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• Newly discovered material property may lead to high temp superconductivity
• Brain activity, response to food cues differ in severely obese women, study shows
• Genes find their partners without matchmakers
• Why do consumers participate in 'green' programs?
• Maternal intake of past-its-prime fish oil linked to newborn death, rat study finds
• U. S. land capacity for feeding people could expand with dietary changes
• Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana
• A new key to understanding molecular evolution in space
• Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, biologists report
• Lack of sleep increases a child's risk for emotional disorders later
• Physicists discover a new approach for building quantum computers
• Researchers identify way to predict, prevent damage in donated kidneys
• New remote-controlled microrobots for medical operations
• Pathogenic bacteria hitchhiking on tiny plastic particles to North and Baltic Seas?
• A 'smart dress' for oil-degrading bacteria
• Students expand perspective of birds
• When it comes to empathy, don't always trust your gut
• Third of pregnant women iron deficient, risk thyroid-related pregnancy complications
• Blood disorders cost €23 billion to European economy
• Gastrointestinal disorders involve both brain-to-gut and gut-to-brain pathways
• A hydrophobic membrane with nanopores for highly efficient energy storage
• Can't see the wood for the climbers: Vines threatening tropical forests
• Most surgical meniscus repairs are unnecessary
• Mapping electromagnetic waveforms
• Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma
• Blood of King Albert I identified after 80 years
• Forms of HIV can cross from chimps to humans, study confirms
• Hey robot, shimmy like a centipede
• Designer protein gives new hope to scientists studying Alzheimer's disease
• Significant pain increases the risk of opioid addiction by 41 percent
• Shaken baby syndrome accepted as diagnosis by majority of physicians
• Novel compounds arrested epilepsy development in mice
• Smokers quitting tobacco also drink less alcohol
• New review concludes that evidence for alcohol causing cancer is strong
• Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road
• Ecologists create a framework for predicting new infectious diseases
• Rare wood bison calves born through IVF
• A more powerful way to develop therapeutics?
• Predatory prawns eliminate a major parasite more effectively than drugs alone
• Researchers reveal cost-effective path to drought resiliency
• Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites
• Neural networks: Why larger brains are more susceptible to mental illnesses

Newly discovered material property may lead to high temp superconductivity Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:22 PM PDT Researchers have discovered an unusual property of purple bronze that may point to new ways to achieve high temperature superconductivity.

Brain activity, response to food cues differ in severely obese women, study shows Posted: 22 Jul 2016 09:32 AM PDT The brain's reward centers in severely obese women continue to respond to food cues even after they've eaten and are no longer hungry, in contrast to their lean counterparts, according to a recent study.

Genes find their partners without matchmakers Posted: 22 Jul 2016 08:23 AM PDT A new study provides more evidence that identical sections of DNA can match up with each other without the help of other molecules.

Why do consumers participate in 'green' programs? Posted: 22 Jul 2016 08:22 AM PDT From recycling to reusing hotel towels, consumers who participate in a company's 'green' program are more satisfied with its service, finds a new study.

Maternal intake of past-its-prime fish oil linked to newborn death, rat study finds Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:45 AM PDT Nearly 30 percent of newborn pups born to pregnant rats fed highly-oxidized ("off") fish oil died within two days after birth, finds a new study.

U. S. land capacity for feeding people could expand with dietary changes Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:45 AM PDT A new "food-print" model that measures the per-person land requirements of different diets suggests that, with dietary changes, the U.S. could feed significantly more people from existing agricultural land.

Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:43 AM PDT A team of leading scientists and community experts with decades of experience released key recommendations to maintain and build land in coastal Louisiana. Their recommendations focus on operating Mississippi River sediment diversions and consider the needs of communities, wildlife and fisheries.

A new key to understanding molecular evolution in space Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:43 AM PDT Scientists have revealed temperature-dependent energy conversion of molecular hydrogen on ice surfaces, suggesting the need for a reconsideration of molecular evolution theory.

Three-drug combinations could help counter antibiotic resistance, biologists report Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT Bacteria resistance to antibiotics can be offset by combining three antibiotics that interact well together, even when none of the individual three, nor pairs among them, might be very effective in fighting harmful bacteria, life scientists report. This is an important advance because approximately 700,000 people each year die from drug-resistant infections.

Lack of sleep increases a child's risk for emotional disorders later Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT Children who experience inadequate or disrupted sleep are more likely to develop depression and anxiety disorders later in life according to recent research. The study seeks to determine the precise ways inadequate sleep in childhood produces elevated risk for emotional disorders in later years.

Physicists discover a new approach for building quantum computers Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT The main reason why quantum computers are so hard to manufacture is that now scientists still haven't find a simple way to control complex systems of qubits. This research discovers a different approach:Instead of uniting multiple two-state systems into one, authors use one system with multiple states. This approach proves to be more effiective, since it is easier to make a stable multi-level system, than to maintain stability in a complex system.

Researchers identify way to predict, prevent damage in donated kidneys Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT A panel of genes has been identified that can help predict whether a transplanted kidney will later develop fibrosis, an injury which can cause the organ to fail.

New remote-controlled microrobots for medical operations Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT Scientists have developed a new method for building microrobots that could be used in the body to deliver drugs and perform other medical operations.

Pathogenic bacteria hitchhiking on tiny plastic particles to North and Baltic Seas? Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT With increasing water temperatures comes an increasing likelihood of potentially pathogenic bacteria appearing in the North and Baltic Seas. Scientists have now demonstrated that a group of such bacteria known as vibrios can survive on microplastic particles.

A 'smart dress' for oil-degrading bacteria Posted: 22 Jul 2016 07:41 AM PDT The modified polyelectrolyte-magnetite nanocoating was applied to functionalize the cell walls of oil decomposing bacteria Alcanivorax borkumensis.

Students expand perspective of birds Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:37 AM PDT Northern Michigan University students who participated in a recent field ornithology class recorded interactions with more than 175 bird species in various habitats. They saw raptors pepper the sky over Brockway Mountain during the spring migration, owls being banded by researchers at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory and barn swallows nesting beneath the bridge where the AuTrain River spills into Lake Superior. Some were surprised to spot American white pelicans this far north.

When it comes to empathy, don't always trust your gut Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:36 AM PDT Is empathy the result of gut intuition or careful reasoning? Research suggests that, contrary to popular belief, the latter may be more the case.

Third of pregnant women iron deficient, risk thyroid-related pregnancy complications Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:35 AM PDT A third of pregnant women have iron deficiency, putting them at increased risk of having a thyroid disorder and suffering complications such as miscarriages and preterm births, a new study suggests.

Blood disorders cost €23 billion to European economy Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:35 AM PDT Healthcare costs per patient with blood cancers are two times higher than average cancer costs, due to long hospital stays and complex treatment and diagnosis, a new report outlines.

Gastrointestinal disorders involve both brain-to-gut and gut-to-brain pathways Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT New research indicates that in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or indigestion, there is a distinct brain-to-gut pathway, where psychological symptoms begin first, and separately a distinct gut-to-brain pathway, where gut symptoms start first. In the study, higher levels of anxiety and depression were significant predictors of developing IBS or indigestion within 1 year.

A hydrophobic membrane with nanopores for highly efficient energy storage Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT Storing fluctuating and delivering stable electric power supply are central issues when using energy from solar plants or wind power stations. Here, efficient and flexible energy storage systems need to accommodate for fluctuations in energy gain. Scientists have now significantly improved a key component for the development of new energy storage systems.

Can't see the wood for the climbers: Vines threatening tropical forests Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT Woody climbing vines, known as lianas, are preventing tropical forests from recovering and are hampering the ability of forests to store carbon, scientists are warning. Instead of taking decades to recover, tropical forests are at risk of taking hundreds of years to re-grow because of lianas, which spread rapidly following extensive tree-felling.

Most surgical meniscus repairs are unnecessary Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT Three out of four people could avoid knee surgery with a new form of exercise therapy, with significant cost savings for society, say researchers in a new report.

Mapping electromagnetic waveforms Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT Physicists have developed a novel electron microscope that can visualize electromagnetic fields oscillating at frequencies of billions of cycles per second.

Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:32 AM PDT Scientists have successfully measured the eye pressure of sleeping patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome for the first time, finding an unexpected correlation with glaucoma.

Blood of King Albert I identified after 80 years Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT The death of King Albert I of Belgium in 1934 -- officially a climbing accident -- still fuels speculation. Forensic geneticists have now compared DNA from blood found on the scene in 1934 to that of two distant relatives. Their analysis confirms that the blood really is that of Albert I. This conclusion is at odds with several conspiracy theories about the king's death.

Forms of HIV can cross from chimps to humans, study confirms Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT The first in vivo evidence that strains of chimpanzee-carried simian immunodeficiency viruses can infect human cells has been reported by a team of scientists.

Hey robot, shimmy like a centipede Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT Researchers have used computer simulations and robotics to uncover a surprising insight into the mechanics of locomotion, namely that taming instability -- a factor that might be a disadvantage -- is a key to the centipede's success.

Designer protein gives new hope to scientists studying Alzheimer's disease Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT Researchers have designed a new protein which strongly resembles Abeta. In people with Alzheimer's, Amyloid-beta (Abeta) proteins stick together to make amyloid fibrils which form clumps between neurons in the brain. It's believed the build-up of these clumps causes brain cells to die, leading to the cognitive decline in patients suffering from the disease.

Significant pain increases the risk of opioid addiction by 41 percent Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT What do we really know about the relationship between the experience of pain and risk of developing opioid use disorder? Results from a recent study -- the first to directly address this question -- show that people with moderate or more severe pain had a 41 percent higher risk of developing prescription opioid use disorders than those without, independent of other demographic and clinical factors.

Shaken baby syndrome accepted as diagnosis by majority of physicians Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT Survey data reveals a high degree of medical consensus that shaking a young child is capable of producing subdural hematoma (a life-threatening pooling of blood outside the brain), severe retinal hemorrhage, coma or death, according to a study.

Novel compounds arrested epilepsy development in mice Posted: 22 Jul 2016 06:29 AM PDT Neuroprotective compounds have been developed by scientists that may prevent the development of epilepsy. The researchers explained that the compounds prevented seizures and their damaging effects on dendritic spines, specialized structures that allow brain cells to communicate. In epilepsy, these structures are damaged and rewire incorrectly, creating brain circuits that are hyper-connected and prone to seizures, an important example of pathological plasticity.

Smokers quitting tobacco also drink less alcohol Posted: 21 Jul 2016 06:09 PM PDT People who have recently begun an attempt to quit smoking tobacco are more likely to try to drink less alcohol than other smokers, according to research.

New review concludes that evidence for alcohol causing cancer is strong Posted: 21 Jul 2016 04:40 PM PDT A new review of epidemiological evidence supports a causal association between alcohol consumption and cancers at seven sites in the body: oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon, rectum and female breast.

Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road Posted: 21 Jul 2016 04:40 PM PDT Intestinal parasites as well as goods were carried by travelers on the iconic route, say researchers examining an ancient latrine.

Ecologists create a framework for predicting new infectious diseases Posted: 21 Jul 2016 03:05 PM PDT Ecologists are leading a global effort to predict where new infectious diseases are likely to emerge. In a new paper, they describe how macroecology—the study of ecological patterns and processes across broad scales of time and space—can provide insights about disease.

Rare wood bison calves born through IVF Posted: 21 Jul 2016 03:04 PM PDT Veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have successfully produced three wood bison calves using in vitro fertilization.

A more powerful way to develop therapeutics? Posted: 21 Jul 2016 03:03 PM PDT Scientists have developed a new method for identifying the raw ingredients necessary to build 'biologics,' a powerful class of medications that has revolutionized treatment of diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and some cancers.

Predatory prawns eliminate a major parasite more effectively than drugs alone Posted: 21 Jul 2016 12:14 PM PDT A new study upends the status quo to combatting schistosomiasis, which affects 250 million people worldwide. The team suggests that the spread of the parasitic disease is curbed more effectively with ecological intervention than drug treatment alone.

Researchers reveal cost-effective path to drought resiliency Posted: 21 Jul 2016 12:12 PM PDT California needs to better prepare for droughts. A new study highlights the costs, benefits and obstacles of a possible solution -- managed aquifer recharge.

Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites Posted: 21 Jul 2016 12:12 PM PDT Researchers have found a way to efficiently create composite materials containing hundreds of layers that are just atoms thick but span the full width of the material. The discovery could lead to easy-to-manufacture composites for optical devices, electronic systems, and high-tech materials.

Neural networks: Why larger brains are more susceptible to mental illnesses Posted: 21 Jul 2016 12:12 PM PDT In humans and other mammals, the cerebral cortex is responsible for sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. A new study shows that the global architecture of the cortical networks in large-brained primates and small-brained rodents is organized by common principles. However, primate brains have weaker long-distance connections, which could explain why large brains are more susceptible to mental illnesses including schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.

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