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A new star atlas: Intended, as a companion to "Webb's Celestial objects for common telescopes


by Richard A Proctor

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Studio: Longmans
Binding: Unknown Binding
Number Of Pages: 27
Publication Date: May 17, 2008
Publisher: Longmans

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Global Warming Affects World's Largest Freshwater Lake
Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming. (2008-05-01)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37525/Global_Warming_Affects_Worlds_Largest_Freshwater_Lake.html

Flower power may bring ray of sunshine to cancer sufferers
A mini-protein found in sunflower seeds could be the key to stopping tumors spreading in prostate cancer patients, according to QUT researchers. (2008-05-01)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37529/Flower_power_may_bring_ray_of_sunshine_to_cancer_sufferers.html

Discovery to hasten new malaria treatments, vaccines for children
April 25 is World Malaria Day 2008 and despite the grim statistics out of Africa there's cause for celebration. Florida State University biologists have discovered an autoimmune-like response in blood drawn from malaria-infected African children that helps to explain why existing DNA-based anti-malaria vaccines have repeatedly failed to protect them. (2008-04-24)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37384/Discovery_to_hasten_new_malaria_treatments_vaccines_for_children.html

Arctic marine mammals on thin ice
The loss of sea ice due to climate change could spell disaster for polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals. The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential effects, puts them in historical context, and describes possible conservation measures to mitigate them. (2008-04-24)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37365/Arctic_marine_mammals_on_thin_ice.html

Chocolate bar shown to lower cholesterol
The results of a University of Illinois study have demonstrated an effective way to lower cholesterol levels - by eating chocolate bars. (2008-04-22)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37292/Chocolate_bar_shown_to_lower_cholesterol.html

Smokers have a 41% higher risk of suffering depression
The risk of suffering depression increases 41% in smokers, in comparison with non-smokers. This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Harvard School of Public Health (USA), and which demonstrates in a pioneering way the direct relationship between tobacco use and this disease. (2008-04-25)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37391/Smokers_have_a_41_higher_risk_of_suffering_depression.html

Bread mold may hold secret to eliminating disease-causing genes
When most people discover mold on their bread, they immediately throw it out. Others see a world of possibilities in the tiny fungus. A University of Missouri scientist, along with a collaborative research team, has examined a new mechanism in the reproductive cycle of a certain species of mold. (2008-05-09)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37686/Bread_mold_may_hold_secret_to_eliminating_disease-causing_genes.html

Turning fungus into fuel
A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry researchers has announced. (2008-05-05)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37556/Turning_fungus_into_fuel.html

The 'choking game,' psychological distress and bullying
Ontario's youth are experiencing a different kind of high -- approximately seven percent (an estimated 79,000 students in grades 7 to 12) report participating in a thrill-seeking activity called the "choking game", which involves self-asphyxiation or having been choked by someone else on purpose. (2008-05-01)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37523/The_choking_game_psychological_distress_and_bullying.html

Scientists discover new ocean current
Scientists at Georgia Tech have discovered a new climate pattern, the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They're also finding that as the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these factors could help climatologists predict how oceans will respond in a warmer world. (2008-05-01)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37546/Scientists_discover_new_ocean_current.html

Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer
A revolutionary cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable 'armed' human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). (2008-04-18)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37230/Tiny_magnets_offer_breakthrough_in_gene_therapy_for_cancer.html

Ponds found to take up carbon like world's oceans
Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans. (2008-05-08)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37654/Ponds_found_to_take_up_carbon_like_worlds_oceans.html

Technological breakthrough in the fight to cut greenhouse gases
Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases. (2008-04-25)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37393/Technological_breakthrough_in_the_fight_to_cut_greenhouse_gases.html

Catching a Glimpse of a Black Hole's Fury
Using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and a host of international telescope partners, a team of researchers has made the clearest observation yet of innermost region of a black hole. (2008-04-24)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37367/Catching_a_Glimpse_of_a_Black_Holes_Fury.html

New efficiency record for solar cells
The efficiency improvement is achieved by the use of an ultra-thin aluminum oxide layer at the front of the cell, and it brings a breakthrough in the use of solar energy a step closer. (2008-05-15)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37792/New_efficiency_record_for_solar_cells.html

Child abuse may 'mark' genes in the brains of suicide victims
A team of McGill University scientists has discovered important differences between the brains of suicide victims and so-called normal brains. Although the genetic sequence was identical in the suicide and non-suicide brains, there were differences in their epigenetic marking - a chemical coating influenced by environmental factors. (2008-05-07)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37626/Child_abuse_may_mark_genes_in_the_brains_of_suicide_victims.html

'Rotten eggs' in the blood
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas most commonly associated with the smell of stink bombs, sewage and rotten eggs, but a team of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England and King's College London have now identified a role for this gas in regulating blood pressure, according to research published today in the leading science journal "Circulation". (2008-04-30)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37486/Rotten_eggs_in_the_blood.html

Global warming will negatively impact tropical species
Global warming is likely to reduce the health of tropical species, scientists from UCLA and the University of Washington report May 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (2008-05-06)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37593/Global_warming_will_negatively_impact_tropical_species.html

Zebrafish may help solve ringing in vets' ears
Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus -- a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears -- twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves medical corps. (2008-05-01)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37545/Zebrafish_may_help_solve_ringing_in_vets_ears.html

Cold Spring Harbor Scientists Are Part of Consortium That Sequences Platypus Genome, Unlocking Secrets of Evolution
By any account, the platypus is an odd creature. It's got a broad, rubbery bill that brings to mind a duck-.but it swims more like a beaver-.yet it lays eggs and can inject poisonous venom, like a reptile. (2008-05-09)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/37687/Cold_Spring_Harbor_Scientists_Are_Part_of_Consortium_That_Sequences_Platypus_Genome_Unlocking_Secrets_of_Evolution.html
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