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Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song Before Mating, Study Finds
That pesky buzz of a nearby
mosquito is the sound of love,
scientists have known for some
time. But a new study reports that
males and females flap their wings
and change their tune to create a
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Milky Way A Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show
Our home galaxy is rotating about
100,000 miles per hour faster than
previously thought, meaning its
mass is 50 percent greater. This
makes it even with the Andromeda
Galaxy, and no longer the "little
... > full story
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Astrophysicists Map Milky Way's Four Spiral Arms
A research team has developed the
first complete map of the Milky
Way galaxy's spiral arms. The map
shows two prominent, symmetric
spiral arms in the inner part of
the galaxy. The arms extend into
the outer galaxy where they branch
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Mothers Pass On Disease Clues To Offspring
When there is a threat of disease
during pregnancy, mothers produce
less aggressive sons with more
efficient immune systems,
researchers have discovered. The
new study provides the first
evidence for a transgenerational
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Jupiter-like Planets Could Form Around Twin Suns
Life on a planet ruled by two suns
might be a little complicated. Two
sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the
radiation field. Astronomers
suggest that planets may easily
form around certain types of twin
star systems. A disk of molecules
... > full story
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Volcanoes Cool The Tropics, But Global Warming May Have Helped Override Some Recent Eruptions
Climate researchers have shown
that big volcanic eruptions over
the past 450 years have
temporarily cooled weather in the
tropics but suggest that such
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Computer Game 'Tetris' May Help Reduce Flashbacks To Traumatic Events
Playing 'Tetris' after traumatic
events could reduce the flashbacks
experienced in post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD),
preliminary research by Oxford
University psychologists suggests. ... > full story
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Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust
Asteroids are hunks of rock that
orbit in the outer reaches of
space, and scientists have
generally assumed that their small
size limited the types of rock
that could form in their crusts.
But two newly discovered
... > full story
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Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects Discovered
A newly discovered family of
receptors in the fly nose fills in
a missing piece of the insect
olfactory system -- and also
suggests a new role for a class of
receptors long believed to be
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Evolution In Action: Our Antibodies Take 'Evolutionary Leaps' To Fight Microbes
With cold and flu season in full
swing, the fact that viruses and
bacteria rapidly evolve is
apparent with every sneeze,
sniffle and cough. A new report
... > full story
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- Mosquitoes Create Harmonic Love Song
- Milky Way Spins Faster, More Massive
- Milky Way's Four Spiral Arms Mapped
- Mothers Pass On Disease Clues To Offspring
- Jupiter-like Planets Form Around Twin Suns?
- Global Warming: Overrides Volcano Cooling?
- 'Tetris' May Help Reduce Traumatic Flashbacks
- Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust
- Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects
- Human Antibodies Take 'Evolutionary Leaps'
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Hormone Improves Human Ability To Recognize Faces But Not Places
January 9, 2009 — Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in the Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose of ... > full story -
The Ribosome: Perfectionist Protein-maker Trashes Errors
January 9, 2009 — The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial ... > full story -
Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment For Advanced Parkinson's Disease Patients Provides Benefits, Risks
January 9, 2009 — Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other ... > full story -
Understanding Extinct Microbes May Influence The State Of Modern Human Health
January 9, 2009 — The study of ancient microbes may not seem consequential, but such pioneering research has implications for the state of modern human health. New results raise questions about the microbes living on ... > full story -
Surprisingly High Tolerance For Racism Revealed
January 9, 2009 — One reason racism persists is that many people imagine they would respond strongly to a racist act but actually respond with indifference, a new study shows. The study, being published just days ... > full story
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Young Blood Fights Cancer
January 9, 2009 — 'New blood' can revitalize a company or a sports team. New research now finds that young blood does a body good as well, especially when it comes to fighting ... > full story -
Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests
January 9, 2009 — A pre-clinical study found a new nasal spray vaccine to provide complete protection against a major botulism toxin, according to a new ... > full story -
Angina: New Drug Gets Right To The Heart Of The Problem
January 9, 2009 — A compound designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients has shown promising results in animal studies, say scientists. Researchers have shown that the novel compound F15845 has anti-angina ... > full story -
Particulate Emission From Natural Gas Burning Home Appliances
January 9, 2009 — Natural gas, believed to be among the cleanest forms of fuel, does emit ultrafine airborne particulate matter when burned in home appliances such as stove tops and water ... > full story -
Metabolic Syndrome A Risk For Veterans With PTSD
January 9, 2009 — Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a new ... > full story
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Structure Of Key Breast Cancer Target Enzyme Unraveled
January 9, 2009 — Most people know that breast cancer is the most common cancer among women affecting about 1 in 8 women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. ... > full story -
Big, Old Mice Spread Deadly Hantavirus
January 9, 2009 — Researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely to spread ... > full story -
Physical Activity May Not Be Key To Obesity Epidemic
January 9, 2009 — A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of ... > full story -
Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100
January 9, 2009 — New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's ... > full story -
Child Development
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Social PsychologySmoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children
January 9, 2009 — Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have ... > full story
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Structure Mediating Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified
January 9, 2009 — Scientists have identified the structure of a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires' disease. The research sheds light on how ... > full story -
Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars
January 9, 2009 — Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble ... > full story -
Nicotine Gum Effective For Gradual Smoking Reduction And Cessation
January 9, 2009 — Nicotine gum has been in use for over 20 years to help smokers quit abruptly yet close to two-thirds of smokers report that they would prefer to quit gradually. Researchers have now found that ... > full story -
Floods To Become Commonplace By 2080
January 9, 2009 — Storms across the UK are set to increase in intensity by up to 30 percent in the next 75 years, new research shows. Scientists predict that severe storms – the likes of which currently occur ... > full story -
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Disorders and SyndromesMacbeth's Curse: Link Between Sleeplessness And Paranoia Identified
January 9, 2009 — A link between sleeplessness and paranoid thinking, a theme highlighted in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been identified. Researchers show that a potential consequence of insomnia is increased ... > full story
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Breast Cancer Gene Linked To Disease Spread Discovered
January 9, 2009 — Researchers have identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and ... > full story -
Extreme Weather Boosts Antioxidant Levels In Soybean Seeds
January 9, 2009 — Scientists have found that weather and climate play key roles in levels of a family of antioxidants tucked inside soybean ... > full story -
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Multiple Sclerosis ResearchNew Insight Into Effectiveness Of Procedure To Stop Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
January 9, 2009 — Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause. A new, less invasive procedure ... > full story -
Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859
January 9, 2009 — A solution to the puzzle which has come to be known as ‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ has been uncovered. Darwin puzzled, ‘To the question of why we do not find rich fossiliferous ... > full story -
Seven Personality Types Who Are Most Likely To Help Sick-listed Employees Back To Work
January 9, 2009 — Scientists have studied which leadership qualities could help employees return from sick leave early. Being considerate, understanding and able to maintain contact with the sick-listed are the most ... > full story
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Scientists Can Now Differentiate Between Healthy Cells And Cancer Cells
January 9, 2009 — One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study has provided ... > full story -
Aquaculture's Growth Seen As Continuing
January 9, 2009 — An assessment concludes that despite well-publicized concerns about some harmful effects of aquaculture, the technique may, when practiced well, be no more harmful to biodiversity than other food ... > full story -
'Relocation' Plan Of Metastatic Cancer Cells Uncovered
January 9, 2009 — Few things are as tiresome as house hunting and moving. Unfortunately, metastatic cancer cells have the relocation process down pat. Tripping nimbly from one abode to another, these migrating cancer ... > full story -
Deaths From Lung Cancer Could Be Reduced By Better Policies To Control Indoor Radon, Experts Urge
January 9, 2009 — About 1,100 people each year die in the UK from lung cancer related to indoor radon, but current government protection policies focus mainly on the small number of homes with high radon levels and ... > full story -
Packing A Lunch For Preschoolers May Not Be A Good Idea
January 9, 2009 — Approximately 13 million children in the United States eat three or more meals and snacks each day at one of the country’s 117,000 regulated child-care centers. Due to increasing cost of food ... > full story
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Nerve Cells In The Brain And Spinal Cord Sense Pain Caused By Physical Insult
January 9, 2009 — Researchers have shown that the protein COX2 in mouse nerve cells in the central nervous system (CNS) is crucial for hypersensitivity to pain caused by the physical insult associated with ... > full story -
Novel Glioblastoma Mouse Model Developed
January 9, 2009 — Researchers have developed a versatile mouse model of glioblastoma -- the most common and deadly brain cancer in humans -- that closely resembles the development and progression of human brain tumors ... > full story -
Inflammatory Factors And Diabetic Macular Edema
January 9, 2009 — With a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting that diabetic retinopathy will triple from 5.5 million in 2005 to 16 million in 2050, improved treatments are urgently ... > full story -
Models Simulate Nitrate Dynamics In A Watershed
January 9, 2009 — A new study details the first European application of two models that simulate the daily flow and dynamics of nitrogen in a watershed, which will help researchers prevent the over-enrichment of ... > full story -
Caution Urged When Giving Kids Cold And Flu Medications
January 9, 2009 — It's cold and flu season, which means misery for kids and the parents trying to help them. But doctors are asking parents to resist the urge to give children under the age of 6 over-the-counter cough ... > full story
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Low-carb Diets Prove Better At Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
January 8, 2009 — In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, ... > full story -
Star Light, Star Bright, Its Explanation Is Out Of Sight
January 8, 2009 — A mysterious flash of light from somewhere near or far in the universe is still keeping astronomers in the dark long after it was first detected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2006. It might ... > full story -
'On Switch' For Cell Death Signaling Mechanism Discovered
January 8, 2009 — Scientists have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex, which is responsible for triggering apoptosis, or programmed ... > full story -
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ElectricityTilting At Wind Farms
January 8, 2009 — A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation, according to new ... > full story -
Test Will Catch Sports Cheats On New Endurance Drugs
January 8, 2009 — Avoiding detection just got harder for drug cheats who try to use a particular range of untested, but potentially enhancing, compounds. In the past, tests have been developed once a drug is known to ... > full story
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Young Blood Fights Cancer
'New blood' can revitalize a company or a sports team. New research now finds that young blood does a body good as well, especially when it comes to fighting ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Metabolic Syndrome A Risk For Veterans With PTSD
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a new ... > full story
- Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children
- Macbeth's Curse: Link Between Sleeplessness And Paranoia Identified
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- Obesity Starts In The Head? Six Newly Discovered Genes For Obesity Have A Neural Effect
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Physical Activity May Not Be Key To Obesity Epidemic
A recent international study fails to support the common belief that the number of calories burned in physical activity is a key factor in rising rates of ... > full story
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Plants & Animals
Nose-spray Vaccine Against Botulism Effective In First Tests
A pre-clinical study found a new nasal spray vaccine to provide complete protection against a major botulism toxin, according to a new ... > full story
Earth & Climate
Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100
New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's ... > full story
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Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859
A solution to the puzzle which has come to be known as ‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ has been uncovered. Darwin puzzled, ‘To the question of why we do not find rich fossiliferous ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars
Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Particulate Emission From Natural Gas Burning Home Appliances
Natural gas, believed to be among the cleanest forms of fuel, does emit ultrafine airborne particulate matter when burned in home appliances such as stove tops and water ... > full story
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Wii Fit A Promising Tool For All Ages, Though Game's Health Measurements Are Flawed
Games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ... > full story
