| Gene Mutation May Reveal Clues For Treating Lung Diseases
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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| A genetic mutation found in four children born with multiple abnormalities may provide insight into potential treatments for newborn lung distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
| Increased Success A 'Virtual' Certainty For Rugby Players
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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| Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training program. "The advantages of this technology are that unlike playing a video game on a normal desktop computer, the rugby player or athlete is totally immersed in a realistic simulated environment," said the lead researcher. |
| Improved Diet And Exercise Alone Unlikely To Cure Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Obese Patients
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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| A study finds that while a strict diet and exercise program may benefit obese patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea, it is unlikely to eliminate the condition. |
| Solar Cell Efficiency Increased By Incorporating Ionic Salts
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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| Scientists in Spain are working on optimizing a type of photovoltaic cell (Grätzel cell) that artificially mimics photosynthesis. Grätzel cells are photovoltaic devices that take advantage of the interaction of a structured semiconductor less than a nanometer in size and an organic dye that acts as a solar collector. |
| Managers' Hiring Practices Vary By Race And Ethnicity, Study Finds
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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| Does the race of a hiring manager influence who gets hired? A new study suggests it does. White, Asian and Hispanic managers tend to hire more whites and fewer blacks than black managers do, the study finds. |
| Treatment Not Testicular Cancer Poses Greatest Risk To Survivors' Long-term Health
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Testicular cancer survivors can face an increased risk of long-term illness, not because of the malignancy, but the highly effective treatment they receive. As many as a quarter of survivors develop long-term neurological, hearing and circulation problems. And they are twice as likely to develop a secondary cancer. On a more positive note, up to 80 percent who attempt to become fathers after treatment are successful. |
| Some Color Shades Offer Better Protection Against Sun's Ultraviolet Rays
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays -- but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing -- should think blue and red, rather than yellow. Scientists are reporting that the same cotton fabric dyed deep blue or red provide greater UV protection than shades of yellow. |
| Fighting Flu: Stricter Hand Hygiene In Schools Only A Short-term Measure
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Increased hand hygiene in primary schools is only a short-term measure in preventing infections such as H1N1 from spreading. Researchers have found stricter hand hygiene practices are difficult to maintain in a school setting. |
| Extreme Genetic Variability In Malaria Parasite Found
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Researchers have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. The study suggests that developing a broadly protective vaccine for malaria may be challenging because the parasite's genetic makeup is so variable. Drug-resistant malaria has been a major barrier to treatment, and this study suggests that "vaccine-resistant" malaria may also become a problem. |
| Bosses Who Feel Inadequate Are More Likely To Bully
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Bosses who feel incompetent are more likely to bully their employees, according to new research. But flattery, the study warns, may not be the best way to soothe the savage boss. |
| Survey Data Supports Rapid Ice Loss: Largely Open Arctic Seas In Summer Within 10 Years
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| The Arctic Ocean sea ice is thinning, new data show, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade. |
| Bug Barcode Readers Hold Out Promise Of Universal Vaccines
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Veterinary scientists have made a discovery that promises to deliver a new approach to fast development of cheap vaccines that are effective in all mammals -- not just humans or another particular species. |
| Interactions Between Massless Particles May Lead To Speedy, Powerful Electronic Devices
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Researchers have discovered novel electronic properties in two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms called graphene that could one day be the heart of speedy and powerful electronic devices. The new findings, previously considered possible by physicists but only now being seen in the laboratory, show that electrons in graphene can interact strongly with each other. The physicists discovered that the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene is even more robust than in standard semiconductors. |
| Suffering Caused By Dialysis For Nursing Home Seniors May Outweigh Its Benefits, Researchers Find
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks -- such as feeding themselves, getting dressed or brushing their teeth -- after starting dialysis, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. |
| Satellite Data Look Behind The Scenes Of Deadly Earthquake
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90,000 people in China's Sichuan Province. |
| Popular Antidepressant Associated With A Dramatic Increase In Suicidal Thoughts Amongst Men, Study Finds
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Nortriptyline has been found to cause a tenfold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram, according to a new study. |
| Gene Blamed For Immunological Disorders Shown To Protect Against Breast Cancer Development
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Researchers are voicing alarm that drugs to treat a wide variety of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases now in human clinical trials may errantly spur development of breast tumors. |
| Tiny But Adaptable Wasp Brains Show Ability To Alter Their Architecture
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| For an animal that has a brain about the size of two grains of sand, a lot of plasticity seems to be packed into the head of the tropical paper wasp Polybia aequatorialis. |
| More Infants Surviving Pre-term Births Results In Higher Rates Of Eye Problems
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| As more extremely pre-term infants survive in Sweden, an increasing number of babies are experiencing vision problems caused by abnormalities involving the retina, according to a new report. |
| China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Scientists are reporting the first evidence that China's sharp focus on reducing widespread damage to soil by acid rain by restricting sulfur dioxide air pollution may have an unexpected consequence: Gains from that pollution control program will be largely offset by increases in nitrogen emissions, which the country's current policy largely overlooks. |
| Colombian Guerrillas Help Scientists Locate Literacy In The Brain
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| A unique study of former guerrillas in Colombia has helped scientists redefine their understanding of the key regions of the brain involved in literacy. The study has enabled the researchers to see how brain structure changed after learning to read. |
| Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed Dinosaurs
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| A mysterious basin off the coast of India could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater the world has ever seen. And if a new study is right, it may have been responsible for killing the dinosaurs off 65 million years ago. |
| What Drives Our Genes? Researchers Map The First Complete Human Epigenome
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| Although the human genome sequence faithfully lists (almost) every single DNA base of the roughly 3 billion bases that make up a human genome, it doesn't tell biologists much about how its function is regulated. Now, researchers provide the first detailed map of the human epigenome, the layer of genetic control beyond the regulation inherent in the sequence of the genes themselves. |
| Earlier Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity To Current H1N1 Influenza, Study Shows
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| Researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years. These molecular sites appear to result in some level of immunity to the new virus in people who were exposed to the earlier influenza viruses. |
| Culture Is More Important Than Genes To Altruistic Behavior In Large-scale Societies
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to those who contribute to food banks. |
| Gene Mingling Increases Sudden Death Risk
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| Medical researchers report that variations in the gene NOS1AP increase the risk of cardiac symptoms and sudden death in patients who have an inherited cardiac disease called congenital long-QT syndrome. The findings will help in assessing the risk of sudden death -- and assigning therapy -- in patients with this syndrome. |
| Internet Services: Researchers Save Electricity With Low-power Processors And Flash Memory
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| Researchers have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more energy efficient for data-intensive applications than the systems now used by major Internet services. |
| First-of-kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used To Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| What does it mean when expert psychiatric witnesses in a court case reach opposing conclusions on the same sets of evidence? A new study suggests via mathematical modeling that both analyses can be completely accurate. |
| 'Magnetricity' Observed And Measured For First Time
October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am
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| A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research. The findings could lead to a reassessment of current magnetism theories, as well as significant technological advances. |
| Absent Pheromones Turn Male Flies Into Lusty Lotharios
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| When researchers genetically tweaked fruit flies so that they didn't produce certain pheromones, they triggered a sexual tsunami in their laboratory. In fact, they produced bugs so irresistible that normal male fruit flies attempted to mate with pheromone-free males and even females from a different species -- generally a no-no in the fruit fly dating scene. |
| 'Molecular Trigger' For Sudden Death In Epilepsy Found
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| The most common gene for long QT syndrome triggers epileptic seizures and could explain sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, say researchers in a new study. |
| Researchers Identify Workings Of L-form Bacteria
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| Researchers have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. L-form bacteria, which were first discovered in the 1930s, are morphological variants of classical bacteria that lack a cell wall. These bacteria are believed to form in response to cell wall stress from certain antibiotics or the body's immune attack, and are suspected to be associated with antibiotic-resistant infections. |
| Noncorrectable Vision Problems Associated With Shorter Lifespan In Older Adults
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| Visual problems that cannot be corrected are associated with increased risk of death among individuals between the ages of 49 and 74, and all visual impairments may be associated with the risk of death in older adults, according to a new report. |
| Baseball Guru Says Yankees, Dodgers Should Make World Series
October 15, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| With the League Championship Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT Mathematics Professor Bruce Bukiet has, once again, analyzed the probability of each team winning their post-season series. Bukiet updates his calculations daily during the Major League Baseball post-season. |
| Arctic Has Potential To Alter Earth's Climate: Arctic Land And Seas Account For Up To 25 Percent Of World's Carbon Sink
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| In a new study, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Under current predictions of global warming, this Arctic sink could be diminished or reversed, potentially accelerating predicted rates of climate change. |
| Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-hour Flight
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle, has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered flight. |
| Scientists Obtain Rocks Moving Into Seismogenic Zone
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| An international group of scientists aboard the Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU return from a 40-day scientific expedition off the shore of the Kii Peninsula, Japan on Oct. 10, 2009. |
| Seeking Privacy In The Clouds: Research Aims At Isolating Social Network Information From 'Control Of A Central Entity'
October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| Millions of Internet users have been enjoying the fun -- and free -- services provided by advertiser-supported online social networks like Facebook. But a computer scientist worries about the possible down side -- privacy problems. |
| Plants Recognize Siblings: ID System In Roots
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers have discovered how. The ID system lies in the roots and the chemical cues they secrete. The finding not only sheds light on the intriguing sensing system in plants, but also may have implications for agriculture and even home gardening. |
| Cell Study Explains Why Younger People More At Risk Of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder. Patients diagnosed with variant CJD are, on average, 28 years old but it has been unclear why older people are not as affected by the disease. |
| Rip Currents Pose Greater Risk To Swimmers Than To Shoreline, Study Suggests
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| Rip currents -- powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from the shore -- represent a danger to human life and property. Rip currents are responsible for more than one hundred deaths on our nation's beaches each year, and if rip currents persist long enough they can cause beach erosion. However, researchers found that rip currents along at least one beach in Long Island, New York lasted on average a little over one minute, not long enough to substantially alter the shoreline. |
| Effects Of Aspirin And Folic Acid On Inflammation Markers For Colorectal Adenomas
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to new research. |
| Self-managing Internet Applications Flex Their Muscles
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| A European research project that incubates self-managing internet applications is paying off. It has inspired a Wikipedia that's potentially able to handle more users than the original and super-efficient streaming video, with more to come. |
| Study Finds 52 Percent Lower Chance Of Dying At Top-rated Hospitals
October 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation's 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation's best hospitals and all others. According to the study, the leading independent health-care ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the US hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade. |
| Do Three Meals A Day Keep Fungi Away? Protective Effect Of Being Warm-blooded
October 15, 2009 at 12:00 am
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| The fact that they eat a lot -- and often -- may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to new research. |
| How The Moon Produces Its Own Water
October 15, 2009 at 12:00 am
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| The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing water. This discovery, made by the ESA-ISRO instrument SARA onboard the Indian Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, confirms how water is likely being created on the lunar surface. |
| Scientists Remove Amyloid Plaques From Brains Of Live Animals With Alzheimer's Disease
October 15, 2009 at 12:00 am
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| A breakthrough discovery in mice may lead to a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease that actually removes amyloid plaques -- considered a hallmark of the disease -- from patients' brains. This discovery is based on the unexpected finding that when the brain's immune cells (microglia) are activated by the interleukin-6 protein (IL-6), they actually remove plaques instead of causing them or making them worse. |
| Study Shows How Substance In Grapes May Squeeze Out Diabetes
October 15, 2009 at 12:00 am
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| A naturally produced molecule called resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes, has been shown to lower insulin levels in mice when injected directly into the brain, even when the animals ate a high-fat diet. |
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