Check out todays articles to see how Engineers
efficiently create hybrid cells. Have A Good
Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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        Engineers efficiently create hybrid cells

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers say
they’ve developed an efficient way of pairing up cells
so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell. The
new technique should make it much easier for scientists
to study what happens when two cells are combined, the
study published in the journal Nature Methods suggests.
For example, fusing an adult cell and an embryonic stem
cell allows researchers to study the genetic reprogram-
ming that occurs in such hybrids, the study says. Pre-
viously, if scientists wanted to combine two cell types
– for example A and B — they would end up with many
AA and BB pairings, as well as the desired AB match.
They typically trapped cells in tiny cups as they flow-
ed across a chip. Each cup could hold only two cells,
but there was no way of controlling whether the cups
captured an A and a B, two As or two Bs. By contrast,
the cell-trapping cups developed by the MIT team, head-
ed by electrical engineering and computer science
Associate Professor Joel Voldman and biology Professor
Rudolf Jaenisch, are arranged strategically to capture
and pair up cells of different types, the study says.
The new sorting method increases the rate of successful
cell fusion from around 10 percent to about 50 percent
and allows for thousands of cell pairings at once. In
addition to helping study stem cell reprogramming, the
technique could be used to study interactions between
any types of cells. “It’s a very general type of
device,” Voldman said.

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       Diabetes tied to early cognitive slowdown

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     China-Russia Mars mission set for takeoff

The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set
to take off in October and reach the red planet in
August 2010, an exploration project designer said. A
Russian Zenit rocket will launch a Chinese Yinghuo-1
satellite and a Russian Phobos-Grunt unmanned lander,
Chen Changya, chief designer of the China-Russia Mars
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explore the Martian environment and carry out research
into how surface water on the planet disappeared, Chen
said. A challenge for Yinghuo-1 during the yearlong
mission will be seven periods of 8.8 hours in darkness,
when the sun will be obscured by the red planet and the
satellite will not receive solar energy, Chen said. Dur-
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status and restart itself after getting through each
shadow. Researchers are still looking at ways to help
the satellite sustain extremely low temperatures, plung-
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degree Fahrenheit, in the shadows, Chen said. Meanwhile,
China’s second unmanned moon probe, Chang’e-2, is likely
to be launched this year, a year ahead of schedule, the
newspaper said. Chang’e-2 will collect more detailed
images and statistics of the moon’s surface, the news-
paper said.

One of todays’ articles is about how researchers are
stumped by Honeybee disorders. Enjoy and Have A Good
Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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        Computer program analyzes brain activity

A computer program developed at a Pittsburgh university
can offer limited insights into one’s thoughts by analy-
zing brain activation patterns, researchers say. Carnegie
Mellon University computer science Professor Tom Mitchell
, who is working on the computer algorithm project, said
by analyzing an individual’s brain activity, the program
can make very accurate guesses at which word of a select-
ed pair a person is thinking about, the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette reported Sunday. It can hit correctly up to 90
percent of the time compared with a simple 50-50 guess,
the newspaper said. “Even though we’re obviously very
different and have had different experiences, so that
when you think of a Ford Edsel you probably think of
something different than what I think of, ” the research-
er said, “nevertheless, we’re similar enough that these
(computer) programs can tell us quite a bit about what
we’re thinking.” Psychologist Marcel Just, who is also
working on the project, told the newspaper the program’s
use of magnetic resonance imaging to make educated guess-
es would likely lead to additional thought-recognition
efforts in the future. “Fifty years from now,” Just
said, “I think it’ll be plausible that we’ll be able to
identify people’s thoughts with less cumbersome equip-
ment than an MRI scanner, just the way we identify a
person’s speech today.”
 
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       Honeybee disorder still stumps researchers

Government and university researchers say they’re stump-
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Western honeybee colonies in North America. “This is
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lands, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, with possible
cases reported in Taiwan. Bees are vital to U.S. agri-
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apples and blueberries. Officials estimated honeybees
add $15 billion each year to U.S. agricultural output,
the newspaper said. A single honeybee colony can contain
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threatened by everything from pesticides and herbicides
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         Milky Way bigger, denser than thought

The Milky Way galaxy is 15 percent larger and 50 per-
cent denser than scientists previously thought, find-
ings presented in California Monday found. The find-
ings, presented at the American Astronomical Society’s
convention in Long Beach, suggest the Earth’s home
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One of todays’ articles tells how the FDA approves
Mozobil for transplants. Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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           Roman Coliseum to host gladiator events

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         Influenza A showing Tamiflu resistance

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          FDA approves Mozobil for transplants

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One of todays’ articles deals with the issues
of how a Climate change slows acid rain recovery.

Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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            NASA finds clues to Mars mysteries

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ments existed. And the greater the variety of wet
environments, the greater the chances one or more of
them might have supported life, they said. “We’re ex-
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they provide more detail about conditions during
specific periods of Mars’ history,” said Scott Murchie,
principal investigator for the instrument at the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel,
Md. The findings appear in Science magazine and were
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         NASA signs agreement with rocket company

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           Climate change slows acid rain recovery

Welsh scientists say a 25-year study suggests climate
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sciences researcher Isabelle Durance was undertaken in
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Welcome to 2009. I hope this will be a year of
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articles

Until Monday,
Erin

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           Plants cellulose production studied

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with the down-regulation of cellulose synthesis, then
plants may be able to produce more cellulose, which is
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postdoctoral researcher Mick Held and Assistant
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line edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy
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       Single stem cells repair tissue damage

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         Bird polygamy linked with dinosaurs

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tributed the eggs and the male guarded them. Notably,
the ratio of egg volumes to the nesting animal’s size
is consistent with those in living birds where the
male is the sole or primary nest attendant.” The
research is reported in the journal Science.

One of todays’ articles deals with the issue
of a Greenhouse gas emissions study.

Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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       Drug helps acute myeloid leukemia patients

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          Greenhouse gas emissions study released

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few developing countries will be able to reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions for several decades. The
study by researchers at the National Center for Atmo-
spheric Research and the University of Colorado warns
continuing economic and technological disparities will
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Lankao, an NCAR sociologist and lead author of the
study. “We always knew that reducing greenhouse gas
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looks like we underestimated the magnitude of this
problem.” As a result, most industrialized nations,
as well as developing countries with growing economies,
are increasing their emissions of carbon dioxide, the
researchers said. Overall, global emissions grew at an
annual rate of 1.3 percent during the 1990s and at 3.3
percent from 2000 to 2006. The study, funded by the
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         New polymer coatings prevent corrosion

U.S. scientists say they are developing new polymer
coatings that will not only protect materials, but
also help tiny scratches “heal” themselves. University
of Illinois researchers said applications for the coat-
ings range from automotive paints and marine varnishes
to the thick, rubbery coatings on patio furniture and
park benches. “Starting from our earlier work on self-
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research has been accepted for publication in the
journal Advanced Materials.

Here it is a resting period between the Holidays.
Take advantage…we have one more to go. Enjoy
todays’ articles and Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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      So. Cal seals show high level of DDT, PCB

Researchers say sea lions and seals living off the
coast of Southern California are contaminated by high
levels of DDT and PCB. The research by California State
University, Long Beach suggests waste laden with pesti-
cides and chemicals continues to poison marine life off
the Palos Verdes Peninsula’s White Point, more than 30
years after the dumping was halted. The report said U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency figures show more than
9 million cubic meters of sediment contaminated with
about 110 tons of DDT and 11 tons of PCB spread across
more than 15 square miles. The compounds are lipophilic,
which means they don’t dissolve in water, and have
remained concentrated in the area, the university said
Monday in a release. Lead author Gwen Goodmanlowe said
the study focused on California sea lions, Pacific
harbor seals and northern elephant seals. “We found that
DDT was still very high in all three species, especially
California sea lions, even though the dumping of contam-
inants ended over 30 years ago,” she said. “PCB levels
were also high, but DDT was much higher than PCBs.”
The findings are published in the journal Marine
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        Altair lunar lander design plans sought

U.S. space agency officials have released a draft re-
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vehicle, part of NASA’s Constellation Program. The
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        NASA: Ionosphere not where it should be

The U.S. space agency says it has discovered the bound-
ary between the Earth’s upper atmosphere and space has
moved to extraordinarily low altitudes. The finding was
determined by National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion instruments aboard an Air Force satellite launched
in April. The instruments, including ion and neutral
sensors, make measurements of the variations in neutral
and ion densities and drifts that can result in disrup-
tions of navigation and communication signals. But the
first discovery was that the ionosphere was not where
it had been expected to be. During the first months of
the satellite’s operations, the transition between the
ionosphere and space was found to be at about 260 miles
altitude during the nighttime, barely rising above 500
miles during the day. Those altitudes, said NASA, were
extraordinarily low compared with the more typical
values of 400 miles during the nighttime and 600 miles
during the day. NASA said the discovery by the satel-
lite — subsequently determined to have been launched
during the quietest solar minimum since the space age
began — is providing a unique opportunity to study
the connection between the interior dynamics of the
sun and the response of the Earth’s space
environment.

Due to the Holiday we will not be mailing this
newsletter on December 24th,25th,and 26th. We
will be back on Monday December 29th. Here’s
wishing you all a very Happy and Safe Holiday.

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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      NASA: Dark energy stifles universe growth

U.S. astronomers say they have, for the first time,
clearly observed the effects of “dark energy” on the
most massive collapsed objects in the universe.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration astron-
omers using the agency’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
tracked how dark energy has stifled the growth of
galaxy clusters. Combining that information with pre-
vious studies, scientists say they have obtained the
best clues yet about what dark energy is and what the
destiny of the universe might be. NASA said the study
strengthens the evidence that dark energy is the cos-
mological constant. “Although it is the leading candi-
date to explain dark energy, theoretical work suggests
it should be about 10 raised to the power of 120 times
larger than observed,” space agency scientists said.
Therefore, alternatives to general relativity, such as
theories involving hidden dimensions, are being
explored. “This result could be described as ‘arrested
development of the universe’,” said Alexey Vikhlinin
of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, who led
the research. “Whatever is forcing the expansion of
the universe to speed up is also forcing its develop-
ment to slow down.” Added William Forman, a co-author
of the study, “For years, scientists have wanted to
start testing how gravity works on large scales and
now, we finally have.” The work will be published in
two separate papers in the Feb. 10 issue of The Astro-
physical Journal.

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         ‘IceCube’ telescope under construction

NEWARK, Del., Dec. 16 (UPI) — An international team
of scientists is working under Antarctica’s snow-
covered surface to build the world’s largest neutrino
telescope. The telescope — called “IceCube” — will
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           NASA studies Mars’ arctic soil

The U.S. space agency says martian soil its Phoenix
Mars Lander collected this year is very cold and dry,
but during climate cycles it might become moist.
“Phoenix found clues increasing scientists’ confidence
in predictive models about water vapor moving through
the soil between the atmosphere and subsurface water-
ice,” the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion said, noting the models predict the vapor flow
can wet the soil when the tilt of Mars’ axis, the
obliquity, is greater than it is now. With no large
moon to stabilize it, Mars goes through periodic
cycles when its tilt becomes much greater than Earth’s,
scientists said, with the arctic plain where Phoenix
worked experiencing warmer summers. “The ice under the
soil around Phoenix is not a sealed-off deposit left
from some ancient ocean,” said Ray Arvidson of
Washington University in St. Louis. “It is in equili-
brium with the environment, and the environment changes
with the obliquity cycles on scales from hundreds of
thousands of years to a few million years.” The find-
ings were presented this week in San Francisco during
a meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

I hope you all had a very enjoyable and not too
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Have A Good Day!

Until Tomorrow,
Erin

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         Stennis to test Taurus II rocket engine

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said
the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi will test the
Taurus II space launch vehicle’s rocket engine. The
first Taurus II mission is scheduled to be flown in
support of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation
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Station. The demonstration is planned for the end of
2010. The Taurus II design being developed by the
Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., uses two Aerojet
AJ26 rocket engines to provide first stage propulsion
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       New method of killing bacteria is created

U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of
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programming its own death. Researchers at the
University of Illinois and the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst said their achievement shows
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        Enceladus shows more signs of activity

The U.S. space agency says its Cassini spacecraft has
detected Saturn’s small moon Enceladus is showing
signs of ongoing changes at its south polar surface.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said
close views of the southern polar region –  where jets
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see patterns of divergence and mountain-building sim-
ilar to what we see on Earth, which suggests that sub-
surface heat and convection are involved.” The new
findings were presented Monday during the American
Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

Here it is Friday already, YES. Hope you all have
a very enjoyable and probably hectic weekend. I
know it will be for me.

Until Monday,
Erin

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            NASA releases oceanography data

The U.S. space agency says it is releasing ocean-
ography data that will help scientists around the
world better understand climate change. The data
being made public comes from the Ocean Surface
Topography Mission, a spacecraft known as OSTM/
Jason-2 that was developed jointly by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the French
space agency. Launched June 20, the mission’s first
validated data products in support of improved
weather, climate and ocean forecasts are now being
distributed to the public within a few hours of
observation, NASA said. “Beginning in 2009, other
data products for climate research will be available
a few days to a few weeks after observations are
taken by the satellite,” officials said. The satellite
monitors 95 percent of the world’s ice-free oceans
every 10 days from a low Earth orbit, tracking ocean
circulation patterns and measuring sea-surface height
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in understanding climate change. The mission is a
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        Global warning might increase corn pests

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          U.S., U.K. citizens like nanotechnology

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and the United Kingdom view nanotechnologies very posi-
tively. Researchers at the University of California-
Santa Barbara and Cardiff University in Wales found
study participants in both countries indicated a signi-
ficantly higher comfort level with energy applications
of nanotechnologies than with applications used in
health treatments. Barbara Herr Harthorn at the Santa
Barbara university, who led the interdisciplinary,
international research team, said much of the public
perception research on nanotechnology in the United
States and abroad has focused on a generic “nanotech-
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to a higher level of specificity and in doing so finds
striking differences in views of benefit depending on
application context. “More specifically, perceived
urgency of need for new energy technologies is strongly
associated with high perceived benefit and lower risk
perception, regardless of what materials, processes, or
environmental risks are associated,” she said. The study
was reported last week in the journal Nature Nanotech-
nology.