chondroitin sulfate improves hand function, relieves morning stiffness caused by osteoarthritis, study finds
• When it comes to speaking out, cells wait their turn: Revealing how cells communicate, research could lead to new cancer drugs and more
• Scientists unravel the cause of rare genetic disease: Goldman-Favre Syndrome explained
• Pretreatment, proper harvest time boost ethanol from switchgrass
• Grief reactions subside in most children and teens whose parent dies suddenly, but may persist or increase in some cases
• Direct ancestor of Homo genus? Fossils show human-like hand, brain and pelvis in early hominin
• Intensive medical therapy more effective than stenting for preventing a second stroke, trial shows
• Something new on the sun: SDO spots a late phase in solar flares
• Evolution's past is modern human's present: DNA evidence of ancient interbreeding inside Africa
• Sorting out major brain stent study: Experts say procedure effective for some patients
• Aggressive medical therapy could help prevent stroke
• Medical management alone may be best treatment course for stroke prevention, study suggests
• Spring flings may explain teen pregnancies peak
• 'TF beacons' may light path to new cancer tests and drugs
• Cheap drugs could prevent huge number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes, study suggests

Posted 2011-09-07:

• Neurosurgeons use adult stem cells to grow neck vertebrae
• Loss of key estrogen regulator may lead to metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis
• Neutrinos: Ghostly particles with unstable egos
• Children who have their adenoids out do not get fewer upper respiratory infections, study finds
• Researchers pioneer novel technique to make plasmonic nanogap arrays
• Unconscious race and social bias among medical students: Study examines prevalence
• Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste
• Major advance in sleeping sickness drug
• Circadian clocks in a blind fish
• Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors, study suggests
• People communicate in bursts: Rhythms of communication revealed in study of 9 billion phone calls
• Window fall-related injuries among youth examined
• Milky Way galaxy might hold thousands of ticking 'time bombs'
• Lifetime 'dose' of excess weight linked to risk of diabetes
• Study sharpens picture of how much oil and gas flowed in Deepwater Horizon spill
• No link betweem menopause and increased risk of fatal heart, research suggests
• Foam that lasts and lasts and lasts, and disappears when you want
• Mother’s postpartum oxycodone use: No safer for breastfed infants than codeine, study suggests
• In more socially engaging environment, white fat turns to brown, mouse study suggests
• Anti-inflammatory drugs taken in early pregnancy more than double risk of miscarriage, study finds
• Sharper views of Apollo 12, 14, 17 sites in new images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Orchestrator of waste removal rescues cells that can't manage their trash
• Adaptation secrets of the 'desert bacterium'
• Aging eyes linked to sleepless nights, new study shows
• Couch potatoes explained? Missing key genes may be cause for lack of resolve to exercise, researchers find
• Even mild cognitive impairment appears to substantially increase risk for death, study suggests
• Record-low error rate for quantum information processing with one qubit
• A step toward a saliva test for cancer
• Crowd-sourcing the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
• A father's stress may affect his unborn children
• Ancient humans were mixing it up: Anatomically modern humans interbred with more archaic hominin forms while in Africa
• Why men's ring fingers are longer than their index fingers: Male-female ring finger proportions tied to sex hormones in embryo
• Research gives crystal clear temperature readings from toughest environments
• New HIV vaccine approach targets desirable immune cells
• Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscale
• The emotional brain in youth: Research suggests how to diagnose and treat mood disorders in children and adolescents
• Bedrock nitrogen may help forests buffer climate change, study finds
• Stomach bacterium damages human DNA; Risk factor for gastric cancer
• Flexible electronics hold promise for consumer applications
• Two genes that cause familial ALS shown to work together
• Innovative organic solar cell architecture sets new performance level, Belgian researchers demonstrate
• Search for predictors of risk for PTSD: Meaningful associations dependent on reliable measures of pre-existing trauma
• Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs
• Scientists discover secret life of chromatin: DNA/histone combination, a destination for cell signals, also talks to other proteins
• All for the grandkids: Promiscuity in female birds results in genetic 'trade-up,' more offspring, research finds
• Breast cancer risk drops when diet includes walnuts, researchers find
• World’s largest fusion experiment back in operation
• The size and burden of mental disorders in Europe
• Demographic, educational factors associated with medical specialty board certification identified in new study
• Medical schools spend small amount of time teaching content related to health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients, survey finds
• Adherence to recommended treatment guidelines for acute gastroenteritis appears to differ based on patient volume
• Modeling disparities may help with cervical cancer prevention
• Screening for HPV persistence and cervical cancer risk
• Robotic loader system achieves composite material testing milestone
• Scientists discover switch that turns white fat brown
• Big steps forward in human functional brain imaging, but collaborations key to patient benefit
• Novel approach to acute COPD illness

Posted 2011-09-06:

• New map shows where tastes are coded in the brain
• An 'unconventional' path to correcting cystic fibrosis
• Sparing or sharing? Protecting wild species may require growing more food on less land
• New mutations in leukemia: Researchers found mechanism that can help design future therapies
• Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the world
• Why we crave creativity but reject creative ideas
• Mystery of disappearing bird digit solved?
• Potential vaccine readies immune system to kill tuberculosis in mice
• Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer
• Gene mutation shown to cause leukemia and lymphedema
• A whole new light on graphene metamaterials: Tunable graphene device is first tool in a kit for putting terahertz light to work
• Living with a smoker increases absenteeism in school children, U.S. study confirms
• World's smallest electric motor made from a single molecule
• New class of anti-diabetic compound established
• Revolutionary three-dimensional model shows how breast tissue grows
• Growth hormone helps repair the zebrafish ear
• Tree-killing pathogen traced back to California
• Simple teaching tool boosts student reading performance, study finds
• First stem cells from endangered species
• New tactic for controlling blood sugar in diabetes contradicts current view of the disease: Inflammation may be part of the solution, not the problem
• Gene defect predisposes people to leukemia
• Endogenous approach to the prevention of allergies: How the immune system can develop tolerance to allergens
• Mars Science Laboratory launch preparations
• U.S. high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate,' according to experts

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