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KEY MOLECULE DISCOVERED IN VENUS'S ATMOSPHERE
http://www.physorg.com/news130065276.html
SWISS MAN SOARS ABOVE ALPS WITH JET-POWERED WING
http://www.physorg.com/news130056672.html
EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA STRUCK IN 2 STAGES
http://www.physorg.com/news130056332.html
NINTENDO HIT WITH $21 MILLION PATENT INFRINGEMENT
http://www.physorg.com/news130050531.html
COLONEL SUGGESTS USING HACKERS' TOOL AGAINST THEM
http://www.physorg.com/news130049798.html
9-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S TWIN IS FOUND INSIDE HER STOMACH
http://www.physorg.com/news130064204.html
ICAHN TO YAHOO BOARD: SELL TO MICROSOFT OR LEAVE (UPDATE)
http://www.physorg.com/news130064386.html
GREEN TEA COMPOUNDS BEAT OSA-RELATED BRAIN DEFICITS
http://www.physorg.com/news130066284.html
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN REVERSE USES CELL TO CALIBRATE TOOLS
http://www.physorg.com/news130066333.html
GENETICISTS TRACE THE EVOLUTION OF ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS
http://www.physorg.com/news130068470.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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INDIANAPOLIS TREES PROVIDE $5.7M IN BENEFITS, May 15
U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Center for Urban Forest Research have completed a study that found planting and nurturing Indianapolis street trees brought a 500 percent return in benefits from storm water reduction, energy conservation, cleaner air and increased property values.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130067791.html

DOES FISHING ON DRIFTING FISH AGGREGATION DEVICES ENDANGER THE SURVIVAL OF TROPICAL TUNA?, May 15
Fishermen hold empirical knowledge that tuna aggregate under floating objects, such as lengths of old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have seen purse-seine fishery operators take advantage of the associated concentrations of fish. Fishermen cast off floating rafts equipped with buoys which act as FADs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130068564.html

MICROSOFT IN DEAL ON EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT DATA, May 15
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is collaborating with the European Environmental Agency to make information about local air and water pollution levels freely available to consumers through Microsoft Web portals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130077781.html

RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP LIFTS OFF FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, May 15
Russian cargo ship Progress M-64 set off from Kazakhstan overnight on Wednesday for the International Space Station, the centre for control of space flights (Tsoup) told national news agencies.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056222.html

RESTORING FISH POPULATIONS LEADS TO TOUGH CHOICE FOR GREAT LAKES GULLS, May 14
You might think that stocking the Great Lakes with things like trout and salmon would be good for the herring gull. The birds often eat from the water, so it would be natural to assume that more fish would mean better dining. But a new report published in the April Journal of Ecology by the Ecological Society of America says that the addition of species such as exotic salmon and trout to the area has not been good for the birds, demonstrating that fishery management actions can sometimes have very unexpected outcomes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130008165.html

EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA STRUCK IN 2 STAGES, May 15
(AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056332.html

RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCE 'SPACEROACH' GRANDCHILDREN: REPORT, May 15
Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073558.html

ADDRESSING THE 'NITROGEN CASCADE', May 15
While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a growing circle of environmental scientists who study how the element cycles through the environment and negatively alters local and global ecosystems and potentially harms human health.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130081079.html

ASTRONOMERS USE NEW MODEL OF DUST IN GALAXIES TO REMEASURE THE TOTAL ENERGY OUTPUT OF STARS IN THE UNIVERSE, May 15
Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. Even the stars within a cube of "only" one light year on a side, taken at a random position in the universe, generate on average 40 quadrillion kilowatthours in one year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130083179.html

ECCENTRIC PULSAR SYSTEM CHALLENGES THEORIES OF BINARY FORMATION, May 15
An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and its companion star challenge currently accepted views of binary pulsar formation and give researchers a new opportunity for understanding the fundamental properties of highly dense matter.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130085807.html

NASA SATELLITE FINDS INTERIOR OF MARS IS COLDER, May 15
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130086680.html

KEY MOLECULE DISCOVERED IN VENUS'S ATMOSPHERE, May 15
Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another p***t for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130065276.html



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MIT CREATES NEW MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELLS, INCREASES POWER OUTPUT BY 50 PERCENT, May 15
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130078922.html

RESEARCH PUTS NEW WRINKLE IN STUDY OF MATERIALS FOLDING UNDER PRESSURE, May 15
Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness make the transition from wrinkles into folds under compression.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130079750.html

FIRST MEASUREMENT OF ENTANGLED STATES IN NITROGEN, May 15
When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell which nucleus they belong to. They are delocalized. But is this also true for the electrons located closer to the nucleus?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130081529.html



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UCSD NANOSTRUCTURES WILL RAISE THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY, May 15
Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film “single junction” solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies. This UC San Diego effort to break the theoretical limit of 31 percent efficiency for conventional single junction cells recently received a big funding boost from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar America program.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130065794.html

NANOTECHNOLOGY IN REVERSE USES CELL TO CALIBRATE TOOLS, May 15
Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130066333.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ULTIMATELY AFFECT GLOBAL ECONOMY, May 14
How much a particular hill of beans is worth may depend on who’s counting the beans. When it comes to accounting standards in the business world, every bean counts, but the quality of financial reporting differs from country to country. In a recent study, a University of Missouri researcher found that uniform and strict auditor enforcement may be more important than a country’s accounting standards, and the quality of reporting can affect the whole economy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130007910.html

ADDING UP BUSINESS AND ENERGY, May 15
Could a business practice usually reserved for boosting profits be used to help turn companies green by reducing their energy use? Writing in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage (IJSSCA), researchers in India provide an answer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130066135.html

LAND TENURE CONFLICT IN KENYA TURNING INTO STRONG INTER-ETHNIC TERRITORIAL CLAIMS, May 15
North-West Kenya's Mount Elgon district has since the 1970s been the arena of a lurking land access conflict which boiled up at the very heart of the Sabaot community, the majority ethnic group in that part of the country. The past two years or so have seen the conflict take on an extra dimension. An IRD researcher, working jointly with the Kenyatta University of Nairobi reviews its origins and the reasons for its recent intensification.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130068136.html

DISGRACED EXPERT SEEKS FUNDING FOR PET CLONING FIRM: SCIENTIST, May 15
South Korea's disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk is seeking foreign investors for his new pet cloning business, a scientist close to him said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056247.html

NEW DRIVER OF BRAND EXTENSION SUCCESS FOUND BY UM PROFESSOR, May 15
Brand extensions, like Jeep’s strollers, Maxim’s hair color, or Apple’s iTunes are lucrative ways that a brand can increase its revenue and customer base-or confuse and alienate them. In an increasingly borderless world in which brands can be as powerful as currency, stretching brands that already have strong equity has become an ever more important avenue for growth.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130069066.html

PLANT BIOLOGISTS DISCOVER UNEXPECTED PROTEINS AFFECTING SMALL RNAS, May 15
Now that high school biology students can recite that genes are made of DNA, which is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA), which is then translated into protein, along comes a new class of molecules, sending students—and many scientists—scrambling for updated textbooks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073012.html

EMBRYONIC PATHWAY DELIVERS STEM CELL TRAITS, May 15
Studies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem cell characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative medicine and for cancer treatment.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073115.html

SIMPLE MODEL CELL IS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING CELL COMPLEXITY, May 15
A team of Penn State researchers has developed a simple artificial cell with which to investigate the organization and function of two of the most basic cell components: the cell membrane and the cytoplasm--the gelatinous fluid that surrounds the structures in living cells. The work could lead to the creation of new drugs that take advantage of properties of cell organization to prevent the development of diseases. The team's findings will be published later this month (late May 2008) in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130090764.html

SEA LIONS LIKELY DIED FROM THE HEAT, May 15
(AP) -- The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat, and not by gunshots as officials first suspected, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130050306.html

GENETICISTS TRACE THE EVOLUTION OF ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS, May 15
Before West Nile virus arrived in this country, we had (and still have) a home-grown relative of this pathogen. An epidemic of unknown origin exploded around St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1933, a disease that is now known to be transmitted by mosquitoes from birds to people. Now, a new analysis of the genome of St. Louis encephalitis completed at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is shedding light on the evolution of this virus.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130068470.html

IMMUNE CELLS KILL FOES BY DISRUPTING MITOCHONDRIA 2 WAYS, May 15
When killer T cells of the immune system encounter virus-infected or cancer cells, they unload a lethal mix of toxic proteins that trigger the target cells to self-destruct. A new study shows T cells can initiate cellular suicide, also known as programmed cell death or apoptosis, by a previously unrecognized pathway that starts with the destruction of a key enzyme in mitochondria, the power plant of the cell.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130072791.html

RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT RAPID, DRAMATIC 'REVERSE EVOLUTION' IN THE THREESPINE STICKLEBACK FISH, May 15
Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of Current Biology (Cell Press).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073255.html

LARGER HORNS A GAMBLE FOR YOUNG SOAY SHEEP, May 15
When it comes to winning mates, larger horns are an asset for male Soay sheep. But those that grow them may be putting their young lives on the line, according to a study published online on May 15th in Current Biology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073479.html

AN ANCIENT PROTEIN BALANCES GENE ACTIVITY AND SILENCES FOREIGN DNA IN BACTERIA, May 15
Compared to humans, bacteria have a much tidier genome. The tiny microorganisms pack their genes closely together, and don’t carry around a lot of extraneous DNA, so-called junk DNA that fills in the gaps between genes. Some 90 percent of the complete genome sequence of the bacteria E. coli contains sequences of DNA that code for protein, while 90 percent of the human genome is non–coding junk DNA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130079580.html

SMALL PRIMATE ANCESTORS HAD A LEG UP, May 15
Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged the tiny ancestors of modern humans, apes and monkeys to climb into the trees about 65 million years ago and stay there.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130079641.html

SCIENTISTS SOLVE GRAVITY-DEFYING BIRD BEAK MYSTERY, May 15
As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and transport food into their mouths.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130079840.html

NEW STUDY REVEALS HIDDEN NEOTROPICAL DIVERSITY, May 15
Evidence of physically similar species hidden within plant tissues suggest that diversity of neotropical herbivorous insects may not simply be a function of plant architecture, but may also reflect the great age and area of the neotropics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130080849.html

WOMEN WANT BARGAINS BUT MEN PREFER BRAND NAMES, May 15
Women are better bargain hunters than men, with male shoppers seeking known brand names when deciding which store to go to, a Massey University study of consumers has found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130082891.html

FUEL CELLS: DISTANT DREAM, BUT BURNING WITH PROMISE, May 15
Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient and cleaner than an internal combustion engine, their emissions will be much lower. They may also run your home without the energy loss of power lines, or even power your laptop or cell phone. But not today or even tomorrow.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130085956.html

MIT CRAFTS BACTERIA-RESISTANT FILMS, May 15
Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130091121.html

RESEARCHER FINDS EL NINO MAY HAVE BEEN FACTOR IN MAGELLAN'S PACIFIC VOYAGE, May 15
A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – including what we now know as El Niño – which eased his passage across the Pacific Ocean, but ultimately led him over a thousand miles from his intended destination.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130091224.html

LONG LOST SISTERS, May 15
The human race was divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as half of its existence, says a Tel Aviv University mathematician. Climate change, reduction in populations and harsh conditions may have caused and maintained the separation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130091336.html



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JAGUAR UPGRADE BRINGS ORNL CLOSER TO PETASCALE COMPUTING, May 15
Upgrades to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer have more than doubled its performance, increasing the system’s ability to deliver far-reaching advances in climate studies, energy research, and a wide range of sciences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130080785.html

ROBOTIC SUIT COULD USHER IN SUPER SOLDIER ERA, May 15
(AP) -- Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130078697.html



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PURCHASEPRO FOUNDER CONVICTED IN STOCK FRAUD SCHEME, May 15
(AP) -- A one-time dot-com billionaire was convicted Thursday of stock fraud and obstruction of justice after a court finding that he deceived investors in his Las Vegas software company.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084604.html

COMCAST TO ACQUIRE CONTACT MANAGER PLAXO, May 15
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056596.html

REPORT: INVESTOR TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST YAHOO BOARD, May 15
(AP) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly has decided to lead a mutiny against Yahoo Inc.'s board in an attempt to pressure the directors into reviving negotiations to sell Yahoo to Microsoft Corp.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130050603.html

SK TELECOM IN 'STRATEGIC' TALKS WITH VIRGIN MOBILE, May 14
(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said Wednesday it is in preliminary talks with South Korea's SK Telecom Co. about possible "strategic options," a phrase that usually suggests a buyout or major investment.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130007011.html

ELECTRONICS MAKER NEC'S PROFIT MORE THAN DOUBLES, May 15
(AP) -- NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130057617.html

CBS IN $1.8B DEAL FOR ONLINE NEWS, INFO SITE CNET, May 15
(AP) -- Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130064316.html

WOMAN INDICTED IN MISSOURI MYSPACE SUICIDE CASE, May 15
(AP) -- A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed suicide.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084370.html

SHARP ACHIEVES THE WORLD’S HIGHEST POWER DENSITY FOR DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS, May 15
Sharp Corp. has achieved the world's highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell volume. The use of this technology can make it possible to develop fuel cells that have almost the same volume but a longer continuous-use lifespan than lithium-ion batteries, which are the main type currently in use.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130087125.html

VERISIGN WINS PATENT FOR INTERNET TYPO REDIRECTION, May 15
(AP) -- The company that runs many of the Internet's core directory systems has won a patent for its controversial service that helps Internet users find sites even when they mistype addresses.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056717.html

SWISS MAN SOARS ABOVE ALPS WITH JET-POWERED WING, May 15
(AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a p*** Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056672.html

NINTENDO HIT WITH $21 MILLION PATENT INFRINGEMENT, May 15
(AP) -- Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130050531.html

ASK.COM ACQUIRES DICTIONARY.COM, OTHER REFERENCES, May 15
(AP) -- Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130049821.html

COLONEL SUGGESTS USING HACKERS' TOOL AGAINST THEM, May 15
(AP) -- Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130049798.html

GOOGLE STARTS TO BLUR FACES IN STREET VIEW PHOTOS, May 14
(AP) -- After privacy complaints, Google Inc. is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program. Rolling it out will take several months, however.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130005783.html

STUDY: COX, COMCAST INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS BLOCKED, May 15
(AP) -- Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130064232.html

ICAHN TO YAHOO BOARD: SELL TO MICROSOFT OR LEAVE (UPDATE), May 15
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130064386.html

REVERSING TREND, CABLE MODEMS WIN OVER DSL, May 15
(AP) -- Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130069132.html

LIDAR IMAGING DETECTOR COULD BUILD 'SUPER ROAD MAPS' OF P***TS AND MOONS, May 15
Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL), in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130072696.html

EU WARNS GOOGLE OVER PHOTOS ON STREET VIEW, May 15
(AP) -- The EU's top data protection supervisor said Thursday that Google Inc.'s "Street View" map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems if it launches in Europe.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084494.html

IBM RESEARCH UNVEILS BREAKTHROUGH IN SOLAR FARM TECHNOLOGY, May 15
IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130086323.html



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PRE-K STUDENTS BENEFIT WHEN TEACHERS ARE SUPPORTIVE, May 15
States are investing considerable amounts of money in pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds. A new study finds that the quality of interactions between teachers and children plays a key role in accounting for gains in children’s development when compared to typical quality indicators such as teachers’ education, class size, and child-to-teacher ratio.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130057504.html

MOST ETHNIC MINORITY TEENS DON'T HANG OUT WITH ETHNIC SCHOOL CROWDS, May 15
Peer relationships are an important part of adolescence for most American adolescents. As teens find their places in the peer system in most high schools, crowds define most students’ status and reputation. Today, schools and communities are growing more ethnically diverse and types of crowds have expanded to include ethnically oriented groups. A new study finds that ethnic minority teens tend not to hang out with crowds made up of their ethnic peers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056968.html

ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE A VIABLE OPTION FOR LOW-RISK PROSTATE CANCER, May 15
Active surveillance remains a viable option for low-risk, localized prostate cancer, according to two studies presented today during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), yet researchers point out a strong need for regular monitoring and development of stronger clinical predictors of progression.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130054948.html

CULTURE AFFECTS HOW TEEN GIRLS SEE HARASSMENT, May 15
Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment – but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings.
Full story at nla_internal_3012381.jpg OF MUTANT P53 STABILITY ON TUMORIGENESIS AND DRUG DESIGN, May 15
In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Guillermina Lozano (MD Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues reveal how the stabilization of a mutated form of p53 affects oncogenesis, and lends startling new insight into the potential pitfalls of using Mdm2 inhibitors for cancer therapy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130048967.html

FAT CHANCE: BROWN VS. WHITE FAT CELL SPECIFICATION, May 14
In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Bruce Spiegelman (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and colleagues elucidate the molecular pathway that induces cells to become energy-burning brown fat cells as opposed to energy-storing white fat cells.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130007809.html

RESEARCH SHOWS HPV TESTING OFFERS WOMEN PROTECTION FOR TWICE AS LONG AS SMEAR TESTING, May 15
The long term findings of a study carried out at Hammersmith hospital reveal that testing for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) can be twice as effective at protecting women from developing cervical abnormalities as smear testing. Results of the research – led by Professor Jack Cuzick of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry - are published today in the International Journal of Cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130057568.html

MONKEY STUDIES IMPORTANT FOR BRAIN SCIENCE, May 15
Studies with non-human primates have made major contributions to our understanding of the brain and will continue to be an important, if small, part of neuroscience research, according to a recent review published in the British medical journal, The Lancet.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130066183.html

AUTOMATIC EYEGLASSES PRESCRIPTIONS? NEW FORMULA CONNECTS OPTICAL QUALITY WITH VISUAL ACUITY, May 15
For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130067842.html

HIDDEN HEART CONDITION INCREASES THE RISK OF DEATH IN PATIENTS WAITING FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, May 15
An often asymptomatic condition—systolic dysfunction, or decreased pumping of the heart—poses an increased risk of death for patients on kidney transplant waiting lists, according to a study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The findings reveal that a clinical indicator beyond well-known risk factors for cardiovascular mortality should be considered when caring for patients waiting for kidney donations. The study also suggests that changes in organ allocation policies may be warranted.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130067910.html

ELECTRIC SHOCKS CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGIC AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS, May 15
Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional and behavioral aftereffects, such as memory loss and symptoms of depression.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130067955.html

YOUNG CHILDREN WITH OCD BENEFIT FROM FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT, May 15
Although children as young as 5 can be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), few research studies have looked at treatments specifically geared toward young children with this disorder. Now, a new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center provides some of the first evidence-based data on a successful intervention for early childhood OCD.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130068194.html

RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENE LINKED TO VERTEBRAL DEFECTS IN PATIENT POPULATIONS, May 15
Stowers Institute researchers Karen Staehling-Hampton, Ph.D., Managing Director of Molecular Biology, and Olivier Pourquié, Ph.D., Investigator, collaborated with colleagues from around the world to show that genes known to cause spinal mutations in chick and mouse model systems also play an important role in human patients with congenital vertebral abnormalities.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130072739.html

RESEARCHER FINDS AN SOS RESPONSE TO CANCER-CAUSING AGENTS, May 15
University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Wei Xiao has found a way to trigger a protein combination called 9-1-1 that sends an SOS signal for cells to fight cancer-causing agents such as industrial toxins, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130077345.html

STUDY TAKES A STEP TOWARD BETTER DEFINING FATIGUE, May 15
In an effort to better define and ultimately address fatigue more effectively, a qualitative study from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has identified three primary themes - loss of strength or energy, major effects of fatigue and associated sensations - among patients being treated with standard radiation therapy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130085382.html

NEW STUDY CASTS FURTHER DOUBT ON RISK OF DEATH FROM HIGHER SALT INTAKE, May 15
Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S. The Einstein researchers actually observed a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with lower sodium diets. They report their findings in the advance online edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130090368.html

REDUCING INTAKE OF DIETARY FAT PREVENTS PROSTATE CANCER IN MICE, May 15
Scientists with UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Urology have showed that lowering intake of the type of fat common in a Western diet helps prevent prostate cancer in mice, the first finding of its kind in a mouse model that closely mimics human cancer, researchers said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056793.html

TARGETED THERAPY PLUS CHEMOTHERAPY MAY PACK 1-2 PUNCH AGAINST MELANOMA, May 15
By targeting and disabling a protein frequently found in melanoma tumors, doctors may be able to make the cancer more vulnerable to chemotherapy, according to a new study by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130056760.html

MIXED RESULTS FOR LATE-TALKING TODDLERS, May 15
New research findings from the world’s largest study on language emergence have revealed that one in four late talking toddlers continue to have language problems by age 7.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130065315.html

CONNECTING CANCER GENES, May 15
A large genetic study in mice has identified hundreds of genes involved in the development of cancer by examining the DNA of more than 500 lymphomas to find the cancer causing mutations.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073185.html

TV DRUG ADS MAY HAVE TO ZOOM IN ON SIDE EFFECTS, May 15
(AP) -- Would consumers get the same warm, fuzzy message from a drug advertisement that promised to lift their mood if it also urged them to report side effects like suicidal thoughts and diarrhea?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084782.html

PEOPLE OVER 60 URGED TO GET ONE-TIME SHINGLES SHOT, May 15
(AP) -- People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There's a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you get. But shingles can be severe for some people, and the government believes it's worth the $160-per-dose cost.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084836.html

MOST TEEN GIRLS STILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL HAMOST TEEN GIRLS STILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXISM, ACCORDING TO NE, May 15
Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130089552.html

UCSD RESEARCHERS SHOW LINK BETWEEN VITAMIN D STATUS, BREAST CANCER, May 15
Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and breast cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130091071.html

RESEARCHERS FIND FIRST CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF ALZHEIMER'S-LIKE BRAIN TANGLES IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES, May 14
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like neurofibrillary brain tangles in an aged nonhuman primate. The unprecedented finding, described in the online issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology, has the potential to move the scientific community one step closer to understanding why age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, are uniquely human and seem to never fully manifest in other species--including our closest evolutionary relative, the chimpanzee.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130007864.html

9-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S TWIN IS FOUND INSIDE HER STOMACH, May 15
(AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130064204.html

GREEN TEA COMPOUNDS BEAT OSA-RELATED BRAIN DEFICITS, May 15
Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study published in the second issue for May of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130066284.html

STUDY FINDS PARENTS USE COUGH MEDICINES ON UNDER-2S DESPITE THE WARNINGS, May 15
More than 40 per cent of parents have used cough medicine for children younger than two – even though it is not recommended, nor proven effective for children in this age group, an Australia-first study has found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130068792.html

WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT? STUDY SUGGESTS A LIQUID LUNCH, May 15
A "liquid lunch" could no longer mean a few pints down the pub, but instead a healthy way to lose weight, according to a study presented Thursday by scientists from food giant Unilever.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130069235.html

CRYSTAL (EYE) BALL: STUDY SAYS VISUAL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH 'FUTURE SEEING POWERS', May 15
Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells "fore." Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly respond to a situation. Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mark Changizi argues they require something more—our ability to foresee the future.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130072979.html

HAVING LESS POWER IMPAIRS THE MIND AND ABILITY TO GET AHEAD, STUDY SHOWS, May 15
New research appearing in the May issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that being put in a low-power role may impair a person’s basic cognitive functioning and thus, their ability to get ahead.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130073059.html

FIRST EVIDENCE OF NATIVE DENDRITIC CELLS IN BRAIN, May 15
In a finding that has the potential to change the way researchers think about the brain, scientists at Rockefeller University have found dendritic cells where they’ve never been seen before: among this organ’s neurons and connective cells.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130084962.html






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