Drug resistant TB on the rise Tuberculosis may be in decline but the number of drug resistant cases is set to increase, say researchers. The findings, published in today's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, unravel the processes involved in the evolution of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB).
http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/drug-resistant-tb-on-the-rise __________________________________________________________________________ Saturn To Pull Celestial Houdini On August 11 ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2009) — In 1918, magician extraordinaire Harry Houdini created a sensation when he made a 10,000 pound elephant disappear before a mystified audience of over 5,200 at New York's famed Hippodrome theatre. But a vanishing pachyderm is nothing compared to the magnificent illusion to be performed by our solar system's own sixth rock from the sun on Aug. 11. On that day, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, the planet Saturn, with no help from either Jupiter or Uranus, will make its 170,000-mile-wide ring system disappear. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/saturn-to-pull-celestial-houdini-on-august-11 ____________________________________________________________________ 'SMS not radiation' affects kids' brains Regular predictive texting, not radiation, affects the brain power of mobile-phone using young people, say Australian experts. Epidemiologist Professor Michael Abramson of Monash Universityand colleagues report their findings online ahead of print publication in the journal Bioelectromagnetics. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/-sms-not-radiation-affects-kids-brains __________________________________________________________ Noisy star masks planet's true size Astronomers observing exoplanets around other stars may be underestimating their size, according to a German study. The researchers believe the error may be due to active stars adding 'noise' to the observation of exoplanets using the transit method. Their study appears on the electronic preprint website arXiv. The transit method detects exoplanets as they pass in front of their parent star, reducing the amount of light reaching telescopes on, and orbiting, Earth. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/noisy-star-masks-planet-s-true-size ____________________________________________________________________ Super-Earth has rocky surface: study The smallest planet yet detected outside our Solar System appears to have a solid surface, European astronomers say. In a paper to be published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, the European team describe the exoplanet CoRoT-7b, a so-called Super-Earth, which has a diameter approximately twice that of Earth. The astronomers say the planet orbits its star once every 20 hours, making it the shortest orbital period yet detected. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/super-earth-has-rocky-surface-study ___________________________________________________________________________ Omega-3 no match for Alzheimer's Omega-3 fatty acid supplements do nothing to slow memory declines in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, say US researchers. The findings from an 18-month government-funded study suggest taking supplements of docosahexenoic acid, or DHA - an omega-3 fatty acid - does not arrest Alzheimer's in people who have already developed the mind-robbing disease. "These trial results do not support the routine use of DHA for patients with Alzheimer's," says Dr Joseph Quinn of Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland, who led the study. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/omega-3-no-match-for-alzheimer-s ______________________________________________________________________ Warmer climate may shrink Australian birds Australian bird species are getting smaller due to global warming, suggest researchers.Evolutionary biologist Dr Janet Gardner of the Australian National Universityin Canberra, and colleagues, report their findings this week online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/warmer-climate-may-shrink-australian-birds __________________________________________________________________ Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground:- ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2009) — A detailed examination of the wrist bones of several primate species challenges the notion that humans evolved their two-legged upright walking style from a knuckle-walking ancestor. The same lines of evidence also suggest that knuckle-walking evolved at least two different times, making gorillas distinct from chimpanzees and bonobos. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/bipedal-humans-came-down-from-the-trees-not-up-from-the-ground ________________________________________________________________________ Archaeologists Find Cache Of Tablets In 2,700-year Old Turkish Temple ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2009) — Excavations led by a University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to the Iron Age period between 1200 and 600 BCE. Found in the temple’s cella, or ‘holy of holies’, the tablets are part of a possible archive that may provide insights into Assyrian imperial . http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/archaeologists-find-cache-of-tablets-in-2-700-year-old-turkish-temple _______________________________________________________________________ New Drug-resistant TB Strains Could Become Widespread, Says New Study ScienceDaily (Aug. 12, 2009) — The emergence of new forms of tuberculosis could swell the proportion of drug-resistant cases globally, a new study has found. The finding raises concern that although TB incidence is falling in many regions, the emergence of antibiotic resistance could see virtually untreatable strains of the disease become widespread. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/new-drug-resistant-tb-strains-could-become-widespread-says-new-study ______________________________________________________________________ Martian life appears less likely If there's any life on Mars, it's not likely to exist on or just below the planet's surface, concludes a new study of Mars' mysterious methane. The discovery of rich plumes of methane on Mars earlier this year fed theories that the planet could host underground colonies of micro-organisms. But, rapid destruction of methane suggests that the planet's environment may be too hostile to support life. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/martian-life-appears-less-likely _______________________________________________________________________________ Mars, Methane And Mysteries: Red Planet May Not Be As Dormant As Once Thought:- ScienceDaily (Aug. 13, 2009) — Mars may not be as dormant as scientists once thought. The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is life on Mars, or that volcanic activity continues to generate heat below the martian surface. ESA plans to find out which it is. Either outcome is big news for a planet once thought to be biologically and geologically inactive. The methane mystery started soon after December 2003, when ESA’s Mars Express arrived in orbit around the red planet. As the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) began taking data, Vittorio Formisano, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario CNR, Rome, and the rest of the instrument team saw a puzzling signal. As well as the atmospheric gases they were anticipating, such as carbon monoxide and water vapour, they also saw methane. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/mars-methane-and-mysteries-red-planet-may-not-be-as-dormant-as-once-thought ______________________________________________________________________--- Storms In The Tropics Of Saturn's Moon Titan Discovered ScienceDaily (Aug. 13, 2009) — For all its similarities to Earth—clouds that pour rain (albeit liquid methane not liquid water) onto the surface producing lakes and rivers, vast dune fields in desert-like regions, plus a smoggy orange atmosphere that looks like Los Angeles's during fire season—Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is generally "a very bland place, weatherwise," says Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/storms-in-the-tropics-of-saturn-s-moon-titan-discovered __________________________________________________________---- Mango Seeds May Protect Against Deadly Food Bacteria ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2009) — Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher. Christina Engels has found a way to turn the throwaway kernels in mangos into a natural food preservative that could help prevent Listeriosis outbreaks like the one that killed 21 Canadians last year. The findings can also apply to other fruit seeds like grapes, said Engels, who conducted the research to earn her master's degree from the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science at the U of A. The research is published in the latest Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://cybernews786.yolasite.com/index/mango-seeds-may-protect-against-deadly-food-bacteria --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. 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