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'Deadly Dozen' Reports Diseases Worsened By Climate Change
A new report lists 12 pathogens
that could spread into new regions
as a result of climate change,
with potential impacts to both
human and wildlife health and
global economies. ... > full story
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Stars Stop Forming When Big Galaxies Collide
Astronomers studying new images of
a nearby galaxy cluster have found
evidence that high-speed
collisions between large
elliptical galaxies may prevent
new stars from forming. ... > full story
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Mysterious Snippets Of DNA Withstand Eons Of Evolution
Small stretches of seemingly
useless DNA harbor a big secret,
say researchers at the Stanford
University School of Medicine.
There's one problem: We don't know
what it is. Although individual
laboratory animals appear to live
... > full story
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NASA's MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals Mercury As Never Seen Before
NASA's MESSENGER space probe has
made its second swing past
Mercury, just 125 miles (200
kilometers) above the cratered
surface of our solar system's
innermost planet, snapping
... > full story
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Spotless Sun: Blankest Year Of The Space Age
Astronomers who count sunspots
have announced that 2008 is now
the "blankest year" of the Space
Age. An image taken on Sept. 27,
2008 by the Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO) shows a solar
disk completely unmarked by
... > full story
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Is It A Planet? Exotic Object Orbiting Star Stirs Exoplanet Classification Rethink
The European spacecraft COROT has
discovered a massive planet-sized
object orbiting its parent star
closely, unlike anything ever
spotted before. It is so exotic,
... > full story
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Discovery Of 'Broken Symmetry' At Subatomic Level Earns 2008 Nobel Prize In Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences has awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics for 2008 with one
half to Yoichiro Nambu for the
discovery of the mechanism of
... > full story
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Nerve Cell Actions Made Optically Visible In Mice
Thought processes made visible:
Researchers have succeeded in
optically detecting individual
action potentials in the brains of
living animals. The scientists
introduced fluorescent indicator
proteins into the brain cells of
... > full story
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Key To Rapid Evolution In Plants: Reproduce Early And Often
Researchers have harnessed the
power of 21st century computing to
confirm an idea first proposed in
1916 -- that plants with rapid
reproductive cycles evolve faster. ... > full story
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Landmark Discovery Of 'Engine' That Drives Cell Movement
How a cell assembles its internal
machinery required for cell
movement has been revealed for the
first time. The discovery is
fundamental to the understanding
of how a cell responds to its
... > full story
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- Climate Change Boosts 'Deadly Dozen' Diseases
- Stars Stop Forming When Big Galaxies Collide
- Snippets Of DNA Withstand Eons Of Evolution
- Mercury Like You've Never Seen It Before
- Spotless Sun: Blankest Year Of Space Age
- Is It A Planet? Exotic Object Orbits Star
- Subatomic Broken Symmetry: Physics Nobel Prize
- Nerve Cell Actions Made Visible In Mice
- Key To Rapid Evolution In Plants Confirmed
- 'Engine' That Drives Cell Movement Discovered
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Scientists Trace A Novel Way Cells Are Disrupted In Cancer
October 8, 2008 — A research team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is clarifying a previously unappreciated way that cellular processes are disrupted in cancer. Following upon previous work showing that a splicing ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Ready To Explore Outer Solar System
October 8, 2008 — The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will ... > full story -
Proteins Involved In Blood Vessel Dysfunction In Type 2 Diabetes Are Identified
October 8, 2008 — Using precise microscopes, researchers are dissecting coronary microvessels and testing which proteins are responsible for inflammation that causes blood-vessel dysfunction. By identifying the ... > full story -
How Many Earthquakes Are There?
October 8, 2008 — Authors explore how ground motion measures scale with magnitude and explore the question: How many earthquakes are ... > full story -
Mentally Ill Smoke At 4 Times The Rate Of General Population, Study Suggests
October 8, 2008 — Australians with mental illness smoke at four times the rate of the general population, according to a new ... > full story
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Medical ImagingC. Difficile And Antibiotics Not Necessarily Linked, Study Finds
October 8, 2008 — A new study questions the assumption held by a vast majority of medical professionals that Clostridium difficile (C.difficile) infections are essentially always preceded by antibiotic use. The ... > full story -
Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization
October 8, 2008 — The chemical and biological aspects of cellular self-organization are well-studied; less well understood is how cell populations order themselves biomechanically -- how their behavior and ... > full story -
Racial Differences For Brain Bleeds Suggest Stroke Risk Greater Than Thought For Blacks
October 8, 2008 — Small, clinically silent areas of bleeding in the brain appear to be more common in black versus white stroke patients hospitalized for new brain bleeds, say researchers at Georgetown University ... > full story -
Good News For Pig Breeders
October 8, 2008 — There are currently two methods for artificial insemination: bull semen can be frozen to a temperature of -172 °C and may be stored indefinitely. However, pig semen must be diluted and stored ... > full story -
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Children's HealthADHD Stimulant Treatment May Decrease Risk Of Substance Abuse In Adolescent Girls; Results Mirror Findings In Boys
October 8, 2008 — Researchers have found that treatment with stimulant drugs does not increase and appears to significantly decrease the risk that girls with ADHD will begin smoking cigarettes or using alcohol or ... > full story
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Occasional Memory Loss Tied To Lower Brain Volume
October 7, 2008 — People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to new ... > full story -
Fishy Future Written In The Genes
October 7, 2008 — The roadmap to the future of the gorgeously-decorated fish which throng Australia’s coral reefs may well be written in their genes. Of particular importance may be to protect ... > full story -
Many Receptor Models Used In Drug Design May Not Be Useful After All
October 7, 2008 — It may very well be that models used for the design of new drugs have to be regarded as impractical. Scientists have elucidated the structure of the adenosine A2A receptor, one of caffeine's main ... > full story -
Computer Hardware 'Guardians' Protect Users From Undiscovered Bugs
October 7, 2008 — As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to researchers who have devised a system that lets ... > full story -
Presence Of Safety Measures Affects People's Trust In Safety Of Tourist Destinations
October 7, 2008 — According to the asymmetry principle of trust, information on negative events decreases trust to a much higher extent than information on positive events increases trust. A new study examines whether ... > full story
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Red Wine May Lower Lung Cancer Risk
October 7, 2008 — Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men. The most substantial risk reduction was among smokers who drank one to two glasses of red wine per day. The researchers ... > full story -
2008 Ozone Hole Larger Than Last Year
October 7, 2008 — The 2008 ozone hole -- a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica -- is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as ... > full story -
New Study Examines Effectiveness Of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
October 7, 2008 — New findings from a decision analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of ... > full story -
Helping People With Disabilities Make Use Of Public Transport
October 7, 2008 — In an ideal world, all buses would be wheelchair friendly and train timetables would be available as audio recordings for the visually impaired. Reality has yet to catch up with that vision, so ... > full story -
Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science
October 7, 2008 — The current system of publishing medical and scientific research provides "a distorted view of the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic," says a team of ... > full story
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New Prenatal Test For Down Syndrome Less Risky Than Amniocentesis, Scientists Say
October 7, 2008 — Pregnant women worried about their babies' genetic health face a tough decision: get prenatal gene testing and risk miscarriage, or skip the tests and miss the chance to learn of genetic defects ... > full story -
Cassini Flyby Of Saturn Moon Offers Insight Into Solar System History
October 7, 2008 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9 and measure molecules in its space environment that could give insight into the history of the solar ... > full story -
Stool DNA Testing For Colorectal Cancer Has Potential, But Challenges Remain
October 7, 2008 — The first generation of a stool DNA test to identify early colorectal cancer has limitations, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study published in the Oct. 7, 2008, issue of Annals of Internal ... > full story -
Children's Health
Child Psychology
Child Development
Attention Deficit Disorder
Infant's Health
ADD and ADHDMicrowave Ovens Need Added Safety Controls, Researchers Advise
October 7, 2008 — Curious toddlers and pre-schoolers are all-too-often scalded by foods heated in microwave ovens, but a locking mechanism could prevent these severe injuries that require hospitalization. Researchers ... > full story -
How And Why Some Children Become Chronically Abused By Peers
October 7, 2008 — As soon as children are old enough to interact socially, some become entrenched in chronic and increasing patterns of victimization by their peers, according to a new report in the Archives of ... > full story
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Air Pollution May Increase Risk Of Appendicitis
October 7, 2008 — Could there be a link between high levels of air pollution and the risk of appendicitis? New research suggests a novel ... > full story -
Impact Of Geology On The U.S. Civil War: War From The Ground Up
October 7, 2008 — The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated some researchers. Now they take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the ... > full story -
Metabolic Syndrome Ups Colorectal Cancer Risk
October 7, 2008 — In a large US population-based study, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer compared to those without metabolic ... > full story -
Gene That May Contribute To Improved Rice Yield Identified
October 7, 2008 — Biologists have identified a gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice grains. The gene may prove to be useful for breeding high-yield rice and, thus, may benefit the vast number of ... > full story -
Educational Policy
Child Development
Educational Psychology
Language Acquisition
Child Psychology
Social PsychologyGirls Have Harder Time Than Boys Adjusting In Language-learning Environment, Study Finds
October 7, 2008 — Girls who don’t share a common language may have more difficulty adjusting socially than boys, according to surprising new research looking at language acquisition among young ... > full story
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Oral Vitamin D May Help Prevent Some Skin Infections
October 7, 2008 — A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that use of oral vitamin D supplements bolsters production of a protective chemical normally found in ... > full story -
Receptor Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumor Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma
October 7, 2008 — Researchers have discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases. They report how the GPR91 receptor contributes to activate unchecked vascular growth that causes ... > full story -
Using A Fan During Sleep Associated With Lower Risk Of SIDS
October 7, 2008 — Fan use appears to be associated with a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome in rooms with inadequate ventilation, according to a new ... > full story -
Zooming Way In, Technique Offers Close-ups Of Electrons, Nuclei
October 7, 2008 — Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks. Their "camera" consists of a special "flaw" in diamonds that ... > full story -
Seeing Race And Seeming Racist? Whites Go Out Of Their Way To Avoid Talking About Race
October 7, 2008 — White people -- including children as young as 10 -- may avoid talking about race so as not to appear prejudiced, according to new research. But that approach often backfires as blacks tend to view ... > full story
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Form Of Crohn's Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells
October 7, 2008 — Scientists say that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel ... > full story -
The Green Sahara, A Desert In Bloom
October 7, 2008 — New North African climate reconstructions reveal three ‘green Sahara’ episodes during which the present-day Sahara Desert was almost completely covered with extensive grasslands, lakes ... > full story -
Metastatic Movements In 3-D
October 7, 2008 — Scientists have discovered how the altered behavior of integrins can prompt metastatic movement in tumor ... > full story -
Scientists Take Off For Southeastern Pacific Climate Study
October 7, 2008 — During October and November 2008, some 150 scientists from 40 institutions in eight nations will take part in an international field experiment designed to make observations of critical components of ... > full story -
Individuals With Social Phobia See Themselves Differently
October 7, 2008 — Magnetic resonance brain imaging reveals that patients with generalized social phobia respond differently than others to negative comments about themselves, according to a new ... > full story
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C. Difficile And Antibiotics Not Necessarily Linked, Study Finds
A new study questions the assumption held by a vast majority of medical professionals that Clostridium difficile (C.difficile) infections are essentially always preceded by antibiotic use. The ... > full story
- Racial Differences For Brain Bleeds Suggest Stroke Risk Greater Than Thought For Blacks
- New Study Examines Effectiveness Of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
- Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science
- New Prenatal Test For Down Syndrome Less Risky Than Amniocentesis, Scientists Say
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ADHD Stimulant Treatment May Decrease Risk Of Substance Abuse In Adolescent Girls; Results Mirror Findings In Boys
Researchers have found that treatment with stimulant drugs does not increase and appears to significantly decrease the risk that girls with ADHD will begin smoking cigarettes or using alcohol or ... > full story
Living Well
Red Wine May Lower Lung Cancer Risk
Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men. The most substantial risk reduction was among smokers who drank one to two glasses of red wine per day. The researchers ... > full story
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Plants & Animals
Bioengineers Fill Holes In Science Of Cellular Self-organization
The chemical and biological aspects of cellular self-organization are well-studied; less well understood is how cell populations order themselves biomechanically -- how their behavior and ... > full story
Earth & Climate
Fishy Future Written In The Genes
The roadmap to the future of the gorgeously-decorated fish which throng Australia’s coral reefs may well be written in their genes. Of particular importance may be to protect ... > full story
Fossils & Ruins
Impact Of Geology On The U.S. Civil War: War From The Ground Up
The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated some researchers. Now they take history, military history in particular, a step deeper -- into the geology beneath the ... > full story
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Space & Time
Cassini Flyby Of Saturn Moon Offers Insight Into Solar System History
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9 and measure molecules in its space environment that could give insight into the history of the solar ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Helping People With Disabilities Make Use Of Public Transport
In an ideal world, all buses would be wheelchair friendly and train timetables would be available as audio recordings for the visually impaired. Reality has yet to catch up with that vision, so ... > full story
Computers & Math
Computer Hardware 'Guardians' Protect Users From Undiscovered Bugs
As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to researchers who have devised a system that lets ... > full story
- New Self-training Gene Prediction Program For Fungi Developed
- Peer-to-peer Networking Takes Internet Out Of The Equation
- Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data
- Immune System For Electronics? Electronics That Can Diagnose And Heal Themselves Under Development
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