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Not All Hearing Aids Are Created EqualConsumers with hearing loss might think they are saving significantly more by purchasing over-the-counter hearing aids, but they most likely will be disappointed -- or could be taking risks -- when purchasing such aids, according to new research.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Solar Collector Could Change Asphalt Roads Into Renewable Energy SourceScientists have found a way to use asphalt's heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source by developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous -- and inexpensive sources of electricity and hot water.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Causes For Sexual Dysfunction Change As People AgeSexual dysfunction is not an inevitable part of aging, but it is strongly related a number of factors, such as mental and physical health, demographics and lifetime experiences, many of which are interrelated. People who had an STD are also more likely to have had sexual experiences over their lifetimes that included more risks and multiple sex partners.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Bouncy Cell Phones And Car Bumpers May Be Workable With Springy NanotubesElectronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor. Wouldn't it be great if they bounced instead of cracked when dropped?Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Successful Series Of Measurements In Arctic Sea IceThe results of the last year's research have shown that changes in the ice cover have caused a decrease of some groups of animals living at the bottom of the deep sea. The ice edge is a biologically very active zone, in which algae increasingly grow, die , sink to the ground and serve as nutrients. If the ice edge shifts, it leads to changes in the availability of nutrients in the AWI-Hausgarten. What this year's thick ice cover brings about and whether the small and bigger animals of the deep sea are affected will be shown by the upcoming analyses in Bremerhaven as well as expeditions during the next years.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm White Blood Cell Uses DNA 'Catapult' To Fight InfectionScientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how a type of white blood cell called the eosinophil may help the body to fight bacterial infections in the digestive tract, according to new research in Nature Medicine.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Protein Key To Control, Growth Of Blood CellsNew research sheds light on the biological events by which stem cells in the bone marrow develop into the broad variety of cells that circulate in the blood. The findings may help improve the success of bone marrow transplants and may lead to better treatments for life-threatening blood diseases.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Microbes, By Latitudes And Altitudes, Shed New Light On Life's DiversityMicrobial biologists may not have Jimmy Buffett's music from 1977 in mind, but they are changing attitudes about evolutionary diversity on Earth, from oceanic latitudes to mountainous altitudes. They are showing that temperature primarily drives the richness of bacterial diversity in oceans, and that life, plant and microbial, by altitude in the Rocky Mountains may be close, but not exactly, to what biologists have theorized for years.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Air Pollution Damages More Than Lungs: Heart And Blood Vessels Suffer TooAir pollution has both short- and long-term toxic effects that injure the heart and blood vessels, increase rates of hospitalization for cardiac illness and can even cause death.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Robot With A Biological Brain: New Research Provides Insights Into How The Brain WorksResearchers in the UK have developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons -- the first step to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how a brain stores specific pieces of data. The key aim is that eventually this will lead to a better understanding of development and of diseases and disorders which affect the brain such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, stoke and brain injury.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Partial Lunar Eclipse to Fall SaturdayReady your telescope: A partial lunar eclipse will be visible across the world on Saturday.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Aug 2008 | 2:40 pm Robot Has Biological Brain (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 2:01 pm In Science, There's Never a Final AnswerDavid Lentz is a paleoethnobotanist from the University of Cincinnati.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 2:01 pm White Americans No Longer Majority By 2042Census Bureau predicts white population will no longer be majority in United States sooner than expected.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:59 pm Scientists "listen" to plants to find water pollutionTEL AVIV (Reuters) - Scientists in Israel have discovered a new way to test for water pollution by "listening" to what the plants growing in water have to say.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:53 pm Robot Has Biological BrainScientists have created a robot controlled by a biological brain made of rat neurons.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:31 pm Newly Released Files Reveal Julia Child Was SpyFiles of CIA predecessor reveal names, personnel info of World War II-era spies.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:31 pm Motorcycles Designed to Run on AirTo clear the air, engineers build motorcycles that can run on it.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:22 pm Curtain Call For Hollywood's OrangutansThe career path of orangutans as entertainers seems to have reached a dead end following a recent transfer of the remaining orangutans in the entertainment industry from Hollywood. But the end is no where in sight for this species on the road towards extiSource: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:13 pm Octopuses have six "arms" and two "legs": studyBERLIN (Reuters) - Octopuses' eight tentacles divide up into six "arms" and two "legs", a study published by a chain of commercial aquariums said on Thursday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:11 pm Weather around the U.S.A. (AP)AP - Weather around the U.S.A.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm Alison Benjamin: Why the decline in bee numbers mattersAlison Benjamin: The decline of bees won't just affect honey production – they're as important as the sun and rain in making crops growSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 14 Aug 2008 | 1:00 pm BP says it has reopened gas taps into Georgia pipeline (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 12:24 pm British scientists test first arthritis vaccineLONDON (Reuters) - British scientists plan to start tests on a novel vaccine against rheumatoid arthritis, which could suppress the effects of the joint condition using patients' own blood cells.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 12:17 pm Head of Roman empress unearthedArchaeologists digging in Turkey find the colossal marble head of Faustina the Elder, Hadrian's "daughter-in-law".Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:58 am Tropical depression may form near Puerto RicoNEW YORK (Reuters) - A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave is passing over the northern Leeward Islands and could become a tropical depression Thursday or Friday but probably won't threaten the oil rich Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report.Source: Reuters: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:56 am Hope for arthritis vaccine 'cure'A single injection of modified cells could halt the advance of rheumatoid arthritis, say UK scientists.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:12 am Titan's Ice Volcanoes Might Produce Stuff of LifeReactions on Titan may create molecules similar to some on the early Earth.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am The Summer Triangle: Target of Kepler MissionKepler will search for planets around stars similar to our sun.Source: Livescience.com | 14 Aug 2008 | 11:00 am Robot warsLatest technology to help troops on the battlefieldSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:49 am Julian Little: GM crops can boost productivity. Prince Charles was wrong to dismiss themJulian Little: GM crops can boost productivity in lean times. Prince Charles was wrong to dismiss them out of handSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 14 Aug 2008 | 10:00 am Birds released in secret locationWhite tailed sea eagles are released from a secret location in Fife in a bid to reintroduce the species to the east of Scotland.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 7:20 am Our greening vocabulary - 'carbon footprint', 'electrosmog' and 'eco-village' get dictionary statusEnvironmental terms "electrosmog", "eco-village" and "carbon footprint" make it into the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:42 am Venomous lionfish prowls fragile Caribbean waters (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 14 Aug 2008 | 3:18 am Hope over 'quick' bird flu testUK experts developing a testing machine for bird flu say it could save lives by cutting the time it takes to detect outbreaks.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 12:46 am Species 'damaging waterways'A "dirty dozen" of the non-native, invasive species most likely to harm the UK's native wildlife along rivers is revealed.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 14 Aug 2008 | 12:25 am Letters: Prince Charles, science and global hungerLetters: In his diatribe against genetic modification, Prince Charles is merely demonstrating anew his ignoranceSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 11:08 pm Voodoo science? Military researchers test controversial 'isomer triggering'A novel nuclear technology is making a comeback - but why are the researchers keeping quiet about it?Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 11:05 pm Understanding of the brain could transform battlefield of the futureBullets could be replaced with 'pharmacological land mines' that release drugs to incapacitate soldiers on contactSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 11:05 pm Elon Musk's company SpaceX hopes to take over from NasaRocket man Elon Musk hopes his company will eventually take over from Nasa to provide launches - but it has some way to goSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 11:04 pm Andrew Brown: The discussion of religious differences online is not a gameAndrew Brown: The strange, weightless intimacy of online communication has enabled complete strangers to hate each other passionately within minutesSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 11:04 pm Scientists say oil exploration threatens Amazon (AP)AP - Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, scientists said Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 13 Aug 2008 | 9:47 pm Bionic Humans: Top 10 TechnologiesAn amazing array of body parts can be replicated or restored.Source: Livescience.com | 13 Aug 2008 | 9:43 pm Obama opposes Bush endangered species proposal (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 13 Aug 2008 | 9:28 pm Radiation can zap cancer that has spread: studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Precisely targeted radiation therapy can eradicate tumors that have spread to other parts of the body, offering more months or years of life to patients who have no other options, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 13 Aug 2008 | 9:17 pm Venomous Lionfish Prowls Fragile Caribbean WatersInvasive lionfish are wreaking ecological havoc in delicate Caribbean waters.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 8:18 pm 'Frankenrobot' Has Biological BrainMeet Gordon the robot: mechanical body, biological brain. Is this the future of A.I.?Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 8:18 pm Ready the telescopes: partial lunar eclipse on Saturday (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 13 Aug 2008 | 7:49 pm Proof or Hoax? Bigfoot Said Found in GeorgiaBigfoot hunters say they've got a body, a photo and DNA evidence. Let's see it.Source: Livescience.com | 13 Aug 2008 | 7:20 pm Octopuses Don't Have Eight LegsClose examination of octopuses suggest they have a mix of arms and legs.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 6:18 pm Will Deadly Pythons Spread Beyond Florida?A study earlier this year says yes. A new one says no.Source: Livescience.com | 13 Aug 2008 | 6:07 pm Probe gets close up to EnceladusThe Cassini spacecraft returns some remarkable new close-up images of the Saturnian moon Enceladus.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 13 Aug 2008 | 5:47 pm Rat-brain robot aids memory studyA robot controlled by rat brain cells could help the study of diseases such as Alzheimer's that wipe out memories.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 13 Aug 2008 | 5:25 pm Brain will be battlefield of future, warns reportThe human brain could become a battlefield in future wars, a new report predicts, including 'pharmacological land mines' and drones directed by mind controlSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 13 Aug 2008 | 4:23 pm BLOG: Human Ancestor Olympic Hall of FameIf Neanderthals had a shot at the shot put, they would be medal contenders for sure.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 4:11 pm Water's the limit for tall treesDouglas firs are unlikely to surpass 138m because they are not able to supply water any higher, a study suggests.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 13 Aug 2008 | 3:03 pm 'Sputnik' Virus Orbits, Hijacks Other VirusesA tiny virus that makes a living off the work of other viruses is the first of its kind.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 2:11 pm 'Sugar Coating' Used to Waterproof PaperScientists use sugarcane to make completely recyclable waterproof paper.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 13 Aug 2008 | 1:11 pm Prince Charles sees red over GM crops (AFP)
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