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Fuel From Bacteria Is One Step CloserScientists have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in the future.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Hot Peppers Really Do Bring The HeatResearchers have found that capsaicin, the active chemical in chili peppers, can induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert energy into heat.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Solar System Is Pretty Special, According To New Computer SimulationPrevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers -- the first to model the formation of planetary systems from beginning to end -- illustrates the solar system is pretty special. Their results show that the average planetary system's origin was violent but that the formation of something like our solar system required conditions to be "just right."Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm New Implant Device Remotely Monitors Heart Failure PatientsChest pain and shortness of breath are common symptoms that send tens of thousands of heart failure (HF) patients into US hospitals each month. Cardiologists may now be able to curb such visits for some of their HF patients with the use of new wireless pressure sensor technology that allows physicians to track the pulmonary artery pressure of patients while these patients remain at home.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm No-nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation And Erectile Function In Bicycling Police OfficersA new study examines if no-nose bike seats would be effective in alleviating the harm caused by using a traditional seat.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Hormone Level May Reflect Mortality Risk Among Dialysis PatientsA new study suggests that monitoring levels of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 may provide information crucial to the treatment of patients with kidney failure.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Sea Turtles Dive to Depths for ReconnaissanceA deep sea mystery is solved: sea turtles dive deep to scout out prey.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 8 Aug 2008 | 1:03 pm Stem Cell Lines Allow Study of 10 DisordersNew stem cell lines allow scientists to study genetic diseases, in vitro.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 8 Aug 2008 | 1:03 pm Curved Electronics Could Yield Eye-Like Digital Camera (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - As if a human eye were popped into a camera, researchers have created a lens-shaped detector and placed it into a digital camera. The result, they say, could give the cameras a wider field of view and the capacity to produce crisper images.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 1:01 pm Gorilla diaryCharity chief is new head of DR Congo national parkSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:51 pm Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary (AP)AP - Being linked to "big oil" turned into a big problem for Tennessee Republican freshman Rep. David Davis, who became the first congressman from that state to lose in a primary in more than four decades.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:41 pm Blog: Scientists Blast Beijing AirScientists criticize the Olympic Committee for being easy on Beijing and its pollution.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Curved Electronics Could Yield Eye-Like Digital CameraA new "electronic eye" camera produces crisp images.Source: Livescience.com | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:33 pm Hidden Properties Of Ultracold Atomic Gases RevealedPhysicists have demonstrated a powerful new technique that reveals hidden properties of ultracold atomic gases. To develop the new technique, the scientists borrowed an idea used for nearly a century in the study of materials: photoemission spectroscopy.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Connections Between Genetics, Brain Activity And Preference DiscoveredResearchers have used brain imaging, genetics and experimental psychology techniques to identify a connection between brain reward circuitry, a behavioral measurement of preference and a gene variant that appears to influence both.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Gene For Sexual Switching In Melons Provides Clues To Evolution Of SexA newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The finding offers new insights into the molecular basis for sex determination.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Stroke May Increase Risk Of DeathPeople who have gastrointestinal bleeding after a stroke are more likely to die or become severely disabled than stroke sufferers with no GI bleeding, according to a new study.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:00 pm Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders (AP)AP - Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 11:25 am The Nation's Weather (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 11:14 am Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12 (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - Every August, just when many people go vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 11:01 am Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12Every August, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance.Source: Livescience.com | 8 Aug 2008 | 10:58 am Beijing heat 'could clear minds'Hot, humid conditions may actually improve athletic performance at the Olympics, research suggests.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Aug 2008 | 9:27 am Ian Sample discusses a report on the effectiveness of infertility treatmentsIan Sample looks a report into the effectiveness of infertility treatmentsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 8 Aug 2008 | 9:10 am California eyes cattails to combat climate change (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 8:39 am 32 research monkeys die in accident at Nevada lab (AP)AP - Thirty-two research monkeys at a Nevada laboratory died because human errors made the room too hot, officials for the drug company that runs the lab said Thursday. Animal rights activists complain the company took too long to report the deaths.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 8 Aug 2008 | 2:21 am Dachshunds gene 'blindness clue'A genetic mutation in dachshunds could help uncover the roots of some inherited forms of blindness in humans, say scientists.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Aug 2008 | 2:04 am Robot plane sweeps over UK fieldsThe first flights have been conducted of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to monitor UK farmland.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 8 Aug 2008 | 12:07 am Leg bone yields DNA secrets of man's Neanderthal 'Eve'Genetic material shows division of species between Neanderthal and humans occurred 660,000 years agoSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm Fertility study scorns frontline treatmentsProfessor of gynaecology says treatments amount to an enormous and unjustified cost to the NHSSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm Obituary: Ray WyreObituary: Trailblazing therapist with a unique approach to sex offendersSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm Material bends, stretches and conducts electricity?CHICAGO (Reuters) - In the latest twist on electronics, Japanese scientists said on Thursday they have developed a rubbery material that conducts electricity, a finding that could be used to make devices that bend and stretch.Source: Reuters: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:01 pm 'Anthrax killer'How strong is the case against Dr Bruce Ivins?Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 7 Aug 2008 | 10:17 pm Fingerprints now used to find drugs, explosives (AP)AP - Scientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints' telltale marks one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better ways to solve mysteries like the anthrax attacks or JonBenet Ramsey's murder.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:21 pm Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 9:01 pm New Fingerprint Tech ID's ParticlesScientists find a new way to tease more clues out of fingerprints.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 7:03 pm Poland to open museum for cousin of T-RexLISOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - Poland opens a museum on Thursday to exhibit the remains of a previously unknown dinosaur, an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex, which have attracted scientists from around the world to this small southern village.Source: Reuters: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 7:00 pm Female Guppies Risk Death to Avoid Males on the MakeFemale guppies swim in predator-laden waters to avoid pursuing males.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:29 pm Men More Likely Than Women to Adopt ChildrenReport says it may be that some men adopt women's kids from previous relationshipSource: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:23 pm Most Americans Want Health Care ReformMany frustrated with the inefficiency and cost of the current system, survey findsSource: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:14 pm Study: All Planets Are Born in Killer EnvironmentsViolence defines planetary creation, but our solar system seems surprisingly calm.Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:09 pm Clays Shed Light on Water, Suggest Past Mars MicrobesLayers of clays detected on Mars show complex history of water, possible signs of life.Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:08 pm Sept launch for bid to crack secrets of universeGENEVA (Reuters) - The world's most powerful particle accelerator, aimed at unlocking secrets of the universe, will be launched on September 10, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:05 pm Why Shocking Images Stick in Short-Term MemoryThe more an image grabs our attention, the easier it is to remember.Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 6:01 pm Cern lab set for beam milestoneA vast physics experiment - the Large Hadron Collider - is to reach a key milestone ahead of an official start-up in September.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:23 pm Giant smelly flower puts on sex show in BelgiumMEISE, Belgium (Reuters) - It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.Source: Reuters: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:16 pm Tom Clark: What if medical research and development was publicly funded?Tom Clark: Expensive new drugs help pharmaceutical companies recoup their R&D costs. But what if the research was publicly funded?Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:31 pm Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial GenomeThe Neanderthal mitochondrial genome is sequenced from a 38,000-year-old bone.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:01 pm Skin cells produce library of diseased stem cells (Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stem cell experts have produced a library of the powerful cells using ordinary skin and bone marrow cells from patients, and said on Thursday they would share them freely with other researchers.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:01 pm Skin cells produce library of diseased stem cellsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. stem cell experts have produced a library of the powerful cells using ordinary skin and bone marrow cells from patients, and said on Thursday they would share them freely with other researchers.Source: Reuters: Science News | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:00 pm Shakespearean Theater Possibly Found in LondonThe possible remains of a theater where "Romeo and Juliet" debuted is discovered.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:01 pm The Curious History of an Herbal RemedyThe herbal remedy foxglove joined the ranks of modern medicine, thanks to its eighteenth-century champion, Dr. William Withering. Would we be better off without it?Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:32 pm Ancient Chariot Discovered at Tomb in BulgariaArchaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria.Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:21 pm Moneylenders Migrate to WebPeer-to-peer online banking is a new source for cash to borrow.Source: Livescience.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:20 pm Ancient Chariot Unearthed in BulgariaA complete chariot is found at the tomb of an ancient Thracian aristocrat.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:01 pm Plasma Rocket May Be Tested at Space StationA new engine uses radio waves to create plasma to power a rocket through space.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:32 pm BT injects life into its networkIdeas from researchers creating artificial life are helping to keep BT's network running.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:04 pm
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