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TERAHERTZ LASER SOURCE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
http://www.physorg.com/news131716749.html
HAYFEVER HOPE
http://www.physorg.com/news131699440.html
MEN FIGHTING OVER WOMEN? IT'S NOTHING NEW, SUGGESTS RESEARCH
http://www.physorg.com/news131687661.html
NASA'S OWN WATCHDOG: AGENCY MISLED ON GLOBAL WARMING
http://www.physorg.com/news131687979.html
AT&T SETTLES SUIT OVER 3RD-PARTY CELL PHONE FEES
http://www.physorg.com/news131693184.html
NEW DOCUMENTS ILLUMINATE YAHOO-MICROSOFT SAGA
http://www.physorg.com/news131693293.html
CHINA'S MUSIC INDUSTRY WARNS BAIDU SEARCH ENGINE OVER PIRACY
http://www.physorg.com/news131707873.html
FINDING CLUES FOR NERVE CELL REPAIR
http://www.physorg.com/news131708131.html
ELECTRICITY FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE
http://www.physorg.com/news131711988.html
A SURVIVOR IN GREENLAND: A NOVEL BACTERIAL SPECIES IS FOUND TRAPPED IN 120,000-YEAR-OLD ICE
http://www.physorg.com/news131712233.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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NEW ROUND OF CLIMATE TALKS OPENS IN GERMANY, June 03
(AP) -- A tax on airline tickets and an auction of pollution rights are just two ideas likely to be studied at a 162-nation conference examining ways of raising the billions of dollars needed every year to fight global warming.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131691745.html

NASA TARGETS GLAST LAUNCH FOR JUNE 7, June 03
NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131709100.html

WHITE DWARF LOST IN P***TARY NEBULA, June 03
Call it the case of the missing dwarf. A team of stellar astronomers is engaged in an interstellar CSI (crime scene investigation). They have two suspects, traces of assault and battery, but no corpse.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131721414.html

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SPIES GALAXY/BLACK HOLE EVOLUTION IN ACTION, June 03
A set of 29 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of an exotic type of active galaxy known as a "post-starburst quasar" show that interactions and mergers drive both galaxy evolution and the growth of super-massive black holes at their centers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131723083.html

HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING: AG CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, June 03
An understanding how environmental processes and agricultural practices interact to determine the transport and fate of agricultural chemicals in the environment is essential for effectively addressing the widespread degradation of surface and ground waters from past, present, and future agricultural activities. While considerable research has been conducted at field or smaller scales, the holistic understanding of processes at the watershed scale, encompassing multiple environmental compartments, is generally lacking.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131724461.html

SPACE SHUTTLE BLASTOFF DAMAGED LAUNCH PAD: NASA, June 03
Bricks and mortar blew off the US space shuttle's launch pad during its weekend liftoff, without damaging the orbiter but causing concern for future missions, NASA said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131733011.html

NASA'S OWN WATCHDOG: AGENCY MISLED ON GLOBAL WARMING, June 03
(AP) -- NASA's press office "marginalized or mischaracterized" studies on global warming between 2004 and 2006, the agency's own internal watchdog concluded.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131687979.html

DODGY SPACE LOO COULD PULL CHAIN ON MISSION: REPORT, June 03
Toilet troubles on the International Space Station (ISS) could force Russian cosmonauts to return to Earth early, a Russian official told Interfax news agency Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131693759.html

ASTRONAUTS PREPARE TO INSTALL JAPAN'S SPACE LAB, June 03
Astronauts geared up Tuesday for a spacewalk to unlock a Japanese laboratory from the US shuttle Discovery, paving the way for its installation on the International Space Station.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131708070.html

DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS BEGIN FIRST SPACEWALK, June 03
(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts floated outside the international space station Tuesday to help install the orbiting outpost's newest room, a bus-sized Japanese laboratory.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131717049.html

MILKY WAY'S INNER BEAUTY REVEALED, June 03
We live in the Milky Way galaxy - a disk-shaped collection of about 400 billion stars including the Sun. Many of those stars and much of the dense gas between the stars concentrate into large arms that spiral outward from the galactic center.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131720622.html

MILKY WAY MAPPING PROJECT FINDS SURPRISINGLY SLOW STARS, June 03
On Earth, making a map is as easy as taking aerial photographs or surveying a patch of land on foot. In contrast, mapping the Milky Way galaxy is a tremendous challenge. The distances are too large to travel, making bird's-eye views or direct surveys impossible.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131721039.html

MILKY WAY'S INFRARED PORTRAIT GIVES NEW VIEW OF GALAXY, June 03
Humans have always had a ringside seat for viewing the Milky Way. Now, however, thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete mosaic portrait of the Milky Way in infrared light, a picture that when printed measures 180 feet long by 4 feet wide.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131725352.html

MARS LANDER GETS MORE PLAYTIME BEFORE REAL WORK, June 03
(AP) -- NASA's Phoenix lander got extra playtime in the Martian dirt on Tuesday, doing another practice dig as scientists tried to perfect the technique ahead of the actual excavation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732814.html

SPACEWALKING ASTRONAUTS WORK ON NEW JAPANESE LAB, June 03
(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts prepped a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab Tuesday for its long-awaited anchoring to the international space station.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732854.html



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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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FINDING OUT WHAT THE BIG BANG AND INK JETS HAVE IN COMMON, June 03
It often turns out there is more to commonplace everyday events than meets the eye. The folding of paper, or fall of water droplets from a tap, are two such events, both of which involve the creation of singularities requiring sophisticated mathematical techniques to describe, analyse and predict. On the positive side, there is much in common between many such singular events across the whole range of scales, from microscopic interactions to the very formation of the universe itself during the Big Bang.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712919.html

NOVEL 'NOISE THERMOMETRY' MAY HELP REDEFINE INTERNATIONAL UNIT OF TEMPERATURE, June 03
After seven years of work, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a system that relies on the "noise" of jiggling electrons as a basis for measuring temperatures with extreme precision. The system is nearly precise enough now to help update some of the crucial underpinnings of science, including the 54-year-old definition of the Kelvin, the international unit of temperature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131719655.html

NEW METAMATERIAL A 'PERFECT' ABSORBER OF LIGHT, June 03
A team of scientists from Boston College and Duke University has developed a highly-engineered metamaterial capable of absorbing all of the light that strikes it – to a scientific standard of perfection – they report in Physical Review Letters.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131730850.html

TERAHERTZ LASER SOURCE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, June 03
“There is a growing interest in utilizing terahertz radiation, or T-rays, for a variety of applications,” Mikhail Belkin, a scientist at Harvard University, tells PhysOrg.com. “The terahertz region is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that lies between the radio waves and infrared/visible light.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131716749.html



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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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NANOTECH: HOT TECHNOLOGY GETS A COOL DOWN, June 03
It’s the hottest technology – featherweight laptops that feature rapid response, crisp graphics and operate complex computer games; slim cell phones with Web-browsing capabilities, store high resolution photos and keep track of our lives; credit card-sized MP3 players that store thousands of songs and hours of videos.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131722767.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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EARTHWORM DETECTIVES PROVIDE GENETIC CLUES FOR DEALING WITH SOIL POLLUTION, June 03
The humble earthworm, famously acknowledged by Charles Darwin when he wrote "It may be doubted whether there are many other animals... which have played so important a part in the history of the world", provides a new sensitive and detailed picture of what is going on in our contaminated soil ecosystems.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131699132.html

MOUSE OVARIES AND TESTES AGE IN UNIQUE WAYS, June 03
Aging leads to large changes in gene activity in the ovaries of mice, but only limited changes in testes, according to research published in the open-access journal, BMC Biology. A lifespan-extending calorie-restricted diet reversed some of the aging effects – but, unlike the widespread changes observed in somatic organs, it had an impact only in a small number of gonad-specific genes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131687721.html

POSSIBLE NEW APPROACH TO PURIFYING DRINKING WATER, June 03
A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712320.html

SCIENTIST STUDY BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES INSIDE US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HEALTH AND DISEASE, June 03
The number of bacteria living within the body of the average healthy adult human are estimated to outnumber human cells 10 to 1. Changes in these microbial communities may be responsible for digestive disorders, skin diseases, gum disease and even obesity. Despite their vital imporance in human health and disease, these communities residing within us remain largely unstudied and a concerted research effort needs to be made to better understand them, say researchers today at the 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712814.html

LOW-COST AIRLINES ARE NOW THE NEW MAJOR PLAYERS, June 03
Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations, who said that airport planners in major metropolitan areas need to accept this paradigm shift and build flexibility into airport design.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712965.html

AVERAGE SHOPPERS ARE WILLING TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD, June 03
New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131719304.html

NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT TRANSGENIC PLANTS DON'T HURT BENEFICIAL BUGS, June 03
Genetically modified (GM) plants that use Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests won't harm the pests' natural enemies, according to new research by Cornell entomologists.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131726113.html

EVOLUTION OF AN IMPRINTED DOMAIN IN MAMMALS, June 03
The normal human genome contains 46 chromosomes: 23 from the mother and 23 from the father. Thus, you have two copies of every gene (excluding some irregularity in the pair of sex chromosomes). In general, which parent contributes a chromosome has no effect on the expression of the genes found on it. Exceptions to this rule are caused by “genomic imprinting”—modification of DNA, which means that gene expression is influenced by which parent the gene came from. A new paper published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology investigates the evolution of genomic imprinting in a specific region of the mammalian genome.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131699237.html

MEN FIGHTING OVER WOMEN? IT'S NOTHING NEW, SUGGESTS RESEARCH, June 03
Men may usually settle it over a drunken brawl in the pub or perhaps a verbal spat – but new evidence has shown for the first time that fighting over women in prehistoric times could have been worse than that.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131687661.html

MUSEUM PR COORDINATOR FINDS NEW DINOSAUR FOSSIL, June 03
(AP) -- A public relations coordinator for a Texas museum recently spotted the fossilized bones of a 75-million-year-old duckbilled dinosaur while taking a tour of the area where a mummified duckbill was found eight years ago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131691864.html

A SURVIVOR IN GREENLAND: A NOVEL BACTERIAL SPECIES IS FOUND TRAPPED IN 120,000-YEAR-OLD ICE, June 03
A team of Penn State scientists has discovered a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth of nearly two miles. The microorganism's ability to persist in this low-temperature, high-pressure, reduced-oxygen, and nutrient-poor habitat makes it particularly useful for studying how life, in general, can survive in a variety of extreme environments on Earth and possibly elsewhere in the solar system.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712233.html

RICE STUDY SHOWS WHY MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF NEW CEOS LAST LESS THAN 3 YEARS, June 03
An increasing number of CEOs are exiting their positions prematurely, according to a study by Yan Zhang at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management. Of the 204 company leaders Zhang studied from 1993 to 1998, 55 (27 percent) left their job within three years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712493.html

NEW ZEALAND COLONISED 1000 YEARS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, June 03
A University of Adelaide palaeontologist has helped to uncover compelling new evidence that New Zealand was discovered 1000 years later than commonly believed.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131717157.html

CLIMATE CHANGE COULD IMPACT VITAL FUNCTIONS OF MICROBES, June 03
Global climate change will not only impact plants and animals but will also affect bacteria, fungi and other microbial populations that perform a myriad of functions important to life on earth. It is not entirely certain what those effects will be, but they could be significant and will probably not be good, say researchers today at a scientific meeting in Boston.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131719372.html

RESEARCHERS FIND HUMAN VIRUS IN CHIMPANZEES, June 03
After studying chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park for the past year as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Virginia Tech researcher Dr. Taranjit Kaur and her team have produced powerful scientific evidence that chimpanzees are becoming sick from viral infectious diseases they have likely contracted from humans.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732528.html



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ASUS UNVEILS NEW MINI PC WITH FULL HD SUPPORT, June 03
Catering to users who require a compact and powerful home entertainment center, ASUS has unveiled the new ASUS Mini PC Nova Lite PX24. At only 2L in size, this world's smallest mini PC is equipped with a built-in independent graphics card to seamlessly combine high quality audio/visual experiences with a tiny footprint.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131728019.html

TAIWAN'S ASUSTEK, ACER LAUNCH LOW-PRICED MINI LAPTOPS, June 03
Two major Taiwan computer sellers launched low-priced mini laptops at Asia's biggest computer show on Tuesday, both forecasting the shipment of millions of units this year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131703210.html

SANDISK RELEASES SOLID-STATE DRIVES AIMED AT ULTRA LOW-COST PCS, June 03
SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) or 'netbooks' – that allow users to have an enhanced experience while easily surfing the Internet using wireless communication. The SanDisk pSSD (Parallel ATA solid state drive) eliminates the need for a hard disk drive and can store both the operating system and application data for these new devices.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131718174.html

INTEL UNVEILS 'ATOM' CHIP AT TAIWAN TECH SHOW, June 03
(AP) -- Intel Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a new processor it says will revolutionize the information technology industry by powering small laptops at low cost.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131721259.html



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BROCADE TO PAY $160M TO SETTLE OPTIONS LAWSUIT, June 03
(AP) -- Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit $160 million to settle allegations the networking equipment maker hurt investors by tampering with stock options, the company said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131694314.html

SUN MICROSYSTEMS' SALES CHIEF RESIGNS, June 03
(AP) -- The global sales chief of Sun Microsystems Inc. resigned Monday as the slumping server and software maker revealed plans to restructure its sales force to focus more on emerging markets.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131693247.html

MAGNETIC SENSOR THAT BROOKS NO INTERFERENCE, June 03
Sensors accurately register the slightest temperature fluctuations, the tiniest changes to a magnetic field, or barely perceptible air currents. In some cases, however, there are limits to their accuracy – for instance when a sensor is supposed to register a small fluctuation to a magnetic field in a place where a strong magnetic field already exists.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712091.html

OKLAHOMA CITY UNVEILS NEW WIRELESS NETWORK, June 03
(AP) -- Oklahoma City officials are unveiling what they're calling the largest city owned and operated Wi-Fi mesh network in the world.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131721084.html

NEW STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON THE GROWING U.S. WIND POWER MARKET, June 03
For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, representing a $9 billion investment in new wind projects. At this pace, wind is on a path to becoming a significant contributor to the U.S. power mix: wind projects accounted for 35 percent of all new electricity-generating capacity added in the U.S. in 2007, and more than 200 GW (gigawatts, or billion watts) of wind power are in various stages of development throughout the country.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131724618.html

CARL ICAHN STEPS UP CAMPAIGN TO OUST YAHOO BOARD, June 03
(AP) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn doubts Yahoo Inc. seriously considered Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, deepening his determination to oust the Internet pioneer's chief executive, Jerry Yang, and the rest of the company's board.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131726190.html

GOODBYE TO BATTERIES AND POWER SOCKETS, June 03
A broken cable or a soiled connector? If a machine in a factory goes on strike, it could be for any of a thousand reasons. Self-sufficient sensors that provide their own power supply will soon make these machines more robust.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131729113.html

IMEC, AIXTRON SET IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS LOW-COST GAN POWER DEVICES, June 03
IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth of high-quality and uniform AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on 200mm silicon wafers. This demonstration is a milestone towards fabricating low-cost GaN power devices for high-efficiency/high-power systems beyond the silicon limits.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131730194.html

SPIRALFROG.COM TO OFFER DOWNLOADS FROM EMI ARTISTS, June 03
(AP) -- SpiralFrog Inc., which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download Web site, said Monday it will soon begin offering content from Coldplay, Keith Urban and other recording artists as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131693154.html

AT&T SETTLES SUIT OVER 3RD-PARTY CELL PHONE FEES, June 03
(AP) -- AT&T customers who have seen mysterious charges for ringtones and other content show up on their cell-phone bills will be eligible for refunds as part of the settlement of a group of class-action lawsuits, a lawyer for the class said Monday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131693184.html

NEW DOCUMENTS ILLUMINATE YAHOO-MICROSOFT SAGA, June 03
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft Corp. to engineer a takeover even after an outside consultant questioned the plan's generous benefits, according to previously sealed documents in a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131693293.html

CHINA'S MUSIC INDUSTRY WARNS BAIDU SEARCH ENGINE OVER PIRACY, June 03
Chinese music industry representatives Tuesday warned the nation's top search engine Baidu that it risked losing advertising contracts over allegations that it allowed the pirating of music files.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131707873.html

ELECTRICITY FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE, June 03
Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car's electronic systems. This cuts fuel consumption and helps reduce the CO2 emissions from motor vehicles.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131711988.html

EU SEES SECURITY THREATS LURKING IN PRINTERS, June 03
(AP) -- Printers and copiers could be the weak link in many corporate cyber defenses, the European Union's information security agency warned Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131717008.html

VIDEOGAMING GOES AUDIO: NEW GAME LETS VISUALLY IMPAIRED SHARE THE FUN, June 03
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students has taken the video out of videogames, making it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131718470.html

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH STUDY TO MEASURE 'HOW MUCH INFORMATION?' IS IN THE WORLD, June 03
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, today announced a new study to quantify the amounts and kinds of information being produced worldwide by businesses and consumers alike. The "How Much Information?" study will be completed by a multi-disciplinary, multi-university faculty team supported by corporate and foundation sponsorship. The program will be undertaken at the Global Information Industry Center (GIIC) at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), with support from the Jacobs School of Engineering and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131718697.html

INSTANT MESSAGING PROVES USEFUL IN REDUCING WORKPLACE INTERRUPTION, June 03
Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of California, Irvine found that workers who used instant messaging on the job reported less interruption than colleagues who did not.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131718826.html

GRANDFATHER BUILDS WEB BROWSER FOR AUTISTIC BOY, June 03
(AP) -- John LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and the whirlwind of options presented by PCs so confounded him that he threw the mouse in frustration.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131721196.html

COMCAST TO TEST NEW WAY TO MANAGE INTERNET JAMS, June 03
(AP) -- Comcast Corp., under fire for the way it treats subscriber Internet traffic, will start tests this week to see if it can avoid traffic jams by targeting neighborhood bandwidth hogs rather than file-sharing programs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732687.html

MICROSOFT EXEC SAYS LIVE SEARCH NEEDS IMAGE FIX, June 03
(AP) -- The executive in charge of Microsoft Corp.'s search efforts acknowledged Tuesday that the company's "Live" brand for search and online services leaves much to be desired.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732759.html



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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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NEW KIDNEY PROTEIN SPEEDS/IMPROVES THE DIAGNOSIS OF FAILING KIDNEYS, June 03
Walk into any emergency department complaining of chest pain and you are likely to have blood drawn. Within hours it should be clear whether you've had a heart attack, based on enzyme levels in your blood and whether those levels reveal the tissue damage normally associated with a heart attack or other major cardiac event.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131700441.html

SURGICAL CONDITIONS IN AFRICA ARE GIVEN LOW PRIORITY DESPITE CAUSING DEATH AND DISABILITY, June 03
Two surgeons are calling on the international health community to recognize that surgical conditions account for a huge burden of disease in the developing world, and that the human right to health must include access to essential surgical care.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131699605.html

GENE THERAPY INVOLVING ANTIBIOTICS MAY HELP PATIENTS WITH USHER SYNDROME, June 03
A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, will be unveiled by a scientist at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today. Ms Annie Rebibo Sabbah, from the Genetics Department of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, will tell the conference that preliminary results using a class of drugs called aminoglycosides, commonly used as antibiotics, had had promising effects in vitro and in cell culture.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131694412.html

THE BREATHING LIFELINE THAT COMES AT A PRICE, June 03
The ventilators on an intensive care ward of a hospital offer a vital lifeline to the sickest and most vulnerable patients, providing the oxygen that keeps them alive when they are unable to breathe for themselves.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131711851.html

DESPITE VACCINE, PUBLIC SHOULD NOT GET COMPLACENT ABOUT PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, June 03
Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not get complacent, as non-vaccine strains, some resistant to antibiotics, are on the rise, say scientists at a meeting today in Boston.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131712765.html

RESEARCHERS WORK TOWARD ENDING CARTILAGE LOSS, June 03
Scientists have long wrestled with how to aid those who suffer cartilage damage and loss. One popular way is to inject an artificial gel that can imitate cartilage's natural ability to act as the body's shock absorber. But that solution is temporary, requiring follow-up injections.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131719051.html

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP 'CYBORG ENGINEERING' FOR CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING, June 03
A team of London scientists have taken a major step in making the use of artificial veins and arteries in coronary bypass grafts a reality. In a study published in the June 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, researchers describe how they developed this artificial graft tissue by combining man-made materials with human cells to make it elastic and durable and so it can attach to host tissue.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131720083.html

EXPOSURE THERAPY MAY HELP PREVENT POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, June 03
Exposure-based therapy, in which recent trauma survivors are instructed to relive the troubling event, may be effective in preventing the progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131720225.html

INCREASED INCIDENCE OF MELANOMA FOUND IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH METHOTREXATE, June 03
A chronic, inflammatory disease of unknown origin, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1 percent of adults worldwide. Marked by joint destruction, RA often leads to disability and diminished quality of life. It can also lead to an early death from cancer. Various studies have linked RA to an increased risk of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma, and lung cancer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131724024.html

MOST ONGOING DIABETES TRIALS DO NOT INCLUDE OUTCOMES IMPORTANT TO PATIENTS, June 03
An analysis of ongoing randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in diabetes finds that only about 20 percent have as primary outcomes results that patients consider important, such as illness, pain, effect on function and death, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732315.html

LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL FROM GENE VARIATION NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, June 03
Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol due to a gene mutation is not associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732443.html

VA DENIES MONEY A FACTOR IN PTSD DIAGNOSES, June 03
(AP) -- A Veterans Affairs psychologist denies that she was trying to save money when she suggested that counselors make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder in injured soldiers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732589.html

DOCTORS SAY KENNEDY WAS AWAKE DURING TUMOR REMOVAL, June 03
(AP) -- Bravery in the face of cancer? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has given it new meaning. Few things require as much courage as being wide awake and aware, lying perfectly still for hours, while surgeons methodically slice out bits of your brain.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131691520.html

CDC: TOMATOES EYED IN SALMONELLA CASES IN 9 STATES, June 03
(AP) -- An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S health officials said Tuesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131716973.html

HOW DRUG THAT BLOCKS CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION FROM THE DIET WORKS, June 03
A new study in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is unique among cholesterol-lowering drugs in that it works by cutting the amount of cholesterol taken in from the diet rather than by blocking cholesterol’s manufacture in the body.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131717282.html

U OF M SETS COURSE FOR CURE OF FATAL CHILDHOOD SKIN DISEASE, June 03
Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boy's fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant. Nate Liao, a 25-month-old from Clarksburg, N.J., underwent the experimental therapy in October 2007.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131717475.html

MORE THAN SUNBLOCK REQUIRED TO PROTECT KIDS WHILE MOWING LAWNS, June 03
Protecting children during summer activities conjures up thoughts of bike helmets, knee pads, and sun block. However, during the summer months, mowing the lawn can be as routine for some children as riding a bike and can be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not taken. In fact, nearly 210,000 people – approximately 16,200 of them children under age 19 – were treated in doctors' offices, clinics and emergency rooms for lawn mower-related injuries in 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131719528.html

DRINKING JUICE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BEING OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN, June 03
Children who drink 100-percent juice are no more likely to be overweight and may have a better overall nutrient intake than children who do not drink juice, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131720166.html

CAN WE 'WIPE OUT' MRSA?, June 03
Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to a new research by Cardiff University.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131720325.html

SCIENTISTS TRACE CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN A TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE AND LIVER CANCER, June 03
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have taken the search for cancer-causing genes an important step forward. In a newly published paper, they confirm that a gene called DLC1 is a tumor suppressor. They have demonstrated in living mice that its deletion, inactivation or loss precipitates events culminating in an aggressive type of liver cancer closely related to common human epithelial cancers of the liver (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131725988.html

PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE OFTEN OVERESTIMATE LIFE EXPECTANCY, June 03
Many patients with heart failure have survival expectations that are significantly greater than clinical predictions, with younger patients and those with more severe disease more likely to overestimate their remaining life span, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732183.html

GENE THAT MAGNETICALLY LABELS CELLS SHOWS POTENTIAL AS IMAGING TOOL, June 03
Mammalian cells can produce tiny magnetic nuggets after the introduction of a single gene from bacteria, scientists have found. The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), says Xiaoping Hu, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732229.html

FAMILY HISTORY OF COLORECTAL CANCER LINKED WITH REDUCED RISK OF CANCER RECURRENCE, June 03
Among patients with advanced colon cancer receiving treatment that includes chemotherapy, a family history of colorectal cancer is associated with a significant reduction in cancer recurrence and death, with the risk reduced further by having an increasing number of affected first-degree relatives, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131732384.html

HAYFEVER HOPE, June 03
With the peak grass pollen season approaching, scientists can reveal that a daily dose of probiotic can change the immune status of people with hay fever.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131699440.html

EARLIER DIAGNOSIS GIVING ALZHEIMER'S A NEW VOICE, June 03
(AP) -- Don Hayen has a handy way of deflecting the instant pity that comes when he reveals his Alzheimer's disease: "But I haven't lost my keys all day," he quickly jokes. Hayen is part of a growing new movement in Alzheimer's: Patients diagnosed early enough to still be articulate and demand better care and better research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131691805.html

FINDING CLUES FOR NERVE CELL REPAIR, June 03
A new study at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University identifies a key mechanism for the normal development of motor nerve cells (motor neurons) - cells that control muscles. This finding is crucial to understanding and treating a range of conditions involving nerve cell loss or damage, from spinal cord injury to neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131708131.html

RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENE THAT REGULATES GLUCOSE LEVELS, June 03
In an effort to understand how genes work, a collaborative study which includes the University of Southern California (USC) has identified a gene that regulates glucose levels. The results, which will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is currently available online, may provide further understanding of the underlying causes of diabetes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131716430.html

EATING AND WEIGHT GAIN NOT NECESSARILY LINKED, STUDY SHOWS, June 03
You may not be what you eat after all. A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131718769.html

FLOW OF POTASSIUM IONS IN BRAIN CELLS IS KEY TO SEXUAL AROUSAL, June 03
When it comes to sex, a female rat knows how to avoid a communication breakdown. To announce her sexual readiness, she will automatically arch her back, deflect her tail and stand rigid to allow an aroused male to mount. Now, Rockefeller University researchers have figured out the precise chemical and physical mechanism in a group of brain cells that controls this swayback posture, a reflex called lordosis that signals one of life’s most complex yet primitive instincts — the need for sex.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131724999.html






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