Science News

Aug 5

1Strategies To Control TB Outdated, Inadequate, Analysis Shows 1Australian Bird Research Could Rewrite 'Ring Theory' Of Speciation 1Fuel Cell Efficiency May Be Improved With Material With 'Colossal Ionic Conductivity' 1Software predicts where El Niño will strike next 1Breakthrough In Quantum Mechanics: Superconducting Electronic Circuit Pumps Microwave Photons The Curious Cook: In the Summer Kitchen, the Thrill of the Chill New Gene Therapy Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells Gold Nanoshells Help Visibly Heat And Destroy Cancer Possible Cause Of Endometriosis Identified Phoenix soil results released after days of speculation Green mystery blob may reveal black hole's last meal Overcoming Inhibitors Of Cell Death Improves Cancer Therapy Efficacy The School Bully: Does It Run In The Family? 'Cosmic Ghost' Discovered By Volunteer Astronomer In Archived Images Of Night Sky Lowering Cholesterol Early In Life Could Save Lives Estrogen Relieves Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia Schizophrenia: Costly By-product Of Human Brain Evolution? Epilepsy Drug May Help Alcoholics Recover From Dependence, Small Study Suggests Happiness Lengthens Life Congresswoman Slams Religious Right's Assault on Science's "Edgier" Side [News] Job Rijssenbeek: Balancing Science and Life [Where Are They Now?] Rest Assured: The Brain Practices the Day's Lessons as We Sleep [60-Second Psych] Mind Reviews: Books, Movies & More [Scientific American Mind] Eating Fish May Prevent Memory Loss And Stroke In Old Age Combating Secondary Infections In Clinics Project Aims To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Computing Arresting And Self-healing Cracks: Paving The Way For Next Generation Composite Materials World's Smallest Snake Found In Barbados World's First Transplant Of Both Arms Anthrax genes will point to perpetrator Half of world's primates face extinction Folklore gets it wrong on love matches Investigating Sea Ice Decline International Panel Updates Treatment Guidelines For HIV Infection Teacher-student Relationships Key To Learning Health And Sex Education Guilt On Their Hands: Tiny 'Tags' Could Help To Solve And Deter Gun Crime Immunotherapy In High-risk Pediatric Sarcomas Shows Promising Response Telemedicine Leads To Better Stroke Treatment Decisions, Study Finds Do Mythic Creatures Exist? Show Me the Body [Features] Paradox Of Higher Education, Crime: Male College Students More Likely Than Less-educated Peers To Commit Property Crimes, Study Finds Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting Nano Sculptures In Gold Maternal Deaths Following Cesarean Delivery Can Be Reduced Networks Of Metal Nanoparticles Are Culprits In Alloy Corrosion Memory, Depression, Insomnia -- And Worms? Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name Solar sail and ashes of Star Trek's "Scotty" lost in SpaceX rocket failure [60-Second Science Blog] Military Use Of Robots Increases Tevatron Experiments Double-team Higgs Boson Data Mining Detects Signs Of Lou Gehrig's Disease In Gene Carriers Long Before Symptoms Appear Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline Family Type Has Less-than-expected Impact On Parental Involvement, Study Finds Cost Of Stabbings To Britain's Health Service Revealed Patagonian Glacier Yields Clues For Improved Understanding Of Global Climate Change Long Work Hours Widen The Gender Gap When Our Protective Armor Shows Weakness: Genetic Defect In Skin Cells Leads To Neurodermatitis, Hay Fever And Asthma Revolutionary Technique Could Reduce Lifelong Drugs For Transplant Patients Vancouver's Green Efforts for the 2010 Winter Games [Features] Monogamy Is Responsible for the Evolution of Bees [Scientific American Magazine] Back to the Future: Harnessing the Power of the Yangtze River [Slide Show] [Features] What will Tropical Storm Eduardo do? [60-Second Science Blog] Smoky Home: Cleaning Up Indoor Air with Human Waste [Features] China's Efforts to Make the Olympics Green [EarthTalk] New Role Found For A 'Foxy Old Gene' Nanotechnology: Size-specific Cracking Shakes Sleep Apnea Is An Independent Risk Factor For Mortality, Australian Study Shows One Fifth Of British Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Smoke Despite Hazards Where have all the monkeys gone? [60-Second Science Blog] SciAm Mind Calendar: August/September 2008 [Scientific American Mind] Process By Which All Blood Cells Originate Is Essentially The Same Throughout Mammal World Long-term HIV Treatment May Reduce Risk For Atherosclerosis Certain HIV Treatment Less Effective When Used With Anti-TB Therapy GPS cellphones to unleash gamers onto the streets 'Lost world' of gorillas discovered in the Congo Gorillas Galore In Congo [60-Second Science] A Natural Log: Our Innate Sense of Numbers is Logarithmic, Not Linear [Scientific American Mind] Perchlorate found on Mars makes soil less Earthlike [60-Second Science Blog] Nano-coated bullets could help solve gun crimes [60-Second Science Blog] China, the Olympics, and the Environment [In-Depth Reports] Highway of Good Intentions? Vancouver Olympic Plans Bulldoze Rare Forests [Features] China's Big Push for Renewable Energy [Features] Beijing Olympics: BMX Bikers Search for Gold on Laoshan Mountain [Features] Two Years Old: A Childhood Obesity Tipping Point? Research Suggests That Childhood Obesity Begins In Infancy Recurrence Of Group B Strep High In Subsequent Pregnancies, Say Obstetricians Outdoor Activity And Nearsightedness In Children Toxic Drugs, Toxic System: Sociologist Predicts Drug Disasters Chronic Exposure To Estrogen Impairs Some Cognitive Functions Homeownership In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Linked To Increased Political Participation Immune System Protein Accurate Predictor Of Survival In Pediatric Septic Shock New Panel Of Mice Helps Predict How Drugs Are Broken Down In Humans Researchers Tag First-ever Free-swimming Leatherback Turtles In New England Endoscopic Circumferential Ablation Promising For Barrett's Esophagus With High-grade Dysplasia Tracking Down Abrupt Climate Changes: Rapid Natural Cooling Occurred 12,700 Years Ago Novel Kind Of Learning Gene Discovered Carbon Capture Milestone In China Antiviral Therapy Helps Children At Risk For Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Sleep Apnea Linked To Increased Risk Of Death X-ray Diffraction Looks Inside Aerogels In 3-D Decision Making in the Brain: Eavesdropping on Neurons [Mind Matters] IPCC 'wrong' on logging threat to climate