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| | First retrospective of Maurizio Cattelan opens at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
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Installations, part of the retrospective "Maurizio Cattelan: All" by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, are seen at the Guggenheim Museum in New York November 4,2011. The display of 128 works hangs from the rotunda of the museum. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Maurizio Cattelan: All, the first retrospective of the internationally acclaimed artist’s work, from November 4, 2011, to January 22, 2012. Hailed simultaneously as a provocateur, prankster, and tragic poet of our times, Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960, Padua, Italy) has created some of the most unforgettable images in recent contemporary art. His source materials range widely, from popular culture, history, and organized religion to a meditation on the self that is at once humorous and profound. Working in a vein that can be described as hyperrealist, Cattelan creates unsettlingly veristic sculptures that reveal contradictions at the core of today’s society. While bold and irreverent, the work is also deadly serious in its scathing critique of authority and the abuse of power. Maurizio Cattelan: All brings together some 130 works—examples of virtually ev ... More |
| Sotheby's to offer a rediscovered masterpiece by Gustav Klimt not seen in public for over a century | | Exhibition of late paintings by abstract expressionist painter Joan Mitchell at Cheim & Read | | David Zwirner presents an exhibition of small and large new works by German artist Neo Rauch | 
Gustav Klimt, Seeufer mit Birken (Lakeshore with Birches), 1901. Oil on canvas, 90 by 90 cm. Estimate: £6-8 million/ $10-13 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's London announced the sale of Gustav Klimt’s recently rediscovered masterpiece of 1901 Seeufer mit Birken (Lakeshore with Birches), which is estimated to fetch £6-8 million/ $10-13 million and will be offered as part of the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, 8th February, 2012, in London. A work of haunting beauty and innovative format that stands at the very axis of Klimt’s modernism, the present painting was not publicly known to have existed until its recent discovery and authentication. Helena Newman, Chairman, Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department Worldwide, said: “Following Sotheby’s sale of Gustav Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee) earlier this week for the remarkable sum of $40.4 million in our New York Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, we are absolutely delighted to offer a further exquisite work by the artist whic ... More | | 
Joan Mitchell, Yves, 1991. Oil on canvas, 110 1/4 x 78 3/4 inches, 280 x 200 centimeters.©Estate of Joan Mitchell. Courtesy Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim & Read, New York.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of late paintings by Joan Mitchell. The show brings together 13 works, dating from 1985–1992, that represent Mitchell’s exploration of painting in the last decade of her life. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue with a text by Richard D. Marshall. Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) moved from Chicago to New York in 1947. Early in her career, she was included in the historically significant 1951 Ninth Street Exhibition. Organized by Leo Castelli, the show was renowned for its championship of Abstract Expressionism, and positioned Mitchell with older, mostly male painters: Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline among them. Mitchell met de Kooning early on—inspired by his painting, she sought out an introduction—and was a rare female participant in artistic debates ... More | | 
Neo Rauch, Aprilnacht, 2011. Oil on canvas, 118 1/8 x 98 3/8 in, 300 x 250 cm. Photo: Courtesy David Zwirner, New York and Eigen + Art, Berlin/Leipzig.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new works by Neo Rauch, on display at the gallery’s 533 West 19th Street space. The exhibition, the artist’s fifth solo show at the gallery, consists of small and large format paintings—several larger-than-life—as well as a bronze sculpture, representing one of the first instances Rauch has worked in three-dimensional form. Born in 1960 in Leipzig, then East Germany, Rauch is part of a generation of artists who came of age in a war-torn, divided country. While his older East German peers, including Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, and Gerhard Richter, emigrated to the West during the Cold War, Rauch spent his youth in the Eastern Bloc, and received his arts education at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. The impermeable border within Germany famously tempered the advance of Western avant-garde movements in the East, w ... More |
| Germany: Ostwall Museum cleaning woman damages sculpture by Martin Kippenberger | | SFMOMA presents landmark reconsideration of Francesca Woodman's brief career | | James Cohan Gallery presents solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Byron Kim | 
A man passes the sculpture "When it Starts Dripping from the Ceiling" by German artist Martin Kippenberger. AP Photo/dapd/Mike Siepmann.
By: Melissa Eddy, Associated Press
BERLIN (AP).- A modern art installation valued at euro800,000 ($1.1 million) was damaged after an overzealous cleaning woman scrubbed away a patina intended to look like a dried rain puddle, a Dortmund official said Friday. Martin Kippenberger's "When it Starts Dripping from the Ceiling" remains in place at the city's Ostwall museum, despite the damage sustained earlier this month when a cleaner scrubbed away the painted puddle beneath a rubber trough placed under a stacked tower of wooden slats. The work by Kippenberger, a German-born artist who died in 1997, was on loan to the museum from a private collector, who agreed that it should remain on display despite the incident, said Dortmund city spokeswoman Dagmar Papajewski. In the meantime, insurance adjusters are assessing the damage. It has not yet been decided whether the patina would be restored, or if the artwork ... More | | 
Francesca Woodman, Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977–78; gelatin silver print; 4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (12.1 x 11.4 cm); The Black Dog Collection; © George and Betty Woodman.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Francesca Woodman, the most comprehensive exhibition to date of Woodman's brief but extraordinary career, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art November 5, 2011, through February 20, 2012. In less than a decade, before Woodman committed suicide in 1981 at age 22, she produced a potent body of photographs exploring the human body in architectural space and the complex problem of representing the self. Haunting and intimate, direct and visceral, her work reveals the unusually coherent vision of an artist who had barely entered adulthood but who has greatly influenced subsequent generations of artists, particularly women. Now, 30 years after her death, the moment is apt for a historical reconsideration of her work and its initial reception. Organized by SFMOMA Associate Curator of Photography Corey Keller, Francesca Woodman continues the museum's leading scholarship in photography by assembling approximate ... More | | 
Byron Kim, Untitled (for B.L.), 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 90 X 72 inches, 228.6 X 182.88 cm © The Artist. Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- James Cohan Gallery announces the solo exhibition of Brooklyn-based artist Byron Kim’s recent work—a series of large-scale paintings inspired by the sky at night in the city. The exhibition opens on Friday, November 4th and runs through Saturday, December 17th. Byron Kim: Dark, a 56-page hard-cover catalog including 15 color plates of the new work along with essays by David Hinton and Mark Dow will be published on the occasion of the exhibition. This is the gallery’s first exhibition with the artist whose career spans over two decades and includes important solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Like the artists whom he admires; Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Agnes Martin, Byron Kim works in an area one might call the abstract sublime; his work sits at the threshold between abstraction and representation, between conceptualism and pure painting. In his richly hued, minimalist works, Kim seeks t ... More |
| Sri Lankan ivory carvings from the Dutch period at Francesca Galloway in London | | Nate D. Sanders to sell Harper Lee letter about Atticus Fitch's Maycomb County | | New initiative launched for earthquake/tsunami-damaged sites in Japan | 
Ivory Flywhisk, India, Mughal 18th century. Carved ivory.
LONDON.- Ivory has been the medium of choice for luxury and precious objects since Antiquity. Indian ivory objects were already in considerable demand during the Achaemenid Empire in Iran (650-330 BC) and one of the most famous examples of Roman Trade with India is the carved ivory mirror handle that was found amongst the ruins of Pompeii (79 AD). The 16th century witnessed dramatic change in India with the establishment of the Mughal Empire in 1526 and the start of the classic period of Mughal art in the mid-16th century. Trade with Europe took on greater importance during this century when the Portuguese became the first Europeans to secure trading settlements at Cochin in 1503 and then at Goa in 1510. Precious and exotic objects such as intricately carved ivory caskets from India and Sri Lanka were exported to Europe, many commissioned by the royal courts. Ivory- Material of Desire at Francesca Galloway centres a ... More | | 
The famed novelist wrote the letter just two months after the publication of her landmark Civil Rights book.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- A 1960 typed letter signed by Harper Lee elaborates about the fictional Maycomb County in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and includes a hand-drawn map of the state of Alabama with the words “Maycomb County.” The letter will be auctioned at Nate D. Sanders’ Tuesday November 8, 2011 auction. The famed novelist wrote the letter just two months after the publication of her landmark Civil Rights book. The letter reads in part, “You ask me where Maycomb County is, where the Landing is—the only answer I can give you is that Maycomb County is in my heart and the Landing is in my imagination. If, in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” I persuaded you that those places are real, that means I have succeeded in my profession, which is writing fiction. Lee inscribes at the bottom of the letter, “Here is your map:” and scribbles an outline of the state of Alabama with the words ‘ ... More | | 
Kakuboshi merchant house in Kesennuma, after the earthquake, 2011. Mitsuo Inagaki/World Monuments Fund.
TOKYO.- The Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research (Ueno, Taito Ward, Tokyo/ President: Ryohei Miyata) announced that a project entitled “Save Our Culture” has been launched in international collaboration with World Monuments Fund (NY, U.S.A/ President: Bonnie Burnham) and with cooperation from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Tokyo University of the Arts. SOC aims to raise domestic and international resources while identifying and assisting efforts at the local level to preserve and restore cultural heritage damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, contributing to rebuilding of afflicted communities. SOC is seeking support for the rescue and restoration of three types of cultural heritage at risk that are the most urgent and/or have the most meaning nationally or locally: *Immovable (buildings and historic ... More |
| Phillips de Pury & Company announces highlights from its Latin American art sale | | Christie's announces "Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets" sale | | "Wall Street" artist Geoffrey Raymond sets sights on MF Global Holdings Ltd's Jon Corzine | 
Adriana Varejão, Ambiente Virtual II, 2001. Estimate: $500,000-700,000.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces the highlights from its Latin American Contemporary Art auctions. The Evening auction will feature 33 lots with a low estimate of $5,935,000 and a high estimate of $8,205,000. The Day auction will comprise of 104 lots with a low estimate of $1,099,000 and a high estimate of $1,585,500. “For years the Latin American sales in New York have been almost exclusively focused on Figurative art of a particularly regional nature, not representing well the extraordinary artistic production of Brazil , which of all the countries in Latin America best understood and absorbed Modernist art of Europe and North America . In 1950 Max Bill had a major retrospective in São Paulo and in 1953 Picasso’s Guernica was brought to the newly formed São Paulo Biennial, the second oldest art biennial in the world. For 60 years Brazil has produced generation after generation of radi ... More | | 
A Louis XIV Ormolu/mounted rosewwod, ebony and marquetry commode circa 1700, possibly by Andre-Charles Boulle, 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) high, 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep. Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Collectors of fine European decorative arts will have a rare chance to own treasures brought to the New World during the Gilded Age by titans of American business and philanthropy in Christie's upcoming sale, The Gilded Age, 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets on November 22. Led by de-accessioned works from some of America‟s leading art and history museums, the sale features a rich and diverse selection of furniture, sculpture, works of art, tapestries, ceramics and carpets. The last two decades of the 19th century and the first three of the 20th bracketed the rise of great American industrial fortunes. Newly minted millionaires such as Henry E. Huntington, William Tilden Blodgett, John L. Severance, William Andrews ... More | | 
Artist Geoffrey Raymond poses with his painting of News Corp's CEO Rupert Murdoch, titled "Inverted Murdoch", in front of the NewsCorp building in New York in this file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid.
By: Ashley Lau
NEW YORK, N.Y. (REUTERS).- Artist Geoffrey Raymond, famous for his paintings of troubled Wall Street figures, has found his next muse in MF Global Holdings Ltd's Jon Corzine. Raymond told Reuters on Thursday that, after news broke of the former New Jersey governor's fallen firm, he went back to his studio in Troy, New York, painted a fresh coat of primer over an initial sketch of Bank of America Corp's Ken Lewis and now plans to use that canvas to paint Corzine. MF Global filed for bankruptcy on Monday after a failed attempt by Corzine, its chief executive, to turn the futures brokerage into an investment bank. Corzine's efforts to boost profits by taking more risk ended up bringing about the firm's demise. "The missing ... More |
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 Sketch-leaves for Elgar's unfinished masterpiece at Bonhams LONDON.- The only two surviving sketch-leaves in private hands for Edward Elgar’s unfinished Third Symphony are to be sold at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs Sale in London on 22 November. They are part of a rich collection of material that belonged to Vera Hockman, the woman with whom Elgar fell in love at first sight in November 1931 and who re-lit the composer’s creative spark after 10 fallow years. Part of the proceeds will go towards helping her great granddaughter study at the Royal College of Music. The two sketch-leaves for sale are the first and last ones for the Third Symphony. The first bears the inscription in Elgar’s hand, “Ist sketch of VH’s own theme above/Edward Elgar” with the addition “Will never be finished?”. The last leaf bears the inscription “First thought for Sym III and last though for VH and is dated Jany 1933.” Both lea ... More 19th Century European Art brings $19.4 Million at Sotheby's New York NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art auction brought $19,373,250 today in New York, with spirited bidding from an international pool of buyers competing for the impressive range of lots on offer. “Buyers in today’s sale were international private collectors, many of whom are assembling first rate collections of 19th Century European masterpieces,” commented Polly Sartori, Head of Sotheby’s 19th Century European Paintings department in New York. “We are delighted to be able to offer them the very best to add to their collections.” Sporting art from the collection of Edward P. Evans, whose famed Spring Hill Farm in Casanova, Virginia earned him an extraordinary record within the equine community, performed exceptionally well today. Sold to benefit the Edward P. Evans Foundation, the six paintings on offer achieved a total of $4,703,000, nearly twice their combined high estimate o ... More Eleven sensational costumes worn by actor Paul O'Grady's alter ego Lily Savage displayed in Liverpool LIVERPOOL.- Eleven sensational costumes worn by actor Paul O’Grady’s alter ego Lily Savage are being displayed for the first time. Savage Style: Costumes from Lily’s Wardrobe 4 November 2011 to 19 February 2012 features seven outfits at the Walker Art Gallery and four at the Museum of Liverpool. Lily Savage, a single mother-of-two notorious for her acid tongue and shop-lifting, was created by Birkenhead-born O’Grady in the late 1970s. The costumes were worn during many stage and TV appearances. Lily’s trademark wardrobe of mini-skirts and ball gowns, dominated by animal prints and sequins, delighted audiences bowled over by this outrageous character. Reyahn King, director of art galleries, says: “Lily Savage is one of the great comic creations and it is a delight to have these stunning costumes among our collections. This is a great opportunity to get close to these outfits a ... More Live Cinema/Peripheral Stages: Mohamed Bourouissa and Tobias Zielony PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Presented together in a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Live Cinema/Peripheral Stages, the works of Mohamed Bourouissa and Tobias Zielony address tensions inherent in the peripheries of modern cities, especially as expressed by marginalized youth. Both artists respond to this context in their work: Bourouissa disputes the power of the mass media to display and propagate information, while Zielony documents decaying urban structures and the people who inhabit them. “While addressing the peripheral condition, the work of Mohamed Bourouissa and Tobias Zielony questions cultural representations of marginalized populations and depicts their subjects in critical yet poetic ways,” says Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. “Bourouissa and Zielony are representative of a young generation of artists who have turned their attention towards ... More Of Trees and Rocks: New Objectivity photography by Albert Renger and Patzsch and Ernst Jünger" MUNICH.- Albert Renger-Patzsch is today seen as the most influential proponent of New Objectivity photography. The exhibition “Of Trees and Rocks – Albert Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Jünger” at Pinakothek presents around 30 original photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch, as well as the historic photobooks themselves and a selection from his correspondence with the author, chosen by Ann and Jürgen Wilde. In a letter to Ernst Jünger, Albert Renger-Patzsch describes his work for the publications “Bäume” (“Trees”, 1962) and “Gestein” (“Rock”, 1966) as “the sum of [his] existence”. They were to be the last two photobooks that the most famous protagonist of New Objectivity photography published before his death in 1966. Both series of works had been initiated and funded by the industrialist Ernst Boehringer, for whom Albert Renger-Patzsch had already ... More |
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- GP receptionists help safeguard patients in repeat prescribing, finds study
- Commercial weight loss programs more effective than NHS-based services, UK study finds
- X marks the spot: TBL1X gene involved in autism spectrum disorder
- Saving the day: Performing chest compressions correctly
- Climate shift could leave some marine species homeless
- City lights could reveal E.T. civilization
- Decline in dead zones: Efforts to heal Chesapeake Bay are working
- It takes two: Brains come wired for cooperation, neuroscientist asserts
- Conjoined twin toddlers successfully separated
- First-time divorce rate tied to education, race
- Millisecond pulsar in spin mode: Gamma radiation of rapidly rotating neutron star casts doubt on origin models
- NASA airborne mission maps remote, deteriorating glaciers
- New International Space Station camera reveals the cosmic shore
- NASA robotic lander test flight Nov. 4 will aid in future lander designs
- NASA's Fermi finds youngest millisecond pulsar, 100 pulsars to-date
- Sea-life paddling fast to survive climate change
- Depression: a combination of environmental, psychological and genetic factors
- Fertilized oocytes digest paternal mitochondria
- Nine new gamma pulsars brings known gamma-ray pulsars to over 100
- Discovery of new gene could improve efficiency of molecular factories
- Brain cells responsible for keeping us awake identified
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| GP receptionists help safeguard patients in repeat prescribing, finds study Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:26 PM PDT Receptionists and administrative staff in UK general practices make important "hidden" contributions to repeat prescribing, a new study concludes.  | | Commercial weight loss programs more effective than NHS-based services, UK study finds Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:26 PM PDT Commercial weight loss programs are more effective and cheaper than primary care based services led by specially trained staff, a new study in the UK finds.  | | X marks the spot: TBL1X gene involved in autism spectrum disorder Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:26 PM PDT Autism spectrum disorder affects about one in 100 children resulting in a range of problems in language, communication and understanding other people's emotional cues, all of which can lead to difficulties in social situations. New research used genome wide association study data to find a variation in the gene for transducin beta-like 1X-linked (TBL1X) which is associated with increased risk of ASD in boys.  | | Saving the day: Performing chest compressions correctly Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:26 PM PDT External chest compressions (ECC) can literally be the difference between life or death for someone who has stopped breathing. However new research shows that a person's physical fitness restricts the amount of time they can correctly perform ECC and adds weight to the 2010 European Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support Guidelines which recommend that that people performing ECC should change every two minutes.  | | Climate shift could leave some marine species homeless Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:53 PM PDT Rising temperatures will force many species of animals and plants to move to other regions and could leave some marine species with nowhere to go, according to new research.  | | City lights could reveal E.T. civilization Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PDT In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. Astronomers suggest a new technique for finding aliens: Look for their city lights.  | | Decline in dead zones: Efforts to heal Chesapeake Bay are working Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PDT Efforts to reduce the flow of fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay appear to be giving a boost to the bay's health.  | | It takes two: Brains come wired for cooperation, neuroscientist asserts Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PDT The brain was built for cooperative activity, whether it be dancing on a TV reality show, building a skyscraper or working in an office.  | | Conjoined twin toddlers successfully separated Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT Angelica and Angelina Sabuco, twins who were born conjoined at the chest and abdomen, are now separate little girls. The 2-year-olds were separated Nov. 1 in a 10-hour surgery. The operation was the culmination of several months of complex planning involving specialists from nearly every part of the hospital.  | | First-time divorce rate tied to education, race Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:18 PM PDT New research shows there is substantial variation in the first-time divorce rate when it is broken down by race and education. But, there is also evidence that a college degree has a protective effect against divorce among all races.  | | Millisecond pulsar in spin mode: Gamma radiation of rapidly rotating neutron star casts doubt on origin models Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:18 PM PDT Astronomers have tracked down the first gamma-ray pulsar in a globular cluster of stars. It is around 27,000 light years away and thus also holds the distance record in this class of objects. Moreover, its high luminosity indicates that J1823-3021A is the youngest millisecond pulsar found to date, and that its magnetic field is much stronger than theoretically predicted. This therefore suggests the existence of a new population of such extreme objects.  | | NASA airborne mission maps remote, deteriorating glaciers Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:56 PM PDT NASA's airborne expedition over Antarctica this October and November has measured the change in glaciers vital to sea level rise projections and mapped others rarely traversed by humans.  | | New International Space Station camera reveals the cosmic shore Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:53 PM PDT Part of human fascination with space is the chance to look back at our own planet from afar. The unique vantage from the International Space Station affords a vista both breathtaking and scientifically illuminating.  | | NASA robotic lander test flight Nov. 4 will aid in future lander designs Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:51 PM PDT NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of achieving scientific and exploration goals on the surface of the moon, asteroids or other airless bodies.  | | NASA's Fermi finds youngest millisecond pulsar, 100 pulsars to-date Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:46 PM PDT An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these objects form.  | | Sea-life paddling fast to survive climate change Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PDT Climate change is subtly altering average yearly and seasonal temperatures on land and water and looks set to have a significant impact on Northern Ireland's coastal ecology, according to marine scientists.  | | Depression: a combination of environmental, psychological and genetic factors Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PDT Problems like anxiety and depression are caused by psychological and environmental factors, and are known to be influenced by genetic proclivities. However, it is still not clear how each factor affects the brain's functions to induce anxious and depressive symptoms. To shed light on these interactions, scientists have investigated the amygdala, a part of the brain that is hyperactive in individuals suffering from anxiety and depression. The researchers have shown that its activity can be modulated depending on the subject's genetic makeup, personal history and cognition. These results suggest that the effects of psychotherapies on the cerebral activity of patients could vary according to their genetic traits.  | | Fertilized oocytes digest paternal mitochondria Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PDT During fertilization, the entire spermatozoon enters the oocyte. However, most of its organelles, including mitochondria, are not transmitted to the offspring. A new study demonstrates for the first time how the spermatozoon organelles are digested by the oocyte shortly after fertilization. These findings could improve cloning and medically-assisted reproductive technology and help to better understand the evolutionary origin of the elimination of paternal mitochondria.  | | Nine new gamma pulsars brings known gamma-ray pulsars to over 100 Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:34 AM PDT Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe. These compact and fast-rotating neutron stars flash many times per second in the radio or gamma-ray band. Pure gamma-ray pulsars are extremely difficult to find despite their high energy because they radiate very few photons per unit of time. Using an improved analysis algorithm, scientists have now discovered a number of previously unknown gamma-ray pulsars with low luminosity in data from the Fermi satellite. These pulsars had been missed using conventional methods. The number of known gamma-ray pulsars has thus grown to over 100.  | | Discovery of new gene could improve efficiency of molecular factories Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:34 AM PDT The discovery of a new gene is helping researchers envision more-efficient molecular factories of the future.  | | Brain cells responsible for keeping us awake identified Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:34 AM PDT Researchers have identified the group of neurons that mediates whether light arouses us and keeps us awake, or not. They report that the cells necessary for a light induced arousal response are located in the hypothalamus, an area at the base of the brain responsible for, among other things, control of the autonomic nervous system, body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue -- and sleep.  | | 11/11/11: Maya scholar debunks doomsday myths Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT This fall, Hoopes and his students have watched two predicted cataclysmic dates -- Oct. 21 and 28 -- come and go with little fanfare. Oct. 21 was a date selected by California evangelist Harold Camping after his original May 21, 2011, prediction passed without calamity. Swedish pharmacologist, self-help advocate and self-taught Maya cosmologist Carl Johan Calleman was among those predicting that Oct. 28 would usher in a worldwide unified consciousness.  | | Study identifies an expanded role for PKM2 in helping cancer cells survive Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT In recent years, the field of cancer metabolism has found that cancer cells can manipulate the PKM2 enzyme to grow and thrive. Now a new study finds that cancers also use PKM2 to withstand oxidative stress.  | | Chromosome centromeres are inherited epigenetically Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT The histone protein CenH3 is both necessary and sufficient to trigger the formation of centromeres and pass them on from one generation to the next.  | | Exercise provides clue to deadly ataxia Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT When researchers prescribed mild exercise for mice with a neurodegenerative disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia 1, they did not know what to expect. What they found was the mice that exercised lived longer than those that had not.  | | Evolution during human colonizations: Selective advantage of being there first Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT The first individuals settling on new land are more successful at passing on their genes than those who did not migrate, according to new research.  | | Chromosomal 'breakpoints' linked to canine cancer Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:23 AM PDT Researchers have uncovered evidence that evolutionary "breakpoints" on canine chromosomes are also associated with canine cancer. Mapping these "fragile" regions in dogs may also have implications for the discovery and treatment of human cancers.  | | Nano-technoloogy makes medicine greener Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:23 AM PDT Researchers are working on a new method that will make it possible to develop drugs faster and greener. This will lead to cheaper medicine for consumers.  | | When our neurons remain silent so that our performances may improve Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:23 AM PDT Why do we "turn off" our neurons at times when we need them most? Scientists have just demonstrated that a network of specific neurons, referred to as "the default-mode network" works on a permanent basis even when we are doing nothing.  | | Trillions served: Massive, complex projects for DOE JGI 2012 Community Sequencing Program Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PDT Taking advantage of massive-scale sequencing and data analysis capabilities, the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute will serve up trillions of nucleotides of information from newly-selected projects geared to feed the data-hungry worldwide research community. The total allocation for the 2012 Community Sequencing Program portfolio will exceed 30 trillion bases (terabases), a 100-fold increase compared with just two years ago, when just a third of a terabase was allocated to more than 70 projects.  | | Scientists identify gene critical for cell responses to oxygen deprivation Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PDT Scientists have identified a protein that kick-starts the response to low levels of oxygen, suggesting new lines of research relevant to a variety of potentially fatal disorders associated with diminished oxygen supply, including cancer, heart disease, stroke and other neurological conditions that affect millions of people worldwide.  | | Skin 'sees' UV light, starts producing pigment Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PDT Biologists report that melanocyte skin cells detect ultraviolet light using a photosensitive receptor previously thought to exist only in the eye. This eye-like ability of skin to sense light triggers the production of melanin within hours, more quickly than previously thought, in an apparent rush to protect against damage to DNA.  | | Alternate ending: Living on without telomerase Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:24 AM PDT Scientists have discovered an alternative mechanism for the extension of the telomere repeat sequence by DNA repair enzymes.  | | Pulsating response to stress in bacteria discovered Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:06 AM PDT Turning on the heater is a reasonable response to a cold environment: switch to a toastier state until it warms up outside. Biologists have long thought cells would respond to their environment in a similar way. But now researchers are finding that cells can respond using a pulsating mechanism. The principles behind this process are surprisingly simple and could drive other cellular processes, revealing more about how the cells -- and ultimately life -- work.  | | Erasing the signs of aging in human cells is now a reality Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:06 AM PDT Scientists have recently succeeded in rejuvenating cells from elderly donors (aged over 100). These old cells were reprogrammed in vitro to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and to rejuvenated and human embryonic stem cells (hESC): cells of all types can again be differentiated after this genuine "rejuvenation" therapy.  | | Duck's boon might be a turtle's bane: Overturned duck nest boxes can be death traps for turtles Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Biologists have discovered that overturned duck nest boxes can be death traps for wetland turtles. Ordinarily a good thing, duck nest boxes -- a nesting box attached to a pole in the wetland ground -- are often erected in wetlands to provide nest sites for cavity-nesting ducks such as wood ducks and hooded mergansers. However, improper care of these boxes can have devastating effects on wetland turtles.  | | High blood pressure may lead to missed emotional cues Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Your ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to new research.  | | New ways to image and therapeutically target melanoma using nanomedicine? Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Because the incidence of malignant melanoma is rising faster than any other cancer in the US, medical researchers are working overtime to develop new technologies to aid in both malignant melanoma diagnosis and therapy. A tool of great promise comes from the world of nanomedicine.  | | Hybrid power plants can help industry go green: Affordable solar option for power plants Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Researchers have developed a technology that combines the conventional fuel used in today's power plants with the lower pressures and temperatures of steam produced by solar power. His new "hybrid" power plant is a potentially cost-effective and realistic way to integrate solar technology into existing power plants.  | | Adolescent amphetamine use linked to permanent changes in brain function and behavior Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Amphetamine use in adolescence can cause neurobiological imbalances and increase risk-taking behavior, and these effects can persist into adulthood, even when subjects are drug free. These are the conclusions of a new study using animal models. The study is one of the first to shed light on how long-term amphetamine use in adolescence affects brain chemistry and behavior.  | | Mechanism in brain cancer responsible for neuron death discovered Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:03 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which glioblastoma multiforme, the most common form of brain cancer, promotes the loss of function or death of neurons, a process known as neurodegeneration.  | | Brain probe that softens after insertion causes less scarring Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:03 AM PDT A hard probe inserted in the cerebral cortex of a rat model turns nearly as pliable as the surrounding gray matter in minutes, and induces less of the tough scarring that walls off hard probes that do not change, researchers have found.  | | Research team unravels tomato pathogen's tricks of the trade Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PDT The genome of several Pseudomonas syrinage pv. tomato isolates have been sequenced in order to track the bacterial pathogen's ability to overcome plant defenses and to develop methods to prevent further spread.  | | The human cause of climate change: Where does the burden of proof lie? Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PDT The debate may largely be drawn along political lines, but the human role in climate change remains one of the most controversial questions in 21st century science. Experts argue that the evidence for anthropogenic climate change is now so clear that the burden of proof should lie with research which seeks to disprove the human role.  | | Impulsive versus controlled men: Disinhibited brains and disinhibited behavior Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PDT Impulsive individuals tend to display aggressive behavior and have challenges ranging from drug and alcohol abuse, to problem gambling and difficult relationships. They are less able to adapt to different social situations. Impulsivity is also a common feature of psychiatric disorders. New research shows that people may react this way, in part, because they have lower levels of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter, in a specific part of their brain involved in regulating self-control.  | | Secluding aggressive young offenders is always the last resort, four-country study finds Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PDT Seclusion should always be the last resort when it comes to dealing with aggressive episodes involving young offenders with psychiatric disorders, according to a study covering forensic units for 12 to 18-year-olds in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and UK. 58 staff took part in the study including nurses, doctors, psychologists, social workers, educators, support workers, occupational, art and family therapists and sports instructors.  | | Disco beat good for CPR, but time to throw in the towel on musical aids, experts say Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT Disco Science is better than no music at all at helping to deliver the required number of chest compressions to save a heart attack victim's life before he or she gets to hospital, a new study reveals. But Disco Science, which featured in the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie's film Snatch in 2000, still doesn't improve the depth of compression, leading the study's authors to suggest that it's time to give up on trying to find the best musical track to aid the procedure.  | | Thousands of lives could be saved if rest of UK adopted average diet in England, study concludes Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT Around 4,000 deaths could be prevented every year if the UK population adopted the average diet eaten in England, new research concludes.  | | Gene therapy shows promise as hemophilia treatment in animal studies Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT For the first time, researchers have combined gene therapy and stem cell transplantation to successfully reverse the severe, crippling bleeding disorder hemophilia A in large animals, opening the door to the development of new therapies for human patients.  | | Climate change causing massive movement of tree species across the West Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT A huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they have been present for centuries, while others move in and replace them. In an enormous display of survival of the fittest, the forests of the future are taking a new shape.  | | Low vitamin D common in spine surgery patients; Deficiency may hinder recovery Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT A new study indicates that many patients undergoing spine surgery have low levels of vitamin D, which may delay their recovery. Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption, and patients with a deficiency can have difficulty producing new bone, which can, in turn, interfere with healing following spine surgery.  | | Reprogramming stem cells to a more basic form results in more effective transplant, study shows Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT Chinese stem cell scientists have published new research that improves the survival and effectiveness of transplanted stem cells.  | | Scientists study 'galaxy zoo' using Google Maps and thousands of volunteers Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT The reddest galaxies with the largest central bulb show the largest bars -- gigantic central columns of stars and dark matter -- according to a scientific study that used Google Maps to observe the sky. A group of volunteers of more than 200,000 participants of the galaxy classification project Galaxy Zoo contributed to this research.  | | Get lost easily? The cerebellum is your navigation assistant Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT The cerebellum is far more intensively involved in helping us navigate than previously thought. To move and learn effectively in spatial environments our brain, and particularly our hippocampus, creates a "cognitive" map of the environment. The cerebellum contributes to the creation of this map through altering the chemical communication between its neurons. If this ability is inactivated, the brain is no longer able to to create an effective spatial representation and thus navigation in an environment becomes impaired, new research shows.  | | Copyright: A conceptual battle in a digital age Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PDT What is it about copyright that doesn't work in the digital society? Why do millions of people think it's OK to break the law when it comes to file sharing in particular? A sociology of law researcher believes that legal metaphors and old-fashioned mindsets contribute to the confusion and widening gaps between legislation and the prevailing norms.  | | Scientists race against time to save the last ‘Flying Pencil’, WWII bomber Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PDT Scientists are in a race against time to help save the last remaining intact World War II German light bomber Dornier Do-17, known as The Flying Pencil (Fliegender Bleistift), which lies underwater in the English Channel off the Kentish coast in the UK.  | | The perfect clone: Researchers hack RFID smartcards Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PDT Professional safecrackers use a stethoscope to find the correct combination by listening to the clicks of the lock. Researchers have now demonstrated how to bypass the security mechanisms of a widely used contactless smartcard in a similar way. Employing so-called "Side-Channel Analysis" the researchers can break the cryptography of millions of cards that are used all around the world.  | | New components for future computer memories Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PDT The European TRAMS (terascale reliable adaptive memory systems) consortium investigates the impact of statistical NanoCMOS variability on terascale embedded static random-access memories (SRAMs) based on sub-16 nm technology generation using conventional and novel complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices.  | | Steps being taken towards achieving an early diagnosis of cancer of the large intestine Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:13 AM PDT A biochemist is finding clues that could lead to an early diagnosis of cancer of the large intestine. Specifically, she has focused on certain enzymes known as peptidases and their activity (working rate): she has studied how their activity changes by comparing the tissue encountered at different stages of the disease.  |
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