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• Incisive research links teeth with diet
• Link between estrogen and tobacco smoke: Estrogen may help promote lung cancer
• Children: Better protection from influenza with improved vaccine
• New report on the state of polar regions
• Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves
• Scientists find increased ApoE protein levels may promote Alzheimer's disease
• DNA marker indicates if ovarian cancer treatment will be successful, study suggests
• Early warning system for seizures could cut false alarms
• ‘Positive stress’ helps protect eye from glaucoma
• Amount of coldest Antarctic water near ocean floor decreasing for decades
• Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in Western U.S.
• Algae biofuels: The wave of the future
• U. S. Temperatures hit record highs in March
• Eating cruciferous vegetables may improve breast cancer survival
• Nearly half of cancer survivors died from conditions other than cancer
• Caffeine and exercise may be protective against skin cancer caused by sun exposure, study suggests
• China's rapid economic growth means population is 'wealthier but unhappier’
• 10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4 to 3 degrees by 2050
• Darwin in the genome: Research on stickleback fish shows how adaptation to new environments involves many genes
• New isotope measurement could alter history of early solar system
• Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes
• Golfers can improve their putt with a different look: Visualize a great big hole
• Young girls more likely to report side effects after HPV vaccine
• Less than 1 in 6 Americans frequently washes grocery totes increasing risk for food poisoning
• Coral links ice sheet collapse to ancient 'mega flood'
• Men start businesses for the money: Women for the social value
• Autistic kids born preterm, post-term have more severe symptoms
• Promising vaccine targets on hepatitis C virus
• Infection linked to dangerous blood clots in veins and lungs
• How a cancer drug leads to diabetes-like state
• New hormone for lowering blood sugar
• In-depth look at homework distractions
• Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking, study suggests
• Former pro pitcher now keeps 'strike zone' in proteins
• To boldly go where no glass has gone before: Glass made in absence of gravity
• Bilingual children switch tasks faster than speakers of a single language
• Arteries under pressure early on: Mice fed a high-fat diet show signs of artery damage after only six weeks
• Being ignored online or in person, it's still exclusion
• Activity in brain networks related to features of depression
• Quantum information motion control is now improved
• Plants mimic scent of pollinating beetles
• Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife?
• Long television commercials evoke stronger emotions
• New compound targets key mechanism behind lymphoma
• Photoperiodism may slow the range shift of species northwards
• Point when negative thoughts turn into depression identified
• Pollen can protect mahogany from extinction
• Stomata development in plants unraveled
• New light shone on photosynthesis
• What do ADHD and cancer have in common? Variety

Incisive research links teeth with diet Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:38 PM PDT You are what you eat is truism that has been given new impetus by "cutting edge" research that reveals your teeth are literally shaped by your food.

Link between estrogen and tobacco smoke: Estrogen may help promote lung cancer Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:38 PM PDT The hormone estrogen may help promote lung cancer -- including compounding the effects of tobacco smoke on the disease -- pointing towards potential new therapies that target the hormone metabolism, according to new research.

Children: Better protection from influenza with improved vaccine Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT An intranasal vaccine that includes four weakened strains of influenza could do a better job in protecting children from the flu than current vaccines, new research shows.

New report on the state of polar regions Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:37 PM PDT A new synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists in 60 countries who took part in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08, is the first in over 50 years to offer a benchmark for environmental conditions and new discoveries in the polar regions.

Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:22 PM PDT A new tool can help magnetic memory device designers detect defects in magnetic structures as small as a tenth of a micrometer even if the region in question is buried inside a multilayer electronic device.

Scientists find increased ApoE protein levels may promote Alzheimer's disease Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:21 PM PDT Scientists have enhanced our understanding of how a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease keeps young brains healthy, but can damage them later in life -- suggesting new research avenues for treating this devastating disease.

DNA marker indicates if ovarian cancer treatment will be successful, study suggests Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:21 PM PDT Researchers have discovered that blood can help determine the best treatment plan for patients with ovarian cancer.

Early warning system for seizures could cut false alarms Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT Biomedical engineers have devised seizure detection software to significantly cut the number of unneeded electrical pulses an epilepsy patient receives from brain implants.

‘Positive stress’ helps protect eye from glaucoma Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:19 PM PDT Working in mice, scientists have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness.

Amount of coldest Antarctic water near ocean floor decreasing for decades Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT Scientists have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to 2011.

Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in Western U.S. Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:36 PM PDT The least expensive way for the Western US to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of energy that may include nuclear power, according to a new study.

Algae biofuels: The wave of the future Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:36 PM PDT Researchers have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species for producing biodiesel fuel.

U. S. Temperatures hit record highs in March Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:35 PM PDT Compared to seasonal norms, March 2012 was the warmest month on record in the 48 contiguous U.S. states. Temperatures over the U.S. averaged 2.82 C (almost 5.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal in March.

Eating cruciferous vegetables may improve breast cancer survival Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:35 PM PDT A study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention investigators reveals that breast cancer survivors who eat more cruciferous vegetables may have improved survival. The study of women in China was presented by postdoctoral fellow Sarah J. Nechuta, Ph.D., M.P.H., at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill.

Nearly half of cancer survivors died from conditions other than cancer Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:23 AM PDT Although cancer recurrence may be the overriding fear for many survivors, nearly half of survivors from a recently presented study died from other conditions.

Caffeine and exercise may be protective against skin cancer caused by sun exposure, study suggests Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:23 AM PDT The combined effects of exercise plus caffeine consumption may be able to ward off skin cancer and also prevent inflammation related to other obesity-linked cancers.

China's rapid economic growth means population is 'wealthier but unhappier’ Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:12 AM PDT The average personal income in China has risen by five per cent a year since the mid 1990s. Yet according to experts, this recent wealth does not equate with personal happiness. Researchers found that the happiness of the Chinese people has not risen as expected. When people were asked to rate their happiness or satisfaction with life, the average happiness score was found to have fallen over time.

10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4 to 3 degrees by 2050 Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT A project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers' home computers has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is 'equally plausible' as a rise of 1.4 degrees.

Darwin in the genome: Research on stickleback fish shows how adaptation to new environments involves many genes Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study strongly supports the first "many-small" hypothesis.

New isotope measurement could alter history of early solar system Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT The early days of our solar system might look quite different than previously thought, according to new research. The study used more sensitive instruments to find a different half-life for samarium, one of the isotopes used to chart the evolution of the solar system.

Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT Robot squirrels are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes.

Golfers can improve their putt with a different look: Visualize a great big hole Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT Golfers looking to improve their putting may find an advantage in visualizing the hole as bigger, according to a new study.

Young girls more likely to report side effects after HPV vaccine Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT Younger girls are more likely than adult women to report side effects after receiving Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine. The side effects are non-serious and similar to those associated with other vaccines, according to a new study.

Less than 1 in 6 Americans frequently washes grocery totes increasing risk for food poisoning Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:59 AM PDT Reusable grocery totes are a popular, eco-friendly choice to transport groceries, but only 15 percent of Americans regularly wash their bags. Most users are inadvertently creating a breeding zone for harmful bacteria, according to a new survey.

Coral links ice sheet collapse to ancient 'mega flood' Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 meters.

Men start businesses for the money: Women for the social value Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:44 AM PDT Data reveals men are most likely to start businesses for the money, women for social value.

Autistic kids born preterm, post-term have more severe symptoms Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:44 AM PDT For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research.

Promising vaccine targets on hepatitis C virus Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:44 AM PDT Scientists have found antibodies that can prevent infection from widely differing strains of hepatitis C virus in cell culture and animal models.

Infection linked to dangerous blood clots in veins and lungs Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:43 AM PDT Obesity, smoking and diabetes are among the most common risk factors linked to blood clots. But a new study has identified another big risk that isn't on the list -- infection.

How a cancer drug leads to diabetes-like state Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:43 AM PDT Scientists have discovered why diabetic-like symptoms develop in some patients given rapamycin, an immune-suppressant drug that also has shown anti-cancer activity and may even slow aging.

New hormone for lowering blood sugar Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:43 AM PDT New evidence points to a hormone that leaves muscles gobbling up sugar as if they can't get enough. That factor, which can be coaxed out of fat stem cells, could lead to a new treatment to lower blood sugar and improve metabolism, according to a new report.

In-depth look at homework distractions Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:42 AM PDT Homework distraction has been linked to a wide range of variables.

Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking, study suggests Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:42 AM PDT Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking does, reports a new study.

Former pro pitcher now keeps 'strike zone' in proteins Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:42 AM PDT Perhaps no other biochemist in the world has his own baseball card, but Elih Velázquez-Delgado, who gave up pro ball for science, does. The doctoral student is about to publish his first academic paper on caspase-6, an enzyme that's causally involved in Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases.

To boldly go where no glass has gone before: Glass made in absence of gravity Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:21 AM PDT New glass to be made in the absence of gravity could revolutionize the way we make fibers for telecommunications and medical imaging tools, experts say.

Bilingual children switch tasks faster than speakers of a single language Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:20 AM PDT Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than are children who learn to speak only one language, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. However, the study also found that bilinguals are slower to acquire vocabulary than are monolinguals, because bilinguals must divide their time between two languages while monolinguals focus on only one.

Arteries under pressure early on: Mice fed a high-fat diet show signs of artery damage after only six weeks Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:20 AM PDT High fat diets cause damage to blood vessels earlier than previously thought, and these structural and mechanical changes may be the first step in the development of high blood pressure.

Being ignored online or in person, it's still exclusion Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:19 AM PDT People who are excluded by others online, such as on Facebook, may feel just as bad as if they had been excluded in person, according to new research.

Activity in brain networks related to features of depression Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:19 AM PDT Depressed individuals with a tendency to ruminate on negative thoughts, i.e. to repeatedly think about particular negative thoughts or memories, show different patterns of brain network activation compared to healthy individuals, report scientists of a new study.

Quantum information motion control is now improved Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:18 AM PDT Physicists have recently devised a new method for handling the effect of the interplay between vibrations and electrons on electronic transport. This study could have implications for quantum computers due to improvements in the transport of discrete amounts of information, known as qubits, that are encoded in electrons.

Plants mimic scent of pollinating beetles Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:18 AM PDT The color and scent of flowers and their perception by pollinator insects are believed to have evolved in the course of mutual adaptation. However, an evolutionary biologist has now demonstrated that this is not the case with the arum family at least, which evolved its scent analogously to the pre-existing scents of scarab beetles and thus adapted to the beetles unilaterally. The mutual adaptation between plants and pollinators therefore does not always take place.

Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife? Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:18 AM PDT Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers have developed a way to study the effects of increased energy crop cultivation on farmland bird populations.

Long television commercials evoke stronger emotions Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT Through a psycho-physiological study it has been possible to measure the emotional response of a person to a series of television advertisements.

New compound targets key mechanism behind lymphoma Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT Scientists have come one step closer to developing the first treatment to target a key pathway in lymphoma.

Photoperiodism may slow the range shift of species northwards Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:16 AM PDT Climate change is predicted to promote species' range shifts and invasions from southern latitudes northwards. However, climate change does not affect the seasonal variation in day length. The length of the day in northern latitudes still depends on the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun. The photoperiodism of species -- in other words, their ability to adapt to seasonal variation in day length and quality of light -- plays an important role when species attempt to expand their distribution range northwards, experts report.

Point when negative thoughts turn into depression identified Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:15 AM PDT Negative thinking is a red flag for clinical depression. Stopping such thoughts early on can save millions of people from mental illness, according to new research.

Pollen can protect mahogany from extinction Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:14 AM PDT New research could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species - the big leaf mahogany - from extinction.

Stomata development in plants unraveled Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:57 AM PDT Researchers have unraveled the action mechanism of the main plant hormone that regulates the development of stomata. This breakthrough has important implications for environmental research and for the protection of plants against disease and stress.

New light shone on photosynthesis Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:52 AM PDT One of the outstanding questions of the early Earth is how ancient organisms made the transition from anoxygenic (no oxygen produced) to oxygenic photosynthesis. Scientists have now moved closer to solving this conundrum.

What do ADHD and cancer have in common? Variety Posted: 02 Apr 2012 01:28 PM PDT According to new research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is more than one disorder. It's an entire family of disorders, much like the multiple subtypes of cancer. The research, which highlights various versions of the disease, each with differing impacts, demonstrates that there is likely not going to be a "one-size-fits-all" approach to treating patients.

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