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Hormel Institute study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:47 GMT

― Hormel Institute study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal [esciencenews.com]
A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.

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– New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal [physorg.com]

– Key finding in stem cell self-renewal [sciencedaily.com]

A new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:33 GMT

― A new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica [esciencenews.com]
Several periods of field work during 2008 have led to the discovery of a new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice in Costa Rica's high-altitude region "Cerro de la Muerte." The discovery was made thanks to molecular data analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The collected records have also increased the overall knowledge of plant lice (one of the most dangerous agricultural pests worldwide) from the region with more that 20%.

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– New species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica [sciencedaily.com]

– A new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica [physorg.com]

Wayne State study finds strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:21 GMT

― Wayne State study finds strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties [esciencenews.com]
A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.

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– Study finds strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties [physorg.com]

– Strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties [sciencedaily.com]

Verizon and Redbox join forces on new video rental service

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:09:05 GMT

― Redbox and Verizon to launch streaming video service this year [betanews.com]
Coinstar-owned DVD rental kiosk company Redbox was one of the biggest reasons Blockbuster video went bankrupt. Monday, Coinstar announced it has begun a joint venture with communications service provider Verizon to build a subscription streaming video service. It is a move nearly identical to the one Netflix took three-and-a-half years ago, when it branched out from being a DVD-by-mail service to also being a streaming video provider through a partnership with Starz. The streaming content...

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– Verizon and Redbox join forces on new video rental service [venturebeat.com]

– Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox [physorg.com]

AT&T Galaxy Nexus Gets Semi-Official Google Wallet Support

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:42:00 GMT

― Samsung’s Galaxy S III may be just 7mm thick, making it world’s thinnest phone [venturebeat.com]
At some point, the mad quest to create the thinnest phone on the market will end — but not this day. Samsung is reportedly aiming to make its upcoming Galaxy S III flagship device just 7 millimeters thick, a full 1.49mm thinner than the Galaxy S II and 2.3mm thinner than the iPhone 4S, according to the Korean site ETNews. The phone could debut as soon as this May, the site says, though as is always the case with early phone rumors, I suggest taking this report with a healthy helping of salt....

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– Samsung Galaxy S III detailed with May launch date [gigaom.com]

– White Galaxy Nexus Gets An Official Launch Date [techcrunch.com]

– The 'Thing Called Love' is Samsung, not Apple [betanews.com]

– Your Verizon Galaxy Nexus just lost its Nexus [gigaom.com]

– It seems the unlocked Google Nexus on AT&T is sporting the Google Wallet App [inquisitr.com]

– Apple Loses German Court Bid To Ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus Phone [apple.slashdot.org]

– AT&T Galaxy Nexus Gets Semi-Official Google Wallet Support [techcrunch.com]

East views the world differently to West

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:25 GMT

― East views the world differently to West [esciencenews.com]
Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a study shows that concrete differences also exist in how British and Chinese people recognise people and the world around them. Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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– East views the world differently to West [sciencedaily.com]

– East views the world differently to West [scienceblog.com]

– East views the world differently to West [physorg.com]

Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:16 GMT

― Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack [esciencenews.com]
Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralises parts of the 'bad' cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. This according to new research from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific periodical The International Journal of Cardiology.

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– Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack [sciencedaily.com]

– Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack [physorg.com]

Playing RFID tag with sheets of paper

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:05 GMT

― Playing RFID tag with sheets of paper [esciencenews.com]
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are an essential component of modern shopping, logistics, warehouse, and stock control for toll roads, casino chips and much more. They provide a simple way to track the item to which the tag is attached. Now, researchers in France have developed a way to deposit a thin aluminum RFID tag on to paper that not only reduces the amount of metal needed for the tag, and so the cost, but could open up RFID tagging to many more systems, even allowing a...

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– Playing RFID tag with sheets of paper [sciencedaily.com]

– Playing RFID tag with sheets of paper [physorg.com]

Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:46 GMT

― Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity [esciencenews.com]
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online February 6 issue of Pediatrics.

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– Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity [sciencedaily.com]

– Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity [physorg.com]

Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:33:32 GMT

― Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse [esciencenews.com]
In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. The findings are published in the March 2012 issue of Pediatrics.

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– Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse [sciencedaily.com]

– Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse [physorg.com]

Online dating surpasses all other forms of matchmaking in U.S.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:05:28 GMT

― Online dating surpasses all forms of matchmaking [machineslikeus.com]
Online dating has not only shed its stigma, it has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States other than meeting through friends, according to a new analysis of research on the burgeoning relationship industry.

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– Online dating surpasses all other forms of matchmaking in U.S. [scienceblog.com]

– Online dating research shows cupid's arrow is turning digital [physorg.com]

Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:50 GMT

― Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation [scienceblog.com]
A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet...

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– Coming Soon: A Wireless EV Highway Charging System? [feeds.importantmedia.org]

– Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation [machineslikeus.com]

Vitamins could cut risk of colon cancer

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:14:34 GMT

― Vitamins could cut risk of colon cancer [scienceblog.com]
Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and...

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– Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer [esciencenews.com]

– Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer, study suggests [sciencedaily.com]

– Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer: study [physorg.com]

Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:57 GMT

― Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience [esciencenews.com]
When a friend tells you she had a rough day, do you feel sandpaper under your fingers? The brain may be replaying sensory experiences to help understand common metaphors, new research suggests.

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– Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience [machineslikeus.com]

– Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience [sciencedaily.com]

– Hearing metaphors activates brain regions involved in sensory experience [physorg.com]

Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:21:36 GMT

― Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke [esciencenews.com]
A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and published online in Nature Genetics. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with the risk of stroke, and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment.

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– Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke [sciencedaily.com]

– Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke [physorg.com]

Researchers discover key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:21:01 GMT

― UBC researchers discover key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system [esciencenews.com]
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host.

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– Key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system discovered [sciencedaily.com]

– Researchers discover key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system [physorg.com]

Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, Dies in Plane Crash

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:17:07 GMT

― Micron appoints new CEO in wake of Appleton’s death [venturebeat.com]
Micron Technology said yesterday it has appointed D. Mark Durcan to replace chief executive Steve Appleton, who died Friday when the small experimental plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise airport. Durcan was previously Micron’s president and chief operating officer. While the loss of Appleton, the long time CEO, is devastating, the largest American manufacturer of memory chips has had the advantage of having stable management for a long time. Part of the reason is that its Boise,...

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– Micron CEO Steve Appleton, 51, dies in plane crash [inquisitr.com]

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– Micron Technology CEO Steve Appleton Passes Away After Idaho Plane Crash [pulse2.com]

– Steve Appleton, Micron CEO, Dies In Plane Crash [news.slashdot.org]

– Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology, Dies in Plane Crash [mashable.com]

– Micron chief executive Steve Appleton dies in experimental airplane crash [venturebeat.com]

– Micron's CEO Steve Appleton Has Died In A Plane Crash (MU) [businessinsider.com]

Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:29 GMT

― New Hubble Image of a Spectacular "Barred" Galaxy & Brilliant Quasars [dailygalaxy.com]
The Hubble space telescope has captured an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy, NGC 1073 in the Cetus constellation, that could hrlp unlock clues to the Milky Way. Most of the known spiral galaxies fall into the"barred" category - defined...

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– Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy [sciencedaily.com]

– Hubble Captures a Classic Barred Spiral Galaxy [universetoday.com]

– Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy [physorg.com]

Microsoft now testing Skype for Windows Phone 7, could debut soon

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT

― Skype Integration Tops List Of Windows Phone 8 Rumors [readwriteweb.com]
Microsoft could unveil a stand-alone Skype application for Windows Phone as soon as this month's Mobile Phone Congress, and Skype is expected to be standard on the mobile operating system when the company launches Windows Phone 8. Skype was acquired by Microsoft in 2011 and a Skype client for Windows Phone had been promised by the end of last year. So far, Microsoft and its Skype unit have been quiet about the integration, but the Verge is reporting that company employees can now download...

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– Windows Phone 8 Detailed, Uses Windows 8 Kernel [mobile.slashdot.org]

– Microsoft now testing Skype for Windows Phone 7, could debut soon [venturebeat.com]

– Today’s Top Stories: Windows Phone 8 Details, New Skype for Windows [mashable.com]

– Skype 5.8 for Windows brings Full-HD video calling, Group Screen Sharing [teknobites.com]

– New Skype For Windows Brings Full HD Video Calls, Facebook Integration [mashable.com]

– Windows Phone 8 ‘Apollo’ comes with Windows 8, Skype and SkyDrive integration [teknobites.com]

– Microsoft: Windows Phone 8 To Use NT Kernel [osnews.com]

– Microsoft Has Huge Changes in Store for Windows Phone 8 [mashable.com]

– Microsoft SVP Joe Belfiore Reveals Features Of Windows Phone 8 [pulse2.com]

Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap alternative to traditional solar cells

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:44:13 GMT

― MIT researcher discovers way to make solar panels from plants [inquisitr.com]
Andreas Mershin, a researcher at MIT, believes he has found a way to generate solar energy by way of solar panels created from agricultural waste such as cut grass and dead tree leaves. If you paid attention in high school, you may recall that all plants are technically solar cells already–through the process of photosynthesis, plants convert sunlight into energy. Well, Mershin discovered a process to extract the photosynthesizing molecules, photosystem I, from plants. The goal of Mershin’s...

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– Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap alternative to traditional solar cells [physorg.com]

– Harnessing nature’s solar cells [mit.edu]

– MIT creates solar cell from grass clippings [digg.com]

Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:33:40 GMT

― Why do cells age? [machineslikeus.com]
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain.

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– Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging [esciencenews.com]

– Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging and neurodegenerative diseases [sciencedaily.com]

– Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging [physorg.com]

Gene related to fat preferences in humans found

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:36:10 GMT

― Gene related to fat preferences in humans found [scienceblog.com]
A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms...

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– Gene related to fat preferences in humans found [esciencenews.com]

– Preference for fatty foods may have genetic roots [sciencedaily.com]

Apple Stops Selling Certain iPhone and iPads In Germany Due To Injunction

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:08:45 GMT

― Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany [physorg.com]
Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

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– Apple Stops Selling Certain iPhone and iPads In Germany Due To Injunction [pulse2.com]

– iPhone 4 Voice Control: Commands, Tips and Tricks [mashable.com]

Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:32:50 GMT

― Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation [esciencenews.com]
If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing. The study findings are detailed in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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– Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation [sciencedaily.com]

– Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation [physorg.com]

Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:31:59 GMT

― Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan -- NIH study [esciencenews.com]
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select club of genes in which regulatory activity peaks during an environmentally-sensitive critical period in development. The mechanism, called DNA...

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– Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan [sciencedaily.com]

– Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan [physorg.com]

UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:21:53 GMT

― Breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity [machineslikeus.com]
Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is turning the term "power plant" on its head.

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– UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity [esciencenews.com]

– UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity [physorg.com]

– Biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity [sciencedaily.com]

'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:08:07 GMT

― 'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument [machineslikeus.com]
The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Ea

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– Earth From Space: The Secret of NASA's Amazing 'Blue Marble' Photos [livescience.com]

– VIIRS eastern hemisphere image: Behind the scenes [physorg.com]

Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:36:53 GMT

― Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease [esciencenews.com]
Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine -- yet. But geneticists are getting close.

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– Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease [sciencedaily.com]

– Whole exome sequencing identifies cause of metabolic disease [physorg.com]

Anonymous Hackers Release Internal FBI Conference Call Recording

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:02 GMT

― Hacker Group Anonymous Illegally Intercepts Call Between FBI and Metro Police [pulse2.com]
Anonymous was able to hack into a conference call between the FBI and the UK Metropolitan Police. A recording of the conference call was leaked on to the Internet. The hackers were able to secretly...

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– Anonymous Shows How Easy it is to Intercept FBI Conference Calls [readwriteweb.com]

– Anonymous Posts Audio of Intercepted FBI Conference Call [yro.slashdot.org]

– Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard call [physorg.com]

– Anonymous Hackers Release Internal FBI Conference Call Recording [digg.com]

Food poisoning: Understanding how bacteria come back from the 'dead'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:37:11 GMT

― Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead [esciencenews.com]
Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research involving a team of IFR scientists, funded by BBSRC, has taken the first detailed look at what Salmonella does when it enters a new environment, which could provide clues to finding new ways of reducing transmission through the food chain and preventing human illness.

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– Food poisoning: Understanding how bacteria come back from the 'dead' [sciencedaily.com]

– Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead [physorg.com]