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Science News hand picked by the Labspaces.net communityhttp://www.labspaces.net/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:18:46 -0500http://www.labspaces.net/ http://www.labspaces.net/images/badge_large.png <table> <tr><td> There's a massive telescope on the drawing board that hasn't even started construction yet, but when it's finished in 2024, it'll generate more data in a single day than the entire Internet. The computing giant IBM is collaborating with ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute of Radio Astronomy) to develop the next-generation computer tech needed to handle the colossal amount of data captured by the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: CNN - Discipline: Astronomyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118942/IBM_telescope_would_create_more_data_than_Internet_ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/1260787_hand_on_keyboard.jpg" width="80" height="53.333333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> The surveyed women spend an average of 81 minutes per day on Facebook, whereas men spend 64 minutes. Low educated groups and low income groups who spend more time on Facebook also report feeling less happy and less content with their lives. This relationship between time spent on Facebook and well-being is also salient for women, but not for men. These are some of the results of Sweden's largest F </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Gothenburg - Discipline: Internethttp://www.labspaces.net/118941/A_survey_of_______Swedish_Facebook_users Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Killer asteroids are a somewhat remote danger, but they are possible and can deal Earth what amounts to an extinction-level event. The dinosaurs didn't escape that fate, and it would be shame (to say the least) if we humans, with our larger brains and space programs, didn't fare better. But avoiding death by asteroid requires commitment, and some tough decisions we need to make now. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Wired - Discipline: Spacehttp://www.labspaces.net/118940/We_Can_Survive_Killer_Asteroids_____But_It_Won___t_Be_Easy Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/Old_Bark_&_leaves_I_IMG_8671.jpg" width="80" height="53.333333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species - the big leaf mahogany - from extinction. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Adelaide - Discipline: Ecologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118939/Pollen_can_protect_mahogany_from_extinction Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Social networks and the app ecosystems that surround them may find themselves at odds over user privacy. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: The Atlantic - Discipline: Technologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118938/Deconstructing_the_Creepiness_of_the__Girls_Around_Me__App_and_What_Facebook_Could_Do_About_It Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/868934_kids_fun_with_the_playground.jpg" width="80" height="106.66666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatric healthcare providers promote active healthy living by encouraging children to play outside as much as possible. Being outdoors correlates strongly with physical activity for children, which is important for preventing obesity in the preschool years and on through adulthood. A new study led by Pooja Tandon, MD, </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Seattle Children's - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118937/Nearly_half_of_preschool_children_not_taken_outside_to_play_by_parents_on_a_daily_basis Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The happier you are, the better, right? Not necessarily. Studies show that there is a darker side to feeling good and that the pursuit of happiness can sometimes make you .?.?. well, less happy. Too much cheerfulness can make you gullible, selfish, less successful ? and that?s only the tip of the iceberg. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Washington Post - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118936/Too_much_happiness_can_make_you_unhappy__studies_show Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_82159063.jpg" width="80" height="96" border="0" /> </td><td> Early life emotional trauma may stunt intellectual development, indicates the first long term study of its kind, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: BMJ-British Medical Journal - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118935/Early_life_emotional_trauma_may_stunt_intellectual_development_ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A report card released on Tuesday ranking the relative health of people in more than 3,000 counties in the United States found that those with more college-educated residents had fewer premature deaths and fewer reports of being in poor or fair health. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118934/Want_to_be_healthier__Go_to_college__study_finds Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42359_web.jpg" width="80" height="80" border="0" /> </td><td> There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions of clusters of galaxies. Yet, despite decades of effort, no one knows what this "dark matter" really is. Many scientists think it's likely that the mystery will be solv </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Discipline: Astronomyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118933/Fermi_observations_of_dwarf_galaxies_provide_new_insights_on_dark_matter Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> This image of the eastern US taken from the International Space Station shows that when the sun goes down, the Big Apple is far from alone </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Spacehttp://www.labspaces.net/118932/See_the_cities_that_never_sleep_from_space Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/PET-image.jpg" width="80" height="86.909090909091" border="0" /> </td><td> According to new research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is more than one disorder. It's an entire family of disorders, much like the multiple subtypes of cancer. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Oregon Health & Science University - Discipline: Neurosciencehttp://www.labspaces.net/118931/What_do_ADHD_and_cancer_have_in_common__Variety Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity revises its recommendations on two H5N1 flu studies after revisions to the manuscripts </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Science Politicshttp://www.labspaces.net/118930/Controversial_flu_studies_cleared_for_publication Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_74531899.jpg" width="80" height="47.733333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> When we try to put ourselves in someone else's shoes, we usually go all the way, assuming that they feel the same way we do. But a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that we have limits: we don't extend this projection to people who have different political views, even under extreme circumstances. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Association for Psychological Science - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118929/Empathy_doesn_t_extend_across_the_political_aisle Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Stick an object inside a grid of these little electronic cubes, and they automatically create a copy </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Materials Sciencehttp://www.labspaces.net/118928/_Smart_sand__builds_copies_of_objects Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/713px-House_Sparrow,_England_-_May_09.jpg" width="80" height="67.2" border="0" /> </td><td> Sparrows in San Francisco's Presidio district changed their tune to soar above the increasing cacophony of car horns and engine rumbles, details new George Mason University research in the April edition of "Animal Behaviour." The study, "Birdsongs Keep Pace with City Life: Changes in Song Over Time in an Urban Songbird Affects Communication," compares birdsongs from as far back as 1969 </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: George Mason University - Discipline: Animal Behaviorhttp://www.labspaces.net/118927/Sparrows_change_their_tune_to_be_heard_in_noisy_cities Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A plastic sheet called a "photon sieve" focuses incoming light, providing a quick, cheap way to replace damaged space telescopes </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Astronomyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118926/Photon_sieves_make_super_cheap_space_telescopes Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_81254956.jpg" width="80" height="60" border="0" /> </td><td> A team of University of Pittsburgh mathematicians is using computational models to better understand how the structure of neural variability relates to such functions as short-term memory and decision making. In a paper published online April 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the Pitt team examines how fluctuations in brain activity can impact the dynamics </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Pittsburgh - Discipline: Neurosciencehttp://www.labspaces.net/118925/Researchers_link_neural_variability_to_short_term_memory_and_decision_making Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> What's to stop kids from pirating LEGO sets as readily as they pirate music? Let's assume for a minute that 3D printing becomes as good as its proponents say it will, and soon. We're talking high strength plastics, high resolution models, all at prices that the average consumer can afford. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Technology Review - Discipline: Technologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118924/In_a___D_Printed_Future__Do_Toymakers_Have_a_Business_Model_ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42333_web.jpg" width="80" height="120.53333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> Splitting hydrogen and oxygen from water using conventional electrolysis techniques requires considerable amounts of electrical energy. But green plants produce oxygen from water efficiently using a catalytic technique powered by sunlight ? a process that is part of photosynthesis and so effective that it is the Earth's major source of oxygen. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Research News - Discipline: Biochemistryhttp://www.labspaces.net/118923/Scientists_study_the_catalytic_reactions_used_by_plants_to_split_oxygen_from_water Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The "uncanny valley" phenomenon remains almost as mysterious as when Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori first coined the term in 1970. But scientists have begun venturing deeper into the metaphorical valley to better understand why robots or virtual characters with certain human characteristics can trigger such mental uneasiness. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118922/Why_creepy_Uncanny_Valley_keeps_us_on_edge Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/72200_spilled_pills.jpg" width="80" height="60" border="0" /> </td><td> An international team of researchers involving the University of Adelaide and University of Colorado has made a major discovery that could lead to more effective treatment of severe pain using morphine. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Adelaide - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118921/Discovery_paves_way_for_improved_painkillers Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The state of Arizona could find itself in the company of countries like China and Syria for censoring the Internet if the state's governor signs a bill recently passed by the legislature. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Internethttp://www.labspaces.net/118920/Arizona_law_would_censor_the_Internet Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/800px-Epstein_Barr_Virus_virions_EM_10.1371_journal.pbio.0030430.g001-L.JPG" width="80" height="57.066666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> To the surprise of investigating researchers, an animal model of Epstein Barr virus protected lupus-prone mice against development of the autoimmune disease. Earlier work had suggested that EBV might promote the development of autoimmunity. "We were completely surprised. So, we redid the experiments, and the results came out the same," said Dr. Pelanda, lead author on the paper appearing onli </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Jewish Health - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118919/Virus_protects_against_autoimmunity Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Marian Bechtel, 17, has invented a new minesweeper. It costs far less than current technology, uses sound waves to detect where the devices are ? and was inspired by a piano. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Technologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118918/___year_old_pianist_invents_land_mine_detector Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/Plasmodium.jpg" width="80" height="86.133333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate Sidney Altman shows. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Yale University - Discipline: Agriculturehttp://www.labspaces.net/118917/New_compound_may_halt_growth_of_malaria_parasite Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Police in an affluent suburb are using a futuristic $244,000 spy gadget that allows it to track cellphones without having to ask telephone companies. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: MSNBC - Discipline: Technologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118916/_Stingray__gadgets_help_cops_track_your_cellphone Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/843474___code__.jpg" width="80" height="53.333333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> Stress wreaks havoc on the mind and body. For example, psychological stress is associated with greater risk for depression, heart disease and infectious diseases. But, until now, it has not been clear exactly how stress influences disease and health. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Carnegie Mellon University - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118915/How_stress_influences_disease__Study_reveals_inflammation_as_the_culprit Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The FDA declines to ban a troubling and ubiquitous chemical, but research goes on </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118914/Why_FDA_Declines_to_Ban_BPA Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42188_web.jpg" width="80" height="54.933333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongside animal bones and stone tools, were found in a layer dated to one million years ago at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. "The analysis pushes the timing for the human use of fire back by 30 </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Toronto - Discipline: Archaeologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118913/Scientists_find_evidence_that_human_ancestors_used_fire_one_million_years_ago Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Next year, an Australian company plans to start drilling deep underwater off the coast of Papua New Guinea to extract deposits rich with copper, gold, silver and zinc. The firm says the operation is much less messy than mining on land, but some scientists worry about the impact on deep-sea life. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Geologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118912/Gold_Miners_Dig_Deep_____To_The_Ocean_Floor Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/309769_tadpole_dreaming.jpg" width="80" height="59.636363636364" border="0" /> </td><td> The world's most popular weed killer, Roundup?, can cause amphibians to change shape, according to research published today in Ecological Applications. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Pittsburgh - Discipline: Developmenthttp://www.labspaces.net/118911/New_study_is_first_to_show_that_pesticides_can_induce_morphological_changes_in_vertebrate_animals Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Everybody knows that there's just one Moon orbiting the Earth. But a new study by a team of astronomers concludes that everybody is dead wrong about that. Tiny mini-moons, just a few feet across, make regular orbits around the planet. But they don't stick around very long ? they're easily pulled away by the gravity of neighboring planets. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Spacehttp://www.labspaces.net/118910/Earth_Has_Just_One_Moon__Right__Think_Again Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/115333main_image_feature_329_ys_4.jpg" width="80" height="60" border="0" /> </td><td> University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, which is a major greenhouse gas contributing to global climate change. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of California - Berkeley - Discipline: Environmenthttp://www.labspaces.net/118909/Fertilizer_use_responsible_for_increase_in_nitrous_oxide_in_atmosphere Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Blistering political ads like the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry in 2004 may not be as decisive as politicians think. Political scientists say if voters already know a candidate, negative ads don't have much of an impact. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118908/Do_Negative_Ads_Make_A_Difference__Political_Scientists_Say_Not_So_Much Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42337_web.jpg" width="80" height="50.133333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> The Earth's crust beneath the Mississippi Delta sinks at a much slower rate than what had been assumed. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Science Foundation - Discipline: Geologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118907/Scientists_find_slow_subsidence_of_Earth_s_crust_beneath_the_Mississippi_delta Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Scientists identify molecular basis of aging effect </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Science - Discipline: Chemistryhttp://www.labspaces.net/118906/ScienceShot__Why_Old_Paper_Turns_Yellow Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_25532056.jpg" width="80" height="53.6" border="0" /> </td><td> With sharp declines in the cost of whole genome sequencing, the day of accurately deciphering disease risk based on an individual's genome may seem at hand. But a study involving data of thousands of identical twins by Johns Hopkins investigators finds that genomic fortune-telling fails to provide informative guidance to most people about their risk for most common diseases, and warns against com </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Discipline: Geneticshttp://www.labspaces.net/118905/Whole_genome_sequencing_not_informative_for_all Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Study finds surprising incentive for people to join the social-networking site </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Science - Discipline: Internethttp://www.labspaces.net/118904/How_Facebook__quot_Contagion_quot__Spreads Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42202_web.jpg" width="80" height="74.666666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> A study in The Journal of Cell Biology describes how a secreted enzyme helps egg cells avoid being fertilized by more than one sperm. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Rockefeller University Press - Discipline: Developmenthttp://www.labspaces.net/118903/Ovastacin_cuts_off_sperm_binding Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Report says seabirds and other predators depend on small forage fishes near base of food web </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Science - Discipline: Ecologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118902/Little_Fish_Need_a_Break Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:48:59 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/1021854___atomic__.jpg" width="80" height="60.16" border="0" /> </td><td> Drugs that are commonly used to prevent osteoporosis may increase the risk of serious inflammatory eye disease in first-time users, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118901/Osteoporosis_drugs_may_increase_risk_of_serious_eye_disease Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42332_web.jpg" width="80" height="106.66666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> A series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the period, the Pelaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), new research has found. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of New Hampshire - Discipline: Geologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118900/Research_brings_new_understanding_to_past_global_warming_events Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:45:02 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/Azulm6.jpg" width="80" height="122.66666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue. Impervious to the effects of chemical or physical weathering, the pigment was applied to pottery, sculpture, and murals in Mesoamerica largely during the Classic and Postclassic periods (AD 250-1520), playing a central role in ancient Maya religi </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Field Museum - Discipline: Archaeologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118899/Discovery_of_the_first_evidence_for_Pre_Columbian_sources_of_Maya_Blue Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42330_web.jpg" width="80" height="53.066666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> How do dogs behave when their ability to exert self-control is compromised? Are they more likely to approach dangerous situations or stay well away? According to a new study by Holly Miller, from the University of Lille Nord de France, and colleagues, dogs that have 'run out' of self-control make more impulsive decisions that put them in harm's way. The work was just published online in Springer's </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Springer - Discipline: Animal Behaviorhttp://www.labspaces.net/118898/Too_dog_tired_to_avoid_danger Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/843473___code__.jpg" width="80" height="53.454545454545" border="0" /> </td><td> As they work together to form body parts, cells in developing organisms communicate like workers at a construction site. The discovery of a new signaling molecule in flies by Brown University biologists not only helps explain how cells send many long-haul messages, but also provides new clues for researchers who study how human development goes awry, for insta </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Brown University - Discipline: Molecular Biologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118897/Newly_found_protein_helps_cells_build_tissues Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:00:05 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_59372219.jpg" width="80" height="53.6" border="0" /> </td><td> The mere thought of an identification error sends a chill down the spine of any mushroom lover: The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides), which resembles the common white button mushroom, contains one of the most deadly poisons found in nature, ?-amanitin. This substance kills any cell without exception, whether it be healthy or cancerous. At the German Cancer Research Center (Deuts </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Discipline: Cancerhttp://www.labspaces.net/118896/Death_cap_mushroom_poison_to_arrest_pancreatic_cancer_in_mice Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42322_web.jpg" width="80" height="53.333333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> Radioactive iodine found by Dartmouth researchers in the local New Hampshire environment is a direct consequence of a nuclear reactor's explosion and meltdown half a world away, says Joshua Landis, a research associate in the Department of Earth Science. The failure of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, was the largest nuclear disast </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Dartmouth College - Discipline: Chemistryhttp://www.labspaces.net/118895/Dartmouth_scientists_track_radioactive_iodine_from_Japan_nuclear_reactor_meltdown Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_64410901.jpg" width="80" height="53.066666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant domestication. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Warwick - Discipline: Evolutionhttp://www.labspaces.net/118894/Ancient_Egyptian_cotton_unveils_secrets_of_domesticated_crop_evolution Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_1748023.jpg" width="80" height="0" border="0" /> </td><td> Testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, appears to have antidepressant properties, but the exact mechanisms underlying its effects have remained unclear. Nicole Carrier and Mohamed Kabbaj, scientists at Florida State University, are actively working to elucidate these mechanisms. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Elsevier - Discipline: Physiologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118893/Exploring_the_antidepressant_effects_of_testosterone Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:15:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_90485029.jpg" width="80" height="106.66666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought ? giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies - Discipline: Marine Biologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118892/Corals__could_survive_a_more_acidic_ocean_ Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_82159063.jpg" width="80" height="96" border="0" /> </td><td> New research suggests that when non-religious people think about their own death they become more consciously skeptical about religion, but unconsciously grow more receptive to religious belief. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Otago - Discipline: Psychologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118891/Death_anxiety_increases_atheists__unconscious_belief_in_God Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42317_web.jpg" width="80" height="53.333333333333" border="0" /> </td><td> Analysis of data from the 10-meter South Pole Telescope is providing new support for the most widely accepted explanation of dark energy ? the source of the mysterious force that is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Chicago - Discipline: Astronomyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118890/South_Pole_Telescope_hones_in_on_dark_energy__neutrinos Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/SEM_blood_cells.jpg" width="80" height="99.466666666667" border="0" /> </td><td> The characterisation of a rare immune cell's involvement in antibody production and ability to 'remember' infectious agents could help to improve vaccination and lead to new treatments for immune disorders, say researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute - Discipline: Immunologyhttp://www.labspaces.net/118889/Rare_immune_cells_could_hold_key_to_treating_immune_disorders Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:15:02 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/Estriol_v2.jpg" width="80" height="42.4" border="0" /> </td><td> Estrogen causes wounds in women to heal slower than in men - who have lower levels of estrogen - says a new study published in the April 2012 issue of the FASEB Journal. In the report, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, provide the first evidence that mild injury response in the eye is fundamentally different in males and females because of estrogen. This discovery prov </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - Discipline: Healthhttp://www.labspaces.net/118888/Estrogen_is_responsible_for_slow_wound_healing_in_women____ Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/1159613_binary_code_1.jpg" width="80" height="113.20754716981" border="0" /> </td><td> A research team led by University of Toronto Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo has found a new quantum encryption method to foil even the most sophisticated hackers. The discovery is outlined in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering - Discipline: Computer Sciencehttp://www.labspaces.net/118887/Research_team_discovers_new_quantum_encryption_method_to_foil_hackers Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:45:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/1021854___atomic__.jpg" width="80" height="60.16" border="0" /> </td><td> Scientists from the University of Utah School of Medicine have discovered that a mouse protein called IFITM3 contributes to the body's defense against some types of viral infections by binding to an enzyme responsible for regulating the pH of a cell's waste disposal system. This finding, published in the March 30, 2012, issue of Innate Immunity, sheds light on the cellular </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Utah Health Sciences - Discipline: Biochemistryhttp://www.labspaces.net/118886/Study_reveals_insight_into_how_key_protein_protects_against_viral_infections Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:30:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="/images/news/42312_web.jpg" width="80" height="60" border="0" /> </td><td> Complex organic compounds, including many important to life on Earth, were readily produced under conditions that likely prevailed in the primordial solar system. Scientists at the University of Chicago and NASA Ames Research Center came to this conclusion after linking computer simulations to laboratory experiments. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of Chicago - Discipline: Chemistryhttp://www.labspaces.net/118885/Organics_probably_formed_easily_in_early_solar_system Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:15:02 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_96250214.jpg" width="80" height="80" border="0" /> </td><td> Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified a candidate drug target for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a white blood cell cancer that proliferates out of control in the bone marrow. The team, led by Assistant Professor Chris Vakoc, M.D., Ph.D., shows that blocking a protein called PRC2 halts this uncontrolled proliferation in the bone marrow of mi </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Discipline: Cancerhttp://www.labspaces.net/118884/_Druggable__protein_complex_identified_as_a_therapeutic_target_in_acute_myeloid_leukemia Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:00:01 -0500 <table> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.labspaces.net/images/news/shutterstock_86205961" width="80" height="89.6" border="0" /> </td><td> Why do some persons succumb to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA study may shed light on the answer. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences - Discipline: Geneticshttp://www.labspaces.net/118883/PTSD_genes_identified_by_UCLA_study Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:45:01 -0500

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