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In the Light of a Streetlamp, Young Blue Tits Get More Action
Discover, September 16, 2010.
It can be hard to sleep with a light shining in your window, but for the male blue tit, this night-lighting gives him a sexual advantage. Researchers have found that male tits that live near streetlights wake up and start to sing on average three minutes earlier.. →
iPhone App Lets You Tell Drivers Exactly What You Think of Them
Discover, September 16 2010.
A new smart phone app aims to get you communicating with the drivers around you, and we don’t mean yelling choice obscenities through the window or shaking your fist of rage when someone cuts you off. By photographing, typing, or saying a license plate number.. →
Pregnant Women Need Fear No Cell Phone Radiation: Belly Armor Is Here!
Discover, September 15 2010.
If requiring stores to label their cell phones with radiation-output levels wasn’t enough, San Francisco has found a new way to revel in cell phone hysteria: Now one of its trendy maternity boutiques sells radiation-shielding maternity clothes.
These.. →
Video: Fast plants
The Scientist, September 9 2010.
Marvels of evolution and adaptation, plants and fungi have developed myriad methods of spreading their seeds or spores. Some of these dispersal events happen with blinding speed, and researchers are exploring these dramatic behaviors in the world’s fastest.. →
Insulin regulates translation
The Scientist, September 6, 2010.
By controlling how many ribosomes coat a certain mRNA in C. elegans, intracellular insulin signaling can regulate how many copies of a protein are made, and how quickly, giving cells more flexibility when responding to changes in the environment.
The.. →
Bright moves
The Scientist (print), September 2010.
The paper
X. Wang, et al., “Light-mediated activation reveals a key role for Rac in collective guidance of cell movement in vivo,” Nature Cell Biology, 12:591–98, 2010.
The finding
When Denise Montell and her team at the Johns.. →
Shaping Your Postdocs
The Scientist (print), September 2010.
In 1990, fresh out of his first postdoc, David Woodland walked into his very own lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All he wanted was to dive into the viral immunology that he had spent years thinking about, but found that a lot of his time.. →
Surprise breast cancer source
The Scientist, September 1 2010.
Some breast cancer tumors may not originate from stem cells as previously believed, according to a study published in the September 3rd issue of Cell Stem Cell. The discovery is an important step in the development of treatments for these cancers.
“Understanding.. →
Cleared for (Vertical) Takeoff
Science Notes 2010, August 25, 2010.
A high-pitched whirr shatters the serenity of the damp Monterey morning. “We’re all going deaf!” Garth Hobson shouts over the incessant whine, after removing an earplug, grimacing, and leaning away from the screeching machinery. His windbreaker protects.. →
Nanosensor peers inside cell
The Scientist blog August 12th, 2010.
A new virus-sized probe can look deeper into cells than ever before, and finally allows scientists to monitor intracellular activities without disrupting the cells’ external membranes, according to a study published today in Science.
“This.. →