Iron Critical To Ocean Productivity, Carbon Uptake (September 5, 2006) -- A new study has found that large segments of the Pacific Ocean lack sufficient iron to trigger healthy phytoplankton growth and the absence of the mineral stresses these microscopic ocean plants, ... > full story

New Findings Could Lead To Vaccine For Severe Malaria (September 5, 2006) -- The most severe form of malaria hits pregnant women and children the hardest. A joint study between Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Makerere University in Uganda has now produced some important ... > full story

Lost In The Labyrinth: Decoding The Instructions That Tell Cells How To Become Blood (September 5, 2006) -- Blood cells have limited lifespans, which means that they must be continually replaced by calling up reserves, and turning these into the blood cell types needed by the body. Claus Nerlov and his ... > full story

Previously Approved Drugs May Be Helpful In Fatal Pediatric Disorder (September 5, 2006) -- A progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is often fatal within the first two decades of life may be treatable via a molecule already targeted by approved drugs, scientists at Washington ... > full story

Researcher Studies Gene Families To Explore Diversity And Evolution (September 5, 2006) -- Iowa State University theoretical biologist Stephen Proulx uses tools and computer models to determine how environmental and evolutionary factors structure a genome. One path to diversity in a genome ... > full story

Enhancing The Healthful Properties Of Silkworms (September 5, 2006) -- The search for a food that can be enriched with healthful conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has taken an unlikely twist -- straight toward the silkworm. An international group of scientists is reporting ... > full story

FDA Approves First Totally Implanted Permanent Artificial Heart For Humanitarian Uses (September 5, 2006) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first totally implanted artificial heart for patients with advanced heart failure involving both pumping chambers of the heart under the ... > full story

Spread Of Plant Diseases By Insects Can Be Described By Equations That Model Interplanetary Gravity (September 5, 2006) -- Researchers from Penn State University and the University of Virginia show that the spread of diseases by insects can be described by equations similar to those that describe the force of gravity ... > full story

Social Imitation In Neonatal Monkeys (September 5, 2006) -- This manuscript provides the first quantitative description of neonatal imitation in a nonhuman primate, indicating imitative capacities are not unique to the ape and human lineage, contrary to what ... > full story

A New Approach To Rheumatoid Arthritis (September 5, 2006) -- Rheumatoid arthritis drugs work better, at least in arthritic rats, when delivered into the central nervous system, Gary Firestein and colleagues (University of California San Diego) now report in ... > full story

'Extreme Rainfall' Incidents Increasing In Parts Of United Kingdom (September 5, 2006) -- Extreme rainfall events - those likely to lead to flooding - have become more frequent and intense over a 40-year period in parts of Britain, particularly in Scotland and the North of England. ... > full story

Drinking During Pregnancy Linked To Offspring's Risk Of Alcohol Disorders In Early Adulthood (September 5, 2006) -- Individuals whose mothers drink three or more glasses of alcohol at any one occasion in early pregnancy have an increased risk of developing alcohol disorders by 21 years of age, according to a ... > full story

Study Offers Clues To Brain's Protective Mechanisms Against Alcoholism (September 5, 2006) -- A new study provides clues that differing brain chemistry may provide part of the answer to why some people with a strong family history of alcoholism develop alcohol dependency while others do ... > full story

Older Fathers More Likely To Have Autistic Children (September 5, 2006) -- Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism spectrum disorders compared with those whose fathers are younger than 30 years, according to an article in the ... > full story

Big Bang's Afterglow Fails Intergalactic 'Shadow' Test (September 5, 2006) -- The apparent absence of shadows where shadows were expected to be is raising new questions about the faint glow of microwave radiation once hailed as proof that the universe was created by a "Big ... > full story

Heart Smart: New Drug Improves Blood Flow (September 5, 2006) -- A new drug has been shown to improve blood flow in diseased arteries, reducing the risk of high blood pressure and heart attacks, a Monash University study published today ... > full story

Researchers Map Out Networks That Determine Cell Fate (September 5, 2006) -- A two-step process appears to regulate cell fate decisions for many types of developing cells. For some differentiating stem cells, the first step leads not to a final decision but to a new choice. ... > full story

High Levels Of Pollutants May Decrease Sexual Organ Size In Polar Bears (September 5, 2006) -- Exposure to high levels of environmental pollutants called organohalogen compounds (OHCs) seems to reduce the size of sexual organs in male and female polar bears, researchers report in an article ... > full story

Water Filtration Technique Removes Dangerous Freshwater Algae Toxins (September 5, 2006) -- A water filtration technique that normally cleans up agricultural chemicals is also effective at removing a toxin secreted by algae found in lakes and rivers, an Ohio State University study has ... > full story

Disabling A Carbohydrate Trigger Reduces Obesity And Appetite (September 5, 2006) -- The absence of a key protein prevents normally obese mice from becoming fat, lowers their blood triglycerides, a type of fat, and reduces the insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes, ... > full story

Cassiopeia A: Colorful Aftermath Of A Violent Stellar Death (September 5, 2006) -- A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant ... > full story

Novel Mechanism Of Manganese-induced Neurological Dysfunction Discovered (September 5, 2006) -- Chronic exposure to high concentrations of the metal manganese can cause movement abnormalities resembling symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but without the same neuron damage characteristic of ... > full story

A Switch Between Life And Death (September 5, 2006) -- Cells in an embryo divide at an amazing rate to build a whole body, but this growth needs to be controlled. Controlling growth requires that some cells divide while others die; their fates are ... > full story

New Whiter-than-white Technology For Laundry Detergents (September 5, 2006) -- Laundry detergents that give new meaning to that old advertising cliché, "whiter than white," may emerge from a controlled-release technology scheduled to be described in the Aug. 22 issue of ... > full story

In Other News ...

... more breaking news at NewsDaily -- updated every 15 minutes