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RESEARCHERS UNCOVER PHYSICS OF COILING ROPES
http://www.physorg.com/news112357305.html
IN WORLD FIRST, EUROPEAN PHYSICISTS SNAP ELUSIVE NEUTRINO PARTICLES
http://www.physorg.com/news112365969.html
ARCHAEOLOGIST UNCOVERS 11,000-YEAR-OLD ARTEFACTS IN SYRIA
http://www.physorg.com/news112341125.html
PLATINUM-RICH SHELL, PLATINUM-POOR CORE
http://www.physorg.com/news112357044.html
SAMSUNG DEVELOPS NEW FLASH MEMORY CHIP
http://www.physorg.com/news112338007.html
RISE IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ACCELERATES AS ECONOMY GROWS, NATURAL CARBON SINKS WEAKEN
http://www.physorg.com/news112292366.html
APPLE NAILS ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER YEAR
http://www.physorg.com/news112293793.html
VIBRATION FENDS OFF FAT IN MICE: STUDY
http://www.physorg.com/news112293870.html
WEB SITES OFFER DNA TESTING
http://www.physorg.com/news112350053.html
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BLASTS OFF
http://www.physorg.com/news112359090.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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CHANGE A LIGHT BULB U.S. BUS TOUR ENDS, October 23
The 20-day U.S. Change a Light Bus Tour concluded Tuesday, with nearly 1 million citizens pledging to change light bulbs to help fight climate change.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379933.html

NASA FINDS ICE ON SHUTTLE PLUMBING, October 23
(AP) -- With just two hours remaining before liftoff, NASA reported Tuesday that a chunk of ice had formed on the plumbing for space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank and debated how much of a hazard it might pose during launch.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112355880.html

NEW IMAGE OF RAGING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES, October 23
NASA satellites continue to capture remarkable new images of the wildfires raging in Southern California. At least 14 massive fires are reported to have scorched about 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112366892.html

RESEARCHERS PROBE UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKE ZONE, October 23
Over the next five years, an international team of scientists will drill deep into the Earth's crust off the shore of Japan to understand how undersea earthquakes are generated and to establish a series of permanent undersea observatories on the plate boundary.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112377665.html

GEOLOGISTS: COLLIER GLACIER IS SHRINKING, October 23
(AP) -- Between the North Sister and Middle Sister in Oregon's Cascade Range, Collier Glacier has advanced and receded for hundreds of thousands of years. But like many glaciers, it is headed in one direction these days: backward.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379695.html

CALIFORNIA TO SUE OVER AUTO EMISSIONS, October 23
(AP) -- The state's attorney general said Monday that he would sue the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force it to decide whether to let California and 11 other states impose stricter standards on certain vehicle emissions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112337722.html

RISE IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ACCELERATES AS ECONOMY GROWS, NATURAL CARBON SINKS WEAKEN, October 22
Human activities are releasing carbon dioxide faster than ever, while the natural processes that normally slow its build up in the atmosphere appear to be weakening. These conclusions are drawn in a new study in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 22-26. The report states that “together, these effects characterize a carbon cycle that is generating stronger-than-expected climate forcing sooner than expected.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112292366.html

GLOOMY WEATHER THREATENS SHUTTLE LAUNCH, October 23
(AP) -- Seven astronauts blew kisses as they climbed into a fully fueled Discovery for liftoff Tuesday for a backbreakingly difficult space station construction mission, despite a gloomy forecast calling for rain right around launch time. The space shuttle was set to blast off at 11:38 a.m.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112350102.html

SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BLASTS OFF, October 23
The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off Tuesday, Oct. 23, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:38 a.m. EDT to continue construction of the International Space Station.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112359090.html

TO CATCH A GALACTIC THIEF, October 23
On Earth, thieves steal everything from diamonds to art to bags full of money. In space, gas - fuel for making stars - is a commodity worth the price of theft.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112377032.html

URANIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS ARE NOT INVARIANT, RESEARCHERS SHOW, October 23
For years, the ratio of uranium’s two long-lived isotopes, U-235 and U-238, has been considered invariant, despite measurements made in the mid-1970s that hinted otherwise. Now, with improved precision from state-of-the-art instrumentation, researchers at the University of Illinois unequivocally show this ratio actually does vary significantly in Earth materials.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363690.html

SOLAR TELESCOPE REACHES 120,000 FEET ON JUMBO-JET-SIZED BALLOON, October 23
In a landmark test flight, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a team of research partners this month successfully launched a solar telescope to an altitude of 120,000 feet, borne by a balloon larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The test clears the way for long-duration polar balloon flights beginning in 2009 that will capture unprecedented details of the Sun's surface.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112364993.html

STELLAR FORENSICS WITH STRIKING NEW IMAGE FROM CHANDRA, October 23
A spectacular new image shows how complex a star’s afterlife can be. By studying the details of this image made from a long observation by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers can better understand how some stars die and disperse elements like oxygen into the next generation of stars and p***ts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365520.html

NEW THEORY PROPOSES JOVIAN MAGNETOSPHERE CIRCULATES MAGNETIC FIELD REMARKABLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF EARTH, October 23
Space physicists have long assumed that the magnetosphere at Jupiter circulates that p***t's magnetic field in the same way as Earth. At Earth, this circulation drives the aurora and the magnetic storms that cause space weather. Researchers from Southwest Research Institute and the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a new model that postulates the structure and magnetospheric processes at Jupiter are significantly different from those at Earth.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112378398.html



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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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IN WORLD FIRST, EUROPEAN PHYSICISTS SNAP ELUSIVE NEUTRINO PARTICLES, October 23
European physicists said Tuesday they had sent an elusive particle known as a neutrino on a 730-kilometer (456-mile) trip under the Earth's crust and taken a snapshot of the instant it slammed into lab detectors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365969.html

RESEARCHERS UNCOVER PHYSICS OF COILING ROPES, October 23
When a mountain climber drops a rope, it often forms a series of coils on the ground. Not only thick ropes, but also sewing thread and even cooked spaghetti behave in a similar way. Recently, scientists have carried out the first controlled laboratory experiments on the peculiar phenomenon of coiling ropes, revealing the surprising dynamics behind it.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112357305.html



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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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PLATINUM-RICH SHELL, PLATINUM-POOR CORE, October 23
Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now developed a new class of electrocatalyst that could help to improve the capacity of fuel cells. The active phase of the catalyst consists of nanoparticles with a platinum-rich shell and a core made of an alloy of copper, cobalt, and platinum. This catalyst demonstrates the highest activity yet observed for the reduction of oxygen.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112357044.html

SCIENTISTS CREATE QUANTUM CASCADE LASER NANOANTENNA, October 23
In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112366449.html

FROM MOTHS AND CICADAS COME IMPROVEMENTS TO SOLAR CELLS, October 23
Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112377466.html

THE SENSITIVE SIDE OF CARBON NANOTUBES: CREATING POWERFUL PRESSURE SENSORS, October 23
Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379417.html

RESEARCHERS IMPROVE MEMORY DEVICES USING NANOTECH, October 23
Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Best of all, it is cheap, made from common materials and compatible with just about anything currently on the market.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379572.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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NEW POPULATION OF IBERIAN LYNX RAISES HOPE, SAYS WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, October 23
Spanish authorities have announced they have discovered a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for one of the world’s most endangered cat species, said World Wildlife Fund today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365322.html

NUCLEAR POWER WORLDWIDE: STATUS AND OUTLOOK, October 23
The IAEA makes two annual projections concerning the growth of nuclear power, a low and a high. The low projection assumes that all nuclear capacity that is currently under construction or firmly in the development pipeline gets completed and attached to the grid, but no other capacity is added. In this low projection, there would be growth in capacity from 370 GW(e) at the end of 2006 to 447 GW(e) in 2030. (A gigawatt = 1000 megawatts = 1 billion watts)
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112357102.html

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AMUR LEOPARD CAPTURED, October 23
A rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organizations, before being released.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112337022.html

CHEMISTRY OF SAN ANDREAS FAULT MAY OFFER CLUES TO EARTHQUAKE MYSTERIES, October 22
Scientists have obtained core samples from deep inside California's San Andreas Fault for the first time, a finding that may lead to a better understanding of the underground molecular events associated with earthquakes, according to an article scheduled for the Oct. 22 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112297269.html

AGE INCREASES CHANCE OF SUCCESS AS TWO-TIMER, October 23
The coal tit appears to live a strictly monogamous life. Couples often stay together for their whole lives. That's only a facade. This indigenous songbird is among the top ten two-timers worldwide. That is what research by biologists at the University of Bonn shows. For this they have taken genetic fingerprints from more than 200 breeding couples and their young. In this way they were able to identify the biological father in 90 per cent of the nestlings.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363410.html

EXPERTS WORK TO IDENTIFY ANIMAL REMAINS, October 23
(AP) -- Archaeologists believe ancient animal remains found 65 feet beneath a Stockton construction site may be those of a Columbia mammoth or a mastodon.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379791.html

ARCHAEOLOGIST UNCOVERS 11,000-YEAR-OLD ARTEFACTS IN SYRIA, October 23
Deep in the heart of northern Syria, close to the banks of the Euphrates River, archaeologists have uncovered a series of startling 11,000-year-old wall paintings and artefacts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112341125.html

ENGINEERS TO SEARCH FOR LEONARDO FRESCO, October 22
(AP) -- Analyzing 500-year-old bricks, engineers in California are searching for a lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco that some researchers believe is behind a wall in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112291060.html

NEW LIGHT TRAP CAPTURES LARVAL STAGE OF NEW SPECIES; DNA BARCODE TECHNOLOGY USED, October 23
When David Jones, a fisheries oceanographer at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) located at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School, set out to design a better light trap to collect young reef fishes, he never imagined his invention would contribute to the discovery of a new species. But, after finding a goby that didn’t quite fit any known description, his catch turned out to be the answer to another scientist’s twenty-five-year-old research conundrum. The larval stage captured in Jones’s new trap was matched to the adult form of a previously unknown species of reef fish by new DNA barcoding technology—which confirmed both were members of a new species.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363762.html

LEGIONNAIRE'S BACTERIAL PROTEINS WORK TOGETHER TO SURVIVE, October 23
Proteins within the bacteria that cause Legionnaire’s disease can kidnap their own molecular “coffin” and carry it to a safe place within the cell, ensuring their survival, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Nature Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365065.html

SECRET LIVES OF TWO ELEMENTS UNCOVERED, October 23
Unexpected differences recently discovered between the elements niobium and tantalum may lead to more optimized electronic materials and photocatalysts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112369447.html

BUS SCHEDULING ALGORITHM PICKS UP THE SLACK, October 23
A prizewinning paper by a USC Viterbi School engineer elegantly solves a basic transit scheduling problem, potentially meaning shorter waits and faster trips for riders.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376359.html



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Latest News On ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
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SHARP DEVELOPS SUPER-THIN 2.2-INCH LCD 0.68 MM THICK, October 23
Sharp Corp. has developed a 2.2-inch super-thin LCD for mobile devices with a thickness of only 0.68 mm, the industry's thinnest.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112378013.html

SAMSUNG DEVELOPS NEW FLASH MEMORY CHIP, October 23
(AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112338007.html



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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PROFIT UP 11 PERCENT, October 23
(AP) -- Texas Instruments Inc., the largest maker of chips used in wireless phones, said Monday that its third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent as demand for analog chips and lower manufacturing costs overcame a drop in revenue.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112338031.html

LAWSUIT TARGETS FACEBOOK MOBILE TEXTING, October 22
(AP) -- The popular online social network Facebook Inc. is being sued by an Indiana woman who alleges it has profited from its members sending thousands of unauthorized text messages to mobile phone users whose numbers previously belonged to other people.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112291151.html

NETFLIX 3Q PROFIT TOPS ANALYST ESTIMATES, October 22
(AP) -- After getting panned much of the year, online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. finally won rave reviews on Wall Street with a surprisingly strong performance in its third quarter.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112293732.html

CISCO TO BUY NAVINI FOR $330 MILLION, October 23
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. is snapping up privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the new wireless network technology called WiMax.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112355895.html

AMAZON.COM 3Q PROFIT SKYROCKETS, October 23
(AP) -- Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit more than quadrupled, as shoppers around the world bought more books, music, electronics and other goods than they did a year ago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376003.html

ORACLE SETS SUNDAY DEADLINE FOR BEA BID, October 23
(AP) -- With no other suitors stepping forward, business software maker Oracle Corp. is threatening to abandon its $6.7 billion bid for BEA Systems Inc. unless its smaller rival accepts the offer by Sunday evening.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376028.html

NEW VERIZON FIOS PLAN SPEEDS UPLOADS, October 23
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday introduced an unusual plan for its fiber-optic Internet service: one that uploads as fast as it downloads.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376064.html

WORLD'S BIGGEST PRE-RELEASE PIRATE MUSIC SITE NETTED, October 23
British and Dutch police said they shut down Tuesday the website OiNK, the world's biggest source of pirated pre-release chart albums.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112356407.html

JAPAN'S HITACHI TO STOP MAKING MOST HOME COMPUTERS, October 23
Japan's Hitachi Ltd said Tuesday that it will stop making most personal computers (PCs) amid heated price competition with foreign rivals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112341004.html

APPLE NAILS ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER YEAR, October 22
(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s financial juggernaut is showing no signs of waning. Shares of Apple rose almost 7 percent in after-hours trading after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter profits that jumped 67 percent to cap a year of unprecedented momentum in the company's Macintosh computer business, as well as continued demand for iPods and the successful launch of the iPhone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112293793.html

WEB SITES OFFER DNA TESTING, October 23
(AP) -- Two services launching just a week apart tap a growing interest in DNA testing to help people find their ancestors and learn more about their lives.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112350053.html

HONDA SEES FUTURE FOR FUEL-CELL CARS, October 23
Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday predicted a bright future for hydrogen fuel-cell cars, saying mass production of the next-generation, eco-friendly vehicles may happen within a decade.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363064.html

COMBINED EXPERTISE TO BRING WIRELESS HDTV AND MOVIES TO CONSUMERS, October 23
IBM and MediaTek Inc. today launch a joint initiative to develop ultra fast chipsets that can wirelessly transmit a full-length high definition movie to and from a home PC, hand-held device, retail kiosk or television set nearly as fast as a viewer can push their remote control.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112369851.html

IBM AIMS TO PATENT PROFITING OFF PATENTS, October 23
(AP) -- IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents. And by the way, the company wants to patent the idea.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112375975.html

CHINA BEGINS LAYING NEW TRANS-PACIFIC FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO US, October 23
China has begun laying a 500-million-dollar fiber optic cable to the United States that will be vital in meeting booming Internet traffic between the two nations, state press reported Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376552.html

POST OFFICE FORWARDS. IS E-MAIL NEXT?, October 23
(AP) -- The post office forwards letters when a person moves, and telephone companies likewise forward calls. Should Internet companies be required to forward e-mails to customers who switch providers?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379624.html



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HOPKINS RESEARCHERS RELEASE GENOME DATA ON AUTISM, October 23
Researchers at Johns Hopkins’ McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine today are releasing newly generated genetic data to help speed autism research. The Hopkins data, coordinated with a similar data release from the Autism Consortium, aims to help uncover the underlying hereditary factors and speed the understanding of autism by encouraging scientific collaboration. These data provide the most detailed look to date at the genetic variation patterns in families with autism.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112350000.html

WIDE INCOME GAP LINKED TO DEATHS IN BOTH RICH AND POOR NATIONS, October 23
A wide income gap between the most affluent and the worst off in society is closely associated with higher death rates worldwide, especially for younger adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today as part of a global theme issue on poverty and human development.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112355363.html

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES MAY HOLD KEY TO CUTTING CHILD MALARIA DEATHS, October 23
Giving small financial incentives to health workers in low-income countries may hold the key to reducing the huge death toll from malaria in young children, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112355628.html

MORE ON MATE TEA: LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT, October 23
When a study in her lab showed that mate (mah’ tā) tea drinkers had experienced a significant increase in the activity of an enzyme that promotes HDL (good) cholesterol while lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol, University of Illinois scientist Elvira de Mejia headed for Argentina where mate tea has been grown and taken medicinally for centuries.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363277.html

RELIGION AND HEALTHCARE SHOULD MIX, STUDY SAYS, October 23
Research shows that religion and spirituality are linked to positive physical and mental health; however, most studies have focused on people with life threatening diseases. A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia shows that religion helps many individuals with disabilities adjust to their impairments and gives new meaning to their lives.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112364407.html

MRI PREDICTS LIVER FIBROSIS, STUDY SAYS, October 23
Moderate to severe chronic liver disease can be predicted with the use of diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI), according to a recent study conducted by researchers at New York University Medical Center in New York, NY.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365021.html

ARTICLE EXPLORES POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN OBESITY AND VIRAL INFECTIONS, October 23
Experts don’t dispute the important role that diet and activity play in maintaining a healthy weight. But can poor eating habits and a less active lifestyle fully explain the prevalence of obesity in the United States today? That question has led some researchers to ask whether there might be other causes for this serious problem. In the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researcher Richard Atkinson, M.D., asserts that there is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that viruses may play a role in causing obesity in humans.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365613.html

IDEAL WEIGHT VARIES ACROSS CULTURES, BUT BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION PERVADES, October 23
Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can effect how children perceive their body image. Some cultures celebrate a fuller body shape more than others, but researchers at the Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) at Temple University have found that an overweight or obese child can still be unhappy with his or her body, despite acceptance from within their ethnic group.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112367616.html

FIRING CLAY IN UNVENTED KILNS MAY BE A SOURCE OF EXPOSURE TO DIOXINS, October 23
Firing clay in unvented kilns could be a significant source of dioxins in people exposed regularly and over long periods, a new study suggests.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112376469.html

STUDY: CANNABIS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, October 23
A new neurobiological study has found that a synthetic form of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, is an effective anti-depressant at low doses. However, at higher doses, the effect reverses itself and can actually worsen depression and other psychiatric conditions like psychosis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379466.html

GOVERNMENT MAY WASTE ANTHRAX VACCINE, October 23
(AP) -- The government stands to waste $100 million a year if two federal agencies cannot agree to coordinate the use of a vaccine for the deadly anthrax virus.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112339573.html

VACCINE PLAN FOR FLU PANDEMIC DRAFTED, October 22
(AP) -- Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112297306.html

SOCIAL STRESS + DARKNESS = INCREASED ANXIETY, October 23
Just in time for Halloween, researchers are releasing new data that show darkness increases the impact of social stress, in an article scheduled for publication in the November 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry. As children and adults alike gear up for the anticipation and excitement of this “spooky” holiday, this study lends a further understanding to our inherent fear of the dark.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112349917.html

QUANTITATIVE PET IMAGING FINDS EARLY DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CANCER TREATMENT, October 23
With positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, seeing is believing: Evaluating a patient’s response to chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) typically involves visual interpretation of scans of cancer tumors. Researchers have found that measuring a quantitative index—one that reflects the reduction of metabolic activity after chemotherapy first begins—adds accurate information about patients’ responses to first-line chemotherapy, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112363329.html

EATING WHOLE-GRAIN BREAKFAST CEREALS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF HEART FAILURE FOR MEN, October 23
Men who consume a higher amount of whole grain breakfast cereals may have a reduced risk of heart failure, according to a report by Harvard researchers published in the October 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112367391.html

BALANCING ACT PROTECTS VULNERABLE CELLS FROM CANCER, October 23
When a cell loses some of its weapons to fight cancer, it can still look healthy and act normally — if not forever, at least for a while. In research published in the October 15 issue of Cancer Cell, Rockefeller University scientists show how cells lacking a key receptor in a tumor-suppressing pathway maintain a balance between cell growth and cell death, how they lose this balance and why this loss happens more frequently in some tissues than in others.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112369236.html

SOUTH AFRICA RECALLS MILLIONS OF CONDOMS, October 23
(AP) -- South Africa is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test, dealing a further blow to the country's campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112379646.html

BROCCOLI SPROUT-DERIVED EXTRACT PROTECTS AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, October 22
A team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that humans can be protected against the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation — the most abundant cancer-causing agent in our environment — by topical application of an extract of broccoli sprouts.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112292920.html

VIBRATION FENDS OFF FAT IN MICE: STUDY, October 22
Short bursts of low intensity vibration can prevent stem cells from turning into fat cells in young mice, according to a study released Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112293870.html

PLAYING SOCIAL-INTELLIGENCE GAME REDUCES STRESS HORMONE BY 17 PERCENT, October 23
A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress-related hormone cortisol. The new findings appear in the October issue of the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112365409.html

HIV IS SPREAD MOST BY PEOPLE WITH MEDIUM LEVELS OF HIV IN BLOOD, SAYS STUDY, October 23
People with medium levels of HIV in their blood are likely to contribute most to the spread of the virus, according to new research published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112366618.html

RESEARCHERS PINPOINT BRAIN WAVES THAT DISTINGUISH FALSE MEMORIES FROM REAL ONES, October 23
For the first time, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are able to pinpoint brain waves that distinguish true from false memories, providing a better understanding of how memory works and creating a new strategy to help epilepsy patients retain cognitive function.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news112367561.html

TO DETERMINE ELECTION OUTCOMES, STUDY SAYS SNAP JUDGMENTS ARE SUFFICIENT, October 23
A split-second glance at two candidates' faces is often enough to determine which one will win an election, according to a Princeton University study.
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