http://news.discovery.com/earth/abrupt-climate-change-models-of-behavior-110626.html

Abrupt Changes in Climates Past Put Models on Notice

Some of the world's most powerful supercomputers are devoted to ingeniously devised model simulations intended to help us understand what our future climate will be like. So you'd think they would be pretty good at it.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/afot-api062711.php

Alzheimer's prevention in your pantry

Tel Aviv University researcher discovers a cinnamon extract to inhibit progression of Alzheimer's disease

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/ti-tia062711.php

Trudeau Institute announces new discovery in battle against plague and bacterial pneumonias

Researchers have identified a new component of the plague causing bacterium that can be used as a vaccine

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20618-the-first-advertising-campaign-for-nonhuman-primates.html

The first advertising campaign for non-human primates

Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner had an epiphany last year. At a TED talk, the two New York advertising executives learned that captive monkeys understand money, and that when faced with economic games they will behave in similar ways to humans.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-antibiotic-effective-salmonella.html

Living antibiotic effective against Salmonella

Scientists have tested a predatory bacterium – Bdellovibrio – against Salmonella in the guts of live chickens.

http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcanoes-co2-people-emissions-climate-110627.html

Humans Dwarf Volcanoes for CO2 Emissions

Human activities generate more of the greenhouse gas in under three days than volcanoes do in a year.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/fl-nss062811.php

New study shows children and adolescents who eat candy are less overweight or obese

Children and adolescents who eat candy tend to weigh less than their non-consuming counterparts, according to a new study published in Food & Nutrition Research, a peer-reviewed journal.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/qu-fyw062811.php

Fidgeting your way to fitness

Walking to the photocopier and fidgeting at your desk are contributing more to your cardiorespiratory fitness than you might think.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/uow-wsi062811.php

Wars steadily increase for over a century, fed by more borders and cheaper conflict

New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt university shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/ohs-rao062811.php

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University discover MS-like disease in monkeys

Findings could lead to major advance in MS research in humans

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/e-dlt062911.php

Dyslexia linked to difficulties in perceiving rhythmic patterns in music

Early musical games may offer benefits in learning to read

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/nci-ss2062711.php

Study shows 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose CT vs chest X-ray

Scientists have found a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer among current or former heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) versus those screened by chest X-ray.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/e-mdq062711.php

Most distant quasar found

"This quasar is a vital probe of the early Universe. It is a very rare object that will help us to understand how supermassive black holes grew a few hundred million years after the Big Bang," says Stephen Warren, the study's team leader.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/uoa-nfd062911.php

New fossils demonstrate that powerful eyes evolved in a twinkling

Palaeontologists have uncovered half-a-billion-year-old fossils demonstrating that primitive animals had excellent vision.

http://www.economist.com/node/18864332

Acid tests

Research into hallucinogenic drugs begins to shake off decades of taboo

http://news.discovery.com/tech/electrode-wristband-stimulates-guitar-picking-110629.html

Electrode Wristband Stimulates Guitar-Picking

These days, its just as easy to play an instrument by not playing an instrument.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630

'Singing penis' sets noise record for water insect

A tiny water boatman is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size, a study has revealed.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/dnal-xrp062711.php

X-rays reveal patterns in the plumage of the first birds

Scientists report today that they have taken a big step in determining what the first birds looked like more than 100 million years ago, when their relatives, the dinosaurs, still ruled the Earth.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/foas-rwe063011.php

Red wine: Exercise in a bottle?

New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that a daily intake of resveratrol prevents the ill effects of simulated weightlessness on muscle and bone metabolism

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/ncfa-tal063011.php

Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation near airports

Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/uom-pdd063011.php

Preventing diabetes damage: Zinc's effects on a kinky, two-faced cohort

In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/bmj-pt062911.php

'Goat plague' threat to global food security and economy must be tackled, experts warn

Review: Peste des petits ruminants: A suitable candidate for eradication?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=virologist-advocates-vaccinating-bo-2011-06-30

Virologist Advocates Vaccinating Only Boys for HPV to Prevent Cervical Cancer

A vaccine to prevent infections of cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV) is currently approved for use in the U.S. in boys and girls and in the U.K. in girls.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-brought-cholera-haiti.html

Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti

Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-coli-outbreak-egypt-seeds.html

E. coli outbreak may be traced to Egypt seeds

European food and disease prevention authorities said Wednesday they are investigating whether the E. coli outbreak in Germany and France may be traced back to fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt either in 2009 or last year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13973805

Security researchers discover 'indestructible' botnet

More than four million PCs have been enrolled in a botnet security experts say is almost "indestructible".

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-first-nonhuman-meat-farmers.html

Zoologger: The first non-human meat farmers

Species: Melissotarsus insularis and three other Melissotarsus species

Habitat: Down on the farm under the bark of African trees, particularly in Madagascar.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-nervous-stem-cells-variety-cell.html

Nervous system stem cells can replace themselves, give rise to variety of cell types, even amplify

A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain stem cell is capable not only of replacing itself and giving rise to specialized neurons and glia – important types of brain cells – but also of taking a wholly unexpected path: generating two new brain stem cells.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20638-beetles-beat-us-to-the-screw-and-nut.html

Beetles beat us to the screw and nut

Weevils are screwed up. Their legs are, anyway. The beetles are the first animals found to have a screw-and-nut mechanism in their bodies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13946941

'Gas-less' kangaroo secret sniffed out

Scientists have gone some way to explaining why kangaroos produce much less methane in their burps, flatus and manure than farm animals such as cows.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/s-eos070111.php

Evolution of sport performances follows a physiological law

Study suggests performance peaks from 20 to 30 years of age, then declines irreversibly

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/uoz-gbh063011.php

Gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma

Infection with the gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori provides reliable protection against allergy-induced asthma

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331955/title/Alzheimers_plaques_due_to_purging_flaw

Alzheimer's plaques due to purging flaw

Disease-related gene controls clearance of plaque protein

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-nasa-prospect-mars.html

NASA research offers new prospect of water on Mars

NASA scientists are seeing new evidence that suggests traces of water on Mars are under a thin varnish of iron oxide, or rust, similar to conditions found on desert rocks in California's Mojave Desert.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=hot-baths-may-cure-loneliness-11-07-02

Hot Baths May Cure Loneliness

Recent research finds that taking a hot bath can cure loneliness. Christie Nicholson reports

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-mobile-dont-cancer.html

Mobile phones 'don't cause cancer': yet another study

The number of brain tumours is unchanged 29 years after the introduction of mobile phones

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-killer-horse-virus-australia.html

Killer horse virus spreads in Australia

Australian officials were on Saturday working to isolate potential victims after uncovering two more cases of the deadly horse-borne Hendra virus, which has erupted in a second state.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-ocean-floor-muddies-china-21st-century.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sea-holds-treasure-trove-of-rare-earth-elements

Sea Holds Treasure Trove of Rare-Earth Elements

Survey reveals wealth of important metals in ocean floor mud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13992232

IVF procedure 'may increase risk of Down's syndrome'

Drugs used in IVF for older women may increase their risk of having a baby with Down's syndrome, experts say.