Saturday, March 23, 2013

Issue for the week of April 6th, 2013

  • Epigenetic changes reach down through the generations. (p. 18)

  • The Antarctica volcano?s long-lived lava lake coughs up clues to the physiology of volcanoes . (p. 22)

  • Telescopes get first direct glimpse of gases on exoplanets. (p. 5)

  • Physicists use 3-D printing and tiny bubbles to capture twisted-up water. (p. 8)

  • The heat generated during a cosmic crash could have nurtured ancient organisms. (p. 9)

  • Fossils on Ellesmere Island suggest famous desert dweller got its start in cold regions. (p. 9)

  • Ancient cave formations in Siberia reveal effects of warmer past on frozen ground. (p. 10)

  • Soil nutrients and rainfall predict tree species range in Panama?s tropical forests. (p. 10)

  • Galactic merger and ejection may have sent a cosmic wanderer through deep space. (p. 12)

  • The Milky Way?s planets pack tightly around their stars, according to simulations using data from the Kepler space telescope. (p. 12)

  • Space probes detect temporary transition from two radiation belts to three, possibly in response to solar activity. (p. 13)

  • Ring-shaped device around esophagus prevents acid reflux so that patients can stop taking drugs. (p. 14)

  • Only viral traces remain after prompt treatment of newborn, suggesting no working virus is left in the girl?s body. (p. 14)

  • Human and mouse sperm both follow upstream currents to the egg. (p. 15)

  • Such genetic theft from bacteria and archaea is unusual among eukaryotes. (p. 15)

  • An experimental transplant of what have long been considered just support cells shows they may play a role in memory and learning. (p. 16)

  • Mouse neurons live twice as long as usual when transplanted into rat brain, suggesting that brain deterioration may not necessarily accompany long life. (p. 16)

  • The 40 finalists in this year?s Intel Science Talent Search received a total of $630,000 in awards for their research. The top 10 received $20,000 or more. (p. 28)

  • Review by Janet Raloff (p. 30)

  • Review by Erin Wayman (p. 30)

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  • A genetic exhibitionist (p. 32)

  • Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/349153/title/Issue_for_the_week_of_April_6th_2013

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