Archive of articles published on the 9th of December 2010

Blue whale-sized mouthfuls make foraging super efficient
Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics
States now fund majority of human embryonic stem cell research
La Jolla Institute validates Type 1 diabetes computer model's predictive success through lab testing
'1-drop rule' appears to persist for biracial individuals
Study examines effect of water-based and silicon-based lubricant
Scientists forecast new atom smashers to keep Europe leading in nuclear physics
Lower levels of education are associated with increased risks of heart failure
New QRISK score to predict heart disease in younger people
The double-edged sword of dominance
Estrogen alone is effective for reducing breast cancer risk
Most women do not get recommended mammograms
Aromatase inhibitors increased risk of heart disease in postmenopausal women with breast cancer
Greedy algorithms best for multiple targets
Weekend and public holiday admissions increased the risk of hospital deaths by up to 41 percent
Non-invasive SRT as good as surgery for elderly patients with early lung cancer
Adding ipilimumab to standard chemotherapy treatment for late-stage lung cancer may improve survival
Personalized molecular therapy shows promising results for people with advanced lung cancer
Exposure to North Dakota road material may increase risk of lung cancer
Researchers track the impacts of depression during pregnancy
Identifying lung cancer gene markers shows promise in identifying patients needing chemo
Obese women with ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer have poorer survival rates
Drug combination shows promise for newly diagnosed blood cancer patients, study finds
Platinum and blue light combine to combat cancer
Protein targeted to stop melanoma tumor growth
Our brains are wired so we can better hear ourselves speak
Digital video recorders do not change shopping behavior
Financial burden greater for college students with divorced or remarried parents
University of Hawaii at Manoa research focuses on congenital abnormality
A 'stitch in time' could help damaged hearts
Chinese study suggests that alcohol increases angiographically significant coronary artery disease
Exemestane may be another first-line, adjuvant therapy for hormone-receptor positive, early-stage breast cancer
Sesame Street program improves development for children in Indonesia
Better batteries from the bottom up
Simulations aim to unlock nature's process of biomineralization
Living in certain neighborhoods increases the chances older men and women will develop cancer
Computer-based program may help relieve some ADHD symptoms in children
IU study: When to end a run
Stricter testing for federal ground beef program may not lead to safer meat
Unraveling Alzheimer's: Simple small molecules could untangle complex disease
Key protein discovered that allows nerve cells to repair themselves
Buprenorphine treatment produces improved outcome for babies born addicted
When their tools get dull, leaf-cutters switch jobs
Cholera strain evolves new mechanism for causing disease
Esophageal cancer risk lower than expected for patients with GERD
Time running out to save climate record held in unique eastern European Alps glacier
New mouse model for duchenne muscular dystrophy implicates stem cells, Stanford researchers say
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ultimately a stem cell disease
2 decades of Nuss procedure outcomes: Refinements in groundbreaking surgery for chest deformity
A double block of blood vessels to starve cancerous tumors
Web of international collaboration boosts worldwide nanotechnology research
UCLA researchers find that Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children is failing
Fox Chase researchers uncover new risk factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients
Ice-age reptile extinctions provide a glimpse of likely responses to human-caused climate change
Patients may not have to stop taking anti-platelets for some surgeries
National team of scientists peers into the future of stem cell biology
Powdery mildew at an evolutionary dead end
Evolutionary arms race between smut fungi and maize plants
Cloud 'feedback' affects global climate and warming, says Texas A&M study
Plant disease 'stealth bomber' tactics subverted to tackle hundreds of plant pathogens
Impaired clearance, not overproduction of toxic proteins, may underlie Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's patients can't effectively clear sticky plaque component
Technique turns computer chip defects into an advantage
Charging makes nano-sized electrodes swell, elongate and spiral
Massive gene loss linked to pathogen's stealthy plant-dependent lifestyle
Thought for food: New CMU research shows imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption
Gene hunters tackle crop diseases
The end of planet formation, as told by trace elements from the mantles of Earth, the moon and Mars
Blood-thinning treatment standards changing for heart patients, new research shows
Researchers discover how natural drug fights inflammation
Immune system changes linked to inflammatory bowel disease revealed
ACP commends Congress for preserving patient access by stopping scheduled Medicare SGR cuts
Medicine: Alzheimer's and heart attacks share the same genes
Genome of barley disease reveals surprises
World's smallest battery created at CINT nanotechnology center
Bering Sea chill yields fatter plankton, pollock diet changes
Fahrenheit -459: Neutron stars and string theory in a lab
Industry collaboration enhances academic science, sociologist finds
Researcher develops accurate method for detecting dangerous fluoride
Supercomputing research opens doors for drug discovery
Official food allergy treatment guidelines released
A new kind of blast-resistant glass
There's a new 'officer' in the infection control army
Hospital shootings rare, but rate of other assults high, Johns Hopkins researchers find
Pacific Biosciences and Harvard scientists decode genome of Haitian cholera pathogen
Cholera strain in Haiti matches bacteria from south Asia
Cutting dietary phosphate doesn't save dialysis patients' lives
Gene that causes some cases of familial ALS discovered
On...off...on...off... The circuitry of insulin-releasing cells
Buprenorphine is better than methadone for opioid dependence in pregnant women, study shows
Black holes and warped space: New UK telescope shows off first