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Tumor-inhibiting Protein Could Be Effective In Treating LeukemiaAngiocidin, a tumor-inhibiting novel protein, may also have a role as a new therapeutic application in treating leukemia by inducing a differentiation of monocytic leukemia cells into a normal, macrophage-like phenotype.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Snake Venom Tells Tales About GeographyJust as people give away their origins by that southern drawl or New England twang, poisonous snakes produce venom that differs distinctly from one geographic area to another, the first study of the "snake venomics" of one of the most common pit vipers in Latin America has found.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm 150-meter Ice Core Drawn From McCall Glacier In Arctic National Wildlife RefugeA 150-meter ice core pulled from the McCall Glacier in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this summer may offer researchers their first quantitative look at up to two centuries of climate change in the region.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Marsupials And Humans Share Same Genetic Imprinting That Evolved 150 Million Years AgoResearch published in Nature Genetics has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a process involved in marsupial and human fetal development, which evolved 150 million years ago.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Consumption Of Nut Products During Pregnancy Linked To Increased Asthma In ChildrenExpectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily during pregnancy increase their children's risk of developing asthma by more than 50 percent over women who rarely or never consume nut products during pregnancy, according to new research from the Netherlands.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Parents Should Limit Young Children's Exposure To Background TVResearch conducted among 50 children ages 1, 2, and 3 found that background TV disrupted children's play and may be an environmental risk factor for most American children. A television in the room played an episode of Jeopardy for half of the hour of observation, while the television was turned off for the other half hour. Children played for significantly less time and focused for shorter intervals on their play when the television was on.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm Toothpick: New Molecular Tag IDs Bone And Tooth MineralsEnlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, NIST materials researchers have identified a small biomolecule that binds specifically to one of the key crystal structures of the body, the calcium compound that is the basic building block of teeth and bone. With refinements, the researchers say, the new molecule can be a highly discriminating probe for a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications related to bones and teeth.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Physicists Tweak Quantum Force, Reducing Barrier To Tiny DevicesCymbals don't clash of their own accord -- in our world, anyway. But the quantum world is bizarrely different. Two metal plates, placed almost infinitesimally close together, spontaneously attract each other.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global WarmingGlobal warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers have found.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Exercise May Prevent Brain Shrinkage In Early Alzheimer's DiseaseMild Alzheimer's disease patients with higher physical fitness had larger brains compared to mild Alzheimer's patients with lower physical fitness, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Calif. Firefighters Get Backup From NASA DroneAs wildfires rage in California, a NASA aircraft helps firefighters in the field.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:57 pm "Lucky" the Koala lives after horror car hitCANBERRA (Reuters) - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at 100 kmh (about 60 mph) and dragged with his head jammed through the vehicle grill for 12 kms (about 7 miles) is being dubbed Australia's luckiest marsupial.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:52 pm Grandmother, 77, Pins Down Rabid Fox That Bit HerA grandmother recovers at home after pinning down a rabid fox that bit her.Source: Livescience.com | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:50 pm Wis. Woman Accused of Placing Dead Rat In FoodA woman accused of planting a dead lab rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion.Source: Livescience.com | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:44 pm Ancient Reptiles Had Parachutes (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - The Jurassic Period's Archaeopteryx is famous as the world's first known bird, but now-extinct reptiles such as pterosaurs and kuehneosaurs were flying as far back as 225 million years ago, during the Triassic and before large dinosaurs roamed the Earth.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:41 pm Mystery Bug Stumps Museum ExpertsA tiny new insect appearing in a museum's garden has stumped experts.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:11 pm Ancient Reptiles Had ParachutesSome large flying reptiles fed on dinosaurs. One early dinosaur appears to have been the first biplane.Source: Livescience.com | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:07 pm Vital signsWhy wildlife needs to be preserved in its entiretySource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:37 pm Cancer Causing Tasmanian Devils to Breed YoungerA disease is causing Tasmanian devils to have sex more often and at earlier ages.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:17 pm The Science Behind Breaking Baseball BatsWhat's behind the recent spate of baseball bat breakage?Source: Livescience.com | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:12 pm Diabetes makes people more vulnerable to TB: studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes makes a person about three times as likely to develop tuberculosis, and it may be to blame for more than 10 percent of TB cases in India and China, researchers said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:03 pm Ulcer bacteria may protect from asthmaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bacteria only recently revealed as a major cause of ulcers and stomach cancer may help protect children from developing asthma, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:02 pm Mudslides hit Calif. town near Sequoia forest (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Drought diaryColorado River trip sees effects of years of US droughtSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:53 pm Expectant moms who go nuts boost child asthma riskLONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:50 pm Gene therapy opens new frontier in fight against Huntington's (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:42 pm Tropical depression less likely in Atlantic: NHCNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday environmental conditions were becoming less favorable for the low-pressure system about 950 miles east of the Lesser Antilles to develop into a tropical depression.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:55 am Asthma risk from pregnancy nutsMothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim researchers.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:18 am Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:41 am Report: US behind in doubling science grads (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:26 am Entomologists can't identify a bug in their own back gardenAn unidentified insect has begun to appear on the grounds of the Natural History Museum.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:14 am California firefighters get help from NASA drone (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:01 am China 'could reach moon by 2020'China is capable of sending a manned mission to the Moon within the next decade, Nasa chief Michael Griffin tells the BBC.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 am Tropical Storm Bertha heads away from BermudaHAMILTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha buffeted the eastern shores of Bermuda with high winds and heavy rains on Monday, and forecasters said it was expected to become a hurricane again as it strengthened slowly off the British colony.Source: Reuters: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:09 am Malaysia's Petronas posts record profits (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:27 am Mardell's EuropeFrance builds new nuclear reactors on Channel coastSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:18 am Breeding rate fall for rare birdOne of the rarest birds in the UK is facing its worst breeding season on record, RSPB Scotland says.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 15 Jul 2008 | 12:30 am Ulcers Discovered in MummiesTwo Mexican mummies had ulcers when they were alive.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 11:42 pm Cancer forces Tasmanian devils to breed earlier (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 11:27 pm Emma Brockes talks to a stroke victim and neuroanatomist about the left and right parts of the brainIt was only when Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist, had a stroke at the age of 37, that she fully understood the huge gulf between the left and the right parts of the brain. Emma Brockes reportsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 14 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm Do Old Glass Windows Sag?Some people window glass, which can behave like a liquid, sags under gravity.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:56 pm Tasmanian Devils Fight Cancer with Sex (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Tasmanian devils have for some years been plagued with a mysterious and lethal cancer. Now, the dog-sized mammals are fighting back: They are breeding at younger ages. Devils are furry marsupials, mammals that have no true placentas - females usually have pouches to carry and suckle newborns. They reside only on the island of Tasmania, though fossil evidence suggests that long ago Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) were spread across the Australian mainland. Devils are known for their offensive odor, disturbing screeches and viciousness when they eat, mostly carrion.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:15 pm Experts detail how rice absorbs so much arsenicHONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Japan may have discovered why rice absorbs so much arsenic from the soil, paving the way for fresh efforts to block the potentially harmful element from Asia's staple food.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:13 pm Exercise Might Slow Brain Shrinkage in Alzheimer's PatientsStudy found those who were more fit had larger brainsSource: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:11 pm Tasmanian Devil mating earlier to beat extinctionHONG KONG (Reuters) - Australia's endangered Tasmanian Devil, its numbers decimated by an infectious facial cancer, is mating earlier, scientists have found.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:09 pm Babies Think Like AdultsBabies group information to remember it better, just like adults, a new study found.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:01 pm Tasmanian Devils Fight Cancer with SexTasmanian devils are breeding at earlier ages as cancer kills the adults.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 9:01 pm How Shaka Zulu Changed the WorldHe was both a brutal warrior and a symbol of African unity, inviting comparisons to the bloodthirsty but brilliant military leaders of ancient Sparta.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Jul 2008 | 8:19 pm Get Fit, Slow Alzheimer's Decline?Keeping fit may slow brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients, research suggests.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 7:17 pm Forests to fall for food and fuelDemand for land to grow food and fuel crops is set to outstrip supply, leading to forest destruction, a report warns.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Jul 2008 | 5:00 pm Yellow Submarine Probes Undersea WorldAn unmanned sub is collecting data on everything from seawater to sharks.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 5:00 pm Volcano Refugees Rescued by Fishing BoatA surprise eruption in Alaska leaves some residents in the hands of local fishermen.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm Sleep-Deprived? You Might Sound DrunkCan you tell whether a person slept well by voice alone? Maybe so, suggests new research.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm X-Rays Take Groundbreaking Virus PortraitAn infamous virus gets a close-up inspection, thanks to new X-ray tech.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Jul 2008 | 3:47 pm Ancient bones could help combat TB, say scientistsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - A team of German, Israeli and Palestinian researchers is studying ancient bones found in the biblical city of Jericho for clues that could help scientists combat tuberculosis.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 3:37 pm Baby's smile gives mom a natural highNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A baby's smile does more than warm a mother's heart -- it also lights up the reward centers of her brain, according to the results of a brain imaging study.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Jul 2008 | 3:33 pm Science Extra: Ian McEwan on creativityA full-length interview with novelist Ian McEwan, in which he discusses the differences between the creative process in art and science. Plus, poet Ruth Padel waxes lyrical about Charles DarwinSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 14 Jul 2008 | 2:51 pm Ancient tree 'one of UK's best'The Fortingall Yew is named one of the top ancient trees in the whole of the UK by a conservation charity.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Jul 2008 | 2:29 pm
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