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

Rare Cheetah Filmed and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Rare cheetah captured on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7905986.stm

Acinonyx jubatus hecki

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

Mole rats may hold secret to long life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126966.600-mole-rats-may-hold-secret-to-long-life.html

Heterocephalus glaber

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

Lost world Getting to know the inhabitants of extinct volcano


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7861563.stm

Mount Bosavi

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

Tailless Lizards Turn Somersaults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213070546.htm

Magpies reportedly build nest using scrap metal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_fe_st/odd_metal_nest;_ylt=AhGUrYmiHdkxUWIrTfAlvintiBIF

Pica pica

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

Strange fish has a see-through head

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29354875/

Macropinna microstoma

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

Ancient sharks saw the deep sea in colour

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126966.500-ancient-sharks-saw-the-deep-sea-in-colour.html

Callorhinchus milii

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

Shape-shifting Coral Evade Identification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221343.htm

Iraq marshes face grave new threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7906512.stm

Hot Peppers Help Unravel Pain's Mechanism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221232.htm

Capsaicin

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

Take A Darwinian Approach To A Dangerous World: Ecologist Preaches 'Natural' Security For Homeland Defense

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213114158.htm

Health care costs to top $8,000 per person

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29355231/

Anger, stress may be linked to heart problems

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/24/anger.heart/index.html

Hypertension Treatment Shows Promise

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4824032.shtml

Report: Family Planning Saving U.S. Money

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/health/main4823681.shtml

2 plead guilty in NC tainted syringe case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_us/tainted_syringes;_ylt=Aia9I_WQ9AVZgKXnIltXh9Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHJxbzljBHBvcwM1NgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawMycGxlYWRndWlsdHk-

Who's minding your food? Surprise! It depends

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29364630/

Achoo! How to avoid the office bug

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26792478/

Brain Hub Links Music, Memory And Emotion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221230.htm

Gene could allow lab-grown teeth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907192.stm

Working On A Vaccine for the Plague

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223121502.htm

Plague

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

First Step Towards A World Reclassification Of Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172047.htm

Technique Tricks Bacteria Into Generating Their Own Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221427.htm

Increased Research In Flu Transmission Needed To Prepare For Pandemic Flu Outbreak, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218114322.htm

Game consoles 'cause skin sores'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7907489.stm

Nano-hydrogels Capable Of Detecting Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217080012.htm

Periodontitis And Myocardial Infarction: A Shared Genetic Predisposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115011.htm

Structure Of Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease Detailed In 3D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213115016.htm

Lyme disease

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

Patience Pays Off With Methanol For Uranium Bioremediation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223121411.htm

Uranium

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

Vital Climate Change Warnings Are Being Ignored, Says Expert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141147.htm

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090224/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_antarctica_mountains;_ylt=AmwEu2hNuk.Xln85MlLXS.btiBIF

Aerosols May Have High Impact On Rainfall, Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093653.htm

Foraging Behavior Of Key Antarctic Predators Unchanged After Storms That Alter Prey Distribution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213105052.htm

Humans turning Indonesian rainforest into a tinderbox

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16652-humans-turning-indonesian-rainforest-into-a-tinderbox.html