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• Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star
• Lung Tissue Generated From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
• Portable 3-D Laser Technology Preserves Texas Dinosaur's Rare Footprint
• Sleep Apnea Therapy Improves Golf Game
• Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates
• TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-fat And High-sugar Foods
• 'Spoonful Of Sugar' Makes The Worms' Life Span Go Down
• Statins May Worsen Symptoms In Some Cardiac Patients
• Test Proves 'The Eyes Have It' For ID Verification
• Postmenopausal Women With Higher Testosterone May Have Greater Heart Disease Risk
• Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms
• Benefit Of A Mentor: Disadvantaged Teens Twice As Likely To Attend College
• Spinal Cord Regeneration Enabled By Stabilizing, Improving Delivery Of Scar-degrading Enzyme
• Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
• Creating Cultured Pearls From The Queen Conch: Scientists Unlock Mystery
• Race Is Strong Predictor For Restless Legs Syndrome, Study Finds
• Applause For The SmartHand: Human-machine Interface Is Essential Link In Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand
• Internet Search Process Affects Cognition, Emotion
• Common Plants Can Eliminate Indoor Air Pollutants
• Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Appears Best For Smoking Cessation
• History In 3-D: Digitally Archived Works Of Art
• Teeth Grinding Linked To Sleep Apnea; Bruxism Prevalent In Caucasians With Sleep Disorders
• Electron Self-injection Into An Evolving Plasma Bubble
• Religion And Medicine: Sometimes A Healing Prescription
• Vast Right Arm Conspiracy? Study Suggests Handedness May Affect Body Perception
• Experimental Agent Reduces Breast Cancer Metastasis To Bone
• Low Levels Of 'Heart Attack Risk' Protein Quantified
• U.S. Hip Fracture Rate Could Drop 25 Percent With Aggressive Osteoporosis Prevention
• Modified Bluetooth Speeds Up Telemedicine
• Literary Arabic Is Expressed In Brain Of Arabic Speakers As A Second Language
• Eating Quickly Is Associated With Overeating, Study Indicates
• Dementia: Rare Brain Disorder Is Highly Hereditary
• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
• Early Results Of Nitric Oxide Therapy For Preemies Not Sustained, Study Finds
• Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
• Many US Children May Live In Families Receiving Food Stamps
• Not Just Bleach: Hydrogen Peroxide May Tell Time For Living Cells
• Reducing Consumption of Glycotoxins From Heat-processing Of Foods Reduces Risk Of Chronic Disease
• Green Is Cool, But US Land Changes Generally Are Not
• Early-stage, HER2-positive Breast Cancer Patients At Increased Risk Of Recurrence
• Protecting Your Virtual Privacy: A Closer Look At Digital And Internet Security
• More Action Is Needed To Support Millions Of Tinnitus Sufferers Worldwide, Review Finds
• Learning To Talk Changes How Speech Is Heard: 'Sound Of Learning' Unlocked By Linking Sensory And Motor Systems
• Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Asthma, Study Suggests
• North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
• Three Killer Indicators Identified That Are Even Worse Than High Cholesterol
• Newly Drilled Ice Cores May Be The Longest Taken From The Andes
• Use Of Cannabinoids Could Help Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Patients

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. In Earth's time frame, the estimated age of the neutron star in Cas A is only several hundred years, making it about ten times younger than other neutron stars with detected surface emission. Therefore, the Cas A neutron star gives a unique window into the early life of a cooling neutron star.

Lung Tissue Generated From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Scientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The technique could provide an alternative to lung transplants for patients with lung injury due to chronic pulmonary disease and inherited genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

Portable 3-D Laser Technology Preserves Texas Dinosaur's Rare Footprint Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Using portable 3-D laser technology, scientists have electronically preserved a rare 110 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint excavated in 1933, and built into the wall of a bandstand at a Texas courthouse. The laser image preserves an original track used to describe a species of dinosaur identified in 1935 as ichnospecies Eubrontes glenrosensis.

Sleep Apnea Therapy Improves Golf Game Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST A new study finds that golfers with obstructive sleep apnea who received nasal positive airway pressure for their disorder improved their daytime sleepiness scores and lowered their golf handicap by as much as three strokes.

Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: Create a genetic menagerie made of the DNA of more than 10,000 vertebrate species. The plan, proposed by an international consortium of scientists, is to obtain, preserve, and sequence the DNA of approximately one species for each genus of living mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-fat And High-sugar Foods Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:00 AM PST Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions. With more than one fourth of advertising on daytime and prime time television devoted to foods and beverages and continuing questions about the role television plays in obesity, a new study examines how food advertising aimed at children might be a large contributor to the problem.

'Spoonful Of Sugar' Makes The Worms' Life Span Go Down Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers say it might also be taking years off your life.

Statins May Worsen Symptoms In Some Cardiac Patients Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST A new study has found that statins have beneficial effects on patients with systolic heart failure, but those with diastolic heart failure experienced the opposite effect, including increased dyspnea, fatigue and decreased exercise tolerance.

Test Proves 'The Eyes Have It' For ID Verification Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity. A new report demonstrates that iris recognition algorithms can maintain their accuracy even with compact images, affirming their potential for large-scale identity management applications.

Postmenopausal Women With Higher Testosterone May Have Greater Heart Disease Risk Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study. This new information is an important step, say researchers, in understanding the role that hormones play in women's health.

Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST New research examines some of the potential problems with current prediction methods and calls for the use of a range of approaches when predicting the impact of climate change on organisms. The study uses examples from recent paleoecological studies to highlight how climate variability of the past has affected the distributions of tree species, and even how events that occurred many centuries ago still shape present-day distributions patterns.

Benefit Of A Mentor: Disadvantaged Teens Twice As Likely To Attend College Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:00 AM PST Two findings from a new national study reveal the power of mentors, particularly those in the teaching profession: for all teen students, having an adult mentor meant a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college; for disadvantaged students, mentorship by a teacher nearly doubled the odds of attending college.

Spinal Cord Regeneration Enabled By Stabilizing, Improving Delivery Of Scar-degrading Enzyme Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST Researchers have improved an enzyme that degrades dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged -- and developed a new system to deliver it, ultimately enabling spinal cord regeneration.

Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST New research shows that patients with atherosclerosis receiving statin therapy had a significantly reduced risk of developing venous thromboembolism -- a collective term for DVT (blood clot) and pulmonary embolism -- than patients not on statin therapy.

Creating Cultured Pearls From The Queen Conch: Scientists Unlock Mystery Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to produce beaded and non-beaded high-quality cultured pearls from the queen conch have been developed by scientists.

Race Is Strong Predictor For Restless Legs Syndrome, Study Finds Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome, a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than African-American women.

Applause For The SmartHand: Human-machine Interface Is Essential Link In Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST Professor Yosi Shacham-Diamand of Tel Aviv University's Department of Engineering, working with a team of European Union scientists, has successfully wired a state-of-the-art artificial hand to existing nerve endings in the stump of a severed arm. The device, called "SmartHand," resembles -- in function, sensitivity and appearance -- a real hand.

Internet Search Process Affects Cognition, Emotion Posted: 05 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST Researchers have found that readers were better able to understand, remember and emotionally respond to material found through "searching" compared to content found while "surfing." "If, as these data suggest, the cognitive and emotional impact of online content is greatest when acquired by searching, then Web site sponsors might consider increasing their advertising on pages that tend to be accessed via search engines," said one of the researchers.

Common Plants Can Eliminate Indoor Air Pollutants Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST Air quality in homes and offices is becoming a major health concern. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in indoor air emanate from adhesives, furnishings, clothing, and solvents and have been shown to cause illnesses in people. Researchers tested ornamental indoor plants for their ability to remove harmful VOCs from indoor air. The study concluded that simply introducing common ornamental plants into indoor spaces has the potential to significantly improve the quality of indoor air.

Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Appears Best For Smoking Cessation Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a new report.

History In 3-D: Digitally Archived Works Of Art Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3-D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating three-dimensional displays.

Teeth Grinding Linked To Sleep Apnea; Bruxism Prevalent In Caucasians With Sleep Disorders Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST New research has found that nearly 1 in 4 patients with OSA suffers from nighttime teeth grinding. This seems to be especially more prevalent in men and in Caucasians compared with other ethnic groups.

Electron Self-injection Into An Evolving Plasma Bubble Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST A time-varying bubble of electron density in the wake of an ultra-intense laser pulse traps the ambient plasma electrons and accelerates them to high energy producing collimated monoenergetic beams for medical, technological, and physics applications.

Religion And Medicine: Sometimes A Healing Prescription Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:00 AM PST Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel study examines these questions in a new study.

Vast Right Arm Conspiracy? Study Suggests Handedness May Affect Body Perception Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these maps between left- and right-handed people. Now there is evidence that these maps may influence how we perceive our physical bodies.

Experimental Agent Reduces Breast Cancer Metastasis To Bone Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST New research finds that a protein called ROCK is over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer and that inhibiting ROCK significantly reduces metastasis to bone. The in vitro and in vivo study suggests that ROCK may be a drug therapy target for breast cancer metastasis.

Low Levels Of 'Heart Attack Risk' Protein Quantified Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person prone to a heart attack. Researchers have taken the first steps toward standardizing the measurement of a blood protein whose presence in higher-than-normal levels may predict an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.

U.S. Hip Fracture Rate Could Drop 25 Percent With Aggressive Osteoporosis Prevention Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a new study. The first step must be a more active role by orthopedic surgeons in osteoporosis disease management, researchers say.

Modified Bluetooth Speeds Up Telemedicine Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the health-care provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth and without the intermittent connectivity problems.

Literary Arabic Is Expressed In Brain Of Arabic Speakers As A Second Language Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST Literary Arabic is expressed in the brain of an Arabic speaker as a second language and not as a mother tongue, according to a new study. The research offers an explanation for the objective and day-to-day difficulties that confront Arabic-speaking students when attempting to learn to read the non-spoken language.

Eating Quickly Is Associated With Overeating, Study Indicates Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST According to a new study, eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gut that induce feelings of being full. The decreased release of these hormones, can often lead to overeating.

Dementia: Rare Brain Disorder Is Highly Hereditary Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST New research shows that frontotemporal dementia -- a rare brain disorder that causes early dementia -- is highly hereditary.

Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST Researchers found that removing all of the trees from a section of the forest had a negative effect on amphibians during their later life cycles, but had some positive effects during amphibians' aquatic larva stages at the beginning of their lives. To lessen the negative effects during the later life stage, scientists recommend partial or selection cuts to forests rather than completely removing trees from an area.

Early Results Of Nitric Oxide Therapy For Preemies Not Sustained, Study Finds Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST Inhaled nitric oxide, a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according to a national study.

Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind fields are light. When it is calm, the eggs and sperm have the chance to unite before they are dispersed.

Many US Children May Live In Families Receiving Food Stamps Posted: 04 Nov 2009 08:00 PM PST Nearly half of all American children will reside in a household receiving food stamps at some point between the ages of 1 and 20, according to a new report.

Not Just Bleach: Hydrogen Peroxide May Tell Time For Living Cells Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST The common household chemical hydrogen peroxide, also made naturally by living cells, appears to be involved in regulation of circadian rhythms, according to a new study.

Reducing Consumption of Glycotoxins From Heat-processing Of Foods Reduces Risk Of Chronic Disease Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST Researchers report that cutting back on the consumption of processed and fried foods, which are high in toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), can reduce inflammation and actually help restore the body's natural defenses regardless of age or health status. The benefits of a diet lower in glycotoxins are present even without changing caloric or nutrient intake.

Green Is Cool, But US Land Changes Generally Are Not Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST Most land use changes occurring in the continental US result in raised regional surface temperatures, according to new research. The study found that almost any change that makes land cover less "green" contributes to warming. A perhaps less intuitive finding is that conversion of any land to agricultural use results in cooling, even land that was previously forested.

Early-stage, HER2-positive Breast Cancer Patients At Increased Risk Of Recurrence Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the aggressive protein, according to a new study.

Protecting Your Virtual Privacy: A Closer Look At Digital And Internet Security Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day -- online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket. Though this data seems innocent enough, when it's put together it can tell a whole lot about your health, finances and behavior. That information, researchers remind us, could eventually be used against you.

More Action Is Needed To Support Millions Of Tinnitus Sufferers Worldwide, Review Finds Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST One in seven people worldwide will suffer from tinnitus (ringing in the ears) at some point. It is the most common injury arising from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and 75 pecent of 18 to 30 year-olds who go to nightclubs and concerts may experience temporary tinnitus. A research review (150 papers over 25 years) suggests that 94 percent of people are told nothing can be done. But help is at hand.

Learning To Talk Changes How Speech Is Heard: 'Sound Of Learning' Unlocked By Linking Sensory And Motor Systems Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST Learning to talk also changes the way speech sounds are heard, according to a new study. The findings could have a major impact on improving speech disorders.

Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Asthma, Study Suggests Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST A new study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades. Researchers have identified a link between folic acid supplements taken in late pregnancy and allergic asthma in children aged between 3 and 5 years, suggesting that the timing of supplementation in pregnancy is important.

North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing from US waters as they move farther offshore, according to a new study.

Three Killer Indicators Identified That Are Even Worse Than High Cholesterol Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST Researchers in the UK have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.

Newly Drilled Ice Cores May Be The Longest Taken From The Andes Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST Researchers spent two months this summer high in the Peruvian Andes and brought back two cores, the longest ever drilled from ice fields in the tropics. This latest expedition focused on a yet-to-be-named ice field 5,364 meters above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range.

Use Of Cannabinoids Could Help Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Patients Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:00 PM PST Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients, according to a new study.

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