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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Gene Discovery in Truffle Dogs Sheds New Light On Mechanisms of Childhood Epilepsy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727203844.htm

Out-Of-The-Blue Panic Attacks Aren't Without Warning: Body Sends Signals for Hour Before

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727122651.htm

Traumatic Brain Injury Linked With Tenfold Increase in Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728162622.htm

Scary Driving? Put the Brakes On Using Your Brain Power

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728220435.htm

Genetic Evidence Clears Ben Franklin: Invasive Tree Afflicting Gulf Coast Was Not Brought to U.S. by Famed Statesman

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728162631.htm

Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of Modern Humans Infiltrating Europe Cited as Critical Factor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144928.htm

Oral Interferon May Prevent and Control Avian Influenza Virus Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144943.htm

Cellular Power Plant Genome Mutates When Reprogrammed: Genetic Changes in Mitochondrial Genome of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728082309.htm

Fair Play -- A Question of Self-Image? Researchers Explain Conditions Under Which People Are Prepared to Behave Fairly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727121403.htm

'Brain Cap' Technology Turns Thought Into Motion; Mind-Machine Interface Could Lead to New Life-Changing Technologies for Millions of People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727121555.htm

Your Genome Structure, Not Genetic Mutations, Makes You Different

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/genome-structure/

The Brain's Connectome -- From Branch to Branch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728133411.htm

Powerful Fluorescence Tool Lights the Way to New Insights Into RNA of Living Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175713.htm

Averting Bridge Disasters: New Technology Could Save Hundreds of Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175338.htm

Study of Golf Swings Pinpoints Biomechanical Differences Between Pros and Amateurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175404.htm

Motorcycle Helmets Hard On Hearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175559.htm

Largest-Ever Map of Plant Protein Interactions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144936.htm

Dissecting Dyslexia: Linking Reading to Voice Recognition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175548.htm

Warmed-Up Organic Memory Transistor Has Larger Memory Capacity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175603.htm

How Bats Stay On Target Despite the Clutter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144747.htm

How the Brain Categorizes Objects

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39531

Letters: NASA innovations come down to Earth

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110731/APC0601/107310497/Letters-NASA-innovations-come-down-Earth

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Solar Cells That Work Without the Sun

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39492

Software Is the Future of Manufacturing

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39491

A Volcano on the Moon — Where None Should Be

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2085558,00.html

Video: Japanese Researchers Build an EV Engine That Contains No Rare Earths

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/video-japanese-researchers-build-ev-engine-contains-no-rare-earths

Space Station To Be Deorbited After 2020

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/1425221

MS-DOS Is 30 Years Old Today

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/1428210

Lucas Loses Star Wars Stormtrooper Copyright Case

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/1322257

Researchers Say Dark Winters Led To Bigger Human Brains

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/2232221

First Earth Trojan Asteroid Discovered

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/191250

Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/0440254

Climate Unit Releases Virtually All Remaining Data

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/27/2238249

DuPont expands in solar energy with acquisition of Innovalight, Technology to enhance solar cell efficiency

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/27/dupont-expands-in-solar-energy-with-acquisition-of-innovalight-technology-to-enhance-solar-cell-efficiency/

Infographic: The History of Android

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/27/infographic-the-history-of-android/

Video: Solar-Powered Bike Guide Concept Has Potential

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/27/video-solar-powered-bike-guide-concept-has-potential/

Social Media Background Checks Here to Stay

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/27/social-media-background-checks-here-to-stay/

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Vampires Have Been 'Mormonized' Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro

http://bigthink.com/ideas/24296

Obama wins stem cell lawsuit

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60025.html

New Analysis: We Are Alone in the Universe

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39473

Why Is There a Universe?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39472

Renewable Energy: The New Gold Rush

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39470

The Scientific Dictatorship Explained

http://www.oldthinkernews.com/?p=1586

NASA and SpaceX Tentatively Agree to Speed Up Test Flight Schedule

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/nasa-and-spacex-tentatively-agree-speed-test-flight-schedule

Adult Stem Propagation Optimized

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/adult-stem-propagation-optimized.html

The Electric Airplane Is Coming

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/1922252

Crowdsourcing Ancient Egyptian Scrolls

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/1346205

Kepler to Investigate Newly Discovered Nebula

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/2047217

The Rain On Saturn Falls Mainly From Space

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/2259230

Cold Fusion Heats Earth's Core?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/cold-fusion-heats-earths-core.html

Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/0124253

The Rise of Polymorphic Malware

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/175201

Microsoft Suggests Heating Homes With "Data Furnaces"

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/1324212

Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/26/1333256

Scientists warn of 'Planet of the Apes' scenario

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8653962/Scientists-warn-of-Planet-of-the-Apes-scenario.html

A New Artificial Lung Can Breathe Regular Air Rather Than Purified Oxygen

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/new-artificial-lung-mimics-real-thing-breathing-regular-air-rather-pure-oxygen

China's First Space Station Module Readies For Liftoff

http://www.space.com/12411-china-space-station-tiangong-readied-launch.html

First Nokia, Now RIM: The Mighty Are Falling

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/rim-mighty-are-falling/

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Fool's Gold Gives Scientists Priceless Insight Into Earth's Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722132823.htm

New Target Found for Nitric Oxide's Attack On Salmonella Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722213440.htm

Shining a Light On the Elusive 'Blackbody' of Energy Research: Designer Material Has Potential Applications for Thermophotovoltaics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722152644.htm

Scientists Determine Photons Can Travel No Faster Than The Speed of Light

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/093824-2011-07-25-scientists-determine-photons-can-travel-no-faster-than-the-speed.htm

How Technology Provides Us Personal Time

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39453

Why Copying Files Is Not Stealing

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39454

Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world.html

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html

Navy’s Next Laser Mashes Up Machine Guns and Death Rays

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/navys-next-laser-mashes-up-machine-guns-and-death-rays/

Parallel worlds: scientists closer to proving their existence By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/395.html

A carbon nanotube transistor that can smell

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=22177.php

Africa's mobile economic revolution

http://mg.co.za/article/2011-07-24-africas-mobile-economic-revolution

Low 'Health Literacy' Hazardous to Your Health Study found inability to interpret health information linked to poorer outcomes

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_114595.html

A Congressman and an Astronaut Propose a New Plan to Explore Space

http://news.yahoo.com/congressman-astronaut-propose-plan-explore-space-173400808.html

Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Psychological Effects of Pornography

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39421

The quest to build the perfect lie detector Since 9/11, researchers have been racing to replace the polygraph. Now they're getting close -- and it's scary

http://www.salon.com/books/neuroscience/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/07/23/lie_detector_excerpt

3D Hurts Your Eyes

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/23/1358245

Walnuts Are Drugs, Says FDA

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/8294-walnuts-are-drugs-says-fda

The New Sanya Skypump is a Wind and Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charger

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/23/the-new-sanya-skypump-is-a-wind-and-solar-powered-electric-vehicle-charger/

T-box Wind Power Generator: Harnesses wind-energy when trains move across the tracks

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/23/t-box-wind-power-generator-harnesses-wind-energy-when-trains-move-across-the-tracks/

Twice the height of the Empire State – EnviroMission plans massive solar tower for Arizona

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/23/twice-the-height-of-the-empire-state-enviromission-plans-massive-solar-tower-for-arizona/

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Inside the Innards of a Nuclear Reactor: Tiny Robots May Monitor Underground Pipes for Radioactive Leaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721112624.htm

How to Combat Hospital-Acquired Infections and Life-Threatening Toxins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722112048.htm

Collaboration Encourages Equal Sharing in Children but Not in Chimpanzees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142007.htm

Quick Test to Diagnose Bacterial or Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720091538.htm

Fingerprinting Fugitive Dust: Tracking Soil Microbes Back to Their Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721112607.htm

Can Feeling Too Good Be Bad? Positive Emotion in Bipolar Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722142100.htm

Small Hippocampus Associated With Depression in the Elderly: Risk Factor or Shrinkage?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719094021.htm

Identical Virus, Host Populations Can Prevail for Centuries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721142412.htm

Multiple Sclerosis Research: Myelin Influences How Brain Cells Send Signals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721163035.htm

Smartphone Making Your Eyes Tired? Images Placed in Front of the Screen Increase Visual Discomfort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721163037.htm

Massachusetts Plans To Keep Track of Where Your Car Has Been

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/22/1656234

Hybrid Human-Animal DNA Experiments Raise Concerns

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/22/1228230

The Loudness Wars May Be Ending

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/22/1831229

Exercise Yields Bigger Brains

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39410

Friday, July 22, 2011

Why and How I Self-Published a Book by James Altucher

http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/altucher7.1.1.html

Man Knowledge: The Greek Philosophers by Ernesto Fernandez

http://lewrockwell.com/spl3/man-knowledge-greek-philosophers.html

Proteins Enable Essential Enzyme to Maintain Its Grip On DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721121553.htm

Chance Favors the Concentration of Wealth, Study Shows; New Model Isolates the Effects of Chance in an Investment-Based Economy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721172334.htm

Exoplanet Aurora: An Out-Of-This-World Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721131201.htm

Kidney Dopamine Regulates Blood Pressure, Life Span

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151920.htm

'Freaky Mouse' Defeats Common Poison: House Mice Found Unexpected Ways to Evolve Resistance, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721121541.htm

Skin Sentry Cells Promote Distinct Immune Responses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721121543.htm

Nanotechnology for Water Filter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721112610.htm

Workings of Brain Protein Suggest Therapies for Fragile X Syndrome and Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721121549.htm

Paternity Testing Helps Fill in Family Tree for Puget Sound's Killer Whales: Inbreeding Could Reduce Whales' Genetic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721131206.htm

Tevatron Experiments Close in On Favored Higgs Mass Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721134204.htm

Sperm Coat Protein May Be Key to Male Infertility

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142127.htm

Drug Improves Brain Function in Condition That Leads to Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720085822.htm

Unlisted Ingredients in Teas and Herbal Brews Revealed in DNA Tests by High School Students

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721095855.htm

Controlling Movements With Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720091530.htm

Washing Away Good and Bad Luck: People Believe It Works

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721095844.htm

Heavy Relative of the Neutron Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720162045.htm

Scientists Create Vaccine Against Heroin High

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103526.htm

Spanish Fabry Disease Patients Appear to React Differently to the Rest of Europe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720091536.htm

Seaweed as a Rich New Source of Heart-Healthy Food Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142346.htm

Scholar Helps Make Major League Baseball Umpire Schedule a Hit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103524.htm

Breakthrough in Quantum Computing: Researchers Develop System That Resists 'Quantum Bug'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142123.htm

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily Science News Share Blog Cite Print Bookmark Email Caffeine Consumption Linked to Female Infertility, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142359.htm

Full Moon Indicates Impending Danger from Lion Attack, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720210651.htm

When Injured Muscles Mistakenly Grow Bones: Researchers Discover Brain Chemical That Causes Strange, Serious Complication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142456.htm

An Advance Toward Ultra-Portable Electronic Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142348.htm

Mother Knows Best for Urban Fox Families

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142114.htm

Butterfly Study Sheds Light On Convergent Evolution: Single Gene Controls Mimicry Across Different Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721142416.htm

Vascular Changes Linked to Dementia, Experts Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721163023.htm

New Mechanism in the Regulation of Human Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714072410.htm

Detrimental Weight Loss: Scientists Discover Link Between Fat-Cleaving Enzymes and Cancer-Associated Cachexia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721102028.htm

Ohio Supercomputer Center Lifts Land Speed Racer Toward 400-Mph Goal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721150450.htm

No Difference in Women's and Men's Self-Esteem in Youth and Early Adulthood, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714120714.htm

Parasites Help Reveal New Ecological Rules: Animal Species Large and Small Follow Same Rule for How Common They Are in Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721150456.htm

New Discovery Paves the Way for Using Super Strong Nanostructured Metals in Cars

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1962152819485435454&postID=3510376067062063983

Do We Buy Cosmetics Because They Are Useful or Because They Make Us Feel Good?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721095846.htm

Liver, Belly Fat May Identify High Risks of Heart Disease in Obese People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721163021.htm

Memories May Skew Visual Perception

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720091542.htm

Graphite Plus Water Equals Energy Storage

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/graphite-plus-water-equals-energy.html

Cellulose Advance at Los Alamos

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/cellulose-advance-at-los-alamos.html

One in four men have mutant gene 'that makes it harder for them to have children'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2017168/One-men-mutant-gene-reduces-fertility.html

Multimetallic Nanomachines: Magnetic and Chemical Power Combine

http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1286929/Multimetallic_Nanomachines_Magnetic_and_Chemical_Power_Combine.html

Let the sun shine! Biggest ever rooftop solar plant in Britain will produce electricity for 500 homes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2017396/Let-sun-shine-Biggest-rooftop-solar-plant-Britain-produce-electricity-500-homes.html

Andrew Moss: Britain's Top Engineer

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39402

Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/universe20110722.html

Controversial ‘History Sniffing’ Is Back, And Bigger Than Ever

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-controversial-history-sniffing-is-back-and-bigger-than-ever/

Tattoo Tracks Sodium and Glucose via an iPhone

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38065/

Barnacles Destroy Boats, But Getting Rid Of Them Destroys The Sea—Until Now

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/barnacles-destroy-boats-getting-rid-them-destroys-sea%E2%80%94until-now

The Hybrid Ferrari of Tomorrow

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/07/the-hybrid-ferrari-of-tomorrow/

The Case Against Law School

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/07/21/the-case-against-law-school

Race to the Moon Heats Up for Private Firms

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/science/space/22moon.html

Beijing develops pulse weapons. Blasts thwart all electronics

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/21/beijing-develops-radiation-weapons/

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Does Food Act Physiologically Like a 'Drug of Choice' for Some?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719114340.htm

Vegetarian Diet May Protect Against Common Bowel Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194358.htm

Time and Numbers Mix Together in the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719171549.htm

Experimental Drug Raises 'Good' Cholesterol, May Help Control Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718161328.htm

Be Still My Eyebrows: Liars Under Scrutiny Can't Completely Suppress Facial Expressions, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718143532.htm

Rock-Paper-Scissors Players Are Natural Copycats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720085818.htm

Ancient Footprints Show Human-Like Walking Began Nearly 4 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194356.htm

The Tallest Tree in All the Land

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718121724.htm

Fundamental Constants 'Change': Gravity Weaker, Electromagnetic Force Stronger, According to Latest Recommended Values

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720085828.htm

How the Honey Bee Tolerates Some Synthetic Pesticides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720121858.htm

Gene Required to Maintain Male Sex Throughout Life Discovered: Loss of Gene Dmrt1 Leads to Male Cells Becoming Female

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142520.htm

Exploring Keys to Melanoma Progression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142513.htm

Genetic Map of African-Americans to Aid Study of Diseases, Human Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142511.htm

Prehistoric Crocodile Terminonaris Was Texas Native, Fossil Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142350.htm

Evolution Provides Clue to Blood Clotting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720151545.htm

Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure Ready for Clinical Trials; Therapeutic Effectiveness and Safety of 'Next Great Thing in Heart Failure' Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142116.htm

Movement of Black Holes Powers Quasars, the Universe's Brightest Lights

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720121905.htm

Researchers Identify Seventh and Eighth Bases of DNA

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642251-researchers-identify-seventh-and-eighth-bases-of-dna

Scientists Study Impact of Wearing Medieval Armor

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/20/2045221

Fermilab Scientists Discover New Particle

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/20/2018236

Morphogenetic fields

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/morphogenetic-fields.html

CERN to Confirm Cloud Cosmic Ray Link

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/cern-to-confirm-cloud-cosmic-ray-link.html

Cloud Computer Wars

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39387

D.N.A. Sequencing On a Shoestring

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39386

Does the Slope of a Pyramid Really Matter?

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/does-the-slope-of-a-pyramid-really-matter/

The Best Measurement Yet of Earth's Radioactivity Shows Half the Earth's Heat Comes from Nuclear Decay

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/best-measurement-yet-earths-radioactivity-shows-half-earths-heat-comes-decay

Scientists Discover Two Never-Before-Seen Kinds of Water Waves

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/scientists-discover-two-new-kinds-water-waves-never-seen

Video: Minesweeping Tank-Bot Shreds Land Mines, Rolling Through Explosions With Ease

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/easily-repaired-minesweeping-tank-bot-shreds-land-mines

When Will We Be Transhuman? Seven Conditions for Attaining Transhumanism

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/07/16/when-will-we-be-transhuman-seven-conditions-for-attaining-transhumanism/

Daedal Generic Warehouse project to harness renewable wind energy

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/20/daedal-generic-warehouse-project-to-harness-renewable-wind-energy/

Solar nanorobot technology to inhibit pain

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/20/solar-nanorobot-technology-to-inhibit-pain/

What’s next in piezoelectric generators

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/20/whats-next-in-piezoelectric-generators/

Bamboo-inspired Plantbook concept is powered by self-generated hydrogen

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/07/20/bamboo-inspired-plantbook-concept-is-powered-by-self-generated-hydrogen/

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Making the Case for Parallel Universes

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39373

Nanotechnology: The Investment with the Largest Payoff in 50 Years

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39368

NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-moon.html

Mesa car chase tasering (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxu64V93J5U

XCOR to Fly Atsa Suborbital Observatory

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/xcor-to-fly-atsa-suborbital-observatory.html

What's Going on With the Sun?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-going-on-with-sun.html

Arctic Sea Ice Collapse

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/arctic-sea-ice-collapse.html

Zahi Hawass Fired

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/zahi-hawass-fired.html

How the Early Human Embryo Acquires Its Shape Through 'Organizer' Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719082816.htm

It's Simple: Increasing Complexity of Models Does Not Necessarily Increase Their Accuracy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718201514.htm

New Lung-Cancer Gene Found: Cancer Biologists Identify a Driving Force Behind the Spread of an Aggressive Type of Lung Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151922.htm

Avian 'Axe Effect' Attracts Attention of Females and Males

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151906.htm

New Scientific Milestone in Optical Communications: Revolutionary Chip for Optical Routers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719072705.htm

Making Blood Sucking Deadly for Mosquitoes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718092216.htm

Physical Activity Linked to Lower Rates of Cognitive Impairment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719101755.htm

Galaxy-Sized Twist in Time Pulls Violating Particles Back Into Line

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714072416.htm

Twisted Tale of Our Galaxy's Ring: Strange Kink in Milky Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151234.htm

Solar Panels Keep Buildings Cool

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718151558.htm

How Dairy Farms Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719111708.htm

The Face of a Frog: Time-Lapse Video Reveals Never-Before-Seen Bioelectric Pattern

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718111421.htm

Research in 'Westie' Dogs May Hold Answers to Similar Human Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718164022.htm

Fewer Verbs and Nouns in Financial Reporting Could Predict Stock Market Bubble, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718101202.htm

Neural Signature of 'Mental Time Travel': Memories Formed in the Same Context Become Linked, Evidence Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718171359.htm

Soy/Milk Protein Dietary Supplements Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718161331.htm

'Smart' Sunglasses Block Blinding Glare

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718142826.htm

Click Chemistry With Copper: A Biocompatible Version

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718132126.htm

'Simon Says': Preschool-Age Kids in Different Countries Improve Academically Using Self-Regulation Game

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718151556.htm

Bacteria Use Batman-Like Grappling Hooks to 'Slingshot' On Surfaces, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718171407.htm

Single Traumatic Brain Injury May Prompt Long-Term Neurodegeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718171401.htm

Rapid Venom Evolution in Pit Vipers May Be Defensive; Marsupials That Prey On Venomous Snakes Also Evolve Rapidly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718155618.htm

Gene Therapy Delivered Once to Blood Vessel Wall Protects Against Atherosclerosis in Rabbit Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151915.htm

Decoding Slowness: How Sloths Perfected Energy Saving

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719072721.htm

Cardiac Disorder May Affect Broader Range of Patients Than Previously Reported

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719161540.htm

Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/19/0134235

Russia Launches Delayed Radiotelescope

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/19/1737257

Wall-E Robot Made With LEGO Mindstorms

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/19/146221

Indian company produces flat-pack, $700 houses

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/17/indian-company-produces-flat-pack-700-houses/

Ancient 'Frankenstein' Insect Discovered

http://www.livescience.com/15100-insect-frakenstein-fossil-order-coxoplectoptera.html

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Natural Chemical Found in Grapes May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135211.htm

Graphene Gives Up More of Its Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135551.htm

When Minor Planets Ceres and Vesta Rock Earth Into Chaos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135156.htm

'Wave of Death' Is Not a Herald of Brain Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718085227.htm

Dentists Can Identify People With Undiagnosed Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714191537.htm

Massive Enzyme Footballs Control Sugar Metabolism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718091823.htm

Retired NFL Players at Higher Risk for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Condition Can Be Precursor to Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718085320.htm

New Material Could Offer Hope to Those With No Voice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714120901.htm

What Keeps Earth Cooking?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717134819.htm

2011 Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Could Be Biggest Ever

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718141618.htm

Scientists Grow Brain Cells from Skin: Cancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin, Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718171403.htm

Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots Degrade in Soil, Releasing Their Toxic Guts, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718161335.htm

Key Metabolic Pathway Implicated in Intractable Form of Breast Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718164209.htm

Dry Onion Skin Has a Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714073348.htm

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Returns Close-Up Image of Giant Asteroid Vesta

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718151737.htm

HIV Therapies Provide Near Normal Lifespan in Africa, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718182811.htm

Machines to Compare Notes Online?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135327.htm

Stress and Alcohol 'Feed' Each Other

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715163216.htm

Monitoring Cellular Interactions at Nano-Scale in More Detail Than Ever Before

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717134815.htm

Mechanism Behind Virally-Caused Vomiting Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718085218.htm

Origami in Seed Capsules: Lids On Seed Cases of the Ice Plant Unfold When Honeycomb Structure Swells Inside Them

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071525.htm

Gene Migration Helps Predict Movement of Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713211939.htm

Down-Under Digestive Microbes Could Help Lower Methane Gas from Livestock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630142841.htm

Adolescent Binge Drinking Can Damage Spatial Working Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715163218.htm

Parasitism: Wasp Uses Ladybug as 'Zombie Bodyguard'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718085229.htm

New Therapy Provides Hope for Millions of People Suffering from Bowel Incontinence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718132130.htm

New Technology Allows Lenses to Change Color Rapidly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094050.htm

Personality Plays Role in Body Weight: Impulsivity Strongest Predictor of Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718111425.htm

Genes Vital to Preventing Childhood Leukemia Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718132132.htm

Grand Cayman Blue Iguana: Back from the Brink of Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718141038.htm

Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White'

http://politics.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/18/1951240

Do 'Ultracool' Brown Dwarfs Surround Us?

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/18/144238

Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/18/0312202

Researchers Debut Proxy-Less Anonymity Service

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/18/1522255

Chain World — Innovative Game Design Sparks Debate

http://games.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/18/2051249

Functional Tooth Regeneration Achieved

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/functional-tooth-regeneration-achieved.html

Sirius Revisited

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/sirius-revisited.html

Organic Egg Wake Up

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/organic-egg-wake-up.html

Dark Energy Fingerprints

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/dark-energy-fingerprints.html

Enjoy Saturated Fats, They’re Good for You! by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD

http://lewrockwell.com/miller/miller38.1.html

Amazon Set to Challenge iPad

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39362

Domino synthesis mimics nature's chemistry A new approach to making natural products delivers rapid results.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110713/full/news.2011.412.html

Amid Privacy Fears, Police Across the Nation Will Roll Out Face-Recognizing iPhone Tech This Year

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/amid-privacy-fears-police-across-nation-will-roll-out-face-recognizing-iphone-tech-year

MIT Prof Teaches Game-Playing Computer to RTFM

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/07/civilization-mit-read-manual/

Burt Rutan Designs a Hybrid Flying Car

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/07/burt-rutan-designs-hybrid-flying-car/

How Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2011-07/smartening-car

Mice Engineered to Lack Muscle Contraction Gene Have Superior Endurance (and Humans Might, Too)

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/mice-engineered-lack-muscle-gene-have-superior-endurance-%E2%80%94-and-humans-might-too

Genetic research confirms that non-Africans are part Neanderthal

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-genetic-non-africans-neanderthal.html

Monday, July 18, 2011

Astronomical Fashion Flips

http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2011/arch11/110715fashion.htm

Stem Cells: Nearing Goal of Using Patient's Own Cells to Make Stem Cells to Replace Lost or Diseased Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135553.htm

An Unexpected Actor in Vaccination: Our Own DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717204910.htm

An Unexpected Actor in Vaccination: Our Own DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717204910.htm

New Ways to Measure Magnetism Around the Sun

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714191535.htm

Nervous System Development: New Piece of Puzzle Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714085537.htm

A Manganite Changes Its Stripes: Advanced Light Source Uncovers Colossal Conductivity Changes in a Special Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135549.htm

'Love Your Body' to Lose Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717204913.htm

Early Talking Doll Recording Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717150455.htm

Compound to Block Signaling of Cancer-Causing Protein Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110717134811.htm

Lymphoma Drug Shrinks Dog Tumors, Could Lead to Human Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135332.htm

Improved Hybrid Solar Collector Has Higher Efficiency, Longer Lifespan

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715163150.htm

Source of Empathy in the Brain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135351.htm

Vaccines. Time for Society to Say Enough is Enough - David Ropeik

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39328

Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/17/216220

Understanding the Payoffs From Investing In Space Flight

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/17/0410223

Sunday, July 17, 2011

How the Brain Makes Decisions

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39335

Savoring History Through Its Smells

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39336

The Singularity Is Not Near

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39334

The Ethics of Love - Daniel Honan

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39323

Fossil Forensics Reveals How Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135200.htm

Discovery Opens New Options for Improving Transfusions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715163220.htm

Scientists Discover New Role for Vitamin C in the Eye and the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135353.htm

Breakthrough Toward Quantum Computing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135547.htm

When the First Choice Isn't Available, Why Don't Consumers Choose the Obvious Second Choice?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714150941.htm

Study Shows Programmers Get Better With Age

http://developers.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/16/1736226

Japanese Military Invents Tumbling, Flying Sphere

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/16/1628237

A High-Bandwidth Interplanetary Connection

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/16/0528208

Robot Helps Quadriplegic Scratch an Itch

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/16/2134202

Mozart died at 35 'because he didn't get enough sun' Vitamin D deficiency led to early death, claim scientists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015305/Mozart-died-35-didnt-sun.html

Older means happier: Most over-50s are content ... and their lives will get even better in 20 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015344/Older-means-happier-Most-50s-content---lives-better-20-years.html

Latest generation of children will live 20 years longer than their grandparents

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8639569/Latest-generation-of-children-will-live-20-years-longer-than-their-grandparents.html

The 'super tomatoes' fortified with minerals that combat cancer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2015352/The-super-tomatoes-fortified-minerals-combat-cancer.html

How men and women really DO see things differently (or why the wife's more interested in the price of the bikini and the husband the contents)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2015479/How-men-women-really-look-things-different-light.html

E-Book Revolution Upends a Publishing Course

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/nyregion/e-book-revolution-upends-columbia-publishing-course.html

The argument for sexual exclusivity An evolutionary biologist explains why monogamy -- or at least the appearance of it -- really matters

http://www.salon.com/life/sex/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/07/16/monogamy_pro

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Genetic Code of E. Coli Is Hijacked by Biologists

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/health/15genome.html

Physicists Hit On Mathematical Description of Superfluid Dynamics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141537.htm

Simple Test Could Hold Key to Early Diagnosis of Cancers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112909.htm

Voters Have Up to Five Times More Influence in Early Primaries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610094503.htm

New Parallelization Technique Boosts Computers' Ability to Model Biological Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112911.htm

Baby Stars Born to 'Napping' Parents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309112906.htm

Rainwater Harvest Study Finds Roofing Material Affects Water Quality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307142229.htm

First Telecommunications Wavelength Quantum Dot Laser Grown On a Silicon Substrate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613014121.htm

New Clues About Aging: Genetic Splicing Mechanism Triggers Both Premature Aging Syndrome and Normal Cellular Aging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613121956.htm

Type 2 Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke and Cardiovascular Problems, but Metabolic Syndrome Is Not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613162055.htm

Design and Print Your Own 3-D Chocolate Objects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110704083102.htm

Singing bowl meditation (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hncJzoAiAw

Tree Frogs' Self-Cleaning Feet Could Solve a Sticky Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110703132531.htm

Researchers Map the Physics of Tibetan Singing Bowls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630220009.htm

'Megapixel' DNA Replication Technology Promises Faster, More Precise Diagnostics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110703133842.htm

Protein Structure of Key Molecule in DNA Transcription System Deciphered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110703133833.htm

Ingredients of Happiness Around the World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110629123039.htm

Important Step in Next Generation of Computing: Vital Insight Into Spintronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110703133846.htm

Sport Performance Follows a Physiological Law; Study Suggests Peak at 20-30 Years of Age, Then Irreversible Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701132244.htm

Tongue Makes the Difference in How Fish and Mammals Chew

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627123136.htm

Beauty Is in the Medial Orbito-Frontal Cortex of the Beholder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706195800.htm

Cheap, Common Drug Could Dramatically Reduce Malaria Transmission in Africa

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706195756.htm

Being Small Has Its Advantages -- If You Are a Leaf

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093904.htm

Combination Therapy as Good as Old Regimen to Prevent Full-Blown TB in People With/Without HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706195802.htm

Baseball Cheaters Can't Hide from the Laws of Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110628113147.htm

Mechanical Micro-Drum Cooled to Quantum Ground State

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706134132.htm

Diabetes Drug Side Effects Traced to Fat Action

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123342.htm

Blood Pressure Drug Shows Some Muscle: Researchers Discover Losartan Protects Against Loss of Old or Damaged Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110511142136.htm

Branch Offices: New Family of Gold-Based Nanoparticles Could Serve as Biomedical 'Testbed'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627123036.htm

Rhesus Monkeys Appear to Have a Form of Self-Awareness Not Previously Attributed to Them, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705183630.htm

Celecoxib May Prevent Lung Cancer in Former Smokers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093707.htm

Thinking Globally to Improve Mental Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706134136.htm

Cassini Captures Images and Sounds of Saturn Storm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706143305.htm

Surprising Culprits Behind Cell Death from Fat and Sugar Overload

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123336.htm

Vitamin D Can Help Elderly Women Survive, Review Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705211008.htm

Distract Yourself or Think It Over? Two Ways to Deal With Negative Emotions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705183849.htm

New Force Driving Earth's Tectonic Plates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706134139.htm

Higher Daily Dose of Aspirin Could Play Key Role in Preventing Heart Attacks for Those With Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705104202.htm

Mercury Vapor Released from Broken Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Can Exceed Safe Exposure Levels for Humans, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706144459.htm

Hydrogen Peroxide Found in Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093854.htm

Eggs' Antioxidant Properties May Help Prevent Heart Disease and Cancer, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093900.htm

Unique Gel Capsule Structure Enables Co-Delivery of Different Types of Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706101610.htm

What Causes Brain Cancer? Understanding Glioblastoma at the Genetic, Molecular Level

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706101603.htm

Termites' Digestive System Could Act as Biofuel Refinery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705183632.htm

Researchers Flip the Switch Between Development and Aging in C. Elegans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123340.htm

New Technology Makes Textiles Permanently Germ-Free

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123625.htm

Metabolic Shift May Offer Early Cancer Clue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123344.htm

How the Body Learns to Make Accurate Movements: In Motor Learning, It's Actions -- Not Intentions -- That Count

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623174128.htm

Botulinum Toxin Does Not Cure Common Forms of Neck Pain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705211016.htm

High Folate Intake May Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705123616.htm

Most of World's 'Missing Species' Live in Known Hotspots, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110704151441.htm

Scientists Solve Mystery of Nerve Disease Genes; Findings May Lead to New Therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110704151450.htm

E. Coli Can Survive in Streambed Sediments for Months

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701121619.htm

'Automotive Internet': New App Reduces Motorway Pile-Ups by 40 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711104757.htm

Smoking Does Not Keep You Slim, Swedish Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110704123239.htm

Deformed Limbs One of Several Birth Defects Linked to Smoking in Pregnancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711195019.htm

Mutations Can Spur Dangerous Identity Crisis in Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701121536.htm

Telomeres: Two Genes Linked to Why They Stretch in Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630142849.htm

LiquidText Software Supports Active Reading Through Fingertip Manipulation of Text

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110628112625.htm

Satisfaction With the Components of Everyday Life Appears Protective Against Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071741.htm

Owl Study Expands Understanding of Human Stereovision

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711164559.htm

When Viruses Infect Bacteria: Looking in Vivo at Virus-Bacterium Associations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701101748.htm

More Oxygen in Eyes of African-Americans May Help Explain Glaucoma Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711172231.htm

First Student Hydrogen Racing Car Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131153.htm

Physicists Discover New Way to Produce Antimatter-Containing Atom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711172229.htm

Do-It-Yourself Brain Repair Following Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131318.htm

Genetic Basis of Rare Human Diseases Described

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110708160339.htm

PXR: A Stepping Stone from Environmental Chemical to Cancer?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131320.htm

Genetic Switch for Limbs and Digits Found in Primitive Fish: Before Animals First Walked On Land, Fish Carried Gene Program for Limbs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711151453.htm

Just Add Water and Treat Brain Cancer: Freeze-Dried Gene Therapy System Avoids Virus, Potential Complications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093940.htm

'BPA-Free' Bottles Live Up to Manufacturers' Claims, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131608.htm

Biofilters Reduce Carbon Footprint of Old Landfill Sites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711111927.htm

Large Human Study Links Phthalates, BPA and Thyroid Hormone Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131614.htm

'Unnatural' Chemical Allows Researchers to Watch Protein Action in Brain Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110707151441.htm

Fight Against Sepsis: Fibrin, a Product of the Blood Clotting Process, Is Key to Protection During Gram-Negative Sepsis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711104924.htm

Natural Pain Relief from Poisonous Shrub?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711131330.htm

Researchers Build an Antenna for Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710132830.htm

The Perfect Connection Between Guitar and Computer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711081244.htm

Out-Of-Body Experiences Linked to Neural Instability and Biases in Body Representation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711081249.htm

New Genetic Clues for Schizophrenia; De Novo Mutations More Frequent, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710132810.htm

Ant Colonies: Behavioral Variability Wins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710204242.htm

Vitamin D Lower in NFL Football Players Who Suffered Muscled Injuries, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710132807.htm

A Flash of Insight: Chemist Uses Lasers to See Proteins at Work

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705081127.htm

Ethnic, Gender Stereotypes Bias Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706093858.htm

High Social Rank Comes at a Price, Wild Baboon Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714142137.htm

The Genome Guardian's Dimmer Switch: Regulating P53 Is a Matter of Life or Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630171717.htm

Strong El Niño Could Bring Increased Sea Levels, Storm Surges to US East Coast

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135330.htm

Maternal Nutrition: What Impact Does It Have On Gene Expression?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110704123236.htm

Your Brain On Androids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714191539.htm

Dramatic Climate Swings Likely as World Warms: Ancient El Niño Clue to Future Floods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714103249.htm

Novel Compound Selectively Kills Cancer Cells by Blocking Their Response to Oxidative Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131421.htm

Weight-Loss Surgery Cost-Effective for All Obese, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714120859.htm

Virtual Natural Environments and Benefits to Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110530080508.htm

Size Matters: Why Do People Eat Less When They Have Big Forks?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714150949.htm

Apple Patents Portrait-Landscape Flipping

http://apple.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/14/2330230

The History of Ethernet

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/15/1428228

Internet Use Found To Affect Memory

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/15/1834247

Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/07/13/science.1207745

You Are Not an Equation

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39320

Non-whites are 'missing out on genome resolution' because research concentrates on Europeans

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2014842/Non-whites-missing-genome-resolution-research-concentrates-Europeans.html

Friday, July 15, 2011

Two Patients Undergo Stem-Cell Blindness Treatment

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38030/page1/

Inflatable Satellite Antennas Can Squeeze Into Your Carry-On Luggage

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/093426-2011-07-15-inflatable-satellite-antennas-can-squeeze-into-your-carry-on-luggage.htm

What Biology Tells Us About Politics

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39316

Ethos: 'The Prius of Bottled Water'

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39294

Diesel Fumes Pose Risk to Heart as Well as Lungs, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713211942.htm

Pixel Perfect: Lens-Free, Pinhead-Size Camera Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706101557.htm

Why Stored Transfusion Blood May Become Less Safe With Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713161839.htm

New Way to Store Sun's Heat: Modified Carbon Nanotubes Can Store Solar Energy Indefinitely, Then Be Recharged by Exposure to the Sun

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121301.htm

Tsunami Airglow Signature Could Lead to Early Detection System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714091935.htm

Is Meditation the Push-Up for the Brain? Study Shows Practice May Have Potential to Change Brain's Physical Structure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714091940.htm

New Method for Making Human-Based Gelatin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713101952.htm

Neuroscientists Uncover Neural Mechanisms of Object Recognition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131429.htm

Stem Cell 'Memory' Can Boost Insulin Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121426.htm

Narrowest Bridges of Gold Are Also the Strongest, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713161834.htm

Unsolved Mystery of Kava Toxicity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713102019.htm

Editing the Genome: Scientists Unveil New Tools for Rewriting the Code of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714142130.htm

Large Waist Doubles Risk of Kidney Disease Mortality, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714091942.htm

Fast-Shrinking Greenland Glacier Experienced Rapid Growth During Cooler Times

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714141333.htm

New Opportunity for AM Radio

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714072905.htm

Ghrelin Increases Willingness to Pay for Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094044.htm

'Dry Rot' Genome Offers Lessons for Biofuel Pretreatment Processes: Breaking Down Cellulose Without Blasting Lignin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714142139.htm

A LEAP in Controlling Cardiac Fibrillation: Researchers Develop a New Low-Energy Defibrillation Method

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714072907.htm

What Activates a Supermassive Black Hole? Galaxy Collisions Not the Culprits, Even in the Jam-Packed Early Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713092141.htm

Enzymes for Cell Wall Synthesis Conserved Across Species Barriers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714132034.htm

Benefit of Blood Glucose Lowering to Near-Normal Levels Remains Unclear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714120844.htm

Red Light from Carbon Nanotubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706094339.htm

Secret to Successful Aging: How 'Positivity Effect' Works in Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714072903.htm

Loss of Large Predators Has Caused Widespread Disruption of Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714142128.htm

Mutation in a Protein-Sorting Gene Is Linked With Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714132116.htm

Chemistry: Separation a Thousand-Fold Faster May Lead to New Composite Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713093003.htm

Database Explains Strange Survival of Irregular Verbs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714100724.htm

Molecules 'Light Up' Alzheimer's Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121428.htm

Soft Memory Device Opens Door to New Biocompatible Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714101513.htm

Cancer Gene Therapy from Camels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714101511.htm

Study Challenges Baby Formula Claim

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714101507.htm

Humans 'Predisposed' to Believe in Gods and the Afterlif

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714103828.htm

New Planets Feature Young Star and Twin Neptunes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714102456.htm

Print Your Own Teeth: Rapid Prototyping Comes to Dentistry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714101509.htm

Brain Network Connections Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713161828.htm

New Scottish Wave Energy Generator Unveiled

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/2259220

Undersea Cable Map Shows Where The Data Pipes Are

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/14/1930212

NSF Funds Mind-machine Interface Center

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/14/1327231

App Uses Facial Profiling To Identify Perps

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/14/2120221

Munich university prepares to unveil affordable electric car

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110715-36315.html

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Inflated Muscles Super Cow

http://www.animalsicons.com/inflated-muscles-super-cow/

Asthma Hygiene Hypothesis Confirmed

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/07/asthma-hygiene-hypothesis-confirmed.html

Chemists Discover Freezing Point of Supercooled Water Scientists have long known that water can stay liquid at temperatures well below zero. Now they've discovered exactly how low they can go

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26985/

Soil Microbes Accelerate Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131423.htm

Why Men Are at Higher Risk for Stomach Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121432.htm

Spread of Fungus-Farming Beetles Is Bad News for Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713101948.htm

Pivotal Study in Africa Finds That HIV Medications Prevent HIV Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713092149.htm

Faster 3-D Nanoimaging a Possibility With Full Color Synchrotron Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110701101752.htm

Goalies Tend to Dive Right in World Cup Penalty Shoot-Outs When Their Team Is Behind ... Why?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712133333.htm

Breathing Restored After Spinal Cord Injury in Rodent Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131411.htm

Modulation of Inhibitory Output Is Key Function of Antiobesity Hormone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131417.htm

Snow Leopard Population Discovered in Afghanistan

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121430.htm

Atomic Structure Discovered for a Sodium Channel That Generates Electrical Signals in Living Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713142040.htm

Evolved Stars Locked in Fatalistic Dance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121310.htm

Researchers Demystify a Fountain of Youth in the Adult Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131413.htm

Climate Adaptation of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713142042.htm

Molasses Extract Decreases Obesity Caused by a High-Fat Diet, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094038.htm

Immune System Suppression Linked to Blood Vessel Formation in Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131427.htm

25 Tesla, World-Record 'Split Magnet' Makes Its Debut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131646.htm

New Understandings of Circadian Rhythms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131642.htm

Stereotypes About Leadership Still Pose Barriers to Women's Advancement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713142044.htm

Contact Allergies May Trigger Immune System Defences to Ward Off Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711195013.htm

Popular Fungicides Failing, May Cause Hard Choices for Apple Growers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712162832.htm

The Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712094042.htm

New Electric Concept Car Has Excellent Driving Dynamics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713101946.htm

Respiratory Disorders Prevalent in the Middle East: Desert Climate, Chemical Warfare, Water-Pipe Smoking Contribute to Lung Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713102026.htm

New Means of Overcoming Antiviral Resistance in Influenza

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712122409.htm

Supramolecules Get Time to Shine: Technique Reveals Interactions Between Nanotubes, Photoluminescent Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712152212.htm

Cancer Mortality Rates Are Higher in Men Than Women in U.S., Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712133328.htm

Cat Litter to Become an Edible Product?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712122406.htm

Your Mother Was Right: Good Posture Makes You Tougher

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712133337.htm

Ancient Algae: Genetically Engineering a Path to New Energy Sources?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711164533.htm

Newly Discovered Molecule Essential to Resetting 'Body Clocks'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712211013.htm

Wireless Power Could Cut Cord for Patients With Implanted Heart Pumps

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712162826.htm

Multiple 'Siblings' from Every Gene: Alternate Gene Reading Leads to Alternate Gene Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711164537.htm

Intelligent Street Lighting Saves Up to 80% On Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712093623.htm

Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/1527242

Can a Monkey Get a Copyright & Issue a Takedown?

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/0033214

Lizards Beat Birds In Intelligence Test

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/215258

The Stanford Prisoner Experiment - 40 Years On

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/2054207

New "Last Dinosaur" Find Backs Asteroid Extinction

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/1927259

How Increasing Cloud Reliance Affects IT Jobs

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/0053221

Scientists Breeding Super Bees

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/1925241

The Cost Of Broadband In Every Rural Home

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/07/13/2014244

Tomorrow's Transistor, Built Atom by Atom A more precise manufacturing method will help as electronics shrink ever smaller.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38031/?p1=A2

Fraunhofer Lab Debuts Healthful Ice Cream Made from Flowers Instead of Milk

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/german-researchers-debut-healthful-flower-based-ice-cream