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Arteries From Distinct Regions Of The Body Have Unique Immune FunctionsArteries play an active role in the immune system by sensing infection and injury. They collect information about invaders through dendritic cells embedded in their walls. Arteries supplying blood to distinct parts of the body specialize in recognizing different bacterial signals.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Long-held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New ResearchLarge flightless birds of the southern continents -- African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi -- do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Action As A Goal May Be Too Broad, New Research SuggestsA series of experiments suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences. The findings could help understand how common words used in everyday life may influence conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am How New Helium Ion Microscope Measures UpResearchers are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy at the nanoscale -- a critical capability for setting standards and improving production in the semiconductor and nanomanufacturing industries.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Technology Users Are Failing To Take Adequate Steps To Protect Their Digital PrivacyTechnology users are failing to take adequate steps to protect their privacy in digital society. In the face of technology that will soon be able not only to track an individual’s movements but predict them too, people are far too relaxed about protecting their privacy, according to one social psychologist.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Chandelier Cells Unveil Human CognitionWhat is it that distinguishes humans from other mammals? The answer to this question lies in the neocortex -- the part of the brain responsible for sensory perceptions, conscious thought and language. Humans have a considerably larger neocortex than other mammals, making it an ideal subject for the research of higher cognition. Scientists now reveal new insights into the mysteries of neocortex organization and function.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Old Before Their Time? Aging Rate In Flies Twice As Fast In Wild Than In LaboratoryConventional wisdom suggests that stress accelerates aging -- but is it really true? Evolutionary studies of aging use short-lived animals under laboratory conditions -- constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food. Researchers identified individual stilt-legged flies in their harsh natural environments while simultaneously monitoring their cousins in the lab. In males, the rate of aging was as least two times greater in the wild. For both sexes, life in the wild was dramatically shorter. More study of how environment affects gene expression is needed.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Unsuccessful Drug Against Anxiety Opens A Novel Gateway For The Treatment Of CancerAn unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals to scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target. Cancer cells have multiple ways to avoid apoptosis, programmed cell death the means by which organisms deal with defective cells. One defense is to produce quantities of phosphatic acid, a phospholipid constituent of cellular membranes.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Virology: How Does Herpes Simplex Virus Cause Inflammation Of The Brain?Worldwide, about 80% of young adults are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The most common symptom of infection is a cold sore, but in some individuals the virus can also cause life-threatening inflammation of the brain (encephalitis); 70% of individuals who do not get treatment for this condition die.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Giant Furnace Opens To Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror BlankThe single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers. The LSST, or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a large survey telescope being built in northern Chile, requires three large mirrors to give crisp images over a record large field of view. The two largest of these mirrors are concentric and fit neatly onto a single mirror blank.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 9:38 am Cassini detects partial rings with Saturn's moons (AP)AP - The latest images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show faint, partial rings orbiting with two of Saturn's small inner moons, scientists said Friday.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 4:35 am Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids (HealthDay)HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Variations of two new genes appear to increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in childhood, researchers say.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 6 Sep 2008 | 3:46 am Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:25 pm Editorial: In praise of ... CuSO4Editorial: Or copper (II) sulphate, the staple of every child's chemistry setSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:07 pm Bad science: Cheer up: it's all down to random variationBen Goldacre: Britain's happiest places have been mapped by scientistsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:07 pm Science: Countdown to launch of Geneva's particle acceleratorScientists seeking answers to the universe are about to launch a revolutionary testSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:03 pm Doctor opposes new law on organ donorsLeading transplant authority says modification will degrade society's ethical frameworkSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:03 pm Rosetta probe makes asteroid passEurope's Rosetta space probe makes a close pass of asteroid Steins, taking pictures and recording other scientific data.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:32 pm 'Jules Verne' begins final voyageEurope's space freighter undocks from the International Space Station after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:27 pm Storms Delay Shuttle Missions to Hubble, Space StationNASA delayed a shuttle launch to the Hubble Space Telescope by two days.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:58 pm European Comet Probe Swings Past AsteroidEurope's Rosetta spacecraft swung past the rare asteroid Steins on Friday.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:54 pm Urban Surprise: More Bicyclists Means Fewer Accidents (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - In a study that at first glance seems counterintuitive, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, reviewed safety studies from 17 countries and 68 cities in California and found that the more people bike in a community, the less they collide with motorists.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:32 pm Alaskans to receive state payouts topping $3,200 (AP)AP - It's the season for Alaskans to be rewarded just for living here and this year's take is extra sweet: $3,269, a record share of the state's oil wealth combined with a special cash payout to help with stratospheric energy prices.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:30 pm Urban Surprise: More Bicyclists Means Fewer AccidentsIt appears that motorists adjust their behavior.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 8:24 pm World's Oldest Captive Gorilla DiesJenny, the world's oldest gorilla in captivity, dies at Dallas Zoo at age 55.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 8:11 pm New Sections of Ancient Walls of Jerusalem UncoveredIsraeli archaeologists uncover new sections of Jerusalem's ancient walls.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:53 pm Extinction Circles Giant VulturesCaptive vulture populations lack genetic diversity to save the species.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:24 pm Saturn Moons Sport Rings, TooTwo of Saturn's smallest moons are circled by faint rings of their own.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:20 pm New Partial Rings Discovered Around SaturnCassini finds new ring arc, confirms another orbiting with two of Saturn's moons.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:20 pm Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85Study finds risk is greatest for those overweight or obese at age 45Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 6:18 pm How Do Vultures Find Dead Stuff?Vultures sniff out their next meal from over a mile away.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 5:54 pm Iraq's 'Garden of Eden' May Get Global ProtectionIraq's restored swampy southern region will likely become a World Heritage site.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 5 Sep 2008 | 5:50 pm Autism and Vaccines: Why Bad Logic Trumps ScienceThe link between childhood autism and vaccines has, once again, been refuted.Source: Livescience.com | 5 Sep 2008 | 5:39 pm Storms delay space shuttle launch to HubbleCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis' launch on a final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed because of tropical storms, NASA said on Friday.Source: Reuters: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 5:32 pm Universal flu vaccine tests startA universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 4:00 pm Protective 'Skin' Could Herald Tiny Satellite FleetA skin that can protect satellites from extremes may usher in nanosatellites.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 5 Sep 2008 | 2:13 pm On Mars, Does Fire Plus Ice Equal Life?If life on Mars exists, it may dwell where volcanoes and glaciers coalesce.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:40 pm Helicopters Learn Tricks 'Watching' Other HelicoptersA computer algorithm lets helicopters learn new tricks by "watching" others.Source: Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:20 pm Poll: Is the end of the world nigh?Cern in Geneva is preparing to start up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will fire particles together at near the speed of light, recreating in miniature the energy released in the Big Bang. But scientists have been besieged by anxious members of the public concerned that the LHC will create a black hole or cataclysmic cosmic rays. Do you think the atom smasher will destroy the planet or merely reveal some quaintly named subatomic particle?Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:15 pm New fingerprint method could unlock cold casesLONDON (Reuters) - It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing.Source: Reuters: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:06 pm Science and maths assaulted by educational reforms, say scientistsEducational reforms are undermining efforts to increase the number of pupils taking maths and science, the Royal Society has warnedSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:59 am Government to protect tiny snailOne of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, gets special protection.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:47 am Heritage plan for Iraqi marshesThe UN launches an initiative to have the marshlands of southern Iraq listed as a world heritage site.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:40 am World's first carbon capture pilot fires up clean-coal advocatesGerman project will burn coal in an atmosphere of pure oxygen – producing CO2 waste which can be buried – creating enough electricity to power 1,000 homesSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:09 am Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias (AP)AP - Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 5 Sep 2008 | 11:04 am Jean Hannah Edelstein: Do love and science mix?Jean Hannah Edelstein: There's now good evidence to justify my fling with a dad-alike. But I'm not sure reducing passion to rules is the right approachSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:30 am Gorilla DiarySoldiers are moved out of Virunga National ParkSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 10:14 am Power downWill lack of wind scupper UK plans for electricity?Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:49 am Frog huntWatch your step: the rainforest is full of creepy-crawliesSource: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 5 Sep 2008 | 9:21 am
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