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Japan growth slows in second quarter, adds to sales tax uncertainty

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate in the second quarter, offering ammunition to those seeking to delay a scheduled sales tax increase even as government debt has risen past 1,000 trillion yen ($10.4 trillion)..

Mursi backers call for marches to foil Egypt crackdown

CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi urged Egyptians to take to the streets on Monday to foil any police crackdown on two Cairo protest camps that Islamists have manned for weeks..

Recovery hopes leave European shares hovering at two and a half month highs

LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks rose to 2-1/2 month highs on Monday on signs that China's slowdown has run its course and expectations that data this week will point to the euro zone pulling out of its longest recession on record..

Matt Damon thriller 'Elysium' flies above 'Planes' at box office

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Matt Damon's futuristic thriller "Elysium," the story of an elite space outpost locked in battle with poor invaders from a ruined Earth, won a crowded box-office race among four new films at U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend..

Another empty stadium as Moscow suffers post-Bolt blues

MOSCOW (Reuters) - There was a real Monday morning feeling as the world athletics championships got underway to the now-familiar backdrop of a virtually deserted Luzhniki Stadium, though a knot of dedicated Ukraine fans did their best to lift the flat mood..

U.S. judge considers limits on Apple in e-books case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Friday she is considering imposing tough restrictions on Apple Inc for illegally conspiring with publishers to raise e-books prices..

U.S. military satellite, paid for by Australia, launched into orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday carrying a communications satellite for the U.S. military and its partners, including Australia, which paid for the spacecraft and launch services..

Helicopter lift in Austria costs Dutch climbers

VIENNA (Reuters) - Two Dutch climbers who apparently feigned exhaustion to get a rescue helicopter lift down from an Austrian mountain face prosecution on top of a 2,300 euro ($3,100) fine for the ride, broadcaster ORF reported on Monday..

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ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

Device captures signatures and fingerprints with tiny LEDs

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Researchers want to put your signature up in lights. Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the researchers have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure – from a signature or a fingerprint – directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically.

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

Great Recession onset spurs harsh parenting

Posted: 05 Aug 2013 12:24 PM PDT

The onset of the Great Recession and, more generally, deteriorating economic conditions lead mothers to engage in harsh parenting, such as hitting or shouting at children, a team of researchers has found. But the effect is only found in mothers who carry a gene variation that makes them more likely to react to their environment.

ScienceDaily: Top News

New study redefines how plaques grow in heart disease
New data reveal extent of genetic overlap between major mental disorders
Computer simulations reveal universal increase in electrical conductivity
Greenland ice is melting -- even from below: Heat flow from the mantle contributes to the ice melt
Magnetization controlled at picosecond intervals
Neuroscientists identify protein linked to Alzheimer's-like afflictions
Device captures signatures and fingerprints with tiny LEDs
Newly identified genetic factors drive severe childhood epilepsies
Rethinking the genetic code
Whole-genome sequencing uncovers the mysteries of the endangered Chinese alligator

New study redefines how plaques grow in heart disease

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:08 PM PDT

The growth of deadly plaque inside the walls of arteries may not happen as scientists believed, researchers have found. New research also suggests a new potential target in the treatment of atherosclerosis, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and death globally.

New data reveal extent of genetic overlap between major mental disorders

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:08 PM PDT

The largest genome-wide study of its kind has determined how much five major mental illnesses are traceable to the same common inherited genetic variations. Researchers found that the overlap was highest between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; moderate for bipolar disorder and depression and for ADHD and depression; and low between schizophrenia and autism. Overall, common genetic variation accounted for 17-28 percent of risk for the illnesses.

Computer simulations reveal universal increase in electrical conductivity

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Computer simulations have revealed how the electrical conductivity of many materials increases with a strong electrical field in a universal way. This development could have significant implications for practical systems in electrochemistry, biochemistry, electrical engineering and beyond.

Greenland ice is melting -- even from below: Heat flow from the mantle contributes to the ice melt

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT

The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere. This influence is very variable spatially and has its origin in an exceptionally thin lithosphere. Consequently, there is an increased heat flow from the mantle and a complex interplay between this geothermal heating and the Greenland ice sheet. New research finds that this effect cannot be neglected when modeling the ice sheet as part of a climate study.

Magnetization controlled at picosecond intervals

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:06 PM PDT

A terahertz laser makes it possible to control a material's magnetization at a timescale of picoseconds (0.000,000,000,001 seconds). In their experiment, the researchers shone extremely short light pulses from the laser onto a magnetic material, where the magnetic moments - "elementary magnets" - were all aligned in parallel. The light pulse's magnetic field was able to deflect the magnetic moments from their idle state in such a way that they exactly followed the change of the laser's magnetic field with only a minor delay.

Neuroscientists identify protein linked to Alzheimer's-like afflictions

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

A team of neuroscientists has identified a modification to a protein in laboratory mice linked to conditions associated with Alzheimer's Disease. Their findings also point to a potential therapeutic intervention for alleviating memory-related disorders.

Device captures signatures and fingerprints with tiny LEDs

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Newly identified genetic factors drive severe childhood epilepsies

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

Researchers have identified two new genes and implicated 25 distinct mutations in serious forms of epilepsy, suggesting a new direction for developing tailored treatments of the neurological disorders.

Rethinking the genetic code

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:05 PM PDT

A decade ago, gene expression seemed so straightforward: genes were either switched on or off. Not both. Then in 2006, a blockbuster finding reported that developmentally regulated genes in mouse embryonic stem cells can have marks associated with both active and repressed genes, and that such genes, which were referred to as "bivalently marked genes", can be committed to one way or another during development and differentiation.

Whole-genome sequencing uncovers the mysteries of the endangered Chinese alligator

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:50 AM PDT

Scientists have completed the genome sequencing and analysis of the endangered Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). This is the first published crocodilian genome, providing a good explanation of how terrestrial-style reptiles adapt to aquatic environments and temperature-dependent sex determination.