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Science RSS FeedsThis Week in Science - Human Adenovirus Structures | Improving Earth Models | Swelling Pores | Ant Variation | Environment Matters | Two Heads Are Better Than One | Forced Open | Black Holes as Tools | Cracking Up | Over the Moon | Toward a General Flu Vaccination | Making Roots | Plants' Modified SOS Call | Intracellular pH and Lipid Metabolism...Feed Source: www.sciencemag.org Editors' Choice - Psychology: Religion and Togetherness | Cancer: Undesirable Consequences | Applied Physics: Mapping Microwaves | Chemistry: Electron Turnstile... Random Samples - One Short Stroll for Mankind | Math Prizes Multiply | Whisky in the Car?... [Editorial] What Is STEM Education? - Author: Rodger W. Bybee... [News of the Week] Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: New XMRV Paper Looks Good, Skeptics Admit?Yet Doubts Linger - This week, a long-awaited paper about the link between a virus and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) finally saw the light of day. The study confirms a controversial 2009 paper that reported CFS patients are often infected with the virus, called XMRV.Author: Martin Enserink... [News of the Week] Marine Ecology: Hard Summer for Corals Kindles Fears for Survival of Reefs - Coral reefs are reeling from extensive bleaching in the Indian Ocean and throughout Southeast Asia. And although some hard-hit areas have cooled?offering hope that some reefs may rebound?other regions are just now heating up.Author: Dennis Normile... [News of the Week] China: Astronomers Hope Their Prize Telescope Isn't Blinded by the Light - Chinese astronomers thought they had their hands full, fine-tuning their complicated new survey telescope into next year. Now they have a more urgent problem: Light pollution could jeopardize its ambitious science program.Author: Richard Stone... [News of the Week] Research Facilities: U.S. Physicists Eye Australia for New Site of Gravitational-Wave Detector - U.S. physicists want to take parts from their massive twin gravitational-wave detectors and use them to build a third detector near Perth in western Australia, greatly enhancing the experiment's ability to pinpoint sources of gravitational waves, should such waves ever be spotted.Author: Adrian Cho... [News of the Week] Cell Biology: To Scientists' Dismay, Mixed-Up Cell Lines Strike Again - Over the past 5 years, a handful of research teams have found that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) could become cancerlike after growing for months in the lab. But three of these research teams have now discovered that the cancerlike cells they spotted are unrelated to the original MSCs.Author: Gretchen Vogel... [News of the Week] ScienceNOW.org: From Science's Online Daily News Site - ScienceNOW reported this week that martian volcano mud may have hosted life, zombies thrived on ancient Earth, hair follicles track the body's clock, and bacteria are gobbling gulf oil, among other stories.... [News of the Week] Chemistry: Organizers Panned for Omitting Israelis From Meeting in Jordan - Political tensions between Israel and the Arab world are threatening to overshadow an upcoming chemistry conference in Jordan. The verbal sparring has already created plenty of raw feelings and led to much finger-pointing.Author: Robert F. Service... [News of the Week] U.S. Science Policy: NSF Turns Math Earmark on Its Ear to Fund New Institute - The National Science Foundation has quietly folded a recent earmark into a competitive grants program, eliminating what seemed to be one state's advantage.Author: Jeffrey Mervis... [News of the Week] ScienceInsider: From the Science Policy Blog - ScienceInsider reported this week that a court decision earlier this week temporarily blocking federal funding for work with human embryonic stem cells has left some researchers working with the cells facing a cutoff of funding, among other stories.... [News Focus] Archaeology: Google Earth Shows Clandestine Worlds - Archaeologists are using Google's eye in the sky to bring covert activities to light, from prison building at Guantánamo Bay to looting in the Middle East.Author: Heather Pringle... [News Focus] Infectious Disease: From Pigs to People: The Emergence of a New Superbug - The discovery of a novel strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus able to jump from livestock to humans has sparked a multicountry effort to see how dangerous it might be.Author: Dan Ferber... [Letter] Dietary Restriction: Standing Up for Sirtuins - Authors: Joseph A. Baur, Danica Chen, Eduardo N. Chini, Katrin Chua, Haim Y. Cohen, Rafael de Cabo, Chuxia Deng, Stefanie Dimmeler, David Gius, Leonard P. Guarente, Stephen L. Helfand, Shin-Ichiro Imai, Hiroshi Itoh, Takashi Kadowaki, Daisuke Koya, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Michael McBurney, Yo-Ichi Nabeshima, Christian Neri, Philipp Oberdoerffer, Richard G. Pestell, Blanka Rogina, Junichi Sadoshima, Vittorio Sartorelli, Manuel Serrano, David A. S... [Letter] Dietary Restriction: Standing Up for Sirtuins?Response - Authors: Luigi Fontana, Linda Partridge... [Letter] Dietary Restriction: Standing Up for Sirtuins?Response - Author: Valter D. Longo... [Technical Comment] Comment on ?A Southern Tyrant Reptile? - Authors: Matthew C. Herne, Jay P. Nair, Steven W. Salisbury... [Technical Response] Response to Comment on ?A Southern Tyrant Reptile? - Authors: Roger B. J. Benson, Paul M. Barrett, Tom H. Rich, Patricia Vickers-Rich, David Pickering, Timothy Holland... [Letter] Dietary Restriction: Theory Fails to Satiate - Author: Leonard Hayflick... [Letter] Dietary Restriction: Theory Fails to Satiate?Response - Authors: Luigi Fontana, Linda Partridge, Valter D. Longo... [Book Review] Education: Learning from the Natural World - Kohlstedt examines the nature study movement in early-20th-century America and considers the impact of its efforts to introduce science into primary education.Author: Mark V. Barrow Jr.... [Book Review] Psychology: Seeing and Thinking in the Mist - Writing for nonspecialists, Chabris and Simons draw from research on attention, perception, memory, and reasoning to discuss how everyday illusions can lead us astray.Author: Aude Oliva... [Books et al.] Books Received - A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 20 August 2010.... [Policy Forum] Disasters: Scenario-Building for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Interdisciplinary science-based scenarios can assist responses to the Gulf oil spill and similar environmental crises.Authors: Gary E. Machlis, Marcia K. McNutt... [Perspective] Geophysics: Fine-Scale Modeling of Global Plate Tectonics - Powerful numerical methods are enabling the creation of fine-grained models of Earth's dynamic geology.Author: Thorsten Becker... [Perspective] Immunology: Prime, Boost, and Broaden - A combined immunization approach represents a possible strategy for developing a ?universal? flu vaccine.Author: Robert W. Doms... [Perspective] Behavior: Decisions Made Better - Under certain circumstances, joint decisions of a group can be better than those of the individuals.Author: Marc O. Ernst... [Perspective] Developmental Biology: Microenvironment Mimicry - Muscle stem cells cultured in vitro retain regenerative ability when conditions reflect the physical nature of their in vivo environment.Author: Mickie Bhatia... [Perspective] Chemistry: Opening the Door to Peptide-Based Porous Solids - The twisting motion of a dipeptide linker group acts as a pressure-sensitive gate for the adsorption of gases within a crystalline solid.Author: Paul A. Wright... [Perspective] Virology: Looking Inside Adenovirus - Vaccines and gene therapy vectors could benefit from new insights into structure.Author: Stephen C. Harrison... [Essay] Spore* Series Winner: The Universe Online - Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey can be used by students, teachers, and the public to contribute to scientific research.Authors: M. Jordan Raddick, Alexander S. Szalay... [Brevia] CoRoT Reveals a Magnetic Activity Cycle in a Sun-Like Star - Observations of a distant star reveal a magnetic activity cycle similar to that of the Sun.Authors: Rafael A. García, Savita Mathur, David Salabert, Jérôme Ballot, Clara Régulo, Travis S. Metcalfe, Annie Baglin... [Research Article] The Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Flow: From Local to Global Scales - Computational advances enable the modeling of global geophysical processes to the scale of a kilometer.Authors: Georg Stadler, Michael Gurnis, Carsten Burstedde, Lucas C. Wilcox, Laura Alisic, Omar Ghattas... [Research Article] Atomic Structure of Human Adenovirus by Cryo-EM Reveals Interactions Among Protein Networks - High-resolution structures provide a basis for optimizing adenovirus as a vaccine and gene-therapy vector.Authors: Hongrong Liu, Lei Jin, Sok Boon S. Koh, Ivo Atanasov, Stan Schein, Lily Wu, Z. Hong Zhou... [Report] Strange Metal Transport Realized by Gauge/Gravity Duality - Black hole theory is used to develop a mathematical description of a class of metals with unusual electronic properties.Authors: Thomas Faulkner, Nabil Iqbal, Hong Liu, John McGreevy, David Vegh... [Report] Dynamical Instability Produces Transform Faults at Mid-Ocean Ridges - Transform faults on the sea floor are rotated and stretched sections of the mid-ocean ridge.Author: Taras Gerya... [Report] The Chlorine Isotope Composition of the Moon and Implications for an Anhydrous Mantle - The range of chlorine isotope values of the Moon is distinct from those of Earth and meteorites, indicating that the Moon is dry.Authors: Z. D. Sharp, C. K. Shearer, K. D. McKeegan, J. D. Barnes, Y. Q. Wang... [Report] An Adaptable Peptide-Based Porous Material - Conformational changes in a porous material during the sorption of small molecules lead to a dynamic increase in porosity.Authors: J. Rabone, Y.-F. Yue, S. Y. Chong, K. C. Stylianou, J. Bacsa, D. Bradshaw, G. R. Darling, N. G. Berry, Y. Z. Khimyak, A. Y. Ganin, P. Wiper, J. B. Claridge, M. J. Rosseinsky... [Report] Trapping a Diradical Transition State by Mechanochemical Polymer Extension - Strained carbon rings in the backbone of a polymer can be opened by external application of shear forces.Authors: Jeremy M. Lenhardt, Mitchell T. Ong, Robert Choe, Christian R. Evenhuis, Todd J. Martinez, Stephen L. Craig... [Report] Induction of Broadly Neutralizing H1N1 Influenza Antibodies by Vaccination - An influenza virus vaccine elicits a broadly neutralizing, cross-protective antibody response in mice, ferrets, and nonhuman primates.Authors: Chih-Jen Wei, Jeffrey C. Boyington, Patrick M. McTamney, Wing-Pui Kong, Melissa B. Pearce, Ling Xu, Hanne Andersen, Srinivas Rao, Terrence M. Tumpey, Zhi-Yong Yang, Gary J. Nabel... [Report] Secreted Peptide Signals Required for Maintenance of Root Stem Cell Niche in Arabidopsis - Short-range signaling by sulfated peptides maintains root stem cells.Authors: Yo Matsuzaki, Mari Ogawa-Ohnishi, Ayaka Mori, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi... [Report] Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator - Comparison reveals the epigenetic controls on caste development in ants.Authors: Roberto Bonasio, Guojie Zhang, Chaoyang Ye, Navdeep S. Mutti, Xiaodong Fang, Nan Qin, Greg Donahue, Pengcheng Yang, Qiye Li, Cai Li, Pei Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, Shelley L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Jun Wang, Jürgen Liebig... [Report] Crystal Structure of Human Adenovirus at 3.5 Å Resolution - High-resolution structures provide a basis for optimizing adenovirus as a vaccine and gene-therapy vector.Authors: Vijay S. Reddy, S. Kundhavai Natchiar, Phoebe L. Stewart, Glen R. Nemerow... [Report] Insects Betray Themselves in Nature to Predators by Rapid Isomerization of Green Leaf Volatiles - Damage caused by a caterpillar releases compounds that are transformed by the pest?s saliva into a predator attractant.Authors: Silke Allmann, Ian T. Baldwin... [Report] Substrate Elasticity Regulates Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Self-Renewal in Culture - Muscle stem cells prefer a soft substrate.Authors: P. M. Gilbert, K. L. Havenstrite, K. E. G. Magnusson, A. Sacco, N. A. Leonardi, P. Kraft, N. K. Nguyen, S. Thrun, M. P. Lutolf, H. M. Blau... [Report] Optimally Interacting Minds - Sharing choices and confidence in those choices can be an empowering experience.Authors: Bahador Bahrami, Karsten Olsen, Peter E. Latham, Andreas Roepstorff, Geraint Rees, Chris D. Frith... [Report] Phosphatidic Acid Is a pH Biosensor That Links Membrane Biogenesis to Metabolism - Lipid signaling in yeast is regulated by intracellular pH.Authors: Barry P. Young, John J. H. Shin, Rick Orij, Jesse T. Chao, Shu Chen Li, Xue Li Guan, Anthony Khong, Eric Jan, Markus R. Wenk, William A. Prinz, Gertien J. Smits, Christopher J. R. Loewen... 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