Science News and Information from SciGuru.com http://www.sciguru.com http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3815/Novel-Antiviral-LJ-double-o-one-is-shown-to-be-effective-against-more-than-20-viruses/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:38 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3815 In our 25 years in microbiology, Dave, we've seen a lot of progress against infectious diseases. At the same time, new pathogens have emerged and now, http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3814/Researchers-Find-New-Translocation-Weak-Spots-in-DNA-Cause-Genetic-Disease/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:12 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3814 A genetics research team based at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia continues to discover recurrent translocations-places in which two chromosom http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813/Beware-the-smell-of-bitter-almonds-Why-do-many-food-plants-contain-cyanide-/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:10:50 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813 In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almonds wafting from the corpse. The detective knows wha http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3812/Study-finds-structural-brain-alterations-in-patients-with-irritable-bowel-syndrome/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:47:08 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3812 A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a conditi http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3811/Excellence-programs-do-not-identify-safest-hospitals-for-bariatric-surgery/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:36:14 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3811 New data emerges this week about the safety of bariatric surgery and the quality of hospitals that perform the increasingly common weight loss procedu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3810/Asteroid-Impact-in-2182/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:55:47 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3810 Scientists are reporting that a 560-meter diameter asteroid could hit the Earth in the year 2182. "The total impact probability of asteroid '(101955) http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3809/Martian-Dust-Devil-Whirls-into-Opportunitys-View/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:28:58 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3809 In its six-and-a-half years on Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had never seen a dust devil before this month, despite some systematic http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3808/Study-Weight-issues-move-up-need-for-walkers-canes-other-devices/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:16:25 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3808 Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3807/Two-Catalysts-Are-Better-Than-One/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:13:53 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3807 Much like two children in the back seat of a car, it can be challenging to get two catalysts to cooperate for the greater good. Now Northwestern Unive http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3806/Unraveling-the-Matrix-to-Improve-Signal-processing-Applications-and-Data-compression-Schemes/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:01:39 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3806 Among the most common tools in electrical engineering and computer science are rectangular grids of numbers known as matrices. The numbers in a matrix http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3805/Best-hope-for-saving-Arctic-sea-ice-is-cutting-soot-emissions-says-Stanford-researcher/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:31 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3805 Soot from the burning of fossil fuels and solid biofuels contributes far more to global warming than has been thought, according to a new Stanford stu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3804/Dense-Bones-Linked-to-Raised-Risk-for-Prostate-Cancer/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:53:36 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3804 Men who develop prostate cancer, especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread throughout the body, tend to retain denser bones as th http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3803/Cardiopulmonary-Bypass-in-Children-Undergoing-Heart-Surgery-Does-Not-Affect-Neurocognitive-Function/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:50:12 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3803 School-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in n http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3802/In-the-neck-of-time-Scientists-unravel-key-evolutionary-trait-leading-to-better-brain-power/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:41:37 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3802 By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck - that little body part between your head and shoulders - gave hu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3801/Sea-snail-saliva-may-become-new-treatment-for-most-severe-pain/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:09 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3801 Scientists have developed a new version of a medication, first isolated from the saliva of sea snails, that could be taken in pill form to relieve the http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3800/Quantum-fractals-at-the-border-of-magnetism/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:39 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3800 U.S., German and Austrian physicists studying the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors are reporting this week http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3799/Calcium-Connections-Penn-Researchers-Discover-Basic-Pathway-for-Maintaining-Cells-Fuel-Stores/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:34:26 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3799 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have described a previously unknown biological mechanism in cells that prevents them from ca http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3798/Cosmonauts-Complete-First-Expedition-24-Spacewalk-/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:23:42 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3798 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko concluded a six-hour, 42-minute spacewalk Tuesday at 6:53 a.m. EDT. The cosmonauts began thei http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3797/Caltech-Astronomer-Finds-Planets-in-Unusually-Intimate-Dance-around-Dying-Star-/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:18:32 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3797 Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitary worlds orbiting their parent star in seeming iso http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3796/Super-sizing-a-cancer-drug-minimizes-side-effects-A-new-way-to-package-cisplatin/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:53:52 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3796 Researchers design a new version of cisplatin that spares the kidneys, letting doctors use higher doses. One of the first chemotherapy drugs given to