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New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach. http://www.physorg.com/news180844499.html Biology Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:35:24 EST news180844499 University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer. http://www.physorg.com/news180844091.html Physics Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:28:41 EST news180844091 Genomic switches can predispose an individual to one set of autoimmune disorders but protect the same person against another set of them, scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have found. http://www.physorg.com/news180787044.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:00:03 EST news180787044 (PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. http://www.physorg.com/news180810791.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:20:02 EST news180810791 Web search and advertising giant Google said Wednesday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about its proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob. http://www.physorg.com/news180808819.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:40:55 EST news180808819 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have peered far into a young planetary system, giving an unprecedented view of dust and gas that might eventually form planets similar to Jupiter, Venus, or even Earth. The researchers used the Keck Interferometer, which combines the light-gathering power of both 10-meter Keck telescopes to act as an 85-meter telescopemuch larger than any existing or planned telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news180806114.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:30:02 EST news180806114 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop more precise treatments for the dozen-plus inflammatory skin diseases that afflict people. New research details the fine genetic and immunological differences between two of the most common skin diseases, psoriasis and atopic eczema, presenting a new way to classify the disorders as well as possible novel therapeutics. http://www.physorg.com/news180805795.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:50:52 EST news180805795 Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. Forest Service report in the December 24, 2009, issue of the journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news180786023.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:40:01 EST news180786023 A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news180785735.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:20:01 EST news180785735 The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news180784894.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:40:02 EST news180784894 The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news180785193.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:02 EST news180785193 The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little effort, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists. http://www.physorg.com/news180785622.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:01 EST news180785622 A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, published their findings in the December 24 issue of the journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news180785053.html Nanotechnology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:20:08 EST news180785053 New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news180783744.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:15 EST news180783744 (PhysOrg.com) -- Honey bees undergo a sudden transition from speeding aircraft to hovering helicopter as they perform the delicate art of landing on a flower. http://www.physorg.com/news180728592.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:02 EST news180728592 Stars in globular clusters are generally extremely old, with ages of 12-13 billion years. However, a small fraction of them appear to be significantly younger than the average population and, because they seem to have been left behind by the stars that followed the normal path of stellar evolution and became red giants, have been dubbed blue stragglers. http://www.physorg.com/news180783454.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:01 EST news180783454 Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory. http://www.physorg.com/news180780161.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:08 EST news180780161 University of Iowa researchers have shown that a protein channel helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure in check. Without the protein channel, known as ASIC2, the sensors are unable to send the brain the signals it needs to properly control blood pressure. http://www.physorg.com/news180779688.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:03 EST news180779688 New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out - a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of immersion in virtual environments also attracts millions to assume new identities in online virtual worlds. http://www.physorg.com/news180789918.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:25:43 EST news180789918 It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material in the world. http://www.physorg.com/news180789864.html Nanotechnology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:24:48 EST news180789864 (AP) -- BlackBerry e-mail service in North America was restored for some users Wednesday morning following its second outage in less than a week. http://www.physorg.com/news180786104.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:21:58 EST news180786104 How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? A team of researchers headed by Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht, head of a research group at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital, observed the initial stage of the malaria parasite that is transmitted by mosquitoes with new microscope techniques. http://www.physorg.com/news180784195.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:50:25 EST news180784195 Panasonic Corp., which recently made a successful takeover bid for Sanyo Electric Co., plans to market a lithium-ion storage cell for home use around fiscal 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news180778009.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:07:15 EST news180778009 Female ducks have evolved an intriguing way to avoid becoming impregnated by undesirable but aggressive males endowed with large corkscrew-shaped penises: vaginas with clockwise spirals that thwart oppositely spiraled males. http://www.physorg.com/news180769252.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:41:17 EST news180769252 The link between obesity and cardiovascular mortality may be substantially underestimated, while some of the adverse consequences of being underweight may be overstated, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://www.physorg.com/news180767351.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:10:08 EST news180767351 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire service area. To avoid this problem, drinking water must be disinfected. After treatment and disinfection, the water is usually safe. http://www.physorg.com/news180767147.html Chemistry Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:06:57 EST news180767147 In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began. http://www.physorg.com/news180726917.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:40:01 EST news180726917 An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish. http://www.physorg.com/news180727170.html Biology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:30:01 EST news180727170 (PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique for ‘gently` adjusting pH: in other words, without damaging biomolecules. This should soon allow them to measure the activity of a single enzyme as a function of pH. http://www.physorg.com/news180726696.html Chemistry Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:20:01 EST news180726696 Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study appears in the journal PLoS One. http://www.physorg.com/news180724963.html Nanotechnology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:10:05 EST news180724963