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'SQUEEZED' LIGHT MAY IMPROVE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
http://www.physorg.com/news131883538.html
IBM COOLS 3-D CHIPS WITH WATER
http://www.physorg.com/news131865033.html
COMMUNICATIONS GLITCH DELAYS MARS LANDER DIGGING
http://www.physorg.com/news131865095.html
CLIMATE BILL STALLS IN SENATE AFTER DISPUTE
http://www.physorg.com/news131864758.html
GOOGLE SEALS DEAL FOR NEW OFFICES AT NASA CENTER
http://www.physorg.com/news131871423.html
STUDY LINKS VITAMIN D, TYPE 1 DIABETES
http://www.physorg.com/news131866757.html
INDONESIA WILL STOP ANNOUNCING BIRD FLU DEATHS (UPDATE)
http://www.physorg.com/news131863662.html
SWEET NOTHINGS: ARTIFICIAL VESICLES AND BACTERIAL CELLS COMMUNICATE BY WAY OF SUGAR COMPONENTS
http://www.physorg.com/news131883741.html
A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT EARTH'S FIRST CELLS
http://www.physorg.com/news131884452.html
CASSINI SEES COLLISIONS OF MOONLETS ON SATURN'S RING
http://www.physorg.com/news131890367.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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BUILDING ON PYRAMIDS OF TRASH, June 05
A Dutch engineer has devised a simple solution to the growing amounts of waste society generates. Writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Roelof Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, suggests solidifying waste in a concrete-type material and using the resulting slabs to build pyramids that not only deal with waste disposal but could become tourist traps and major landmarks for our cities.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131889344.html

VOLCANO TAMING, June 05
Could macro-scale chemical engineering be used to stop a volcanic lava flow in its tracks and save potentially thousands of lives and homes when the next eruption occurs? That's the question R.D. Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, based in The Netherlands, asks in the current issue of the Inderscience Publication, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131889851.html

NASA CHIEF URGES EUROPE TO BUILD MANNED SPACESHIP, June 05
(AP) -- NASA encouraged Europe on Thursday to develop its own manned spaceship, which would give the world - and particularly the U.S. - another way of reaching the international space station.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904709.html

COMMUNICATIONS GLITCH DELAYS MARS LANDER DIGGING, June 05
(AP) -- The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red p***t.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131865095.html

ASTRONAUTS OPEN UP NEW BILLION-DOLLAR LAB, June 05
(AP) -- Astronauts opened up Japan's new billion-dollar space station lab, then got ready for another spacewalk, this time to spruce up the outside of the huge addition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131864827.html

SENATE ACTION ON CLIMATE BILL SEEMS DOOMED, June 05
(AP) -- A Senate bill to cut greenhouse gases and address global warming is heading toward almost certain defeat after nearly a week of stalemate and partisan bickering. Each side accuses the other of obstruction, trickery and political games.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131891348.html

CLIMATE BILL STALLS IN SENATE AFTER DISPUTE, June 05
(AP) -- A Senate debate over global warming legislation turned into late-night drama Wednesday marked by an eight-hour reading of the 492-page bill and a call for senators to return - some of them from their homes - to cast a procedural vote not long before midnight.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131864758.html

CASSINI SEES COLLISIONS OF MOONLETS ON SATURN'S RING, June 05
A team of scientists led from the UK has discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring can be attributed to small moonlets causing perturbations. Their results are reported in Nature. Saturn's F ring has long been of interest to scientists as its features change on timescales from hours to years and it is probably the only location in the solar system where large scale collisions happen on a daily basis. Understanding these processes helps scientists understand the early stages of p***t formation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890367.html

ASTRONAUTS IN MIDST OF SPACEWALK TO OUTFIT LAB, June 05
(AP) -- Two astronauts stepped outside the international space station Thursday for a spacewalk to spruce up the orbiting outpost's newest room - a $1 billion Japanese lab.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131891240.html

PHOENIX MARS LANDER READY TO GATHER SAMPLES, June 05
Two practice rounds of digging and dumping the clumpy soil at the Martian arctic site this week gave scientists and engineers gathered at the University of Arizona confidence to begin using Phoenix's Robotic Arm to deliver soil samples to instruments on the lander deck.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131892203.html

MOUNTAIN RANGES RISE MUCH MORE RAPIDLY THAN GEOLOGISTS EXPECTED, June 05
Mountains may experience a "growth spurt" that can double their heights in as little as two to four million years—several times faster than the prevailing tectonic theory suggests.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131894008.html

NEW STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON MYSTERIOUS 'SUPERSHEAR' QUAKES, June 05
A French-Turkish team of seismologists on Thursday said they had found evidence about the impacts of a rare but extremely violent earthquake called a supershear.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131895355.html

PHOENIX TAKES HIGHEST RESOLUTION IMAGE EVER OF DUST AND SAND ON MARS, June 05
This mosaic of four side-by-side microscope images shows a 3 millimeter (0.12 inch) diameter silicone target after it has been exposed to dust kicked up by the landing. It is the highest resolution image of dust and sand ever acquired on Mars.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131898790.html



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EUROPE GETS TOGETHER TO HARNESS QUANTUM PHYSICS, June 05
The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important field of quantum optics and discussed recently at a high level conference organised by the European Science Foundation in collaboration with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) and the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890276.html

A GLASS APART, June 05
British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body. This will enable patients to regrow bones and could signal a move away from bone transplants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890508.html

A SUPRA NEW KIND OF FROTH, June 05
To see the latest science of type-I superconductors, look no further than the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino. A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory physicists and collaborating students have found that the bubble-like arrangement of magnetic domains in superconducting lead exhibits patterns that are very similar to everyday froths like soap foam or frothed milk on a fancy coffee.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131893688.html

'SQUEEZED' LIGHT MAY IMPROVE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS, June 05
A research collaboration has taken steps toward improving the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors, devices designed to measure distance changes as minute as one-thousandth the diameter of a proton. Scientists hope these detectors can one day further verify Einstein's theory of general relativity and even open a new window into the strange workings of the universe.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131883538.html



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ARGONNE RESEARCH UNVEILING THE SECRETS OF NANOPARTICLE HALOING, June 05
A glass of milk, a gallon of paint, and a bottle of salad dressing all look to the naked eye like liquids. But when viewed under a microscope these everyday liquids, called "colloids," actually contain small globules or particles that stay suspended in solution.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890799.html



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TERRORISM RISK DETERMINES HOMELAND SECURITY SPENDING, June 05
A new study in Policy Studies Journal reveals that measures of terrorism risk are found to be positive determinants of Homeland Security funding, while measures of political influence and party affiliation of elected officials do not affect distribution of grants.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131901464.html

HOW CELL'S MASTER TRANSCRIBING MACHINE ACHIEVES NEAR PERFECTION, June 05
One of the most critical processes in biology is the transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA), which provides the blueprint for the proteins that form the machinery of life. Now, researchers have discovered new details of how the cell's major transcriptional machinery, RNA polymerase II (Pol II), functions with such exquisite precision. With almost unerring accuracy, Pol II can select the correct molecular puzzle piece, called a nucleosidetriphosphate (NTP), to add to the growing mRNA chain, although these puzzle pieces can be highly similar molecules.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131888140.html

OTTERS REVEAL THEIR IDENTITY, June 05
Researchers of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research have developed two new methods, in order to be able to better estimate the numbers of European Otters (Lutra lutra) and their effects on the fish farming industry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131889767.html

STUDY SHOWS EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN DOLPHIN POPULATIONS IMPROVING, June 05
The numbers of Northeastern offshore spotted and eastern spinner dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are increasing after being severely depleted because of accidental death in the tuna purse-seine fishery between 1960 and 1990, according to biologists from NOAA's Fisheries Service.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131891114.html

FIBONACCI SEQUENCE FRONTS NEW NANOSCIENCE BUILDING AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY, June 05
A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University’s new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131892021.html

HOW CAN E-COMMERCE BE MADE MORE SUCCESSFUL? -- MAKE IT MORE SENSUAL, STUDY SAYS, June 05
Explosive growth of products for sale on the Internet does not always translate into financial success, due in large part to the fact that customers like to squeeze the produce. That’s one finding in a study by UC Riverside professors Angelika Dimoka and Paul A. Pavlou.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131894236.html

MOTIVATION OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS AFFECTS FIRM GROWTH, June 05
Economic theory often assumes that firm growth is automatic, given the existence of growth opportunities in the marketplace. However, a new study published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice reveals that the motivation of small business managers has a long-term effect on the actual future growth of the firm.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131896667.html

BRUCELLA ABORTUS S19 GENOME SEQUENCED; POINTS TOWARD VIRULENCE GENES, June 05
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, and collaborators at 454 Life Sciences of Branford, Conn., have sequenced the genome of Brucella abortus strain S19. Strain S19 is a naturally occurring strain of B. abortus that does not cause disease and was discovered by Dr. John Buck in 1923. It has been used for more than six decades as vaccine that protects cattle against brucellosis, an infectious disease caused by other strains of B. abortus that leads to reproductive failure in livestock.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131901694.html

PROBING QUESTION: ARE WATER WARS IN OUR FUTURE?, June 05
Schoolkids know that over 70 percent of Earth's surface is washed in water. Yet very little of that abundance — less than two percent — is available for drinking and agriculture. Over the last 50 years, moreover, freshwater use has tripled as global population has doubled, leading to scarcities in many regions of the globe. According to the United Nations, over 1.1 billion of the world's people lack access to a clean water supply.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131901803.html

SWEET NOTHINGS: ARTIFICIAL VESICLES AND BACTERIAL CELLS COMMUNICATE BY WAY OF SUGAR COMPONENTS, June 05
For an organism to develop and function, the individual cells must exchange information, or communicate, with each other. Is it possible to learn their language and “talk to” the cells?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131883741.html

A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT EARTH'S FIRST CELLS, June 05
A team of researchers at Harvard University have modeled in the laboratory a primitive cell, or protocell, that is capable of building, copying and containing DNA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131884452.html

DUKE CHEMIST HAS NEW WAY TO TELL RIGHT FROM LEFT, June 05
A Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890886.html

PASS THE POPCORN: BLOCKBUSTER SEQUELS -- FINANCIAL BOOM OR BUST?, June 05
Although movie sequels don't always do as well at the box office as the original, they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new study in the July Journal of Business Research. And timing is everything – the sooner the period between releases, the better.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131901259.html

WHERE MATHEMATICS AND ASTROPHYSICS MEET, June 05
The mathematicians were trying to extend an illustrious result in their field, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. The astrophysicists were working on a fundamental problem in their field, the problem of gravitational lensing. That the two groups were in fact working on the same question is both expected and unexpected: The "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" is well known throughout the sciences, but every new instance produces welcome insights and sheer delight.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904219.html

EGYPT UNCOVERS 'MISSING' PYRAMID OF A PHARAOH, June 05
(AP) -- Egyptian archaeologists unveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen again.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904682.html

RESEARCHERS OBSERVE SPONTANEOUS 'RATCHETING' OF SINGLE RIBOSOME MOLECULES, June 05
Researchers report this week that they are the first to observe the dynamic, ratchet-like movements of single ribosomal molecules in the act of building proteins from genetic blueprints. Their study, published in the journal Molecular Cell, reveals a key mechanism in the interplay of molecules that allows cells to build the proteins needed to sustain life.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131905389.html



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REVIEW: FINALLY A USEFUL DIGITAL PEN, June 05
(AP) -- The pen, once mightier than the sword, has been getting trounced by the keyboard in the computer era. Now and then there's a push toward "pen-based computing" that doesn't get very far.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904623.html



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TURKMENISTAN EASES INTERNET ACCESS, June 05
(AP) -- Turkmenistan has begun allowing private citizens to connect to the Internet, the latest sign that the reclusive Central Asian nation is opening up.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131871335.html

VODAFONE CONFIRMS VERIZON'S ALLTEL TALKS, June 05
(AP) -- Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Thursday that Verizon Wireless is in advanced talks about acquiring U.S. carrier Alltel Communications LLC.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131871597.html

US BLOGGER RELEASED ON BAIL IN SINGAPORE, June 05
A US-based blogger who allegedly accused a Singapore judge of "prostituting herself" was released on bail Thursday and had his passport confiscated.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131865493.html

BROADCOM CO-FOUNDER FACES DRUG, SECURITIES CHARGES, June 05
(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III was indicted Thursday on fraud, conspiracy and drug charges - including allegations he spiked the drinks of technology executives and customer representatives with ecstasy and maintained a warehouse for ecstasy, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131891194.html

ORNL, GENERAL ELECTRIC COLLABORATE ON SUPER EFFICIENT ELECTRIC WATER HEATER, June 05
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new Energy Star criteria for electric heat pump water heaters.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131893835.html

OFF-ROAD WHEELCHAIR FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNVEILED, June 05
A group of students from The University of Nottingham have designed an off-road wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131893930.html

JAPAN'S TOP FILM RENTAL CHAIN OFFERS HIGH-DEFINITION DOWNLOADS, June 05
Japan's top film rental chain Tsutaya on Thursday unveiled a download-on-demand broadband service, letting customers rent titles from home without going to the store.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131872202.html

E-TRADE MAKES IT EASIER TO TRADE ON THE BLACKBERRY, June 05
(AP) -- As if BlackBerry users needed one more excuse to be glued to their screens, E-Trade Financial Corp. is giving its account holders an application that will let them get real-time stock quotes and trade on their phones.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131864958.html

REPORT: VERIZON WIRELESS IN TALKS TO BUY ALLTEL, June 05
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel Communications LLC, the country's fifth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers, for $27 billion, according to news reports.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131864889.html

GOOGLE SEALS DEAL FOR NEW OFFICES AT NASA CENTER, June 05
(AP) -- In the latest sign of its ambitious growth plans, Google Inc. has signed a 40-year lease to secure space for a huge office complex that will be built on a federal government research center near the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131871423.html

AS ICAHN GRUMBLES, YAHOO SETS PLANS FOR AD GROWTH, June 05
(AP) -- In the latest effort to placate restless investors, Yahoo Inc. president Sue Decker laid out plans Wednesday for building the company's online advertising operations, and Yahoo announced a slew of new partnerships.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131863217.html

S. KOREA TO HIT INTEL WITH $25.4M ANTITRUST FINE, June 05
(AP) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday it will order Intel Corp. to pay 26 billion won ($25.4 million) for violating fair trade rules.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131862940.html

TOMTOM COMPLETES TAKEOVER OF TELE ATLAS, June 05
Dutch navigation products company TomTom announced Thursday the conclusion of its 2.9 billion euros (4.5 billion dollars) takeover of digital map creator Tele Atlas.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131888073.html

DISNEY CREATES GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF DISNEY WORLD, June 05
(AP) -- Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131895027.html

AFRICA'S DESERTS COULD SUPPLY SOLAR ELECTRICITY TO CONTINENT: EXPERTS, June 05
Solar power from Africa's deserts could supply all 600 million citizens currently without electricity and even export power to Europe, a green energy conference in Nairobi heard Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131895148.html

MOST COMCAST WEB SERVICE TO TOP 100 MBPS BY 2010, June 05
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. said Thursday that by early 2010 it plans to offer consumers in most of its markets Internet service so fast they will be able to download a high-definition movie in minutes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904800.html

IBM COOLS 3-D CHIPS WITH WATER, June 05
In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131865033.html



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WIDE VARIATIONS IN APPROPRIATENESS OF RECTAL CANCER SURGERY ACROSS ENGLAND, June 05
A substantial proportion of rectal cancer patients are receiving inappropriate surgical care, because of wide variations in practice across England, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131862480.html

REGULAR TIPPLE MAY CURB RISK OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, June 05
Alcohol cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50%, reveals research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131862352.html

ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS IN CHINA HAVE SOARED ALMOST 100 PERCENT IN 20 YEARS, June 05
The number of road traffic deaths in China has soared almost 100% in two decades, reveals a study published in the journal Injury Prevention.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131862431.html

HISPANICS DYING ON JOB AT HIGHER RATES THAN OTHERS, June 05
(AP) -- Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131888022.html

INITIATING DRINKING AT YOUNGER AGE HEIGHTENS WOMEN'S RISK FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, June 05
Women born after 1944 began drinking alcohol at younger ages than their elders, and that appears to have put them at greater risk for alcoholism, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131889169.html

PRIMARY CARE VISITS REDUCE HOSPITAL UTILIZATION AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AT THE END OF LIFE, June 05
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that primary care visits reduce hospital utilization among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. The recently published study appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890569.html

RESEARCHERS DETERMINE RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTION AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, June 05
Nearly 9 percent of patients who recently underwent liver transplantation suffered a subsequent surgical site infection (SSI). Risk factors included having had biliary-enteric anastomosis (choledocho-jejunal or hepatic-jejunal reconstruction), previous liver or kidney transplant, and more than four red blood cell units transfused. These findings are published in the June issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131890942.html

NIACIN'S ROLE IN MAINTAINING GOOD CHOLESTEROL, June 05
A research team has uncovered the likely target of niacin (vitamin B3) in the liver, which should provide a clearer picture of how this vitamin helps maintain adequate HDL-cholesterol levels in the blood and thus lower the risk of heart disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131894050.html

ANOTHER NEW WRINKLE IN TREATING SKIN AGING, June 05
Topical applications of a naturally occurring fat molecule have the potential to slow down skin aging, whether through natural causes or damage, researchers report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131894314.html

NEW MRI TO DEBUT IN AFRICAN NATION OF MALAWI; WILL SAVE LIVES, ADVANCE MALARIA RESEARCH, June 05
Michigan State University physician Terrie Taylor studies cerebral malaria in Malawi where the vast majority of malaria patients are children. And, in order to get a closer look at the damage malaria does to a child, Taylor and colleagues study the child's brain, something that, up until now, could only be done in an autopsy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131898674.html

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATING CANCER-RELATED ANOREXIA, June 05
A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Center, reveals that a novel combination of two drugs shows great promise in treating cancer-related anorexia (CRA) and weight loss.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131904309.html

FINDING THE SOURCE: CELLS THAT INITIATE A COMMON INFANT TUMOR IDENTIFIED, June 05
Infantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like patches that appear on the skin of infants soon after birth, are benign tumors that develop in 5%-10% of Caucasian infants and usually disappear by the age of 9 without treatment. Joyce Bischoff and colleagues, at Children's Hospital Boston, have now identified the cells that give rise to these tumors and used them to develop a new mouse model of this disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131905449.html

EXTENDED INFANT ANTIRETROVIRAL PROPHYLAXIS REDUCES HIV RISK DURING BREASTFEEDING, June 05
In many resource-poor countries, infants born to mothers with HIV receive a single dose of nevirapine (NVP) and a one-week dose of zidovudine (ZDV) to prevent transmission of HIV from the mother to her newborn. The results of a randomized trial led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Malawi College of Medicine found that extending the routine antiretroviral regimen can significantly reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission. The study is available in the June 4 online edition of New England Journal of Medicine and will appear in the June 10 print edition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131862539.html

STUDY SHOWS HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT LOSING BONE, June 05
A higher-protein diet that emphasizes lean meats and low-fat dairy foods as sources of protein and calcium can mean weight loss without bone loss--and the evidence is in bone scans taken throughout a new University of Illinois study.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131887858.html

HOW BEST TO TREAT CHRONIC PAIN? THE JURY IS STILL OUT, June 05
How best to alleviate chronic pain, a leading cause of disability and employee absenteeism, continues to perplex both patients and their doctors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131887928.html

ZEBRAFISH ENABLE SCIENTISTS TO STUDY THE MIGRATION OF NEURONS THAT ENABLE SEXUAL MATURITY, June 05
Scientists are watching a small group of neurons that enable sexual maturity and fertility make a critical journey: from where they form, near the developing nose, to deep inside the brain.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131889286.html

NEW RESEARCH EXPLORES ROLE OF SEROTONIN, June 05
New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that the neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells, plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression during social decision-making.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131894095.html

ADMIRING CELEBRITIES CAN HELP IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM, June 05
A new study appearing in Personal Relationships shows how "connections" to celebrities, i.e. parasocial relationships, can allow people with low-self esteem to view themselves more positively.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131897380.html

VIDEOS OFFER TIPS ON REDUCING BREAST-CANCER RISK, June 05
Using certain plastics and cosmetics may increase the risk of breast cancer, according to emerging scientific research cited by Cornell investigators. Drinking from hard-plastic water bottles and using such personal-care products and cosmetics as shampoo, lotion and lipstick that contain certain chemicals can increase exposure to environmental estrogens that may contribute to breast-cancer risk.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131897546.html

STUDY LINKS VITAMIN D, TYPE 1 DIABETES, June 05
Sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play a strong role in risk of type 1 diabetes in children, according to new findings by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. This association comes on the heels of similar research findings by this same group regarding vitamin D levels and several major cancers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131866757.html

INDONESIA WILL STOP ANNOUNCING BIRD FLU DEATHS (UPDATE), June 05
(AP) -- A teenager died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia's 109th victim, but the government decided not to announce the death right away. It is part of a new policy aimed at improving the image of the nation hardest hit by the disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131863662.html

TEENAGERS ATTENDING COLLEGE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, June 05
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131891012.html

PLASTIC BRAIN OUTSMARTS EXPERTS, June 05
Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until recently, nature seemed to be the clear winner over nurture.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131901641.html






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