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CONSCIENTIOUS PEOPLE LIVE LONGER
http://www.physorg.com/news144512105.html
SNIFFING OUT A BETTER CHEMICAL SENSOR
http://www.physorg.com/news144512744.html
NASA MAY BE ABLE TO SPEED UP LAUNCH OF MOONSHIP
http://www.physorg.com/news144514090.html
GRAPES MAY AID A BUNCH OF HEART RISK FACTORS, ANIMAL STUDY FINDS
http://www.physorg.com/news144484064.html
T.REX 'FOLLOWED ITS NOSE' WHILE HUNTING
http://www.physorg.com/news144483753.html
BRAIN'S 'HATE CIRCUIT' IDENTIFIED
http://www.physorg.com/news144482449.html
NEW WAY OF MEASURING 'REALITY' OF VIRTUAL WORLDS COULD LEAD TO BETTER BUSINESS TOOLS
http://www.physorg.com/news144482148.html
TURBOCHARGED NANOMOTORS
http://www.physorg.com/news144479498.html
NANOPARTICLES TARGET MULTIPLE CANCER GENES, SHRINK TUMORS MORE EFFECTIVELY
http://www.physorg.com/news144437051.html
FRAMES ARE A PICTURE OF HIGH-TECH CHARM
http://www.physorg.com/news144486483.html

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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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FSU HISTORIAN'S ARCTIC RESEARCH HAS HIM SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD, October 29
It's one of the coldest and most remote areas on Earth, but the Arctic region has long held great strategic interest for a number of nations. Now, a Florida State University researcher is leading an international team that is working to produce one of the most comprehensive histories to date of the northernmost part of the world from the late 19th century to the present.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519101.html

A GLACIER'S LIFE, October 29
EPFL researchers have developed a numerical model that can re-create the state of Switzerland's Rhône Glacier as it was in 1874 and predict its evolution until the year 2100. This is the longest period of time ever modeled in the life of a glacier, involving complex data analysis and mathematical techniques.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144494795.html

ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAIL QUESTIONING OF FDA FINDING, October 29
(AP) -- Environmentalists are welcoming a report by an independent panel of scientific advisers which found flaws in the government's assurance that a controversial chemical is safe for use in food containers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507996.html

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS LINKED TO INFECTIONS IN A DECLINING AMPHIBIAN SPECIES, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amphibians around the world are on the decline from disease. In an article in this week's issue of the journal Nature, Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida (USF) and colleagues revealed that chemical pollution can increase often deadly trematode (parasitic flatworm) infections in the northern leopard frog, a declining amphibian species.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144522787.html

METHANE GAS LEVELS BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN, October 29
The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end a period of about a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable, according to a team led by MIT researchers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144504938.html

SCIENTISTS FIND EVIDENCE OF TSUNAMIS ON INDIAN OCEAN SHORES LONG BEFORE 2004, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004. Now scientists have found evidence that the event was not a first-time occurrence.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144506177.html

PHOENIX MARS MISSION FACES SURVIVAL CHALLENGES, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters, starting today.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144511029.html

MESSENGER SPACECRAFT REVEALS MORE HIDDEN TERRITORY ON MERCURY, October 29
(PHysOrg.com) -- A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost p***t. The probe also has produced several science firsts and is returning hundreds of new photos and measurements of the p***t's surface, atmosphere and magnetic field.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144511161.html

HALLOWEEN STORMS OF 2003 STILL THE SCARIEST, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- By the eerie light of a Halloween moon, while a chilly wind blows autumn-dry leaves askitter on bare and fingered branches, scary things can happen. Blood-sucking bats, creepy-crawly spiders, and a bevy of Halloween horrors give a fright on October 31. But did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallow’s Eve mark a haunting milestone? – the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful solar storms ever recorded.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144511340.html

NASA MAY BE ABLE TO SPEED UP LAUNCH OF MOONSHIP, October 29
(AP) -- NASA officials said Wednesday it might be possible to try out its new moon rocketship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144514090.html

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TURBOCHARGED NANOMOTORS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanorobots that are introduced into the body to eradicate tumor cells or clean out clogged arteries are not just science fiction; they are a realistic vision of the technological possibilities of the not-so-distant future. Efficient nanomotors will be needed to drive these nanomachines.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144479498.html

NANOPARTICLES TARGET MULTIPLE CANCER GENES, SHRINK TUMORS MORE EFFECTIVELY, October 28
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles filled with small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules targeting two genes that trigger melanoma have shown that they can inhibit the development of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer. The nanoparticles, administered in conjuction with ultrasound irradiation, exerted their effects only on malignant tissue, leaving healthy tissue alone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144437051.html

NANOSCALE DIMENSIONING IS FAST, CHEAP WITH NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUE, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity. Termed “Through-focus Scanning Optical Microscope” (TSOM) imaging, the technique has potential applications in nanomanufacturing, semiconductor process control and biotechnology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513006.html

BREAKTHROUGH MAY EASE ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Northeastern have demonstrated a way to use single-walled carbon nanotubes, at left, to ease large-scale manufacture of flat-panel displays and electronic memory devices.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144522355.html

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STUDY: ISRAELIS HAVE ABANDONED BELIEF OF PEACEFULLY INTEGRATING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST, October 29
For decades, Israelis have sought to teach Arabs and Muslims that the existence of a Jewish state was a permanent fact of life. Israelis have thought that once Arab and Muslim belief in the state's permanence could be established, then Israel could reach out to its enemies with sensible rational compromises to achieve peace and stability in the region.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495392.html

HOMOSEXUAL MEN HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PERSONAL INCOMES THAN HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, October 29
A new study in the Canadian Journal of Economics provides the first evidence on sexual orientation and economic outcomes in Canada. The study found that gay men have 12 percent lower personal incomes and lesbians have 15 percent higher personal incomes than heterosexual men and women.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144500057.html

MEXICO, US, CANADA TO PROTECT ENDANGERED PORPOISE, October 29
(AP) -- Officials from Mexico, the United States and Canada are teaming up in a plan presented Tuesday to protect the vaquita marina, a highly endangered species of porpoise in the upper Gulf of California.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144481597.html

NEW RULE PLACES LIMITS ON THOSE WHO FISH FOR TURTLES IN FLORIDA, BUT SOME SAY SOFTSHELL TURTLES IN STATE NOT IN DANGER, October 29
William Shockley and his teenage son are fishing for freshwater turtles the same way their family has done it for four generations in south-central Florida: deploying about a mile of nylon line on four sets of buoys holding 1,000 small hooks baited with bits of bacon in the clear, shallow waters of Lake Grassy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144487494.html

UNDERSTANDING THE 'WOW FACTOR', October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- What links a neuroscientist with a social anthropologist and the UK’s premier independent art charity? The answer is the visual perception of art. When, why and how are individuals moved by a piece of art in a museum or gallery?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144491758.html

ENDORSEMENT EFFECTS: ARE VOTERS INFLUENCED BY NEWSPAPER PICKS?, October 29
Newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates can influence voting decisions, according to new research by two Brown University economists. In a working paper, Brian Knight and graduate student Chun Fang Chiang demonstrate that voters are more likely to support the recommended candidate following the publication of an endorsement, but any degree of influence depends on the credibility of the paper's pick.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144500028.html

1,000 TAGS REVEAL MYSTERIES OF GIANT BLUEFIN TUNA, October 29
A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna weighing more than half a ton had the honor of being fitted with the 1000th electronic tracking tag placed on this threatened species when it was caught and released on Monday (October 20) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Port Hood, Nova Scotia.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144505707.html

THOROUGHLY MODERATE AMERICA, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- The global credit crunch and Barack Obama's neutralisation of the 'religious right' in America are likely to sweep him to an historic victory in the US elections, according to an expert at The University of Nottingham.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144511893.html

EVEN OPTIMISTS GET THE BLUES WHEN PINK-SLIPPED, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the midst of an economic crisis that's sparked massive layoffs, new research by a U of T professor shows that even optimists get the blues when facing a pink slip.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144512288.html

RESEARCHERS CHANGE FOCUS ON THREATENED SPECIES, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland-led research is suggesting new ways to protect threatened species. Professor Hugh Possingham, director of UQ's Ecology Centre, and colleagues from the French National Institute of Agriculture (INRA) and the University of Melbourne, used mathematical modelling and artificial intelligence methods to help make better decisions about managing cryptic threatened species.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513759.html

POWERED BY OLIVE STONES? TURNING WASTE STONES INTO FUEL, October 29
Olive stones can be turned into bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel. This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and sets a precedent for the recycling of waste products as fuels. Researchers from the Universities of Jaén and Granada in Spain show how this can be achieved in a study published in the latest edition of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144527862.html

GRAPES MAY AID A BUNCH OF HEART RISK FACTORS, ANIMAL STUDY FINDS, October 29
Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes calm other factors that are also related to heart diseases such as heart failure? A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests so.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144484064.html

T.REX 'FOLLOWED ITS NOSE' WHILE HUNTING, October 29
Although we know quite a bit about the lifestyle of dinosaur; where they lived, what they ate, how they walked, not much was known about their sense of smell, until now.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144483753.html

PALEONTOLOGISTS SIFT UTAH SOIL FOR PLANT FOSSILS, October 29
(AP) -- Paleontologists are sifting through the soil of an excavated lot in search of ancient plants, the only ones from the early Jurassic period found so far in western North America.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144481532.html

RESEARCHERS FIND NEW CHEMICAL KEY THAT COULD UNLOCK HUNDREDS OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495812.html

HOUSEHOLDS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ELECTRICITY USE WHEN PRICES RISE, October 29
A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly. Results show that when electricity prices increase, the average household rapidly reduces its electricity use. However, when electricity prices then decrease, household energy use returns to previous levels.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144499878.html

PREDATORY BACTERIAL SWARM USES RIPPLING MOTION TO REACH PREY, October 29
Like something from a horror movie, the swarm of bacteria ripples purposefully toward their prey, devours it and moves on. Researchers at the University of Iowa are studying this behavior in Myxococcus xanthus (M. xanthus), a bacterium commonly found in soil, which preys on other bacteria.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144500117.html

SCIENTISTS CREATE NEW ROBUST GENETIC CLOCK, October 29
UC San Diego bioengineers have created the first stable, fast and programmable genetic clock that reliably keeps time by the blinking of fluorescent proteins inside E. coli cells. The clock's blink rate changes when the temperature, energy source or other environmental conditions change, a fact that could lead to new kinds of sensors that convey information about the environment through the blinking rate.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144506053.html

RESEARCHER DISCOVER FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES BEHIND NATURE'S CONSTANT BALANCING ACT, October 29
The natural world behaves a lot like the stock market, with periods of relative stability interspersed with dramatic swings in population size and competition between individuals and species.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507575.html

PLAYING GAMES SHOWS HOW PERSONALITIES EVOLVED, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people co-operate while others are very selfish? Research by the universities of Bristol and Exeter offers a new explanation as to why such a wide range of personality traits has evolved in humans and other social species. The findings are published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508596.html

RECORDS DATING BACK TO THOREAU SHOW SOME SHARP SHIFTS IN PLANT FLOWERING NEAR WALDEN POND, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drawing on records dating back to the journals of Henry David Thoreau, scientists at Harvard University have found that different plant families near Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., have borne the effects of climate change in strikingly different ways. Some of the plant families hit hardest by global warming have included beloved species like lilies, orchids, violets, roses, and dogwoods.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144511715.html

CASINO GAMBLING: HOLD 'EM OR FOLD 'EM?, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who gamble at casinos know when to hold 'em -- or quit while they're ahead -- but have trouble deciding when to fold 'em when they're behind, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513532.html

MEMBRANE FUSION AT THE SYNAPSE: JANUS FACED SYNAPTOTAGMIN-1 HELPS TO KEEP THE FAST PACE, October 29
Imagine a bathtub with two soap bubbles colliding but never fusing. Then you add detergent, and the surface of the water goes flat as the walls of the bubbles collapse and merge.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144518882.html

RESEARCH TEAM MAPS CELL INTERACTIONS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins make up the machinery of the cell. Their interaction with each other is responsible for how the cell functions within a living organism. Intrigued by what these interactions may look like, scientists have been working to map networks of physical DNA-, RNA-, and protein-protein interactions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144522665.html

SNIFFING OUT A BETTER CHEMICAL SENSOR, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have created a new approach for “electronic noses.”
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144512744.html

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FRAMES ARE A PICTURE OF HIGH-TECH CHARM, October 29
Sharing photos is pretty easy these days, with Web sites such as Flickr and Facebook becoming a depository for our images and memories.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144486483.html

MOTOROLA TO USE ANDROID FOR SHOWCASE PHONES: WSJ, October 29
Motorola Inc. plans to use Android, Google's open-source software platform, as the operating system for its showcase mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508138.html

REVIEW: MINI CAMCORDERS CHEAP, SIMPLE, IMPERFECT, October 29
(AP) -- You may not fancy yourself the next Spielberg, but if you like to make videos and don't want to break the bank with a high-end camcorder, there are plenty of options.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144514126.html

DIGITAL PROJECTORS MAKING GRAND ENTRANCE AT MOVIES, October 29
Digital projectors should soon replace film on more than 20,000 of North America's 42,000 movie screens.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144526171.html

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SUPERCOMPUTER PROVIDES MASSIVE COMPUTATIONAL BOOST TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AT TGEN, October 29
In less time than the blink of an eye, the Translational Genomics Research Institute's new supercomputer at Arizona State University can do operations equal to every dollar in the recent Wall Street bailout.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144482689.html

BLACKBERRY PARTNERS MAKES FIRST INVESTMENTS, October 29
(AP) -- Location, location, location is the theme for the first investments made by a venture capital fund set up with money from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144481425.html

4 FORMER DELL MANAGERS CLAIM DISCRIMINATION, October 29
(AP) -- Four former human-resources managers at Dell Inc. are suing the computer company, accusing it of widespread gender and age discrimination.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519310.html

MAC'S FAN DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT, October 29
Q. Over the last month, the blower on my Intel iMac seems to run a lot more often than it has in the past. For instance, everything is fine when I go to sleep, and when I get up the fan is running nonstop. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (K.P., Raleigh, N.C.)
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144484790.html

SEND A CANNED REPLY IN GMAIL, October 29
Out-of-office messages are great when you want to send the same reply to everyone, but what if you want to send certain replies to certain messages?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144486168.html

SYSTEM MECHANIC RESTORES THAT NEW PC FEELING, October 29
What do you remember about your PC when it was new? Do you remember the excitement you felt when you brought it home and opened the box? It had that new PC smell as you peeled off its protective plastic and connected all of its components together. And then there was the moment of truth as you turned it on. You remember the Windows logo appearing and that wonderful startup sound it made. You were amazed at how fast the desktop appeared. You remember thinking your shiny new PC was fast. It was very, very fast. This truly was the computer of your dreams. Then one day you woke up.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144486350.html

2 DUTCH RESEARCHERS ANALYZE STRIKING BEHAVIOR OF WEB SURFERS, October 29
What behaviour do website visitors exhibit? Do they buy a specific product mainly on Mondays? Do they always return at a certain time of day? Being able to recognise and make use of such patterns is lucrative business for companies. Edgar de Graaf discovered that interesting patterns often contain a time aspect. Jeroen De Knijf developed methods to detect relevant patterns quicker.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144499998.html

STRONG YEN HURTS JAPANESE ELECTRONICS MAKERS, October 29
(AP) -- The strong yen crippled quarterly earnings at Sony Corp. and other Japanese electronics makers, adding to their gloomy outlook as the global economic slowdown crimps consumer demand in the ultra-competitive market for high-end gadgets.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507854.html

INTEL, ASUS LAUNCH PROJECT TO CREATE COMMUNITY-DESIGNED PCS, October 29
Consumers become product designers at WePC.com, a Web site launched today by Intel Corporation and ASUS. WePC.com is where consumers can collaborate with each other and with Intel and ASUS to design innovative new products. The plan is for the two companies to deliver to market what could be the world's first community-designed PCs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144512492.html

FCC CONCERNED AT TREND OF PAY-TV RATE HIKES, October 29
(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission expressed concern as several cable companies discussed plans to raise their rates for next year, including Cablevision Systems Corp., which on Wednesday announced an average hike for cable TV service of 3.5 percent.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144524016.html

GOOGLE LOOKING TO GO GREEN IS THE RIGHT KIND OF POWER GRAB, October 29
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has been talking a lot lately about green energy. OK, so everybody has been talking a lot lately about green energy. But for Schmidt it is especially a good thing to talk about. Sure, it will help meet Google's goal of world domination. You want to run the world? You've got to run the power grid.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144525823.html

HOW G1 MAKER SCORED TAIWAN'S BIGGEST MARKETING COUP, October 29
HTC used to be a "discreet" mobile device maker, says Chief Executive Peter Chou. Not anymore.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144526060.html

NEW WAY OF MEASURING 'REALITY' OF VIRTUAL WORLDS COULD LEAD TO BETTER BUSINESS TOOLS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team, led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Mitzi M. Montoya, has developed a new way of measuring how "real" online virtual worlds are – an important advance for the emerging technology that can be used to foster development of new training and collaboration applications by companies around the world.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144482148.html

YAHOO LETS OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS PLAY WITH ITS SOFTWARE, October 29
Yahoo has followed through on a promise to give outside developers access to its software in order to jazz-up the website with fun, hip or functional programmes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144481792.html

A HOLIDAY CARD GUIDE FOR GEEKS, October 29
Technology might have killed the art of letter writing, but it has improved another time-honored form of communication: holiday cards.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144486654.html

OPENOFFICE IS A WORTHY ALTERNATIVE, October 29
The final version of OpenOffice.org 3, the open source competitor to Microsoft Office, came out two weeks ago and looks better than ever.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144486809.html

LINKEDIN REELS IN OUTSIDE PROGRAMS FOR WEB SITE, October 29
(AP) -- Following the lead of more playful Internet hangouts, LinkedIn is trying to enliven its Web site's office-like atmosphere by offering online programs made by other companies.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507746.html

QWEST 3Q PROFIT DOWN; WILL CUT 1,200 JOBS, October 29
(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a profit for its third quarter Wednesday, but said the continued slide of its traditional phone business is forcing it to cut 1,200 jobs, 3 percent of its work force.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507788.html

NEW WEBSITES SUGGEST AGENDA, CABINET FOR NEXT US PRESIDENT, October 29
The US presidential election is still a few days away but websites are popping up where users can suggest an agenda for the next president or even help shape his cabinet.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144509833.html

'SECOND CHINA' OFFERS FOREIGN SERVICE WORKERS FIRST IMPRESSION, October 29
Diplomats or military envoys making their first trip to China may soon have a chance to visit a Chinese office building, stop in at a traditional teahouse or hop a cab — all before they board a p***.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144510236.html

OPTICAL FIREWALL AIMS TO CLEAR INTERNET SECURITY BOTTLENECKS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are developing the world’s first optical firewall capable of analysing data on fibre optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. Their work promises to save the internet from the looming threat of network security bottlenecks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144510889.html

VERMONTERS TO GET LARGEST FIXED-WIRELESS ROLLOUT, October 29
(AP) -- In many rural areas, people who want high-speed Internet access have only one option: relatively slow and expensive satellite dishes. Now parts of rural Vermont could get a new choice.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144514145.html

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND LOCKSMITHS, COMPUTER SCIENTISTS SAY, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519246.html

NOTEBOOK SALES SURPASS PCS FOR FIRST TIME IN US, October 29
Quarterly sales of notebook computers have topped those of desktop computers for the first time ever in the United States, market intelligence firm IDC reported on Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519419.html

'SECURITY-ON-A-STICK' TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND BANKS FROM THE MOST SOPHISTICATED HACKER ATTACKS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling a memory stick with an integrated display, a prototype USB device developed at IBM's Zurich Research Lab brings a new level of security to online banking for consumers. Pilot devices are ready and available to banks for trials.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519988.html

CRAFTING A BETTER FINANCIAL FUTURE, October 29
Dan Hassenplug's monthly expenses used to include around $300 for lunch and three or four books bought from Amazon.com. Now he's plugged into a new breed of social network that helps him manage his finances.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144525963.html

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ABDUCTED CHILDREN: CONVENTIONAL PHOTOS ALONE DON'T AID THE SEARCH, October 29
People's ability to recognise abducted children is impaired when they view a photo of a smiling, clean child, but come into contact with the same child whose appearance is very different because he or she is upset, crying, dishevelled or unkempt. This is the key finding of a study published today in Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144482832.html

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE HAS IMPROVED BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND REDUCED HEALTH INEQUALITIES, October 29
Pay for performance has substantially improved blood pressure monitoring and control in England, and the difference in monitoring levels between the most and least deprived areas has all but disappeared.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144483283.html

IF THE DIABETES HAS A DIRECT CARCINOGENETIC EFFECT?, October 29
The association of DM2 with solid tumors, and particularly with HCC, has been long suspected and several studies have reported increased mortality rates for neoplastic diseases in patients with DM2. However, the temporal relationship between onset of diabetes and development of HCC, and the clinical and metabolic characteristics of patients with DM2 and HCC have not been well examined.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495418.html

FIGHT BEGINS TO ERADICATE FATAL PARASITE; FIRST VACCINES DELIVERED FOLLOWING MAJOR FUNDING AWARD, October 29
A vaccine developed by University of Melbourne researchers that could eradicate a fatal form of brain disease will be delivered to Peru next week, and could soon be commercially available thanks to multi-million dollar funding.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495542.html

CANDIDATE MARKERS FOR GASTRIC CANCER, October 29
The sequencing of the human genome has opened the door for proteomics by providing a sequence-based framework for mining proteomes. As a result, there is intense interest in applying proteomics to foster a better understanding of cancer processes, develop new biomarkers for diagnosis and early detection of cancer. Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and is the most common cause of cancer-related death in China. The main barrier for improving survival rate is short of useful marker for early diagnosis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495560.html

PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK, October 29
Taking up bowling or tennis is an excellent way to stay fit. But if you're not careful, you might find that these amateur sports can have unexpected long-term health risks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144510709.html

LIKE REST OF SOCIETY, DOCTORS IMPLICITLY FAVOR WHITES OVER BLACKS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513920.html

OBESITY, OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS DELAY MS DIAGNOSIS, October 29
People with pre-existing medical conditions, such as obesity, and vascular problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, may experience a delay in being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), or experience an increase in severity of the disease at diagnosis, according to a study published in the October 29, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513954.html

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CANADIANS WHO RECEIVE KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS FARE BETTER THAN THOSE IN US, October 29
African American kidney disease patients in both Canada and the United States are less likely than Caucasian Americans to have access to kidney transplants, but only African-Americans in the United States have worse health outcomes than Caucasians after a transplant is performed, according to a study appearing in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results could further open the debate about what has driven the disparities seen only in the United States.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144518596.html

SCIENTIST CLEARS HURDLES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY THERAPY, October 29
Approximately 250,000 people in the United States have some form of muscular dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common type of the disease, predominantly affecting males. Boys with DMD will lose the ability to walk by their teens and typically die before the age of 30. For years, scientists have studied the use of gene therapy as a possible way to correct the muscle deterioration, but hurdles such as the need to treat all muscles in the body, including both skeletal muscle and heart muscle, have challenged researchers looking for an effective therapy until now.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144494576.html

STUDY IDENTIFIES PATIENT STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING SYMPTOMS OF LYMPHEDEMA, October 29
An estimated 2 million women in the United States are at risk of developing lymphedema, a condition that involves the chronic and abnormal swelling of the arm, chest, neck and/or back, as a complication of breast cancer treatment. While physicians will recommend proven techniques to manage the swelling, a University of Missouri researcher has found that patients often won't follow the recommendations, or they will use alternative treatments and not discuss them with their doctors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144505033.html

NEW STUDY INDICATES THAT EXERCISE PREVENTS FATTY LIVER DISEASE, October 29
It's easy to go to the gym on a regular basis right after a person buys the gym membership. It's also easy to skip the gym one day, then the next day and the day after that. A new University of Missouri study indicates that the negative effects of skipping exercise can occur in a short period. The researchers found that a sudden transition to a sedentary lifestyle can quickly lead to symptoms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (hepatic steatosis), which affects at least 75 percent of obese people.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507524.html

WORKPLACE OBESITY PROGRAM SHOWS MODEST EFFECTS AFTER JUST 1 YEAR, October 29
Environmental changes implemented at 12 Dow Chemical Company worksites helped employees' there achieve modest improvements in health risks, including weight management, decreasing tobacco use and blood pressure, says Emory University public health researcher Ron Goetzel, PhD.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144507656.html

NIGHT-TIME DRIVING OVER LONG PERIODS INCREASES RISK OF ACCIDENTS, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Does driving at night affect the risk of accidents? Drowsiness resulting from a lack of sleep is a recognized risk factor which causes traffic accidents. But what happens if drivers combine extended driving and sleep deprivation? A study carried out by researchers from CNRS, Inrets, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Stockholm has shown that fatigue connected to the duration of driving very significantly increases the risk of accidents at night.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508722.html

RESEARCHER UNCOVERS TREATMENT FOR E.COLI, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- It couldn't be more ironic. Just as the number of people in North Bay, Ont., made ill by a recent E.coli outbreak, topped 200, a University of Alberta professor has announced a breakthrough in development of a treatment for the life-threatening bacteria.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508855.html

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? MACHO MEN PRODUCE MACHO SONS, ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially attractive.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513326.html

RESEARCHERS FIND NEGATIVE CUES FROM APPEARANCE ALONE MATTER FOR REAL ELECTIONS, October 29
Brain-imaging studies reveal that voting decisions are more associated with the brain's response to negative aspects of a politician's appearance than to positive ones, says a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Scripps College, Princeton University, and the University of Iowa. This appears to be particularly true when voters have little or no information about a politician aside from their physical appearance.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144514045.html

RESEARCHERS FIND AGGRESSIVE PHOTOTHERAPY CAN IMPROVE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IN SOME PREEMIES, October 29
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the use of aggressive phototherapy reduces the odds that tiny premature infants will develop neurodevelopmental impairment such as cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness or physical or mental challenges. The study, titled "Aggressive Versus Conservative Phototherapy for Infants with Extremely Low Birth Weight," is published in the Oct. 30, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144518911.html

IN FIRST NATIONAL SURVEY, PATIENTS GIVE LOW SCORES TO HOSPITALS, October 29
The quality of hospitals across the U.S. is inconsistent. To address this issue, the federal government and private organizations have begun to publicly report data, such as how well hospitals treat certain conditions. But until now, there has been no data on how patients themselves feel about the care they received. A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers analyzed the first national data on patients' experiences in hospital settings and found that though patients are generally satisfied with their care, there is substantial room for improvement in a number of key areas, including pain management and discharge instructions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144518995.html

REPORT: AMERICA UNPREPARED FOR THREAT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, October 29
America is woefully unprepared for the threat of known infectious diseases - let alone emerging problems such as avian flu, health experts warned Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144526292.html

BRAIN'S 'HATE CIRCUIT' IDENTIFIED, October 29
People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a 'hate circuit', according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144482449.html

DOORKNOBS AND TV REMOTES ARE GERM HOTBEDS, October 29
(AP) -- Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave their germs there, where they can live for two days or longer.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144481646.html

FDA'S CONCLUSION THAT BISPHENOLA IS SAFE IS FLAWED, October 28
(AP) -- An independent panel of science advisers is taking issue with the FDA's assessment that a controversial chemical is safe.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144438617.html

3.4 MILLION DEATHS AVERTED THROUGH GAVI-FUNDED IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS, October 29
3.4 million deaths will be averted in the world's poorest countries through immunisation funded by the GAVI Alliance between 2000 and 2008, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144484422.html

ULTRASOUND SHOWN TO EXERT REMOTE CONTROL OF BRAIN CIRCUITS, October 29
In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientists at Arizona State University has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity. Their findings, published in the Oct. 29 issue of the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One, provide insights into how low-power ultrasound can be harnessed for the noninvasive neurostimulation of brain circuits and offers the potential for new treatments of brain disorders and disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144495604.html

A POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA, October 29
Expression of Livin in fresh esophageal cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blotting and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), VEGF by Its correlation Western blotting and RT-PCR. Livin positivity was also significantly correlated with tumor stages, increasing with tumor progression. Expression of Livin and VEGF increased with the process of esophageal carcinoma. In the fourth clinical stage, expression of Livin and VEGF was the most significant. Expression of Livin was positive correlation with VEGF. Over-expression of Livin and VEGF contributes to the pathogenesis of esophageal carcinoma.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144496061.html

GENDER AFFECTS PERCEPTIONS OF INFIDELITY, October 29
A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity. Results show that men felt sexual infidelity was more upsetting and women felt emotional infidelity was more upsetting.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144499935.html

OUR CHEATIN' BRAIN: THE BRAIN'S CLEVER WAY OF SHOWING US THE WORLD AS A WHOLE, October 29
Whether we choose to admit it or not, we all experience memory errors from time to time. Research has suggested that false memory may be a result of having too many other things to remember or perhaps if too much time has passed. However, previous studies have indicated that a specific type of false memory known as "boundary extension" occurs for different reasons. Boundary extension is a mistake that we often make when recalling a view of a scene—we will insist that the boundaries of an image stretched out farther than what we actually saw.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144505789.html

EATING RED MEAT SETS UP TARGET FOR DISEASE-CAUSING BACTERIA, October 29
Offering another reason why eating red meat could be bad for you, an international research team, including University of California, San Diego School of Medicine professor Ajit Varki, M.D., has uncovered the first example of a bacterium that causes food poisoning in humans when it targets a non-human molecule absorbed into the body through red meats such as lamb, pork and beef.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144506121.html

FRENCH TRY P*** TECHNOLOGY IN ARTIFICIAL HEART, October 29
(AP) -- In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airp***s to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508068.html

ANGRY FACES TAKE PRIORITY IN OUR BRAIN, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- In any social situation, we need to be aware of threats to our own safety from other people. That may be why our brains are better attuned to remembering the identity of angry faces over short periods of time.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144508402.html

FACING FEARS EARLY MAY REDUCE CHILDHOOD ANXIETY, October 29
Helping children face their fears may be more productive than focusing on other techniques to help them manage their anxieties, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Chicago.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144513187.html

TURNING YOUR CLOCK BACK SUNDAY MAY HELP YOUR HEART, October 29
(AP) -- Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart. Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144519397.html

METAL HAZARD FROM TABLE WINES, October 29
Potentially hazardous levels of metal ions are present in many commercially available wines. An analysis of reported levels of metals in wines from sixteen different countries, published in the open access Chemistry Central Journal, found that only those from Argentina, Brazil and Italy did not pose a potential health risk owing to metals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144524777.html

CONSCIENTIOUS PEOPLE LIVE LONGER, October 29
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conscientious people live longer, according to a study by University of California, Riverside researchers that appears in the latest issue of Health Psychology (vol. 27, 2008), the journal of the American Psychological Association.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news144512105.html

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