http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/uoic-isl072511.php
Illinois scientists learn startling new truth about sugar
URBANA – Flying in the face of years of scientific belief, University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated that sugar doesn't melt, it decomposes.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/mdib-dpt072511.php
Discovery places turtles next to lizards on family tree
MicroRNA resolves an old issue
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/tu-ssm072211.php
Study: Some moms 'doppelgang' their daughters' style
Mothers have a stronger tendency to mimic their daughters' consumption behavior than vice versa
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/wfbm-pod072511.php
Predictors of dying suddenly versus surviving heart attack identified
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Is it possible to predict whether someone is likely to survive or die suddenly from a heart attack?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/nsf-dib072511.php
Diamond impurities bonanza for geologists studying Earth's history
Ancient minerals tell story of planet's distant past
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/sumc-sdp072111.php
Scientists discover potential stroke treatment that may extend time to prevent brain damage
A naturally occurring substance shrank the size of stroke-induced lesions in the brains of experimental mice ― even when administered as much as 12 hours after the event
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128224.000-age-no-excuse-for-failing-to-learn-a-new-language.html
Age no excuse for failing to learn a new language
22 July 2011 by Catherine de Lange
IT'S never too late to learn another language.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/really-the-claim-air-conditioning-can-cause-colds/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Really? The Claim: Air-Conditioning Can Cause Colds
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
http://www.americanscientist.org/science/content1/13211
Doctors aim to stop pancreatic cancer before it forms
Focus on the cysts can lead to early treatment
By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brain-differences-humans-chimpanzees-linked.html
Brain differences between humans and chimpanzees linked to aging
Chimpanzees do not experience a decrease in brain volume as they age like humans do
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-mitochondria-ancestor-sar11-globally-significant.html
Mitochondria share an ancestor with SAR11, a globally significant marine microbe
A recent study by researchers at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and the Oregon State University provides strong evidence that mitochondria share a common evolutionary ancestor with a lineage of marine bacteria known as SAR11, arguably the most abundant group of microorganisms on Earth.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/fj-htp072611.php
How testosterone protects against inflammation
Pharmacists of the University Jena analyze why men suffer more rarely from inflammatory diseases than women
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/uoc--acn072611.php
Are cancers newly evolved species?
Molecular biologist proposes that carcinogenesis is like speciation
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/uoh-zlm072611.php
Zinc lozenges may shorten common-cold duration
Depending on the total dosage of zinc and the composition of lozenges, zinc lozenges may shorten the duration of common cold episodes by up to 40%, according to a study published in the Open Respiratory Medicine Journal.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-drug-shown-sight-patients-inherited.html
Drug shown to improve sight for patients with inherited blindness
A clinical trial led by Newcastle University shows that the drug, idebenone (Catena), improved the vision and perception of colour in patients with Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brain-voices-speech.html
Brain 'hears' voices when reading direct speech
(Medical Xpress) -- When reading direct quotations, the brain ‘hears’ the voice of the speaker, say scientists.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=rare-volcanoes-discovered
Rare Volcanoes Discovered on Moon's Far Side
The dormant volcanoes on the far side of the moon offer an alternative way to sculpt the lunar surface
By Nola Taylor Redd and SPACE.com
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20732-electric-dolphins-cetaceans-with-a-seventh-sense.html
Electric dolphins: cetaceans with a seventh sense
00:01 27 July 2011 by Rowan Hooper
One extra sense isn't quite enough for Guiana dolphins. In addition to echolocation, they can sense the electric fields of their prey – the first time this has been seen in true mammals.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128234.400-archaeopteryx-knocked-off-its-perch-as-first-bird.html
Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch as first bird
27 July 2011 by James O'Donoghue
FOR 150 years Archaeopteryx has been iconic as the earliest bird. The fossil sports feathered wings but a dinosaur's teeth and tail. Now the discovery of a feathered dinosaur in China has prompted a reassessment that has left Archaeopteryx squarely in dinosaur territory.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/uob-rpd072211.php
Rainforest plant developed sonar dish to attract pollinating bats
The researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves with such conspicuous echoes that nectar-feeding bats can find its flowers twice as fast by echolocation.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/aha-tbi072211.php
Traumatic brain injury linked with tenfold increase in stroke risk
If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-livestock-farm-linked-blood-cancers.html
Growing up on livestock farm linked to increased risk of blood cancers
Growing up on a livestock farm seems to be linked to an increased risk of developing blood cancers as an adult, indicates research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.