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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Good As Gold

Spring is finally on its way — make sure to celebrate the weather by going gold.

Gold + flowers = spring

33 Ways To Stay Golden This Spring

A glittery vase is the perfect way to show off those spring flowers. Gold just makes the season that much better.

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Feeling blue? Maybe that's not such a bad thing. These Tiffany Blue accessories are gorgeous must-haves.

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ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Hey, boss! Lose yourself to dance, know yourself better

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:36 AM PST

Could managers gain a new kind of understanding about their interaction with colleagues and employees by 'dancing'? That's the question arising from new research. Management is usually considered a stiff and rational business, decisions made based on fiscal studies, profit margins and market forces. However, researchers have studied whether creative movement ('dance') might improve a manager's awareness concerning their management interaction.

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News


Deer proliferation disrupts a forest's natural growth

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:55 AM PST

Researchers have discovered that a burgeoning deer population forever alters the progression of a forest's natural future by creating environmental havoc in the soil and disrupting the soil's natural seed banks.

Establishing standards where none exist; researchers define 'good' stem cells

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:04 AM PST

A set of 64 crucial parameters has been identified by researchers from more than 1,000 by which to judge stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes, making it possible, for perhaps the first time, for scientists and pharmaceutical companies to quantitatively judge and compare the value of the countless commercially available lines of stem cells.

Sickle cell trait: Neglected opportunities in the era of genomic medicine

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PST

While acknowledging the potential of genomics to prevent and treat disease, researchers believe it is long past due to use current scientific data and technical advances to reduce the burden of sickle cell disease, one of the most common serious single gene disorders. According to the researchers, few individuals of child-bearing age born in the United States know their SCT status.

'Most complete' picture of gene expression in cancer cell cycle caught

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:39 AM PST

Uncontrolled cell growth and division is a hallmark of cancer. Now a research project has provided the most complete description to date of the gene activity that takes place as human cells divide. Researchers have managed to gather data which details the behavior of protein molecules encoded by over 6000 genes in cancer cells, as they move through the cell cycle. The team has used advances in technology and data analysis to study how genes work over time in cancer cells, as opposed to capturing a `snapshot' of activity -- a leap forward they describe as akin to `jumping from still photography to video'.

Mental health care model reduced symptoms in those most affected by BP oil spill

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:55 AM PST

A model of care to provide mental health services after the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill reduced both mental health and general medical symptoms in people affected by the tragedy. The novel approach embedded psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and telemedicine resources into primary care clinics in the most affected areas.

ScienceDaily: Top Health News

ScienceDaily: Top Health News


Higher Functioning Endogenous Opioid System Predicts Better Treatment Response For Neuropathic Pain Treated With Topical NSAIDs

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:52 AM PST

Not only are neuropathic pain symptoms quite common in knee osteoarthritis, but scientists can predict who will respond to treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by assessing the nervous system's own capacity to regulate pain, new research suggests. Patients whose tests had indicated superior conditioned pain modulation (CPM) had less pain and fewer neuropathic symptoms.

Half of veterans prescribed medical opioids continue to use them chronically

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Of nearly 1 million veterans who receive opioids to treat painful conditions, more than half continue to consume opioids chronically or beyond 90 days, new research says. A number of factors were associated with opioid discontinuation with the goal of understanding how abuse problems take hold in returning veterans.

Opioid regimens that deliver best pain control reflect assay findings of cytochrome defects

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Most patients with multiple defects of the cytochrome P450 system, which is largely responsible for metabolizing opioids, naturally gravitated toward an opioid regimen primarily metabolized through the cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme or a non-cytochrome, metabolic pathway, a new study suggests.

Combined use of oxytocin and human chorionic gonadotropin in intractable pain patients

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Two hormones credited with reducing pain and need for opioid analgesics when released naturally during pregnancy and childbirth worked similarly when administered simultaneously to patients with intractable pain, research shows.

Stem cell transplant shows 'landmark' promise for treatment of degenerative disc disease

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Stem cell transplant was viable and effective in halting or reversing degenerative disc disease of the spine, a meta-analysis of animal studies showed, in a development expected to open up research in humans. Recent developments in stem cell research have made it possible to assess its effect on intervertebral disc (IVD) height, researchers reported.

Ever-so-slight delay improves decision-making accuracy

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

Researchers have found that decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a mere fraction of a second. The results could further our understanding of neuropsychiatric conditions characterized by abnormalities in cognitive function and lead to new training strategies to improve decision-making in high-stake environments.

The dark side of fair play

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

We often think of playing fair as an altru­istic behavior. We're sac­ri­ficing our own poten­tial gain to give others what they deserve. What could be more self­less than that? But new research sug­gests another, darker origin behind the kindly act of fairness. An expert in the evolution of spite has investigated possible explanations for fair behavior that hadn't been considered before.

New study of proteins in space could yield better understanding, new drug development

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 11:30 AM PST

Innovative methods of drug discovery don't always take place in an academic laboratory. They may start there, but they can also happen in orbit aboard the International Space Station, as protein crystallization research is about to demonstrate once again.

ScienceDaily: Top News

ScienceDaily: Top News


Deer proliferation disrupts a forest's natural growth

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:55 AM PST

Researchers have discovered that a burgeoning deer population forever alters the progression of a forest's natural future by creating environmental havoc in the soil and disrupting the soil's natural seed banks.

Opioid regimens that deliver best pain control reflect assay findings of cytochrome defects

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Most patients with multiple defects of the cytochrome P450 system, which is largely responsible for metabolizing opioids, naturally gravitated toward an opioid regimen primarily metabolized through the cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme or a non-cytochrome, metabolic pathway, a new study suggests.

Combined use of oxytocin and human chorionic gonadotropin in intractable pain patients

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Two hormones credited with reducing pain and need for opioid analgesics when released naturally during pregnancy and childbirth worked similarly when administered simultaneously to patients with intractable pain, research shows.

Stem cell transplant shows 'landmark' promise for treatment of degenerative disc disease

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:48 AM PST

Stem cell transplant was viable and effective in halting or reversing degenerative disc disease of the spine, a meta-analysis of animal studies showed, in a development expected to open up research in humans. Recent developments in stem cell research have made it possible to assess its effect on intervertebral disc (IVD) height, researchers reported.

New NASA Van Allen Probes observations helping to improve space weather models

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

Using data from NASA's Van Allen Probes, researchers have tested and improved a model to help forecast what's happening in the radiation environment of near-Earth space -- a place seething with fast-moving particles and a space weather system that varies in response to incoming energy and particles from the sun.

Ever-so-slight delay improves decision-making accuracy

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

Researchers have found that decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a mere fraction of a second. The results could further our understanding of neuropsychiatric conditions characterized by abnormalities in cognitive function and lead to new training strategies to improve decision-making in high-stake environments.

The dark side of fair play

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

We often think of playing fair as an altru­istic behavior. We're sac­ri­ficing our own poten­tial gain to give others what they deserve. What could be more self­less than that? But new research sug­gests another, darker origin behind the kindly act of fairness. An expert in the evolution of spite has investigated possible explanations for fair behavior that hadn't been considered before.

Personalized treatment prolongs the life of lung cancer patients

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

Mexican scientists have increased survival rates for patients diagnosed with lunch cancer in metastatic stage (when the disease has spread to different parts of the body) from a rate of nine months of survival to 30 with personalized treatments. Tumor tissue samples were used to extract DNA in order to analyze mutations in the neoplasia (abnormal mass of tissue). Based on the mutations, personalized treatments were provided to the study participants.

Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST

Fisheries that rely on short life species, such as shrimp or sardine, have been more affected by climate change, because this phenomenon affects chlorophyll production, which is vital for phytoplankton, the main food for both species.

Blue paint on Japanese bullet trains can inhibit bacterial growth

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:58 PM PST

Using an artificial protein that contains metal, researchers were able to inhibit the growth of a pathogenic bacterium prevalent in hospitals which cause diseases to humans and has a high resistance to antibiotics.

Anti-Psychotic Meds Offer Hope Against Brain Cancer

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 11:30 AM PST

FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against the most aggressive form of primary brain cancer, glioblastoma, new research indicates. "The anti-glioblastoma effects of these drugs are completely unexpected and were only uncovered because we carried out an unbiased genetic screen," said the lead author.

Primary care needs to 'wake-up' to links between domestic abuse, safeguarding children

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:15 PM PST

Researchers looking at how healthcare professionals deal with domestic violence cases have identified that GPs, practice nurses and practice managers are uncertain about how to respond to the exposure of children to domestic violence. In this study, researchers found that primary care practitioners had little knowledge of local domestic violence services and few had direct communication with children's social services. The study also found practitioners' face-to-face communication with children and young people was limited.

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ScienceDaily: Most Popular News


Mystery of planet-forming disks explained by magnetism

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 09:46 AM PST

Astronomers say that magnetic storms in the gas orbiting young stars may explain a mystery that has persisted since before 2006. Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to study developing stars have had a hard time figuring out why the stars give off more infrared light than expected. The planet-forming disks that circle the young stars are heated by starlight and glow with infrared light, but Spitzer detected additional infrared light coming from an unknown source.

Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:15 PM PST

Preschoolers can be smarter than college students at figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work because they're more flexible and less biased than adults in their ideas about cause and effect, according to new research.

Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PST

Cannabinoid receptors, through which marijuana exerts its effects, have been found in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response. This is the first time cannabinoid receptors have been identified in the central nucleus of the amygdala in a mouse model.

Plasma plumes help shield Earth from damaging solar storms

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:27 AM PST

Scientists have identified a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against solar storms. Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For the most part, the magnetosphere acts as a shield to protect Earth from this high-energy solar activity. But when this field comes into contact with the sun's magnetic field -- a process called "magnetic reconnection" -- powerful electrical currents from the sun can stream into Earth's atmosphere, whipping up geomagnetic storms and space weather phenomena that can affect high-altitude aircraft, as well as astronauts on the International Space Station. Now scientists have identified a process in Earth's magnetosphere that reinforces its shielding effect, keeping incoming solar energy at bay.

Hubble witnesses an asteroid mysteriously disintegrating

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:08 AM PST

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid, which has fragmented into as many as ten smaller pieces. Although fragile comet nuclei have been seen to fall apart as they approach the Sun, nothing like the breakup of this asteroid, P/2013 R3, has ever been observed before in the asteroid belt.

Engineering team increases power efficiency for future computer processors

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:55 AM PST

Scientists have made major improvements in computer processing using an emerging class of magnetic materials called 'multiferroics,' and these advances could make future devices far more energy-efficient than current technologies.

Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:51 AM PST

Scientists have created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians' arms and electronically using electromyography (EMG) muscle sensors. The other stick "listens" to the music being played and improvises.

New insights into ancient Pacific settlers' diet: Diet based on foraging, not horticulture

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 04:15 PM PST

Researchers studying 3,000-year-old skeletons from the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific Islands are casting new light on the diet and lives of the enigmatic Lapita people, the likely ancestors of Polynesians. Their results—obtained from analysing stable isotope ratios of three elements in the bone collagen of 49 adults buried at the Teouma archaeological site on Vanuatu's Efate Island—suggest that its early Lapita settlers ate reef fish, marine turtles, fruit bats, free-range pigs and chickens, rather than primarily relying on growing crops for human food and animal fodder.

Sardis dig yields enigmatic trove: Ritual egg in a pot

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 11:32 AM PST

The ruins of Sardis have been a rich source of knowledge about classical antiquity since the 7th century B.C., when the city was the capital of Lydia. Now, Sardis has given up another treasure in the form of two enigmatic ritual deposits, which are proving more difficult to fathom than the coins for which the city was famous.

If your dog is aggressive, maybe it is in pain

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 07:21 AM PDT

Dogs can sometimes suffer sudden episodes of aggression without their owners understanding why. But, in many cases, the cause of these attacks can be pain that has never been diagnosed or treated. For the first time the study describes the characteristics of this irritability, which can make dogs violent and increase aggression in already conflictive individuals. There are many factors that explain aggression in dogs: the conditions of the mother during gestation, the handling of the puppy in the neonatal phase, the age at weaning, the experiences of the animal during the socializing phase, diet, exercise, genetics and learning techniques based on active punishment during adulthood. However, aggressive behavior also arises from the presence of pathologies and pain in the dog.