For the first time, it has been determined the exact quantity of vitamins A, E and C and minerals needed to improve the clinic situation of critical patients. This study suggests that the oxide stress increase during patients stays in the Intensive Care Unit is due to the low levels of antioxidant food consumption. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Researchers have identified two proteins responsible for mechanosensitive ion channel activities in plant roots. Scientists have long known that plant cells respond to physical forces. Until now, however, the proteins controlling the ion channel response remained a mystery. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Bolstered by supportive policies and public research dollars, the United Kingdom, Israel, China, Singapore and Australia are producing unusually large shares of human embryonic stem cell research, while states like California and New York are picking up more research funding in the US. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Scientists have long wrestled with how to aid those who suffer cartilage damage and loss. One popular way is to inject an artificial gel that can imitate cartilage's natural ability to act as the body's shock absorber. But that solution is temporary, requiring follow-up injections. Now nanotechnology engineers have shown, for the first time, how a surface of carbon nanotubes combined with electrical pulses could help regenerate cartilage naturally in the body. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Laboratory tests and field studies continue to show promise that probiotic bacteria can be used to help amphibian populations, including the endangered yellow-legged frog, fend off lethal skin diseases. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
Scientists report a dramatic success in what may be the first documented rescue of a congenital brain disorder by transplantation of human neural stem cells. The research may lead the way to new strategies for treating certain hereditary and perinatal neurological disorders. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 3:00 am
The discovery of new genetic mutations involved in inflammatory intestinal disorders could lead to a better understanding of these common conditions. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of "quasiparticles" with the one quarter the charge of an electron. While charges with odd denominators have been seen, the new, quarter-charge quasiparticle is significant because it might form the basis of a novel type of quantum computer. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
As ESA's Venus Express orbits our sister planet, new images of the cloud structure of one of the most enigmatic atmospheres of the Solar System reveal brand-new details. Venus is covered by a thick layer of clouds that extends between 45 and 70 km above the surface. These rapidly-moving clouds are mainly composed of micron-sized droplets of sulphuric acid and other aerosols (fine solid or liquid droplets suspended in a gas), the origin of which is unknown. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
A new study has shown that topical estrogen could help prevent HIV infection by blocking entry of the virus into the human penis. The study reveals that application of estrogen to the human penis increased the thickness of the natural keratin layer on the skin, which could prevent HIV from infecting the male. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Workers battle to dissolve an oil spill heading towards the coast of Argentina after two ships collide off Uruguay. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 2:39 pm
LiveScience.com - Big ideas come in small packages. In the case of Shewanella bacteria, the parcel is microscopic. But this tiny microbe could hold the keys to alternative energy production, toxic waste cleanup and, most surprising of all, how human bodies work. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Jun 2008 | 2:04 pm
SAKKARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Thursday he had identified a badly eroded pyramid south of Cairo as that of the Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Phoenix Mars lander has been instructed to scoop up and analyze its first samples from the planet's polar region to help determine if conditions were ever suitable for life, mission scientists said on Wednesday.
The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study has been delayed by a glitch on a communications satellite. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
SPACE.com - HOUSTON — Two
astronauts are set to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS)
later today to add camera eyes to the orbiting lab's newest Japanese room. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:32 am
AFP - The head of British-Russian energy company TNK-BP has been summoned by Russian authorities for questioning as part of a tax probe, the company said Thursday, amid a battle for control of the firm.
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:08 am
AP - A storm sweeping out of the Rockies and into the Plains early Thursday was forecast to bring heavy rain and strong thunderstorms to the northern half of the Plains and the Midwest.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Cosmonaut-plumber Oleg Kononenko tackled the critical job of fixing the sole toilet aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, with apparently successful results.
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has launched his own company with a deal to make a £2m BBC children's science series with another independent producer. By Leigh Holmwood Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:55 am
Cuttlefish recognise prey before they have hatched, the first known embryos to show such an ability. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:07 am
AP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.
AP - General Electric Co., the international conglomerate with a stake in everything from jet engines to network television, is investing $20 million in technology that will allow doctors to share and transmit images of microscopic human tissue. Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Jun 2008 | 4:44 am
AP - The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red planet.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.
Crew members repair a toilet on the international space station with a pump brought up by the shuttle Discovery. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 11:46 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google has struck a deal to expand its office space by 50 percent by leasing land on a former naval air base turned space research center near its Silicon Valley headquarters.
Evidence of serious flaws in the multi-billion dollar global carbon credit market is uncovered by the BBC. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 11:28 pm
Immune system is trained to tolerate pollen reducing symptoms such as sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 4 Jun 2008 | 11:04 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who spied on 100,000 people using their cell phone signals confirmed on Wednesday that most human beings are indeed creatures of habit.
LONDON (Reuters) - Speeches and a scientific meeting next month will kick off 18 months of events to celebrate the impact and lasting legacy of Charles Darwin, whose theories on evolution are still causing waves 150 years later.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Japan have identified a protein that appears to help develop a healthy heart, according to initial studies done on frogs.
An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:07 pm
More than 100,000 mobile phone users are tracked in an attempt to build a picture of human behaviours. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
AP - Both the inside and outside of the international space station's newest room were getting spruced up Thursday.
AFP - The head of British-Russian energy company TNK-BP has been summoned by Russian authorities for questioning as part of a tax probe, the company said Thursday, amid a battle for control of the firm.
AP - A storm sweeping out of the Rockies and into the Plains early Thursday was forecast to bring heavy rain and strong thunderstorms to the northern half of the Plains and the Midwest.
AP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.
AP - The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red planet.