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News | Archive (24 July 2009)
Hubble captures the recent impact on Jupiter
— 22:47 GMT | AstronomyDuring the past several days the discovery of the Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley about a comet or asteroid impact on Jupiter is going to overshadow even the solar eclipse itself. Many of the world's largest telescopes have been directed to Jupiter. Now the checkout and calibration of Hubble has also been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished telescope at the new spot on the biggest planet of our system…
Improving impaired attention may help patients recover from stroke
— 20:31 GMT | HealthIt may be possible to improve impaired attention after stroke - which could aid recovery - according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association…
New lab test helps predict kidney damage
— 20:26 GMT | HealthAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney injury, reports an upcoming study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). 'As a stand-alone marker, urine NGAL performed moderately well in predicting ongoing and subsequent AKI,' comments T. Alp Ikizler, MD (Vanderbilt University)…
Emphysema severity directly linked to coal dust exposure
— 20:21 GMT | HealthCoal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)…
Embarrassing illnesses no bar to information sharing
— 20:16 GMT | HealthPeople with potentially 'stigmatising' medical conditions are just as likely as those with less stigmatising illnesses to allow their personal information to be used for health research. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Ethics, found that the purpose of the research and the type of information to be collected were more important in determining patients' consent choices. In particular, they were very wary of allowing their personal information to be put to commercial use…
Human-dog communication - breed as important as species
— 20:11 GMT | BiologyDog breeds selected to work in visual contact with humans, such as sheep dogs and gun dogs, are better able to comprehend a pointing gesture than those breeds that usually work without direct supervision. A series of tests, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioural and Brain Functions, should caution researchers against making simple generalisations about the effects of domestication and on dog-wolf differences in the utilisation of human visual signals…
Carnegie Mellon team makes sequestration recommendations
— 20:06 GMT | EnvironmentCarbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, which captures carbon dioxide from power plants and safely disposes of it deep underground, will not meet its full potential in the United States without new federal regulations that create a uniform regulatory environment…
Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research
— 20:01 GMT | EnvironmentA rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems…
Synchronised swimming of algae
— 19:56 GMT | BiologyUsing high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that individual algal cells can regulate the beating of their flagella in and out of synchrony in a manner that controls their swimming trajectories. Their research was published on the 24th July in the journal Science…
Consulting with clouds: A clear role in climate change
— 12:16 GMT | EnvironmentThe role of clouds in climate change has been a major question for decades. As the earth warms under increasing greenhouse gases, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate, letting in more of the sun's heat energy and making the earth warm even faster, or whether cloud cover will increase, blocking the Sun's rays and actually slowing down global warming…
A new type of stem cells found in prostate may be involved in cancer
XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone