Target-seeking Antibodies For Cancer Therapy

A chemist has discovered a new marker together with three associated monoclonal antibodies which are promising candidates for cancer therapy. Up to now, monoclonal antibodies have only aided the chemotherapeutic fight against cancer to a limited extent.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Patient Privacy Assured By Electronic Censor

Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. A new computer program is capable of deleting details from medical records which may identify patients, while leaving important medical information intact.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Young Galaxies Have Surprisingly Strong Magnetic Fields: Contradicts Popular Theories

The origin of magnetic fields in galaxies is still a mystery to astronomers. Popular theories suggest continual strengthening over billions of years. New research, however, contradicts this assumption and reveals that young galaxies also have strong magnetic fields.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

New Method Enabling Routine Targeted Gene Modification Developed

Scientists have developed a powerful new tool for genomic research and medicine -- a robust method for generating synthetic enzymes that can target particular DNA sequences for inactivation or repair.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Novel Structure Proteins Could Play A Role In Programmed Cell Death -- Apoptosis

Isoforms from a new family of genes called novel structure proteins could be involved in apoptosis or programmed cell death.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Diversity In Primary Schools Promotes Harmony, Study Finds

For the first time, children as young as 5 have been shown to understand issues regarding integration and separation. The research confirms that the ethnic composition of primary schools has a direct impact on children's attitudes towards those in other ethnic groups and on their ability to get on with their peers.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Key Mechanism Of Cellular Damage In Aging And Disease Discovered

Researchers have taken a first snapshot of how a class of highly reactive molecules inflicts cellular damage as part of aging, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer's disease to name a few. Researchers have discovered a tool that can monitor related damage and determine the degree to which antioxidant drugs effectively combat disease.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Shimmering Ferroelectric Domains

Ferroelectric materials are named after ferromagnetic ones because they behave in a similar way. The main difference: these materials are not magnetic, but permanently electrically polarized. They have great importance for data storage technology and novel piezoelectric devices. Scientists have now produced microscopic images of ferroelectric domains - tiny regions of a ferroelectric material -, where the electric polarization points into different directions.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow On Arctic Warming

The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study. Smoke transported to the Arctic from northern forest fires may cool the surface for several weeks to months at a time, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how smoke influences the Arctic climate relative to the amount of snow and ice cover.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Kidneys Donated After Cardiac Death Could Reduce Disparities For Black Kidney Transplant Recipients

Kidneys donated after individuals die from cardiovascular causes may be one of the best options for black patients in need of transplants, according to a new study. The research reveals that utilization of these organs should be expanded in order to reduce racial disparities that exist in renal transplantation.
Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm

Jeremy Leggett: Burn Up makes our climate crisis into a drama

Jeremy Leggett: You may think Burn Up was far-fetched. Believe me, having witnessed climate negotiations myself, it was anything but
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm

Rare seahorses born at aquarium

More than 120 endangered baby short-snouted seahorses are born at a Hampshire aquarium as part of a breeding programme.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:53 am

FCC approves XM-Sirius satellite radio merger (AP)

In this March 20, 2008 file photo, a sign for XM Satellite Radio hangs over its exhibit space at the New York International Auto Show in New York. Federal regulators formally approved the merger of the nation's only two satellite radio operators Friday, ending a 16-month-long drama closely watched by Washington and Wall Street. Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean 18 million-plus subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 10:38 am

Heavy rains kill 7 people in SKorea (AP)

AP - Torrential rains that lashed South Korea this week have led to the deaths of seven people and left six others missing, the government said Saturday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 7:56 am

Woman injured in apparent shark attack in Hawaii (AP)

AP - Lifeguards have closed off a two-mile stretch of ocean in Hawaii after a woman was injured in an apparent shark attack.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 12:07 am

Mysteries of the Unregulated Internet (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:51 pm

Unexpected fall in puffin numbers

The puffin population on England's biggest colony falls by a third in five years, a survey shows.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:09 pm

Bad science: Barbara Nash had good reason to think she was correct

Ben Goldacre: The papers are alive with criticism for quack nutritionism after the case of Dawn Page
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm

American psyche: Everyone thinks that Einstein was so smart. Let's examine this

George Saunders: Everyone thinks that Einstein was so smart. Let's examine this. What was his big contribution?
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:04 pm

Nasa will struggle when shuttle retires, says boss

Speaking on agency's 50th birthday, head warns of tough times to come
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:02 pm

Letter: Soya not the cause of low sperm counts

Letter: The study on which your article is based is incomplete and does not tell the full story
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:02 pm

We're not alone, says former Nasa astronaut

US moonwalker claims UFO phenomenon 'has been covered up' and insists aliens have visited earth
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:02 pm

Ian Sample in conversation with Nasa's Richard Griffins

Ian Sample talks to Nasa administrator Richard Griffins about the space organisation's fiftieth anniversary
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:02 pm

The Top 10 Mad Scientists

From mildly eccentric to downright wacky, these 10 hyper-intelligent characters didn't just march to a different beat, they each played their own tune altogether
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 8:21 pm

TechShop: Where Inventors' Dreams Are Made

A workshop capable of creating anything you design.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:42 pm

Moon Museum: New Race to Save Space Relics

Future moon missions raise concern about safeguarding lunar heritage sites.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:12 pm

New University Education Model Needed

We need to provide more students with complex understanding and problem solving skills.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 6:20 pm

Aboriginal Rock Art at Risk

Ancient etchings on the rocks of Australia's Burrup Peninsula are at risk, say experts.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 25 Jul 2008 | 6:14 pm

5 Painful Facts You Need to Know

About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:59 pm

Polar lights give up some secrets

The sudden flare-ups and rapid movement sometimes seen in the Northern and Southern Lights can now be explained in fine detail, say scientists.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:36 pm

Rising demands threaten wetlands

Wetlands risk conversion to farmland as demand for food and biofuel grows, a conference in Brazil is told.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:36 pm

Ouch! The Alien Bite of the Moray Eel

Moray eels, to my certain knowledge, will bite if provoked.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:06 pm

Is the World's Largest Shark Shrinking?

Whale sharks have been so exploited that they are shrinking in size, according to a new study.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm

Pharaonic Boat to Be Excavated, Reassembled

Planks were buried beside the Great Pyramid to be reassembled, Ikea-style, into a boat.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:08 pm

China aims for bigger slice of satellite market

BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to build a leading aerospace industry by 2015, when the country would command 10 percent of the world's commercial satellite market, and 15 percent of the space launch market, Xinhua said on Friday.


Source: Reuters: Science News | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:05 pm

Life from Venus blown to Earth?

Scientists suggest microbes from Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful winds.
Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:04 pm

Herbal Remedy, Take Me Away

An herb used for centuries by Native Americans could become as popular as echinacea.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 25 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm

Body Language: What McCain and Obama Reveal

McCain and Obama reveal personal styles in their body language.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:59 pm

First Electronic Ink Magazine Cover Expected

The first E-ink cover for a magazine will come out with the September issue of Esquire.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm

A Point of No Return for Greenland's Ice

There is a tipping point beyond which Greenland's ice will be forever lost, researchers say.
Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:25 pm

Mysteries of the Unregulated Internet

One Sunday afternoon last February, the YouTube website disappeared from the Internet. YouTube didn’t take it down.
Source: Livescience.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:20 pm

Nicholas Lezard: Why are doctors urging Britons to stick to two children?

Nicholas Lezard: Doctors are urging Britons to stop at two children. So what are those of us with more supposed to do with our extras?
Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:30 pm

Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights (AP)

In this Sept. 3, 2006 file photo, a spectator watches the aurora borealis rise above the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park, Alaska. On Thursday, July 24, 2008, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. (AP Photo/M. Scott Moon, File)AP - Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.



Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:31 am