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News | Archive (30 April 2010)
How important is geographical isolation in speciation?
— 09:40 GMT | BiologyA genetic study of island lizards shows that even those that have been geographically isolated for many millions of years have not evolved into separate species as predicted by conventional evolutionary theory. Professor Roger Thorpe and colleagues Yann Surget-Groba and Helena Johansson, at Bangor University, UK, reveal their findings April 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics…
First case of animals making their own carotene
— 09:37 GMT | BiologyThe insects known as aphids can make their own essential nutrients called carotenoids, according to University of Arizona researchers…
Hormone spray improves male sensitivity
— 09:34 GMT | Health48 healthy males participated in the experiment. Half received an oxytocin nose spray at the start of the experiment, the other half a placebo. The researchers then showed their test subjects photos of emotionally charged situations in the form of a crying child, a girl hugging her cat, and a grieving man. The test subjects were then invited to express the depth of feeling they experienced for the persons shown…
Study gives green light to plants' role in global warming
— 09:31 GMT | EnvironmentPlants remain an effective way of tackling global warming despite emitting small amounts of an important greenhouse gas, a study has shown…
Gene therapy sets stage for new treatments for inherited blindness
— 09:28 GMT | HealthVeterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the retina called rods, a critical first step in developing gene therapies for inherited blindness caused by rod degeneration…
Genome sequence marks big leap forward for frog researchers
— 09:25 GMT | BiologyAn African clawed frog has joined the spotted green puffer fish, the honeybee, and the human among the ranks of more than 175 organisms that have had their genetic information nearly completely sequenced…
Study reveals new genetic link to scleroderma
— 09:22 GMT | HealthAn international research consortium including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston (UTHealth) has identified a new genetic link to the systemic form of scleroderma. Researchers believe a thorough understanding of the genetic nature of the disease is crucial to developing a cure…
Purple Pokeberries hold secret to affordable solar power worldwide
— 09:19 GMT | TechnologyPokeberries - the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home - could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest University's Centre for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials…
New tool helps scientists 'see' molecular signals of eye disease before symptoms arise
— 09:16 GMT | HealthForget what you know about how diseases are diagnosed - new research published in the May 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) details a noninvasive ground-breaking tool that detects signs of disease at early molecular stages before symptoms can be seen using traditional methods. Even better, this tool promises to detect some eye diseases so early that they may be reversed before any permanent damage can occur. Its use may well extend to other areas of the body in the future, and this tool may also give physicians a more precise way of evaluating the effectiveness of therapies…
Largest atlas of nuclear galactic rings unveiled
— 09:13 GMT | AstronomyAn international team of astrophysicists has just unveiled the most complete atlas of nuclear rings, enormous star-forming ring-shaped regions that circle certain galactic nuclei. The catalogue, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, includes 113 such rings in 107 galaxies…
Largest digital survey of the Milky Way released
Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed