http://generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:24 UTC kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) marc.boucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2013, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http:/generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE94L18R20130522 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE94L18R20130522 ... Preliminary tests do not indicate the bird flu, nor a new mutation of any known influenza virus, said Dr. Mary McIntyre, an assistant state health officer at ... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:03 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/oup-cii052013.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/oup-cii052013.php A new study published online today in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the US in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaur Wed, 22 May 2013 23:20:24 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/bc-wts052113.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/bc-wts052113.php Radically different viruses share genes and are likely to share ancestry, according to research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Virology Journal this week. The comprehensive phylogenomic analysis compares giant viruses that infect amoeb Wed, 22 May 2013 23:18:14 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uoc--sfp052013.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uoc--sfp052013.php As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new UC Irvine study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the age of 65, while those 65 and over had greater Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:12 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/ncsu-fbs051713.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/ncsu-fbs051713.php New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado shows that households with dogs are home to more types of bacteria -- including bacteria that are rarely found in households that do not have dogs. The finding is part of a l Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:22 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-nca051613.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-nca051613.php Two new species of cave-dwelling short-tailed whipscorpions have been discovered in northeastern Brazil, and are described in research published May 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Adalberto Santos, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (B Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:22 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-cwm051613.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-cwm051613.php Endangered brush-tail rock wallabies raised in captive breeding programs carry antibiotic resistance genes in their gut bacteria and may be able to transmit these genes into wild populations, according to research published May 22 in the open access journ Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:22 UTC http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/cloud-free-aral.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/cloud-free-aral.html For decades, Landsat satellites have documented the desiccation of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Once one of the largest seas in the world, it shrunk to a tenth of its original volume after Russia diverted its feeder rivers in the 1960s. Scientists studyi Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:22 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/msu-phn052113.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/msu-phn052113.php What people take from nature -- water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation -- are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they contribute to humans. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:22 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uos-sdw052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uos-sdw052213.php Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:18 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uomh-bls051713.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uomh-bls051713.php A specially-designed tracheal splint, made from a biopolymer using 3D printing, was created and used at the University of Michigan to save a baby from life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia. Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:18 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/acor-ncd052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/acor-ncd052213.php Low-dose CT scans detected twice as many early-stage lung cancers as chest X-ray on initial screening exam, according to additional National Lung Screening Trial results. Investigators say the 20 percent lung cancer mortality reduction previously reported Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:18 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-aac051613.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/plos-aac051613.php An insect-eating pitcher plant teams up with ants to prevent mosquito larvae from stealing its nutrients, according to research published May 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mathias Scharmann and colleagues from the University of Cambridge and t Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:02 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uow-tm052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uow-tm052213.php Large-river specialist fishes -- from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub -- are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them if major tributaries identified in a University of Wisco Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:02 UTC http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=30629.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=30629.php Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future optoelectronic circuits for sensors and information processing. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:27:02 UTC http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2013/Pages/FluSelfAssemble.aspx http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2013/Pages/FluSelfAssemble.aspx A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. The vaccine concept, which was developed by scientists a Wed, 22 May 2013 20:19:12 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uom-usc052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uom-usc052213.php A University of Michigan study challenges previous research that suggests umpire discrimination exists in Major League Baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:19 UTC http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2013/tests-lead-to-doubling-of-fuel-cell-life.html http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2013/tests-lead-to-doubling-of-fuel-cell-life.html Researchers working to improve durability in fuel cell powered buses have discovered links between electrode degradation processes and bus membrane durability. The team is quantifying the effects of electrode degradation stressors in the operating cycle o Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17:17 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/jhm-hpw052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/jhm-hpw052213.php Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:12 UTC http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/pu-icb052213.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/pu-icb052213.php (<i>Purdue University</i>) Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processi Wed, 22 May 2013 19:14:01 UTC