Archive of articles published on the 29th of August 2009

HIV subtype linked to increased likelihood for dementia
UF scientists construct 'off switch' for Parkinson therapy
Acoustic tweezers can position tiny objects
Teetotallers more likely to be depressed
New tool to predict the risk of death in COPD may help physicians to individualize treatment
Marine biomedicine researchers decode structure of promising sea compound
Researchers find high-dose therapy for liver disease not effective
ORNL scientists hone technique to safeguard water supplies
Warped debris disks around stars are blowin' in the wind
Depression and anxiety affect up to 15 percent of preschoolers
Mathematical keys to a sixth sense -- the lateral-line system
The nutritional value of Andalusian lupines is revealed
Familiar and newly learned words are processed by the same neural networks in the brain
Finnish scientists discover nerve growth factor with therapeutic potential in Parkinson's disease
Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method
Slowly slip-sliding faults don't cause earthquakes
Feelings of hopelessness linked to stroke risk in healthy women
Job insecurity leads to health problems in US workers
Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch'
Connections among solar cycle, stratosphere and ocean discovered
Texas A&M-Galveston professor discovers new species of marine life
Researchers pinpoint neural nanoblockers in carbon nanotubes
The invasive green mussel may inspire new forms of wet adhesion
New temperature reconstruction from Indo-Pacific warm pool
Gene variation is 'major genetic determinant of psoriasis'
Researchers identify new, cancer-causing role for protein
Researchers report gene associated with language, speech and reading disorders
Radiologists, medical physicists work to make imaging procedures safer
Unique study isolates DNA from Linnaeus' botanical collections
Simple test may identify stroke survivors at risk of another cardiovascular event
Predicting cancer prognosis
Hopelessness linked to thickening of neck arteries, stroke in healthy women
Outcome matters more than intention when punishing or rewarding accidents
ESA helps make summer in the city more bearable
Skin-disease patients show brain immunity to faces of disgust
Immune defect is key to skin aging
Small rodents encourage the formation of scrubland in Spain
Tiny ancient shells point to earliest fashion trend
The mysterious glaciers that grew when Asia heated up
Scientists identify gene for resistance to parasitic 'witchweed'
The anti-diabetic effects of sodium tungstate revealed
Urine LAM-ELISA poor at diagnosing TB
Cardiac arrest casualties form a valuable source of donor kidneys
Milk drinking started around 7,500 years ago in central Europe
Variants in 3 genes account for most dog coat differences
We are all mutants
Mice living in sandy hills quickly evolved lighter coloration
Turning back the clock: Fasting prolongs reproductive life span
Scientists detect 'fingerprint' of high-temp superconductivity above transition temperature
Chemotherapy resistance: Checkpoint protein provides armor against cancer drugs
'Fatostatin' is a turnoff for fat genes
Why Obama's dog has curly hair
Blood thinner causes stroke in some dialysis patients
Tunnels concentrate air pollution by up to 1,000 times
Star-birth myth 'busted'
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop tool to rank death rates
With 3 new reference materials, NIST gets the dirt on soil
Small peptide found to stop lung cancer tumor growth in mice
Hankering for molecular electronics? Grab the new NIST sandwich
Who are you? Mobile ID devices find out using NIST guidelines
Rats' mental 'instant replay' drives next moves
Newly improved NIST reference material targets infant formula analysis
Penetrating insights: NIST airframe tests help ensure better shielding for flight instruments
Up-scale: Frequency converter enables ultra-high sensitivity infrared spectrometry
International Greenland ice coring effort sets new drilling record in 2009
Global priority regions for carnivore conservation
Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry
Racial disparity studied in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B
Novel genetic region identified for childhood asthma in Mexicans
Baby's mp3 heart monitor
New research findings pave the way to more accurate interpretation of brain imaging data
An intelligent system avoids forgetting things
'Curtain twitching' skylarks keep track of strangers through their songs