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Science in Society RSS FeedsThis Week in Science - Form and Function | The Root of the Problem | High-Temperature Electronic Switching | Chlorophyll Sees Red | Cold Refreshment | Charging Back and Forth | What We're In For | Biodiversity Convention | Stem Cell Expansion | Transient Protein Conformations | UnSIRT6ain Repair | CRISPR Processing | Connectivity Map of the Brain | Oscillations in Carbon Nanotube Conductivity | Martian Carbon Dioxide | Pointing the Finger | Mosquito Malarial Memory...Feed Source: www.sciencemag.org Editors' Choice - Biophysics: Two Eyes in One | Genetics: Daddy's Little Girl | Physics: Spinning Randomly in the Hall | Geophysics: Constructing a Craton | Microbiology: Menacing Methicillin | Immunology: Feeding a Fever | Plant Science: Staying Low to the Ground... Random Samples - Dropping the Claws | Bad Rap for Vaccines | Found: One Lost Language | Higher Ground... [Editorial] Overbuilding Research Capacity - Author: Bruce Alberts... [News of the Week] High-Energy Physics: Higgs or Bust? Fermilab Weighs Adding 3 Years to Tevatron Run - The director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is facing a decision: whether to run the lab's 25-year-old atom smasher, the Tevatron collider, for an additional 3 years through 2014 at the cost of delaying other projects that could enhance the lab's long-term viability.Author: Adrian Cho... [News of the Week] Planetary Science: Phoenix Lander Revealing a Younger, Livelier Mars - Data the Phoenix lander returned in 2008 on the isotopic composition of atmospheric carbon dioxide indicate that the martian atmosphere may have been chemically interacting with liquid water recently. And where there's liquid water, of course, there could be life.Author: Richard A. Kerr... [News of the Week] ScienceNOW.org: From Science's Online Daily News Site - ScienceNOW reported this week that a bacterium can purify gold, African bush elephants avoid acacia trees that house swarming ant colonies?and preserve the surrounding landscape in the process, and fish oil fights inflammation by binding to a protein that's involved in inflammation, among other stories.... [News of the Week] Biodiversity: Joint Expedition Discovers Deep-Sea Biodiversity, New Volcanoes - A remotely operated vehicle surveying the shallow water reefs of the Coral Triangle has captured stunning images of massive corals, as well as unusual crustaceans and fish living at depths never before surveyed, thousands of meters below the surface.Author: Dennis Normile... [News of the Week] Biodiversity: Brazil Says Rate of Deforestation in Amazon Continues to Plunge - Large-scale deforestation in the Amazon has declined by 47.5% over the past 12 months, according to a preliminary survey by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment using a low-resolution satellite.Author: Antonio Regalado... [News of the Week] ScienceInsider: From the Science Policy Blog - ScienceInsider reported this week that Stanford University archaeologist Ian Hodder, who has directed excavations at Turkey's Çatalhöyük since 1993, has told the heads of the dig's specialty labs that they will be asked to step down beginning in 2012, among other stories.... [News Focus] Despite Progress, Biodiversity Declines - After failing to meet its major conservation goal, the Convention on Biological Diversity is setting new targets for stemming the loss of species.Author: Erik Stokstad... [News Focus] Tending the Global Garden - By sorting out plant names and growing threatened species, botanic gardens are trying to do their part for plant conservation.Author: Elizabeth Pennisi... [News Focus] Saving Forests to Save Biodiversity - A hot spot for undiscovered flora and fauna, Indonesia is beginning to take steps to preserve its forests and its biological heritage.Author: Dennis Normile... [Letter] No Return from Biodiversity Loss - Authors: Fernanda Michalski, Darren Norris, Carlos A. Peres... [Letter] Overuse Could Leave Southwest High and Dry - Author: Bobban G. Subhadra... [Letter] Test Ban Results Could Be Negative - Author: Gregory Benford... [Letter] Test Ban Results Could Be Negative?Response - Author: Pierce S. Corden... [Book Review] Internet and Society: Swept into Superficiality - Carr combines popular science, intellectual history, and cultural criticism to discuss effects (mental and social) that the Internet may be having on our lives.Author: Jonathan Smallwood... [Book Review] Political Philosophy: Arguing for the Achievable - In this consideration of what constitutes a just society, Sen argues for a comparative perspective that offers grounds for choosing among the alternatives people actually face.Author: Ken Binmore... [Books et al.] Books Received - A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 03 September 2010.... [Policy Forum] Demography: Remeasuring Aging - Adjusting aging forecasts to incorporate increases in longevity and health can provide better tools for policy-makers.Authors: Warren C. Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov... [Perspective] Cell Biology: Septins at the Nexus - The ability of a cytoskeletal protein to prevent membrane protein diffusion is important for cilia formation and maintenance.Author: Yves Barral... [Perspective] Plant Science: Oscillating Roots - Where plant roots branch may be decided by rhythmic pulses of gene expression.Authors: Jan Traas, Teva Vernoux... [Perspective] Medicine: The Blood Stem Cell Holy Grail? - A compound promotes robust expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells in culture.Authors: Guy Sauvageau, R. Keith Humphries... [Perspective] Climate Change: Farewell to Fossil Fuels? - Barring new CO2 sources could curb climate change, but won't solve energy problems.Author: Martin I. Hoffert... [Perspective] Materials Science: Shape Memory Bulk Metallic Glass Composites - Glass-forming and shape memory metals may provide a route to fabricating materials with enhanced mechanical properties.Author: Douglas C. Hofmann... [Perspective] Biochemistry: Exciting Structures - High-resolution structures of folding intermediates of proteins come into view.Author: Hashim M. Al-Hashimi... [Review] Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010 - Authors: Michael R. W. Rands, William M. Adams, Leon Bennun, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Andrew Clements, David Coomes, Abigail Entwistle, Ian Hodge, Valerie Kapos, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, William J. Sutherland, Bhaskar Vira... [Brevia] Detection of a Trailing (L5) Neptune Trojan - An asteroid follows the orbit of the planet Neptune in a region of gravitational stability.Authors: Scott S. Sheppard, Chadwick A. Trujillo... [Brevia] Pulsar Discovery by Global Volunteer Computing - Einstein&Home, a distributed computing project, discovered a rare, isolated pulsar with a low magnetic field.Authors: B. Knispel, B. Allen, J. M. Cordes, J. S. Deneva, D. Anderson, C. Aulbert, N. D. R. Bhat, O. Bock, S. Bogdanov, A. Brazier, F. Camilo, D. J. Champion, S. Chatterjee, F. Crawford, P. B. Demorest, H. Fehrmann, P. C. C. Freire, M. E. Gonzalez, D. Hammer, J. W. T. Hessels, F. A. Jenet, L. Kasian, V. M. Kaspi, M. Kramer, P. Lazarus, J. van Leeuwen, D. R. Lorimer, A. G. Lyne, B. Machenschalk, M. A. McLaughlin, C. Messenger, D. J. Nice, M. A. Papa, H. J. Pletsch, R. Prix, S. M. Ransom, X. Siemens, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers, K. Stovall, A. Venkataraman... [Research Article] Oscillating Gene Expression Determines Competence for Periodic Arabidopsis Root Branching - Oscillations in gene expression define the positions of periodic lateral roots in a plant model.Authors: Miguel A. Moreno-Risueno, Jaimie M. Van Norman, Antonio Moreno, Jingyuan Zhang, Sebastian E. Ahnert, Philip N. Benfey... [Research Article] A Transient and Low-Populated Protein-Folding Intermediate at Atomic Resolution - Nuclear magnetic resonance and computational methods are combined to determine the structure of ?invisible? excited protein states.Authors: Dmitry M. Korzhnev, Tomasz L. Religa, Wiktor Banachewicz, Alan R. Fersht, Lewis E. Kay... [Report] Electromechanical Computing at 500°C with Silicon Carbide - Nanoscale mechanical switches made with silicon carbide operate at high temperatures with low leakage currents.Authors: Te-Hao Lee, Swarup Bhunia, Mehran Mehregany... [Report] A Red-Shifted Chlorophyll - A natural chlorophyll is found to absorb further in the infrared than other light-harvesting chromophores in its class.Authors: Min Chen, Martin Schliep, Robert D. Willows, Zheng-Li Cai, Brett A. Neilan, Hugo Scheer... [Report] Coherence Resonance in a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Ion Channel - Opened, water-filled carbon nanotubes can exhibit oscillations in proton conductivity when alkali ions are present.Authors: Chang Young Lee, Wonjoon Choi, Jae-Hee Han, Michael S. Strano... [Report] Ion-Mediated Electron Transfer in a Supramolecular Donor-Acceptor Ensemble - Electron transfers in a weakly bound molecular complex are driven forward by anions and backward by cations.Authors: Jung Su Park, Elizabeth Karnas, Kei Ohkubo, Ping Chen, Karl M. Kadish, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Christopher W. Bielawski, Todd W. Hudnall, Vincent M. Lynch, Jonathan L. Sessler... [Report] Nonthermal Current-Stimulated Desorption of Gases from Carbon Nanotubes - Electric current can desorb strongly bound molecules from nanotube-based chemical sensors.Authors: Amin Salehi-Khojin, Kevin Y. Lin, Christopher R. Field, Richard I. Masel... [Report] Future CO2 Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure - Operation of current energy infrastructure through its projected lifetime would limit carbon dioxide increases to 10 percent.Authors: Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira, H. Damon Matthews... [Report] Stable Isotope Measurements of Martian Atmospheric CO2 at the Phoenix Landing Site - Mass spectrometric measurements constrain the history of water, volcanism, and climate evolution on Mars.Authors: Paul B. Niles, William V. Boynton, John H. Hoffman, Douglas W. Ming, Dave Hamara... [Report] Planar Cell Polarity Acts Through Septins to Control Collective Cell Movement and Ciliogenesis - A gene involved in morphogenesis and ciliogenesis is mutated in patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.Authors: Su Kyoung Kim, Asako Shindo, Tae Joo Park, Edwin C. Oh, Srimoyee Ghosh, Ryan S. Gray, Richard A. Lewis, Colin A. Johnson, Tania Attie-Bittach, Nicholas Katsanis, John B. Wallingford... [Report] Self-Assembly of Filopodia-Like Structures on Supported Lipid Bilayers - Actin bundle structures formed on lipid bilayers give insight into formation of the finger-like structures involved in cell migration.Authors: Kwonmoo Lee, Jennifer L. Gallop, Komal Rambani, Marc W. Kirschner... [Report] Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Antagonists Promote the Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells - The identification of a mechanism for ex vivo amplification may facilitate clinical application of hematopoietic stem cell therapies.Authors: Anthony E. Boitano, Jian Wang, Russell Romeo, Laure C. Bouchez, Albert E. Parker, Sue E. Sutton, John R. Walker, Colin A. Flaveny, Gary H. Perdew, Michael S. Denison, Peter G. Schultz, Michael P. Cooke... [Report] Human SIRT6 Promotes DNA End Resection Through CtIP Deacetylation - A protein implicated in stress, aging, and genome stability is required for the accurate repair of broken DNA.Authors: Abderrahmane Kaidi, Brian T. Weinert, Chunaram Choudhary, Stephen P. Jackson... [Report] Hemocyte Differentiation Mediates Innate Immune Memory in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes - Early immune priming limits malaria parasite infection of mosquitoes.Authors: Janneth Rodrigues, Fábio André Brayner, Luiz Carlos Alves, Rajnikant Dixit, Carolina Barillas-Mury... [Report] Sequence- and Structure-Specific RNA Processing by a CRISPR Endonuclease - How a prokaryotic immune system makes small RNAs that target invading nucleic acids.Authors: Rachel E. Haurwitz, Martin Jinek, Blake Wiedenheft, Kaihong Zhou, Jennifer A. Doudna... [Report] Prediction of Individual Brain Maturity Using fMRI - Multivariate pattern analysis of 5-minute brain scans provides a measure of brain maturity.Authors: Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Binyam Nardos, Alexander L. Cohen, Damien A. Fair, Jonathan D. Power, Jessica A. Church, Steven M. Nelson, Gagan S. Wig, Alecia C. Vogel, Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar, Kelly Anne Barnes, Joseph W. Dubis, Eric Feczko, Rebecca S. Coalson, John R. Pruett Jr., Deanna M. Barch, Steven E. Petersen, Bradley L. Schlaggar... [Business Office Feature] Business Office Feature: LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES: Biomarker Hunters Probe the Proteome - Author: Alan Dove... New Products - A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers.... [Podcast] Science Podcast - The show includes estimating future CO2 emissions from existing energy infrastructure, global biodiversity, the protein tau in Alzheimer's disease, and more.... Microsoft Lync 2010 - New Product? Or New OCS Name? - Today, Microsoft released some downloads for "Microsoft Lync 2010". Microsoft Lync 2010? What the heck is that? Is that the new name of the yet unreleased Communications Server "14"? I thought it was going to be called MCS (Microsoft Communications Server). According to Microsoft, Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee is a conferencing client that allows users without Microsoft Lync 2010 installed, to participate in online meetings. If you are not an admi... Activity for Sep 09, 2010 -
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Tom Keating tweeted, "Tom Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.: Eveni... HP Launches "Just Right IT" Portfolio for Small Businesses - HP today introduced its "Just Right IT" portfolio, which empowers micro, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to better serve their customers by simplifying processes, reducing costs and improving productivity. I interviewed Mark Hilton, director of product marketing, HP Networking last week to learn more about this offering and HP's future direction after the acquisition of 3Com, including the NBX IP-PBX product line. 3Com was one of the earlies... XConnect Partners with Polycom, BroadSoft and Dialogic to Increase HD Voice Adoption - XConnect is announcing a four-company initiative to promote HD voice adoption among U.K. service providers. This follows on the news they announced at TMC's ITEXPO where XConnect announced the world's first HD voice peering federation, in the U.S., with the goal of incrasing global HD voice uptake. In summary, XConnect is announcing that it is joining with Polycom, BroadSoft and ... 8x8 Virtual Office Pro Review - 8x8 sent me a trial account of 8x8 Virtual Office Pro to review. What is Virtual Office Pro? Think of it as your web-based communications portal handling phone calls (auto-attendant, VoIP), internet fax, hosted conferencing and hosted application sharing. The only missing piece from the equation is email, however it does support direct integration with Exchange Server by leveraging Outlook Anywhere to pull in your Outlook Contacts. You can also... Skype for SIP is Now Skype Connect - Today, Skype announced that Skype for SIP is changing its name to Skype Connect. Guess the techie name "SIP" isn't exactly business-friendly, hence the name change. Today, they are also announcing that hat Skype Connect (formerly Skype for SIP) is officially out of beta.
By using Skype Connect with an existing PBX, your business can do the following:
Make outbound calls from desktop phones to landlines and mobiles worldwide billed at Skype'... Netflix App Arrives for iPhone and iPod Touch! - Netflix for the iPhone and iPod Touch has arrived! You can ditch the Netflix for iPhone & iPod Touch hack I wrote about. You can be legit. It is here my friends! Download it now here. Then sign-in, pick a video, and start watching over Wi-Fi or 3G. One cool feature is Resume. It's a button at the top of the screen that lets you go back to the last video you were watching.Here's the release of the news:Netflix App Now Available f... Trend Micro and Symantec Exhibiting at MSPWorld / ITEXPO - Both Trend Micro and Symantec have announced they are exhibiting at MSPWorld co-located with TMC's ITEXPO in Los Angeles. I'm a huge fan of both Symantec and Trend Micro. They both make very good antivirus, anti-Spam and Internet security software.... Google Testing VoIP Calling in Gmail - Gmail is already many user's centralized communications portal - an always-open browser window. It offers access to our email, chat, contacts, calendar, documents, and soon it might add browser-based VoIP. According to CNET, Google has started testing Gmail-integrated VoIP, which would enable users to make phone calls directly from your browser. Google already offers several voice offerings, including Google Voice, Google Talk, and the ... Interactive Intelligence Interaction SIP Station Review - Interactive Intelligence sent me their new Interaction SIP Station to check out and review. It's an interesting little product that aims to replace big bulky desktop SIP phones with a simple little SIP-based Power over Ethernet (PoE) box that has a headset jack for connecting any standard headset. The obvious market is call centers where agents often take calls using a headset and a softphone application and have no need for a desktop phone wit... Microsoft to Exhibit at MSPWorld - Microsoft just announced they are exhibiting at MSPWorld co-located with TMC's ITEXPO in Los Angeles. ITEXPO is already beating estimates and MSPWorld is doing quite nicely as well.So why should you attend MSPWorld?Here's an overview:MSPWorld Conference and Expo is a high level multi day networking and educational event, formulated to address the issues facing the service provider community as a whole, in the US market and abr... Philadelphia Demands $300 Business License From Bloggers - Philadelphia, the home of the Liberty Bell wants bloggers to pay up or shut up. The crack in the Liberty Bell just grew wider. That's right, forget your free speech rights, because according to Philadelphia it isn't free. It'll cost you $300 if you run a blog with any ads that creates even 1 cent of income. According to a Philadelphia newspaper: For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that... Teevox + iPhone = Remote Control for Netflix & Hulu - Teevox, founded by former MIT students is an iPhone app that allows you to remotely control watching Hulu and Netflix on your computer. According to Techcrunch, Hulu and Netflix are just the beginning. I use Orb and PlayOn for remote media access, which are similar - especially PlayOn which supports Hulu and Netflix. Speaking of PlayOn, I just noticed last night that when I went to http://m.mobile.tv within Safari on my iPhone it forced me to ad... Gmail Voice and Video Chat Now on Linux - Google has finally announced the long-awaited voice and video chat for Linux. Head on over to gmail.com/videochat to download the plug-in and start chatting with your buds. No install via RPM is available yet. Though RPM installs are for wusses. Real Linux gurus compile from source, baby!
Tags: chat, ... Kung Fu Hustle meets 2010 Space Odyssey Video - Make a Custom iPhone Case - In a cool video titled 2010: A "Case" Odyssey, you can see how Case-mate lets you customize your iPhone. Available now for iPhone 3GS and soon for iPhone 4, www.imakemycase.com lets you bring your cellular accessory dreams to life.
Tags: case, case-mate, iphon... Religious group kicked off Ave Maria campus for ?immoral conduct? - The superior sister in the Spanish religious group Home of the Mother was recalled to Spain in March, according to the university, after she was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. According to an initial story on community news website AveHerald.com, Sister Maria Elena was accused of having a sexual relationship with the student.... FLDS cult leader Warren Jeffs fights extradition to Texas - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on Tuesday refused to sign a waiver that would have allowed his extradition to Texas, where he faces bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault charges over alleged incidents with underage girls at a church ranch. Jeffs' defense attorney said his client was not trying to avoid facing the Texas charges, but wants a speedy trial in Utah first.... Ex-NXIVM student: ?I think it?s a cult? - During most of her 25 months as a student of self-improvement programs run by the Colonie-based NXIVM organization, Becca Friedman felt like she was in a dream, but, she said, it became a dreadful nightmare. Her story, she said, may be useful to people proposing to join or already studying at NXIVM, something she would not recommend.... Alleged Bomber of Christian Boy in Israel to Stand Trial - ISTANBUL, September 3 (Compass Direct News) ? An Israeli man accused of planting a homemade bomb that almost killed the son of a Messianic Jewish pastor in Ariel, Israel has been declared competent to stand trial.
Jack Teitel, 37, who in November was indicted on two charges of pre-meditated murder, three charges of attempted murder and numerous weapons charges, is expected to enter a plea on Sunday (Sept. 5).... Federal judge suspends state judgment against lawyer in dispute with Scientology - U.S. District Court Judge Steven Merryday warned Scientology's attorney that he wouldn't allow what he called "shenanigans" to interfere any further with the progress of a wrongful death case against the church now pending in his court.
In the process, one of the cult's most vocal critics may be spared the hate group's designs on him.... Oregon City couple plead not guilty in faith-healing death of their infant son - Two members of a church that preaches faith-healing pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges for failing to provide medical care to their infant son, who died shortly after his premature birth. Dale and Shannon Hickman are the third couple identified as members of the Followers of Christ Church to face criminal charges in the death of a child during the past two years.... Utah Supreme Court: FLDS challenge too late - The Utah Supreme Court on Friday said a polygamous sect waited too long to object to a state takeover of its historic property trust, rejecting its bid to undo changes made to the United Effort Plan Trust. The court sided with the Utah Attorney General?s Office, which argued that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ignored numerous opportunities to participate in the changes to and management of the trust.... Religious Sect, Government Settle Lawsuit regarding hallucinogenic tea - A Santa Fe congregation that uses a hallucinogenic brew of South American plants as a sacrament thought its battle with the government was over in early 2006.
It had won a unanimous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that year that said federal drug regulators hadn't met their burden under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in trying to restrict importation and use of the tea.
But it wasn't until last week that the case actually ended.... Children abused, killed as witches in Nigeria - Pastors in southeast Nigeria claim illness and poverty are caused by witches who bring terrible misfortune to those around them. And those denounced as witches must be cleansed through deliverance or cast out.
As daylight breaks, and we travel out to the rural villages it becomes apparent the most vulnerable to this stigmatization of witchcraft are children.... Court: California preacher Frederick Price can sue ABC for defamation - A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated televangelist Frederick Price's defamation lawsuit claiming ABC's "20/20" news program used a fictionalized sermon portraying himself as a wealthy braggart out of context. The clip ABC aired of the prosperity preacher it aired was actually a sermon on greed in which the preacher slips into the role of a fictional character who is wealthy but unhappy.... Copyright © 2010, Whitecraft Software Company. All Rights Reserved. |