http://feed.informer.com/digests/MQCJ8MZJHI/feeder Science News Respective post owners and feed distributors Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:53:08 -0600 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821154621.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:5de01419-e5e7-598f-8f89-2c596cb149e7 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:46:21 -0500 For the first time, researchers are using proteomics to examine proteins and peptides in saliva in order to accurately detect exposure to Zika virus. With 70 countries and territories reporting evidence of mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission, there is an increased need for a rapid and effective test for the virus. This study offers a new, quicker and more cost-effective way to test for the virus. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821154608.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:ca9ac0f1-1cf7-4cf8-2a03-c6b856ebfbf2 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:46:08 -0500 Scientists have pinpointed how a tiny protein seems to make the deadly Ebola virus particularly contagious. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821151104.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:0438c7c0-d2bb-0fbb-be54-18ae3d92ec3d Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:11:04 -0500 The moon is likely very dry in its interior according to a new study analyzing fragments of the 'Rusty Rock,' a rock collected from the moon's surface during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821151056.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:214d1ac4-df7f-714e-5b89-e1ed1a745236 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:10:56 -0500 Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically cooled the planet, and contributed to the mass extinction that marked the end of the age of dinosaurs. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821151052.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:db1dd487-ddf2-0fb2-302a-528caec3d3eb Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:10:52 -0500 A class of chemicals made by intestinal bacteria, known as indoles, help worms, flies and mice maintain mobility and resilience for more of their lifespans, scientists have discovered. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821151049.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:0d52c1bc-44a8-25ae-8884-d568d29f0d1f Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:10:49 -0500 Scientists found a gene variant that affects cholesterol levels also could increase the risk of contracting typhoid fever. A common cholesterol-lowering drug could protect animal models against Salmonella Typhi, the culprit behind the potentially deadly infection. The findings give insight into the mechanisms that govern human susceptibility to infectious disease and point to possible avenues to protect against pathogens -- like Salmonella or Ebola -- whose entry into host cells is regulated by cholesterol. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821135052.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:91106587-2384-c70d-12ae-be9b2fdf9337 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:50:52 -0500 Scientists are working toward a better understand whether cyanobacteria can be grown for biofuels on a large scale. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821125209.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:83add586-d147-ceb1-9b09-f7fbf098387b Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:52:09 -0500 When we're trying to decide which cell phone case to buy or which hotel room to book, we often rely on the ratings and reviews of others to help us choose. But new research suggests that we tend to use this information in ways that can actually work to our disadvantage. https://www.space.com/37858-latest-videos-of-solar-eclipse-2017.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:41199016-36aa-69ae-02f9-2f8dead127a7 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:52:00 -0500 See the latest videos of the 2017 total solar eclipse as they come in from observers across the U.S., in the air and in space here. https://www.space.com/37848-solar-eclipse-2017-time.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:4474eedc-7ffb-d9de-7e36-d3e4a0204176 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:51:00 -0500 The Great American Solar Eclipse has arrived in the U.S. Here's a timeline of where the eclipse will be visible throughout the day. https://www.space.com/37868-solar-eclipse-2017-first-video.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:6eae983e-a3c0-202d-cc0b-c93d293f797f Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:35:00 -0500 The moon has begun its journey across the face of the sun. Today's eclipse will last about 3 hours from start to finish, with totality lasting a maximum of 2 minutes and 40 seconds for spectators within the 70-mile-wide path of totality. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122807.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:af0fa2ec-213f-0427-f066-879a6c87eb45 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:28:07 -0500 Scientists studying microbes from some of the saltiest lakes in Antarctica have discovered a new way the microbes can share DNA that could help them grow and survive. The research, based on 18 months of water sampling in remote Antarctic locations, could throw light on the evolutionary history of viruses. The team discovered some of the microbes contained small molecules of DNA called plasmids. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122804.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:b63fd1f3-f97e-83e5-4018-d811d25ed81c Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:28:04 -0500 Advanced technologies has been used to illuminate the connectivity pattern of chandelier cells, a distinctive kind of inhibitory cell type in the mammalian brain. Scientists reveal for the first time how this candelabra-shaped cell interacts in a highly selective way with hundreds of excitatory cells in its neighborhood, receiving information from some, imparting information to others. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122801.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:4af3cf0d-04b8-5de4-852c-912e3a057ead Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:28:01 -0500 A team of researchers has developed and validated a practical tool for identifying diabetes patients who are at the highest risk for being admitted to an emergency department or hospital due to severe hypoglycemia, or very low blood sugar. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122759.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:e2fa8a39-9793-8224-5738-d3af9c10d3bf Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:59 -0500 A new article investigates how various blood pressure targets for older patients treated for hypertension were associated with cognitive function and if ethnic differences existed in long-term cognitive outcomes. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122756.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:a5397294-1f44-a351-07a7-948b8d7f760c Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:56 -0500 New reserach estimates the global prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among children and youth. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122753.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:8e6b5787-34a2-9a86-d099-547e02412c54 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:53 -0500 In dual-physician couples, women with children worked fewer hours than women without children but similar differences in hours worked were not seen among men, according to a new research letter. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122751.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:af3f7330-8f69-642e-b671-f8be24f4e503 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:51 -0500 A longstanding obstacle to the market for bovine embryos is about to be removed. Researchers have described a hitherto unknown mechanism of lipid accumulation in oocytes that limits the success of in vitro production of bovine embryos. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122749.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:68de8fc2-97aa-c527-ad3d-a8e4107d8a76 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:49 -0500 Given the possible security vulnerabilities related to developments in synthetic biology -- a field that uses technologies to modify or create organisms or biological components -- a new report proposes a framework to identify and prioritize potential areas of concern associated with the field. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122746.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:78b846a8-03ff-5e70-9283-ff8f954a809a Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:46 -0500 Many health apps designed to assist dementia patients and their caregivers have inadequate security policies or lack security policies altogether, new research concludes. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122744.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:5886501e-95b7-f2e1-33f0-6759f1757377 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:44 -0500 Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair-genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational signature known in cancer genomics as 'Signature 3.' But not all breast tumor cells exhibiting Signature 3 have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Therefore, some consider Signature 3 a biomarker for 'BRCAness,' a sign of a breakdown in BRCA-related DNA repair in general and not BRCA damage in particular. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122741.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:0589c5a2-4866-f4c4-c185-e2b344059fb9 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:41 -0500 Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in the organ that might be targeted to help treat alcoholic liver disease. The team also found that the same protective response may be involved in aversion to alcohol and could therefore help in the treatment of alcoholism. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821122736.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:be1770c2-3c98-cecd-fdb4-6731209e868c Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:27:36 -0500 Gut microbes have been in the news lately. Recent studies show they can influence human health, behavior, and certain neurological disorders, such as autism. But just how do they communicate with the brain? Results from a new study suggest a pathway of communication between certain gut bacteria and brain metabolites, by way of a compound in the blood known as cortisol. And unexpectedly, the finding provides a potential mechanism to explain the characteristics of autism. https://www.space.com/37857-amateur-photos-of-solar-eclipse-2017.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:c3a4d25b-76a6-3f7d-ad66-88c3def284b4 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:21:00 -0500 See the first photos of the Great American Solar Eclipse and its crowds on Aug. 21 as they come in from Twitter, Instagram and around the web. https://www.space.com/37873-amazing-photos-of-solar-eclipse-2017.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:f39e6fd8-b919-b440-e18c-1866fb04e427 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:15:00 -0500 Here are the most amazing photos of the Great American total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017, as it crossed the U.S. from sea to shining sea. https://www.space.com/37867-solar-eclipse-2017-occurs-today.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:fa863b4a-0657-d603-56a5-ff057333f3b2 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0500 The first total solar eclipse to cross the contiguous United States in 99 years occurs today and millions of skywatchers are ready to watch. https://www.space.com/37891-photograph-solar-eclipse-with-cell-phone.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:81584a1e-091d-91e1-6682-2b3978d3b05f Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0500 Can you photograph the phenomenon with my cell phone or tablet? With a few caveats, the answer is "yes." https://www.space.com/37891-photograph-solar-eclipse-with-cell-phone.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:87cd94b5-ad40-47ae-b639-0df4468f5929 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0500 Can you photograph the phenomenon with my cell phone or tablet? With a few caveats, the answer is "yes." https://www.space.com/37858-latest-videos-of-solar-eclipse-2017.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:630584f4-a7da-d679-915a-8592fac2c0e0 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0500 See the latest videos of the 2017 total solar eclipse as they come in from observers across the U.S., in the air and in space here. https://www.space.com/37854-solar-eclipse-2017-in-nashville.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:7052a9ac-4ba9-7bc4-25e2-32f8884a25b0 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:50:00 -0500 Space.com's Hanneke Weitering reports from her home state of Tennessee as she chronicles Music City's epic celebration of the solar eclipse. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821113602.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:dcae1486-6043-4a3d-e9af-dd852b46cf29 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:36:02 -0500 Standard behavior experiments to investigate behavior in popular lab animals only incompletely mimic natural conditions. The understanding of behavior and brain function is thus limited. Virtual Reality helps in generating a more natural experimental environment but requires immobilization of the animal, disrupting sensorimotor experience and causing altered neuronal and behavioral responses. Researchers have now developed a VR system for freely moving animals to overcome most of these limitations. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821113559.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:2371e1e5-0b5a-29cd-ccd7-af1502ab0b35 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:35:59 -0500 A causal link between senescent cells -- the cells associated with aging and age-related disease -- and bone loss has been found in mice. Targeting these cells led to an increase in bone mass and strength. https://www.space.com/19195-night-sky-planets-asteroids-webcasts.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:179de69a-a59b-88a1-cfd0-4681dcdfe57b Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:31:00 -0500 Starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) Aug. 21, the astronomy broadcasting service Slooh will livestream the total solar eclipse crossing the continental United States coast to coast. https://www.space.com/33797-total-solar-eclipse-2017-guide.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:e7ee9a4a-2969-3ddc-4720-a5f971906e87 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:30:00 -0500 Today, a total solar eclipse is darkening the skies from Oregon to South Carolina. Here's what you need to know about this rare celestial show. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111533.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:ceaa42d6-9006-e5bd-ba67-086544ff8dec Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:33 -0500 In an experiment designed to mimic the conditions deep inside the icy giant planets of our solar system, scientists were able to observe 'diamond rain' for the first time as it formed in high-pressure conditions. Extremely high pressure squeezes hydrogen and carbon found in the interior of these planets to form solid diamonds that sink slowly down further into the interior. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111520.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:bd0d9017-1b45-5bd5-c978-9d750e4c8d80 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:20 -0500 Engineers have predicted how tiny hairs lining blood vessels and intestines bend to flowing fluid. The results may help to design microfluidic devices such as hydraulic valves and diodes. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111517.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:726eb9ec-dfe5-56c9-78d5-7194a4a1cb8a Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:17 -0500 An electric car for Africa, custom-designed for the needs of the population there, that strengthens rural structures and helps drive the economy: scientists have been working intensively towards this goal for four years. The new prototype, the aCar, is designed for passenger and cargo transportation and is also interesting for the European automotive market. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111512.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:7ec8f93d-454b-1be3-51b7-9c2f1c2b6195 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:12 -0500 Mutations involving a large number of genes converge on two pathways during early kidney development that lead to Wilms tumor, new research concludes. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111503.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:4d826126-796c-3011-2702-c98f6a5a36a8 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:03 -0500 The Zika virus suppresses a pregnant woman's immune system, enabling the virus to spread and increasing the chances an unborn baby will be harmed, study finds. The study is the first to report that the Zika virus targets specific white blood cells, handicapping a pregnant woman's immune system in a way that almost resembles HIV. Pregnant women are more prone to immune suppression. Zika exploits that weakness to infect and replicate. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111500.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:0e0b3920-872e-74cb-2e8e-e5bd4585739a Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:15:00 -0500 Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue to climb due to climate change. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111453.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:be33ea91-792b-d832-979d-5152687fe939 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:14:53 -0500 Scientists have discovered the mechanism that causes cracks to behave strangely when they spread very rapidly in brittle materials. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111450.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:825c0405-5f42-ed40-63a4-af94def25ab9 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:14:50 -0500 A pro-tumor environment in the cell can encourage a gene to produce an alternative form of RNA that enables cancer to spread, report researchers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111447.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:6b76aec6-0aa4-b60c-dbca-c7cd9d9bc5c6 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:14:47 -0500 New research highlights the usefulness of video game players as unmanned aircraft operators. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821111444.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:49ac3266-b81e-15cd-236b-8a0e57e6f833 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:14:44 -0500 New research highlights the need for long-term rehabilitation of Ebola survivors after almost 80 percent of those interviewed were found to have major limitations in mobility, cognition and vision. https://www.space.com/37894-turn-your-cereal-box-into-an-eclipse-projector.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:f6e334fe-f9ba-0c49-de03-ca1b47171cb2 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:14:00 -0500 Staff Writer Sara G. Miller appeared on "Good Morning America" to show how you can transform a cardboard box into a safe way to view the eclipse. https://www.space.com/37736-total-solar-eclipse-2017-live-streams.html SPACE.com urn:uuid:743c90e7-a88c-279b-98a7-8c94ad7401c8 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:05:00 -0500 Experience 2017's total solar eclipse virtually: people outside the eclipse path, under cloudy skies or hoping to stay indoors have plenty of options to watch the celestial event live. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821105747.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:de73e27f-504b-fb25-4973-b6404c88db25 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:57:47 -0500 Researchers have created an original music composition for Monday's eclipse. They uses drums, synthesized tones and other sounds to symbolize the movements of the sun and moon and the gradual darkness they will produce during the August 21 event. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821105642.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:448b26b1-a69e-2146-624a-568c7be1d1fe Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:56:42 -0500 Researchers have developed a new method for thawing frozen tissue that may enable long-term storage and subsequent viability of tissues and organs for transplantation. The method, called nanowarming, prevents tissue damage during the rapid thawing process that would precede a transplant. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821105525.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:acbb1062-c56d-5825-c5a1-5dbfba2aa6e9 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:55:25 -0500 In its attempt to fight a serious bacterial infection, caused by listeria, for example, the immune system can become so over-activated that the resulting inflammatory response and its consequences can quickly lead to death. Scientists have now demonstrated in an animal model that such an excessive response by the immune system can be modulated by targeted manipulation of the sugar metabolism to produce an immune response that efficiently eliminates the pathogens without causing any harmful secondary reactions. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821105523.htm ScienceDaily: Latest Science News urn:uuid:8b0ca363-6634-148a-6a37-c4a3b6ffb8ca Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:55:23 -0500 People who see colors while perceiving smells are better at distinguishing between different smells and different colors, and are better at naming odors, compared to a group without synesthesia.