Scientists Learn How Food Affects The Brain: Omega 3 Especially Important

In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain, and ward off mental disorders. Changes in diet are a viable strategy for enhancing cognitive abilities, protecting the brain from damage, and counteracting the effects of aging, according to a professor of neurosurgery and physiological science, who has spent years studying the effects of food and exercise on the brain.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Verbally Aggressive Mothers Direct Their Children's Behavior

Verbally aggressive mothers tend to control their children's choice of activities as well as use physical negative touch, along with directives, when trying to alter their child's actions.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Ground Cover Can Reduce Impact Of Biomass Harvest

Iowa State University researchers are looking at ways to use ground cover, a living grass planted between the rows of corn, in production farming.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

From Foe To Friend: Researchers Use Salmonella As A Way To Administer Vaccines In The Body

Researchers have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antigen in the body. The researchers report that they have been able to use live salmonella bacterium as the containment/delivery method for an antigen.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Scientists Identify Genetic Basis For The Black Sheep Of The Family

Coat color of wild and domestic animals is a critical trait that has significant biological and economic impact. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have identified the genetic basis for black coat color, and white, in a breed of domestic sheep.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Structure Of Critical Protein From Ebola Virus Determined

Scientists have determined the structure of a critical protein from the ebola virus, which, though rare, is one of the deadliest viruses on the planet killing between 50 and 90 percent of those infected.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 12 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Could Pond Scum Undo Pollution, Fight Global Warming And Alleviate World Hunger?

Three plant biologists at Rutgers' Waksman Institute of Microbiology are obsessed with duckweed, a tiny aquatic plant with an unassuming name. Now they have convinced the federal government to focus its attention on duckweed's tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding the world. The Department of Energy's national laboratories will sequence the duckweed genome.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Flu-infected Fly Cells Reveal Dependencies Of The Virus

By giving fly cells the flu, scientists have identified scores of host genes the pathogen requires for successful infection, revealing a raft of potential new pressure points to thwart the virus.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

New Tinnitus Treatment: Potential To Greatly Diminish Ringing In The Ears

A new study has shown potential to markedly improve tinnitus, commonly known as "ringing in the ears." Results of the initial case were published in The Laryngoscope in which a single patient was tested to examine the safety and feasibility of using maintenance sessions of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to reduce tinnitus loudness and prevent its return over time.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Brain Cells Related To Fear Identified, Paving The Way For More Effective Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress And Other Anxiety Disorders

Potentially paving the way for more effective treatments of anxiety disorders, a recent Nature report has identified a critical component of the amygdala's neural network normally involved in the extinction, or elimination, of fear memories.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

Chemist 'Really Jazzed' About Creating New Molecules

Every time you spray an odor-remover like Febreze on a stinky carpet, you unleash good-smelling chemicals that are carried in neat little protective molecules called molecular containers.
Source: Livescience.com | 11 Jul 2008 | 1:49 pm

Toyota to build fuel-sipping Prius hybrid in US (AFP)

A Toyota employee displays the prototype model of the plug-in hybrid vehicle AFP - Japanese auto giant Toyota said Thursday that it plans to start assembling its fuel-sipping Prius hybrid car in the United States with production slated to begin in late 2010.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 1:43 pm

Cosmonauts recover explosive bolt

Russian cosmonauts complete a spacewalk to remove an explosive bolt from a Soyuz capsule attached to the International Space Station.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jul 2008 | 1:11 pm

Distant Galaxy Booming With Baby Stars

A distant galaxy is found pumping out baby stars at a surprising rate.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 11 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

The Nation's Weather (AP)

A trough will move over the Midwest, triggering a line of potentially severe thunderstorms Friday July 11, 2008. The Southeast can also expect to see stormy weather due to a lingering front, while temperatures in the West, although still very warm, will cool down some. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Thunderstorms packing heavy rain, gusty winds, hail and possibly tornadoes were forecast across the Great Plains on Friday, while the Southeast and parts of the Southwest were also likely to see stormy weather.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 12:36 pm

Astronauts handle explosives on daring spacewalk (AP)

In this image from NASA TV International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov is seen during a space walk on the International Space Station, Thursday, July 10, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - In a daring spacewalk, two space station astronauts cut into the insulation of their descent capsule Thursday and removed an explosive bolt that could have blown off their hands with firecracker force.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 11:28 am

Apples beat pears on crunch issue

Just why pears are prone to rot faster than apples after they are picked can now be explained by scientists.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jul 2008 | 11:06 am

Solar dyes give a guiding light

A new solar technology could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of scientists show.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 11 Jul 2008 | 10:07 am

Cosmonauts retrieve explosive bolt during spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two spacewalking cosmonauts delicately removed an explosive bolt from their Soyuz capsule on Thursday in hopes engineers can figure out why two previous crews landed hard and off course.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 9:24 am

Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient? (AP)

In this Saturday April 21, 2007 file photo, the original bronze 'Lupa Capitolina' (she-wolf) symbol of Rome, with the eternal city's founders Romolo and Remo suckling from her teats, is inaugurated at an exhibition by then Mayor Walter Veltroni to celebrate the birthday of the city. For centuries, the she-wolf has been one of ancient and modern Rome's most powerful symbols. Now some experts are contending that the bronze statue of the she-wolf in a city museum atop the Capitoline Hill might not be so old after all. These experts theorize that the statue dates from the Middle Ages, and not Etruscan times, as long has been held. 'It's decisively medieval,' said Anna Maria Carruba, a researcher who studied the statue when she worked on its restoration a decade ago. 'As I went ahead with my research, I was ever more sure,' Carruba said in a telephone interview on Wednesday July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glories.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 7:58 am

Siberian mammoths on display in Taiwan (AP)

The frozen remains of two woolly mammoths, long extinct elephants in the Ice Age uncovered from the Siberian permafrost, are seen on display in a refrigerated viewing box, at the Taiwan National Democracy Memorial Hall, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The frozen remains of two woolly mammoths — long extinct Ice Age elephants — went on display Friday in Taiwan.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 6:07 am

Empathy comes naturally to children: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When children see others in pain, their brains respond as if it were happening to them, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 4:34 am

Spot the Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - If you're out watching the twilight sky in the time frame from 45 to 90 minutes before sunrise, or 45 to 90 minutes after sunset, you'll might see a few "moving stars." They are most likely artificial satellites.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 11 Jul 2008 | 4:15 am

Hurricane Bertha sends heavy surf to Bermuda

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a Category 1 storm on Thursday as it churned its way toward the British colony of Bermuda, U.S. hurricane forecasters said.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:58 pm

Fall in tiny animals a 'disaster'

Experts on invertebrates fear the worst for food chains after figures show a decline in zooplankton.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:45 pm

Chile Llaima volcano simmers

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's National Emergency Office (Onemi) said on Thursday it extended a red alert to additional locales near the Llaima volcano, even though the intensity of the volcanic activity had decreased.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:28 pm

Muscle stem cell advance hailed

Animal research raises the possibility that adult stem cell transplants may treat muscular dystrophy.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:24 pm

Jon Mapel discusses the development of solar windows

Researchers at MIT have developed 'solar concentrators' which turn windows into electricity generators
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm

Health ministers stunned by embryo bill delay

'Flagship' government bill allowing research using animal-human hybrid embryos is withdrawn
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm

The blackbird which imitates ambulance sirens

The talented bird in Weston-super-Mare can mimick sirens, mobile phones and even car alarms
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm

Obituary: David Caminer

Obituary: Computer pioneer who invented systems engineering and revolutionised J Lyons
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 11:14 pm

NASA telescopes spot star "factory"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telescopes looking back in time to more than 12 billion years ago have spotted a star factory -- a galaxy producing so many new stars that they have nicknamed it the "baby boom" galaxy.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 9:14 pm

Date set for Mars sample mission

Space officials set a date of 2018 for launching an unmanned mission to return samples of Martian soil to Earth.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 7:33 pm

DNA In JonBenet Case Left Behind In Skin Cells

Crime scene DNA is typically recovered from blood or semen stains, but the DNA that exonerated members of JonBenet Ramsey's family came from invisible skin cells.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 7:19 pm

A new species of ghostly carnivorous slug turns up in south Wales

A new species of carnivorous slug named the ghost slug because of its all-white appearance is discovered in south Wales.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 7:05 pm

Phoenix diary

How will funding woes affect future missions to Mars?
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 7:03 pm

Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women

But rates of the cancer in young men haven't changed, study says
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:42 pm

Third of Coral Reefs Threatened

One-third of the world's coral reefs are threatened with extinction.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:41 pm

Antarctic Ice Shelf All But Lost (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A vast shelf of ice in Antarctica is hanging on to the continent by a thread and is not expected to survive, scientists announced today.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:40 pm

'Alarming' plight of coral reefs

A third of the world's reef-building coral species are facing extinction, the first global assessment shows.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:39 pm

Coral reefs under threat

Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth, providing a home for more than a quarter of all marine species. But climate change, human exploitation and natural predators are all contributing to their decline
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:06 pm

Antarctic Ice Shelf All But Lost

A vast shelf of ice in Antarctica is hanging on to the continent by a thread and not expected to survive, scientists announced today.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:04 pm

More Efficient Solar Energy Collectors Attach to Windows

New solar concentrator more efficient, created with dyes.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:01 pm

One third of reef-building corals face extinction, study shows

Climate change and human exploitation could wipe out 231 of the 704 species of coral which build reefs, triggering the collapse of entire ecosystems, scientists warn in a comprehensive new study
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Dyes turn windows into powerful solar panels

Transparent dyes that turn windows into powerful solar panels mark a breakthrough, researchers say
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Implant Designed to Shrink Waistline

A device implanted just under the skin uses electrical signals to reduce appetite.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 10 Jul 2008 | 5:41 pm

Papier mache pandas invade Paris (AFP)

Giant Panda Tai Shan is pictured at the National Zoo July 9, 2008 in Washington, DC. Paris city hall was swamped by 1,600 papier mache pandas on Thursday, part of a WWF campaign to highlight the urgent need to protect the vanishing species.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Paris city hall was swamped by 1,600 papier mache pandas on Thursday, part of a WWF campaign to highlight the urgent need to protect the vanishing species.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 5:08 pm

China to urgently boost GM crop development (AFP)

A farmer tends her crop of vegetables growing amid fields of wheat in Dujiangyan in late May in southwest China's Sichuan province. China has said it must urgently step up the development of genetically modified crops as it faces mounting challenges to feed its 1.3 billion people due to shrinking arable land and climate change(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has said it must urgently step up the development of genetically modified crops as it faces mounting challenges to feed its 1.3 billion people due to shrinking arable land and climate change.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 10 Jul 2008 | 4:19 pm

Kate Sheppard: White House censored scientific reports on climate change

Kate Sheppard: New evidence shows the extent to which the White House censored scientific reports on the dangers of global warming
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm

Bug-Eyed Flatfish Evolution Revealed

Two flatfish fossils found in museum drawers help answer an evolutionary puzzle.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 10 Jul 2008 | 3:13 pm

Embryo research debate delayed

The government today risked accusations of running scared of the Glasgow East byelection after it called off a controversial vote on embryology research
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 2:50 pm

Calif. Pol Says Gas Prizes Could Help Fuel Lottery

A California state senator hopes to pump up the lottery's coffers by expanding prize offerings to include free gas.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 2:49 pm

Fashion Bug: Teens Turn Dead Cicadas Into Jewelry

Two 17-year-old jewelry makers from Cape Cod, Massachusetts are hoping swarms of customers will want their latest creations: earrings and necklaces made from dead bugs.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 2:42 pm

At Antarctic Peninsula, Fast Change

Dramatic shifts in the food web are happening on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 10 Jul 2008 | 2:29 pm

Music that brings a tear to the eye

Stephen Moss has his doubts about the thrust of a new piece of psychological research into piano sonatas
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 10 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm

Birds Struggle to Tweet Over Traffic Din

Birds are shifting the frequencies of their songs to compete with urban noise.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 10 Jul 2008 | 1:22 pm

Realities of One-Night Stands Revealed

Women seek one-night stands even though they feel crappy the morning after.
Source: Livescience.com | 10 Jul 2008 | 12:27 pm