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• Tunneling nanotubes between neurons enable the spread of Parkinson's disease via lysosomes
• Answering the call for quality colorectal cancer patient info
• Hibernating pygmy-possums can sense danger even while dormant
• Pro-nuclear countries making slower progress on climate targets
• Map helps maximize carbon-capture material
• Antarctica's past shows region's vulnerability to climate change
• Catching proteins in the act
• Sick animals limit disease transmission by isolating themselves from their peers
• 'Artificial atom' created in graphene
• Canine hereditary disorders are more widespread than previously indicated
• Full adherence to guideline-recommend therapies associated with lower rate of MACE
• World's most efficient AES crypto processing technology for IoT devices developed
• Is it your second cousin? Cotton swabs may tell you
• Urban water pumping raises arsenic risk in Southeast Asia
• Beetles pollinated orchids millions of year ago, fossil evidence shows
• Scientists challenge recommendation that men with more muscle need more protein
• New global migration mapping to help fight against infectious diseases
• Management actions to combat recessions could compromise the performance effects of empowerment
• New theory could lead to new generation of energy friendly optoelectronics
• Elongation by contraction: Pulling forces drive changes in cell shape
• Watching a lot of TV makes you more susceptible to everyday myths
• Sleep makes relearning faster and longer-lasting
• Religious actions convey pro-social intent, finds study
• Why prisons continue to grow, even when crime declines
• Lousy jobs hurt your health by the time you're in your 40s
• One approach can prevent teen obesity, eating disorders, new guidelines say
• Socioeconomic factors -- not race or ethnicity -- influence survival of younger patients with multiple myeloma
• Does owning a well foster environmental citizenship? A new study provides evidence
• Ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency among prisoners
• Great Recession's other legacy: Inconsistent work hours
• Greater academic achievement in high school increases likelihood of moving away
• Researchers investigate environmental movements and neoliberalism
• Health-care consumer advocates chose moderation, won some successes in Medicaid debate
• After the heart attack: Injectable gels could prevent future heart failure
• Simple new test could improve diagnosis of tuberculosis in developing nations
• New device could help improve taste of foods low in fat, sugar and salt
• Nanoparticles that speed blood clotting may someday save lives
• Reducing tire waste by using completely degradable, synthetic rubber
• How cars could meet future emissions standards: Focus on cold starts
• Watching thoughts -- and addiction -- form in the brain
• Meteorological impact of 2015 solar eclipse
• Young heavyweight star discovered in the Milky Way
• Color-graded pictogram label to reduce medicine-related traffic crashes found ineffective

Tunneling nanotubes between neurons enable the spread of Parkinson's disease via lysosomes Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT Scientists have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting alpha-synuclein aggregates, responsible for Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, between neurons. These proteins move from one neuron to the next in lysosomal vesicles which travel along the 'tunneling nanotubes' between cells.

Answering the call for quality colorectal cancer patient info Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT Patients depend on the Internet for health information, but when it comes to colorectal cancer, currently available resources are not meeting their needs.

Hibernating pygmy-possums can sense danger even while dormant Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT What happens to hibernating or torpid animals when a bushfire rages? Are they able to sense danger and wake up from their energy-saving sleep to move to safety? Yes, says a biologist about the reaction of pygmy-possums in such instances. The study is the first to investigate in detail the physical response of hibernating animals to smoke and fire.

Pro-nuclear countries making slower progress on climate targets Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT A strong national commitment to nuclear energy goes hand in hand with weak performance on climate change targets, researchers have found.

Map helps maximize carbon-capture material Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT A new map will help natural gas producers fine-tune porous materials to sequester carbon dioxide to both help the environment and reduce costs, according to scientists.

Antarctica's past shows region's vulnerability to climate change Posted: 22 Aug 2016 08:18 AM PDT Fresh understanding of West Antarctica has revealed how the region's ice sheet could become unstable in a warming world.

Catching proteins in the act Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:08 AM PDT Some of the fastest processes in our body run their course in proteins activated by light. The protein rhodopsin sees to it that our eyes can rapidly take in their ever-changing surroundings. Free-electron X-ray lasers now make it possible for the first time to catch such processes in flagranti. Free-electron X-ray lasers generate extremely short and intense pulses of X-ray light.

Sick animals limit disease transmission by isolating themselves from their peers Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:07 AM PDT Sick wild house mice spend time away from their social groups, leading to a decrease in their potential for disease transmission according to a new study. The results can improve models focused on predicting the spread of infectious diseases like influenza or Ebola in humans.

'Artificial atom' created in graphene Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:07 AM PDT When they are confined to a small space, the behavior of electrons can only be explained by quantum physics. Much like electrons in an atom, they are forced into discrete quantum states. These states can be used for quantum information technologies.

Canine hereditary disorders are more widespread than previously indicated Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:07 AM PDT New research brings new information about genetic disorders causing diseases in different dog breeds. The results can be utilized both in dog breeding and veterinary diagnostics.

Full adherence to guideline-recommend therapies associated with lower rate of MACE Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:07 AM PDT MINERVA results demonstrate full adherence to guideline-recommended therapies associated with lower rate of a second major cardiovascular event and cost savings.

World's most efficient AES crypto processing technology for IoT devices developed Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:06 AM PDT Our research group has discovered a new technique for compressing the computations of encryption and decryption operations known as Galois field arithmetic operations, and has succeeded in developing the world's most efficient Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptographic processing circuit, whose energy consumption is reduced by more than 50% of the current level.

Is it your second cousin? Cotton swabs may tell you Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:06 AM PDT With a new technique, a simple swab sample can accurately confirm relatedness between two individuals as distant as second cousins. With more DNA datasets at hand, the method could be utilized to identify disaster victims in mass floods and tornadoes that destroy entire communities.

Urban water pumping raises arsenic risk in Southeast Asia Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:06 AM PDT Large-scale groundwater pumping is opening doors for dangerously high levels of arsenic to enter some of Southeast Asia's aquifers, with water now seeping in through riverbeds with arsenic concentrations more than 100 times the limits of safety, according to a new study.

Beetles pollinated orchids millions of year ago, fossil evidence shows Posted: 22 Aug 2016 07:06 AM PDT When most people hear the word 'pollinator,' they think of bees and butterflies. However, certain beetles are known to pollinate plants as well, and new fossil evidence indicates that they were doing so 20 million years ago.

Scientists challenge recommendation that men with more muscle need more protein Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT Sports nutrition recommendations may undergo a significant shift after new research has found individuals with more muscle mass do not need more protein after resistance exercise.

New global migration mapping to help fight against infectious diseases Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT Geographers have completed a large scale data and mapping project to track the flow of internal human migration in low and middle income countries. Researchers have, for the first time, mapped estimated internal migration in countries across three continents; Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Management actions to combat recessions could compromise the performance effects of empowerment Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT Wage and employment freezes and other actions taken to combat recessions may compromise the positive effect that employee empowerment may have on staff morale and in turn performance.

New theory could lead to new generation of energy friendly optoelectronics Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT Researchers have created a new theoretical framework which could help physicists and device engineers design better optoelectronics, leading to less heat generation and power consumption in electronic devices which source, detect, and control light.

Elongation by contraction: Pulling forces drive changes in cell shape Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT

Watching a lot of TV makes you more susceptible to everyday myths Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:36 AM PDT People who watch a lot of television are more likely to be susceptible to everyday myths -- irrespective of their age, education or gender. This is the basic finding of a media study. In the recent study, 322 people were asked about their television viewing habits and also whether they believed that the death penalty still applies in Austria and how many people are on death row. 11.6% of those questioned erroneously believed that the death penalty still exists -- the more TV they watched, the higher the probability that they believed this.

Sleep makes relearning faster and longer-lasting Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you've forgotten, even six months later, according to new findings.

Religious actions convey pro-social intent, finds study Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT A new study suggests that people who participate in regular religious acts send a clear signal to others that they're ready and willing to contribute to their communities. A researcher spent two years in southern India collecting evidence on religious involvement and community standing. Her observations support a theory which predicts that people will pay a price in time, money, or even physical pain to demonstrate something to others.

Why prisons continue to grow, even when crime declines Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT A new study may help explain why the number of people in prison in the United States continued to rise, even as the crime rate declined significantly. A sociologist found that the US criminal justice system continues to feel the reverberations from the increase in violent crime and imprisonment that occurred from the 1960s to the early 1990s.

Lousy jobs hurt your health by the time you're in your 40s Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT Job satisfaction in your late 20s and 30s has a link to overall health in your early 40s, according to a new nationwide study.

One approach can prevent teen obesity, eating disorders, new guidelines say Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT A single approach can prevent both obesity and eating disorders in teenagers, according to new guidelines.

Socioeconomic factors -- not race or ethnicity -- influence survival of younger patients with multiple myeloma Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:34 AM PDT Advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell, have led to improved survival predominantly among young and white patients, with less of an increase in survival observed in patients of other ethnicities. A new study indicates that this gap is mostly due to socioeconomic differences between whites and ethnic minorities, not race itself.

Does owning a well foster environmental citizenship? A new study provides evidence Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:33 AM PDT Kansans who own water wells show more awareness of state water policy issues than those who rely on municipal water supplies, according to a study that could have implications for groundwater management and environmental policies.

Ramen noodles supplanting cigarettes as currency among prisoners Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:33 AM PDT Ramen noodles are supplanting the once popular cigarettes as a form of currency among state prisoners, but not in response to bans on tobacco products within prison systems, finds a new study.

Great Recession's other legacy: Inconsistent work hours Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:33 AM PDT A new study finds that an unpredictable work week is the norm for growing numbers of low-wage workers -- nearly 40 percent of whom worked variable hours for at least one four-month period after the start of the 2007-09 Great Recession.

Greater academic achievement in high school increases likelihood of moving away Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT High school students who completed higher levels of math, performed better academically, and had a greater sense of control of their future were more likely to migrate and work in labor markets with larger shares of college-educated workers, according to a new study.

Researchers investigate environmental movements and neoliberalism Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Recent dynamics of global environmentalism, ranging from indigenous people's rights to the reliance on non-governmental organizations, have been marked by a resurgence in environmental movements that more aggressively resist natural resource extraction, according to researchers.

Health-care consumer advocates chose moderation, won some successes in Medicaid debate Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Even though most consumer advocate groups were likely opposed to Medicaid reform, advocates tended to frame the problem of reform in terms of symptoms, such as accountability, transparency and troubles that providers and consumers would experience instead of a wholesale opposition to privatizing the system, study finds.

After the heart attack: Injectable gels could prevent future heart failure Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT During a heart attack, clots or narrowed arteries block blood flow, harming or killing cells in the heart. But damage doesn't end after the crushing pain subsides. Instead, the heart's walls thin out, the organ becomes enlarged, and scar tissue forms. These changes can cause heart failure. Scientists now report they have developed injectable gels to prevent this damage.

Simple new test could improve diagnosis of tuberculosis in developing nations Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT The current test used in developing nations to diagnose tuberculosis is error-prone, complicated and slow. Furthermore, patients in these resource-limited areas can't easily travel back to a clinic at a later date to get their results. Chemists have now developed a simpler, faster and more accurate test.

New device could help improve taste of foods low in fat, sugar and salt Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Scientists may be closing in on a way to let consumers savor the sweet taste of cake, cookies and other delights without the sugar rush. They have isolated several natural aromatic molecules that could be used to trick our brains into believing that desserts and other foods contain more fat, sugar or salt than they actually do.

Nanoparticles that speed blood clotting may someday save lives Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Whether severe trauma occurs on the battlefield or the highway, saving lives often comes down to stopping the bleeding as quickly as possible. Now, researchers have developed nanoparticles that congregate wherever injury occurs in the body to help it form blood clots, and they've validated these particles in test tubes and in vivo.

Reducing tire waste by using completely degradable, synthetic rubber Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Scrap tires pile up in landfills, have fed enormous toxic fires, harbor pests and get burned for fuel. Scientists trying to rid us of this scourge have developed a new way to make synthetic rubber. Once this material is discarded, it can be easily degraded back to its building blocks and reused in new tires and other products.

How cars could meet future emissions standards: Focus on cold starts Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT Car emissions is a high-stakes issue, as last year's Volkswagen scandal demonstrated. Wrongdoing aside, how are automakers going to realistically meet future, tougher emissions requirements to reduce their impact on the climate? Researchers report today that a vehicle's cold start -- at least in gasoline-powered cars -- is the best target for future design changes.

Watching thoughts -- and addiction -- form in the brain Posted: 22 Aug 2016 05:32 AM PDT In a classic experiment, Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell. Now, scientists can see what happens in the brains of live animals during this experiment with a new technique. The approach could lead to a greater understanding of how we learn and develop addictions.

Meteorological impact of 2015 solar eclipse Posted: 21 Aug 2016 07:42 PM PDT A pioneering study has revealed the meteorological impact of the 2015 UK solar eclipse across three countries.

Young heavyweight star discovered in the Milky Way Posted: 21 Aug 2016 07:05 PM PDT A young star over 30 times more massive than the sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the universe are born.

Color-graded pictogram label to reduce medicine-related traffic crashes found ineffective Posted: 21 Aug 2016 07:05 PM PDT A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving -- an approach this is currently implemented across France. The study found that the risk of being responsible for a crash associated with these medicines did not decrease long-term after the pictogram was introduced.

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