Science News

Jul 3

Long-sought Boyhood Home Of George Washington Found New Wind Measurement Technology May Help Olympic Sailing, Aviation and Weather Forecasting Gene Directs Stem Cells To Build The Heart Connectomics: Mapping the Nervous System [60-Second Science] Chip-cooling Technology Achieves 'Dramatic' 1,000-watt Capacity China Earthquake Rare And Unexpected, Says New Study Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-related Genes Disease-detecting Lab In The Palm Of Your Hand 3Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise New Way To Predict Prostate Cancer Spreading Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch Circulating Tumor Cells Can Reveal Genetic Signature Of Dangerous Lung Cancers 1[NEWS] GENOMICS: Billion-Dollar Cancer Mapping Project Steps Forward New Tool Developed To Study Genes Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene In Juvenile Arthritis First Images Of Solar System's Invisible Frontier Sea Bacteria Produce Methane [60-Second Science] Cubing Potatoes Before Boiling Can Reduce Mineral Content By 75% First Measurements Of The Solar Wind Termination Shock By Voyager 2 Spacecraft Unwelcome Immigrants: Can the U.S. Thwart Asian Moths? [News] Mobile Users Make Same Mistakes As Disabled PC Users Geologists Push Back Date Basins Formed, Supporting Frozen Earth Theory 3Global treaty promises hard times for file sharers Could Our Own Proteins Be Used to Help Us Fight Cancer? [Scientific American Magazine] Smokers Suffer More Back Pain, Survey Shows A Healthier July Fourth: Eco-friendly Fireworks And Flares Poised To Light Up The Sky Sleep Problems Associated With Menopause Vary Among Ethnic Groups Quantum Dots Can Penetrate Skin Through Minor Abrasions 3Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery 1[NEWS] CLIMATE CHANGE: California Emissions Plan to Explore Use of Offsets New Combination Of Tests Measures Child's Ability To Taste And Smell New Pathway For Methane Production In The Oceans Discovered Fungi The Cause Of Many Outbreaks Of Disease, But Mostly Ignored Puzzling Adventures: The Mother Lode of All Inheritances [Puzzling Adventures] Severe Shyness? New Study Shows That Anxiety Is Likely A Long-lasting Trait 1[NEWS FOCUS] ARCHAEOLOGY: Preserving Iraq's Battered Heritage Pesticides Persist In Ground Water Get Smart About What You Eat And You Might Actually Improve Your Intelligence Texas Archaeological Dig Challenges Assumptions about First Americans [News] Looking at Hydrogen to Replace Gasoline in Our Cars [EarthTalk] Asthma Risk Increases In Children Treated For HIV Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Balanced Nutrition Saves Lives Researchers Are First To Simulate The Binding Of Molecules To A Protein Laser Spectrometer Opens Way For More Effective Carbon Trading, Drug Development And Carbon Dating Visualizing Atomic-scale Acoustic Waves in Nanostructures Since Introduction Of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Death Rate Has Decreased Mercury's Surface Dominated By Volcanism And Iron-deficiency 'Hibernation-on-demand' Drug Significantly Improves Survival After Extreme Blood Loss MESSENGER Settles Old Debates And Makes New Discoveries At Mercury Brain ‘trick’ Offers Treatment Hope For Alzheimer’s Winning the Tour de France Takes Grit, Strength--And Cutting-Edge Technology [News] Erectile Dysfunction Lower In Men Who Have Intercourse More Often Voyager 2 Finds Lopsided Solar System [News] Minimum Drinking Age Of 21 Saves Lives, Study Finds Mercury Flyby Reveals Active (but Shrinking) Core [News] As LHC Draws Nigh, Nobelists Outline Dreams--And Nightmares [News] New Wave in Ultrashort Light [Image Gallery] New System Blocks HIV Transmission Via Breastfeeding 1[NEWS] APPLIED PHYSICS: Tiny Transistor Gets a Good Sorting Out Political Participation Is Partially Rooted In Genetic Inheritance Dot Earth: A Tempered View of Greenland's Gushing Drainpipes Going Green: Savings And Comfort Are The Best Incentives Looking at Yesterday's Genes for Tomorrow's Cures [Scientific American Magazine] Body's Own 'Cannabis (Marijuana)' Is Good For The Skin, Scientists Find Attitudes Toward Consumption And Conservation Of Tigers In China Phoenix To Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week Invasive Treatment Appears Beneficial For Men And High-risk Women With Certain Coronary Syndromes In Vitro Fertilization: New Method Predicts Which Women WIll Get Pregnant 5Tiny scanner may monitor astronauts' mental health Intuition Can Be Explained 5Why satnavs are a detective's best friend Hubble Sees Stars And A Stripe In Celestial Fireworks Being An MRSA Carrier Increases Risk Of Infection And Death 4Brain chemical may have role in cot death Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan Benefits Of Green Tea In Reducing An Important Risk Factor For Heart Disease 3Interview: It's a dog's life... again Japan Sees a Chance to Promote Its Energy-Frugal Ways 5Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test Secret Of The Sweet-Sounding Stradivarius: Wood Density Explains Sound Quality Of Great Master Violins Controlling Bone Disease Improves Survival Of Hemodialysis Patients Gender Differences And Heart Disease Toward Long-range Beach Forecasts On Bacterial Contamination New Form Of Energy-Transfer Processes: Atomic Tug Of War Discovery Of Gene Mechanism Could Bring About New Ways To Treat Metastatic Cancer Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer? [News] 1[NEWS FOCUS] EPILEPSY: When Death Strikes Without Warning Molecular Basis And Regulation Of Circadian Rhythms In Plants Ancient Marine Invertebrate Diversity Less Explosive Than Thought Prevalence Of Religious Congregations Affects Mortality Rates Experimental Philosophy Movement Explores Real-life Dilemmas New Discovery A Step Towards Better Diabetes Treatment Improving Diagnosis Of Osteoporosis: Computer Simulations Help Predict Fracture Risk Tummy's Taste For Red Wine With Red Meat Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities 6Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet 5Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on Printed Optical Electronics Come Into View New Evidence That Ancient Choanoflagellates' Form Evolutionary Link Between Single-celled And Multi-celled Organisms Einstein Was Right, Astrophysicists Say Where Is Your Soil Water? Crop Yield Has The Answer Coal War: Georgia Court Halts Construction of New Coal-Fired Plant [News] 5Why continents split up and get back together 1[NEWS] EVOLUTION: Where Have All Thoreau's Flowers Gone? Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To Carbon Dioxide Cuts What Colleges Are Doing to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints [EarthTalk] Evolutionary Origin Of Mammalian Gene Regulation Is Over 150 Million Years Old 1[NEWS FOCUS] PARTICLE PHYSICS: Competing Teams Plot Two Different Paths to a New Particle Smasher Some Fundamental Interactions Of Matter Found To Be Fundamentally Different Than Thought 5Wine chemical improves health but not longevity 1[NEWS] FLORIDA: Big Land Purchase Triggers Review of Plans to Restore Everglades Weekends Slow Weight Loss, Researchers Find 'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception Can Bovine Growth Hormone Help Slow Global Warming? [News] 1[NEWS] PALEONTOLOGY: Life's Innovations Let It Diversify, at Least Up to a Point Who Will Die?: Computer Predicts Which Death Row Inmates Will Be Executed [News] Seasonal Factor Seen in Melting and Ice Shifts in Greenland Pricey Chemicals Gleaned From Biodiesel Waste Does This Make Me Look Fat? Eating Broccoli May Keep Prostate Cancer Away, Study Suggests Resveratrol, Found In Red Wine, Wards Off Effects Of Age On Heart, Bones, Eyes And Muscle New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu Identified New Insights Into Quantum Mechanics: Unlocking Mysteries Of 'Blinking' Phenomena Of Fluorescent Molecules 1[NEWS] MARINE BIOLOGY: Panel to Take Closer Look at Scientific Whaling Death, Division Or Cancer? Newly Discovered Checkpoint Process Holds The Line In Cell Division 1[NEWS FOCUS] ARCHAEOLOGY: On Iraq's Front Lines Synthetic Molecules Emulate Enzyme Behavior For The First Time Newborns In ICUs Often Undergo Painful Procedures, Most Without Pain Medication Lasers, Software And The Devil's Slide News Bytes of the Week--Making Beautiful Music: Why the Stradivarius Violin is Worth Millions [News]