Metastasis Breakthrough? and The Secret of Life? and More for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Molecular Switch May Prevent Cancer Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316133436.htm

Metastasis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastasis

Clues To A Secret Of Life Found In Meteorite Dust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317153047.htm

Nanotechnology sensors detect salmonella in food

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/nanotech-food-safety.html

Brain On A Chip?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318090142.htm

Where Does Consciousness Come From?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201459.htm

‘Smart drug’ may be habit-forming, study says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739760/

Modafinil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provigil

Heavy? You may live 3 to 10 years less

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739036/

Salmonella outbreak has slowed, but isn't over

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29743527/

'Star Wars' laser kills mosquitoes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/starwarslaserkillsmosquitoes;_ylt=ApTxzGftDdudrA7FQUYHYz6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwYjE2bTNwBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzE4L3N0YXJ3YXJzbGFzZXJraWxsc21vc3F1aXRvZXMEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xr




UV Light Cuts Spread Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201505.htm

New Protein Identified In Bacterial Arsenal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310135317.htm

Ubiquitin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitin

Waking Up Dormant HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120848.htm

Key Sperm-binding Proteins Cloned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113816.htm

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5la-us-cochlear-implant-surgery-safe-seniors/

Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318085923.htm

Making Wood A Clean, Efficient Energy Source With New Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311134802.htm

New government brochure explains climate science

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_literacy;_ylt=AtX2Yb.Be0TEGssXiXi7WAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2dzc3BjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNuZXdnb3Zlcm5tZW4-

Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science

http://www.noaa.gov/climateliteracy.html

UN accuses EU over climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950211.stm

Robot Sub Searches For Signs Of Melting 60 Km Into An Antarctic Ice Shelf Cavity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113818.htm

'Armed' chimps raid beehives How chimps armed with clubs plunder beehives for honey.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946614.stm

Pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee

Tracking Tigers In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134639.htm

Panthera tigris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger

Escaped lion shot dead at zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/od_nm/us_australia_lion_odd;_ylt=AuexEnKF8beN0QpiVPT5YfCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdTg5MDg0BHBvcwMxOTEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXNjYXBlZGxpb25z

Panthera leo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_Leo

Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/endangered_wolves;_ylt=AtI_eDbS66bcmT7Q5smzrXis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFkc3JyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN3b2xmbnVtYmVyc3U-

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_Lupus

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5ul-us-agriculture-antibiotics-bill/

Petland accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29742068/

Beavers 'could thrive in England'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7949733.stm

Castor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_(genus)

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115131.htm

Fife aquarium breeds deadly frogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7950128.stm

Deep Sea World

http://www.deepseaworld.com/

Phyllobates terribilis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Poison_Frog

Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948124.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptodactylus_fallax

Chytridiomycota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chytrid_fungus

Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317162844.htm

Callorhinchus milii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_shark

Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101430.htm

Cretaceous Octopus With Ink And Suckers -- The World's Least Likely Fossils?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317111902.htm

Most Diverse Animals Have Widest Size Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200944.htm

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7949314.stm

Chernobyl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/endangered_plant_species;_ylt=Am5Yu.NxmE0HQ0QAFOZQyT2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2o5aXBzBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJldmluZWluaGE-

Process That Regulates Seed Germination Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170637.htm

Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312153328.htm

New Microorganisms Discovered In Earth's Stratosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318094642.htm

For Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Cute Knut April, 2007 (with Thomas Doerflein) image licensed under Creative Commons by Ole Begemann

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels 'Will Hit Coral Reefs Harder'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028121023.htm

Coral Reefs Found Growing In Cold, Deep Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104084210.htm

Ice-Age rhinoceros remains found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/7710415.stm

Coelodonta antiquitatis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_rhino

Death By Hyperdisease: How DNA Detective Work Explains Extinction Of Christmas Island's Native Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105081955.htm

Rattus nativitatis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_nativitatis

Tuna Range Wide, Dive Deep

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081104/sc_livescience/tunarangewidedivedeep;_ylt=AuCY4sdeUoOeXMuk95edLBEPLBIF

Bear statue to adorn carer's grave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7708812.stm

Thomas Doerflein

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doerflein

Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105083540.htm

Year 'Round Bloom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1012-year_round_bloom.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031141524.htm

S Asia is 'worst for snake bites'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7708888.stm

Could Life Have Started In Lump Of Ice? Very Cold Ice Films In Laboratory Reveal Mysteries Of Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105083545.htm

Clue Discovered In Spread Of 'Superbugs'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192409.htm

New Device Controls, Measures Dynamics Of Chemicals In Live Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027174632.htm

Award for sleeping sickness work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7708634.stm

Trypanosoma brucei

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosoma_brucei

'Junk' DNA Proves Functional, Gene Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104180928.htm

Dangers Of Going Green

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1001-dangers_of_going_green.htm

'Weapons of Mass Production', I mean, 'Mass Destruction!' How The Brain Prevents Verbal Errors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104084219.htm

Folic Acid, B Vitamins Do Not Appear To Affect Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104175352.htm

Drug 'tricks body to lose weight'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7707876.stm

Safety fears over nanocosmetics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7706818.stm