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LOOKING FOR THE QUANTUM PROPERTIES OF THE BIG BANG
http://www.physorg.com/news132570663.html
SCIENTISTS CONFIRM THAT PARTS OF EARLIEST GENETIC MATERIAL MAY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS
http://www.physorg.com/news132577096.html
MICROCHIP SETS LOW-POWER RECORD WITH EXTREME SLEEP MODE
http://www.physorg.com/news132583292.html
HOUSE OF LORDS REACHING OUT TO YOUNG WITH YOUTUBE
http://www.physorg.com/news132560576.html
NUISANCE NOISE SILENCED BY AN ACOUSTIC CLOAK
http://www.physorg.com/news132554390.html
POMI THE ROBOT PENGUIN HAS HIDDEN DEPTHS
http://www.physorg.com/news132554876.html
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW AGING BRAIN BRINGS A HEALTHY DOSE OF PERSPECTIVE
http://www.physorg.com/news132555067.html
NASA: DAMAGED LAUNCH PAD WAS FLAWED FROM START
http://www.physorg.com/news132554830.html
ANCIENT ANTIBODY MOLECULE OFFERS CLUES TO HOW HUMANS EVOLVED ALLERGIES
http://www.physorg.com/news132554665.html
YAHOO, GOOGLE ANNOUNCE ONLINE AD ALLIANCE (UPDATE)
http://www.physorg.com/news132514631.html



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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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NASA COMPLETES REVIEW MILESTONE FOR ARES I FIRST STAGE, June 13
NASA has completed the preliminary design review for the first stage of the Ares I rocket -- giving overall approval for the agency's technical design approach. This review brings NASA one step closer to developing a new mode of space transportation for astronauts to explore the moon, Mars and beyond.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132583025.html

TROPICAL FOREST SUSTAINABILITY: A CLIMATE CHANGE BOON, June 13
Improved management of the world's tropical forests has major implications for humanity's ability to reduce its contribution to climate change, according to a paper published today in the international journal, Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132573423.html

US URGES SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL WARMING FUND, June 13
(AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged other Group of Eight industrialized nations Friday to back a special fund of up to $10 billion to help developing countries fight global warming.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554729.html

NASA DATA HELPS PINPOINT IMPACTED POPULATIONS IN DISASTER AFTERMATH, June 13
When two catastrophic natural disasters struck within days of each other in May 2008, disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and health officials, as well as members of the news media tapped into a unique set of NASA data products describing the location of the exposed populations. In the hours and days following the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, workers had the data they needed to assess the numbers of people possibly affected in these deadly events. What arose was a timely example of how NASA data comes to the aid of officials when such disasters occur.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132574185.html

LAUNCH OF SATELLITE TO TRACK SEA LEVELS SET FOR JUNE 20, June 13
The launch of a US-French satellite that will track rising sea levels and ocean currents has been rescheduled for next Friday, US space agency NASA said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577586.html

CHINA BIGGEST CO2 EMITTER LAST YEAR: DUTCH AGENCY, June 13
China's carbon dioxide emissions in 2007 were about 14 percent higher than the United States and accounted for two-thirds of the global rise, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) said Friday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132581577.html

SEISMOLOGIST: CHINA QUAKE HAD NO WARNING SIGNS, June 13
(AP) -- Last month's massive earthquake in central China likely could not have been predicted, a leading American seismologist said Friday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132560676.html

ASTRONAUTS TO REVIEW SHUTTLE'S SYSTEMS FOR LANDING, June 13
(AP) -- On its expected last full day in orbit, the crew of space shuttle Discovery on Friday was set to check out its flight control systems and steering jets in preparation for landing the next day.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132560556.html

NASA ENGINEERS INSPECT FLOATING OBJECT, PROTRUSION, June 13
(AP) -- NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land. The two issues were noticed after a routine test of the spacecraft's flight control systems and steering jets.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132573046.html

NASA: DAMAGED LAUNCH PAD WAS FLAWED FROM START, June 13
(AP) -- The Apollo-era launch pad used to shoot space shuttle Discovery into orbit two weeks ago may have been flawed from the day it was built, and will need weeks if not months of work to fix all the liftoff damage, NASA said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554830.html

EVEN THE ANTARCTIC WINTER CANNOT PROTECT WILKINS ICE SHELF, June 13
Wilkins Ice Shelf has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event – the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575332.html

NASA: METAL CLIP FELL OFF SHUTTLE BUT NOT PROBLEM, June 13
(AP) -- NASA engineers say a metal clip from the space shuttle's braking system fell off Discovery on Friday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575858.html

INTRODUCING THE SPACESUIT OF THE FUTURE, June 13
NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston, for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132582310.html

ULTRAVIOLET GIVES VIEW INSIDE REAL 'DEATH STAR', June 13
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132582424.html

ANCIENT MINERAL SHOWS EARLY EARTH CLIMATE TOUGH ON CONTINENTS, June 13
A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132583481.html

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM THAT PARTS OF EARLIEST GENETIC MATERIAL MAY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS, June 13
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June 2008.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577096.html



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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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NUISANCE NOISE SILENCED BY AN ACOUSTIC CLOAK, June 13
Researchers in Spain have proven that metamaterials, materials defined by their unusual man-made cellular structure, can be designed to produce an acoustic cloak - a cloak that can make objects impervious to sound waves, literally diverting sound waves around an object.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554390.html

LOOKING FOR THE QUANTUM PROPERTIES OF THE BIG BANG, June 13
“General relativity doesn’t recognize quantum physics,” Martin Bojowald tells PhysOrg.com. And that, he insists, causes problems when it comes to understanding the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang: “You get to a point where you derive all these infinite values and classical physics stop making sense.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132570663.html



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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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GROWING USE OF NANOMATERIALS SPURS RESEARCH TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE DOWNSIDES, June 13
Potential risks from the use of nanomaterials will be explored by three Arizona State University engineering faculty in a project supported by a $400,000 grant from the U.S.Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132581509.html

NANOPARTICLES AID BONE GROWTH, June 13
In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throughout the porous material used to pattern the bone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575511.html

OVERCOMING DRUG RESISTANCE—NANOPARTICLES TRIGGER BUILT-IN CELL-DEATH SIGNAL, June 13
One of the most vexing problems in treating cancer is the propensity of tumors to develop resistance to a wide range of anticancer drugs. Over 70 percent of ovarian cancer patients, for example, have drug-resistant tumors at the time of their initial diagnosis, and virtually all patients who relapse have drug-resistant tumors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132584385.html

CHEMISTS CREATE CANCER-DETECTING NANOPARTICLES, June 13
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a doctor’s best friend for detecting a tumor in the body without resorting to surgery. MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types of tissue in the body, distinguishing bone from muscle, fluids from solids, and so on.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132584483.html



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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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OUTSOURCING JOBS LEAVES THE AMERICAN WHITE-COLLAR WORKER BEHIND, June 13
Outsourcing might be good for American corporations, but it's not necessarily good for American workers, and it's likely to be bad for the American economy, even in the long run.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132580556.html

LIKE A ROCK: NEW MINERAL NAMED FOR UW ASTRONOMER, June 13
The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a University of Washington astronomer who revolutionized research on interp***tary dust entering Earth's atmosphere.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554496.html

LIZARDS PULL A WHEELIE, June 13
Why bother running on hind legs when the four you've been given work perfectly well? This is the question that puzzles Christofer Clemente. For birds and primates, there's a perfectly good answer: birds have converted their forelimbs into wings, and primates have better things to do with their hands. But why have some lizards gone bipedal? Have they evolved to trot on two feet, or is their upright posture simply a fluke of physics? Curious to find the answer, Clemente and his colleagues Philip Withers, Graham Thompson and David Lloyd decided to test how dragon lizards run on two legs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132553679.html

THREATENED OR INVASIVE? SPECIES' FATES IDENTIFIED, June 13
A new ecological study led by a University of Adelaide researcher should help identify species prone to extinction under environmental change, and species that are likely to become a pest.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575077.html

JOHNS HOPKINS RAPS AP STORY ON LEAD EXPERIMENT, June 13
(AP) -- For about 20 years, Dr. Michael Klag has used a fertilizer made from Milwaukee municipal sludge on azaleas and yew shrubs at his suburban Baltimore home. And Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, says he's never had any question about its safety.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577813.html

US BISHOPS REJECT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH, June 13
The US Catholic Bishops' Conference on Friday issued an explicit rejection of research using stem cells from human embryos.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132585350.html

SALMONELLA: TRICKIER THAN WE IMAGINED, June 13
Salmonella is serving up a surprise not only for tomato lovers around the country but also for scientists who study the rod-shaped bacterium that causes misery for millions of people.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132572145.html

ANCIENT ANTIBODY MOLECULE OFFERS CLUES TO HOW HUMANS EVOLVED ALLERGIES, June 13
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy problems. The team from the Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London are working on a molecule vital to a chicken's immune system which represents the evolutionary ancestor of the human antibodies that cause allergic reactions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554665.html

WEALTH OF GENOMIC HOTSPOTS DISCOVERED IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS, June 13
In a paper published in Cell on June 13, 2008, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of essential protein "switches" (transcription factors) that are critical for maintaining the embryonic stem (ES) cell state.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577513.html



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Latest News On ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
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SHARP TO INTRODUCE WORLD'S LARGEST 108-INCH LCD MONITOR FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS, June 13
Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market a 108V-inch LCD monitor, the world’s largest, for business and commercial applications.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132585045.html

POMI THE ROBOT PENGUIN HAS HIDDEN DEPTHS, June 13
South Korean researchers, showcasing their latest line in robotic pets, have unveiled a penguin which can interact with humans.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554876.html



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VIDEO GAME SALES UP 37 PERCENT TO $1.12B IN MAY, June 13
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video games, consoles and game accessories hit $1.12 billion in May, a 37 percent rise over the same month last year, driven by the chart-topping Grand Theft Auto video game, market researcher NPD Group reported Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554778.html

HOUSE OF LORDS REACHING OUT TO YOUNG WITH YOUTUBE, June 13
(AP) -- It may not challenge the new Indiana Jones or "Sex and the City" movies, but Britain's House of Lords is debuting five new YouTube videos Friday in hopes of updating its image as a sleepy haven for elderly, affluent gentlemen.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132560576.html

REGULATOR SIGNALS NO DEAL ON EBAY PLAN, June 13
(AP) -- EBay said Friday it will postpone plans to make its PayPal system the only way to pay for deals on its auction site in Australia after the antitrust regulator said it would reduce competition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554759.html

YAHOO, GOOGLE ANNOUNCE ONLINE AD ALLIANCE (UPDATE), June 12
Fresh from a failed courtship with Microsoft, Yahoo on Thursday rushed into Google's arms in the hope an alliance will improve its sagging fortunes and quell a rebellion by stockholders.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132514631.html

US SENATOR PLEDGES ANTITRUST REVIEW OF GOOGLE-YAHOO DEAL, June 13
The head of the US Senate's antitrust panel has pledged a "careful review" of the joint venture on online search advertising announced by Yahoo and Google.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577551.html

VERIZON TO GIVE DISCOUNTS FOR LANDLINE-LESS BUNDLES, June 13
(AP) -- For the first time, Verizon Communications Inc. is set to give discounts to wireless customers who don't have landlines but order Internet or TV service from the phone company.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577829.html

TRAINING HELPS BLOGGERS HONE PROFESSIONALISM, June 13
(AP) -- Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132585311.html

MICROCHIP SETS LOW-POWER RECORD WITH EXTREME SLEEP MODE, June 13
A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132583292.html



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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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1 IN 10 ADULTS HAS A NON-EARLOBE PIERCING, June 13
One in ten adults in England have had a piercing somewhere other than their ear lobe, with a quarter experiencing complications, and one in 100 piercings resulting in a hospital admission, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132572290.html

SERUM SODIUM PREDICTS MORTALITY 10 TIMES HIGHER IN PAH PATIENTS, June 13
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)—chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs—whose serum sodium levels are low (called hyponatremia, or HN) have a very poor chance of survival and a high rate of right-heart failure (RHF), according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132573600.html

1 IN 8 LOWER MANHATTAN RESIDENTS HAD SIGNS OF PTSD 2 TO 3 YEARS AFTER 9/11, June 13
For many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released today by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry, show that one in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) two to three years after the attacks. The findings show that Lower Manhattan residents developed PTSD at three times the usual rate in the years following 9/11.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132555675.html

EVOLVING ROLES DIFFICULT FOR GPS BUT GOOD FOR PATIENTS, June 13
The solutions to Australia's general practitioner shortage are not just in increasing GP numbers, but in developing new roles to care for patients, according to research published by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) based at The Australian National University.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132572911.html

TOOTHPASTE TOO PRICEY FOR THE POOR, June 13
Fluoride toothpaste is prohibitively expensive for the world's poorest people, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Globalization and Health. Researchers revealed that the poorest populations of developing countries have the least access to affordable toothpaste.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554519.html

1 PATIENT'S ACCOUNT OF BECOMING A LIVE KIDNEY DONOR, June 13
Annabel Ferriman, an editor at the BMJ, gives a frank first person account of her journey through the "protracted" and sometimes "frustrating" process of becoming a live kidney donor to her friend, Ray, who had been suffering from polycystic kidney disease for eight years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132574713.html

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IS A RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, June 13
The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been found to be comparable to the risk of CVD in people with type 2 diabetes, according to the conclusions of two studies presented today at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575139.html

RADICAL REFORM IS NEEDED TO STOP THE 'INHUMANE' PRACTICE OF TRANSPLANT TOURISM, June 13
The UK government must bring in presumed consent to organ donation or allow a controlled donor compensation programme for unrelated live donors, in order to bring the "inhumane" practice of transplant tourism from the UK to an end, claims a doctor in this week's BMJ.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575248.html

PRECISION BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT TO IMPROVE HEART HEALTH, June 13
A University of Queensland researcher is trialling new, cutting-edge technology for measuring blood pressure and the health of the heart. The study, led by Dr James Sharman from the School of Medicine, aims to determine the effectiveness of measuring central blood pressure. This will help guide treatment management decisions of patients with high blood pressure (hypertension), a condition that affects nearly 30 per cent of the Australian population.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575440.html

WEIGHT GAIN IN CHILDREN HAS NO ASSOCIATION WITH SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION, June 13
An analysis of 12 recent studies indicate that there is virtually no link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and teens. The meta-analysis is published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132583593.html

ROAD POLLUTION BLAMED FOR HIGHER ALLERGY RISK IN KIDS, June 13
New evidence blames traffic-related pollution for increasing the risk of allergy and atopic diseases among children by more than fifty percent. What's more, the closer children live to roads, the higher their risk.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132559925.html

SYNTHETIC COCOA CHEMICAL SLOWS GROWTH OF TUMORS IN HUMAN CELL LINES, June 13
A synthetic chemical based on a compound found in cocoa beans slowed growth and accelerated destruction of human tumors in laboratory studies, and should be tested further for cancer chemoprevention or even treatment, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132572826.html

AN UNEXPECTED LINK BETWEEN CORONAVIRUS REPLICATION AND PROTEIN SECRETION IN INFECTED CELLS, June 13
Coronavirus replication is critically linked to two factors within the early secretory pathway, according to new findings by a team of Dutch researchers that are published June 13th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132554603.html

LESS HYPE AND MORE RESEARCH NEEDED INTO NEW 'SUPERBUG,' SAY EXPERTS, June 13
Recent tabloid hype over the "newly emerging superbug", Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is misplaced, say experts in this week's issue of the BMJ.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132574793.html

DRUG COMMONLY USED FOR ALCOHOLISM CURBS URGES OF PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS, June 13
A drug commonly used to treat alcohol addiction has a similar effect on pathological gamblers – it curbs the urge to gamble and participate in gambling-related behavior, according to a new research at the University of Minnesota.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132574970.html

COMPUTERS AS SAFE AS MEDICAL EXPERTS FOR PRESCRIBING BLOOD THINNING DRUGS, June 13
The largest ever study into the administration of blood thinning drugs, principally Warfarin, has concluded that dosages calculated by computer are at least as safe and reliable as those provided by expert medical professionals. Increasing evidence of the value of these anticoagulant drugs in a wide range of clinical disorders such as abnormal heart rhythm, or atrial fibrillation, has led to a rapid rise in their use around the world.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132583177.html

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW AGING BRAIN BRINGS A HEALTHY DOSE OF PERSPECTIVE, June 13
A University of Alberta researcher in collaboration with researchers from Duke University has proven that wisdom really does come with age, at least when it comes to your emotions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132555067.html

EASTERN INDEPENDENCE, WESTERN CONFORMITY?, June 13
While the act of selecting an everyday writing utensil seems to be a simple enough task, scientists have found that it actually could shed light on complex cultural differences.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132575550.html

'ELEPHANT LEGS' WOMAN SET FOR OPERATION IN TAIWAN, June 13
A desperate young Chinese woman with a rare condition which has caused her legs to deform and treble in size is dreaming of a normal life after upcoming surgery in Taiwan.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577605.html

SCIENTISTS: 115-YEAR-OLD'S BRAIN WORKED PERFECTLY, June 13
(AP) -- A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end, joking that pickled herring was the secret to her longevity.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news132577727.html






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