claire derailleur: Issue for the week of March 10th, 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012

New theory doesn?t limit consciousness to the brain (p. 22)

Hybrid strategy may yield long-awaited quantum computers (p. 26)

Medication helps the brain clear a plaque-forming protein associated with dementia. (p. 5)

Implanted microchip that releases medications on command has been tested in people for the first time. (p. 8)

Mathematical tools can pry secretive terrorist communications in hidden sector of the Internet. (p. 8)

Kids from Romanian orphanage also had lower volumes of gray matter. (p. 9)

Highlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20. (p. 9)

Scientists capitalize on 'natural? experiment to chronicle how ecosystems will change as oceans continue to acidify. (p. 10)

Temperature changes off the coast dried out East Africa and allowed grasslands to spread starting around 2 million years ago. (p. 11)

Crystal chemistry suggests magma changes quickly before a huge eruption. (p. 12)

Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanic eruptions. (p. 12)

The latest exoplanet entry creeps closer to long-sought goal of finding habitable worlds elsewhere. (p. 14)

The existence of these long-sought particles confirms theories about the fusion reactions that power the sun. (p. 14)

Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now. (p. 15)

Antibodies from immunizations are halved among children with the highest exposure levels to common chemicals. (p. 15)

The H5N1 virus appears to have infected far more than the 573 officially confirmed victims. (p. 16)

The finding suggests that diminished self-control and other behaviors may have a genetic component. (p. 16)

Rubbing sore, overworked areas trips anti-inflammatory switches in the tissue that might speed healing and ease pain. (p. 17)

A new way to evaluate molecules offers a finer-grained picture of which ones could become drugs. (p. 18)

Munched by a manipulated microbe, ocean algae readily yield ethanol. (p. 18)

Here's a quick peek at the President's blueprint for proposed federal spending on research in the coming fiscal year. (p. 19)

A controversial study finds genetic signatures that may be able to identify people with the best chance of living to 100 or beyond. (p. 20)

Review by Laura Sanders (p. 30)

Review by Nick Bascom (p. 30)

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Everyday places where asbestos can still be found (p. 32)

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