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Instruments and Supplies RSS FeedsNASA Space Balloon Mission Tunes In To Cosmic Radio Mystery - Listening to the early universe just got harder. Astronomers have discovered cosmic radio noise that booms six times louder than expected....Feed Source: feeds.sciencedaily.com Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant To Antiviral Drugs - A new study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested.... To Climate-change Worries, Add One More: Extended Mercury Threat - Mercury pollution has already spurred public health officials to advise eating less fish, but it could become a more pressing concern in a warmer world.... New Bartonella Species That Infects Humans Discovered - Researchers have produced the first link between a species of bacteria most commonly found in sheep and human illness.... Big Raindrops Favor Tornado Formation, Simulations Suggest - One of the largest sources of uncertainty in weather prediction involves how microscale structures influence larger-scale phenomena. For instance, previous studies have demonstrated that the structure, dynamics, and evolution of thunderstorms are very sensitive to cloud microphysical parameters.... 'It Takes Two To Know One': Shared Experiences Change Self-recognition - Looking at yourself in the mirror every morning, you never think to question whether the person you see is actually you. A new study challenges this common-sense notion about our own self image. The study shows for the first time that the image we hold of our own face can actually change through shared experiences with other people's faces.... Spookfish Uses Mirrors For Eyes - A remarkable new discovery shows the four-eyed spookfish to be the first vertebrate ever found to use mirrors, rather than lenses, to focus light in its eyes.... 'Scrawny' Gene Keeps Stem Cells Healthy - Stem cells are the body's primal cells, retaining the youthful ability to develop into more specialized types of cells over many cycles of cell division. How do they do it? Scientists have identified a gene, scrawny, that appears to be a key factor in keeping a variety of stem cells in their undifferentiated state. Understanding how stem cells maintain their potency has implications for basic biology and also for medical applications.... Cassiopeia A Comes Alive Across Time And Space - Two new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic. A new movie of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before in this type of object. A separate team has produced a dramatic 3-D visualization of the same remnant.... Cellular Task Force To Safeguard Genome Stability - The maintenance of genome stability is crucial for protecting an organism against the onset of cancer and the study of the mechanisms controlling genome stability represents one of the most promising frontiers in cancer research.... Odd-looking Martian Craters Indicate Hidden Ice - Surface features common in the northern and southern midlatitudes of Mars and known as lobate debris aprons and lineated valley fill are believed to have formed either as debris flows mobilized by pore ice or as debris-covered glaciers.... Wii Fit A Promising Tool For All Ages, Though Game's Health Measurements Are Flawed - Games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages.... Hubble Finds Stars That Go 'Ballistic' - Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.... Control Of Blood Vessels A Possible Weapon Against Obesity - Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood vessel development in humans in order to combat obesity and diabetes.... Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas - Grazinglands in the Asian steppes and the rangelands in the western United States share similar climates, vegetation, land-use practices and problems. So an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist joined a search in Asia to find and preserve native forage plants--and to see if these plants can be used to sustain and restore arid grasslands in other parts of the world.... Producing A More Effective Oral Form Of A Powerful Disease-fighting Protein - Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward using a natural disease-fighting protein in pills or syrups that patients can take by mouth rather than injection. Their study is the first to show that coating the protein with a polymer material already in wide medical use can increase its absorption by the intestine.... P2P Traffic Control: Wireless Technology Could Reduce Congestion, Accidents - Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California.... Wonderful Cheese Is All In The Culture - Scientists have identified a new line of bacteria they believe add flavor to some of the world's most exclusive cheeses.... Lunar Rock-Like Material May Someday House Moon Colonies - Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.... Dangerous New Method For Bacterial Toxin Transfer Discovered - Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors may be more common than previously imagined.... Modified Lignin Has Potential Benefits For Ethanol, Paper And Feed - Cellulose is a key component of plant cell walls that can be converted into ethanol and other products. New findings could help make that conversion process easier.... Cystic Fibrosis Patients' Self-assessment Of Health Can Predict Prognosis - Adult cystic fibrosis patients can provide important information that helps to predict their prognosis, according to research that asked 223 adult CF patients to assess their own health and well-being.... Cause Of Glacial Earthquakes In Greenland Clarified - Satellite observations during the past decade have shown dramatic changes in flow speed on year-to-year timescales at Greenland's outlet glaciers. Seismic events traced back to glaciers during the same time period have been interpreted to have resulted from calving events at the glacier terminus or surging events lubricated by subglacial meltwater.... Lifelong Gender Difference In Physical Activity Revealed - Females of all ages are less active than their male peers. Two new studies reveal the gender difference in activity levels among school children and the over 70s. Both studies show males to be more physically active than females.... Testes Stem Cells Can Change Into Other Body Tissues - Scientists have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells -- they can differentiate into each of the three main types of tissues of the body -- but the researchers caution against viewing them as one and the same.... Promising New Drug Being Evaluated As Possible Treatment Option For Fragile X Syndrome - A pilot trial of an oral drug therapy called fenobam has shown promising initial results and could be a potential new treatment option for adult patients with Fragile X syndrome. Findings of the open label, single-dose study are to be published in the Journal of Medical Genetics.... Treating Gum Disease Linked To Lower Medical Costs For Patients With Diabetes - A new report suggests that treating gum disease in patients who have diabetes with procedures such as cleanings and periodontal scaling is linked to 10 to 12 percent lower medical costs per month.... Modulation Of Gene Expression By Protein Coding Regions Demonstrated - Scientists have discovered how the expression of one of the Hox master control genes is regulated in a specific segment of the developing brain. The findings provide important insight into how and where the brain develops some of its unique and important structures.... Tackling Climate Change With New Permits To Pollute - A new way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change had been unveiled by leading economists.... Young Adults Need To Make More Time For Healthy Meals - Researchers observed that while young adults enjoy and value time spent eating with others, 35 percent of males and 42 percent of females reported lacking time to sit down and eat a meal. They further noted that "eating on the run" was related to higher consumption of unhealthy items like fast foods and lower consumption of many healthful foods.... Structure Mediating Spread Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified - Scientists have identified the structure of a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires' disease. The research sheds light on how antibiotic resistance genes spread from one bacterium to another. The research may help scientists develop novel treatments for these diseases and novel ways to curtail the spread of antibiotic resistance.... Older Women Who Are More Physically Fit Have Better Cognitive Function - Being physically fit helps the brain function at the top of its game, according to new research. People who are fit have been found it have better blood flow to their brain. New findings also show that better blood flow translates into improved cognition.... Obesity Starts In The Head? Six Newly Discovered Genes For Obesity Have A Neural Effect - Obesity is known to increase the risk of chronic disorders, such as diabetes (type 2). Scientists have now identified six new obesity genes. Gene expression analyses have shown that all six genes are active in brain cells.... Computer Game ?Tetris? May Help Reduce Flashbacks To Traumatic Events - Playing 'Tetris' after traumatic events could reduce the flashbacks experienced in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), preliminary research by Oxford University psychologists suggests.... Macbeth's Curse: Link Between Sleeplessness And Paranoia Identified - A link between sleeplessness and paranoid thinking, a theme highlighted in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been identified. Researchers show that a potential consequence of insomnia is increased suspiciousness.... Gene That Increases Susceptibility To Crohn's Disease Discovered - Researchers have discovered DNA variations in a gene that increases susceptibility to developing Crohn's disease. A 'Broken' bacterial sensor doesn?t detect harmful bacteria in the digestive system.... Researchers Control The Assembly Of Nanobristles Into Helical Clusters - From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have discovered a way to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs, into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple scales and areas. The finding has potential use in energy and information storage, photonics, adhesion, capture and release systems, and chemical mixing.... Surprisingly High Tolerance For Racism Revealed - One reason racism persists is that many people imagine they would respond strongly to a racist act but actually respond with indifference, a new study shows. The study, being published just days before the inauguration of America's first black president, found that people overestimate how strongly they would react to racist comments.... Half Of World's Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100 - New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world's population facing serious food shortages.... New Molecule In Blood-pressure Control System Discovered - Researchers have discovered that the nerve cells controlling heart rate and blood pressure synthesize a molecule known to be critically important for proper nervous system growth. The finding could someday play a significant role in the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and high blood pressure.... Mechanism For Dental Pain Uncovered - Researchers have discovered a novel function of the peptide known as Nerve Growth Factor in the development of the trigeminal nerve.... Mortality Rates Higher For Heart Disease Patients In Poorer Neighborhoods, Study Suggests - Heart disease patients living in poorer areas of B.C. are up to twice as likely to die from chronic diseases than patients living in better-off areas, a University of British Columbia study has found.... Ecstasy For Treatment Of Traumatic Anxiety - Treatment with a pharmacological version of the drug ecstasy makes PSTD patients more receptive to psychotherapy, and contributes to lasting improvement. Now researchers explain why.... Spirituality May Help Adolescents Cope With Chronic Illness - Chronic illness can lead to poorer quality of life -- particularly for adolescents. New research shows that spirituality may help teens cope with their conditions.... Online Racial Discrimination Linked To Depression, Anxiety In Teens - Educational psychologists says adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety.... Particulate Emission From Natural Gas Burning Home Appliances - Natural gas, believed to be among the cleanest forms of fuel, does emit ultrafine airborne particulate matter when burned in home appliances such as stove tops and water heaters.... Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects Discovered - A newly discovered family of receptors in the fly nose fills in a missing piece of the insect olfactory system -- and also suggests a new role for a class of receptors long believed to be confined to the depths of the brain.... Findings Turn Events In Early TB Infection On Their Head, May Lead To New Therapy - Masses of immune cells that form as a hallmark of tuberculosis have long been thought to be the body's way of trying to protect itself by literally walling off the bacteria. But a new study in the journal Cell offers evidence that the TB bacteria actually sends signals that encourage the growth of those organized granuloma structures, and for good reason.... Copyright © 2009, Cool Collection. All Rights Reserved. |