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Most Vaccine-allergic Children Can Still Be Safely Vaccinated, Experts SayWith close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The scientists offer pediatricians a step-by-step tool for quickly identifying children with allergic reactions to vaccines, and a much-needed guide, they say, to safely immunize those who are allergic.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Do 68 Molecules Hold The Key To Understanding Disease?Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular view of the indivisible unit of life, the cell, which may provide an answer.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Participating In Religion May Make Adolescents From Certain Races More DepressedOne of the few studies to look at the effects of religious participation on the mental health of minorities suggests that for some of them, religion may actually be contributing to adolescent depression. Previous research has shown that teens who are active in religious services are depressed less often because it provides these adolescents with social support and a sense of belonging.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Addicted To Tanning Beds? 'Tanorexia' Common Among University StudentsA new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively, the study also found those with a tanning dependence tend to be more likely to be thin and smoke cigarettes than others.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Complex Ocean Behavior Studied With 'Artificial Upwelling'A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature -- pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the nitrogen and phosphorous necessary to support high biological production.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Cigarettes' Power May Not Be In Nicotine Itself, New Study SuggestsNew research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself but in how it enhances other experiences while smoking.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Cinnamon-based Packaging To Prevent Mold In Bread And Other Baked GoodsBread that goes moldy is the bane of consumers and bakers alike, ruining appetites and wasting food and money. Now, researchers have developed a new type of paper packaging made with cinnamon oil that appears to prolong the freshness of bread and other baked goods by up to 10 days.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm Closest Look Ever At Edge Of A Black HoleAstronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they detected structure at a tiny angular scale of 37 micro-arcseconds -- the equivalent of a baseball seen on the surface of the moon, 240,000 miles distant. These observations are among the highest resolution ever done in astronomy.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm Second Site For Prostate Cancer Gene FoundScientists studying a prostate cancer gene called HNF1B have found a second independent site within the HNF1B gene on chromosome 17 (17q12) -- increasing the number of genetic variants that may contribute to risk of developing the disease.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm Hearing Restoration May Be Possible With Cochlear Repair After Transplant Of Human Cord Blood CellsHearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplanting human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells. This study, using animal models of chemical and auditory cochlear damage, found that when transplanted stem cells migrated to the damaged area, "surprisingly few" transplanted cells were necessary to help repair sensory hair cells and neurons. Researchers say transplanting umbilical cord stem cells provides hope for the repair of human hearing impairments rising from cochlear damage.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm Frog blog: Hunt for world's rarest frogsBBC reporter Rebecca Morelle joins a team in the rainforest attempting to track down some of the world's rarest frogs.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:58 am Why Early Earth Did Not FreezeWhy was the early Earth covered in liquid water and not ice?Source: Livescience.com | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:39 am Jungle jewelsFrom poisoners to screamers - meet the rainforest frogsSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:15 am Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe may explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Sep 2008 | 8:18 am Cartoon dropletYemen takes a new approach to tackle looming water crisisSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Sep 2008 | 8:13 am Flooding budget 'badly handled'Ministers failed to budget properly ahead of last year's floods and animal disease outbreaks, an MPs' report says.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:20 am U.S. study clears measles vaccine of autism linkCHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists who tried to replicate a study that once tied a measles vaccine with autism said on Wednesday they could not find any link and hope their study will encourage parents to vaccinate their children to combat a rash of measles outbreaks.Source: Reuters: Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 12:37 am Czech city bids to be global biotech hubBRNO, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Just a few steps from the monastery where Gregor Mendel pioneered the field of genetics some 150 years ago, Czech officials hope to nurture their own biotech revolution.Source: Reuters: Science News | 4 Sep 2008 | 12:22 am Genetics may hold the clue to a marine mystery creatureA geneticist is to reveal the latest findings of her research into what washed up on an island's beach.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 3 Sep 2008 | 11:56 pm More fish off the 'green' menuBetter labelling is needed to help customers protect over-fished species, according to campaign group.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 3 Sep 2008 | 11:06 pm Germany leads 'clean coal' pilotA small German coal-fired plant will be the first in the world to capture and store its own CO2 emissions.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 3 Sep 2008 | 10:27 pm Gone undergroundCan carbon dioxide be locked away in rock forever?Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 3 Sep 2008 | 10:11 pm 19-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose In CanadaA chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 8:13 pm NASA seeks next Carl Sagan - and extraterrestrial lifeNEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, famous for its manned missions to the moon, announced the creation of the Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration on Wednesday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 8:04 pm Strongest Hurricanes Getting StrongerWarming oceans increasing wind speeds of strongest hurricanes.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:42 pm Warming boosts strongest stormsAs temperatures rise globally, strong storms in the tropics are getting stronger with faster winds, scientists show.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:25 pm Closest Look Yet at Milky Way's Black HoleThe closest view yet of the heart of the Milky Way presents new evidence for a giant black hole there.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 5:09 pm Can School Make Kids Sick?Most kids plead against school, and parents later receive that call from school.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 4:41 pm Vatican says not questioning moment of deathVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican distanced itself on Wednesday from an article in its newspaper that suggested re-opening the debate on when a person can be considered dead for reasons of transplants.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 4:40 pm Jerusalem dig uncovers ancient city wallsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 2:31 pm Volcano's Eruption Colors World's SunsetsAerosols from eruption of Alaska volcano could be coloring sunsets.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 2:30 pm Greece gets antiquities back from U.S. collectorATHENS (Reuters) - Greece celebrated on Wednesday the return of two rare smuggled antiquities from a prominent U.S. collector and expressed hope other ancient Greek treasures housed overseas would one day be sent home.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 2:10 pm UN Chief: Next US President Must Lead on ClimateBan Ki-Moon marks 20th anniversary of IPCC, calls on next U.S. president to lead on climate change.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 1:46 pm Brain protein holds key to fertilityWELLINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the crucial ovulation-triggering role played by a small protein molecule in the brain, a finding that could hold the key to new therapies for infertility.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 1:25 pm New Bread Packaging Thwarts MoldCinnamon oil could extend freshness up to 10 days.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 1:18 pm How Smarter Cars Could Power the FutureTwo new gizmos aim to reduce fuel consumption by changing the way people drive.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 1:11 pm Deep-Voiced Deer Lucky in LoveThis new finding might do Barry White proud.Source: Livescience.com | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:58 pm Scientists use particle accelerator to date winePARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have devised a way of using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one of France's top research bodies said this week.Source: Reuters: Science News | 3 Sep 2008 | 11:19 am
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